Page Text: No tradies, costs surge: Flood victims, builders face new crisis
Flood-affected homeowners may be waiting up to two years for their houses to be repaired because of huge price hikes and delivery delays in building materials, but it’s also likely to create havoc with local builders, aggravating the ongoing industry crisis.
Identified: Man shot by police in McDonald’s car park only just released from jail
The man whose death was caught on video after he was shot by police in a McDonald’s car park south of Brisbane has been identified as his ‘gutted’ partner revealed she’d only ‘got one night with him after being locked up for two years’.