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50-cent fares: Who wins big in plan for cheap public transport tickets
Transport planners say there’s a lot about south-east Queensland’s system that Labor’s “radical” cost-of-living measure will not fix.
Important Olympic role goes to former council CEO
She would not be drawn on the government’s choice of the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre as the main athletics venue.
Debris ‘flew in air’ from highway crash that killed police officer
A witness has told a court there was “a hell of a lot of debris” after a police officer was struck and killed on the Bruce Highway in Brisbane’s north.
Opinion
Parenting
The boys knew nothing about my son’s struggles. Yet somehow they knew what to do
One day, these boys will be men. Seeing how they treated my son - who’s happy just to be out on a basketball court with them – gave me faith.
Tamara Walsh
Contributor
Accused skate park kidnapper walks free on bail
Tauvela Soe, along with two other people, allegedly forced a boy into the back seat of an SUV after a rock was thrown into his windscreen.
‘It’s quite unusual’: The five infections making Queenslanders so sick
The preferred antibiotic to treat “walking pneumonia” in children is in short supply, as a wave of respiratory illnesses spreads across Queensland.
Updated
NRL 2024
‘Hasn’t got to that standard’: Shock snub of Maroons star explained
One debutant and one surprise axing have headlined the Maroons’ game 1 squad, while the race to replace Cameron Munster has been decided.
‘Good to go’: Hynes allays fitness fears; Trbojevic proud to lead Blues
NSW players arrived at their hotel on Monday afternoon, with Nicho Hynes declaring himself a certain starter at halfback and the new skipper receiving a warm reception.
Opinion
G7 summit
Named and shamed: The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
It was an eventful meeting of some of the world’s leading finance ministers at a resort town in Italy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Fire obliterated any chance of working out campers’ cause of death, court told
A forensic pathologist and insect expert said she could not say how Russell Hill and Carol Clay died after their bodies were burned into bone fragments.
Updated
Tragedy
Footage shows ride-share crash that left man, child dead
A father and his two young children were travelling in a ride-share car that turned into an oncoming Toyota Hilux, police say.
Queensland
Updated
Government
‘As close to free as you can get’: All public transport trips in Qld to cost 50c
The flat fare will apply during a “use it or lose it” six-month trial from August 5, in Labor’s latest effort to ease cost-of-living pressures.
Man charged after fatal hit-and-run traffic crash, Hervey Bay
Police have charged a 41-year-old Urangan man following a fatal hit-and-run traffic crash in Hervey Bay on Sunday.
Infrastructure funding pledge to help ease SEQ growing pains
Last week, south-east mayors took their infrastructure woes to the state government. By Friday, they had secured a $350m injection.
Qld builds on housing push with $1000 cashback for apprentices
The payment for first-year apprentices is part of continued efforts to meet the state’s housing and infrastructure demands amid cost-of-living pressures.
Record crowds and road closures expected for Brisbane Marathon
Runners are being warned to leave extra time for travel to and from June’s Brisbane Marathon, with trains not running that weekend due to track work.
Politics
ABC’s Laura Tingle under fire after ‘racist country’ comments
ABC’s 7.30 chief political correspondent Laura Tingle has come under fire for comments she made criticising Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
Business
Nine investigates newsroom behaviour that ‘damaged trust and fairness’
An independent investigation will follow allegations against ex-TV news boss Darren Wick.
World
Updated
Tragedy
More than 2000 could be buried alive in PNG landslide, local authorities say
Rugged and remote conditions are hindering rescue efforts in Papua New Guinea, where the landslide has also caused major destruction to buildings and food gardens.
Opinion
Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton: prosecuting Netanyahu is not antisemitism
Geoffrey Robertson
Human rights barrister and author
Explore
Property
‘People feel cheated’: Cut to home buyer budgets leaves households reeling
Workers are feeling ‘pretty distressed’ to realise the basics of life have slipped further out of reach than even in the recent past.
He sold his studio to Netflix for $700m. Then he went on a $120m spree
The Animal Logic co-founder has taken to real estate in a big way in recent years, and his $12 million Byron Bay cash buy is just his latest acquisition.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Perspective
Workplace
Getting bothered by co-workers is another reason for more WFH
Being interrupted at work to perform pointless or unrelated tasks causes stress and can hurt productivity, Queensland research has found.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Culture
Opinion
Streaming
Why I’m grateful for Baby Reindeer, the anti-hero alternative we desperately need
In this era of self-congratulatory and safe memoirs, the Netflix series dares to be dangerous.
Mark Mordue
Traveller
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Sport
Updated
NRL 2024
‘Hasn’t got to that standard’: Shock snub of Maroons star explained
One debutant and one surprise axing have headlined the Maroons’ game 1 squad, while the race to replace Cameron Munster has been decided.
Hynes allays fitness fears; Trbojevic proud to lead Blues
NSW players have arrived at their hotel, with the new skipper receiving a warm reception.
Updated
IPL
Starc delivers on $4.4m deal with star role in IPL triumph
Mitchell Starc won an $8m title shootout with fellow Australian Pat Cummins as the Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Minister fails to guarantee Boxing Day Test at the MCG amid stand-off
“What I can guarantee is we will have the best calendar, the envy of Australia,” Victoria’s major events minister says.
Updated
Around the clubs
Kikau out for up to six weeks, Butcher suffers season-ending injury
Canterbury’s star back-rower will be sidelined by a finger fracture for a crucial part of the season as the Roosters confirmed Egan Butcher has ruptured his ACL.
Kiwi great’s clone triggers huge headache: Four things learnt from Broncos’ defeat
A day that was billed as the final audition for a host of State of Origin hopefuls, instead became the dawning of Keano Kini as an NRL star of the future.
‘I trust in my body’: Matildas star says she’ll be fit for Olympics
Katrina Gorry said a chill ran up her spine when she went down injured for West Ham United.
Have Your Say
Wallabies stocks rise for rookie duo: Four things learned from Reds’ demolition
Two rising stars never would have considered themselves Wallabies chances heading into the season.
