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Council to allow fewer car spaces in new unit blocks
Brisbane City Council is set to announce an initiative to improve inner-city affordability, with plans to remove the mandatory minimum number of car parking spaces for new unit developments.
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.
‘Very serious’: Abdo addresses sexual assault allegations against Queensland-based player
The allegations come leading into Magic Round and the first women’s State of Origin match.
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Latrell Mitchell
Mitchell confronts Anasta over Fox Sports ‘personal attacks’
The pair were seen engaging in a conversation inside a Surry Hills restaurant before Mitchell asked Anasta to join him outside to continue their words.
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
Opinion
Sunday Life
I gave an Airbnb home just four stars. Apparently that’s a fail
It’s bad enough that every service we use, every restaurant, plumber, grocer or app, demands praise like a needy toddler, but it has to be five stars or death.
Jo Stanley
Columnist
Suburbs that renters could afford with the budget’s extra help
Rents have skyrocketed, and rent assistance is set to go up in response. Even so, it’s slim pickings.
Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador
While her former political colleagues were trudging into freezing Canberra for a gruelling Budget week, Julie Bishop was stepping out in style.
Morrison meets with Trump, says former president faces a ‘pile-on’
The former prime minister has come to the former US president’s defence, describing the challenges the Republican faces in the US as a “pile-on”.
Updated
World politics
Slovak PM undergoes hours of surgery after would-be assassin shoots him five times
The central European country has been rocked after Robert Fico was shot in the stomach, arm and leg.
China’s plan to buy millions of empty homes amid property crisis
China is considering a radical plan to tackle its ongoing property meltdown which has caused widespread damage to its economy.
The world’s 10 most ridiculous statues
Around the world there are statues notable for their elegance. Then there are these … from public urination to stroppy tantrums.
Opinion
Bali
You’ll need a holiday after tackling Bali’s nightmare airport queues
Planeloads of people all ahead of you on lines, wandering bewildered or hopping from queue to shuffling queue, questioning “Am I in the right line?” Who knows?
John Borthwick
Travel writer
Federal Budget 2024
Stoush over $13.7b tax credits threatens to stall flagship budget policy
Labor will be forced into talks with the Greens over new curbs on coal and gas in a bid to salvage the $13.7b tax credits in its “Made in Australia” budget plan after the Coalition rubbished the new measure.
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.
Queensland
Three deaths at Brisbane hospital mental health unit spark review
The health minister confirmed a review was under way after three people died by suicide at the hospital unit in the past 16 months.
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.
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.
Politics
‘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.
Business
Budget’s $22b boost puts Australia ‘back in race’ for green energy spending
The CEOs of Australia’s largest critical minerals companies have backed a $22 billion budget boost, in support that fuels a clash with the Coalition.
World
Updated
World politics
Slovak PM undergoes hours of surgery after assassination attempt
The central European country has been rocked after Robert Fico was shot five times in the stomach, arm and leg. A suspect has been detained.
Opinion
If the US election were held today, Trump would win
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
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
To keep or delete: Should you delete photos of your ex on social media?
Is keeping photos of your ex an indicator that you haven’t moved on or a sign of maturity?
Culture
Bad hair day? This sexy, icky, potent display might just be the answer
A new exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art explores our sometimes weird relationship with hair.
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Opinion
State of Origin
The NSW women’s Origin team wants to travel down Caxton Street – and get pelted with XXXX
The women’s Origin series starts a new chapter on Thursday night with three matches being contested for the first time.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Updated
NRL off-field behaviour
Police charge former Tigers and Bulldogs halfback after drugs sting
Former Canterbury and Wests Tigers playmaker Brandon Wakeham was arrested on Wednesday.
Opinion
Broadcast rights
Sport off free TV? Tell ’em they’re streaming
The free-to-air TV stations are in a battle with pay television companies for sporting rights.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Opinion
NRL 2024
300,000 kicks over 12 years: Cleary’s will to win is breaking his body
Rugby league’s No.1 star should consider changing the way he trains.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
The story behind a Queensland player’s one-fingered salute to the crowd
When Queensland forward Tazmin Rapana “flipped the bird” at the NSW crowd, she was also sending a signal to a former Maroons great.
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.
Australian Olympic flag bearer banned for sexual misconduct with a minor
The figure skater has been barred after an investigation led by the US’s peak sports abuse authority.
Have Your Say
The Premier League has exposed Postecoglou as a purist in an impure world
English football is not always good and nourishing, and Postecoglou is not always patient with deviation.
