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Residents ‘suspicious’ of govt crackdown on waste odours
Residents remain sceptical of the state government’s latest ‘bad smell’ crackdown on compost and waste business after 8000 complaints last year.
Brisbane home office clocks on to win architecture prize
In a sign of changing work-life dynamics, a Red Hill home-office renovation has won a national design award.
Arts community rocked by Queensland Theatre cancellation due to mystery illness
The entire three-week run of the White House farce has been pulled, but a spokesperson says sickness, not politics, was behind the decision.
In-form Titans belt injury-hit Broncos
Brisbane’s 2024 NRL horror show has reached new depths, battered 46-18 by a rampant Gold Coast in front of a sell-out crowd at CBUS Super Stadium.
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Paris 2024
Tara Rigney chasing gold in rowing; Ebden and Peers go for gold in men’s tennis doubles
The action continues at a frenetic pace in France with Australia winning gold in the men’s doubles in the tennis and silver in the windsurfing. However, sprint star Rohan Browning’s Olympic campaign is over. Follow every big moment on our live blog.
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Swimming
It took 36 years – then just 21 seconds: The four things Cam McEvoy did perfectly
He has achieved what no Australian man in swimming history has. And Cam McEvoy won the race from the instant it began.
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Rowing
Rigney heartbreak and men’s-eights flop ends mediocre rowing campaign
Despite Rowing Australia having spruiked its team’s medal hopes in Paris, they have finished the Games with just one podium finish and left many questions to be answered.
How Australia’s female Olympians rose up and roared
Australia’s female athletes have dominated the gold medals, the headlines, and the glory in France. They’re owning it, too.
Analysis
Analysis
Olympics to blame for vicious culture war, with three female casualties
Two women entered the Paris Games ready to compete in the sport they love. Instead, they’ve become pawns in an avoidable gender storm.
Opinion
Financial planners
Your three biggest retirement advice questions answered
Getting financial advice without paying for it is a national pastime in the lead up to retirement. Here are the three most common things people want to know.
Bec Wilson
Money contributor
Opinion
Scams
When scammers stole my Instagram, they even took pictures of my kids
The fake account was full of aspiration, interspersed with get-rich-quick hard sells. Apart from the name, it looked like it was from a trusted source: me.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Tax breaks for distilleries open to ‘rorts and abuse’, government warned
Medium-sized distilleries say tax breaks for small spirits producers are an “existential threat” to their businesses.
Glamour and grit: Fashion takes centre stage at Paris Olympics
Having conquered cinema and the arts, luxury labels are ready to wipe out the competition at the Paris Games.
The true story of this Brisbane bookstore won’t be found in print
Not all chapters in Archives Fine Books’ history make for easy reading. But Dawn and Hamish have no regrets having “followed their bliss”.
Opinion
French Polynesia
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
As Paris holds the world’s gaze, France’s continued meddling in the Pacific paints a less-than-golden picture of colonial neglect and the price of imperialism.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
Why are China’s youth pretending to be birds on social media?
In a quirky viral trend, young Chinese people are flocking online to impersonate birds and escape an uncertain future. One problem is that they can’t actually fly.
Secrets revealed: The last unspoilt islands of Greece
Beyond Mykonos and Santorini, there are still corners of the archipelago that only locals know about. Here are 10 of the best.
Analysis
Paris 2024
McKeown doesn’t command the spotlight. She must now command respect
The win caps a remarkable Olympics for the 23-year-old, who has become the first Australian to win four individual Olympic gold medals.
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Paris 2024
‘It don’t stop till the casket drop’: How Snoop Dogg became the unlikely face of the Olympics
Forget gold medals. The most sought-after item in Paris is a pin of the Long Beach rapper blowing Olympic smoke rings. How did this happen?
The swimmer who barely swims: Inside McEvoy’s radical experiment
These are the things you can do in 20 or so seconds.
Three years after Tokyo heartbreak, BMX racing star clinches gold
Saya Sakakibara thought she’d never compete again after a shocking crash in Tokyo left her unconscious. But she had unfinished business.
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Queensland
Brisbane teen accused of using fake LGBTQ dating profile to rob people
Police have charged a 14-year-old Acacia Ridge boy who they allege arranged at least six meet-ups via a dating app to rob people.
‘Hero’ officers rescued colleagues, retrieved bodies
Emotional police officers tell an inquest of how they rescued a colleague and retrieved bodies while under fire at a remote Queensland property.
Miles to push ahead with CFMEU crackdown, regardless of police findings
Steven Miles says he will leave it to police to determine whether CFMEU workers were behind an attack on a picket line-crossing worker outside his home.
Albanese reveals Labor candidate to contest Kevin Rudd’s old seat
As Labor assembles its “Greenslide” fightback, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has introduced a youth mental health chief executive to take on the Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather.
Ex-Catholic brother jailed again for child sex abuse
A former Catholic brother convicted of sexually abusing 35 children more than three decades ago has been jailed again.
Politics
No smiling matter: Chalmers’ inflation reprieve is hiding some economic frowns
This week’s inflation figures have probably prevented an imminent rate rise, but the economy on Jim Chalmers’ watch is still struggling.
Business
‘It ends up just being a bloodbath’: Why plucky, third player Rex Airlines came unstuck
A graveyard has filled with airline groups that have tried and failed to challenge the duopoly in the skies, from Compass to Tiger Airways and Bonza. Rex is just the latest.
World
Protests turn violent in Sunderland as UK unrest spreads after Southport killings
Anti-immigrant demonstrators threw stones at police in riot gear near a mosque in the city before overturning vehicles, setting a car alight and starting a fire next to a police office, the BBC said.
Opinion
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
‘Is your baby black or white?’ Neither, but I wonder what Trump would say
Max Jeganathan
Senior research fellow
Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women
Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist
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Property
Our eight favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a sparkling beachfront panorama to a palatial family home and a country estate, we’ve rounded up our pick of the bunch.
Man trying to sell house without an agent takes a $400,000 haircut
Brett D’Souza’s unorthodox approach to selling his house attracted a lot of attention, but didn’t quite reach his goal of a $1.8 million sale price.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Not everyone finds exercise rewarding. These four tips might help
We’ve all encountered that person who comes back from the gym or a run seemingly high on life. But for some, a workout just leaves us feeling worn out.
Opinion
Autism
My surprising midlife diagnosis makes me proud
Mike Knapp
Tech innovator and entrepreneur
Culture
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Review
Josh Hartnett the perfect serial killer in M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap
The former teen idol gives a darkly funny performance as his character, the Butcher, tries to evade capture at a pop concert.
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Sport
Dolphins’ finals race in jeopardy after loss to Roosters; Eels shock Warriors in Auckland
Talented youngsters Sam Walker and Blaize Talagi played starring roles in a pair of high-scoring matches.
Opinion
Paris 2024
Why Australia’s big hitters are struggling to make an impact on Games
A tearful Tina Rahimi was left speechless by her loss to Poland’s Julia Szeremeta. There are now just two of Australia’s contingent of 12 boxers still in contention.
Roy Masters
Sports Columnist
As netball moves beyond dark days, Vixens head to enemy territory in grand final quest
The Melbourne Vixens and Adelaide Thunderbirds will face off in the Super Netball grand final today, capping a record-breaking season.
Analysis
AFL 2024
An eye to the future: Your guide to the best players of this year’s AFL draft class
Featuring a midfield star with a rock star name, the son of a gun, and a “special” prospect from the country, the class of 2024 has no shortage of talent – or storylines.
‘Des doesn’t stop’: Mellow Hasler can still rip a door off its hinges when he needs to
Slowly but surely, veteran coach Des Hasler is giving the Gold Coast Titans reason to believe.
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NRL injury ward
Former NRL player loses $1m legal battle against rugby league insurer
Ethan Lowe had alleged he had suffered permanent paralysis to one side of his body after a tackle ended his career in 2020.
Utoikamanu chooses Storm over Bulldogs
The most in-demand forward in the game has ended speculation over his future.
Have Your Say
The Olympics have never been a fair fight. But what’s happening in boxing and swimming is shameful
Away from celebrities in the stands, execs on their jollies and plenty of world-class sport, there are some pretty serious moral questions being raised at these Games.
