One of the many endearing qualities of Test match cricket is the way it graciously hosts a conversation about its own mortality, and has done for as long as anyone cares to remember. It’s true that all sport is played on the precipice of irrelevance, but test cricket leans out over the void, seems to be played half-falling.
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Motor sport: End of an era in rally world
Australia’s season-ending round of the world rally championship later this week will also close two eras in motor sport’s most diverse series.
Gold Coast man who killed infant daughter jailed, eligible for parole in early 2017
A man convicted of killing his baby daughter could be out of jail within months, after being set a non-parole period of three-and-a-half years in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Brisbane woman charged with torture, grevious bodily harm of underfed baby daughter
A Brisbane mother accused of underfeeding her baby, and trying to raise public funds for the girl’s recovery, faces court charged with torture, grievous bodily harm, and fraud.
Trump victory set to fuel unconventional political activism in Hanson heartland of Ipswich
Donald Trump’s shocking victory on the heels of an equally surprising Brexit vote in the UK is rattling the major parties in Australia, and in the Queensland city of Ipswich people could not be happier.
Witness tells Dubois murder trial police mistrust kept him quiet for 30 years
A former criminal associate of Garry Dubois tells a Brisbane court his mistrust of police prevented him coming forward sooner about the 1974 killings of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters.
Evidence woman charged over 2004 murders of brother and sister tried to interfere with witness
A woman charged with the cold case murders of a young mother and her brother in Deception Bay is denied bail in Brisbane following evidence she tried to interfere with a witness.
Mark Ryan promoted to Police Minister, Bill Byrne moved to agriculture portfolio
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s “minor change” to her Cabinet is official, with Morayfield MP Mark Ryan swearing in as Police and Emergency Services Minister, and Bill Byrne as the new Agriculture Minister.
Public hearing for Queensland combat sports safety parliamentary inquiry cancelled
Concerns are being raised about an ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Queensland into the safety of combat sports, after a public hearing was cancelled.
Severe storms with damaging wind, large hailstones threatening south-east Queensland
A severe weather warning for damaging wind and large hailstones is issued as thunderstorms make their way across much of south-east Queensland this afternoon.