Brisbane news live: Two meteor showers to light up Brisbane sky; Young man dies in six-vehicle crash; Crisafulli in hot seat for budget estimates

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6.50am
Young man dies in six-vehicle crash on Old Cleveland Road
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A young man died in a six-vehicle crash in Brisbane's south yesterday afternoon.
The 20-year-old man was a passenger in an Isuzu tip truck when it was involved in a crash with five other vehicles on Old Cleveland Road in Chandler about 3.20pm.
He died at the scene.
One of the vehicles involved fled the scene before police arrived.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating and police are urging anyone with relevant information, or CCTV, or dashcam footage to come forward.
6.48am
Crisafulli in budget estimates hot seat
By Marissa Calligeros
Premier David Crisafulli is in the hot seat at budget estimates today.
Budget estimates, which are held each year, allow parliamentary committees to prise information from ministers and senior officials.
Crisafulli will face questions today and is expected to be quizzed by his predecessor and Opposition Leader Steven Miles.
6.30am
'Managed' Haas on track for Broncos' clash with Souths
Brisbane are managing the workload of prop Payne Haas but won't rest him from games and training for the sake of it as he continues to handle a back complaint with typical stoicism.
The NSW front-rower is on track to play against South Sydney on Friday night after training with the Broncos on Monday.
Haas has been coping with a lower back issue for most of the season, but that hasn't stopped him shining for the Broncos and the Blues.
The 25-year-old warhorse was limping at the end of the 22-20 loss to Parramatta on Friday night after a knock to the ankle but scans weren't required and he trained on Monday.
Broncos head of football Troy Thomson, who was high-performance manager for the premiership-winning Rabbitohs in 2014 and world champion Australian side, said the Broncos would continue to manage Haas's training for his own individual needs.
'If Payne can't play a game of footy of course we are going to give him a rest, but this whole notion that giving him a rest is going to fix him is not how the human body works,' Thomson said. 'Movement helps recovery. If you don't move, you get sorer.'
6.29am
Australia has front-row view as two meteor showers peak
By Angus Dalton
It's showers with a chance of fireballs this week as two cosmic events converge to put on a dazzling double-act for those willing to seek out the dark, brave the cold and ditch their phones.
'We've got two meteor showers peaking at the same time,' Associate Professor Devika Kamath, an astrophysicist at Macquarie University, said. 'You see them really well from the southern hemisphere and Australia has a front-row view.'
The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower will reach peak intensity from Monday to Wednesday amid its annual six-week appearance. The Aquariids are the third-strongest meteor shower of the year, with up to 20 meteors zipping past per hour at the peak.
The Alpha Capricornids shower is also firing up to near-peak levels on Monday night and will reach its brightest on Wednesday. The Capricornids shower is weaker than the Aquariids, with about five meteors per hour, but it can send unpredictable and dramatic bursts of light scorching across the sky.
The best time to view the showers will be between midnight and 4am on the nights between Monday and Wednesday (July 28-30) when both cosmic events are at their most brilliant.
Stargazers keen to catch a glimpse of the action should find a viewing spot away from light pollution such as buildings, street lights and car headlights and allow half an hour for their eyes to adjust to the darkness.
6.25am
While you were sleeping
Here's what's making news further afield this morning:
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is under threat from an emerging populist bloc on her party's right flank, threatening splinters on its contentious net zero emissions pledge, woke culture and immigration, as MPs fear a further slump in the polls.
Toddlers at a Sydney childcare centre had their mouths taped shut by educators as part of a 'breathing exercise', prompting an investigation by the state's regulatory authority.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions will demand that employers guarantee workers' job security before introducing artificial intelligence into their businesses, in a bold proposal that will inflame tensions before the Albanese government's productivity roundtable next month.
Moving from a coal-dominated power grid to cleaner sources of energy may end up costing more than first thought, as CSIRO warns of higher construction costs hitting the industry and giant premiums involved in developing new generation technologies, including offshore wind farms, for the first time.
And, US President and set a new deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine, urgently intensifying his demands on both global flashpoints.
6.21am
The top news stories this morning
Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Tuesday, July 29. It should be another sunny day with a top temperature of 22 degrees, but a slight chance of late showers.
In this morning's local headlines:
Hailstorms will become more frequent in Brisbane as the climate warms over coming years, new modelling shows.
A former reality television star who appeared on a popular cooking show allegedly dragged a complainant by the hair down a hallway, and then choked her against a wall, after a dispute involving tomato sauce.
The Crisafulli government has called in Queensland's industrial relations watchdog to help end its pay dispute with public school teachers, just hours before the union's ballot on industrial action was due to close.