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When covering the royals, we often talk about the family ‘soap opera’. The conversations here are straight out of a poor one, says Stephen Bates, the Guardian’s former royal correspondent
As the Netflix drama revisits a sordid chapter in royal history at an awkward moment for the monarchy, the Windsors' allies are coming out against it.
Experts critical of Ballymore’s Olympic-fuelled rebirth as a major sports venue say there is a better option about two kilometres to the west.
The latest plan for Ballymore will see it welcome multiple sports and host Olympic hockey games in 2032. That’s quite a rebound for a site government officials deemed unsuitable for a major stadium “either now or into the future”.
Out Gay Brisbane MP Stephen Bates slammed Labor and said that there was support in the community for a human rights commissioner who would dedicatedly look into issues of the LGBTQI community.