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Victorian couple fined as Queensland declares new COVID hotspot
A couple who sparked a COVID-19 scare after they crossed the Queensland border at Goondiwindi has been fined $4000 each.
Sydney outbreak: Man tests positive after ‘fleeting contact’
NSW has recorded one new case, a man in his 50s who attended Myer Bondi Junction at the same time as an air crew driver who later tested positive.
The question about men that made this woman a billionaire
At 17, she asked herself, “Why are men always in control in relationships?” Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd, whose woman-focused dating app Bumble has made her the world’s youngest female self-made billionaire.
Margate man killed as two trains collide west of Rockhampton
The 49-year-old Moreton Bay man died at the scene while two other workers were taken to hospital with injuries.
Roberts-Smith denies ‘inventing’ evidence in tense day in witness box
The former soldier told his defamation trial on Friday that he had made a mistake in his evidence, prompting the barrister for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald to ask if he was being truthful.
Rick Thorburn ‘most likely choked’ Tiahleigh at family home
Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley has dismissed the killer foster father’s claim he accidentally suffocated his foster daughter.
The Earth is warming faster than expected: NASA
It is now trapping an “unprecedented” amount of heat, NASA says after two measurement methods arrived at the same conclusion.
How COVID-19 is threatening the world’s ‘last chance’ climate talks
Why the nations most at risk of climate change are also those least likely to be vaccinated in time for this year’s United Nations climate talks.
Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show off-limits for fans who got AstraZeneca jab
Would-be audience members don’t have to be born in the USA to see the Boss perform - but it will help to be vaccinated in the USA.
Postecoglou ready to ‘create more magic’ at Celtic
The ex-Brisbane Roar boss will come up against a Socceroo striker when he takes charge of Celtic for the first time next month.
The Aussie surfer secretly hoping for a typhoon at the Tokyo Olympics
Soon-to-be Olympian Julian Wilson insists typhoon season could make for an interesting competition.
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Boyd Cordner’s brain was rattled for years on end. The damage is done
All the published exultations and broadcast burblings about how at least Cordner got out of rugby league at the peak of his powers with no damage done etc, are complete and utter nonsense.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Queensland
Ipswich planning new stadium as centrepiece of Jets’ NRL bid
As the Brisbane Jets compete to join the NRL, Ipswich is hoping plans for a new stadium will boot the club’s rivals out of the park.
Others were involved in, or knew of, Whiskey Au Go Go attack: cold case cop
Sergeant Virginia Gray told the inquest into the 1973 Brisbane firebombing she also found convicted killer James Richard Finch’s confession “unlikely”.
Bribie Island satellite hospital site named by state government
Bribie Island finally gets its own satellite hospital at Bongaree, after retirees raised concerns during the October 2020 state election.
‘Dedicated dad’ killed in Brisbane stabbing attack remembered
The father stabbed to death in Brisbane’s north overnight has been remembered as a “dedicated dad who did everything he could to keep his son safe”.
New $20m fund for social entrepreneurs under a future LNP government
LNP leader David Crisafulli has delivered his budget reply speech in Parliament.
Politics
How Canberra’s problem with women has shaped Peta Credlin 2.0
Peta Credlin has transformed herself from political aide to one of the most powerful conservative commentators in Australia. What comes next?
Business
Iron ore has quickly become the world’s most volatile commodity
Iron ore, one of the hottest commodities in the early days of the raw materials rally, has now become the most volatile as bulls and bears joust over the trajectory of prices.
World
He has a visa, a job and we need him, but he can’t come in
The clock is ticking for some 8000 skilled migrants like Amir Tawdrows who meet all the criteria except for a travel exemption.
Opinion
The China files: how Morrison persuaded Europe to talk tough
Bevan Shields
Europe correspondent
Little reward, big risk: Why the PM may avoid an emissions target
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
New visa risks changing the character of Australia forever
Abul Rizvi
Former deputy secretary in the Department of Immigration.
Why Morrison cannot rush to net zero emissions
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Explore
Property bydomain
'Lovely memories': Author Jane Harper lists her bayside apartment
The Melbourne author of hit novel The Dry, which became a movie starring Eric Bana, is selling the home where she wrote the international bestseller.
'Your nose is black inside!': First-home buyer new apartment defect horror
When Zoe Foster visited her GP, the doctor said she had mould spores inside her nose. She knew exactly what it was from: her brand new $672,000 apartment.
Life & Culture
Opinion
Family
‘I feel fine’: The final message I won’t ever delete
Like the man who found a long-lost recording of his mother’s voice, I feel sorrow and joy listening to my father’s precious voicemail messages.
Monica Dux
Sport
Analysis
Tokyo Olympics
Five things we learnt from the Olympic swimming trials
Young talents rise to the occasion, how the balance is better than Rio and why you will stop whatever you are doing to watch Titmus v Ledecky.
Analysis
Super Netball
Super Netball: the good, the bad and the heartbreaking
At the halfway mark of the Super Netball season, it’s time for the mid-year report cards.
Opinion
NRL 2021
The problem with telling NRL players to ‘act like a man’
Two versions of “acting” are presently pulling the NRL apart.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
How the Rugby League World Cup can go ahead
A decision on whether the World Cup will proceed is expected within the next fortnight.
Broncos 0 Rabbitohs 46
Match report
Pangai first to go as Walters vows to blow up Broncos
The Brisbane coach puts the entire club on notice after they crashed to their biggest loss of the season.
Globe-trotter who spent a year in COVID bubbles
Dan Christian’s remarkable journey that has led him back to the Australian side at 38.
Opinion
AFL 2021
Why Joel Selwood is one of the best captains I’ve seen
Joel Selwood is in the same category as Stephen Kernahan, Michael Voss and Paul Kelly.
Wayne Carey
Two-time AFL premiership captain
Have Your Say
The NRL must stop using players like Cordner to sell head-high crackdown
Instead of making those who suffer from concussion poster boys for their cause, why not talk to them?
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
