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Election 2020Palmer admits he has no proof of Labor death tax claims

United Australia Party boss Clive Palmer says despite being unable to produce any concrete evidence on his claims Labor will introduce a death tax, it’s his right “as a citizen” to inform people of an alleged risk.

Greg Stolz, Domanii Cameron, Michael Wray

Jobs 360Where all the best jobs are in regional Queensland

Job hunters are being urged to consider employment opportunities in Queensland’s regional areas as a record number of vacancies are available for those ready to make the move.

Sophie Elsworth

TestingRadioactive scare closes daycare centre

Dangerous levels of radioactive sand last week forced the partial closure of a daycare centre in southeast Queensland.

Elise Williams

CourtSurgeon facing sacking sues critics

A Queensland neurosurgeon asked to resign or show cause why he shouldn’t be sacked after his skills were criticised by three senior surgical colleagues, has gone to court to quash their adverse reports.

Vanda Carson

Complaints‘F***heads’: Councillor investigated over firefighter spray

A Brisbane councillor who allegedly “stormed out of her car” and called attendees of a parade honouring Queensland’s firefighters “f***heads”, will be reprimanded and made to apologise.

Tobias Jurss-Lewis

Election 2020CFMEU donates to Labor candidate despite funding threat

An ex-coal miner turned Labor candidate has been given tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the CFMEU, despite the union previously saying it would pull funding from Labor during the campaign.

JACK McKAY

Podcast‘Absolutely terrified’: Thaiday on toilet sex scandal

Broncos great Sam Thaiday has laid bare the turmoil which engulfed his life after a toilet tryst, which involved two teammates while out in Fortitude Valley and led to allegations of sexual assault, during his playing days at the Broncos.

Robert Craddock

Late changeEmbarrassing Year 12 exam blunder

Queensland’s first external Year 12 exams in decades have been marred by an embarrassing blunder after a late change to the Mathematical Methods test was not made to all of the papers.

Antonia O'Flaherty

ElectionWhy Boomers could lift Labor’s vote

Baby Boomers are looming as a major X-factor in the state election as experts predict a groundswell of “gratitude votes” flooding to Labor despite the LNP’s traditional dominance of the over-65 age bracket.

MICHAEL WRAY, MADURA MCCORMACK, DOMANII CAMERON

Lobbying controversyIntegrity Commissioner accused of delaying Soorley complaint

Queensland’s lobbying regulator has been accused of delaying an official complaint about ALP powerbroker Jim Soorley by “unreasonably refusing to supply publicly available information” about the former Lord Mayor’.

Kelmeny Fraser

Costs‘Do more’: Health staff told to work harder to save $1b

Nurses and doctors have been told to work harder to achieve the Palaszczuk Government’s proposed $1 billion in health cuts and deliver their signature election promise.

Jessica Marszalek, Domanii Cameron

WeatherOnce in a decade storm brings in tennis ball sized hail, month’s worth of rain

Queenslanders have been warned to brace for more extreme weather after dangerous storms battered the southeast on Tuesday, with extraordinary scenes of mini “twisters”, tennis ball sized hail and drivers stranded on flooded roads, as Brisbane copped its largest October downpour in 10 years.

Shiloh Payne, Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Cormac Pearson, Erin Lyons, Ellen Ransley

‘Little secret’Bondi Vet star’s sweet baby reveal

Queensland’s own Bondi Vet TV has announced she and her partner are pregnant following IVF treatment.

Jodie Munro O'Brien

EXCLUSIVEPaul Hogan’s hero moment almost cost him his life

He’s best known for wrestling crocs and throwing knives, but as Paul Hogan reveals in his new memoir, the Aussie icon nearly lost it all without even realising.

Frances Whiting

Wild weatherFlash flooding, road chaos as super storm slams southeast

Brisbane and parts of southeast Queensland have been smashed by a torrential downpour, causing flash flooding and chaos on the roads. Warnings have now been cancelled but there’s a chance of more severe storms on Wednesday.

Shiloh Payne, Cormac Pearson and Tobias Jurss-Lewis

ConfidentialRocky Johnson, young Dwayne film in Brisbane’s bayside

A karate venue in Brisbane’s bayside was transformed into a 1980s bodybuilding gym for NBC series Young Rock on Tuesday, with the actor playing late wrestling champion Rocky Johnson spotted for the first time with a young Dwayne Johnson.

Amy Price

ClarificationPalmer party takes spending caps query to court

Queensland’s new electoral spending legislation has faced its first legal challenge after lawyers for Clive Palmer’s political party asked the Supreme Court to urgently clarify details just days out from the election.

Vanessa Marsh

Shock emailClub slapdown: Golfers blasted over bad behaviour

The elite Royal Queensland Golf Club, where members can pay a more than $10,000 entrance fee, has blasted poorly behaved members after a 23-year-old female employee quit amid ‘highly embarrassing’ claims of bullying and discrimination.

Kylie Lang

‘Gang-bashing’ scandalBBC running private classes for suspended students

The elite school at the centre of an alleged bashing and sexting scandal is quietly running ‘five-star, tailor-made’ classes for four students after their expulsions were sensationally overturned.

Vanda Carson and Kylie Lang

Lawyer ventsMembers Alliance ex-boss’ shock illness revealed in court

The lawyer for Members Alliance Group’s former boss, charged with fraud after the company’s multimillion-dollar collapse, has expressed frustration with the case’s progress, revealing his client is serously ill and the case against him is “particularly skinny”.

Patrick Billings

SUICIDAL THOUGHTS‘The day I almost jumped’: Sam Thaiday’s suicide bombshell

Broncos great Sam Thaiday has carried a secret for his entire rugby league career. He was seen by the outside world as a fun-loving jester, but a darker world lay beneath.

Robert Craddock

courtsMum cleared of ‘child-raping pedo’ extortion sues her lawyers

A former Queensland mum who had her extortion charges dropped after a successful appeal, has sued her former lawyers for breaching their retainer, or negligence.

Vanda Carson

UPDATETassie to open borders to NSW without need for quarantine

NSW residents will be able to travel to Tasmania without the need to quarantine from next Friday after Premier Peter Gutweit re-classified the state as “low-risk”.

Anna Caldwell, Mitchell Van Homrigh, Joe Attanasio, James O'Doherty

CrimeFormer rich lister behind bars after fraud verdict

A former Queensland rich lister who has twice been declared bankrupt has been found guilty of defrauding more than $345,000 from self-managed super fund investors.

VANESSA MARSH