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Queensland election
The questions the Premier and Opposition Leader have dodged
Seventeen days of the state election campaign have passed and both the Premier and Opposition Leader have been dodging questions on hot topics.
- by Felicity Caldwell & Ruth McCosker
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Brisbane
Double luck leads to missing headstone being replaced at Toowong Cemetery
A case of serendipity twice over led to a crowd gathering to mark the final resting place of Forbes Strachan.
- by Rachel Clun
Science
Early morning alignment will see Venus and Jupiter in a 'dance of the planets'
Early every morning this week, glimmering Venus and Jupiter will slide up from the eastern horizon.
- by Liam Mannix
Fire
Family dogs killed after uninsured Brisbane family lose everything in house fire
It took three fire crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control, with smoke visible for kilometres.
- by Toby Crockford
Queensland election
Almost 30,000 people have already voted in the Queensland election
The pre-polling "floodgate" has opened, with thousands opting to vote early in the state election.
- by Rachel Clun
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Queensland Election
One Nation
One Nation state leader Steve Dickson not 'directed by anybody'
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Our Network
Opinion & Perspectives
Jacqui Lambie had what other politicians always try to fake
It wasn't always pretty, but Jacqui Lambie had what politicians are always trying to fake: authenticity.
Jacqueline Maley
In 24 hours we'll know the result of the Vote That Wasn't Even
Of course we went through this whole rotten campaign because Malcolm Turnbull was too weak to stand up to the bigoted weirdos in his own party.
John Birmingham
If it's Ferry McFerryFace it must be April Fool's Day
There really is a problem with visiting on a Sydney ferry a one-line joke that will be told for the next 40 or 50 years.
Peter FitzSimons
Politics
COMMENT
Opinion
Liberals face horror scenario as Labor rolls out another star candidate
John Alexander must feel like the player returning from injury who draws Roger Federer in the first round.
- by Mark Kenny
World
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North America
WikiLeaks sought for Assange to be named Australia's ambassador to US
- by Michael S Schmidt and Nicholas Fandos
Business
Crime
Brisbane financial planner fraudster faces victims in court
Spectators clap as financial planner led into custody by corrective services officers.
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Should you rent back your new home to the seller?
Deciding whether to offer a long settlement or a rent-back depends on circumstances, but one usually puts the buyer in a stronger position than the other.
Technology
Heavenly sound for a sky-high price
This is probably as close to perfection as you'll get before your chat at the Pearlies. Just mind the price.
- by Rod Easdown
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Cricket
Mixed form for Test aspirants in Queensland-New South Wales clash at Allan Border Field
NSW are on their way to an early finish over Queensland but it was the ongoing battles of Test opener Matt Renshaw that was the talking point on day two in Brisbane.
- by Phil Lutton
Australia rugby
'Looking good big boy': Shaquille O'Neal photoshops himself into Kurtley Beale's Prince William photo
Kurtley Beale's picture with Prince Williams went so viral that Shaquille O'Neal wanted to get in on the action.
- by Tom Decent