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Tolls set to rise, Brisbane CBD parking now most expensive in Australia
As the Queensland government slashes the cost of public transport, it is becoming more expensive to use a car in Brisbane.
Will the Labor government’s 50c public transport fare trial affect your vote?
What you think about the 50c public transport fare trial.
Perspective
Queensland votes
Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say
Labor hopes 50c transport fares will turn heads and votes, even if it’s been on Steven Miles’ mind since the 1990s. How else should contenders try to woo you?
Matt Dennien
Reporter
Updated
Missing person
Woman gives birth on banks of Sydney river, then vanishes
Police said a placenta and a human umbilical cord were found on the banks of the inner west river, sparking a search for the missing mother and child.
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.
Opinion
Social media
Snapchat’s worst feature is turning Gen Z into narcissistic, paranoid stalkers
Addiction is one concern here, sure. But more dangerous still is the culture this creates.
Daniel Cash
Contributor
‘Have you seen Tommy play?’: Why Dearden beat Mam to Munster’s spot
Tom Dearden has fended off a challenge from his Broncos rival to win the Maroons jumper, and now feels he is ready to lead the team to victory.
Opinion
State of Origin
Queensland picked Israel Folau. Why wouldn’t NSW pick Joseph Suaalii?
The relevant question about Suaalii isn’t about whether he should contest the Origin opener but on which side of the field he will play.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
From high school dropout to Maroons’ secret weapon
This is the debut that never should have happened, but Queensland’s newest hope comes with a weapon to keep his rivals nervous.
The exercises you should be doing to lower blood pressure
Experts agree that one of the best ways to prevent hypertension is by working out.
Feeling tense? The best ways to loosen up pesky muscle knots
Those painful bumps can be tough to ignore. Experts recommend the best way to soothe and prevent knots.
The film so scary even its star doesn’t want to see it
There is no way Robyn Nevin will go to see her upcoming movie Sting. The star of stage and screen – who has also directed three of our state theatre companies – is adamant.
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Sharma hosted far-right Israel group disavowed by other Jewish associations
The senator hosted the screening of a film rejecting the two-state solution, organised by controversial Australian Jewish Association president David Adler.
The exiled Chinese tycoon with links to Trump’s inner circle accused of $1.5 billion fraud
Outspoken Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui is accused of orchestrating a complex $1.5 billion fraud.
Queensland
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.
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.
Politics
‘It is getting worse’: Anne Summers says rise in domestic violence ‘horrific’
Summers pointed to the increasing use of technology to spy on women as one sign of the increase in abuse.
Business
Unprecedented building cost blowouts leave city dwellers in the lurch
Two key statistics indicate that Australia’s housing affordability crisis will continue to worsen, even as governments scramble to ease supply constraints.
World
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu admits ‘tragic mistake’ after Israeli strike on Rafah camp kills dozens
An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city, officials said, prompting an outcry from global leaders.
Opinion
A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will
Nicole Jameson
Director, Dark Horse Agency
Named and shamed: The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton: prosecuting Netanyahu is not antisemitism
Geoffrey Robertson
Human rights barrister and author
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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
Review
Gadgets
Is the Ray-Ban Meta mash-up worth putting on your face?
Meta and Ray-Ban’s smart glasses put cameras, microphones, speakers and a little bit of AI into an object you would probably be wearing anyway.
Culture
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.
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Sport
From high school dropout to Maroons’ secret weapon
This is the debut that never should have happened, but Queensland’s newest hope comes with a weapon to keep his rivals nervous.
Opinion
State of Origin
Queensland picked Israel Folau. Why wouldn’t NSW pick Joseph Suaalii?
The relevant question about Suaalii isn’t about whether he should contest the Origin opener but on which side of the field he will play.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
‘I don’t know if it’s the last time,’ says Nadal after losing in first round at Roland-Garros
Rafael Nadal is unsure if he will be back next year at Roland-Garros after bowing out in the first round.
Analysis
State of Origin
Have NSW set themselves up for another ‘Damien Cook at centre’ fiasco?
The shadow of the specialist hooker replacing Tom Trbojevic with last year’s series on the line looms large over the two Origin sides picked this week.
Opinion
AFL 2024
11th commandment of Aussie rules: Thou shall not get caught in the act
If a tackler neither dispossess their opponent nor forces them into an illegal disposal, then play on it should be.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
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.
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.
Have Your Say
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.