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Newest first · UTC+11:00Record $30m penthouse sale highlights Queensland’s stark housing divide
A beachfront penthouse on the Gold Coast has smashed Queensland’s off-the-plan apartment price record, selling for $30 million as the state’s prestige property market continues to defy broader cost-of-living pressures.
· Cameron Atfield
Treasury hunts ‘financial efficiencies’ figure as hiring squeeze spreads
Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: more budgets bear down, in-house consultants get cracking, an ombudsman out the door, and more.
· Matt Dennien, James Hall
If Libs need to cut a deal to win, they should
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Netballer cops 'hurtful' criticism for returning 10 weeks post-baby
Paige Hadley returns to Super Netball just 10 weeks after giving birth to her baby boy Tully. (NSW Swifts)
· Brittany Carter
Man charged after allegedly threatening Muslim worshippers at Brisbane mosque
According to the Australian National Imams Council, a man entered Masjid Taqwa mosque claiming to have an AK-47 firearm in his vehicle
· Andrew Messenger
My suburb’s no place for pretenders, and it’s the reason I became a journo
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· Brianna Parkins
ICAC attends campus to investigate University of Wollongong
The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into alleged corrupt conduct at the University of Wollongong, attending its campus and issuing a summons to its former interim vice chancellor.
· Michael McGowan, Sally Rawsthorne
Kyle tried to limit his gambling seven times. After his death, a coroner asks why Sportsbet didn’t take it as a sign of concern
Ashley Baker still remembers the day she discovered her partner Kyle Hudson had a gambling addiction.
· Melissa Cunningham
One Nation says it’s coming for more seats. These are the ones that could fall next
The towns that line the Murray River helped propel One Nation to victory in the Farrer byelection. From outside Albury to the South Australian border almost 600 kilometres to the west, all 15 polling booths dotted along the waterway turned orange on Saturday night.
· Natassia Chrysanthos, Mike Foley, Shane Wright
‘Is this 2023 Australia, or 1933 Berlin?’: Deborah Conway stunned by pro-Palestinian protesters
Singer-songwriter Deborah Conway has been yelled and hissed at during her concerts and writers’ festivals because of her support for Israel, the Royal Commission into Antisemitism has heard, while another musician feared for his safety after the doxxing of a Jewish WhatsApp group.
· Alexandra Smith, Angus Dalton
Adelaide mum’s legal battle could change community sport
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Student allegedly attacked by contractor at Adelaide Hills school
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Queensland mother acquitted of killing son with fruit-laced smoothie
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Schoolboy stuck under train in Melbourne peak-hour horror
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Eleanor Wilson
One Nation wins in Farrer. But can it be repeated?
It is fair to assume that voters want to have people like themselves in parliament (“Polling booth data from Farrer teaches many lessons. These are three of the biggest”, May 11). That is, representatives who understand and know from experience the voter’s situation: their problems, needs and aspirations. Easy enoug…
Man charged after allegedly making threats at north Brisbane mosque
A man has been charged after allegedly threatening people at the Masjid Taqwa mosque in Bald Hills. (ABC News: Crystalyn Brown)
· Sarah Richards
Body believed to be alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram found near abandoned ute in ‘decomposed state’
Suspected triple murderer Julian Ingram accused of killing Sophie Quinn, her new boyfriend and her aunt in Lake Cargelligo, about 450km west of Sydney
· Jordyn Beazley
Boy rescued from underneath train at North Melbourne station
A high school student has suffered a serious injury after falling from a train platform and becoming trapped underneath a train at North Melbourne station.
· Gemma Grant
No butts: case dismissed after Woolworths worker claims hurt feelings over plumber’s crack
Fair Work Commission deputy president Alan Colman rejects Victorian man’s case, warning there is no disincentive for speculative claims
· Caitlin Cassidy
Betting account on 18th birthday, dead at 22: inquest probes death of Melbourne man who gambled $895,000
Coroner examines circumstances that led to 2021 death of Werribee man Kyle Hudson, who held multiple betting accounts
· Stephanie Convery
Banks were quick to pass on rate hikes – just not for savers
When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised the cash rate target last Tuesday, the major banks were swift to announce their plans to pass on the hike to borrowers.But the same cannot be said for most customers who hold savings accounts with the banks, with many still waiting to hear if they can expect a higher …
· Lara Pearce
Boy rushed to hospital after being hit by train at Melbourne station
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Boy rushed to hospital after being hit by train at Melbourne station
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The quick task experts say could slash your power bills this winter
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
· Tilli Andrew
Body of alleged triple murderer found near Lake Cargelligo
Suspected triple-murderer Julian Ingram was on the run since the fatal shootings in late January. (Supplied: NSW Police)
· Xanthe Gregory
'Premature': One Nation's chances in Sydney's west played down
Barnaby Joyce's claim that One Nation could sweep seats in Westen Sydney have been hosed down. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)
Body found in search for alleged Lake Cargelligo triple murderer
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· Jorge Branco
Minister's 'tone-deaf' childcare comment draws ire
Women's Minister Katy Gallagher has been criticised for saying children are better off the earlier they enter early education or childcare, with one advocacy group saying the "mothers of Australia are furious".Speaking to The Australian, the senior Labor figure ruled out calls from the Nationals to pursue income-s…
· Yashee Sharma
Australia’s Hantavirus cruise ship passengers to be quarantined in Perth
Australian passengers returning from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be quarantined at the Bullsbrook Quarantine Centre near Perth in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading.
· Michael Philipps
Australian passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship to be quarantined in Perth
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Outback Wrangler star released from prison, misses birth of baby boy
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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship passengers to quarantine in Perth
Multiple people have died while on the hantavirus-hit ship, carrying 88 passengers and 61 crew. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
· Caitlyn Gribbin
Canberra to Sydney rail link to get $100m upgrade to improve train speeds
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· Penny Travers
Australians to be quarantined for three weeks after travelling on hantavirus cruise
Five Australians will be held in a purpose-built quarantine facility outside of Perth for three weeks, after potentially coming into contact with a deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
· Nick Newling, Rachel Rasker
New long-distance passenger trains will now be five years late
Rail passengers will have to wait until 2028 before the NSW government’s multibillion-dollar fleet of new long-distance passenger trains enters service, five years later than originally planned.
· Matt O'Sullivan
Larvotto eyes tungsten windfall at NSW gold-antimony mine
Larvotto Resources has swung the spotlight onto tungsten at its Hillgrove gold-antimony project near Armidale in NSW, outlining a growing pipeline of high‑grade tungsten drill targets which could add a valuable third revenue stream alongside gold and antimony.
· Doug Bright
$88b bloodbath shows Trump is not the only problem for Aussie pharma giant
There is no longer any pretending that US President Donald Trump and his vaccine sceptic Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, are solely to blame for the massive destruction of wealth for investors in Australia’s biotechnology champion, CSL.
· Colin Kruger
‘Australia’s flame-haired answer to Farage’: How One Nation’s win has played out overseas
One Nation’s thumping victory in Saturday’s Farrer byelection has made headlines overseas, foreign media having highlighted leader Pauline Hanson’s admiration for US President Donald Trump and the growing electoral support globally for far-right populist parties.
· Staff reporter
‘Flame-haired Farage’: The One Nation shockwave felt across the world
One Nation’s thumping victory in Saturday’s Farrer byelection has made headlines overseas, with foreign media highlighting leader Pauline Hanson’s admiration for US President Donald Trump and the growing electoral support globally for populist right parties.
· Staff reporter
Bystanders praised as woman behind alleged antisemitic netball slur named
Bystanders who confronted a woman who allegedly hurled an antisemitic slur at an under 12s Jewish netball team have been praised for speaking up by one community leader who said “such incidents occur all the time”.
· Perry Duffin, Emily Kowal, Alexandra Smith
State clears 70 per cent of DNA backlog, returns to testing in July
A backlog of 600 samples linked to rape investigations in Queensland has been cleared by the state laboratory following the DNA bungle that botched testing of samples from thousands of major crimes.
· Catherine Strohfeldt
Zenith bags missing link to unite 6km WA gold corridor
Zenith Minerals has officially secured the “missing link” at its flagship Consolidated Dulcie gold project in Western Australia, completing the acquisition of a crucial mining lease that unites its gold-rich tenure into one continuous six-kilometre mineralised corridor.
Noah Lolesio is keen to stay in Japan. He knows it could cost him a World Cup berth
Wallabies five-eighth Noah Lolesio wants to extend his stay in Japan, but acknowledged his continued absence from Australia could jeopardise his immediate Test hopes.
· Jonathan Drennan
An eclipse had just finished dazzling Exmouth when the phone at a remote WA roadhouse started ringing
The moon had barely finished traversing its celestial path to block the sun in front of a crowd of almost 20,000 people in Exmouth in 2023 when the phones started ringing off the hook at a remote roadhouse in the Kimberley.
· Holly Thompson
Northern suburbs churches open to rough sleepers as winter hits
After seeing people sleeping outdoors and in a coach’s box at Yulong Reserve in Bundoora while walking his dog 18 months ago, Brendan Murphy decided something had to be done.
· Carolyn Webb
Australian women accused of slavery in Islamic State territory in Syria face Melbourne court
Kawsar Ahmad, 53, also known as Abbas, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, did not apply during brief hearing
· Nino Bucci
Hasrat's life changed the day she stumbled across the T20 World Cup
Hasrat Gill has played alongside the likes of Meg Lanning in the state team. (Supplied: Sam Richards/Cricket Victoria)
· Marnie Vinall
Golden Dragon uncorks shallow high-grade gold at Cue in WA
Golden Dragon Mining has unveiled a stellar gold hit of four metres grading 17.6 grams per tonne (g/t) from a shallow depth of 44m, in the company’s latest drilling results from its Cue gold project in Western Australia’s rich Murchison Goldfields.
· Craig Nolan