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Qld Opposition calls for more capital works to create jobs
The state government has re-announced two existing $460m programs to tackle unemployment, but the Opposition says more infrastructure spending is needed.
Push for more buses linking CBD with airport ahead of Olympics
A CityGlider bus service and the Brisbane Metro bus network could better connect the city to the airport before the 2032 Games.
Peta Credlin receives Queen’s Birthday gong for work with Tony Abbott
Peta Credlin, the chief of staff when Tony Abbott was prime minister, is among a record number of women receiving Order of Australia honours for the Queen’s Birthday.
Purcell praised for contribution to the arts, women and culture
Award winning actress, writer and director Leah Purcell has been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
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.
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.
Brisbane sports facilities to get $50 million 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.
Doctors plead for authorities to reunite Tharnicaa with her family
WA’s most senior health bureaucrat has written to the federal government passing on advice from the doctors treating the four-year-old asylum seeker.
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Alex Hawke
‘They should never have been sent’: Biloela family’s fate to be decided in days
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke is close to a final decision on whether to intervene in a court dispute over the family’s claims, with Liberals and Nationals asking him to let them rejoin the community.
G7 offers rebuke to China over Beijing’s economic coercion campaign against Australia
US President Joe Biden also says Beijing must “act more responsibly in terms of international norms, human rights and transparency”.
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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.
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.
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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.
Record-breaking McKeown puts world on notice ahead of Tokyo
The 19-year-old set Australia’s first female individual world record since 2016 as she torched the 100m backstroke field, while Emily Seebohm made her fourth Olympics.
‘It was terrible’: Former Kangaroos hooker blasts son’s send-off
Jason Hetherington has delivered a passionate defence of his son, Broncos rookie Kobe, after the NRL was accused of its most inconsistent weekend yet.
Queensland
Two die in savage house fire
One body was found on Saturday and the second on Sunday afternoon, but officials had not yet determined their identities or how the Kilcoy blaze began.
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Coronavirus pandemic
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.
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.
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
Leading Australian CEO says border bans forced her to quit global role
The CEO of a high-powered eco-investment firm, Fiona Reynolds, has resigned so she can see her family. “Australia’s not changing anything, so what am I going to do?”
Business
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Nuix investigation
Nuix CFO poised to step down as fallout from disclosure scandal continues
Nuix’s financial chief has cleared his desk at its Sydney head office and has not been seen there since.
Opinion
Superannuation
Best super funds over the past five years
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
World
Lamborghinis snapped up in lockdown ‘revenge’ spree
Tired of having spent much of the last year cooped up at home, customers are buying high-end items as they emerge from lockdown.
Opinion
Walk a mile in their shoes, but don’t be a sucker
Amanda Vanstone
Explore
Property bydomain
The tiny town with no pub, no cafe, just homemade casserole
It’s a blink-and-you-miss-it-town of fewer than 300 people. There’s no pub and no cafe, but what it lacks in places it makes up for in people.
Carina mansion smashes suburb record in $1.7m pre-auction sale
The unique home in sleepy Carina was on the market for the first time in almost 30 years, and was sold to a local family after their offer was 'too good to refuse'.
Life & Culture
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.
Sport
Updated
French Open
Djokovic comes from two sets down to beat Tsitsipas in final
The 22-year-old Greek looked poised in his first grand slam final, going two sets up before it all fell apart against the world No.1.
Roosters skipper Cordner to retire over concussion fears
Cordner will become the second Roosters player this year to quit because ofrepeated head knocks.
‘She won’t have it her own way’: Titmus fires warning shot to Ledecky
When Ariarne Titmus beat Katie Ledecky in 2019, most Americans wrote it off as an anomaly.
Sterling gives England solid win over Croatia, Austria beat North Macedonia
England started strongly, lost their way for a while, but regained control as Croatia barely managed a shot.
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Match report
Bellamy reveals Papenhuyzen’s tough mental battle, scolds Munster
The Storm’s Cameron Munster is in hot water again.
Rennie wants to see ‘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.
Have Your Say
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.
