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Former Queensland assistant health minister Chris Davis has been awarded $1.4 million.

Former Qld assistant minister wins $1.4m discrimination payout

Former Queensland assistant health minister Chris Davis has been awarded $1.4 million.

Chris Davis has been awarded more than $1.4m in damages after he was denied a job with the Metro North Hospital and Health Service after his spectacular falling-out with the LNP Newman govt.

  • by Cameron Atfield

Hakeem al-Araibi to return to Australia after extradition to Bahrain dropped

Hakeem al-Araibi.

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi will be freed from his Thai jail cell and allowed to return home to Australia.

  • by James Massola and Bevan Shields
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Victims to be offered rape kits before deciding on police complaint

Forensic evidence of rape will now be kept for 12 months, regardless of whether victims immediately decide to make a formal complaint.

It comes after revelations vital DNA evidence could be missed due to a policy not to collect forensic evidence from rape victims unless they report the attack to police.

  • by Felicity Caldwell and Lydia Lynch

Qld woman denies genital mutilation of daughters

Isles-English has pleaded guilty at the Brisbane Supreme Court to unlawful striking causing the death of his father.

The woman has pleaded not guilty to two counts of removing a child from the state for female genital mutilation.

  • by Warren Barnsley

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"ONE corner in ONE paddock on ONE property": Traeger MP Robbie Katter posted this image on Facebook. 

Queensland graziers take flood clean-up one day at a time

Rachael Anderson's immediate concern after floods killed half of her herd is not the 2000 or so carcasses now rotting in swampy paddocks. It is the banks.

  • by Sonia Kohlbacher and Christine Flatley
A cockroach.

The great extinction happening under our noses

Insect populations are "threatened worldwide" in a very concerning trend.

  • by Peter Hannam
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten speaks to media following a visit the Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Ryde, Sydney, Friday, February 1, 2019. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Labor shadow cabinet signs off on modified refugee bill

Labor has cleared way for compromise on refugee medical transfers.

  • by David Crowe
The device/item that the man had with him at the Brisbane Airport incident.

No bail for Brisbane airport bomb hoax suspect

Man who allegedly caused evacuation has been remanded in custody.

  • by Aaron Bunch
Tim Wilson.

Tim Wilson hits back at Labor over calls to resign

The Lib MP came under fire after it was alleged he "colluded" with a private fund

  • by Max Koslowski
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If you're renting or a landlord, this is the figure you need to know about

If you're renting or a landlord, this is the figure you need to know about

Looking for somewhere to live, or trying to work out if you can afford to increase the rent? The latest figures show a divided nation.

  • by Eliza Owen
Just a matter of timing: Why the Kondo method is too simplistic

Just a matter of timing: Why the Kondo method is too simplistic

In itself, a potato masher does not bring joy. However a heap of mashed potatoes, lightly salted, with a knob of butter melting on top does.

  • by Ro Cambridge

Business

House prices have already fallen. If the banks have to fully assess customers applications before issuing a loan then they could fall even further.

House prices to fall if lending laws changed, experts warn

Mooted changes to laws governing the way banks assess home would have a significant impact on the banking industry and possibly the economy, experts say.

  • by Sarah Danckert

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Entertainment

Sam and Ines catch up behind their partners' backs on Married At First Sight.

'I don't regret anything': No sign of remorse as Ines makes major play for Sam

Ines Basic and Sam Ball are making a play for each other - to no one's surprise except his oblivious wife, Elizabeth Sobinoff.

  • by Amy Croffey
MKR's Josh and Austin have ruffled viewers' feathers.

MKR villains Josh and Austin on why their instant restaurant flopped

"It was just a recipe for disaster," said Josh on Monday.

  • by Broede Carmody

Lifestyle

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Smarter living

Food from Delhi Streets, which has had success using the EatClub app.

Food apps to help you save money, the environment and small businesses

Two new apps that let everybody win by connecting restaurants to customers.

  • by Alice Clarke
The Backstreet Boys are the epitome of a throwback that should stay in the past.

Backstreet's back: Why the sudden craving for nostalgia?

Constantly thinking the past was better than today can mean forgetting to live in the now.

  • by Thomas Mitchell

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Emotional toll: Alen Stajcic addressing the media for the first time since his sacking.

Sacked Matildas coach determined to restore damaged reputation

An emotional Alen Stajcic has spoken publicly about his shock dismissal for the first time, underlining the toll it has taken on himself and his family.

  • by Dominic Bossi
Magic Johnson would be happy to work with Ben Simmons - if it gets the all-clear from the league and clubs.

Simmons reaches out to Magic Johnson

Reports that Magic Johnson and Ben Simmons might work together in the off-season have sent the basketball world into a spin.

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