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DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
The former Labor state government was “doing the bidding” of the militant CFMEU at the expense of Queensland’s construction industry, an inquiry has heard. The Commission of Inquiry into the CFMEU yesterday heard from Civil Contractors Federation...
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PAYNE: I JUST NEED A CHANGE
“I need a change.” With those four words, Broncos superstar Payne Haas dropped one of the biggest bombshells in Brisbane’s 38year NRL history. Haas is headed to South Sydney on a three-year contract from 2027 after a stunning poaching raid by...
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HOLY WAR ON WORDS
Queensland will become the first state to outlaw the inflammatory phrase “from the river to the sea” under sweeping reforms to crack down on anti-Semitism after the Bondi attack. And anyone who says “globalise the intifada” or displays Nazi, Hamas and...
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I NEEDED A HOLIDAY
The Crisafulli government minister responsible for leading the recovery after natural disasters says she has no regrets about being on an African safari when a cyclone hit Queensland last month – because she needed a break.
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FORTNITE ‘GROOMING’ NIGHTMARE
Hundreds of children were allegedly groomed by a Queensland man over seven years while playing popular online games like Fortnite and using social media apps like Snapchat – in one of Australia’s worst alleged cases of online child sex abuse. Police...
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Parents’ sad farewell on a lonely K’gari beach
Angela and Todd James embrace in the surf after a smoking ceremony to honour their daughter Piper.
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IT IS YOUR FAULT JIM
Leading economists have reiterated warnings that government spending was helping drive stubborn inflation, despite Treasurer Jim Chalmers dismissing the commentary as politically motivated. Before the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday raised rates...
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INTRODUCING OUR NEW THEATRE OF DREAMS
Queensland’s newest major cultural venue has been formally handed over to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre at an official ceremony on Monday, marking a major milestone for the long-awaited Glasshouse Theatre as it prepares to open to the public...
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I HAD CLIVE DO THE ADS
US President Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon claimed he helped orchestrate Clive Palmer’s advertising blitz during the 2019 federal election, according to messages released as part of the Epstein files. “I had Clive Palmer do the $60m...
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TAKEN FOR A RIDE
Hundreds of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters that are now terrorising Queensland streets were bought using taxpayer cash handed out by the former Labor government. New figures reveal that under the $2m scheme, more than 800 illegal bikes and scooters...
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UNDER A ROCK
International fugitive former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom has been found by The Courier-Mail living a secret life, working as a tradie in the Noosa hinterland. Elsom had not been seen since he vanished in 2024 after he was convicted in a French court...
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INFLATION HANDOUT
Queensland public servants are in line to receive an extra $500 pay rise under a rarely used clause triggered by rising inflation. An inflation trigger buried in the wage agreements between the government and many of the state’s 270,000 public...
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BRACE FOR RATE PAIN
The average Queensland homeowner has been told to brace for a hip-pocket hit of more than $1000 a year, after stubborn inflation figures pushed all big four banks to tip an interest rate hike. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied that government...
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De Minaur goes down swinging
Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up. It’s one of the great Rocky Balboa quotes and there must be a part of Alex de Minaur that feels like he is living his own endless movie sequel, but unlike the boxing masterpiece this Aussie...
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SO HOW IS THIS LEGAL
The push to criminalise desecrating the Australian flag is set to intensify after one was burned at a Brisbane “Invasion Day” rally. An Indigenous man known as Moojidji addressed the crowd at Queens Gardens before he set the flag on fire and dropped...
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HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY
The first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under a homegrown space program has been named the 2026 Australian of the Year, alongside a group of visionaries, by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Sunday night. South Australia’s...
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