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‘Put your big boy pants on’: Miles tells LNP to take a position on Games stadium
The premier says he has taken the “tough decision” to reject the multibillion-dollar proposal while cost-of-living pressures were biting.
LNP says it will leave stadium decisions ‘to the experts’
The Qld opposition blasts the Miles government for ignoring a review into Brisbane 2032 Olympic venues, but is yet to confirm its position on a key proposal.
Opinion
Cars
Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world
Bloated cars are effectively holding up a knuckleduster-decorated middle finger.
Vivienne Pearson
Writer
Analysis
Property investment
Six ways to help build a home deposit faster
Every dollar counts when you’re on the road to buying a home, so here are some options that could help bolster your savings.
Analysis
Capital gains tax
How you could save tax by selling your investments after June 30
Investors could save on capital gains tax by selling after June 30, when the stage three tax cuts are slated to start.
Once fit for a Queen, this stadium will need more than Matilda’s wink
The former QEII Stadium in Nathan is set to become Queensland sporting legend again. It worked for Brisbane once, could it work again?
Airline review: Flying with Europe’s most notorious carrier is excruciating
A flight with Ryanair is to be endured rather than enjoyed – cheap cross-continental trips come with some of the tightest seats in the sky.
Opinion
Tips & advice
Here’s why I hate using Google Maps when I’m travelling
I ignore hectoring instructions and commanding blue lines and choose my own route based not on efficiency, but pleasure.
Brian Johnston
Travel writer
Opinion
Queensland votes
Don’t gulp: The GLP – a combined Greens-Labor party – is inevitable
It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see the 124-year-old Labor Party is in terminal decline in Queensland and eventually in wider Australia.
David Hinchliffe
Former Labor majority leader in Brisbane City Council
Perspective
Political leadership
Crisafulli’s week of wins also shows the LNP’s hard road ahead
The state Opposition Leader has ticked off a key pledge for party renewal and taken a seat from Labor within days. Focus now turns to the biggest looming test.
Matt Dennien
Reporter
Operation Domino: How Trump plans to stop North Carolina swinging
US elections are won and lost on the usual battlegrounds and party strategists believe the path to the White House in 2024 runs right through this volatile state.
Queensland
Australia’s $63.6b shopping cart: The Qld online shopping hotspots among highest in the nation
Toowoomba residents are among the nation’s most voracious online shoppers, while Waterford West and Woodford had the most growth in online shopping.
Brother of Olympic kayaker ‘tricked’ over coke plot, court told
Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley’s brother claims he was tricked into attempting to import $200 million worth of cocaine.
‘I involuntarily looked away’: Man jailed for ‘massive’ injuries to police in crash
A man who ploughed a ute head-on into a police van, leaving three officers with a “massive range of injuries”, has been jailed for at least four years.
Numbers game: $3.4 billion for a new Brisbane stadium, or $2.6 billion to make do
The cost of a new Olympic stadium at Victoria Park has been estimated at $3.4 billion, but the cheapest option presented to the Queensland government was just $800 million less. Read the full report.
Perspective
Road to Brisbane 2032
The 48 hours that will see a political reset and an Olympic restart
By Monday night, Premier Steven Miles has lost a seat in parliament, seen another become vulnerable, and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.
Politics
Exclusive
Cybersecurity
TikTok lags on extremism as MPs call out graphic content
TikTok is the only social media giant not signed up to a global anti-extremism pact.
Business
Union savaged at Qantas’ illegal outsourcing compensation case
The Transport Workers Union has been told to prioritise its members instead of tweeting as Justice Michael Lee takes it to task for “wasting the court’s time”.
World
‘It happens’: Putin breaks silence on Navalny’s death
The president said he supported an idea, discussed before Alexei Navalny’s death, of exchanging the opposition figure for imprisoned Russians.
Opinion
The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
The exclusive – but growing – group no one wants to be part of
Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Political scientist and writer
Explore
Property
Family splashes $6.85m on Albert Park two-bedder with reno plans
The new owners could create a contemporary home that retains the history of stables that have been on the site for 100 years.
Perth’s rental madness: $320 per week for a back-garden shed
Pictures of this granny flat’s interior tell one story. The virtual tour video tells another. And together they indicate a crisis. But is there a silver lining?
Good Food
Recipe collection
Rice & risotto
15 rice and easy recipes to cook this week
Lifestyle
We were two blokes arguing over shade ownership. Who do you think won?
Other beachgoers looked on with a mix of delight and discomfort as the debate raged.
Culture
Gladys Knight, Ghostbusters and Mars explorers: Things to do in Brisbane this week
It’s a week of farewell tours and victory laps as the golden oldies come by to take one more bow.
Traveller
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Sport
Updated
NRL 2024
Abdo adamant no preferential treatment for Latrell despite Gould spray
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo bristled at suggestions the NRL is too scared to pull Latrell Mitchell into line.
‘They can win series’: Eales makes bold Wallabies call as Lions tickets snapped up
The Wallabies have slumped to 10th, but the last man to captain them to a Lions series win remains optimistic.
Updated
AFL 2024
The detail in the Devil: Why the AFL’s newest club fought so hard for its name
The chairman said he was always going to fight Warner Bros. Discovery for the use of the moniker.
Exclusive
Australian cricket
Revealed: Where the Tests will be played against India next summer
Perth will be the big winner when Cricket Australia announces the schedule for next summer’s series.
Analysis
NRL 2024
‘BS on every level’: Why Benji has been caught in crossfire
The Tigers are fuming about what they believe is a deliberate attempt to undermine Benji Marshall from a disgruntled ex-employee.
Updated
Australian soccer
Angeball comes home: Tottenham to play at MCG
Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal’s women’s team are heading to Melbourne.
The epic Bennett spray that ignited The Hammer – and signalled danger
There were two moments away from his three-try heroics that signalled danger for rival clubs.
Have Your Say
Before Latrell was dropping live f-bombs he was helping police solve youth violence
Mitchell’s 33-second interview on Triple M was an embarrassment to him and his club, and it hides the good work he does.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
