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‘We haven’t looked back’: Qld’s biggest population boom in 16 years
New figures reveal the winners and losers across Australia when it comes to interstate migration, with COVID lockdowns, affordability and lifestyle the biggest drivers.
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Australian cricket
Postponement of IPL leaves Australian players stranded in India
The sensational development came after a member of David Warner’s team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, became the latest player to test positive to coronavirus.
Coronavirus cases in quarantine jumped 46 per cent in weeks before India flight ban
But experts have questioned if the extraordinary action including fines and jail for those flouting the travel halt was proportionate to the risk.
Opinion
India
What does this draconian decision say about Australia’s character?
While other countries like the US and UK have stopped flights from India, they have not criminalised the actions of their own citizens.
Bevan Shields
Europe correspondent
Brisbane tycoons eye key heritage-listed property
Former South Bank Corporation chairman Steve Wilson AM has confirmed he will place an offer on Kangaroo Point’s Lamb House, while property developer Kevin Seymour ‘will again look at it’.
New climate service to help Australia bounce back from natural disasters
A new Australian Climate Service will be established to guide the national recovery agency as it looks at ways to make the country more resilient to future natural disasters.
Woman, on her knees, begs PM to stop violence in Cameroon
The woman, who has not been named by media outlets, fell to her knees crying in front of Mr Morrison as he toured Rockhampton’s Beef Week expo with reporters on Tuesday morning.
Opinion
Property prices
Speculators back in the game to push up property prices
Having kept a low profile during the pandemic, investors are now returning to the market with gusto. And that means home prices will continue to be pushed higher.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Opinion
Domestic violence
Looking back, there were red flags about my daughter’s killer
For a long time, I was trying to understand how Katie’s relationship ended in her being murdered. I now know all too well what coercive control is and what wide-reaching effect it has.
Boyd Unwin
Man charged over fatal Brisbane River boat crash faces court
Jamie Luke Harwood, 46, is charged with four offences over the death of 21-year-old Ipswich mother Nicole Tina Herbert last year.
NDIS chief ‘deeply regrets’ anxiety over independent assessments
The chief of the National Disability Insurance Scheme believes it has become too bureaucratic, with participants having to “explain and justify” every aspect of their lives to a stranger.
Broncos considering shock play for Raiders star Josh Hodgson
The Broncos have held high-level discussions about signing the English No.9 for next year as part of a spine revamp that could include South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds.
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NRL off-field behaviour
‘Setting a bad example’: Burgess’ 32 traffic offences before he was caught driving with cocaine
Sam Burgess has avoided recording a conviction for driving with cocaine in his system in February and will remain on the road despite a history of 32 traffic offences since the former NRL star arrived in Australia in 2010.
Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce shakes health, philanthropic worlds
Their foundation has played a significant role in the global response to the pandemic, early vaccine candidates and helping shape COVAX.
Queensland
Censorship row erupts in council ethics meeting over police racism post
Brisbane City Council’s Labor opposition has raised questions as a committee voted to discipline the sole Greens councillor for a post calling police ‘racist’.
Teenager killed at Mick Doohan raceway remembered as a ‘lovable larrikin’
A teenage boy who was killed in a dirt bike crash on Monday in Brisbane has been remembered as a “lovable larrikin” who had a “bright future ahead of him”.
Boy, 4, bitten on the thigh by a dingo
In the second attack on Fraser Island in as many weeks, a dingo has bitten a boy on Orchid Beach.
Temperatures expected to drop after Brisbane’s first fog of the season
Brisbane’s temperatures are expected to drop this week to 13 degrees, as the city recorded its first fog for the season.
Designer of riverside tower to run for Greens in federal election
Architect Elizabeth Watson-Brown will run in the Brisbane seat of Ryan, while retail worker Stephen Bates is named as the Greens’ candidate for the seat of Brisbane.
Politics
RBA more bullish on economy as it holds rates at record low
Governor Philip Lowe says the central bank now expects GDP to expand by 4.75 per cent this year, up from a forecast of 3.5 per cent in February.
Business
Nine shares rise as Stan Sport subscriptions revealed
Stan gained nearly 150,000 sport subscribers since it began broadcasting rugby union matches earlier this year.
World
Multiple deaths after Mexico City rail overpass collapses
At least 23 people were killed and 65 hurt when an overpass carrying Mexico City metro train cars partially collapsed on to a road on Monday night, authorities said.
Opinion
Explore
Property bydomain
Buyers line up from across the globe for derelict Lamb House
A landmark Queensland mansion that fell from housing Brisbane’s elite to harbouring squatters has hit the market for the first time in its 120-year history.
'Australia's hottest housing market': Where prices are up 34 per cent
Prices in this far-flung mining town have skyrocketed but they've bounced back off a very low base, having peaked at $900,000 in 2011.
Life & Culture
Music reviews: Animal Collective, Charles Mingus and more
Mardi Wilson’s Get Lost, Charles Mingus’s @Bremen 1964 & 1975, Benjamin Grosvenor’s Liszt and Animal Collective’s Crestone.
Opinion
Body image
Billie Eilish posed in lingerie for Vogue – but does it matter what we think?
Jenna Guillaume
Sport
McMahon wants Wallabies return but Rennie happy with local backrowers
McMahon was one of the hottest talents in Australian rugby when he left for Japan in 2017, and he has a desire to play for the Wallabies again.
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AFL 2021
Umpires coach Kennedy leaves AFL suddenly
AFL umpires coach Hayden Kennedy - in the role since 2013 - has resigned with the decision to take effect after round 10.
Opinion
Super Rugby
Wright move: Why captain O’Connor can give Reds the edge in decider
The Reds’ game plan has been effective under stand-in skipper.
Wayne Smith
Updated
WTA Tour
‘Whether it’s one or 100, as a person, I couldn’t care less’: Barty extends lead at top of rankings
The world No.1 overcame a slow start to beat Polish teenager.
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Gymnastics
‘Ways we were treated were not OK’: Gymnasts now safe to speak
Mary-Anne Monckton was one of the first to speak up about abuse in the sport.
New registry to keep ‘transparent’ eye on AFL concussions
Concussion campaigner says the AFL is tracking towards 100 concussions in a season for the first time.
The moment Karmichael Hunt targeted NRL return
It was while watching his beloved Broncos cop one of their biggest losses that the code-hopping star first got the itch to return.
Have Your Say
Gymnastics abuse victims say WA Institute of Sport still failing to take responsibility
Gymnast Alliance Australia welcomed the release of an investigation into the sport.
