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Qld police crack down on speeding, drink driving amid Easter road blitz
During the first two days of the long weekend, Queensland police detected more than 100 drink drivers, 150 drug drivers and issued almost 1000 speeding tickets.
NSW man charged over alleged stabbing in Fortitude Valley
A 21-year-old has been charged after a 22-year-old man suffered significant abdominal wounds during an alleged stabbing in Brisbane overnight.
How much it costs to live near Australia’s best beaches
A patch of paradise won’t break the bank in some of the most beautiful and isolated locations in the country.
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Extreme weather
‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world
Financial criminals are exploiting Australia’s worsening climate disasters and extreme weather events, including those in Queensland.
It’s not just you: Flu season is starting earlier
There are above-average cases of flu and RSV, as well as the nation’s first surge in whooping cough since COVID-19 lockdowns.
Thousand-fold increase: What is driving the rise of autism?
Autism has changed. And it has reshaped Australia in the process. Now we are grappling with what that means.
Opinion
US politics
When Trump parades a hog-tied Biden, his violent threat to democracy is beyond question
Donald Trump’s violent nihilism is exposed in his latest video. The Australian Electoral Commission would expunge such an image, but Trump’s worst outrages are protected by the First Amendment.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
How much would you pay to ensure you never saw off a finger?
And what if the government said you had no choice but to pay up?
‘Like lying in a coffin’: Australians in Gaza describe utter annihilation
Kites flying alongside smoking bombs. Children dreaming of a cucumber to eat. Entire families wiped out. This is life in Gaza today.
Opinion
Spending
Why you shouldn’t feel ashamed of dipping into your savings
There is no shame in the game of spending the savings you worked damn hard to attain.
Victoria Devine
Money columnist
The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’
A Liberal senator is questioning why people can’t use their super to buy a home, given self-managed super funds own almost $49 billion in residential real estate.
Opinion
Ask an expert
Will gifting money to our son mean we can’t get the pension?
Early inheritances are well and good, but make sure you don’t regret gifting money you might need later.
Paul Benson
Money contributor
Why more women are getting tattoos
One in five Australians have ink. Here, three women reveal the tattoos that changed their lives.
Opinion
Cooking
The stress of bring-a-plate dinner parties
Dinner parties are supposed to be fun, but my enjoyment entirely hinges on how many people compliment my roasted cauliflower salad.
Thomas Mitchell
Culture reporter
‘It’s a fine line portraying addictions and not glamorising them’: Sam Taylor-Johnson
The 57-year-old director reflects on the challenges of making the Amy Winehouse film Back to Black.
Queensland
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Drugs
One dead, two in hospital after mass drug overdose on the Gold Coast
A 43-year-old has died and another is fighting for her life following a mass drug overdose involving seven women.
Genevieve got her dream job in her dream organisation. Six weeks later, her funding was cut
The Metro Arts boss says the show must go on despite a devastating funding cut to Brisbane’s 43-year-old cultural not-for-profit.
‘Please don’t make our jobs harder’: Suspended kids to get power to appeal
A public school principal has spoken out against the Miles government’s plans to grant more appeal rights to students given short suspensions in Queensland schools.
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Queensland Police
Living on the edge: Skyscraper skylarking puts lives at risk
At least three teen boys risked their lives almost 100 metres above Queen Street Mall when they gained access to the roof of one of Brisbane’s most prominent inner-city hotels and balanced on the rooftop ledge.
Bail denied for man accused of setting person on fire
After threatening a Woolloongabba man on crutches over a debt, the accused allegedly doused him with methylated spirits and set him alight.
Politics
Bluesfest boss pleads for financial leg-up amid plan to scrap a day
Just days after the shock cancellation of Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay’s Bluesfest opened its gates, with the festival’s boss pleading for funding.
Business
‘We should abandon the fantasy’: Oil giants scale back climate pledges
After years of promises that they were on board for the green transition, fossil fuel majors’ profits have soared and their views have changed.
World
Pope soldiers through Easter Vigil after skipping Good Friday ‘to preserve health’
Pope Francis has presided over the Vatican’s sombre Easter Vigil service a day after suddenly skipping the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution.
Opinion
If the Easter Bunny delivered cocaine, would you be outraged? Discuss
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Poonami! If you thought having one baby was a handful, try doubling it
James Massola
National affairs editor
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Oi, old mate, a cafe isn’t a rent-free office. Why don’t you Zoom off?
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
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Property
Derek’s home was worth $900,000. He’ll walk away with nothing
The owner of an apartment in the troubled Mascot Towers has accused the NSW government of the “ultimate betrayal”.
Ad legend John Singleton sells former Paddington headquarters for $30m
John Singleton has sold his former head office in Sydney’s trendy Paddington to Annie Cannon-Brookes, the estranged wife of Mike Cannon-Brookes, the billionaire co-founder of tech giant Atlassian.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Why do I get so bloated (and gassy) on planes?
No, you’re not imagining it. Here’s how to avoid that dreaded bloated feeling while flying.
Culture
The creators of South Park bought a restaurant and it’s impossible to get in
Trey Parker and Matt Stone bought their favourite place to celebrate birthdays during the pandemic. Now there’s a waiting list of 100,000.
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World Boxing
Could they have stopped the fight? Tszyu goes down in bloody Vegas loss
The result was cruel for Tim Tszyu, who fought so bravely after an early cut close to blinded him with blood, but Sebastian Fundora exploited his luck.
Reds’ reality check: Four things we learnt from great’s historic night
A golden opportunity for the Reds to announce themselves as true premiership contenders has fallen by the wayside in the past two weeks.
Sport quiz: Which countries have won a men’s and women’s soccer World Cup?
Challenge yourself with our sports quiz, a mix of questions about the latest in world and local sport, plus the big events in sporting history.
What happens when the GOAT takes a year off?
Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has an unprecedented $6m sponsorship, a passport and plans to take women’s surfing to all corners of the globe.
Betts says racial abuse hurled at his kids will ‘stick for the rest of their lives’
The Indigenous AFL great opened up days after sharing footage of his children being racially abused while playing basketball at his home.
Opinion
Drugs in sport
AFL and drugs: Beware the crackdown that becomes a crack-up
The AFL must be careful not to throw out the welfare baby with the tough-on-drugs bathwater.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
‘He was 19, but looked 50’: The Sharks cult hero with a nickname for the ages
Tom Hazelton sends Cronulla fans wild every time he gets ready to take the field. He’s about to start an NRL game for the first time.
Have Your Say
Rugby will be a winter sport forever – or will it?
A few years ago I would have been hostile to any switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I’m neutral.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
