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PRISON FOR BAIL BREACH ADULTS
Adults who breach their bail will be immediately sent to jail under a major law change being considered by the LNP government. It marks a major expansion of the government’s existing “breach of bail, go to jail” policy, which is aimed at youth...
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I’LL END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL
A Queensland man on trial for murdering his neighbours allegedly said “I’ll end this once and for all” before shooting them dead, but his defence team plans to argue he was never there, a court has heard. Darryl Valroy Young (pictured), 63, has...
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CLASSROOM SCREEN BAN
Laptops and tablets could be banned in Queensland primary schools while the state’s education minister calls for a pen-and-paper component to NAPLAN testing to be considered amid declining results. Thousands of parents have backed calls for a school...
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RAIN OF ERROR
The Bureau of Meteorology has been caught out for extraordinary forecast failures throughout Queensland, with more than 650 errors since 2024, including during the first cyclone to affect the South East in more than 50 years. A months-long...
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SEX & OUT
Australian cricket vice-captain Ashleigh Gardner should be stripped of her captaincy after having an affair with a junior teammate, according to exwife Monica Wright who has broken her silence over the tryst and also slammed Cricket Australia for its...
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THE BUCK STARTS HERE
First Nations cowboys and girls were front and centre for an Indigenous rodeo clinic on Thursday, ahead of the 67th edition of the iconic Mount Isa Mines Rodeo this weekend. Almost 800 competitors, including 200 females, from every corner of Australia...
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TRIALS AND ERRORS
Every DNA statement issued to police and state prosecutors in the past three years is under review, amid fresh failures at Queensland’s scandalplagued forensic lab. Forensic Science Queensland is looking through each of the 904 statements to check if...
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TRUTH BOM ON THE WAY
The Bureau of Meteorology’s disastrous rollout of its $96m website revamp will be examined as part of a review into the $600m-a-year agency. The BOM was widely panned last October after the makeover that left users unable to navigate the site. At the...
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CASH FOR COMPANY
A man has described being kissed by radio legend Alan Jones in a “chomping” action that covered his face from his nose to his chin, on the first day of the broadcaster’s trial for indecent assault and sexual touching. Complainant J was a promising...
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AUSSIE TRACK’S NEW GOLDEN AGE
Matt Denny’s dramatic physical makeover has paid off with his second consecutive Commonwealth Games discus title. The big Queenslander dropped 17kg from the weight he competed at when finishing fourth at last year’s world championships in Tokyo. He...
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Vic Park masterplan revealed GAMES CHANGER
Two towering pedestrian bridges built over the Inner City Bypass will link Brisbane Stadium to the city and National Aquatic Centre as part of a landmark masterplan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games precinct. Two-thirds of Victoria Park will remain...
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That’s MY BOY
Australia’s greatest Commonwealth Games swim team in history has claimed an astonishing 37 gold medals and will pocket $1,272,500 in prizemoney from Gina Rinehart after a Glasgow Games to remember. The Australians walked triumphantly out of the...
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BANANA BOLTERS
Queensland sprinters Lachie Kennedy (right) and Torrie Lewis (left) both broke the national 100m record on an unforgettable night in Glasgow. First Kennedy ran an incredible 9.85sec to claim a silver medal and erase Patrick Johnson’s 23-year-old...
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I WILL KILL MY FAMILY
A man accused of murdering his wife and baby in a brutal stabbing attack allegedly told a psychiatrist about desires to kill his family months before the deaths. Rockhampton man Matthew James Cox was admitted to hospital for mental health treatment in...
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JIM LOSES THE WAR
Inflation has not yet peaked and could get as high as 7 per cent by the end of the year in a worst-case scenario that could materialise as the global oil market is pushed to the brink. In a briefing by his own department, Jim Chalmers has been told...
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KEEP CALM CARRY ON
Millions of phones will sound loud sirens across the country today as the federal government tests its controversial $132m AusAlert warning system. The rollout is already in chaos after state emergency services refused to use the network for the...
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SECRET TAX ON HOMES
A shocking flaw in Labor’s rushed tax laws means grieving families could be hit with a hefty capital gains tax bill after the death of a loved one – before their assets are even sold. Tax experts are sounding the alarm on the poorly drafted...
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DOING IT FOR DAD
Nearly two decades since the death of his father, Robert Irwin says he feels more connected to him than ever. The 22-year-old has revealed that while he is increasingly pulled into the entertainment world, his heart still beats for Australia Zoo – and...
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Nina leads our march to GAMES GLORY
The board of Commonwealth Games Australia took just one hour to decide to hand $4.6m to Scotland and help Glasgow officials get across the line to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips has...
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OUR SPLASH AND CASH
The venue where most of Australia’s gold medals will be won at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been unveiled – with six years to go until the opening ceremony. The stunning National Aquatic Centre on the site of the historic Centenary Pool...
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I’m so sorry
Broncos winger Josiah Karapani has apologised outside a Brisbane courthouse after pleading guilty to drink driving. “I’m very sorry for my actions,” he said in a brief address outside Holland Park Magistrates court on Tuesday, after it was revealed he...
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AWWSOME FOURSOME
A Brisbane mother has delivered four naturally conceived, identical quadruplet girls in one of the rarest births in the world. The quads remarkably shared one placenta and split from one singular fertilised egg. The shock pregnancy was extremely high...
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Phins jump back up the ladder
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has delivered the Dolphins to the doorstep of their four-year finals dream by torturing his old club at Suncorp Stadium. The nightmare that was the Dolphins’ 66-0 defeat by Cronulla last round was flushed away by a rousing, if not...
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DAY MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER
It was like any ordinary day for two best friends – shoe shopping, trying on make-up and laughing together about nothing in particular. Emma McLean – freshly engaged and brimming with excitement about the future – was with her lifelong friend Lily...
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HOUSE OF CARDS
Home values in parts of Queensland have plunged by more than $100,000 since the Albanese government announced landmark property tax reforms in the federal budget, shock new figures show.
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STORM IN A TEACUP
The aggressive and violent storming of a state government office by CFMEU thugs was shrugged off by then-transport minister Mark Bailey as “unions being unions”, an inquiry has heard. A security guard was bowled over after CFMEU members forced open...
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SHUNTED
Commuters will be forced on to crowded and infrequent rail services for at least three more months, but the Transport Minister has turned down a challenge to experience it for himself. Protected industrial action has kept South East Queensland’s rail...
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Building boss details toll of ‘union abuse’
The top executive of the state’s peak building and construction body was so traumatised by relentless harassment by the CFMEU that he tried to take his own life, an inquiry has heard. Former Master Builders Queensland CEO Grant Galvin told the CFMEU...
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HE DIDN’T EVEN LOOK
A pilot who died alongside three passengers in a midair collision between two tourist helicopters at Sea World was “totally distracted, drug-affected” and failed to check the airspace, his boss told an inquest yesterday. And the Brisbane Coroners Court...
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THE KING IS BACK AT QPAC
Brisbane is set for a major theatrical homecoming, with Disney’s The Lion King returning to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre from November 15. When the musical last opened at QPAC in 2014, it sold more tickets in a single day than any show before...
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I’M SCARED. AM I GOING TO BE A WIDOW BEFORE I’M 40
Berina Colakovic has moments where it all seems too much. As her husband, former NRL star Jai Arrow, battles motor neurone disease, Colakovic is waging her own fight within. A challenging fight on multiple fronts for the Canadian native, who moved to...
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CATCH OF THE DAY
An IT manager at Queensland’s building watchdog has been accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds over more than two years. Troy Herbert Hampel, 53, faces 44 charges, including fraud, after a major police investigation.
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GOUT OUT UNTIL 2027
Olympic great Raelene Boyle believes Gout Gout has made the right call in spending the rest of the year recovering from an injury which cannot be underestimated. The Courier-Mail can confirm that the World Championships in Beijing on September 11-19...
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ARROW STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART
The Maroon hierarchy were secretly worried about it all week and then it happened – Queensland were struck by the reverse curse. That unusual phenomenon when NSW get written off and effectively steal Queensland’s blueprint of playing like fiery-eyed,...
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KINGSTHE OF CAULDRON
Welcome to the Maroons’ fortress. Forty-six years of brutal Origin history crown Queensland the undeniable kings of Suncorp Stadium deciders. They’ve conquered NSW in six of the past seven deciders at The Cauldron, but expect zero complacency...
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CHINA GOES BALLISTIC
China has launched a nuclear-capable long-range missile with a dummy warhead from a submarine in the Pacific Ocean, just hours after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a landmark defence treaty with Fiji. State-owned media outlet Xinhua said the...
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Munster: We will reclaim Suncorp
Maroons captain Cameron Munster has vowed to send Queensland fans home happy after Wednesday’s series decider and avoid equalling an unwanted 30-year Origin record. Having lost their past two games at Suncorp Stadium, Queensland has not suffered three...
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UNIONS STRIKE OUT
Tradies would no longer be paid to take part in union activities, fixed rostered days off would be scrapped and non-working union delegates would be banned from worksites under sweeping changes proposed to replace Queensland’s controversial Best...
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ALL WE CAMM DO
Embattled Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm has emerged to admit vulnerable children will continue to sleep on the floors in government offices, saying it is a “longstanding practice”. It is the first time Ms Camm has addressed the issue since The...
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ARROW’S SHOT AT HOPE
A new Queensland-made superdrug could turn motor neurone disease from a cruel death sentence to a manageable illness, offering hope to recently diagnosed Maroons star Jai Arrow. Queenslanders were devastated when Arrow revealed in May that he had...
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THE BODGIE SMUGGLERS
Two men charged with people smuggling offences were nabbed buying fast food and a Coke hours after allegedly collecting a dozen illegal arrivals from a boat off the Far North Queensland coast. The duo allegedly brought the group – believed to be from...
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HOUSE PRICES HIT BRAKES
Brisbane’s house prices have tumbled for the first time in more than three years, as controversial tax changes and interest rate hikes combined to put the brakes on the property market. PropTrack data shows median prices are down 0.2 per cent in a month.
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BRONCO’S TRAFFIC HOWLER
Josiah Karapani is in danger of having his contract torn up after a Sunday morning traffic stop that has heaped further pain on the Brisbane Broncos. The 24-year-old winger was busted by police speeding down the Pacific Motorway while allegedly over...
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WORLD CUP TO SUNNY STATE
Queensland has secured a massive sporting coup, locking in the Socceroos’ highly anticipated post-World Cup homecoming series against global heavyweights Brazil. The two-match September blockbuster in Brisbane and Townsville is expected to inject $23m...
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TIK , TOK TIME ’ S UP
Social media companies will now face fines of $99m and Australia’s online safety tsar will be given beefed-up powers to make it easier to prosecute platforms ignoring the nation’s world-leading age ban. Under new laws, big tech companies – including...
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KIDS’ CARE FLOORED
Vulnerable children are sleeping on mattresses in government offices after the child safety department cut funding to providers, forcing kids out of homes without alternative care.
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QUAKE HORROR
Up to 10,000 people are feared dead after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, toppling dozens of buildings and sparking desperate rescue missions in the capital Caracas. Modelling from the United States Geological Survey last night suggested the...
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RIVER CITY VISY-ON
South Brisbane’s Visy site will be redeveloped by Lendlease into a major new housing, river and entertainment precinct. The major redevelopment of the 7.1ha Visy site will deliver more than 4000 homes and include 1.2ha of publicly accessible...
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KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD
Janetzki ‘proud’ that he’s got no surprises for you The state government has plotted a course to a wafer-thin surplus by the end of the decade in a no-frills state budget built on sneaky changes to timings for infrastructure spending. A...
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ART OF THE STEAL
One of the state’s richest art awards has been rocked by revelations its winning piece is actually a direct copy of an Archibald prize winner’s work. Lennox Head-based artist Jane Allan claimed her painting, titled Seaside Explorers, represented...
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MEAT PIE BUDGET
Treasurer David Janetzki will deliver “stability in a world of volatility” in the state budget on Tuesday. His second budget won’t boast frills, but will focus on lowering debt.
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PATIENT LIFELINE
Sick patients forced to travel for medical treatment will receive more money for fuel and be paid sooner as part of a $17m boost to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme by the state government after The Courier-Mail’s At What Cost campaign.
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CUP WITH NO BEER
Queensland pubs and clubs won’t be able to trade unrestricted during the FIFA World Cup after the Crisafulli government refused to follow NSW’s lead and relax rules in what is being labelled an economic own goal. It means punters can’t have a beer at...
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WE ARE FOR OUEENSLAND
Trent Dalton and Sallyanne Atkinson are two of the thousands of Queenslanders who have told the state’s story as reporters at The Courier-Mail. Today, as we mark our 180th birthday with this special edition, the pair reminisce about their memories of...
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SEE YA AT SUNCORP
The Maroons have booked an Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium with a barnstorming 44-24 win over the New South Wales Blues in front of a record crowd at the MCG in Melbourne. Inspired by the new ‘Little General’ Sam Walker and a brilliant hat-trick of...
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CAPTAIN’S KNOCK
Maroons Origin skipper Cameron Munster has vowed to step up to the crease and keep the series alive for Queensland tonight in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the hallowed Melbourne Cricket Ground. “I know what’s on the line,” he said. “There are no...
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PEACE IN OUR TIME
Iran and the United States have reached an interim peace deal after almost four months of war that disrupted international energy markets and wreaked havoc on the global economy. Donald Trump made the announcement on his 80th birthday before joining...
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OUR GIANT KILLERS
They entered the tournament with their opponents writing off their chances, but the Socceroos have shown they will be a force to be reckoned with at this World Cup with a 2-0 upset victory over Turkey in Vancouver.
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IT WAS MY CHOICE, NOT HIS
Mum Kaitlyn Boyle, 25, will no longer be able to have children naturally after she claims she was sterilised without her consent by a doctor working at the embattled Gladstone Hospital. Ms Boyle (pictured) went to hospital for a routine caesarean but...
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CFMEU SPY EXPOSED
A senior public servant accused of being the government conduit for the CFMEU shared confidential information via secret texts to union officials while overseeing the state’s construction compliance, a tribunal has found.
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Arrow to the heart
South Sydney’s “Legacy Bell” symbolises the famous rugby league club’s resilience and connection to the community. It was fitting then that Jai Arrow had the honour of ringing the bell at Accor Stadium on Thursday night before kickoff in the...
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UNION MAN ON INSIDE
Palaszczuk government minister Mick de Brenni (pictured) pressured Queensland’s building regulator to take action against contractors targeted by the CFMEU, a former senior executive has alleged. Former Queensland Building and Construction Commission...
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PARIS ON THE RIVER
Two Olympians have emerged as the buyers of inner-city Brisbane’s Parmalat milk factory site – and they want to turn the riverfront location into a party precinct for the 2032 Games, with a Paris 2024-style athletes “walk of champions” and sporting...
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MILES OFF THE PACE
Queensland Labor is on the verge of being overtaken by One Nation after its primary vote plunged to a worse level than in the 2012 election wipe-out. Shock polling reveals Labor’s primary vote fell three points to 25 per cent, one point ahead of One...
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OUEEN PAULINE
Queensland is at the centre of Pauline Hanson’s extraordinary political rise. During a 72-hour road trip, The Sunday Mail was given unprecedented access as the 72-year-old met her “Orange Wave” supporters. From scoffing meat pies in Murgon to selfies...
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ATOTAL DISASTER
The federal government has quietly proposed changing how it funds states recovering from natural disasters in a move which would cut millions of dollars from affected Queenslanders.
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YACHT SO FAST!
An accused Queensland bikie who allegedly tried to flee the country on a yacht with the help of three people claims he was just trying to get to Darwin. Dylan Cvek, 32, allegedly tried to flee the country by sailing from Exmouth in Western Australia –...
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WE FAILED THE KIDS
The Department of Child Safety should be dismantled and rebuilt, according to a landmark report that revealed not a single child in state care had been adopted in the past seven years. The report also detailed instances of abuse and said the 13,000...
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BUSH MATTERS
The largest conversation between the bush and powerbrokers starts today, as News Corp Australia launches its 2026 Bush Summit campaign. Regional Australians can have their say on issues that matter most in a new poll, which will help frame debate at...
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Please Australia, find my boy Peter
The mother of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio has made a rare public plea to Australians to help find her son’s body and finally give them closure. In an exclusive sit-down interview with The CourierMail ahead of the 25-year anniversary of...
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Family hit again
The family of murdered teenager Angus Beaumont have lost everything in a devastating house fire six years after their son was brutally stabbed to death. Police and emergency services were called to the Clontarf house, which was doused in petrol and...
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ABSOLUTE INSULT
The families of murdered police constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold have slammed the failure of the state government and Queensland Police Union to buy the Wieambilla “house of horrors”, where their children were gunned down, and turn the site...
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Broncos are back in black
The federal government is seeking $2bn in damages from the multinational manufacturer of a forever chemical that contaminated more than two dozen defence sites. In the largest claim ever lodged by the Commonwealth, the government has accused Wall...
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MAN OF THE MATCH
He is waging the fight of his life, but Jai Arrow was Queensland’s main man in Origin I on Wednesday night. In an Origin opener cruelled by shocking refereeing, Queensland had named 19 warriors for battle but it was their 20th man, spiritual hero...
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