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‘Tail between his legs’: Labor leaps on kerbside return in budget blast
Brisbane City Council’s Labor opposition team say the LNP administration has its priorities wrong in the $3.6 billion budget handed down on Wednesday.
‘It stinks’: Mayors of biggest Queensland councils slam ‘$88 bin tax’
Councils say next year’s rates bills will be $88 higher unless millions in waste levy advance payments from the state government continue.
Search your suburb: How Brisbane council rates bills are set to change
The average owner-occupier in 20 Brisbane suburbs will end up paying more than 5 per cent extra on their rates bill across the next financial year, analysis of council data shows.
Breaking
Crime
Man dies in inner-Brisbane street, police questioning woman
The Newmarket man, in his 50s, was reportedly stabbed in the back.
Analysis
Trade deals
Cheap whisky with a Hobnob on the side: What does the Australia-UK free trade deal mean for you?
Whiskey, biscuits and even cars could be cheaper under the free trade deal.
Pushing back against China will take global effort ‘not seen for many decades’: Morrison
In an address to the OECD, the Prime Minister warned rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific were a threat to the financial prosperity of other nations.
Palaszczuk wants vaccination target clarified ahead of lifting overseas travel ban
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says we “have to have” a discussion about how many people need to be vaccinated before Australia can open its borders again.
New mobile phone cameras drive 39 per cent rise in revenue from fines
Queensland budget papers reveal revenue from fines and forfeitures – including speeding and toll offences – is forecast to grow to $595 million in 2021-22.
Four charts show how Queensland outshines other states
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick was keen to point out some of the ways the state was performing well in the 2021 budget.
Dying dad rushed to Qld hospital as quarantined son stuck in Sydney
An American man in Sydney quarantine who has been denied entry to Queensland is awaiting a call from Gold Coast doctors after his father was rushed to hospital overnight.
Analysis
Defamation
Ben Roberts-Smith case about to change register as cross-examination begins
The highly decorated ex-soldier has given his account of his actions in war and with his former girlfriend. The real grilling is likely to start on Thursday.
Emergency exits not shown, pilot had 11hrs flying experience in fatal crash: report
The crash killed Hawaiian newlyweds Peter Hensel and wife Sue after the Eurocopter EC120B Colibri crashed into water near a pontoon at Hardy Reef, a popular tourist spot in the Whitsunday Islands.
‘Baby steps’ but Wimbledon still in Barty’s sights
Ashleigh Barty remains on track for Wimbledon in 12 days but any tournament play before the grasscourt major remains highly unlikely for the world No.1.
Craft beer going flat: Return to classics drives VB, Carlton sales surge
Sales of classic lagers such as VB and Carlton have surged during the pandemic, in a sign the craft beer craze may be fading.
Should we be defined by our worst actions?
Chrissy Teigen is being vilified for damning comments she made a decade ago. A philosopher, neuroscientist and pop culture expert weigh in: how should we judge one another?
BRISBANE COUNCIL BUDGET
At a glance: the 2021-22 Brisbane City Council budget
Have a look at where the $3.6 billion goes in this year’s Brisbane City Council’s budget.
Kerbside collection to return to Brisbane within weeks
Brisbane’s lord mayor has announced the popular kerbside collection would return in July in an interview ahead of the release of the council’s 2021-22 budget on Wednesday.
Queensland
New pedestrian bridge to close Riverside Expressway for the weekend
Tolls will be waived on the Go Between Bridge and Clem7 tunnel while Brisbane’s new pedestrian bridge shuts down the Riverside Expressway.
Updated
Inquest
Police told woman who saw Whiskey Au Go Go arsonists to change her story: Inquest
Police visited Kath Potter a few days after she gave a statement and said she could only have seen two men, not three, she tells inquest into the firebombing.
Ex-cop says Whiskey Au Go Go ‘set alight over prostitute protection money’
Retired police officer Hunter Nicol was in the Brisbane nightclub when it burned and has recounted his harrowing escape at an inquest into the firebombing.
Fog blankets Brisbane, causing crashes on roads
The Bureau of Meteorology had warned that reduced visibility would make road conditions dangerous.
Brisbane church leader loses appeal over jail term for raping choir girls
Shartiel Nibigira, a father-of-eight who fled war-torn Burundi in 2007, was found guilty on 21 charges in December 2019.
Politics
Government bars Senate bid for inquiry into Porter’s suitability to be a minister
A push for an inquiry into Christian Porter’s fitness to be a minister has been stopped by the government’s unusual move to prevent a senator from introducing a bill.
Business
China escalates crackdown on $US1 trillion market
China’s crackdown on shadow banking is taking aim at more than $US1 trillion of opaque investments sold by banks as low risk and high yield, even while funds were channelled to riskier borrowers such as developers.
World
A much thinner Kim warns of food shortages, longer COVID lockdown
Pandemic conditions and crop damage could be aligning for a perfect famine storm. Meanwhile, Kim’s health is the subject of speculation again.
Opinion
Explore
Property bydomain
How to find and keep the best tenants for your investment property
Attracting the right tenants for your investment property is always a challenge, but there are things you can do to keep them there longer.
The quiet Brisbane suburbs where prestige buyers are splashing the cash
With interest in Brisbane's prestige market at all time highs, buyers are moving into the sleepy riverside suburbs with big blocks and good schools.
Life & Culture
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Stories of loss – including from a Booker Prize winner and two debut novelists – form a left-of-field shortlist for Australia’s most famous literary prize.
Sport
Updated
Australian cricket
Cricketers told to put country before franchise after mass tour withdrawals
David Warner, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell have withdrawn from Australia’s upcoming tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh in a big disruption to the team’s T20 World Cup plans.
Live
World Boxing
‘You’re a legend, mate’: Justis Huni claims final-round stoppage win over gritty, gutsy Gallen
There’s plenty on the line for both heavyweights as unbeaten Olympic hopeful Justis Huni and similarly unblemished NRL legend Paul Gallen go toe-to-toe in Sydney. Coverage from 7.30pm.
‘You might not know who you are in 20 years’: NRL players told to stop hiding concussion
One of Australia’s leading concussion experts has argued for a cultural revolution as a leading club doctor feared players throughout the game were disguising symptoms.
Exclusive
Tokyo Olympics
Groves set to meet with Swimming Australia to expand on ‘misogyny’ claim
Madeline Groves has made contact with Swimming Australia and is prepared to outline the issues she raised in social media posts on the eve of the Olympic trials.
Perese ruled out of France series as Swinton prepares to face SANZAAR judiciary
Izaia Perese will have surgery this week on his injured shoulder as Wallabies officials prepare to defend fellow Waratah Lachie Swinton at the judiciary.
‘How hard is it to get on a flight?’: Robinson slams Radley for drunken incident
Roosters coach Trent Robinson launched a stunning rebuke of one of his players, saying Victor Radley needs to “act like a man in public”.
McKeon cleared for take-off after blistering 100m freestyle heat
Cate Campbell has been the face of the 100m freestyle but Emma McKeon has mounted a challenge.
Have Your Say
NRL poll part 2: The answers to the game’s biggest issues
A worrying statistic has emerged that highlights the need to protect players from themselves when it comes to concussion.
