Gold Coast police searched Bondi Junction killer in December; Brisbane’s cringe-worthy rentals

Thank you for joining us for today’s live news blog. Brisbane can expect a partly cloudy day with light winds, and a maximum of 28 degrees.

In our top local stories, the Queensland man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction was itinerant and living out of his car with a history of mental illness, senior Queensland police confirmed yesterday.

As Brisbane rents reach record highs, home hunters are queueing out the door even for tiny properties with obvious problems.

Meanwhile, Gold Coast house rents have sailed past Sydney’s to a record high $845 per week regardless of an affordability crisis, Australians are still paying a premium to live by the beach.

Yesterday, fans were finally treated to the highly anticipated, one-off 28-minute Bluey episode ‘The Sign’. And after weeks of nervous anticipation, millions of families around the country, and tens of millions around the world, are asking themselves the same terrifying question: “Is this the end for Bluey?”

And in sport, Queensland’s Cameron Smith has turned for the back nine in the final round of the US Masters golf tournament, after a solid one-under on the front side of Augusta. Four shots behind the leaders, can he mount some sort of challenge on the back nine? Follow it live.