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Long wait times for cancer diagnosis trigger alarms

Long wait times for cancer diagnosis trigger alarms

Nearly 12,000 Queenslanders tested positive for bowel cancer last year but health officials worry long wait times for colonoscopies is putting lives at risk.

  • by Lucy Stone

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Brisbane records coldest 2018 morning in SEQ freeze

Brisbane records coldest 2018 morning in SEQ freeze

The River City dropped to 6.9 degrees at about 4.30am Saturday while the Scenic Rim's Beaudesert dipped below zero.

  • by Toby Crockford
Liberal Party council votes to sell off the ABC

Liberal Party council votes to sell off the ABC

The party’s peak council voted overwhelmingly in favour of privatising the public broadcaster.

  • by David Crowe
Toxic secret: Foam linked to spate of school deaths
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Toxic secret: Foam linked to spate of school deaths

In seven years,  five students died from cancer in one US school community. It's a case with huge significance in Australia.

  • by Carrie Fellner
Convicted Qld paedophile to remain behind bars

Convicted Qld paedophile to remain behind bars

The man, now aged 70, who was found with five children in his flat more than a decade ago will remain behind bars.

  • by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Pair accused of running $1.4m Brisbane cannabis ring

Pair accused of running $1.4m Brisbane cannabis ring

Two Vietnamese nationals have appeared in court accused of running the cannabis business from three Brisbane homes.

  • by Shae McDonald
Silicon Valley 'wunderkind' and billionaire faces jail

Silicon Valley 'wunderkind' and billionaire faces jail

If convicted, the 34-year-old chief executive of Theranos faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

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    Opinion & Perspectives

    Trump triggers talk of Australia going nuclear

    To suggest Australia now needs its own atomic arsenal is to suggest there has been a fundamental breakdown in trust. In short, that the US alliance is dead.

    Peter Hartcher
      Peter Hartcher

      Don't let Eurydice Dixon's death be a 'cautionary tale'

      The people who have the power to change things think it’s easier to keep women afraid than it is to make men accountable.

      Clementine Ford
        Clementine Ford

        Slap in the face: Rebel, Rebel, this payout's a mess

        There was no proof that Aussie star Rebel Wilson was going to earn $5 million a movie, a court finds.

        Karl Quinn
          Karl Quinn
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          World Cup 2018

          Ronaldo hat-trick earns Portugal draw with Spain in thriller

          Ronaldo hat-trick earns Portugal draw with Spain in thriller

          In what is sure to go down as a World Cup classic, Ronaldo scored an 88th minute equalizer in a thrilling game.

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            Entertainment

            He has script, stars and $18m for his film. He just needs a director

            He has script, stars and $18m for his film. He just needs a director

            Former hedge fund manager James Wallace claims he has everything in place to make a movie based on his life - except the person to call the shots.

            • by Karl Quinn
            Packer still waiting on his $200m 'Italian job'

            Packer still waiting on his $200m 'Italian job'

            Billionaire James Packer finally has a little silver lining among all those stormy clouds - in the form of a $200 million "gigayacht"

            • by Andrew Hornery

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            Is there an ideal time to have a second child?

            Is there an ideal time to have a second child?

            My partner and I pretty quickly decided we were all-in on the baby thing and we'd go for another. But when?

            • by Tanya C Snyder
            Countdown to tax time

            Countdown to tax time

            If your tax planning usually consists of joining a queue to buy stationery shortly before midnight on June 30, it might be time to think ahead.

            • by Christine Long

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            Sport

            The first person Inglis called after Origin was his therapist

            The first person Inglis called after Origin was his therapist

            In the lead-up to a must-win game two in Sydney, the Queensland captain opens about his battles.

            • by Andrew Webster
            FIFA World Cup: Day two, live scores, results, highlights

            FIFA World Cup: Day two, live scores, results, highlights

            Follow all the live action from the second day of the world's biggest sporting event.

            • by Matt Bungard