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Election campaign spending caps were on the Brisbane City Council agenda on Tuesday.

$200,000 isn't enough to run a mayoral campaign, LNP councillors say

Election campaign spending caps were on the Brisbane City Council agenda on Tuesday.

The LNP councillors voted to endorse much of the Local Government Association of Queensland's anti-reform platform, but wanted mayoral campaign spending caps removed.

  • by Lucy Stone
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Fraser Anning

Queensland Senator Fraser Anning used public funds for private meeting in Adelaide

Senator Fraser Anning

Senator Anning used taxpayer funds to fly to a private business meeting in Adelaide last year in a bid to avert bankruptcy proceedings that could have ended his parliamentary career.

  • by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago

Youth in detention allege staff threatened to have them assaulted

The shirtless youths on the roof of the Wacol detention centre.

Allegations included claims, unable to be substantiated by the ombudsman, that some staff "paid" some young detainees with soft drinks to assault other prisoners.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

Asylum seekers to get support to find work and emergency help

Multicultural Affairs Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has announced $3.5 million in funding for an organisation to support asylum seekers in Queensland.

A report recently revealed thousands of migrants and refugees were struggling to have their qualifications recognised in Queensland.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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Two Queensland brothers who saved two girls from dangerously rough seas on the Sunshine Coast 45 years ago are finally being recognised for their bravery.
Hugh and Jim McClelland, then aged 15 and 16-years-old respectively, were at the Ithaca Life Saving Club in the early afternoon of 9 January 1974 when the alarm was raised about two young girls getting swept out to sea.

'I said to Jim, I'd lost her': Seven stories of Queensland bravery

Two Queensland brothers are being recognised for their bravery 45 years after rescuing two young girls from being swept out to sea on the Sunshine Coast.

  • by Stuart Layt
Pauline Hanson, seen next to her chief of staff James Ashby, says there are 'questions' about Port Arthur in a secretly recorded video.

Hanson appears to question Port Arthur massacre 

She was secretly recorded saying there were a "lot of questions there".

  • by Nick Bonyhady
Bushmaster infantry vehicles on Langhams Beach in northern Queensland during Exercise Talisman Saber 17.

'Not a minor oversight. It is a significant failure'

ADF contractor fined $160,000 after Bushmaster crushes Queensland man.

  • by Warren Barnsley
Australian Christian College - Moreton where six children were hit by a car on Wednesday afternoon.

Six kids rushed to hospital after school car park crash

Two adults were also being treated after the car hit six kids north of Brisbane.

  • by Lydia Lynch
The jet ski the man used to try and flee the country.
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Crime

Fugitive fleeing Aus caught on jet ski 10kms from PNG

The man made his escape bid from Queensland's northern tip.

  • by Toby Crockford and Phil Hickey
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Designer stops selling Tayla Harris T-shirt after AFL legal threats

Designer stops selling Tayla Harris T-shirt after AFL legal threats

  • by Michael Fowler and Simone Fox Koob
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Microsoft president Brad Smith has warned the Australian government about its landmark encryption legislation.

Companies 'no longer comfortable' storing data in Australia, Microsoft warns

Brad Smith said foreign companies and governments were "no longer comfortable" with storing data in Australia.

  • by Fergus Hunter and Emma Koehn

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How to declutter your home when your partner doesn't want to

How to declutter your home when your partner doesn't want to

So, you’ve taken the autumnal weather as an opportunity to roll up your sleeves and spark some joy - but what if your partner isn't on board?

  • by Nicole Frost
McNaught, Example move to Brisbane, settle on $2.8m Paddington house

McNaught, Example move to Brisbane, settle on $2.8m Paddington house

The model and actress, along with her rapper husband and two sons, are now Paddington locals after making the move back from the UK.

  • by Nicola McDougall

Business

Overtime hours at Sydney Airport's control tower have blown out over the past three years.
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Sydney's air traffic control 'at breaking point', disrupting flights

Flights at Sydney Airport are being disrupted more than once a month on average because there are not enough traffic controllers to keep it operating at full capacity.

  • by Patrick Hatch
James Shipton warns banks: don't get technical.
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Big four

Only 50 days since Hayne's report and banks are already pushing back

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Lynas is not for sale says its chief executive Amanda Lacaze.

Lynas looks to WA, not Wesfarmers, for its Malay solution

  • by Hamish Hastie, Colin Kruger and Darren Gray

Small business

Harry Sekhon

The accidental entrepreneurs

  • by Caroline James
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Entertainment

Hannah Gadsby at the launch of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Tuesday.

'It's a huge problem': Comedians applaud Hannah Gadsby's anti-phone measures

"You're paying to sit there on your phone. I just don't get it." 

  • by Broede Carmody
Amy Shark will perform at Sunday's AFLW Grand Final.

'I was shocked': Amy Shark's grand final gig inspired by Tayla Harris controversy

The ARIA winner will be performing on the pitch before Sunday's final.

  • by Robert Moran

Lifestyle

Smarter living

Visceral fat is the one you need to be worried about.

Your health's biggest enemy is hiding in plain sight

There are two types of fat, but it's the one you can't see that's the deadliest.

  • by Michael Jarosky
The Stadia controller, which connects directly to Google's servers via Wi-Fi.
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How Google Stadia could foretell the future of video games

Google's cloud-powered gaming system promises better graphics, expanded multiplayer and next generation social features, on virtually any screen.

  • by Tim Biggs

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Sport

Michael Cheika says the Wallabies may have a few tricks up their sleeve this year.

The players used as Cheika's guinea pigs for World Cup planning

Randwick colts players were shocked to see Wallabies coaches Michael Cheika and Nathan Grey turn up randomly at a training session earlier this month.

  • by Tom Decent
Bruce Yardley.

In age of fast men, the late Bruce Yardley put his own spin on fame

The former Australian Test cricketer and coach of Sri Lanka has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 71.

  • by Greg Baum

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