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Queensland budget
Another $500m for families as Qld election draws closer
The Miles government is finalising a $500m package to deliver on a Labor promise to reduce childhood disadvantage.
Police investigate ‘vile’ ranking of female Qld students
The post that reportedly ranked Gold Coast students into offensive categories including “abduction material”, “one night stand”, “preorder”, and worse.
Kangaroo Point bridge a step closer to opening as final piece of deck slots into place
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has celebrated this week’s installation of the final span of the long-anticipated bridge ahead of its opening this year.
Investigation
Good Weekend
‘I’ve just killed me kids’: His story never changed. But the science has
He was jailed for an unthinkable crime. Now there are questions about Robert Farquharson’s guilt.
Shorter, wider, with more space: Queen Street Mall tower plans modified
Developers have downsized – and upscaled – plans for a new tower at the top of Queen Street Mall, losing eight storeys but adding almost 3000 square metres.
How can SEQ balance the need for housing with the desire to stay green?
As one homeowner living next to bushland put it, “we obviously get to see the trees, but we live in a time when there’s a shortage of housing”.
To work out what to do in Brisbane, Martin visited seven cities in four countries
Martin Garred won a fellowship to investigate how south-east Queensland could accommodate more people. He found a different way of thinking about suburbia.
Trump ‘honoured’ to run for US president as a convicted felon
In his first remarks since being found guilty of a hush-money conspiracy, the 77-year-old framed the election as a fight to save the country.
‘Do not send aircraft’: Perth Airport plunged into chaos amid fuel delivery issues
More than a dozen flights have been cancelled and passengers across the country have been stranded.
Customer data exposed after Ticketek ‘cyber incident’
The ticketing company wrote to Australian customers saying personal details had been compromised.
Tennis star Zverev put ‘hands around neck’ of girlfriend, court told
It was alleged German Alexander Zverev placed his hands around his former girlfriend’s throat with such force that she was unable to swallow without pain for several days.
Opinion
Retirement living
Six financial foundations you need in place (long) before retiring
When you look at people retiring comfortably today, it’s easy to see what the key foundations of a happy retirement are.
Bec Wilson
Money contributor
Billionaire reveals plans to dive to the Titanic after submersible tragedy
Shortly after last year’s OceanGate disaster, a 74-year-old billionaire got in touch with the co-founder of a company that makes submarines.
Exclusive
Fitness
How fat hidden inside our muscles is ‘critical’ to health outcomes
According to new research, a specific kind of fat plays an important role in our health and the way we age.
Opinion
Taxis
How’s your Uber rating? Mine came as a shock
Four drivers gave me one star. Four! When it comes to tiny metrics of anonymous condemnation, that’s a caning.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
The best new shows to stream in June
Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air this month.
Queensland
Breaking
Crime
Man arrested at Brisbane Airport over almost 70 offences
The 55-year-old, who can’t be named because of the nature of the offences involving several victims, had been in the Philippines but is alleged to have committed the crimes on the Gold Coast.
Updated
Queensland councils
Mayor told to stand down by premier, council colleagues
A Queensland mayor who blamed “100-plus” concussions after misleading voters has been told to stand down, with his council colleagues joining the call.
Complaints about noise over Brisbane prompt flight changes
New flight paths directing planes arriving at and departing Brisbane Airport to fly higher and more frequently over Moreton Bay have been announced by Airservices Australia.
Bid for three towers opposite Brisbane heritage site, park
Developers continue to challenge height restrictions with a promise to provide more inner-city housing. The latest area of contention is around Breakfast Creek.
Plan to house students in Brisbane CBD office tower
The tower, with tenants including the Australian Passport Office and Boeing Defence Australia, sold for almost $65 million last month.
Politics
‘Messy’: How Nine’s #MeToo moment arrived
It was only a matter of time before the tensions over sexual harassment inside Australia’s largest media organisation boiled over.
Business
Analysis
AI
Australian at the centre of the high-stakes battle over AI has a warning for the world
There’s a war raging about the future of artificial intelligence – and Melbourne-born Helen Toner is in the thick of it.
David Swan
Technology editor
Opinion
Inside China
The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke
Philip Pilkington
World
Biden says Hamas ‘no longer capable’ of major attack, proposes total ceasefire
The US president called the three-phase plan proposed by Israel “a road map to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages”.
Opinion
The bad thing about the Trump verdict? That people celebrated it
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
The jury was unanimous. What happens next to Trump is far less clear
Farrah Tomazin
North America correspondent
When you force people into a ‘safe zone’ then bomb it, ‘whoops’ doesn’t quite cut it
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
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Property
Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a palatial penthouse to an elegant Italianate villa and a hinterland showstopper with infinity-edge pool, here’s our pick of the bunch.
Unprecedented building cost blowouts leave city dwellers in the lurch
Two statistics indicate Australia’s housing affordability crisis will get worse, even as governments scramble to ease supply constraints.
Good Food
Lifestyle
At 30, this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30m books
Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two, but she says her painful youth still haunts her.
Culture
Opinion
WordPlay
Why the Streisand effect could be morphing into the Gina effect
The moment you tell us to look away, we can’t stop gawking, as Gina Rinehart recently found out to her detriment.
David Astle
Crossword compiler and ABC Radio Melbourne presenter
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Opinion
State of Origin
Why Queensland gets Origin, and NSW does not
Why is there an indifference to Origin in NSW as opposed to Queensland, whose entire identity is defined by what happens in three interstate matches each year?
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Gustavsson takes blame as Matildas rocked by Foord injury scare
Caitlin Foord’s Paris preparations could be disrupted after she went down with a hamstring injury in Friday night’s 1-1 draw with China.
Opinion
State of Origin
NRL to take back seat, for now, as Origin behemoth emerges again
There is a solution to the mundane nature of the NRL regular season – bring back the “final five”.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
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Super Rugby
As it happened: Waratahs end season to forget with cruel one-point loss to Reds
Down 19-0 at half-time in their final game of the season, the Waratahs dug deep to briefly take the lead. But it all ended in heartbreak.
Waratahs ready to swoop on Rebels’ Wallabies stars after axing
Wallabies stars Taniela Tupou and Carter Gordon could be heading to NSW.
Why Rugby Australia killed Melbourne Super Rugby
Rugby Australia is adamant it was a pragmatic business decision to kill the Melbourne Rebels; fans say it was “premeditated murder”.
Opinion
AFL 2024
Why Clarkson is in danger of becoming North’s greatest liability
Appointing the four-time premiership coach was meant to herald a new era for the Kangaroos, but things haven’t gone to plan.
Caroline Wilson
Have Your Say
How Hayley Lewis’ son is powering past the curse of family fame
The legacy of a champion parent can be a burden in elite sport, but the next Olympics hope vows to swim past it, all the way to Paris.