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A teenage girl has been missing for almost a month south of Brisbane.The teenager has been missing from Logan for a month.Credit: Queensland Police ServiceThe 15-year-old was last seen leaving an address in Flagstone in Logan by foot on October 6.Police said they suspected she might be staying near the Jimboomba area.The girl is slim, about 164 centimetres tall, with short dark hair with blonde tips, and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a brown crop top and blue jeans.Anyone with information is urged to contact police.Latest postsLatest postsAfter being closed for more than eight months, the second Story Bridge footpath will reopen this month.About 4000 daily walkers, bike and scooter riders were forced into an awkward and lengthy detour after the Story Bridge footpaths were suddenly closed on March 5 after a report recommended they be shut for safety reasons.LoadingAfter a temporary decking was installed, the city-side footpath reopened on October 3, as part of an almost $7 million project.Speaking on ABC Radio Brisbane, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the eastern pathway was “getting very close”.It will be some time this month that it will open.The footpath saga came before it was revealed the council needed to pursue a full restoration of the Story Bridge over the next 15 to 20 years.While we’re on the topic of cleaning up, Schrinner also said this morning that Brisbane residents are throwing away more stuff during kerbside collection, but there’s a silver lining. Speaking on ABC Radio Brisbane on Tuesday morning, Schrinner said he believed the bigger volume was because we lived in an “increasingly disposable society”.Loading“People are buying things more regularly that they would keep for longer in the past -- things like furniture,” he said.However, the Lord Mayor revealed that 40 to 50 per cent of everything put out on the kerb by residents was taken before council crews could pick it up. Local creator Geneva Vanderzeil is a big advocate for turning kerbside collection trash into treasures. Read more about her here. Summer storm season has well and truly kicked off, which means cleaning up the yard becomes a frequent job on the to-do list.LoadingThe council’s green bin roll-out means every home will have a place to put that rubbish, and Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner today confirmed everyone will have their bins by Christmas. “We’ve got 75 per cent of the city completed,” he said on 612 ABC Brisbane this morning. “Now storm season is upon us, and the roll-out continues every week.” Advertisement A man who was riding an electric skateboard has spent the night fighting for life in hospital after crashing with a car in Brisbane’s east.The 30-year-old hit the car in Birkdale, near the roundabout at Birkdale Road and Quarry Road, just after 8pm last night.He suffered serious head injuries and was rushed in a critical but stable condition to Princess Alexandra Hospital.The 40-year-old woman driving the vehicle was not injured.Police have asked anyone with dashcam footage or other relevant information to come forward and help with their investigation.A teenage girl has been missing for almost a month south of Brisbane.The teenager has been missing from Logan for a month.Credit: Queensland Police ServiceThe 15-year-old was last seen leaving an address in Flagstone in Logan by foot on October 6.Police said they suspected she might be staying near the Jimboomba area.The girl is slim, about 164 centimetres tall, with short dark hair with blonde tips, and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a brown crop top and blue jeans.Anyone with information is urged to contact police.Today’s top temperature in Brisbane is forecast to be just a degree cooler than Monday, yet already it feels like the muggy, sticky conditions of yesterday won’t be repeated.Humidity is much lower, and there’s a breeze about in the River City, helping the maximum of 30 degrees feel more like a pleasant 24.An overcast morning is expected to clear throughout the day, with a sunny outlook tomorrow.Here’s how the next seven days are looking: Advertisement Here’s what’s making news further afield:Vauban (left) will attempt to win the Cup today, his third running in the race.Credit: Getty ImagesThe Melbourne Cup will be held today at Flemington Racecourse. Despite a rainy day forecast for Melbourne, the program will kick off with the first race at 9.45am (Queensland time), and the Melbourne Cup at 2pm. Follow along our live coverage of race day here.Power companies will be forced to offer three hours of free power in the middle of the day to all Australian households, under new regulations in force from next July aimed at soaking up the nation’s abundant daytime supply of solar power, helping to stabilise the grid and offering potential savings of hundreds of dollars to customers who opt in.Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is facing increasing pressure to drop the Liberal Party’s pledge to net zero as she fights to hold the Coalition together and fight off looming threats to her leadership. Top conservative members of Ley’s leadership team – led by Angus Taylor, Michaelia Cash and James Paterson – shifted their stance on the 2050 pledge after a dramatic few days in which the Nationals cast the target aside and Ley was hit with record-low polling.While the federal police were raiding his company’s headquarters as part of a probe into insider trading allegations, WiseTech Global co-founder Richard White was selling off $20 million worth of shares.A medieval tower in Rome partially collapsed while under renovation on Monday, trapping one worker underneath the rubble for hours and critically injuring another. Three workers were rescued unharmed after the initial midday collapse, while Italian media reported that another worker, age 64, was hospitalised in critical condition, but there was no immediate update on his condition.Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Tuesday, November 4. Today should be partly cloudy with possible showers and a top of 30.Here are this morning’s local headlines:Brisbane has long been touted as the lifestyle capital of Australia, where people move for a sunny, slower-paced life – yet full-time workers in Brisbane are putting in an extra half-an-hour each week on average compared with their counterparts in Sydney and Melbourne.How much do people work in Brisbane?Credit: Matthew Absalom-WongThe Gold Coast council has been ordered to fix its sewage system after multiple major spills, one of which left fish gasping for oxygen and dead eels floating on the surface of a highly significant waterway that reeked of excrement.We’ve has obtained a copy of the exam paper and stimulus booklet that made headlines when it was revealed 140 students had less than 48 hours of preparation.A piece of the stimulus in Queensland’s year 12 ancient history exam.Credit: Brisbane TimesAnd state school teachers are making plans to strike for a second time this year, after union members voted to knock back the Queensland government’s latest wage offer.
