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Trial by Water podcast
A new investigative podcast about one of Australia’s most controversial cases.
Labor ushers in taxpayer-funded rebates for electric scooters, bikes
From Monday, the Miles government will subsidise the purchase of e-scooters and e-bikes across Queensland in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
Brisbane 2032 boss faces second day of scrutiny from senior Labor MPs
With political tensions high, Andrew Liveris has this week fronted a “networking event” hosted by federal LNP energy spokesman Ted O’Brien’s fundraising program.
Girl from NSW charged for carrying knife in Queen St Mall
The 16-year-old was searched amid a police blitz in Brisbane on people carrying weapons.
‘I’m angry’: Lily was 17 when her baby was taken in Brisbane. Now, she wants UN help
Lily Arthur was one of the young, vulnerable women coerced into giving up their babies for adoption mid-last century. Now, she’s taking her fight for justice to Geneva.
Ambitious Greens say ‘conditions perfect’ to pick up Brisbane seats
The minor party believes it could represent about a third of all Brisbane residents after next month’s state election.
Opinion
Superannuation
The sweet spot: How to get the most from your super and the pension
There’s a new way to find the point where super earnings and the pension intersect to help you attain maximum earning capacity in retirement.
Bec Wilson
Money contributor
Gambaro’s Black Hide returns at Queen’s Wharf, but not as you know it
The new restaurant embraces its riverside locale with a greater focus on seafood and wines to match (with more bottles thrown in for the high rollers too).
The simple nutrition advice every 40-something should follow
According to experts, these are the best seven ways to ensure a healthy diet in your 40s and beyond.
Bledisloe Cup: The change turning skipper from Wallabies scrapheap to hoodoo conqueror
A broken arm could have ended Harry Wilson’s dreams of a Wallabies’ return. Now, he’ll lead them on home soil for the first time in a bid to end a 22-year drought.
Analysis
NRL 2024
Nicho Hynes used to run the circus, but the main stage is all Braydon Trindall’s now
Nicho Hynes wears the No.7, but after Cronulla broke their finals hoodoo with a win over the Cowboys, there’s no doubt who runs the show in the Shire.
Opinion
Crime
Gisele’s 80 rapists were monstrous, but not monsters. They were ordinary men
The victim, however, was extraordinary in her courage, making her name public so the “shame” would rest with her abusers.
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hezbollah commander killed by Israel had $10 million bounty on his head
It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.
Analysis
UK politics
Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon
The newly elected British PM has already been embroiled in controversy after accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.
‘They exist on a different level’: The transformation of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
Director Todd Phillips says the stars of anticipated sequel Joker: Folie à Deux don’t know how good they are.
We received $573 for just a two-hour flight delay
“We were bumped from a flight in Europe. How we were treated was a welcome surprise – and a lesson for Australia.”
It’s so funny how we don’t talk any more. What’s up with late-night TV?
Jimmy Kimmel is worried US late-night talk shows may soon cease to exist. Here, they already have.
Queensland
Painful removals, mission history detailed at inquiry
Aunty Florence Watson told the inquiry the story of her mother, who survived a massacre on the Palmer River in north Queensland in the early 1930s when she was four years old.
Authorities seize 12 devices in case of alleged Russian spies
Australian army soldier Kira Korolev allegedly told her partner how to log into Defence systems on her official work account from their Brisbane home.
Perspective
Queensland votes
The state seats where votes may be worth more – or less
Major party campaigns are gearing up for key stops across Queensland’s 93 electorates before October 26. But some seats aren’t like the others.
Man jailed for life over toddler’s torture and murder
A man who murdered a two-year-old girl after inflicting severe physical abuse and punishments has been jailed for life.
Miles accuses Olympic ‘big wig’ of bullying over Brisbane stadium
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has doubled down on his controversial plan for a no-frills Olympic stadium, while accusing an “Olympic big wig” of bullying the LNP into opposing it.
Politics
The teals stunned the nation in 2022. They could make or break the next government
The seven women who won formerly blue-ribbon Liberal seats in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth promised a “new way” of doing politics. How have they changed the parliament?
Business
Why is Australia still burning so much coal? Inside the power plant that just can’t close
Australia’s energy transition has a timing problem: we have enough renewables to undermine coal, but not enough to replace it. That means plants like Origin Energy’s Eraring are being forced to stay in the mix.
World
Star US political reporter on leave over relationship with presidential campaign subject
The revelation about star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi, 31, sent phones quaking among the Washington media corps.
Opinion
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Property
‘A little piece of paradise’: The most affordable sea-change towns
Australia’s most affordable sea-change towns have just been revealed in new data that compares property prices with incomes.
The roadblock stopping couples from having more children, if any
The number of births in Australia is set to plummet to its lowest levels in two decades by the end of the year, new forecasts show.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Exclusive
Fashion designers
The Aje of affordability: Luxury label lowers prices for Gen Z
A collection targeted at young customers has Aje expanding its universe and putting rumours to rest.
Opinion
Real life
An isolated beach shack has finally made me feel like myself again
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Culture
How Rachel Burke became the city’s queen of colour
From a uni dropout sewing in her parents’ garage in Kedron to a world-renowned designer with a cult following, this is the story of a cult Brisbane fashion hero.
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Sport
‘Painfully mature’: What Oscar Piastri’s mum wants you to know about him
The Australian lives in Monaco and mixes with sporting royalty. But he makes no apologies for being “a nice person” in a cut-throat Formula 1 world.
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Look on the bright side: The All Blacks are going like busteds, too
Whatever the Wallabies’ enduring woes, they have at least shown signs of life under Joe Schmidt that we never saw under Eddie Jones in last year’s endless cluster-ruck.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
Does anybody beat Adam Scott 10 times in a row at the Presidents Cup?
The non-European answer to the Ryder Cup has been an American whitewash, despite all of Adam Scott’s efforts. Is he down to his last chance?
‘You don’t coach forever’: Goorjian wants Kings job to be his last
Brian Goorjian led the Kings to three consecutive NBL titles before they were dissolved. Now’s he back – and all is well with Sydney basketball.
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NRL 2024
NRL finals as it happened: Sharks snap finals losing streak with victory over the Cowboys
The Braydon Trindall-inspired Sharks have won their first finals match since 2018 to set up a preliminary final showdown against Penrith.
‘What you work for’: Swans bask in the satisfaction of another grand final opportunity
Sydney have broken their Port Adelaide hoodoo by 36 points in a lopsided AFL preliminary final to book a spot in the grand final, their second time there in three seasons.
‘Live in the moment’: Forget pain of grand final thrashing, Longmire tells Swans
John Longmire wants his players to lose themselves in the work ahead, rather than mine the horrific memories of their last grand final appearance for motivation.
Have Your Say
Why James Slipper feels uneasy about breaking Gregan’s Wallaby record
The veteran prop will become the most capped Wallabies player of all time on Saturday – and George Gregan couldn’t be happier.
