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Some schools remain closed on Tuesday as the clean-up from Sunday night’s severe storm continues, while thousands are still without power.Brookfield State School and Upper Brookfield State School will be closed, while Centenary State High School will reopen today.St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly advised families that power had not been restored, so the school would be closed for Prep to Year 11 with supervision provided for those who could not make other arrangements, while Year 12 QCAA and IB exams would continue.Water was shut down at Boondall State School yesterday, due to a burst water pipe. With no drinking water supply at school, children were asked to bring bottled water – refills available in classrooms and the hall toilets operating.The leak has been located and the plumber was trying to fix the problem before school started on Tuesday.Thousands of properties are still without power on Tuesday morning, including in Brookfield, Pullenvale, Kenmore, Fig Tree Pocket, Indooroopilly, Bardon, Toowong, Paddington, Aspley, Mt Gravatt and Inala.Latest postsLatest postsFollowing news that broke yesterday on the QTU being given a final offer from the state government – which was covered by our education reporter Catherine Strohfeldt here – one former principal has hailed the inclusions as “fantastic”.Speaking to Today this morning, former principal Tracy Tully said the 8 per cent pay increase over three years was a “gold star offer”. You can watch the full interview here.“This is fantastic, so let’s ring the bell, school is definitely in,” she said. In the new deal, which the state has called its final offer, the government has remained firm on increasing base wages by 8 per cent over three years. It also included attraction and retention incentives – similar to those in the offer that had already been rejected – options to cash out leave, and a review of existing schemes.Tully added that the occupational violence measures included in the new offer sent a clear message to the community. “Teachers are not to be used and abused the way they are.”“This is how education should be, and this is leading, absolutely leading, the nation, perhaps the world.”Two men wearing all-black have fired shots into a home on the Gold Coast.The men arrived at the home on Gideon Gardens in Pimpama about 4.30am on Tuesday.“Two projectiles were discharged into the front door,” Queensland police said.A resident inside the home was not hurt.Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information or footage from the area to come forward. Some schools remain closed on Tuesday as the clean-up from Sunday night’s severe storm continues, while thousands are still without power.Brookfield State School and Upper Brookfield State School will be closed, while Centenary State High School will reopen today.St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly advised families that power had not been restored, so the school would be closed for Prep to Year 11 with supervision provided for those who could not make other arrangements, while Year 12 QCAA and IB exams would continue.Water was shut down at Boondall State School yesterday, due to a burst water pipe. With no drinking water supply at school, children were asked to bring bottled water – refills available in classrooms and the hall toilets operating.The leak has been located and the plumber was trying to fix the problem before school started on Tuesday.Thousands of properties are still without power on Tuesday morning, including in Brookfield, Pullenvale, Kenmore, Fig Tree Pocket, Indooroopilly, Bardon, Toowong, Paddington, Aspley, Mt Gravatt and Inala. Advertisement Good morning, my name is Brittney Deguara, and I’ll be running today’s live blog.Below is an update from Energex on the power outages and clean-up job. Here’s another photo of the damage Sunday’s storm caused.Thousands of homes across the Brisbane region are still without power.Credit: EnergexMore houses in Greater Brisbane lost power last night amid high winds, with Energex saying it had 216 workers on the ground by the evening.Fallen trees in Fig Tree Pocket.Credit: EnergexCrews attended to fallen branches across Brisbane, many in the western suburbs of Toowong, Sherwood and Fig Tree Pocket.“There have been more than 120,000 customers impacted by the storms and there are still about 5500 customers out,” Energex said, via Facebook.Trees cover a street in Sherwood.Credit: Energex“Crews are coming in from everywhere to work though the worst of the damage around Indooroopilly, Kenmore and Fig Tree Pocket.“There’s still more than 40 wires down, broken poles to replace and lots of vegetation, so please be extremely careful if you’re cleaning up today.”Read our full story about Brisbane being a city of extremes in the past two days.The city has woken to rain and 20-degree temperatures after 48 hours of wild weather.The bureau has forecast a maximum of 22 degrees today – after yesterday’s near-40 scorcher – and a wet day. Humidity is expected to remain high.But the cool relief will linger only a few days. From Friday, the top temperatures are likely to creep back closer to the 30-degree mark.Here’s the seven-day outlook: Advertisement Here’s what’s making news further afield:The Albanese government will force telcos including Optus and Telstra to keep a real-time public register of network outages. It follows the September Optus outage, linked to three deaths, where at least 600 Triple Zero calls failed. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to cut opposition staff and attempt to tighten freedom of information laws has earned his government a failing grade on transparency and spurred teal MPs to claim it is worse than the Morrison government on promoting integrity, a report from the independent Centre for Public Integrity found.US President Donald Trump has not ruled out seeking a third term in the White House, he told reporters in Asia, saying he “would love to do it”. It is not clear what method the US leader would use to run again.King Charles III met the publicCredit: Getty ImagesKing Charles has been heckled about Prince Andrew during a public appearance in England, in a dramatic display of the risks to the monarchy from the scandal over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.And Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. At that strength, it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Tuesday, October 28. Today we can expect showers and a maximum of 22 degrees.Here are this morning’s local headlines:A dramatic cool change has arrived in Brisbane, bringing much-needed relief from Monday’s scorching temperatures. The city has woken to rain and 20-degree temperatures after 48 hours of wild weather.A property at Highgate Hill in Brisbane’s inner south has been destroyed in a severe storm.Credit: Dominique TassellWhat remains of a historic Queenslander destroyed by a severe storm that lashed the city is now beyond saving.And schools that had their power knocked out by the weekend’s storms have turned to generators to prepare exam rooms for year 12 students as the cohort takes on the state’s largest exam.An environmental planning expert sacked from the board of the body responsible for rebuilding after natural disasters in Queensland has spoken out critically of the new board – which includes former LNP-linked politicians.Roger, scramjet: Brisbane-based Hypersonix’s DART AE 001.Credit: Sarah Keayes/The Photo PitchMeanwhile, a Brisbane-based hypersonics start-up has secured a $46 million investment boost, including $10 million from taxpayers, ahead of a planned NASA demonstration of its green scramjet technology.A man has wept before being denied bail on domestic violence charges after his three-year-old son died following a horror car crash.And Stone & Wood will permanently close its Brisbane brewpub, owner Lion has announced, in the latest blow to the local beer sector following the collapse of a series of independent brewers.
