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The questions the Premier and Opposition Leader have dodged
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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Double luck leads to missing headstone being replaced at Toowong Cemetery
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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
This image, taken in Brisbane in 2016, shows a Jupiter-Venus conjunction, with Venus the lower star in the centre of the image. This year's conjunction will bring the two even closer together in our sky.
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
Family dogs killed after uninsured Brisbane family lose everything in house fire
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
Almost 30,000 people have already voted in the Queensland election
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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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
    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
      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
        Peter FitzSimons
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        Should you rent back your new home to the seller?
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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.

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        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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        Mixed form for Test aspirants in Queensland-New South Wales clash at Allan Border Field
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        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
        New ab workout: 'Shaquille O'Neal' and Prince William
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        '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