A headline can do more than report the news. In Brisbane, it can decide who feels safe on the bus, who gets followed in a shop, who is blamed for a crisis, and whose pain is treated as background noise. Queensland’s media story is often told through Brisbane because the capital is where statewide politics, major newsrooms, talkback radio, police briefings, and government messaging meet. That gives Brisbane media real power. It can explain complex problems with care, or it can