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Owners of Brisbane clinic win defamation damages over Instagram story
A court has awarded $82,500 to the owners of a cosmetic surgery clinic, in what is thought to be Australia’s first defamation judgment involving an Instagram story.
Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing inquest exposes police failures
The fresh inquiry heard on Friday that detectives, federal police, and the then-police minister were all tipped off about the 1973 Brisbane arson attack beforehand.
US Consulate calls on Qld health chief to let American see his dying father
The Consulate says the man and his wife have both been vaccinated, tested negative to COVID-19 three times, and chartered a private flight to reduce any risk of transmission.
Proposed Queensland rental reforms fall short: advocates
Critics are asking the government to explain why it has dropped key elements of planned reforms in a long-awaited bill introduced to Parliament this week.
One million ‘AstraZeneca-hesitant’ over 50s now likely to get vaccinated
Daily vaccination rates are expected to dip temporarily as clinics cancel AstraZeneca bookings, but more 50-somethings are likely to get jabbed now they can have the Pfizer shot.
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.
Former Labor MP’s acting public service stint turns permanent
Labor stalwart Mike Kaiser has parlayed his three-month role as director-general of the Queensland Resources Department into a permanent posting.
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.
DV victim contacted several support agencies before her brutal murder
Teresa Bradford, who was murdered by her husband in 2017, was given insufficient support to protect her, Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley has found.
Exclusive
Architecture
Whitlam’s dilapidated ‘Lodge in Waiting’ home to be restored
The Commonwealth government is providing $1.3 million for the purchase and restoration of former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s Sydney house.
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.
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Match report
Late Cowboys rally not enough to stop Sharks from moving into top eight
Despite losing six games in a row earlier this year, Cronulla vaulted North Queensland into the top eight.
Weird ‘living fossil’ lives 100 years, pregnant for five
Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s, a new study has found, but maybe stranger still is their gestation period.
Wild bear rampages through Japanese military base, airport
Eight flights were cancelled and 10 schools closed in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo after a bear shoved its way onto a military base.
Queensland
Rick Thorburn ‘most likely choked’ Tiahleigh at family home
Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley rejected the killer foster father’s claim that he accidentally suffocated his foster daughter.
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”.
Politics
Exclusive
GST
GST deal to leave federal and state budgets deeper in the red
A deal struck by then-treasurer Scott Morrison to end West Australian anger over the GST system is set to cost federal, Victorian and NSW taxpayers billions.
Business
Opinion
Media & marketing
The rise of the influencer: ‘Bottlegate’ is a worrying sign for companies
The sheer clout of influencers today means that companies even on their periphery can’t escape the perils that come with them. If there’s any one person to blame for this it’s Kim Kardashian.
Andrea Felsted
World
N Korea’s Kim says he’s ready for ‘both dialogue and confrontation’ with US
In his first direct comments on US President Joe Biden’s administration, Kim said preparing for dialogue and confrontation would protect the dignity of his country.
Opinion
The green inner-city bogeyman is a figment of the government’s imagination
Jan Fran
Journalist and presenter
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.
Explore
Property bydomain
Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe sells $2m Melbourne pad to his parents
Accio, real estate deal! Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has sold his stylish, north-facing Toorak apartment to some buyers he knows very well indeed.
Millionaires' Row: The suburbs that have joined the million-dollar club
More than 200 suburbs reached the million-dollar mark over the past year as property values soared, and they're more widespread than you might think.
Life & Culture
Plight of girls and women explored in Alice Pung’s fractured fairytale
Alice Pung’s new novel is a portrait of a young woman struggling for personal agency.
Sport
‘I want to fix it’: Arnold eyes Socceroos redemption over old foe Iran
Graham Arnold’s last match as a player for the Socceroos was on a night that left a deep scar on the psyche of Australian soccer. But the opportunity for payback could be just around the corner.
The Aussie surfer secretly hoping for a typhoon at the Tokyo Olympics
Japan might not be synonymous with elite surfing but soon-to-be Australian Olympian Julian Wilson insists typhoon season could make for an interesting competition.
The Sydney defender who has three A-League winners’ medals but has never played in a grand final
Ben Warland has more winners’ medals than most who have played in the competition, but he feels a sense of absence when he looks at them.
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 nonsense.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Exclusive
NRL 2021
Legendary All Blacks coach says there is light at the end of the tunnel for Bulldogs
In his only interview since arriving in Australia to work with the Bulldogs, Steve Hansen has backed Trent Barrett to lead the once proud club out of the wilderness.
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.
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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.
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
