The good and bad news on NAPLAN

QUEENSLAND has posted some of its best ever NAPLAN results — but one area remains a major problem.

Tradies using Bunnings in tax scam

THOUSANDS of tradies are fraudulently using Bunnings to pull off a tax scam, potentially costing the government hundreds of millions of dollars.

Southeast unis’ big fail on sex assaults

THE boss of one of two southeast Queensland universities with higher than the national average of sexual assault or harassment on campus has called the figures “confronting” and “a wake-up call”.

Could Bennett take Taylor from Titans?

THE Titans are fighting to retain Ashley Taylor with Wayne Bennett revealing his plan to bring the boom Queensland Origin hopeful back to the Broncos.

Uni dropout’s crazy $12m success

IT WASN’T until the security guard threw him out of the store that Shark Tank contestant Kjetil Hansen knew he was onto a winner.

Casino axing comes at a cost

LABOR thinks it can pick up seats on the Gold Coast after axing a $3 billion casino from The Spit. But lost jobs won’t be the only fallout from the move.

Closest we have come to carnage

THE alleged Sydney jihadi cell had earmarked a flight for a suicide attack but changed plans at the last minute — in what sources say was “as close to a major terror attack as we have ever come”.

‘New sheriff’ shows who’s boss

IVANKA Trump and Jared Kushner have copped a rude awakening from her father’s “new sheriff” in the White House.

Killer driver slams Australia as racist

EXCLUSIVE: RUNAWAY killer driver Puneet Puneet has launched a shameful last-ditch bid in an Indian court to avoid extradition, arguing that Australia is racist.

Bus stop stirs up class warfare

A SUBURBAN Brisbane bus stop has ignited a class warfare debate.