Budget 2016: Upper-middle Aussie will get the rewards

Smokers will be hit with hefty increases in taxes over the next four years.

Small businesses and big earners to get tax cuts

BUDGET 2016: Small business tax cuts cost us $9 billion

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison

It will cost the federal government $5.3 billion in lost revenue

Paying rent would be a real struggle on pension

BUDGET: Booval resident Alwyn Smith says owning a home makes it easier to get by on the pension.

Owning a home makes it easier to get by on the pension







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Drink and drug drivers hauled before city court

DARREN John Moore pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to drug driving on February 13, 2016 at Mutdapilly.

Man stabbed in back at Bellbird Park

POLICE investigations into a stabbing at Bellbird Park in which a man and woman sustained injuries are continuing.

Victim's life changed forever after horror crash

SAMANTHA Green took some comfort in her former friend telling her in court he was sorry for confining her to a wheelchair.

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Race day fun at turf club

CMFEU Family Fun Day at Ipswich Turf Club. Paul Ashley with Cooper Ashley, 4 and Sophie Ashley, 8.

The Labour Day races at Ipswich Turf Club attracted mums, dads and children keen to...

The colours of sunset

The colours of sunset.

Thank you to all our readers who submitted photos for this week's Facebook cover...

Stalking trout in New England

Some of the beautiful scenery encountered by photographer David Nielsen and his father Ian Nielsen in Ebor, NSW, on a recent fishing trip.

Hooking in to the fishing and beauty of spectacular Tablelands.

IN DEEP: Education crucial to protect sharks

LUCKY ENCOUNTER: A scuba diver gets up close with a whale shark.

Tourists in their thousands flock to swim with whale sharks

WATCH: The Gladstone brothers behind the electric reel

Darren Jeacocke putting the electric reel invention to good use. Photo: Cory Jeacocke.

These Gladstone brothers don't let anything get in their way.

Bass and estuary perch spawning season kicks into gear

The bass spawning season is starting.

Fisheries officers will be on patrol to make sure anglers comply

Mums put kids’ health before their own

Redkite ambassador Susanne Latimore with her son Manning.

Mums put kids’ health before their own

Is it the end of the five cent coin cluttering our wallets?

Brad Fitzgibbon with 5 cent pieces. Photo: Bev Lacey/The Chronicle

Tonight's budget may see the end of the five cent piece

Family's heartbreak after death of baby Zoe

Baby Zoe Grace Chrisholm.

“If our love was enough you would have lived forever.”

Family open up about fatal sleep nightmare

Hayley and Lachlan Webb Photo: Contributed

Four Webb family members have died from Fatal Familial Insomnia

Big read: Harm caused by pornography hits home

A sex therapist says numbers of people seeking help for porn addiction are increasing, and her youngest client is just 13

Sex therapist sees dramatic increase in those seeking help

9.7 inch iPad Pro: One top tool for both work and play

Apple's 9.7 inch iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and smart keyboard.

One top tool for both work and play

ACF take Minister to Court

ACF chief executive Kelly O'Shanassy

The Australian Conservation Foundation go to court to stop Carmichael mine.

Dash Cam: Roo takes on car

Kangaroo leaps car.

Kangaroo could have kept going, jumps car instead.

Man allegedly reaches 182kmh

A REDBANK Plains man has been charged for dangerous driving and a number of other serious offences after allegedly reaching speeds of 182kmh on the Ipswich Motorway.

A REDBANK Plains man has been charged for dangerous driving and a number of other...

Demand for acreage lots pushes up property prices

Property values in Cooroy have increased 25%

Property values jump in Cooroy and Peachester.

How a sacked real estate agent made $725k in four months

Agent is now under investigation by the industry watchdog

RBA warns of future apartment oversupply

Toowoomba: Crest Apartments and Burke & Wills, Ruthven Street ( view from Neil Street) Photo Bev Lacey / The Chronicle

RBA says oversupply of apartments poses risk to household finances