Brisbane Times Headlines
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:59:21 +1000AFL 2021 round 2 LIVE updates: Geelong Cats take on Brisbane Lions in Friday Night Football
Follow the action as Geelong and Brisbane take to the field for their round two match-up.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:45:00 +1000Victory target Phoenix coach and former Sydney FC star Talay for rebuild
Melbourne Victory are looking to sign former Sydney FC player and assistant Ufuk Talay as their coach for next year as they linger at the bottom of the A-League.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:45:00 +1000Star might shine for Packer’s Sydney casino if Crown is broken apart
A possible break-up of Crown could put Star Entertainment in the box seat for the group’s Sydney casino.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:37:36 +1000Bulldogs squash Tigers, but miss AFLW finals
The Western Bulldogs have ended their season with a 13-point win over Richmond, but couldn’t make up the percentage deficit needed to launch a finals campaign.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:30:14 +1000West Australians who visited Brisbane COVID-19 exposure locations urged to get tested, isolate
Anyone who has arrived in Western Australia from Queensland and visited a locations in Brisbane also visited by the state’s latest community COVID-19 case must get tested immediately and self-quarantine for 14 days.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:30:00 +1000‘One step forward and two steps back’: Carers, advocates slam leaked proposals for NDIS overhaul
NDIS Minister Stuart Robert said he found it “abhorrent” that an early draft of the possible changes was being used to “unleash unnecessary concern” on participants.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:30:00 +1000‘You’ve got one shot’: Frawley’s legacy endures for Saints
Jake Carlisle ponders the question. If Danny Frawley was still with us, what would his message be for you?
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:25:00 +1000Labor councillor arrested over voter fraud could be expelled from the party
Labor is considering expelling Moreland councillor Milad El-Halabi from the party after fraud squad detectives executed a search warrant at his home on Thursday morning and arrested him on suspicion of vote-tampering.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:04:22 +1000Breathing easy: Retail workers and shoppers shed masks as normalcy seems ever closer
Mandatory face masks are no longer required while shopping in Victoria with restrictions being lifted at 6pm on Friday.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +1000A celebrity brow artist swears by this DIY tweezing trick
Brow and lash expert Amy Jean Linnehan knows you’re going to tweeze at home. But before you do, she suggests picking up your brow pencil.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:52:51 +1000Trial of Olympian and brother may be aborted over jury safety concerns
Olympic silver medallist Nathan Baggaley, 45, and his brother Dru Anthony Baggaley, 39, were allegedly involved in a failed plot to import 650 kilograms of cocaine in 2018.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:52:08 +1000Magpie Elliott faces surgery and up to three months out
The Magpies have confirmed Jamie Elliott faces up to three months on the sidelines on a day Essendon skipper Dyson Heppell went for scans.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:41:46 +1000AMP leaves door open for potential change at the top
AMP shot down speculation chief executive Francesco De Ferrari would resign immediately, but left the door open for a potential leadership spill.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:38:53 +1000Photos of the week, March 25, 2021
The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:38:17 +1000On a wing and a prayer: Tributes for RAAF’s century in the sky
The ceremony was attended by two veterans of Bomber Command in World War II who are almost as old as the air force itself.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:37:42 +1000‘Let me be heard’: Craig Minogue hearing suspended after outburst
A court hearing for Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue had to be suspended on Friday after the accused rapist repeatedly threatened to sack his lawyer.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:31:37 +1000Robert Doyle committed ‘serious misconduct of a sexual nature,’ report finds
Department of Health finalises probe into former Melbourne lord mayor, finding “serious misconduct” and actions that could be described as “over-familiar, rude, obnoxious or sleazy”.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:30:59 +1000‘Disgraceful’: PM forces Liberal MP to apologise to women he trolled on Facebook
Veteran Liberal MP Andrew Laming has been forced to apologise after trolling two women on Facebook.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:26:08 +1000‘Targeted attack’: Artist abused as ANU-based gallery takes down artwork critical of Chinese government
Artist Luke Cornish said he had experienced a torrent of abuse over the artworks, which including one depicting Mao Zeodong as Batman.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:03:05 +1000Australian curriculum looking at expanding consent education
The national curriculum body is consulting with consent and respectful relationships experts and teachers as it prepares to release proposed content changes next month.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:00:59 +1000‘Winter is coming’: 40,000 Melbourne jobs on the line as JobKeeper ends
The federal opposition claims businesses and employees will be left ‘high and dry’ on Sunday but the government has assured workers they would not be abandoned.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +1000Diamonds shine through in rough-looking program
As defined in the “The Dinkum Dictionary”, the class under consideration is “superior, stylish and elegant”.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:59:14 +1000How eating brings comfort, joy and a serve of misjudgments
Sam van Zweden’s bite-sized essays dissect eating and the moral properties attached to what we choose to swallow.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:58:00 +1000NRL 2021 LIVE updates: St George Illawarra Dragons take on Manly Sea Eagles; South Sydney Rabbitohs meet Sydney Roosters in round three
It’s an all-Sydney fiesta for Friday night as Manly look to get off the mark against the Dragons before Australian rugby league’s oldest rivalry resumes.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:55:40 +1000EPA lays charges over alleged illegal dumps in Melbourne, regions
Environmental watchdog lays 118 charges against the alleged owner of illegal chemical dumps in Melbourne and regional Victoria, claiming he had created a serious risk to public health.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:54:16 +1000The Tailings: tragic murder mystery in historic Tasmanian mining town
NIDA graduate Mabel Li stars as a young teacher thrown into a complex web of events in The Tailings.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:47:15 +1000Car on fire, Pacific Motorway crash and breakdowns delay traffic
Traffic continues to build as multiple crashes clog the traffic in Brisbane’s south on Friday.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:46:51 +1000West isn’t best: why Cripps looks to stay Blue
Western Australian clubs would find it difficult to make a strong bid for the Carlton captain.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:34:57 +1000‘It was harrowing’: Sam’s great escape from a sinking deathtrap
A pensioner was moments from death as his car was swallowed by floodwater - until someone heard his cries in the darkness.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:31:44 +1000Reclusive Teoh’s exit leaves door open for a radical TPG restructure
The circumstances leading to David Teoh’s abrupt departure remain just as mysterious as the way he led TPG - from inception to its merger with Vodafone Hutchison Australia.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:30:00 +1000New Zealand to vaccinate Olympians as AOC backs Australian timeline
New Zealand Olympians look certain to be vaccinated under new provisions but the AOC believes Australia’s team will be ‘fully vaccinated’ under existing plans.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:25:03 +1000Give two million workers a pay rise, Andrews government says
Victoria is pushing for minimum wage workers to get an extra $15 a week, becoming the first state to put a figure on the table this year.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:22:58 +1000Ballarat mother set to challenge lawfulness of police raid on her home
A Victorian woman accused of inciting people to protest against the coronavirus lockdown will challenge the lawfulness of a police search on her home.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:20:16 +1000Raised in NSW, now ‘Queenslander’ Salakaia-Loto wants to heap misery on Waratahs
The Waratahs and Reds have had vastly contrasting seasons heading into their round-six match and, had things played out differently, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto could have been wearing a blue jersey.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:18:19 +1000COVID-positive Brisbane man visited shops, restaurants while infected
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer has provided an updated list of the locations the man, a 26-year-old landscaper, visited in the past week.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:16:45 +1000‘Horrific’: Men forced to rape family members in Tigray, says UN
Condemned by the US, Ethiopia’s Nobel peace prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has acknowledged atrocities and withdrawn Eritrean troops from Tigray.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:05 +1000‘He hasn’t got the manners’: Waterhouse cool on Profiteer
Hugh Bowman is confident Profiteer will run out the 1200m, but it might come down to whether the favourite settles in Saturday’s Golden Slipper.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +1000Capper, Plugga, Barry, Buddy ... McDonald? Meet the heir to Swans’ throne
As Lance Franklin returns from his 18-month injury hiatus to begin his penultimate AFL season, his successor Logan McDonald is just beginning his own journey.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +1000Newsmaker: Orlando Bloom and when wellness mockery turns dark
In isolation, the actor’s routine was hilarious to read. But for health professionals, it has subtle murmurs of a long-running predicament.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:52:40 +1000Inside Running: Trainer seeking back-to-back wins in cup
Irish trainer Willie Mullins will be out to repeat history, not with star Addeybb, but with travelling stablemate Favourite Moon in Saturday’s 2400-metre Manion Cup at Rosehill.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:49:47 +1000‘Screams howled as we flew into a flood of high beams. I’m dead, I thought’
At 17, Lech Blaine was in a car accident in which three of his friends died, and one was left with a permanent brain injury. He walked away, physically unharmed. Mentally however, it was a different story.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:45:42 +1000Abrupt resignations rattle Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation is at the centre of fresh controversy over its planned divestment of a key Aboriginal hub in Redfern.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:44:52 +1000Currie looks to crown comeback from broken neck with Slipper victory
This time last year, jockey Luke Currie was recuperating from a broken neck. On Saturday he will be out to win a Golden Slipper on Artorius.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:39:45 +1000‘Breach of faith’: Money meant for Indigenous water rights could go elsewhere
Indigenous groups are accusing the government of breaching their faith on a $40 million commitment to recover water rights from voluntary irrigation sellers.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:36:18 +1000Melbourne man faces court over alleged $395 million NDIS fraud
James Charisiou allegedly used faked documents to dupe two major investment houses into thinking he was working with Lendlease and CBUS Property.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:34:17 +1000Police find car of missing 78-year-old woman after flooding
The car of a missing woman has been found in the Upper Hunter as floodwaters recede and thousands of residents across NSW start the task of recovery and clean-up.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:32:15 +1000Sydney Mint gold £5 coin sells for $US660,000 at auction in US
The coin, bought by an Australian collector who lives in California, fetched the second highest figure for an Australian coin sold at auction.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:22:03 +1000The photographers' week in politics
The week in politics through the lenses of photographers Alex Ellinghausen, Dominic Lorrimer and Rhett Wyman
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:20:59 +1000Just one in five hotel quarantine workers vaccinated as WA’s immunisation program falls behind
WA Health anticipated more than 20,000 frontline quarantine and border workers would be fully vaccinated against coronavirus by mid March. On Thursday, just 3444 had been immunised.
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:19:36 +1000‘Quite shaken’: Female MP pursued by vicious, sexist attacks over emergency powers vote
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten says she has endured a torrent of sexist vitriol and even physical threats since she began negotiating with the Andrews government over extending Victoria’s state of emergency.