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DOMINIC SANDBROOK imagines the fallout of Labour's first weeks in power

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Exactly 100 days since Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister, his Momentum fan club have sent red roses to mark the occasion.




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Dominic Sandbrook: Farewell to the hate mobs' joyless intolerance

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The 2010s has been a decade of increasingly strident and intolerant political correctness, with institutions such as the Church of England taking more extreme positions.




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We've never had it so good! DOMINIC SANDBROOK on a divisive decade

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.




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It's time for the EU to be realistic about a trade deal, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK looks back at how the 1973 dream soured

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We've packed our bags and bought our tickets, and on Friday evening we are off. Whatever you think of the decision, there is no doubt this is a landmark in our modern history.




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Coronavirus is a deadly wake-up call, writes historian DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson is wrong to make a jibe at Margaret Thatcher

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.




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It's easy to feel imprisoned under lockdown, so thank goodness for non-fiction books

With all this free time we have on our hands, Dominic Sandbrook makes the case for reading non-fiction books. Pictured: A Soviet soldier stand on top of a tank in Moscow's red square.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The recovery that followed The Great Depression should give us hope

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.




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The reason a Virgin Australia flight attendant was moved to give a passenger a free bottle of wine

In what may be his final flight, Jay Hill, 24, talked to a passenger, known as Mr Douglas, travelling from LAX to Perth, who told him he had retired from work because he had terminal cancer.




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Australian woman's fears for mother on board coronavirus death ship after losing contact

Shirley Maclaren is one of 135 Australians on the Holland America Line Zaandam ship stranded in the Pacific Ocean off Central America, where four passengers have died from coronavirus.




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Now THAT'S a lockdown workout! Australian fitness fanatic runs a marathon in just his kitchen 

Queensland long distance runner Tim Franklin set up a 21 metre circuit in his Brisbane apartment and ran an entire marathon inside.




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Shattered widower of Ruby Princess coronavirus victim slams the cruise company as debacle deepens

Queenslander Karla Lake contracted the deadly virus while celebrating her 75th birthday with her husband Graeme on the virus-stricken Ruby Cruise cruise ship before it docked in Sydney.




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MAFS star Davina Rankin shares equipment-free home workout amid COVID-19

Married At First Sight star Davina Rankin was recently forced to close her gym, Infamous Physiques, in Brisbane amid the government's strict coronavirus measures.




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Australian family reveal what it's like in 14-day hotel quarantine with a three-month-old baby

Darcy Lord, his wife Ketut and baby Reef returned from Bali on Sunday morning and were escorted directly to Brisbane Airport;s Novotel hotel for their compulsory quarantine period.




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Search for two missing teenage girls from Chapel Hill in Brisbane

The girls aged 14 and 15 were last seen at Tangmere Street in Chapel Hill in Brisbane on Thursday around 6.30pm.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie strips down during isolation

Rebecca Lobie's revealing photos have seen her rack up over 100,000 followers on Instagram.




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Relieved Australians wave from a bus after being rescued from Nepal amid coronavirus lockdown 

The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.




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Allison Langdon clashes with mother quarantined in luxury hotel after she complained about fresh air

Sarah Greig and her two sons returned from a trip to Jakarta on Sunday, and were immediately shuttled to the Novotel hotel in Brisbane.




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Nigerian romance scammer who conned an Australian woman out of more than $100,000 is spared jail

Nigerian student Kelechi Emeh, 33, avoided a jail cell after pleading guilty to his role in a sophisticated scam which defrauded Queensland woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.




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Queensland shuts national parks, picnic areas, and 4WD tracks as third person dies from coronavirus

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ramping up Queensland's coronavirus crackdown as people continue to ignore the ban on non-essential travel.




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Japanese restaurant in Brisbane comes under fire for its 'racist' takeaway menu 

Nobunaga Yakitori in Brisbane launched the new takeaway menu this week after the government banned dine-in service to slow the spread of the coronavirus.




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Brisbane family gets rude email from landlord when asking for reduced rent due to coronavirus

Brisbane mother-of-three Violet, has been forced to provide for her family after her husband lost his job and was heartbroken to hear her rent would not be reduced.




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Shopping 'angels' deliver groceries to those most in need during coronavirus lockdown 

From their Gold Coast homes, national co-founders of the group, Julian Corvin and Tara O'Kane, are connecting people in need with those offering to do grocery shopping.




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Shocking picture shows hundreds packed into popular market, ignoring strict social-distancing rules

Images have emerged of large crowds at the Jan Powers Powerhouse Farmers' Markets in Brisbane on Saturday morning.




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You can now have ONE KILO brie cheese wheels filled with spaghetti delivered to your front door

Australian restaurant Salt Meats Cheese is now delivering their one kilogram of brie cheese pasta to customers at home in isolation. The meal is priced at $39 and serves two people.




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Hoons breach coronavirus restrictions at car rally, with 58 of them copping fines totalling $73k

Queensland police attended the event in Rochedale, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night and gave out 58 $1,334 fines for failing to comply with COVID-19 sanctions.




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Drugs, weapons and cash: Inside Brisbane's violent youth gangs and their brazen Instagram pages

Instagram pages titled @brisbanecrims, @brisbanelads and @southside420 ask their followers to send in criminal content to share online.




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Woman, 44, reveals hilarious map her dad drew her of the fruit section of his supermarket

ABC presenter Sarah Kanowski, 44, from Brisbane, Australia, went viral when she revealed how her parents finally let her do their grocery shopping as they fall into the vulnerable category.




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Pictured: Swimmer, 23, who was killed in a shark attack off the Great Barrier Reef 

He had been working on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked on Tuesday afternoon.




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Father found guilty of raping his seven-year-old daughter WINS appeal

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Court of Appeal in Brisbane there had been a miscarriage of justice because an interpreter was not present throughout his trial.




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Qld Man shot dead after setting himself on fire McDonald's doused a woman in petrol before fleeing

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.




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The makeup hack that involves applying setting spray AND powder before you put on your foundation

A makeup artist has tested out a viral trend of putting setting spray and powder on your face before foundation in a 'backwards' move that fans are saying 'helps increase the coverage'.




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Carly and Andrew quit House Rules after discovering they weren't guaranteed a free house renovation

Fans have slammed Carly and Andrew for abruptly quitting House Rules: High Stakes once they discovered they weren't guaranteed to get a free home renovation. 




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Carjacker on the run after stealing pregnant mother's car and fleeing with son in the backseat 

The mother, 31, was parked at the corner of Brightview Road and Grove Street in Glenore Grove, Queensland, at 6am on Tuesday when the incident happened.




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Woman escaped quarantine hotel to find towels and Band-Aids

Anna Carter, 45, was supposed to be in two weeks of self-isolation at the Ibis Brisbane Airport Hotel after arriving from NSW, Brisbane Magistrates Court was told on Thursday.




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Mother creates a rotating 'sushi train' in her own HOME using a children's Christmas train set 

Vicki Thomas brought the magic of her favourite Japanese conveyor belt restaurant into her Brisbane home by arranging boxes of sushi on top of a children's train set.




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Sexual sadist who strangled a woman to death is set to be released after taking anti-sex drive drugs

Mark Richard Lawrence, now 58, stalked 29-year-old Julia Ann Muirhead, strangled her with a tea towel and slit her throat in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 1983.




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Peter Dutton warns Australians coronavirus is very serious after testing positive

The Home Affairs Minister tested positive to the virus on March 13 and was admitted to hospital in Brisbane that night.




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Inside Quaden Bayles' new life as an Instagram influencer

A heartbreaking viral video changed Quaden Bayles' life forever in February. 




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Cops who drove down pedestrian walkway at a farmers market blasted for overkill

Organisers of the Northey Street Organic Farmers Market in Brisbane were furious when police infiltrated the market in the car rather than on foot on Sunday.




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Queensland childcare centre shut down after being visited by someone infected with coronavirus

Families from the Early Birds Jimboomba Education and Childcare, south of Brisbane have been informed after the patient attended the centre unaware they had the virus.




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Woman who accused MP of inappropriate behaviour towards her teenage daughter apologises

Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan sued Heather McKeown for $350,000 in the Brisbane District Court on January 23.




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Darling Downs Zoo could be forced to close for good due to coronavirus lockdown 

Darling Downs Zoo, south-west of Brisbane in Queensland, is closed temporarily due to the pandemic.




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Gelato Messina is giving away free cookie pies with Deliveroo orders over $32

Australia's most famous ice cream chain is giving away free chocolate-chip cookie pies with every Deliveroo order over $32 from 5pm on Friday, April 17. And the best part is, you can bake it at home.




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Passenger on a packed Qantas flight from Sydney to Brisbane was infected with coronavirus

Queensland Health warned other passengers of the diagnosis by text and then a phone call before directing them to self-quarantine in an email on Thursday.




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Family shares devastation after their request for five more people to attend a funeral was denied

John Macpherson, 68, from Brisbane, who has three kids and nine grandchildren tragically lost his battle to cancer last week with the funeral being held on Wednesday.




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Amber alert after six-week-old baby girl taken from home near Brisbane

The girl was taken from a home in Narangba, north of Brisbane, by Aedan Carroll at around midday on Friday.




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From naked to Beatles costumes: The weird and wonderful ways Aussies are taking bins out in lockdown

Creative Australians are adorning costumes to take out the bins as a form of entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Stolen six-week-old baby that went missing from a home following a violent argument is found safe

Aedan Carroll, 34, has been charged with a number of domestic violence offences after allegedly attacking a woman on Friday in a Narangba home, north of Brisbane.