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Multimillion-dollar double-decker CityCat to be built
Brisbane’s fleet of CityCats is getting a new $3.7 million double-decker boat.
- by Ruth McCosker
Latham fronts breakfast TV with new boss Hanson
"I’m in a position and a stage in life where I just can’t stand on the sideline talking about it, I want to get stuck in," the former Labor leader said.
- by Michael Koziol
'We are devastated': Young doctor killed in shark attack mourned by colleagues
Daniel Christidis, a 33-year-old research fellow at Austin Health, was on the first day of a Whitsundays' cruise when he was attacked.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Engineers forced to work as Qld cabbies as qualifications remain unrecognised
The Queensland economy stands to lose $250 million in 10 years because the qualifications of migrants and refugees are not recognised.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Look what Taylor Swift made Brisbane do
The US mega-popstar returned to Brisbane for the first time in five years on Tuesday night, bringing her Reputation show to the Gabba.
- by Lucy Stone
Breaking
Shark
Swimmer in hospital after shark attack in north NSW
Police remained on the beach and were liaising with life savers and the govt.
- by Rachel Clun
Updated
Melbourne Cup
Call for change as horse dies after Melbourne Cup injury
The Cliffsofmoher, which failed to finish the race, was euthanised.
- by Adam Pengilly & Chloe Booker
$2m river plan highlights flood risk to RAAF Amberley
Plans to revegetate banks on Bremer River were released on Tuesday.
- by Tony Moore
Fisheries officers take industrial action after attack
Officers are taking industrial action in an ongoing dispute about pay.
- by Lucy Stone
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
Fair dinkum, Scott Morrison might have helped himself to my rubbish
The PM hadn’t officially launched his bus tour of Queensland when my old treadmill disappeared. But then a grey-haired, slightly portly bloke pulled up.
John Birmingham
Cricket comparisons wide of mark, but good news hid rugby's woes
Rugby buried its own cultural review. Three years on, does it matter?
Georgina Robinson
Diplomatic thaw shows Beijing eager for friends, experts say
China experts say Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s crucial visit to Beijing shows the Chinese government wants to get the relationship back on track.
David Wroe
Politics
Mark Latham will contest NSW election with One Nation to 'fight for civilisational values'
"I’m in a position and a stage in life where I just can’t stand on the sideline talking about it, I want to get stuck in," the former Labor leader said.
- by Michael Koziol
Exclusive
Energy
Former official criticises Angus Taylor over 'extraordinary' coal protection measure
- by Nicole Hasham & Cole Latimer
World
Unprecedented turnout marks start of voting in US midterm election
- by Rachel Olding & Matthew Knott
Property bydomain
Generation rent could be left in poverty by retirement age: report
Australia's increasing cohort of lifelong renters are at risk of living in poverty in retirement, claiming the current system is ill-prepared to care for them.
- by Jim Malo
A place of retreat: Inside the concrete home that pushes the limits of design
Every now and then, an architect really thinks outside the square and delivers something quite extraordinary. These dramatic stones are actually a house.
- by Colleen Hawkes
Business
Breaking
Big four
CBA books $2.5 billion quarterly cash profit as few loans go sour
Commonwealth Bank unaudited cash profit was about $2.5 billion in the three months through September as charges for bad debts stayed at historic lows.
- by Clancy Yeates
Small business
Entertainment
Love Actually turns 15: The movie's 15 sweetest, funniest and saddest quotes
From cue cards to Titanic, Love Actually gave birth to some brilliant cinema moments that are still as poignant today.
Idris Elba is People's 'Sexiest Man Alive' for 2018
Elba is one of just a handful of people of colour who have been bestowed the honour.
Lifestyle
Smarter living
The biggest trend in drinks right now is all about the blend
Those clever hybrid drinks are no longer just the domain of 'craft' - they have entered the mainstream.
- by James Atkinson
Our partner is the person most likely to phub us, even in the bedroom
Who gets phubbed most? How frequently? And in what situations?
- by Yeslam Al-Saggaf
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Cars bydrive
Sport
$20 million McEvoy savours feeling money can't buy
Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has now won his owners more than $20m in prizemoney so far this year, but his third Melbourne Cup meant much more than hard cash.
- by Chris Roots
Rugby's Longstaff review won't see the light of day
The 2015 look into the culture of the game has been made relevant again by cricket's review but its contents will never be for public consumption.
- by Phil Lutton
