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Trade
Buy Local v Buy Queensland: What is the difference?
Both major parties in Queensland have launched competing government procurement policies in the hopes of winning votes.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Courts
Alleged murderer of student 'went out looking to kill'
Alex McEwan told friends and police he had gone out looking to kill someone the night he allegedly murdered Eujin Ban in Brisbane, a jury has heard.
- by Jorge Branco
Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games pits Gold Coast beauty against London for marathon
Fast, flat beachfront marathon route chosen to lure athletes to the Gold Coast ahead of UK's famous marathon.
- by Tony Moore
BREAKING
Federal
Gas crisis 'three times bigger' than thought
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull orders gas giants and state governments to shore up gas supplies to east coast consumers or face strict export limits.
- by Nicole Hasham
Storm
Storm prop says it will be 'weird' taking on Cowboys - his 2018 teammates
Jordan McLean prepares for his final game for the Storm – against the club that he will join in the off-season.
- by Chris Barrett
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Opinion & Perspectives
Everyone has a different excuse for the electricity stuff-up
The electricity market is such a mare's nest of stuff-ups and problems it's impossible to see the deeply divided Turnbull government making much progress in fixing it.
Ross Gittins
Why the North Queensland Cowboys are the fairytale that rugby league needs
There's a million ways and maybe more into the magical bedtime story that is the Cowboys' tilt at this year's premiership — but it's hard to go past Te Maire Martin.
Andrew Webster
Abbott isn't good at solutions because he's disinterested in them
It seems no raw onion is safe from the jaws of Tony Abbott. He ate another one this week, only a few days after he admitted it had "probably" been a mistake to eat his first onion.
Jacqueline Maley
Politics
EXCLUSIVE
Federal
How 'bomb kit delivery' led to major rethink on border security
The recent case of a terrorist bomb kit allegedly being airmailed from Turkey to Sydney has prompted a major rethink of border security, a top official has said
- by David Wroe
EXCLUSIVE
Federal
Labor calls for urgent action on foreign worker visas
- by Fergus Hunter and Eryk Bagshaw
World
Business
Retail
Billionaire Solly Lew lashes out at landlords, Myer
Veteran retailer and billionaire Solomon Lew has lashed out at "unrealistic" property landlords, saying more stores would close if they didn't cut rents.
- by Simon Johanson and Elizabeth Knight
Small business
Entertainment
Lifestyle
Daily Life
Spelling has nothing to do with intelligence, so why do we keep acting like it does?
Kasey Edwards can't spell, but that hasn't stopped her pumping out five books while writing a weekly column.
- by Kasey Edwards
Smarter living
Parenting
7 ways to spend quality time with your children without realising it
Quality time can seem like an elusive concept for most of us, and for single parents, near impossible.
Air travel
Minimise the risk of getting sick on a plane
Researchers claim the best way to avoiding catching a cold from a fellow passenger is to allow yourself to be buffeted by filtered air.
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Sport
Cowboys
NRL grand final 2017: North Queensland Cowboys prop John Asiata playing through pain
Just try telling the NRL's most versatile player a broken hand will stop a second grand final appearance in three years.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Richmond
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin free to play in grand final
The Richmond captain is free to play in the Tigers' first grand final appearance in 35 years, after he was cleared over a bump on the Giants' Dylan Shiel.
- by Jon Pierik
