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UpdatedPremiumNewspoll: Best budget since Costello era

Australian voters have given Josh Frydenberg’s budget the highest approval since the Peter Costello days, but withheld a pre-election boost, according to the latest Newspoll.

Merryn Johns

ExclusivePremiumOil refinery deal to save us from bowser price pain

Families and businesses will be protected from higher prices at the bowser and hundreds of Brisbane jobs saved under a Morrison government deal to provide the country’s last remaining oil refineries with a financial security blanket.

MADURA MCCORMACK

QLD NewsPremiumLeaders blitz battleground Qld as early poll rumours swirl

An early federal election is looking increasingly likely as both the Prime Minister and his Labor rival blitz battleground Queensland once more.

MADURA MCCORMACK

QLD NewsPremiumGovernment project blow-outs the norm, stinging report finds

Budget blowouts are more likely on large-scale road and rail because governments fail to drive a hard bargain when striking contracts, a new report has found.

MATT JOHNSTON, MADURA MCCORMACK

QLD NewsPremiumRacing integrity body besieged by costs and factions

With reports of internal factions and a poor conviction rate, it is fair to suggest the QRIC has become bloated and inefficient, writes Peter Gleeson.

Peter Gleeson

Domestic violencePremiumHannah Clarke’s bestie: ‘What I would have done different’

Hannah Clarke’s closest friend has told how she wished she’d spoken to Hannah’s estranged husband in case he’d given her some sign of what he was about to do.

Kate Kyriacou

WeatherPremiumSUB-ZERO: Time to rug up for coldest morning yet

Parts of Queensland would wake up sub-zero temperatures in the coldest day of 2021 so far.

Shiloh Payne

QLD NewsPremiumQld road toll shock: 100 lives lost so far this year

A horror weekend on Queensland roads has tipped the state’s death toll to 100, the worst start to a year in more than a decade.

Sophie Chirgwin

PolicePremiumMan critical after fall from moving vehicle

A man is fighting for his life after an incident on a Brisbane road left him with critical injuries.

Shiloh Payne, Nilsson Jones

QLD NewsPremiumThe top male escort charging $5000 a night for his services

One of Australia’s top male escorts has lifted the veil on his three golden rules and what a $4800 night in his company entails.

FIONA BYRNE

QLD NewsPremiumFrom Kangaroo Point to Coolangatta, NIMBY attacks prove costly

Whether it’s a tower at Kangaroo Point or the $36 million Awaken project at Coolangatta, it seems everywhere there’s development the NIMBY brigade lurks. And their constant attacks are proving costly, writes Peter Gleeson.

Peter Gleeson

QLD NewsPremiumCommunity rallies for mum-of-five killed in school bus crash

The community is rallying to help the children of a young mother-of-five tragically killed in a collision with a school bus on the Warrego Hwy on Friday.

Sophie Chirgwin

QLD NewsPremiumPush for NRL’s Magic Round to stay in Queensland

There has been controversy on the field, but footy fans have embraced this weekend’s Magic Round in Brisbane, pouring millions of dollars into the city. Now the push is on to keep it in Queensland.

Jeremy Pierce

NewsPremiumBert Newton speaks out after leg amputation

TV legend Bert Newton has thanked fans for their “overwhelming” support since he underwent the lifesaving surgery.

By FIONA BYRNE

FirePremiumMan charged with attempted murder after home destroyed in fire

Police are investigating whether a fire that destroyed a home in Brisbane on Sunday morning was lit by a man arrested hours earlier for domestic violence offences.

Shiloh Payne

ExclusivePremiumMore childcare operators ignoring staff ratio rules

There has been a staggering surge in childcare operators given permission to ignore child-to-staff ratios that are designed to protect children in their care.

James Campbell

QLD NewsPremiumDeep freeze to continue after coldest morning of the year

Queensland is getting an early taste of winter, with the mercury dropping into the single digits across the south, with some areas waking to ‘feels like’ temperatures of -1.5C.

Shiloh Payne

UpdatedPremiumMeghan behind Prince Harry’s ‘spoiled brat’ comments

Prince Harry has trashed Prince Charles for an upbringing of “suffering” and compared royal life to being in a zoo, admitting that Meghan Markle has enabled this view.

The Sun

TribunalPremiumDrunk cop crashed police car, urinated in public

An award-winning police officer has failed overturn his dismissal for drink-driving in a police car and urinating off a restaurant balcony.

Kay Dibben

QLD NewsPremiumFour-way kidney swap adds years to Patricia’s life

A four-way kidney exchange will give a desperate Queensland woman a 20-year lease on life, thanks in part to her doting husband.

Rachael Rosel

SafetyPremiumIndustry blasts off with $50k sales in a day

The gel blaster industry is reaping the advantages of regulation, according to the state government, with new stores and centres popping up across the state.

Jack McKay

WarningPremium‘Silent’ killer bigger threat than first thought

Hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders living with a silent condition have been warned it is not as benign as first thought and requires aggressive treatment.

Jackie Sinnerton

CASHLESSPremium‘Modest’: State saves $3m after setting goal to cut $3b

The state opposition has criticised a ‘misleading’ attempt to slash public service costs and reduce debt, but Treasurer Cameron Dick has hit back.

Hayden Johnson

QLD NewsPremiumStop overlooking older workers

If we are to bolster the economy, we need to become masters of retraining and unlocking our older workforce, writes Dan Petrie.

Dan Petrie