Fields of dreams from fast trains to Bradfield schemes
When it comes to dreams and ideas we can’t let go of, Australians have blind spots everywhere, writes Dan Petrie
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Blood on the tracks: Brutal deaths haunt Kuranda to Cairns rail
Today the Tablelands railway is a scenic tourism route, but during construction it claimed the lives of many hardworking young men who suffered horrific deaths, writes Dot Whittington.
‘How did she simply disappear?’
The Southport School teacher Marion Barter went on holiday 24 years ago and vanished. Now her inquest will hopefully answer the many questions around her disappearance, writes Max Futcher.
No, WHO. This isn’t Gilead
The WHO’s advice that fertile women be teetotal until menopause is straight out of Gilead. Don’t they realise that having a drink is how some women fall pregnant in the first place, asks Lucy Carne.
Please, don’t rely on barbecue chat for bitcoin advice
Low interest rates, bitcoin at record highs and a generous fiscal stimulus have fuelled more Aussies than ever before to hungrily jump into share trading. What could go wrong, asks Dan Petrie.
‘Feels like minus 2.4C’: State shivers through chill
If you felt extra chilly this morning, you weren’t imagining it. The mercury has plummeted to an apparent temperature of minus 2.4C in parts of the state.
Please, stop the suffering and send Tamil family home to Biloela
This isn’t about being a Christian or opening the immigration flood gates. This is about humanity and making an exception to put people before politics, writes Lucy Carne.
Why no one wants to go back to office
Loud talkers, smelly food and flatulence — who in their right mind would want to return to the workplace? If bosses want employees back, changes are needed, writes Dan Petrie.
Meet the $100k baby at the centre of a surrogacy drama
A Brisbane mother has revealed that she suffered PTSD after an arduous mission to meet her dream baby boy born via surrogate in Poland.
How a Queensland town vanished forever
Once a bustling township with a working sawmill, Campbellville disappeared. All that now remains are some graves in Beerburrum forest, writes Dot Whittington.
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