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Good Weekend Talks
In-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now.
More than 80 per cent of serious young offenders are ice users
“I have watched a 12-year-old girl directly inject meth into her arm,” the Department of Youth Justice director-general said.
Exclusive
Hospitals
Painful contraction for private maternity hospitals
One in four women gives birth in private hospitals. The collapse of private obstetrics will have huge flow-on effects for the public system.
Opinion
Political leadership
Can Dutton win the battle for the battlers?
Polling indicates that Australia’s working class – as in America and Europe – is turning more conservative. What will it mean for the next election?
Margot Saville
Journalist and author
With Vance by his side, Trump holds first rally after attempt on his life
Donald Trump addressed a Michigan rally exactly a week after he was shot. Not much has changed.
New details revealed about Trump bullet wound
Former US president Donald Trump underwent CT scans for the bullet wound he sustained in last weekend’s assassination attempt.
Biden fumes, resentful at Obama and those trying to drive him out
The president considers Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, the main instigator. But he also considers Obama a puppet master.
Opinion
Budgeting
Who wants to be a millionaire? You should read this first
Personal wealth in Australia is predicted to boom in the coming years, with the number of people joining the millionaire club set to skyrocket.
Victoria Devine
Money columnist
Exclusive
Investigations
Victims of HSBC fraud say bank could have stopped the scammers
HSBC is a small player in Australia’s banking sector, but data suggests its customers have been heavily targeted by fraudsters.
Explainer
Sovereign wealth
Trillion-dollar piggy banks: Inside the world of sovereign wealth
Norway’s is famously huge. Qatar used theirs to buy Harrods. How do sovereign wealth funds work? And why isn’t ours as big as Norway’s?
Broncos 30 Knights 14
Match report
Walsh sees more space on Reynolds’ Broncos return
Reece Walsh has declared Adam Reynolds’ return can give him more space again at Brisbane, after being close to his damaging best against Newcastle.
Wallabies 40 Georgia 29
Wallabies
Wallabies make it three out of three after surviving Georgian scare
The Wallabies are unbeaten so far in 2024, but they made life difficult for themselves against a granite-tough Georgia team.
‘There is nothing like proving someone wrong to motivate you’: Brooke Boney
The 37-year-old surprised everyone when she announced she was walking away from her high-profile breakfast television job. Her next move? Oxford University.
The difference between dry and dehydrated skin
The conditions are often confused as they have similar symptoms, but they have varied causes.
Analysis
Paris 2024
Why gene doping is the next great Olympic threat
No one has ever been busted gene doping – the next frontier in cheating. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be happening at the Olympics.
Paris 2024
Olympic officials fear excluded Russia plans to cause Paris mayhem
The International Olympic Committee said it was resigned to the Paris Games being targeted by disinformation attacks over the coming fortnight.
‘Rugby has given me belonging’: Sevens pioneer to retire after Olympics
Sharni Smale, nee Williams, is one of two survivors from Australia’s gold medal-winning side at the Rio Olympics but is hanging up the rainbow headgear.
Queensland
Brisbane’s most exciting bar openings of 2024 (so far)
From a wine spot hidden in a CBD garage to a British-inspired gastropub and the return of a classic Spring Hill boozer, here’s what’s caught our eye so far.
Updated
Building Bad
Black hoodies, cameras and ‘slurs’ at centre of Queensland CFMEU case
A judge has imposed new restrictions on CFMEU representatives and measures to allow safe passage for other workers on the $6.3 billion Cross River Rail project in Brisbane.
Murder accused ‘embraced’ view to stop girl’s medicine
“The Saints” allegedly withheld the girl’s life-saving insulin for six days while they gathered around her in prayer.
Residents win the right to renovate their WWII-era homes
The Brisbane City Council has changed its mind over proposed stringent heritage protections at Moorooka.
Driver who killed motorcyclist told police ‘riders make sh** up’: court
Father Ken Hembrow, 37, was riding his motorbike along Queen Street in January when he was hit by a car outside the Marriott hotel.
Politics
Whiskey wars: US distillers warn Australia to stick to spirit of the law
Complaints about Australian distillers mislabelling products as whiskey and bourbon risk triggering a trade dispute with the United States.
Business
Adidas ‘revising’ Bella Hadid campaign after criticism from Israel
Israel’s official social media account had objected to the involvement of the supermodel in a new campaign for retro-inspired running shoes.
World
From honour student to the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump
Thomas Crooks was a brainy and quiet young man who built computers and won honours at school, impressing his teachers. Then he became a would-be assassin.
Opinion
J.D. Vance is a jump to the left and a step to the right
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
While Trump is being canonised by his party, Biden is being flagellated by his
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Here’s a brain teaser: Will AI ever reach consciousness?
Paul Davies
Physicist, writer
Explore
Property
How home sellers made 10 per cent more money than the highest offer
The premium has hovered in a range of about 10 per cent to 11 per cent in recent years, and pushed above 12 per cent in 2021.
‘Housing policy disaster’: Property approaches a tipping point
Housing costs have soared faster than incomes, but could there be any relief on the horizon?
Good Food
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Good Weekend
Have a Good Weekend wherever you are with our digital edition
The renewable-energy power struggle in regional communities | Serena Williams on pushy parenting | Making art and love in a war zone | Abbie Chatfield
Opinion
Phones
I showed a total stranger a Trump meme on my phone. It was a wake-up call
Kerri Sackville
Columnist and author
Culture
Light-hearted TikTok video sparks global wave of mockery and abuse
A light-hearted TikTok video was viewed tens of millions of times before attracting the ire of online misogynists, including Andrew Tate.
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Sport
Broncos 30 Knights 14
Match report
Walsh sees more space on Reynolds’ Broncos return
Reece Walsh has declared Adam Reynolds’ return can give him more space again at Brisbane, after being close to his damaging best against Newcastle.
Wallabies 40 Georgia 29
Wallabies
Wallabies make it three out of three after surviving Georgian scare
The Wallabies are unbeaten so far in 2024, but they made life difficult for themselves against a granite-tough Georgia team.
As it happened: Wallabies survive Georgian fightback for third win under Schmidt
The Wallabies remain undefeated under Joe Schmidt but as usual, Georgia made them work hard for a 40-29 win.
Storm 24 Roosters 8
NRL 2024
Roosters return home empty again after falling to bogy team
The Storm produced another clinical performance to complete a 10th win in their last 11 starts against the Roosters.
Dogs win in the mud; Magpies ‘right on the edge’ of being ‘losers’
Hawthorn had a landmark win over Collingwood and the Bulldogs dumped Geelong in the mud. Port Adelaide beat Richmond and St Kilda triumphed over West Coast.
‘Rugby has given me belonging’: Sevens pioneer to retire after Olympics
Sharni Smale, nee Williams, is one of two survivors from Australia’s gold medal-winning side at the Rio Olympics but is hanging up the rainbow headgear.
Exclusive
Paris 2024
‘I love it and hate it’: Ian Thorpe’s eternal struggle with swimming
In an exclusive interview, the five-time gold medallist also opens up about his relationship with Michael Phelps and why he isn’t buying into the phony war of words with the US.
Have Your Say
Has Origin revealed a glaring issue in the NRL expansion debate?
Queensland cannot rely on generational talents to keep popping up as they have previously.
