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BRISBANE IN LOCKDOWN
Health chief outlines how to get Qld out of lockdown – and keep it out
Jeannette Young has given a clear outline of how the state can exit lockdown on Sunday, but says all of the pieces need to fall into place for it to happen.
223,000 Queenslanders in Pfizer queue, with bookings to open for October
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has asked the federal government to bring forward its August shipment of Pfizer so Queensland can ramp up vaccinations.
‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’: father’s COVID regret from hospital
The late Micheal Freedy, 39, and his fiance were not opposed to getting the COVID vaccine but had decided to put off getting it until the end of the year.
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Scott Morrison
Cabinet backs QR-code vaccine certificates for travel amid party room disagreement
Australians will use the certificates for international travel under a multimillion-dollar plan to reopen the borders, but the Coalition can’t agree on using them for domestic travel.
Australia destroys Argentina, with medal curse ripe for the breaking
The Boomers demolished Argentina to move into the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament.
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Australian rugby
‘Unacceptable’: Men’s rugby sevens team, Olyroos accused of bad behaviour on flight home
The AOC says athletes from a number of sports were on the flight, but Rugby Australia and Football Australia said they were taking full responsibility for their players.
Design for new Breakfast Creek pedestrian and cycle bridge revealed
Should the first of Brisbane’s five new green bridges honour the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea?
RBA keeps rates at record low amid ‘uncertain’ economic outlook for coming months
RBA Governor Philip Lowe says while the economic recovery has been stronger than expected, the GDP will likely contract in the September quarter.
Extra green space – and apartments – approved for Roma Street Parklands
An extra two hectares of green space will be added to the parklands, as well as four apartment blocks that will include social housing.
Analysis
Australia votes
‘You’re just a liar’: Things get personal between Morrison and Albanese
There was no hiding the animosity between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese as Parliament resumed after the winter break.
‘One life event away’: Homeless urged to complete the census
The 2021 census will be conducted on August 10. To avoid under-reporting of homelessness, welfare and advocacy groups are urging homeless people to complete the form.
100-year-old former Nazi guard to stand trial for war crimes
Authorities say that despite his advanced age, the suspect is considered to be fit enough to stand trial on 3518 counts of accessory to murder.
Australian hiker believed to have been murdered in Georgia
Police are searching for a suspect after the Melbourne woman was found dead off a hiking track in the Caucasus, local media reported.
‘Personal circumstances’: Natalie Portman movie falls over in Sydney
HBO says “Days of Abandonment”, based on a novel by Italian Elena Ferrante, won’t be moving forward.
TV series ‘The White Lotus’ reminds us of the worst part of overseas travel: other people
Set in a glorious five-star resort in Hawaii, the only noticeable virus is upper-middle-class privilege.
Tokyo Olympics
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Olympics
Bol to go all out in 800m, McSweyn says he will have to lift in 1500m
- by Michael Gleeson
From the futon
Matildas
The Olympics have convinced me to ditch social media for good
- by Andrew Webster
Queensland
Qld’s most vaccinated region at heart of latest outbreak
Regional data has identified the centre of Queensland’s school outbreak as the most vaccinated area in the state.
Queensland health chief modifies AstraZeneca advice as case numbers rise
Jeannette Young has admitted the state is approaching the point where people under 60 should get the AstraZeneca vaccine if they can.
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Coronavirus pandemic
Nine children infected as 16 new COVID cases linked to school cluster
Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has warned people to stay home because if cases continue to be recorded, the lifting of the lockdown on Sunday is at risk.
Opposition calls for sacking of Townsville MP after assault charge
Townsville-based Labor MP Les Walker is staring down sacking calls after he was charged with assault just months after a separate public incident in the regional city.
The silver lining for chronic pain sufferers from pandemic lockdowns
People suffering from chronic pain have greatly benefited from the pandemic pivot to telehealth, a major national pain survey has found.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Melburnians head for Brisbane and the bush in wake of virus
A record number of people have moved out of the nation’s capitals, with Melbourne losing many to Queensland and regional Victoria.
Surgeon pulled out of quarantine as Qld hospitals feel COVID pinch
A heart surgeon has been pulled out of quarantine as Queensland’s hospitals feel the strain of having over 400 staff in isolation due to the current outbreak.
Politics
Successful program getting more Indigenous into preschool gets $120m
The money will be used to roll out education programs and fund Indigenous-run child care service in regional and remote communities.
Business
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Fintech
Citi says buy now, pay later not a ‘fad’ as it joins the stampede
Global giant Citi says the rise of buy now, pay later products is a major shift, as it prepares to move into the local market.
World
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Harassment
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ‘sexually harassed multiple women’
The nearly five-month investigation found that Cuomo’s administration was a “hostile work environment” and was “rife with fear and intimidation”.
Opinion
Bol’s bolt a bridge for a nation
Nyadol Nyuon
Lawyer and human rights advocate
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Property bydomain
Houses are earning more than surgeons, psychiatrists and CEOs
Home owners are out-earning some of Australia's top professionals, with price growth seeing house values climb by more than $1000 per day in some cities.
The new obstacle for first-home buyer hopefuls
First-time buyers have had a window of opportunity to purchase property over the past year – but new figures show that's under threat.
Life & Culture
Will Australia ever move into a four-day working week?
Momentum is building around the world for implementing shorter work weeks, and Dr Kirstin Ferguson says the conversation should soon be raised locally.
Sport
Why Wallabies are excited, not daunted, by Eden Park double-header
Veteran James Slipper all too well the dark places Australian sides have gone to at the Auckland venue in the past. But the Wallabies’ young guns are not burdened by history.
‘Australia has chance’: Scola backs Boomers to beat US
Luis Scola knows what it takes to overcome the USA and win gold in men’s basketball, and he thinks Australia could be that team.
Stingers left high and dry after coach Mihailovic given marching orders
Australia lost by just one point to the Russian Olympic Committee, ending their dreams of a medal.
‘Two to go’: Boxer Harry Garside eyes bigger prize after historic win
Garside will be the first Aussie boxer to claim an Olympic medal since Grahame Cheney 33 years ago.
‘It will sink in soon’: Only a catastrophe will stop another Aussie sailing gold
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan only need to avoid an absolute disaster to win another gold for Australia.
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Australian cricket
Australian cricket team’s first broadcast blackout since 1994 confirmed
Australia’s Twenty20 international series against Bangladesh will not be screened at home after Fox Sports declined to pick up the rights.
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Hawthorn
‘Tell them I won’t lose any sleep’: Kennett on potential overthrow bid
A group of powerful Hawthorn supporters have engaged a QC to review the club’s constitution in a potential challenge to Jeff Kennett.
Have Your Say
Get on with it: Singleton’s NRL finals pitch to V’landys
The multimillionaire marketing mogul has a novel solution: cull some teams and start the finals now.
Roy Masters
Sports Columnist
