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Where can I vote? Do I number every box? What you need to know about the council election
Whether this is your first time voting, or there’s something you’ve never understood about how it all works, we’re here to give you the answers.
Long COVID may lead to cognitive decline, study finds
The lowest scores were generally seen in people who had infections earlier in the pandemic, before vaccines and antiviral treatments were available.
Exclusive
Superannuation
‘Fiscal long-COVID’: Pandemic super scheme will cost all taxpayers billions
Analysis from a peak super fund body found today’s 20-year-olds would pay nearly $3000 in additional income tax as a result of the 2020 early withdrawal of super scheme.
Interest rates and inflation can’t stop another lift in house values
Consumers are buying fewer goods and services as cost-of-living pressures bite but the value of the nation’s dwellings continues to climb.
Gold Coast finance influencer flaunts Rolls-Royce after being declared bankrupt
Tyson Scholz’s glamorous online life was a key driver of his unlicensed investment advice business – until authorities came calling.
CCTV emerges of Lamarre-Condon buying surfboard bags before and after alleged murders
Police on Tuesday discovered the surfboard bags containing the bodies of Jessie Baird and Luke Davies dumped behind a mound of earth.
Explainer
Missing person
‘Obviously lost. SORRY’: Madeleine’s only text as a bush ordeal unfolded
It took just a few wrong steps for Madeleine, 73, to lose sight of a remote walking track. Three days later, as searchers combed heavy forest, time was running out.
Gambling revenue down as Queen’s Wharf build cost nudges $4 billion
The Star Entertainment Group is making less money from Queensland gamblers and faces increased costs for its joint-venture mega project in the Brisbane CBD.
Craig Kelly now Hanson’s hero after deserting Palmer’s party
The controversial former Liberal-turned-UAP operative has jumped ship again and joined Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
What codename did Apple give its self-driving vehicle project? Take the BT Quiz
Strong on current affairs or just good at guessing? Test your knowledge of the week’s top news stories.
Opinion
Gadgets
My step-by-step guide to a happier life? Never read the bloody instructions
My partner and a judgy washing machine repairman beg to differ, but I’ve been vindicated.
Kerri Sackville
Columnist and author
The best Saturday markets in Brisbane
From West End to the Scenic Rim, Ipswich to the inner city, you can spend your Saturday browsing markets for all the best things in life.
Queensland
Updated
Development
‘A mess’: Labor vows to fix stalled Chermside road project
If Labor wins the council election, it will build a four-way junction near the Prince Charles Hospital site where a nurse died in 2018.
‘Golden triangle’ of Games venues rejected by local and state leaders
The Qld premier said the proposal was a “really valuable” contribution to the debate on venues, but he was wary of increasing Games funding.
Updated
Crime
Two bodies found at property in Brisbane’s south found during welfare check
Two bodies discovered at a property in Brisbane’s south-west were found after officers were called to conduct a welfare check, police say.
After Erin’s accident, she stopped making music – until now
When Erin Fitzsimon performs at Brisbane’s OHM Festival next week, it will be her first gig since suffering a brain injury five years ago.
Qld paramedics rescue man from mud with just seconds to spare
With a MacGyver sense of problem-solving, the pair managed to extricate the boater as the tide threatened to engulf him.
Politics
Joe Hockey demands ‘traitor’ politician be identified
Former treasurer Joe Hockey says politicians can feel “personally smeared” after a foreign spy operation involving an ex-politician targeted an ex-prime minister’s family.
Business
Updated
Earnings season
The Star posts $9m half-year profit following inquiry bombshell
The gambling giant’s result was announced one week late after it was blindsided by a surprise inquiry, which could mean its flagship Pyrmont casino may shut down.
World
Marcos Jr tells Australia ‘no single country’ can protect the Indo-Pacific
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr stopped short of naming China as the top threat to peace in South-East Asia.
Opinion
The US may get a one-week shutdown reprieve, but chaos in Congress continues
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
AFL players take cocaine just like a million other Australians. Get over it
Brandon Jack
Commentator and author
Explore
Property
At last: The Block’s auction pass-in finally sells, makes $155,000 gain
Contestants Leah and Ash will belatedly take out third place in last year’s season of the renovation TV show for their colourful art deco project.
It just got harder to buy a home, and there could be worse ahead
Buying a home used to be within reach of most workers, but a yawning chasm has opened that will likely continue to grow.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Why don’t Australian men know how to dress properly?
Sure, there’s a gender pay divide at work, but there’s also a gender dress divide.
Culture
What this woman went through at 16 was awful. Now it’s an award-winning film
Molly Manning Walker’s new film How To Have Sex sprang from a single memory from her years clubbing in the Mediterranean.
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Sport
‘Wayne’s a mad man’: Inside Dolphins’ two huge selection conundrums
Two men appear to have risen to the top of the selection queue ahead of the Dolphins’ season launch, with Wayne Bennett singling out a rookie on the rise.
Call of Duty, Kygrios and the next Gallen: The ex-Lion who’s not really a footy fan anymore’
As he embarks on his journey to replace an Australian sporting legend, a former Lions star has revealed his plans and why he has turned away from the AFL.
‘Really important’: Cameron Green reveals struggle to balance Tests and T20
Cameron Green has revealed his inner struggle to find the right technical balance between Tests and Twenty20, after sculpting a superb century that came partly because he was afforded a rare red ball game to prepare for it
‘I could wear a cowboy hat’: Latrell, DCE, Tedesco and Cook open to finishing careers in US
Some of the NRL’s biggest names have revealed they would consider creating more rugby league history by joining a mooted US professional league.
Green shoots on show: Cam’s ton makes No.4 Test spot his own
Cameron Green’s delivery of a terrific Test century pulled Australia out of a hole and made the number four spot his own.
Analysis
Australian soccer
‘Age is just a number’: Michelle Heyman is your new Matildas star
Here’s everything you need to know about the Tillies’ 14-year overnight sensation.
Is the Vunivalu of old looming? A lethal Wallabies union hints it’s likely
The ex-NRL star could be returning to the attacking output that made him a champion.
Have Your Say
The sound of silence is the future of motor racing
What happens to the world of motor-racing when far-and-away the fastest cars don’t have traditional motors any more?
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
