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Brisbane sports facilities get $50m boost
The council funding, announced on Sunday, will see a $16 million sports park built at Nudgee, as well as upgrades to existing facilities across the city.
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.
Two crucial witnesses die months before new Whiskey Au Go Go inquest
The new coronial inquest into the 1973 firebombing that claimed 15 lives at the Brisbane nightclub starts on Monday, despite the recent deaths of two key witnesses.
Australia waiting for ‘the right deal’ with Britain, says PM
The new post-Brexit economic pact is due to be settled this week, but a dispute over tariffs and quotas for agricultural goods is yet to be resolved.
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”.
‘If you are fully vaccinated you should get freedoms’: Young, jabbed and ready to travel
Australians are increasingly wondering when they will see the perks that ought to come with vaccination, such as freedom of movement around Australia.
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.
Two die in savage house fire
One body was found on Saturday and the second on Sunday afternoon, but officials were yet to determine their identities or how the Kilcoy blaze began.
Brisbane man behind offensive hate mail admits sending letters to people’s homes
The man, who has spent years sending letters espousing offensive views about immigration and multiculturalism, has been using the electoral roll to obtain recipients’ addresses.
Exclusive
IVF
Travel exemptions granted for IVF tourism and surrogacy
The federal government is granting travel exemptions for women to travel overseas for IVF treatment or surrogacy arrangements not available under Australian law.
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NRL 2021
NRL Player Poll 2021: Tedesco dethroned as the game’s best player
A hundred NRL players have been polled to get their responses on a range of topics.
Safety of young women should be focus of Swimming Australia investigation: Leisel Jones
Olympic champion says Maddie Groves’ claims should be investigated thoroughly to ensure women and girls are safe in the sport.
‘This is not some kind of woke dictum’: Anglican ministers to avoid gendered language
The new guidelines are about having respectful conversations, “not some kind of woke dictum”, says Bishop Peter Hayward.
Opinion
Superannuation
Best super funds over the past five years
Your retirement kitty has probably bounced back amazingly well from COVID-19.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
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 with languages.
Half yearly report card: The best movies of 2021 so far
Film critics Sandra Hall, Jake Wilson and Paul Byrnes share their top films of the year to date.
WEEKEND READS
Exclusive
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 Andy Warhol’s Darling muse inspired St Vincent’s next move
Annie Clark, aka St Vincent, freely admits to “getting bored easily” and has no desire to repeat herself musically, stylistically or in life.
Opinion
Private Sydney
Patience and empathy required from all as we navigate new gender terminology
Andrew Hornery
Private Sydney Columnist
Sport
Warriors 16 Storm 42
Match report
Bellamy reveals Papenhuyzen’s tough mental battle, scolds Munster for new kick incident
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy says Ryan Papenhuyzen is feeling anxiety over his slow progress back from a head knock, while the Storm’s Cameron Munster is in hot water again.
Rennie wants to see Wallabies’ ‘dark side’ against France
Dave Rennie has unveiled his 38-man Wallabies squad for next month’s three-Test series against France, and there are a few surprises.
‘Unacceptable’: Ratten turns to players as Saints’ finals hopes fade
Devastated by his side relinquishing a six-goal lead to the Crows, St Kilda coach Brett Ratten concedes it would be an “unbelievable result” should the Saints recover to make the finals this season.
Raiders 38 Broncos 16
Match report
‘He couldn’t go anywhere’: Controversial send-off clouds Canberra’s win over Broncos
It was the first send-off since the NRL’s high-tackle crackdown, and the call had fans and commentators up in arms.
‘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.
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
