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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said a further six cases of coronavirus had been recorded in the state overnight.

Premier warns Queensland may not follow other states in easing virus lockdown

Queensland will make its own decisions about when to lift lockdowns and will not look to other states for advice, the Premier warns.

  • by Stuart Layt

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Former foreign minister Alexander Downer acted without clearance from Australian officials when he contacted United States diplomats four years ago to raise concerns about potential Russian interference in the US presidential election.

Downer raised Russia concerns at US embassy without govt approval

The former foreign minister acted alone according to a new memoir by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

  • by David Crowe
BRISBANE AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 24 JULY 2007.  GENERIC- brisbane, city, rent, property, rental, housing, suburbs, realestate  AFR FIRST USE ONLY SPECIALX 00000000

New rental law changes to protect 'mum and dad' investors

New rules to heavily protect tenants during the COVID-19 crisis will be altered to protect "mum and dad investors" after the original draft was heavily criticised by the real estate sector.

  • by Darren Cartwright
Bad Boys comedy duo Shayne Brian and Darren J Carver who normally keep their podcast light-hearted wanted to address this serious issue.

'If one prisoner gets COVID-19, the whole prison gets it', Bad Boys warn

The hosts of the normally light-hearted podcast have issued a warning.

  • by Jocelyn Garcia
While Australia effectively self-isolates from the rest of the world, econmic recovery will become harder.

As Australia self-isolates from the world, economic recovery hangs in balance

More than half the nation’s population growth since 2005 was from migration.

  • by George Megalogenis
Priya and Nadesalingam and their Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharunicaa.

'Let us out, let us live in peace': Tamil mum asks to go home to Biloela

Fresh from Federal Court victory, a Tamil mother wants a normal life in Australia.

  • by Rachel Eddie
Cassie Sainsbury speaking after being paroled from a jail in Colombia.

'I needed money': paroled drug mule Cassie Sainsbury speaks out in Colombia

Sainsbury walked free from a Bogota jail after three years inside for drug running.

  • by Michael Evans
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Queensland

An employee at Cairns Hospital, in Queensland's far north, who works at an internal laboratory has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

More than a dozen Qld coronavirus lab workers now in quarantine

A team of Brisbane pathology workers will be deployed to Cairns as a laboratory is shut down.

  • by Lydia Lynch and Toby Crockford

Six-week-old Queensland baby found safe and well

Police are investigating a stabbing in Redbank Plains overnight.

The girl was said to have been taken from a Narangba address on Friday morning following a domestic violence incident.

Multimillion-dollar payout for pilot hurt in PNG helicopter crash

Bruce Towers (centre) train for the Oxfam Trailwalker challenge in 2013.

Bruce Towers, 69, was left with complete paralysis of his lower limbs and partial paralysis of the upper limbs.

  • by Cheryl Goodenough

'Justice has been served': Queensland Tamil family win Federal Court case

'Justice has been served': Queensland Tamil family win Federal Court case

The Biloela family's fight to stay in Australia is far from over.

  • by Rachel Eddie

UQ takes disciplinary action against student activist critical of Beijing

University of Queensland student Drew Pavlou.

The university has presented a series of misconduct allegations to Drew Pavlou.

  • by Fergus Hunter and Max Koslowski

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Politics

The government is ramping up its push for Australians to agree to download a tracing app on their phones.

'Start with voluntary and see how we go': Push for more Australians to use COVID-19 tracing app

The Deputy CMO says the app will be key to containing the virus, as the government ramps up its campaign for Australians to agree to have their movements logged.

  • by Dana McCauley

Business

ACCC chair Rod Sims says he will call out companies that fall to pass on the fall in global oil prices to motorists.

How anti-competitive action can help fight virus war

Banks, telcos, supermarkets, insurers and gas and electricity companies have all received temporary permission to co-operate to fight COVID-19.

  • by Clancy Yeates

World

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'Everything has shifted': How a pandemic is reshaping the US election

As a rule, if the economy is going well then US presidents get re-elected. If it's going badly, they lose. But will that hold in a global health emergency?

  • by Matthew Knott
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Why investors could be regretting negative gearing right now

Why investors could be regretting negative gearing right now

Most landlords are already losing money on their investment which may explain the hesitance to cut rents for struggling tenants, experts say.

  • by Jim Malo
Five ways you are killing your backyard veggie patch

Five ways you are killing your backyard veggie patch

Edible gardens are invariably planted with enthusiasm and hope, then something happens to the garden – or gardener.

  • by Byron Smith
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Sport

Champion Australian pace bowler Pat Cummins made an eight-year-old boy's day.
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Postman Pat delivers for cricket-mad lad chasing baggy green dream

An eight-year old is now even more enthusiastic about imaginary opponents.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
‘‘As things stand, we’re going to run out of cash by the end of August,’’ Roberts is said to have told staff this week.

Staff forced to take huge pay cut to save Cricket Australia: Roberts

‘‘As things stand, we’re going to run out of cash by the end of August."

  • by Andrew Wu
Damaged cars on Wright St in Middle Park.

Two AFL players in hot water over car incidents

After Lachie Hunter returned a positive breath test, Tyson Stengle has allegedly been caught drink-driving.

  • by Sam McClure, Rachel Eddie and Jake Niall
Former Wallaby Quade Cooper this week declared his desire for a short-term stint in the NRL.

'I don't think it's realistic': Souths CEO cool on Izzy, Quade, SBW talk

Souths boss Blake Solly does not believe the short-term deals are feasible.

  • by Laine Clark
AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan.

AFL planning a long-term overhaul of the game

The AFL is planning a long-term overhaul of the game, and not just for the next two seasons.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers celebrates during an International Swimming League meet in Hungary last year.

Chalmers eyes greatness at 'biggest' Games

Training in a shipping container, he is convinced postponement will only raise the Olympics' profile.

  • by Nick Mulvenney
Fifpro has warned of massive risks to women's soccer.

Women's soccer 'at risk of mass job losses' around the globe

The coronavirus pandemic presents an "almost existential threat" to the game.

  • by Katie Whyatt
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