Outspoken Labor backbencher Jo-Ann Miller exchanges baby booties and a hug with One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, creating an unwelcome distraction for the Premier just four days out from the state election.
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Socialite wanted lover out of her home in month before her stabbing death, son testifies
The son of Maureen Boyce, who was found dead in her apartment with a knife lodged in her stomach, tells the Supreme Court his mother wanted lover, and now murder-accused, Thomas Lang to go back to New Zealand because he was lazy and drank too much.
Australia and England's imperfections set scene for tantalising Ashes: Whateley
Neither Australia nor England will commence this Ashes series as they had hoped or expected, writes Gerard Whateley, but these imperfections could be the catalyst for an engrossing summer.
Injured Warner sends a scare through Aussie camp
A neck injury to key opener David Warner keeps him out of Australia’s penultimate pre-Ashes training session, but the vice-captain is confident he will take his place in the first Test.
Ex-soldier jailed for nine years for manslaughter of six-week-old son
Former soldier Nicholas Baxter is sentenced to nine years in jail in the Supreme Court in Townsville over the death of his infant son.
'We're the underdog,' Palaszczuk claims on election trail
Queensland’s Premier is claiming underdog status for Saturday’s state election despite some polls suggesting Labor is ahead, while the LNP leader dodges a definitive answer on whether he would govern with help from One Nation.
Lyon predicts Aussies will re-open England's Ashes scars
Nathan Lyon applies the pressure on England ahead of the opening Ashes Test, claiming Australia wants to “end some careers” of the tourists.
Malcolm Turnbull's AC/DC fail sets Twitter alight
Malcolm Turnbull’s Monday started on a rock music station, where he couldn’t name an AC/DC track. But helpful Twitter users have given the PM hundreds of suggestions.
Vote without leaving your car at Queensland's new drive-through booths
Queensland’s first drive-through polling booths open, but don’t expect “fries with that” or even a sausage sizzle at the other end.
Brisbane socialite was 'impaled by knife to bed', court hears
A man accused of killing Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce stabbed her in the stomach up to five times, after an on-and-off relationship spanning more than 30 years, his murder trial is told.