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‘I’m proud to be from Biloela’: The town they called home
The story of Biloela and its most famous family, who “just wanted a safe, happy life with their kids”, is again burning on Australia’s collective tongue.
Qld music venue shut down over ‘repeated COVID breaches’
NightQuarter on the Sunshine Coast was ordered to close on Friday night, while 50 of the border-breaching couple’s close contacts test negative.
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Queensland Health
How a bot calmed Queenslanders during the pandemic
Inundated with questions from the public at the start of the pandemic, Queensland Health turned to artificial intelligence to dish out the answers.
‘Held by throat for 30 seconds’: Appeal against man’s sentence dismissed
A 22-year-old who choked his partner until she thought she was going to die was given two years’ jail with immediate parole – a sentence the Crown argued was “manifestly inadequate”.
Three-time gold medallist tells of fight for life without a vaccine
At the age of just six, Paralympian swimmer Brenden Hall almost lost his life to chicken pox. Instead, he lost his leg – just a few months before a vaccine became available in Australia.
Brash and bold, Edelsten lived life in the glare of publicity
Geoffrey Edelsten lived life to the full, drawn to the spotlight like a moth to the flame – whether in business, his love life or his sports ventures.
Opinion
Domestic violence
The church stripped bare: high rate of domestic abuse among Anglicans exposed
For too long, the church has been in denial. This weekend, every minister, bishop and archbishop should be preaching on the scourge of domestic violence.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
Humpback whale swallows then spits out lobster diver
“I realised, oh my God, I’m in a whale’s mouth and he’s trying to swallow me,” lobster diver Michael Packard told a Boston TV station. “This is it. I’m gonna die.”
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Match report
Walker the hero as Roosters survive epic Titans comeback
The Roosters rookie broke a 34-all deadlock with just a minute to go, kicking a field goal to break Gold Coast hearts.
From Ronaldo and Mbappe to Kane, all you need to know about the Euros
After a year’s delay, 24 teams playing across several venues all over Europe will vie for the continent’s top prize. Here’s everything you need to know.
Swimming Australia to set up all-female panel to investigate treatment of women
The governing body has again called on Maddie Groves to engage with it after her inflammatory tweets, and it will set up an independent panel to investigate the allegations.
Online dating lacks the ‘magic’, according to social researcher
“Physical intimacy is a beautiful expression of emotional intimacy that is achieved through attraction and getting to know someone,” says Hugh Mackay.
Opinion
MyCareer
Is it really such a crisis that the ‘peasants’ want to work from home?
Employers are finding it harder to keep staff who return to the office engaged.
Jim Bright
Opinion
Skincare
The ugly truth about men who get beauty treatments
I think I speak for most women when I point out that we prefer our fellas witty to pretty, with a big, thrusting organ: the one between a man’s ears.
Kathy Lette
Writer
WEEKEND READS
How do you reduce the vast history of China into 288 lively pages?
Author, translator and Sinologist Linda Jaivin takes the Taoist advice “to flow with nature” – whether writing history, movie subtitles or comic erotica.
‘Black armbands or white picket fences’: debating the ‘Dark Emu’ divide
Anthropologist Peter Sutton and writer Stuart Rintoul discuss the lack of factual evidence underpinning the bestseller Dark Emu, which claimed pre-colonial Aboriginal communities engaged in agriculture.
Queensland
$40 million to go back into Queensland racing industry
A new funding formula announced on Saturday would see 35 per cent of racing revenue returned to tracks, facilities and animal care.
Qld among world’s worst polluters, but help is at hand
A conference on Sunday aims to help people become more sustainable, with Qld’s Chief Scientist saying individuals can help lower pollution levels.
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Asylum seekers
‘It’s gone on far too long’: MP says Biloela family could have answer in two weeks
A Queensland LNP MP says he has been told the Tamil family detained on Christmas Island will get an answer on their plight within two weeks.
Dinosaur hunters on the trail of Australia’s apex predator
Under the dusty red soil of outback Queensland, experts believe an ancient superpredator could be lying in wait.
Woman’s hands zip-tied, feet bound before being left in Queensland forest
A 25-year-old Gympie man has been charged with 14 offences over several DV-related incidents in recent weeks.
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
How the Torres Strait has become a COVID front line
From the beach on Saibai Island, it is five minutes on a dinghy to Papua New Guinea’s mainland. A treaty has kept the border porous, but now it poses risks.
Business
Your Netflix habit has a carbon footprint, but not a big one
Streaming your favourite hour-long television show is the environmental equivalent of boiling a kettle for six minutes or popping four bags of popcorn in the microwave.
Opinion
Big four
The brutal reality for NAB: Regulatory problems have been a recurring theme for years
Adele Ferguson
Investigative journalist and columnist
World
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Agnes Chow released early from prison
Chow, along with Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who has since been given asylum in Britain, came to prominence as teenagers during the 2014 protests.
Opinion
The rollout that’s even worse than the vaccine debacle
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
Go deeper and find the narrative for survival during difficult times
Nyadol Nyuon
Lawyer and human rights advocate
A land of flooding cliches, parched of eloquence: the impoverished vocabulary of Australian politicians
Bob Carr
Industry Professor of Climate and Business at the University of Technology Sydney
Cops and robbers reboot: why we need the long arm of digital trickery to defeat global crime
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property bydomain
More resort than home: Incredible 23 bathroom spread hits the market
This trophy home comes with bowling alley, six kitchens and a subterranean 'bat cave' entrance. All this could be yours, for an eye-watering price.
Live like royalty in this $8m Tudor-inspired home
Take a look through The Tudors, an 89-year-old home with Old English-style character and features fit for a king.
Life & Culture
Opinion
Sunday Life
In Myanmar, it was my fellow expats who treated me like an outsider
Here I was in beautiful, beguiling Myanmar, about to start a month-long trial at its best-known newspaper, but finding a friendly face wasn’t as easy as I’d hoped.
Jessica Mudditt
Sport
‘I’m not asking for $900,000 a season’: Johnson sets record straight after Sharks axing
At the age of 30, Shaun Johnson knows his days of huge deals are over. But he believes he still has a lot to offer an NRL club, as he proved on Friday night.
Horton finds form but faces huge task to earn his Tokyo ticket in 400m
Olympic champion Mack Horton must produce some vintage form in the 400m freestyle final on Saturday night if he is to defend his Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
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Swimming
Two girls wrote to Cate Campbell after Rio. The letters saved her career.
In the turbulent wake of the 2016 Olympics, Cate Campbell received letters from two sisters that helped convince her to forge on towards her fourth Olympics. Five years later, she met them.
Djokovic defeats Nadal in French Open thriller to reach final
Novak Djokovic stopped Rafael Nadal’s bid for a 14th French Open title and handed the King of Clay just his third loss in 108 matches at the tournament.
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FIFA World Cup
Socceroos trounce Nepal to reach next World Cup qualifying stage
As expected, Australia made light work of their unfancied opponents to seal top spot in Group B with one game to spare.
The 10 storylines to watch as Olympic swim trials begin
Will Mack Horton make the team? Can Cody Simpson actually swim? Is Ariarne Titmus healthy? All questions will be answered when Australia’s elite swimmers compete in Adelaide.
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NRL 2021
Cherry-Evans says big win against Cowboys proof Manly no one-man team
With Des Hasler choosing to rest Tom Trbojevic after a terrific Origin opener, the pressure was on for the Sea Eagles not to fall back into old ways.
Have Your Say
Has NRL backed down on crackdown? Call that suggests stance is softening
Gerard Sutton’s decision to leave Kyle Feldt on the field after the winger collected Cameron Murray has given the NRL the chance to dial down the fervour on sin-binnings.
Michael Chammas
Sports reporter
