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Guard hospitalised after food laced with metal at prison north of Brisbane
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Guard hospitalised after food laced with metal at prison north of Brisbane

Prisoners work in the kitchens at Woodford Correctional Centre. Security has been ramped up after the incident.

  • by Toby Crockford

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Brisbane car park to be converted to parkland

Brisbane car park to be converted to parkland

A Brisbane car park, once used by military vehicles, will be converted back into public parkland.

  • by Ruth McCosker
Suddenly, the tax choice is clear
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Suddenly, the tax choice is clear

Labor’s decision to back only the first stage of the Coalition's tax cuts and then to build on it offers a clear choice.

  • by Peter Martin
Two-minute 000 call the key to Margaret River deaths

Two-minute 000 call the key to Margaret River deaths

Answers to Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur are most likely contained in a two-minute phone call.

  • by Lucy Cormack
Floating cities, poo-powered farms could be the future

Floating cities, poo-powered farms could be the future

Does the idea of nations built on platforms in the ocean float your boat? Or perhaps a farm run on manure?

  • by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Taming testosterone may fix the NRL's perception problem

Taming testosterone may fix the NRL's perception problem

What to do with a footy culture so often dominated by the excesses of testosterone?

  • by Greg Callaghan
Gold Coast boy was abducted for ransom, police allege

Gold Coast boy was abducted for ransom, police allege

The boy was seen being pulled into an SUV on Friday. Police will allege it was a "pre-planned" abduction for ransom.

  • by Toby Crockford & Cameron Atfield
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AMP shareholders voted again, this time with their wallets

All it takes is a strongly negative stock report from a highly rated investment bank to sink a share price.

Elizabeth Knight
    Elizabeth Knight

    Suddenly, the tax choice is clear

    Labor’s decision to back only the first stage of the Coalition's tax cuts and then to build on it offers a clear choice.

    Peter Martin
      Peter Martin

      Bowen seizes chance to make history

      Labor's budget reply outwitted the government on the politics and outmanoeuvred it on the economics.

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        Peter Hartcher
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        AMP's new chairman declares the company is in crisis

        AMP's new chairman declares the company is in crisis

        David Murray is not known for mincing his words, and he is typically frank when describing the challenge he confronts.

        • by Clancy Yeates

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        Cate Blanchett to lead Cannes film festival protest

        Cate Blanchett to lead Cannes film festival protest

        The actress will be among 82 women set to walk the red carpet to highlight the limited number of female filmmakers who have been nominated.

        And the winner of the 2018 Archibald Prize is . . .

        And the winner of the 2018 Archibald Prize is . . .

        Melbourne art teacher Yvette Coppersmith has won Australia's most prestigious art prize.

        • by Linda Morris

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        Hands on with Android P: Google's biggest mobile update in years

        Hands on with Android P: Google's biggest mobile update in years

        With a beta preview of Android's next major version now available, and several features highlighted by Google at I/O, here are five notable changes.

        • by Tim Biggs
        Your Questions: what tax do I pay on my inheritance?

        Your Questions: what tax do I pay on my inheritance?

        Personal finance expert George Cochrane answers your questions.

        • by George Cochrane

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        Manly overturn five-week losing streak with upset over Broncos

        Manly overturn five-week losing streak with upset over Broncos

        After five weeks of pain as the club went through the ringer on and off the field, Manly have hit back with an emotional win over the Broncos in Brisbane.

        • by Phil Lutton
        Demons destroy Suns on a sad day for Gold Coast football

        Demons destroy Suns on a sad day for Gold Coast football

        It was a case of the ugly, the bad and the stupid as Melbourne humiliated the Gold Coast on a dismal day at the Gabba.

        • by Andrew Stafford