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A man has been charged with murder following a carer's discovery of a body at a home north of Brisbane.

The carer doing a welfare check called police after discovering blood at the property in Caboolture South about 9am on Wednesday, and officers arrived to find a 41-year-old man dead inside.

A 23-year-old man who was at the address was arrested and has been charged with murder and entering a dwelling with intent.

He is expected to appear before Caboolture Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Detective Inspector Stephen Windsor said the scene was "quite a graphic encounter for first-responding police", with what appeared to be blood throughout the premises.

It appeared a weapon was used and the dead man had injuries to his neck, he said.

Det Insp Windsor said there were no indications of any connection between the men but there appeared to be some contact between them in the early hours of the morning.

The investigation was in its early stages but police did not believe anyone else was involved in the incident, Det Insp Windsor said.

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Three sailors on a round-the-world voyage have been rescued after their inflatable boat was attacked by sharks in the Coral Sea.

The "healthy and well" trio are on their way to an unscheduled pit stop in Brisbane after their ordeal on the nine-metre catamaran, the Tion.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) co-ordinated the rescue after receiving a distress call at 1.30am on Wednesday from about 800km southeast of Cairns.

The two Russian men and a Frenchman aboard the vessel had left Vanuatu on their way to Cairns when their boat began to sink following damage to both hulls from several shark attacks, AMSA said.

AMSA aircraft arrived to find the vessel with large sections of the hull missing, with AMSA satellite photos and video showing a large part of the stern torn away.

The two Russians, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Beryozkin, were on the Pacific leg of their attempt to circumnavigate the globe, with French crew member Vincent Etienne also on board, according to the expedition's website.

The sailors left Vanuatu on August 28 and planned to land in Cairns about September 11.

The Russians' journey began in St Petersburg in July 2021 but almost ended quickly and in darkness out at sea.

A first attack by sharks on Monday damaged the rear left balloon of the catamaran leaving it completely submerged, according to the expedition.

Late on Tuesday evening sharks attacked again, this time biting through the right cylinder and causing the boat to sink further.

The men issued a distress signal prompting AMSA to direct the vehicle carrier ship the Dugong Ace to their location before Cairns-based Challenger Rescue Aircraft arrived at the scene.

The Shanghai-bound Dugong Ace retrieved the men and diverted to Brisbane, where it is expected to arrive on Thursday.

"The three males were very happy to be rescued and they're all healthy and well," AMSA response centre duty manager Joe Zeller said.

He said there were many reasons why sharks attacked vessels, but "the motivations of these sharks is is unclear".

AMSA said the rescue was a timely reminder to always carry a distress beacon while on the water.

"Every time you proceed to the open ocean there's an element of risk," Mr Zeller said.

"But you can minimise that risk by having the appropriate safety equipment such as lifejackets and a GPS-encoded emergency beacon."

The Russians' three-year voyage is a project by a branch of the Russian Geographical Society, and aims to re-create the first Russian round-the-world expeditions of the 19th century.

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Australia's economy is slowing but holding up a little better than expected in the face of higher interest rates.

The economy expanded 0.4 per cent in the final quarter of 2022/23, with strong export growth and public spending countering a hesitant consumer sector.

The 0.4 per cent quarterly result was slightly above the 0.3 per cent consensus forecast and marked flat quarterly growth after the March numbers were revised up.

Annually, the Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded a 2.1 per cent increase in gross domestic product, down from 2.4 per cent through to March.

While the headline figure was stronger than expected, the economy recorded its second quarter in a row of negative growth when accounting for population growth - marking a per-capita recession.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it wasn't unusual for per capita GDP growth to go backward.

"And we've now had a couple of quarters in a row, that's because our economy is slowing (due to higher interest rates and global economic uncertainty) at the same time as our population is growing," he said on Wednesday.

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said record levels of population growth were the only thing keeping Australia out of a recession.

"It is clear from the data that Australian families are having to work more hours to keep their head above water," Mr Taylor said.

The pressure on households was evident in the national accounts, with consumption growing a limp 0.1 per cent over the quarter.

Spending on nice-to-haves also shrunk and households struggled to squirrel money away, with the income-to-saving ratio declining to its lowest level since mid-2008.

The weaker consumer sector was unsurprising given the Reserve Bank's aggressive string of interest rate rises that have driven up borrowing costs.

Softer growth is expected by the RBA in the fight against high inflation, but ANZ economist Adam Boyton said the marginally stronger result was unlikely to worry the central bank.

"While the pace of GDP growth over the first half of 2023 is a little stronger than we anticipated, it's not materially so," he wrote in a client note.

EY economist Cherelle Murphy said the national accounts showed an economy "slowly finding its equilibrium again" after the extreme of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

"Consumers are focused on essential consumption over discretionary purchases," she said.

"Price increases softened. Firms invested and built capacity, after their supply fell short during the post-lockdown surge in demand."

She said Australia was in a transition phase and the national accounts should be read in that context.

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