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Good Weekend Talks
In-depth conversations with the people fascinating Australians right now.
Qld’s LNP promises public child sex offender register if elected
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has pitched a long-touted – and questioned – idea as part of his crime-focused election campaign.
Census to ask about gender identity after second government backflip
The next census will count transgender Australians for the first time, following weeks of LGBT community backlash and an internal Labor revolt.
Interstate, international agencies join Brisbane coffee assault manhunt
Queensland police have widened their search for a man allegedly involved in the scalding of a nine-month-old in a Brisbane park.
How David’s home renovation stopped his son’s asthma attacks
Charlie used to wheeze through the night and was sometimes raced to hospital. Now the family has been able to throw away his puffer.
Children would be weighed at school under controversial obesity plan
The nation’s chief nursing body is calling for the “normalisation of collection and discussion of height and weight data of all children” to help curb rising obesity rates.
Exclusive
Pharmaceuticals
Class action looms for popular over-the-counter medicines
After a landmark $US425 million settlement in the US, the drugs are being investigated in Australia over alleged links to stomach cancer and kidney damage.
Donald Trump’s new photo book is a fantastical highlight reel
Over more than 350 lavish pages, Trump presents a breathless gallery of himself during and after his reign as the 45th president.
Opinion
Hip pocket
Mortgage giving you heart palpitations? Try CPR
One in five Aussies now have to hand over more than half their wage to cover their home loan, according to new research. But there is a solution.
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Money contributor
Opinion
Spending
We are living and spending like it’s 2017 – and not in a good way
Australians have had a marked dip in the amount of spare money we have, while other nations have been flourishing. Why?
Victoria Devine
Money columnist
What’s the best way to invest after landing your first good job?
I’m encouraging my son to put as much money into super as he can so he can enjoy compounding interest. Is that a good idea?
Opinion
Cars
These SUV bro-blingers look prepped for the apocalypse. Shame they never leave the suburbs
Forget about treading lightly, or escalating environmental concerns, 4WD-ers are following the current Ford exhortation to “go big”.
Marish Mackowiak
Contributor
Exclusive
Crime
How police aced Tennis Australia official’s web of lies
A teacher and high-ranking tennis official tried to defraud his way out of trouble using phoney documents. But a canny prosecutor was not fooled.
Real estate high-flier stabbed friend’s wife in chest in drug-fuelled delirium
“The first stab missed my heart and aorta by millimetres. I don’t know where I got the strength,” the Sydney woman said.
‘My heart is broken’: Nicole Kidman confirms mum Janelle’s death
She carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity, Nicole once said of the beloved Kidman matriarch.
Exclusive
Domestic violence
‘You’ve lost my trust’: Rosie Batty’s angry text to Anne Summers exposes DV policy rift
Behind a big increase in funding, domestic violence experts and advocates are divided on how to fix the problem.
My mother told me she’d bumped herself on the door. I wanted to believe her
I knew something was very wrong, but I could not ask for the truth.
PARIS PARALYMPICS 2024
Opinion
She’s our most successful female Paralympian, but even bigger dreams came true when she quit
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Murky dam to silver lining: Star of Woolies ad scoops swimming medal after ‘rough couple of days’
Col Pearse, whose story was told in a Woolworths ad, had a tough few days before seizing Paralympics silver.
Why Australia have fallen behind on the Paralympics medal table
With two full days of competition to go, Australia had 16 gold medals and sat behind nations such as the Netherlands, Brazil and Ukraine on the official table.
Queensland
Police officer stabbed with ‘large pair of scissors’ moved to Brisbane hospital
The Roma officer was flown to Brisbane after being stabbed while responding to a domestic violence call-out.
Star sells Treasury Building to Griffith University for campus to open in 2027
The university, which paid $67.5m for the heritage-listed building, plans to transform it into “a state-of-the-art educational environment” by 2027.
CBD train station naming poll reignites calls to update network names
Treasurer Cameron Dick weighed into the naming debate, saying: “It’s not going to be called Station McStation-face.”
‘A bit rich’: Questions asked as markets put on hold
A Brisbane councillor has asked why a pro-small business council seems to be trying to shut down a new southside farmers’ market.
Father cries as church group accused of killing girl gives closing submissions
On Friday the congregation, known as “the Saints”, told a judge the allegations against the members were false, and that they believed the girl would be healed by God.
Politics
Exclusive
Emissions
Households, EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate
Greater uptake of electric appliances and vehicles is needed to ensure Australia hits its climate target, but households need financial support to do it.
Business
Exclusive
Franchising
Greg Norman settles legal brawl with Mark Wahlberg-backed F45
The struggling Aussie fitness franchise has finally ended the acrimony over its multimillion-dollar celebrity endorsements.
World
Exclusive
Visual art
Albert Namatjira paintings auctioned by son of late mining millionaire
The watercolours, thought to have been personally bought by Sir John Galvin from the pioneering Aboriginal artist in the 1950s, were sold to a mystery buyer.
Opinion
How a Q&A appearance revealed why some of my school teachers hated my guts
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
What surprises about the Middle East culture wars? The left and right have swapped sides
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Australia’s critical supply chains rely on China. This man I met at the White House has a Plan B
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Does Nick Cave now believe in an ‘interventionist God’? It’s not beyond belief
Danielle Terceiro
Research fellow, Centre for Public Christianity
Explore
Property
‘This is overpriced’: Home sellers forced to take a reality check
A few years ago, buyers worried about missing out. Now, they’re more concerned about not over-stretching budgets.
More home owners fail to sell their properties as the market slows
Picky home buyers are passing over properties for sale that don’t tick all their boxes, leaving listings lingering on the market.
Good Food
Recipe collection
Pub dining
Five classic pub dishes to cook at home this weekend
Lifestyle
Prince Harry’s 40th birthday: Time to put old gossip to bed?
Harry’s future looks very different from how we might have expected at his last milestone birthday, 10 years ago.
Opinion
Motherhood
You’d be surprised what women talk about at mothers’ groups, especially men
Jo Stubbings
Writer and reviewer
Culture
Bigsound amplifies Brisbane’s unique role in shaping Australia’s music future
Music industry leaders and artists have descended on the city for three days of panel discussions and live performances.
Traveller
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Sport
Opinion
Wallabies
Up Schmidt creek: If that’s what Pumas can do, how bad will a Lions mauling get?
The Wallabies have just conceded their biggest-ever score – and the British and Irish Lions are touring here in less than a year.
Paul Cully
Rugby columnist
Argentina 67 Wallabies 27
Wallabies
Wallabies humiliated by Pumas in biggest-ever defeat
After leading at half-time, the Wallabies gave up seven second-half tries to concede their biggest-ever score.
Brisbane’s cubs roar: Four things learnt from Lions’ Carlton mauling
If there were any doubts about the rising stars of the Brisbane Lions and their ability to stand up in the big moments, they have largely been laid to rest.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Swans’ comeback shakes down the thunder and leaves Giants in their wake
In a derby that felt seismic for the Swans, the code and their city, Sydney’s Isaac Heeney turned superhero and turned the tide in the qualifying final at the SCG.
‘Wayne probably felt like he failed. What could he do?’ Inside Bennett’s tumultuous reign in Newcastle
More than a decade has passed since Wayne Bennett walked out on Newcastle. Was it his lowest ebb or his finest coaching performance?
Cowboys 44 Bulldogs 6
Match report
Canterbury’s loss to Cowboys could cost NRL $1m, Panthers secure top-two finish
Canterbury blew a chance to host an elimination final on Saturday – and the result could now cost the NRL a seven-figure sum next week.
How Michael Voss has changed his methods and his methods have changed Carlton
The Blues coach will meet his old club, the Brisbane Lions, for the second time in a final, on Saturday night.
Have Your Say
The perfect Storm: Four things learnt from Broncos’ final implosion
Is Hughes a Dally M Medal lock? And where to now for the Broncos?
