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Popular market set for one of its biggest changes in 50 years
City life

Popular market set for one of its biggest changes in 50 years

The Brisbane Markets at Rocklea will soon have a night market including food trucks, market stalls and live entertainment.

  • by Ruth McCosker

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Mystery Queenslander is $30m richer and might not know it
Gambling

Mystery Queenslander is $30m richer and might not know it

The unidentified millionaire took out the entire division one prize on Tuesday night with an unregistered ticket.

Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard square off during Question Time in 2013.
Federal

Labor's enthusiastic embrace of Abbott's destructive playbook

Labor has moved its seventh consecutive Question Time suspension motion - breaking Tony Abbott's record.

  • by Adam Gartrell
Prawn farmers defend live eye removal as animal activists call for its ban
South-east Queensland

Prawn farmers defend live eye removal as animal activists call for its ban

The farmers said the industry would not exist without the practice of 'eye-stalk ablation'.

AGL digs in on coal plant closure as government warns of 'colossal failure'
Federal

AGL digs in on coal plant closure as government warns of 'colossal failure'

AGL has issued a further snub to Turnbull, insisting it does not plan to sell its ageing Liddell power station.

  • by Nicole Hasham and James Massola

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Sign of the times: one standard for regular people, another for MPs

As your regular, every day, garden-variety human is being forced to hop through more and more hoops to successfully interact with the government, standards appear to be as relaxed as ever for MPs.

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Judith Ireland

What rugby union needs most right now is unity, not an un-civil war

These last weeks have given us some positive signs that a brighter future for our beloved code beckons. But not without changes.

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Australia is stuck in its own Utopia: a lot of irrelevant hustle but no progress

Our static, outdated, parliamentary democracy is no longer working.

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    The German chain's billion-dollar fresh food facelift for its supermarkets is reaping benefits

    • by Patrick Hatch

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    Take a step up from your smartphone camera

    Canon's new EOS 200D is designed to appeal to those of us unfamiliar with the terminology and functions of good quality cameras.

    • by Tim Biggs
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    Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou stares down the critics
    Soccer

    Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou stares down the critics

    The critics are circling and Ange Postecoglou's future as national team coach is under increasing pressure as former stars line up to call for his head.

    • by Michael Lynch
    Back in town: Steve O'Keefe.
    Cricket

    O'Keefe's best friend questions his Test recall for Bangladesh

    John Hastings has questioned whether the left-arm spinner deserved a Test recall after his alcohol-fueled indiscretion this year.

    • by Andrew Wu