Brisbane news live: Queensland resident with measles attended Oasis’ Sydney concert; Storms forecast for Brisbane

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has dismissed suggestions her party will not be able to win back the inner-city, climate-conscious seats lost in the recent elections after the Liberals decided to dump net zero.

“I know that all of the seats that we weren’t successful at at the last election, and the seats that we hold – indeed everywhere in Australia – Australians will be looking for answers, and what we decided from the Liberal Party yesterday was a policy that delivers affordable energy and responsible emissions reduction. And that matters to every Australian household,” she told Sky News.

Opposition Leader Sussan explained the Liberals’ new stance on emissions reduction yesterday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

Asked about Liberal MP Tim Wilson, who was considering resigning from the frontbench to focus on holding the only inner-urban Liberal seat at the next election, Ley said her focus was on the national interest.

“Tim’s an outstanding colleague, and he’s playing a critical role in my shadow ministry,” Ley said.

“For me …it’s about the national interest. It’s about the right thing for our country.”

A Queensland resident with a confirmed case of measles visited parts of Sydney while infectious, including Accor Stadium for an Oasis concert, health authorities have warned.

The health alert comes after three cases of measles were confirmed in Queensland associated with the Jelly Roll concert in Brisbane on October 24.

Oasis fans line up before one of the English band’s concerts in Sydney.Credit: SMH

A NSW Health spokesperson said people who attended the Oasis concert at Accor Stadium in Sydney on Saturday should monitor for symptoms until Friday, November 28.

The person left Brisbane Airport last Saturday morning (November 8), returning Monday night and locations they visited other than the concert included Sydney Airport, the CBD and inner-west Sydney, using trains.

A full list of locations is posted on the Queensland and NSW Health websites.

“These locations pose no ongoing risk,” NSW Health said.

Anyone who attended American singer Jelly Roll’s Brisbane show on October 24 could have been exposed and is urged to be on the lookout for symptoms.

The three people spent time in the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Wide Bay areas while unknowingly infectious, Queensland Health said.

Nine News

The rain is coming.

After gentle falls for hours before dawn today, the forecast is for rain to continue to develop over Brisbane, with predictions of possible storms on Saturday and Sunday.

We’re looking at a top of 26 degrees, before tomorrow’s warm, stormy maximum of 31.

Looking further ahead, the weather bureau warns of thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, flooding, heatwaves and bushfires well into next autumn.

The state should also expect the frequency of large hail that has blanketed the south-east recently to continue, as the Bureau of Meteorology’s David Grant said the state is “getting pretty hot and sultry already”.

Here’s the seven-day outlook:

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With mounting talk of her terminal leadership, Liberal leader Sussan Ley has been looking for a lifeline. She grabbed one by siding with the net zero naysayers, but it may prove costly – alienating a key voter bloc.

The four fishing boats on the ABF’s Ocean Shield.Credit: 9 News Perth

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Actor Claudia Karvan and a group of pro-Palestine advocates have launched a series of racial discrimination complaints against News Corp papers, Sky News and more than a dozen of their highest profile commentators, including Andrew Bolt and Sharri Markson.

Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Friday, November 14. Today there could be showers, with a top temperature of 26 degrees.

Here are this morning’s local headlines:

Work is expected to start in January on a new specialist medical centre across the road from Queensland’s largest private hospital, which lost its Supreme Court appeal this week to stop it being built.

The proposed medical centre at 68-72 Hunter Street, Greenslopes.Credit: Ron Build

Queenslanders have been urged to prepare for a severe disaster season, as emergency services brace for destructive thunderstorms, intense tropical cyclones, flooding, heatwaves, and bushfires through summer and well into the autumn months.

The Moreton Bay council has awarded the contract to build a new pavilion at Suttons Beach, after the former art deco building on the Redcliffe site was allowed to deteriorate to the point it could not be saved.

Several hundred state school teachers rallied outside Parliament demanding a better pay deal on Thursday, as tensions flared ahead of a second 24-hour strike.

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