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Just 17.5 per cent of required new QR train drivers ready to roll
Thirty-five of the required 200 new drivers have applied for jobs, as Queensland Rail opens up the job to people with no prior rail experience.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Asia
Ball in Beijing's court: Kim Jong-un crossed China's red line with nuclear test
Beijing: North Korea's sixth nuclear test was expected. The timing speaks of Kim Jong-un's willingness to provoke China.
- by Kirsty Needham
Drones
Brisbane company launches technology that disables, controls drones
A Brisbane company has launched a product that can disable and control drones entering defined air spaces.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Federal
Chaos looms as Parliament resumes amid ongoing citizenship drama
The Turnbull government is bracing for a chaotic week in Parliament, with Labor warning "anything could happen".
- by Adam Gartrell
Commercial real estate
Dreamworld owner Ardent Leisure does 11th-hour deal with rebel investors
In an 11th-hour truce, Ardent Leisure have resolved their issues to elect two Ariadne directors to the board.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Opinion & Perspectives
The angst about our productivity is totally unproductive
It's time to take a step back because people who should know better won't stop going into panic mode.
Ross Gittins
Brisbane City Council insults the youthful 'seniors'
Call me fickle, but it's taken just one Facebook post to turn me off the idea Graham Quirk is the national star of the LNP.
Madonna King
The appalling mathematics of offshore detention
Trading human lives for human misery is a difficult balancing act.
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Police dog Jeru killed after he was hit by car in a training exercise
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
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Healthcare
Survey finds adults are unaware of child abuse signs or how to report it
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Rugby Union
Rugby player arrested over allegedly assaulting referee in under-19s grand final
- by Sam Rigney, James Gardiner
Politics
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Federal
'Exploitation': The little-known alternative to the 457 visa
A visa designed to parachute highly qualified international specialists into short-term roles has become the "new frontier for unscrupulous employers".
- by Fergus Hunter and Eryk Bagshaw
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COMMENT
Motley Fool
Why our leaders lie, and we don't care
People, like markets, despise uncertainty. We'd rather go along with the fiction that someone is in control.
- by Scott Phillips
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Private Sydney
What happens when journalists become celebrities?
Oh to have been a fly on the wall when Karl Stefanovic rolled up to his first news conference with his team at the Sunday Mail.
- by Andrew Hornery
Smarter living
Nutrition
The most helpful healthy-eating tool is you
Healthy-eating isn't just about knowing what or what not to eat. It's about tapping into how hungry or full you feel.
- by Ellie Krieger
Home
Don’t spend money making your house ‘half-ugly’
If you don't complete the trifecta of street appeal - the facade, planting and landscaping - your house will look exactly like what it is, half-done.
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Sport
Bulldogs
Dragons lose to Bulldogs and miss finals, allowing Cowboys to sneak in
St George Illawarra have blown their shot at qualifying for the NRL finals, finishing ninth on the ladder after they threw away a late lead to lose 26-20 to Canterbury.
- by Scott Bailey
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Australia rugby
Cheika demands improvement despite better public perception of Wallabies
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says there is a better vibe towards the national team in Australia but has stressed his men are purely focussed on improving ahead of a clash with South Africa in Perth.
- by Tom Decent
