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Now it’s a strip of car yards. Will it be a ‘thriving precinct’ in a decade?
Council has revealed plans to transform a major road on Brisbane’s southside with bustling neighbourhoods and 12,500 new jobs.
LNP slams Labor for ‘cheering’ budget, but premier notes a lack of ‘new money’
Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says the federal budget reflects a choice by the Albanese government to prioritise its political survival over infrastructure planning.
Analysis
Jim Chalmers
Five things Jim Chalmers didn’t tell you in his budget speech
We pick apart an abridged version of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget speech and explain five key points.
Growing numbers of students with disability to cost $1.1 billion more in school funding
As more students need help, budget figures raise the stakes in tense government negotiations over spending on schools and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Perspective
Hotels
Did Brisbane need this five-star hotel?
The manager says a hotel at this level of luxury not only attracts new ventures to a precinct, but encourages neighbours to step up. Can it do for Spring Hill what The Calile did in the Valley?
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Man allegedly lured to his death after $150,000 necklace ‘burglary’
A woman accused of luring a Colombian man to his death from Queensland has been granted bail after a judge found the case against her was “relatively weak”.
‘This is a genocide’: Labor senator breaks with govt over Israel war
Fatima Payman also used the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, which Anthony Albanese has criticised as provocative.
Starfish cousin caught in the act of cloning itself
A recently discovered fossil in Germany pushes the origin of cloning sea stars back more than 150 million years, in first-ever evidence of the phenomenon.
The deadly price of a perfect strawberry
We’re running out of medicines that can treat deadly fungal infections. A new agricultural chemical could make things even worse.
Opinion
Tripologist
Got somewhere to be? Never try to arrive the same day
The recent deluge that soaked Dubai left some passengers stranded for several days.
Michael Gebicki
The Tripologist
Sumo slammed by data breach as customers’ details leaked
Customers’ credit scores and other personal information have been posted online, as the flood of national data breaches grows.
Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery remove her portrait
Australia’s richest person wants the gallery to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition by Archibald Prize-winning Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
Chris Dawson’s alleged ‘odd behaviour’ over kids’ portraits
A top prosecutor tells Chris Dawson’s murder appeal the convicted wife killer appeared to show a “complete lack of sentiment towards his own children”.
Federal Budget 2024
Opinion
Don’t be fooled: this is an election budget with plenty of pork-barrelling
This budget taxes more and spends more than any other for at least a quarter of a century – outside the pandemic years. And it conceals the pork better.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Opinion
Coalition slams the billionaires’ budget as miners cheer
The likes of Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart’s companies will receive an indirect boost to mine and process critical minerals or develop green hydrogen.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Queensland
Perspective
Federal budget
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom
The Albanese government underestimated how many Australians would move to Qld, and will now face criticism that it has short-changed the state.
Sean Parnell
Editor
Grocery giants are accused of stifling other stores. Qld could step in
Amid government efforts to address grocery pricing and competition concerns nationwide, advice to the state has pointed to potential planning interventions.
Qld reheats calls for migration ‘moderation’ – and more cash
The push – on federal budget day and ahead of the state’s own pre-election budget – calls for faster, not deeper, action on arrivals.
Perspective
Government
Qld’s Aldi version of a supermarket pricing probe takes full flight
A federal inquiry saw Woolworths’ chief executive threatened with jail. The state effort has seen a maybe not-so-surprising intervention from the premier.
Miles rails against LNP’s ‘car park’ criticism of Sunshine Coast link
The state and federal Labor governments have defended their staged approach to delivering the Sunshine Coast rail line, amid LNP claims it would turn Caloundra into a “car park”.
Politics
Exclusive
Federal budget
Mothballing Nauru’s detention centre could save $250 million in a year
Home Affairs expects the centre to move from an “active state” to empty with a skeleton staff.
Business
Opinion
Pension
Want to help the housing crisis? Bring back the pensioner savings account
Part of solving the current housing crisis needs to be removing financial barriers for people who want to downsize. Pensioners are a good place to start.
Rachel Lane
Money contributor
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
Diamonds for sale: Inside the plan to crash BHP’s $64 billion party
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
A rare changing of the guard in Singapore as the ‘miracle’ hits turbulence
Lawrence Wong inherits an overachieving middle power famed for its prosperity; a beacon of stability and open trade. But the nation has problems too.
Opinion
Don’t be fooled: this is an election budget with plenty of pork-barrelling
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
The Albanese government doesn’t just like women, it needs them
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Explore
Property
Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a private sandy beach to equestrian facilities for horse lovers and a 15-metre pool, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze
Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Halfway through Fashion Week, two front rows couldn’t have been more different
Two vastly different labels stood out at Australian Fashion Week by getting personal with their customers.
Opinion
Parenting
We should stop funding IVF and pay under-25s to have children
Ramona Koval
Writer and broadcaster
Culture
Tony Armstrong reveals the ‘thing’ he’ll never give up
The popular ABC News Breakfast presenter criss-crossed the country on a bike in search of people’s most precious possessions for his new show.
Traveller
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Sport
Two shock Wallabies bolters emerge. A trial by fire could seal their fate
A pair of Queenslanders have thrust themselves into the mix for shock Wallabies call-ups.
NRL admits Harry Grant sin-bin ‘may be considered harsh’
Graham Annesley gives his verdict on the most scrutinised refereeing decision of the year.
Boycott threat by cricket’s biggest states forces women’s T20 change
Australia’s two most populous cricket states considered boycotting a new women’s T20 tournament and playing matches among themselves.
Updated
NRL 2024
Crichton becomes NRL’s hottest property after Fifita rejects Roosters
Gold Coast star David Fifita will remain with the Titans after the Roosters sensationally withdrew a big-money offer.
Analysis
NRL 2024
Why the Roosters won’t lose any more sleep over Fifita
“No” is a word the Roosters have heard with unusual regularity in recent times.
Bennett agrees to $3 million, three-year deal with Souths
South Sydney officials held a meeting with Bennett in Brisbane days out from Magic Round.
Broncos injuries throw wrench in club’s State of Origin preparations
But a setback opens the door for a young star.
Have Your Say
The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most
As a rising star, Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer kept his thoughts in check. Then he found his voice – and used it.
