Brisbane news live: Power outages, traffic delays after truck smashed power pole; Lions victory set to be plastered onto a Metro

A motorbike rider died this morning after running into the back of a truck stopped at traffic lights in Capalaba in Brisbane’s south.

Police said the black Suzuki GSX-R1000 had been travelling eastbound along Duncan Road, before it struck the truck near the intersection of Redland Bay Road shortly after 3am.

The truck had been stopped at a set of temporary road work traffic lights.

The motorbike rider, a 42-year-old from Runcorn, was assessed by paramedics, but died at the scene.

The 41-year-old truck driver was not physically injured.

Officers from the forensic crash unit have asked anyone who witnessed the crash, or has footage of the incident, to contact police.

Here is today’s cartoon on the subject of Netanyahu and Trump, for this piece by Matthew Knott.

Trump and Netanyahu.Credit: Matt Golding

As of today, all first-home buyers will be able to apply for a loan having saved only 5 per cent of the home price’s deposit, under an expansion of the government’s First Home Buyers’ Scheme.

Speaking on Seven’s Sunrise this morning, Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has defended the expansion of the scheme amid criticism that the changes will drive up house prices, which have increased for the eighth consecutive month.

Clare O’Neil.Credit: Rohan Thomson

“What the government is doing now is slashing the time that it will take first home buyers to get into the housing market,” O’Neil said.

Asked whether the government is on track to meet its target to build 240,000 new homes each year, O’Neil did not give a direct response.

“What I’m saying is that for the first time in 70 years, Australians have got a government at the Commonwealth level that is throwing absolutely everything at the housing crisis ...

“What you’re seeing is our government investing $43 billion in building more homes, getting renters a better deal, and getting more Australians into home ownership. Now, is there more to be done? Absolutely.”

Appearing alongside O’Neil was Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie, who slammed the government’s scheme, saying it was “making the housing crisis worse, not better,” claiming that it would both increase the likelihood that interest rates stay high and increase the demand for housing supply.

Traffic will be affected for several hours on an inner-city Brisbane road after a truck carrying heavy machinery crashed into a power pole.

Police have advised Rouen Road at Bardon is closed southbound between the roundabout and Towong cemetery.

A truck has hit a power pole in Bardon this morning.Credit: Queensland Police Service

The road is expected to be shut for several hours with local diversions in place, and motorists are asked to use a different route.

Images released by police show skid marks on the road and it appears the truck has rolled or crashed backwards into the power pole.

Energex is reporting 392 customers are affected in Auchenflower, Bardon and Toowong.

Brisbanites are in for a warm Wednesday, with an expected top of 30 degrees forecast for what should be a cloudy day.

The weather bureau is hinting of the chance of a storm, too, although there is only a 10 per cent chance of rain.

And tomorrow is set to be even hotter, with a summery top of 34 predicted.

Here’s the seven-day outlook:

Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage.

Kidman petitioned to end the marriage in a Nashville court. The filing states the marriage “suffered irreconcilable differences”.

The 58-year-old Oscar-winning actor and the 57-year-old Grammy-winning country singer, both raised in Australia, met in 2005 at a Los Angeles event honouring Australians and were married in Sydney the following year.

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A source close to the family, who did not want to be named due to the sensitive nature of the matter, told this masthead Kidman was “broken-hearted” and the actor had been attempting to keep the family together for several months for the sake of their children.

The pair have two teenage daughters.

The split comes amid a number of other changes in Urban’s life. In January, the musician parted ways with three of his long-serving band members, including band leader and guitarist Jerry Flowers and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Barlowe, ahead of his world tour.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley have both welcomed US president Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, following a meeting between Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump has given Hamas a deadline of between three and four days to respond to the peace proposal.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has laid down the law to her frontbenchers, imposing key performance indicators to overcome the policy failures of Peter Dutton’s election campaign.

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, showing their trademark affection on the Oscars red carpet, have split.Credit: Getty

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