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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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Coronavirus updates LIVE:Â ICU staff forced to make their own protective equipment from stationery
- by Sarah Keoghan and Latika Bourke
Morrison flags company tax cuts, IR reform as key to COVID-19 economic recovery
- by Rob Harris and Shane Wright
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The Turnbull Memoir
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
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
'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
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
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
'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
'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
In Other News
Queensland
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
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, 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
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
The university has presented a series of misconduct allegations to Drew Pavlou.
- by Fergus Hunter and Max Koslowski
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Politics
'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
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Australians want government to stay the course on COVID-19 measures
- by Rob Harris
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Competition
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
'Pretty nuts': Super funds criticise PM's call to invest in Virgin
- by Charlotte Grieve, Jennifer Duke and Patrick Hatch
World
'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
Opinion
It's OK to finding silver linings in the COVID crisis
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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
Edible gardens are invariably planted with enthusiasm and hope, then something happens to the garden – or gardener.
- by Byron Smith
Life & Culture
It's back to the couch as lockdown spurs boost in family TV viewing
Free-to-air TV has had a surprising uplift in viewership since Australia went into lockdown.
- by Karl Quinn
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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
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
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AFL off-field behaviour
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
'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 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
Chalmers eyes greatness at 'biggest' Games
Training in a shipping container, he is convinced postponement will only raise the Olympics' profile.
- by Nick Mulvenney
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
Have Your Say
It's the sporting world in union, and we can learn plenty from that
The deals highlight the strengths of unionisation and collective bargaining.