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‘No one wants vapes for our kids’: Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Perspective
‘Right direction’: How Bennett’s legacy will inspire Dolphins’ grand plans
Wayne Bennett was in no state to marvel nor reminisce about his time at the helm of the NRL’s newest outfit. But where has he left his legacy at the Dolphins?
Nick Wright
Sport reporter
Adult crime, adult time: Responsibilities can’t come without rights
We can’t have it both ways. If young people are to be treated like adults in the criminal justice system, how can we deny them the right to vote?
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
Farewell to the incomparable Pete, a prankster and activist for the ages
Pete Steedman was a one-off in all his many pursuits: student activist, journalist, MP, promoter of Australian music, Labor man of the Socialist Left. We will not see his like again.
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
Urban Affairs
Concerns rise over safety at Qld construction site after worker impaled in neck
The life-threatening incident at Brisbane’s Centenary Bridge site has thrown a spotlight on the safety of Queensland projects.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Brisbane’s billion-dollar computer is coming. But first, a lab must be built
PsiQuantum, the company building Australia’s first commercial-grade, next-generation quantum computer near the airport, will first create a laboratory at Griffith University.
- by Tony Moore
Star sells Treasury Building to Griffith University for CBD campus
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
City Life
Crime & Courts
Ex-Churchie swim coach who assaulted schoolgirl appeals criminal record
A court has heard how there was a 900-odd message exchange between the former coach, Benjamin James David Allen, and the complainant.
- by Cloe Read
Updated
Crime
Scalded baby’s mum angry that suspect slipped past police and left Australia
The mother described the man who threw hot coffee on her son in a Brisbane park as a monster.
- by Cameron Atfield, Marissa Calligeros and Cloe Read
Politics
Whistleblower set to oversee DNA lab reform if LNP wins election
- by Fraser Barton and Savannah Meacham
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
AIS kicks off biggest talent search in Australian sporting history ahead of Brisbane 2032
The push is on to ensure the Olympics and Paralympics on home soil in eight years’ time go down as the country’s most successful.
- by Tom Decent
Gout breaks record in podium finish as Aussies collect four silvers
The future stars of Australian athletics stepped up at the world under-20 championships in Lima.
- by Iain Payten
Perspective
Wildlife
With the Olympics around the corner, let’s embrace the ibis as a Brisbane icon
- by Courtney Kruk
Transport
Health
‘No one wants vapes for our kids’: Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Concerns were raised before hospital deaths report, says expert
- by Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton