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Three dead, five injured during 10 hours of carnage on SEQ roads
The five accidents followed police warnings on Friday to take extra care on the roads leading up to Australia Day.
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Talks to fast-track vaccine for athletes to save Tokyo Games
Olympic chiefs are working with the WHO to get all athletes vaccinated, while in Queensland on Sunday, no new cases were reported for the 12th straight day.
Police ferried to South Stradbroke Island to break up festival brawl
Although security guards were present, police had to be ferried in to quell the commotion at Couran Cove Resort.
Scores of Brisbane bush reserves eyed for mountain biking trails
Mount Coot-tha is the only approved mountain biking site in the Brisbane council area, but bikers and council want that to change.
Police raid SEQ sites after Australian arrested over world’s largest dark-web marketplace
The raids followed the shutdown of DarkMarket and the arrest in Europe of a 34-year-old Australian man accused of being a site administrator.
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
Frydenberg flags multibillion-dollar boost from faster vaccine rollout after year of economic pain
In an exclusive interview, the Treasurer was cautiously optimistic about the economic impact of faster vaccine rollouts, and he defended the government’s move to begin winding back some economic support.
Smoke on the water: How Fraser Island is rising from the ashes
One of the natural wonders of the world, Fraser Island was hit by a bushfire that scorched more than half of the World Heritage-listed site. A month after the flames were contained, a small group takes a journey to the island paradise to assess the damage for themselves.
The most UnAustralian Australians of the Year
Here’s to the shameless, the unintentionally hilarious, the idiotic, and the self-absorbed of our great land.
Opinion
Australia Day
Where are we going with Australia Day?
Every year, the Australia Day debate sails into view in January and then, with little achieved, it glides away forgotten for 11 months.
Stephen Brook
CBD columnist
‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals tops triple J’s Hottest 100
Local acts made up 66 per cent of this year’s list, a fitting musical send-off to 2020 given many Australian acts couldn’t tour the festival circuit or even play at their local pub for months.
Queensland
Queensland records no new COVID-19 cases but virus found in wastewater
The Chief Health Officer said there were three locations in Queensland where COVID-19 was found in wastewater, and she warned residents to get tested.
‘Clear criteria’ needed to extend Chief Health Officer’s pandemic powers, advocates say
Several Queensland bodies have backed the extension of Jeannette Young’s special powers to the end of September –with provisos.
Man dies in custody in Brisbane’s south-west
The man was rushed to hospital from the watchhouse and underwent surgery.
Hotel staff in firing line if quarantine moved to regions, industry warns
The Queensland Hotels Association says staff at city hotels could be sacked if a plan to move COVID quarantine to the regions gets the nod.
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
‘It’s about getting more people home’: Queensland quarantine plan down to two sites
Queensland authorities have been tasked with preparing a “more formal” proposal to quarantine Australians returning from abroad in regional parts of the country.
Politics
Shorten takes a swipe at Albanese’s ‘tiny’ policy agenda
Bill Shorten will criticise Anthony Albanese’s policy agenda with faint praise – and suggest Labor must be bolder.
Business
Online scams surge as stay-at-home boredom bites
Australians unwittingly handed over more than $176 million to scammers last year, up 23 per cent from a year earlier.
World
Sri Lankan minister who advocated ‘divine’ COVID potion tests positive to virus
The Health Minister tested positive to COVID just days after advocating the preventative powers of a syrup said to have been created by the Hindu goddess Kaali to save humanity from the virus.
Opinion
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Property bydomain
'Not sure I would have been their first choice': Unusual architect pick
A couple with a small-town cottage transformed it into a sunny and stylish new build, with the help of a young architect they found very close to home.
How the pandemic will change our cities for years to come
From the potential for office tower conversions to increased demand for inner-city 'pocket' parks, the COVID-19 crisis could alter our urban fabric.
Life & Culture
Rachael was in a yoga class when she realised wellness had a problem
The "Goop-ification" of self-care has pushed many groups to the margins. But the fight is on to make wellness more equitable.
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Sport
Quarantined tennis pro Yastremska denied bid to lift doping ban
A Ukrainian player in hotel quarantine in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open has had her bid to lift a ban for failing an out-of-competition doping test denied.
Olympic flame: Barty’s burning ambition
Ash Barty is clinging to dreams of playing tennis at an Olympics, but the world No.1 will be guided by expert health advice.
‘I can’t say how grateful I am’: Two halves whole again as DCE, Foran reunite
Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans have picked up where they left off on the Sea Eagles’ training paddock.
Recharged Barty ready to make up for lost time
Ash Barty turns 25 in just a few months, and she’s already had two significant breaks from tennis.
‘Proud’ Gillespie backs CA, Lalor hits out at Morrison’s Australia Day stance
The PM has come under more fire for his views on how cricket is marking January 26, as Indigenous former Test star Jason Gillespie throws his support behind Cricket Australia.
Tuck CTE diagnosis another wake-up call for players: concussion expert
Concussion expert Alan Pearce says there remains a reluctance among players at all levels to be completely honest about how they feel after a head knock.
Inside tennis lockdown: a small price to pay for the freedom beyond
A Canadian journalist says that 14 days in lockdown after travelling halfway around the world to cover a tennis tournament isn't so bad. Day 15 may hurt, but day 16 is going to be incredible.
Have Your Say
Kyrgios 2.0: The reinvention of tennis' enfant terrible
The 25-year-old knows he has become much better at reading the room in the past year.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
