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Investigation
Queensland councils
Nation's third-largest council helped mayor’s donor win $20m deal
A Queensland council handed outsourced work to one of the mayor’s political donors without a tender. Now, council insiders are raising questions about how the secret deal was reached and who was left in the dark.
- by Mark Solomons
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Four years on from a cyclist's death, and still no safer
It has been four years since Rebekka Meyer's death, but work on the separated Woolloongabba Bikeway is yet to start.
- by Ruth McCosker
More Australians fear climate change as govt goes other way
People's fears about climate change have surged and about half of Australians want new coal mines banned.
- by Nicole Hasham
Qld town's 'top secret' plan for tourism dollars
Charleville plans to attract more tourists through bilbies and a once-top secret US military base.
- by Tony Moore
Opinion
Peter Dutton
Dutton versus Quaedvlieg: old Border Force mates go to war
Peter Dutton, scourge of refugees on the high seas and former Qld policeman, was in no mood to take prisoners.
- by Tony Wright
The $545,000 fix for 'slippery' Goodwill Bridge path
Cyclists have been battling with a slippery surface on the Goodwill Bridge for almost a year.
- by Ruth McCosker
Mass evacuation ordered for Florence's bull's eye
With maximum sustained winds of 220 km/h, Florence could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit US.
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Opinion & Perspectives
My Uber rating would be a perfect five stars ... if I wasn't mixed up with Nick Earls
I have a 4.95-star rating as a passenger on Uber and the average is something a bit higher than 4.5, but surely not as high as 4.95, which I have, so look upon my arbitrarily determined near perfect valuation, ye mighty, and despair.
John Birmingham
One simple question to PM remains unanswered ... possibly because it is unanswerable
Scott Morrison makes sure he doesn't answer the simplest of questions: why is Malcolm Turnbull no longer the prime minister?
Tony Wright
Everyone and everything lost in Serena's quadruple fault
In her outbursts, she invoked sexism and, implicitly, racism, and so managed to set back both those momentous causes.
Greg Baum
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Queensland
National
Insurer sold life cover to man with Down syndrome
- by Clancy Yeates & Ruth Williams
Severe drought bites crops in Queensland, eastern states
- by Darren Gray & Patrick Hatch
Politics
Liberal senator 'not bullied' during leadership spill, PM reveals
She threatened to name names, but Lucy Gichuhi had a different story when she met the Prime Minister.
- by Latika Bourke
World
Exclusive
Fire
Australian firefighters shot at by men with scoped rifles in hours-long ordeal in US
- by Kylar Loussikian
Property bydomain
The Block 2018: Five problems with open-plan living and how to solve them
Open-plan living is a must-have list for buyers, but it's not without issues.
- by Natasha Dickins
Could owning a car be keeping you off the property ladder?
Young people are falling out of love with owning a car, and high property prices could be to blame.
- by David Ross
Business
Opinion
Banking royal commission
'Easy-peasy, smash 400 lives by lunch': cold-call victims didn't stand a chance
The Royal Commission heard blood-curdling testimony that painted a picture of boiler room culture designed to flog products at any cost.
- by Adele Ferguson
Small business
Entertainment
Ben Simmons' family life inspires American comedy series
Titled Brotherly Love, the show will reportedly be based on Simmons' big, multi-racial family.
- by Peter Mitchell
SBS to educate - and shock - with new series How 'Mad' Are You?
Could you tell if someone has a mental illness just by looking at them?
- by Broede Carmody
Lifestyle
Smarter living
8 signs you're a lawnmower parent
Move over helicopter parents. There's a new parenting trend that could be even more troubling than those who hover.
- by Alessia Santoro
Surface Go review: Microsoft's made a Windows iPad, and it's great
The size and starting price are much smaller, but the Go keeps everything good about the mobile Surface line.
- by Tim Biggs
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Sport
Analysis
Australia
If not now, then when for snubbed Maxwell?
It seemed as if the planets had finally aligned for Glenn Maxwell but he again finds himself in the Test wilderness.
- by Andrew Wu
Capewell to wear guard to protect ruptured testicle
The Sharks back-rower suffered the painful injury in the final round of the regular season, but is on track to return in the second week of the finals.
- by Adam Pengilly
