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Tony Abbott's former chief of staff, Peta Credlin, has rounded on Malcolm Turnbull's campaign team for appearing elitist after cancelling a planned street walk in Western Sydney on Wednesday following questions over last year's leadership change.

In a damning assessment, Ms Credlin, who lost her job along with Mr Abbott in the September coup that installed Mr Turnbull as Prime Minister, poured scorn on the tactical retreat.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Mark Kenny

Queenslanders drive faster than they think is safe through roadwork zones.

QUT's Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Queensland set up four speed cameras at two roadwork sites on the Bruce Highway and Warrego Highway and recorded speed levels.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Amy Mitchell-Whittington

A seventh Queensland coal miner has been diagnosed with black lung.

Mines minister Anthony Lynham announced the diagnosis in parliament on Thursday night.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Amy Remeikis

‪#‎COMMENT‬: Duncan Storrar isn't necessarily a hero.

Nor does he necessarily deserve the $56,000 raised for him by Go Fund Me any more than other Australians doing it tough.

Storrar made his point - that the budget did little for people on low incomes - with simple eloquence.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Josh Gordon

When an epic wipeout sent Bede Durbidge crashing into the reef, crushing and displacing his pelvis and in the process ending his surfing season, the journey back to the board looked like a long one.

Bede Durbidge and his pro surfer mates are the men behind Balter Brewing Company.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Nathanael Cooper

Most of us probably don't even know we're failing this daily task, yet it may be seriously affecting our health.

Less than 4 per cent of Australians are eating enough vegetables and legumes each day and most are failing to meet the minimum number of serves recommended.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Inga Ting

A boat fire off the central Queensland coast that forced more than 40 tourists to jump for their lives is believed to have started in the ship's engine.

The now-sunken Spirit of 1770 caught ablaze in waters 18 kilometres off the coastal town of 1770 on Wednesday afternoon.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has had his first unscripted moment of the election campaign, confronted by a single mother worried about educational opportunities for her two sons.

"Give them [our children] an opportunity to make something of themselves, please."
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Heath Aston

Owning a pub is a dream for many Aussies. And for someone, that chance has come.

Via Domain

A rare opportunity has arrived to run a historic, true-blue Aussie pub in far north Queensland – and you can live in it, too.
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Waleed Aly: If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, London's new mayor would be barred from entering the country because he's a Muslim.

I can think of no story that better distils the times; that so efficiently captures something so much greater than itself.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Waleed Aly

While gay and lesbian characters are standard players in movies and TV shows for adults, they remain a fleeting or barely acknowledged presence in children's entertainment.

Could creating a hero with two dads, or giving a princess a girlfriend, be the next step toward a more modern Disney?
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Jessica Contrera

Shine Lawyers: We commend the Palaszczuk government for the steps it has taken to address the archaic time limits that currently prevent survivors of historic child abuse from accessing justice through the civil courts.

There is a lot of good change happening, but we still have more to do.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Lisa Flynn

Redland koala populations have crashed by 80 per cent from 1996 to 2014 and may be in terminal decline.

Environment report says it may be too late for Redlands koala population.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Brian Williams

The five suspected jihadis arrested in Cairns could well have made the treacherous sea voyage to Indonesia so they could join ISIS to fight in the Middle East, Australian Attorney-General George Brandis said today

Attorney-General says there was "significant risk" the group's alleged plan may have worked.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Cameron Atfield

A limousine lent to transport a team of sporting celebrities, including former cricketer Shane Warne, to a charity poker night in Geelong was stolen from outside a restaurant while they were eating - and then crashed.

The celebrities had been due to attend a charity poker night for the National Breast Cancer Foundation on Wednesday.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Deborah Gough

Like the boss she is, Susan Sarandon ruled the red carpet on Cannes International Film Festival opening night.

Taking her inspiration from the Blues Brothers, the 69-year-old looked slick in a black tuxedo and oversize sunglasses.
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MP for Cairns Rob Pyne says the ETU has subjected his family, staff and himself to "appalling treatment"
ETU's state secretary says it is "mystified" why Mr Pyne has taken umbrage at being labelled a rat.

Labor-turned-independent MP Rob Pyne has lashed out at what he called an ongoing campaign of "hatred and vilification" against him, his staff and his family, following his defection to the crossbench.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Amy Remeikis

After agreeing two years ago to stop subsidising petrol discounts through supermarket profits, Coles now appears to be subsidising food and grocery discounts by charging higher prices at the pump.

Industry sources believe Coles has been charging a premium for petrol for at least six months to fund investment in lower grocery prices.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Sue Mitchell

The Australian Federal Police says it doesn't have enough evidence to prosecute former Liberal minister Mal Brough for copying former speaker Peter Slipper's diary.

"What [the AFP] can get so far isn't enough to bring the investigation to a head."
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Louise Hall

Queensland scientists have helped identify 74 genes that could play a role in how much education a person completes.

Scientists find 74 genes that could help people stay in school.
brisbanetimes.com.au|By Amy Mitchell-Whittington