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Jamie Walker is a senior staff writer, based in Brisbane, who covers national affairs, politics, technology and special interest issues. He is a former Europe correspondent (1999-2001) and Middle East correspondent (2015-16) for The Australian, and earlier in his career wrote for The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. He has held a range of other senior positions on the paper including Victoria Editor and ran domestic bureaux in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide; he is also a former assistant editor of The Courier-Mail. He has won numerous journalism awards in Australia and overseas, and is the author of a biography of the late former Queensland premier, Wayne Goss. In addition to contributing regularly for the news and Inquirer sections, he is a staff writer for The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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Screen grabs from a digital depiction of how the Gabba will be transformed for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane.

Olympic sites in race to be world’s most expensive

Brisbane’s showcase 2032 Olympics arenas will rank among the world’s most costly sports venues despite new rules that are supposed to make hosting the Games cheaper.

Jamie Walker

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Aerials of Brisbane. The Gabba Stadium at Woolloongabba, East Brisbane, view to Morton bay, Brisbane River, Cross River Rail

PM spooked by Gabba rebuild blowout

The federal government walked away from the $2.7bn rebuild of Brisbane’s Gabba stadium for the 2032 Olympics after being spooked by a 170 per cent blowout in costings, sources say.

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-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022 -- A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022. - Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on September 13 by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. She was declared dead on September 16 by state television after having spent three days in a coma. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022

Filmmakers turn focus on people’s revolution

It would be easier, and much safer, to remain silent, but some leading lights of the Iranian film industry are taking a stand.

Jamie Walker

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25-01-2023 - Australian actor Jack Thompson pictured at the Woolgoolga Headland. Picture: Gethin Coles / The Australian

Don’t be duped: Jack’s warning on dramas in Iran

Defiant Iranian actors and moviemakers have blown the whistle on a push by the ayatollahs to take over the country’s film industry, appealing to colleagues in Australia to spread the word.

Jamie Walker

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 21 JANUARY 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. Feature on IVF laws in Australia. Suvi Mahonen and her husband Luke had 30 rounds of IVF spanning over three countries. They had success at a clinic in Russia and are welcoming their son Spencer at Gold Coast Private Hospital. November 2022. Photo: TWAM/Natalie Grono

The punishing reality of a middle-aged IVF dream

Seven years, 31 IVF attempts and $250,000. Suvi Mahonen, 48, and her doctor husband stopped at nothing to have a baby. But how far is too far?

Jamie Walker

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19th January 2023.Suvi Mahonen, baby Spencer, sister Amity, 9, and dad Luke Waldrip, at their Surfers Paradise unit.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

How miracle baby Spencer survived Putin’s invasion

Baby Spencer – seven long years in the making – is the result of an epic IVF odyssey and extreme rendition of the rollercoaster ride tens of thousands of Australians embark on each year.

Jamie Walker

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19th January 2023.Kirsty Wright and her German Shepherd Ava at Main Beach, Surfers Paradise.Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Our Australian of the Year named

Kirsty Wright, who risked her career, her reputation and financial security to help uncover glaring failures at the Queensland government forensics laboratory, is our Australian of the Year.

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Cardinal George Pell. Picture: Nick Cubbin

George Pell: Last farewell for God’s strong man

The Catholic world is mourning the loss of one of its most influential figures and catalysts for change. George Pell’s unexpected death leaves a gaping hole but his legacy will be lasting.

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Nuclear-powered submarine USS Michigan approaches at the southeastern port city of Busan on April 25, 2017. North Korea on April 25, marked a military anniversary with a conventional firing drill, reports said, as South Korea announced joint naval exercises with a US aircraft carrier amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. / AFP PHOTO / YONHAP / YONHAP / - South Korea OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

‘We must develop sub-building capabilities’

Amid fears the US may not be able to deliver nuclear subs as promised under AUKUS pact, defence minister says it’s vital that Australia develop industrial capability in Adelaide.

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05/01/2023: Former QLD Director General, Corrective Services Keith Hamburger outside the notorious Boggo Road gaol, closed in the late 1980Ã¢â¬â¢s. pic Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Deadly warning on youth crime

The former Queensland prisons boss has warned that more victims of violent crime will die unless juvenile justice is overhauled to avert a ‘massive social disaster’.

Jamie Walker

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