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'We don't want a second wave': Spike in Vic weighs on Qld border call
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says an announcement about the opening of the Queensland border would be made on Tuesday after advice from the state's Chief Health Officer.
- by Cheryl Goodenough and Tiffanie Turnbull
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Dyson Heydon
Fresh allegations levelled against ex-judge Dyson Heydon
Former High Court judge Dyson Heydon allegedly sexually harassed young women while he was Trade Unions royal commissioner.
- by Kate McClymont and Jacqueline Maley
Asylum seeker shot dead after stabbing spree was 'hungry' while in Glasgow hotel quarantine
The asylum seeker, who was fed "the same spaghetti and macaroni cheese" in extended lockdown stabbed six people, including a police officer.
- by Robert Mendick
Air and sea search for boat crew member missing off Queensland coast
A man has fallen off a sailing vessel in waters off central Queensland.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
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Four die on Queensland roads in 24 hours, marking a horrific start to school holidays
Three people were also seriously injured in the accidents in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Nambour, Yeppoon and Cardwell.
- by Tony Moore
Queensland
Weather
School holidays kick off with fine winter weather, but showers loom for Sunday
Sunshine will give way to a few showers amid a "wetter-than-average" winter.
- by Tony Moore
Queensland's oldest newspaper stops printing after 160 years
"It's like losing your family," say two 30-year veterans of the Queensland Times.
- by Tony Moore
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ADF
'I'm so sorry': An Australian soldier, Afghan son and a death that can’t be forgotten
Haunted by the killing of a father, an army medic sought out his sons.
- by Nick McKenzie
Opinion
Aviation
Severe lay-offs on the radar as new-look Virgin rises from the ashes
Virgin's new private equity owners are set to track Qantas' job-shedding route.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Queensland
The Ravenshoe cafe explosion driver shouldn't have been behind the wheel
The inquest findings come five years after the deadly gas bottle explosion, triggered by a crashed ute, killed two and injured more than a dozen others.
- by Matt Dennien and Jocelyn Garcia
LNP leader denies conflict of interest over dam project
Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has defended her election promise to help fund a dam in central Queensland after it was revealed her husband works for the company that would build it.
- by Tiffanie Turnbull
'When Virgin flies again, it will fly from Queensland': Treasurer
Queensland struck a deal with Virgin Australia's poised owner to keep its headquarters in Brisbane.
- by Lydia Lynch, Patrick Hatch and Sarah Danckert
Qld man will spend less time behind bars than he did sexually abusing his step-son
The abuser suffered PTSD after serving in the army, including a stint in Iraq.
- by Lydia Lynch
From Bernard Fanning to Butterfingers, live music is coming back to Queensland
The state's regional theatres and some live music venues will begin to reopen from July with Queensland performers.
- by Tony Moore
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ABC plan to expand regional coverage was kept secret
The plan to expand if the federal government reversed budget cuts was kept secret from National Party MPs.
- by Rob Harris and Zoe Samios
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Coronavirus pandemic
Travellers to be tested upon entry and exit to quarantine, small business restrictions eased
- by Fleta Page and Dana McCauley
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CCP influence
Labor MP's home raided as ASIO probes China links
- by Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
Business
Jayne Hrdlicka: The high-flying executive behind Bain's turbulent Virgin tilt
Much of the focus on Virgin's new owner, Bain Capital, has centred on its local boss, former Olympian Mike Murphy, but Hrdlicka's role was just as important.
- by Sarah Danckert and Patrick Hatch
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Aviation
Virgin Australia customers, frequent flyer members could swing creditors' vote
- by Patrick Hatch and Sarah Danckert
World
COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high in the US
Some US states have been forced to rethink plans to reopen after 40,000 new infections were recorded in one day.
Opinion
A single question reverberates throughout the Dyson Heydon affair
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
Our China spy law bares its teeth with raid on Labor MP
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor for The Sydney Morning Herald
Toppling statues won't be enough to save us from the next Great Dying
Elizabeth Farrelly
Columnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
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Simple swaps to refresh your interior without a major project
With many people having nowhere to go but another area of the house, those same four walls can become hard to look at.
- by Kate Bartels
Sunrise host Samantha Armytage lists her house for $2.8m
The three-bedroom house, a stone’s throw away from an iconic beach, hit the market after a busy few weeks for the breakfast presenter.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Life & Culture
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Performing arts
How Harry Potter helped save Australia's arts industry
In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown, the producer of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' gave the federal arts minister a crash course in putting on a show.
- by Nick Miller
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Sport
'Unimaginable dream' comes to life for the Matildas pioneers of 1979
"If you ask anyone back in those days where they wanted football to go, they'd say right here, right now," says inaugural captain Julie Dolan.
- by Vince Rugari
Agent of influence: The rise and fall of the NRL's manager to the stars
Isaac Moses has more than 50 NRL players, including Cameron Smith, and several head coaches on his books, but his empire is in danger of toppling.
- by Chris Barrett
Stephen Dank strangely missing from WADA list of people barred from sport
The Australian Anti-Doping Authority has contacted the global watchdog about the sport scientist's absence from its official Prohibited Association List.
- by Chris Barrett and Phil Lutton
Novak Djokovic's coach, Goran Ivanisevic, tests positive for coronavirus
The former Wimbledon champion attended Djokovic's exhibition series in Serbia and Croatia this month and is the latest participant to test positive.
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Only thing better than hosting the Women's World Cup would be winning it
All the adulation will flow to the Matildas and the women's game when Australia and NZ co-host the Cup.
- by Peter FitzSimons
As it happened: Victory over Dragons comes at a price for Roosters as Storm blow away woeful Warriors
NRL 2020: Storm vs Warriors followed by Roosters vs Dragons
- by Phil Lutton
Analysis
AFL 2020
Black lives matter: It really is that simple
The players' Black Lives Matter stand has become a lightning rod for past grievances and long-held prejudices.
- by Caroline Wilson
Have Your Say
Why the 2023 Women's World Cup is a supply ship, not a life raft
The 2023 Women's World Cup won't make Australian football rich, but it will make it happy and that can unlock its potential.
