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Nod for trucks full of soil in CBD leaves council dirty
The Cross River Rail authority has been granted permission to cart soil through Brisbane’s CBD on Sundays, despite council objections.
‘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.
Morrison meets Biden for first time, but with an unexpected guest
Scott Morrison, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson agree more co-operation is needed because the “strategic context in the Indo-Pacific was changing”.
G7 leaders discuss Wuhan lab leak theory and back new investigation
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says more work is needed to find out what caused the global “carnage” of the coronavirus pandemic.
America is back: France’s Macron says Biden is ‘part of the club’
The US is back as a co-operative leader of the free world under Joe Biden, says France’s Emmanuel Macron, illustrating the relief felt by US allies that the tumult of the Trump presidency is over.
Seasonal flu ‘nowhere to be seen’ in Australia
Experts who have spent decades studying the flu in Australia have never seen anything like it, but they have warned the strange phenomenon may not last.
With a little help from friends, women over 50 stare down vaccine fears
Women in this age bracket have been found to be the most vaccine hesitant, but after talking it through, they’re showing up in droves. Though for some, the subject remains fraught.
Mystery bidder pays $36m to fly with Jeff Bezos to space
The first flight of Bezos’s Blue Origin space company is scheduled for July 20, and one desperate bidder has secured a seat.
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Charity
Scientology should lose charitable status over its attacks on mental health: McGorry
Australia’s top mental health advocates have described years of harassment by Scientologists, who oppose psychiatry.
Horton’s Olympic hopes still alive after dramatic 200m freestyle heats
It took a disqualification and a withdrawal but Mack Horton has made the 200m freestyle final as he fights for a place on the relay team and the plane to Tokyo.
‘Difference of opinion is not a bad thing’: ‘Dark Emu’ author responds to critics
“Aboriginal people have been wanting to have this discussion for 250 years, so I think it can only be positive,” Bruce Pascoe says.
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Antiques
Highest auction price worldwide for rare Australian coins
A £5 coin minted in Melbourne in 1921 and a George V Sovereign minted in Sydney in 1920 sold in a Monaco auction for about $1.5m each.
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.
Opinion
Superannuation
Best super funds over the past five years
Despite the recession and sharemarket meltdown, your retirement kitty has probably bounced back amazingly well.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Exclusive
Working from home
The group most keen on returning to the office – and why it may not be full time
Attitudes have shifted since the start of the pandemic, when nine out of 10 Australians were happy about the shift to remote work, and 78 per cent believed it would be the new normal.
Just a few minutes daily learning a language can boost your brain power
When you’re learning something new, usually the brain-boosting benefits tend to fade once you get the hang of it. Not so when you’re trying to conquer another language.
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Fake blood, artificial stomachs and state-of-the-art technology: Inside the TGA
Australia’s medical regulator has become a household name over the past year thanks to its work approving coronavirus vaccines, but that’s just a fraction of the TGA’s work.
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.
Queensland
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.
‘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, which the Crown argued was “manifestly inadequate”.
$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.
Exclusive
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.
Politics
Exclusive
Asylum seekers
‘It’s time they came back’: Coalition MPs call for Biloela family to stay
Peak medical groups have called on the Morrison government to immediately release the Tamil family from Biloela, as a growing number of Coalition MPs call for the four asylum seekers to be returned to their Queensland home.
Business
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Workplace culture
Global Sony boss investigating bullying and harassment claims in Australia
Sony Music’s head office in the US has held confidential discussions with at least four former and current staff members.
World
Scientist Stephen Hawking’s office, papers – even furniture – to be preserved by British foundation
Hawking’s personal reference library and papers are being preserved by Cambridge University Library, which also holds the papers of other scientific giants, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
Opinion
All-male club where gents fear ‘bossy’ women while confronting the prospect of ‘shrinkage’
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Explore
Property bydomain
The country city where historic charm meets laid-back living
Nestled in one of Australia's popular wine regions, this city is defying its former reputation as somewhere to avoid.
Your own private island: Unspoilt land hits the market in Queensland
Need some space? A private island in the Great Sandy Strait is set to go under the hammer. Accessible via an hour and a half tinnie ride, it lends itself to glamping.
Life & Culture
How Olivia Rodrigo became pop’s new ‘primal’ superstar
The “Drivers License” phenomenon’s chart-topping new album has been breaking records Taylor Swift-style.
Opinion
Private Sydney
Patience and empathy required from all as we navigate new gender terminology
Andrew Hornery
Private Sydney Columnist
Sport
‘I gave it everything’: Horton misses chance to defend his 400m gold medal
Elijah Winnington and Jack McLoughlin held off Mack Horton, as Emma McKeon put the world on notice on night one of the Olympic trials in Adelaide.
Updated
European Championships
Match suspended as soccer star collapses on field
Midfielder Christian Eriksen fell to the ground in dramatic fashion and had to be carried from the pitch.
Analysis
State of Origin
Fittler’s leadership masterstroke the key to Mitchell’s remarkable Origin return
Latrell Mitchell’s arrival as a superstar at Origin level warmed the hearts of league fans in NSW and was anything but an accident.
Stunning footage of Huni getting knocked out emerges ahead of Gallen fight
Justis Huni got knocked out by a cruiserweight in a sparring session, raising questions about his chin ahead of his anticipated fight with Paul Gallen.
Swimming Australia to set up all-female panel to investigate treatment of women
Governing body says it will set up an independent panel to investigate Maddie Groves’ allegations.
Titans 34 Roosters 35
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.
Swimming sisters striving to make their own splash
Sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell will swim against each other in this week’s Australian Swimming Trials.
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
