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The bitter split behind Australia's Rio failures

Roy Masters

Usain Bolt from Jamaica celebrates after crossing the line to win the gold medal in the men's 200-meter final, during ...

'I am the greatest': But by how far, Usain?

Three runners were separated by 0.01sec; and the bronze decided by 0.003.

Race for bronze decided by 0.003 seconds

Daniel Cherny

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	35	33	32	100
2. GBR	22	21	13	56
3. CHN	20	16	22	58
10. AUS	7	10	10	27
Full Medal Tally

Woolworths to dump 'confusing' shopping program

Esther Han

A body found burning by the side of a road has been identified as a missing Logan woman.

Logan mum's body dumped, set on fire by road

Ava Benny-Morrison

The Auditor-General in 2015 discovered that 66 of Queensland's 77 council were targeted by fraudsters between 2009-2014.

Councils lost $8m in five years to scams

Tony Moore

Laura Pilati, who was targeted by a pornographic photo-sharing website.

'I have never taken a topless photo, yet I saw myself on porn site'

Rachel Olding, Peter Munro

Ryan Lochte said he was robbed at gunpoint, which police in Brazil now say was a lie.

US Olympic Committee apologises to Brazil for Lochte robbery lie

Georgina Mitchell
1 hr ago

Flu outbreak closes Toowoomba girls school

Big Brother shooting accused loses bail bid

'I am the greatest': Bolt seals 200m with ease

Matt Bungard

CCTV images appear to show a teenager with ankle-cuffs being held down at the Townsville centre.

D'Ath orders review into state 'abuse' of children

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
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Ten Brisbane events this weekend

Darren Sharper won the Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2010.

Super Bowl winner jailed for rape

Can you find your bright spark to make it through Quizlander?

Quizlander: Do you have answers?

Getting rid of a horror housemate can be a horror in itself.

How to get rid of bad housemates

Hugo Weaving tells Ky's story

Nathan Friend of the Titans passes the ball.

How Toowoomba launched Nathan Friend to the NRL

H&M has opened a new store, its 12th in Australia, at Pacific Werribee.

H&M; coming to Toowoomba months earlier than expected

ASX weathers earnings tsunami to end flat

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Long Tan battle commander urges respect for ...

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'A little stingy': Homeless man tells of brush ...

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The mining industry is well positioned to act with more discipline in the next commodity price upswing which, according ...

Adani mine clears another legal hurdle

Queensland earthquake was latest in an active year

Darren Cartwright

Frog's 'piercing headache' lands photographer prize

Rania Spooner

Cannabis crops found at a Buderim residence.

More than 50 cannabis plants found at Sunshine Coast home

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

The re-emergence of black lung disease with be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry.

'My grandfather died of black lung. I thought it was gone'

Amy Remeikis

Police are investigating after a prisoner was injured at Maryborough.

Inmate suffers serious head wounds in prison

Booze ban: After another misdemeanour involving alcohol James Roberts has vowed to stay off the booze.

Roberts imposes booze ban after latest drama

Adrian Proszenko

The truck rolled near Sydney Airport about 3.50am, spilling hundreds of litres of fuel and causing peak-hour traffic chaos.

Traffic nightmare after tanker crash near Sydney airport

Footage shows alleged abuse in youth detention

The car of the future is well on its way.

Who gets fined in a driverless car, and 700 legal barriers

The house in the exclusive suburb of Peppermint Grove has remained partially-built since 2010.

Oswal's 'Taj Mahal on the Swan' to be demolished

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives a homeless man five dollars.

'It was a human reaction': PM defends giving money to a beggar

Matthew Knott

Autistic boy's family granted residency after ministerial intervention

Abbott goes to hospital for stitches after surf accident

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Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of Ausgrid.

Morrison confirms decision to block Ausgrid sale

BREAKING
25 mins ago

'Worthy arguments' to change race act but not a 'priority', says PM

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the white paper will 'look at how to maximise our influence'.

Bishop kick-starts new foreign policy framework

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the National Ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan at the ...

'Very unreasonable': Turnbull attacks Vietnam over lock-out

A Trump campaign aide covers the microphone while Paul Manafort checks the teleprompter ahead of a Donald Trump speech ...

Trump advisers waged covert campaign on behalf of Ukraine leader

Jeff Horwitz

Fearful passengers crouching at Kennedy Airport after gunman false alarm.

Did Usain Bolt trigger airport stampede?

A Malaysian police photo of Encep Nurjuman, also known as Hambali or Riduan Isamuddin.

Bali bomber seeks freedom after 13 years

Lindsay Murdoch
28 mins ago

I take no comfort from response to this picture

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi
1 hr ago

Third of schoolgirls, 14, shared naked selfies

COMMENT
Madonna King

Sisters in arms: Cate and Bronte Campbell after the 100m freestyle final.

Please still love me… even if I got you sacked

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

Labor has hung out 'closed for business' sign

COMMENT
Tim Nicholls

The Big Short: Steve Eisman's character was portrayed by Hollywood actor Steve Carell.

Bank class action linked to The Big Short

Sarah Danckert

The moves on the ASX were driven by investor reactions to individual company results.

ASX weathers earnings tsunami to end flat

Vanessa Desloires
2 mins ago

Australia's workplace watchdog says cleaners at Woolworths were paid illegal hourly rates.

Woolworths set to relaunch rewards program

Esther Han

Uber recently tapped the debt market for $US2 billion.

US judge delivers blow to Uber

Mike Isaac

Customers the new focus after Medibank Private health scare

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Ardent sells Goodlife gyms for $260m to private equity

The world's richest family just got richer again

Markets Live: BHP leads ASX higher

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

What to see this weekend in Queensland

Ellen Lutton

While neutral colours are always in, why not go bold with your paint choice?

Don't decorate your home without these 10 must-know rules

Oversupply in Brisbane could see extreme price drops.

Devastating 25% unit price drop looms: academic

Jason Quelch

Check with the body corporate before you knock down a wall in your unit.

What you need to know before renovating your unit

Nicola Thompson

This castle-like dwelling is within a 45-minute drive from Melbourne's CBD.

Seven weird and wonderful homes for sale around Australia

Pauline Morrissey

Marion Wine Bar by IF Architecture, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Hot shots: 17 of our most ridiculously good looking bars

Fine Drinks
Stephen Lacey

Italian Roberto Malizia's blog <i>This Is Malice</i> has picked up over 15,000 followers.

The overseas 'style influencers' finding success in Australia

Men's Style

Many retirees are planning to spend savings on home renovations or holidays in order to qualify for a part age pension ...

Retirees are spending their savings to qualify for age pension

Daryl Dixon

Raised from the dead: Unlike the character Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, death is final and we need to plan for it.

The biggest gift Jon Snow's parents could have given him

Catherine Robson

Sponsoring the Olympics is big business. Simone Biles is now considered the greatest female gymnast in the world.

Sports sponsorship: Why it's a big deal

James Adonis

An advertised image of the "sharelarium".

The business you should never run from your garage

Body found burning near Tweed Heads

Hugo Weaving tells Ky's story

Earthquake aftershocks off Queensland

Caravan explosion: man missing

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 13: Kiki Kisses, Miss Sanders, Miss Ambrey, Miss Bambi L'amour and Miss Kat D'vyne at the ...

Photos of the week: August 18, 2016

Season 1 & 2 of UnREAL, now streaming.

Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

The take up of contactless payment options is accelerating at a rapid rate.

How to present choice to customers

Advertiser Content

Hacker with binary codes looking directly to the camera iStock pic for Cyber Crime story Hacker / computers /technology ...

Cyber criminals target Australia

Advertiser Content

Michael Leunig: View the collection

Fairfax Shop

Richie Strahan with the women from The Bachelor.

How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists

COMMENT
Suzie Gibson

Scandal has hit actor/director/writer Nate Parker before the release of his slave film <i>The Birth of a Nation</i>.

Scandal rocks Nate Parker's The Birth of a Nation

Brooks Barnes, Cara Buckley

The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

JonBenet Ramsey murder latest true crime series

Ebony Bowden

Back to Gotham: A new animated <i>Batman</i> movie featuring the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward is on the way.

Holy comeback! Ageing caped crusaders return to Batman

Linda Morris

Megan Marx told bachelor Richie Strahan she couldn't fall in love with him in such an intense environment.

Megan's shock Bachelor exit provides raw emotion producers dream of

COMMENT
Ebony Bowden

Lady Gaga has reinvented herself a few times on her journey from shock value pop star to Tony Bennett collaborator to ...

Lady Gaga to star in remake of A Star Is Born

Ebony Bowden

Daniel Radcliffe apologises for character's racial slurs

Hannah Furness

JK Rowling is keeping the Potter franchise alive.

JK Rowling unveils 'brand new treat' of three more Harry Potter books

Latika Bourke

These 48 hours are yours, make the most of them

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 16: Lord Mayor Graham Quirk announces the start of construction to restore Teneriffe?s ...

Teneriffe's engine room to be transformed into a riverside cafe

Cameron Atfield

Matt Le Nevez will star in a new film being shot in Queensland.

All-star cast lured to Queensland for new film for Foxtel

Nathanael Cooper

"Twitter has proven, again and again, that it doesn't care about meaningful steps towards stopping harassment," writes ...

Delete your Twitter and leave the whole thing to the trolls

Clem Bastow

The stores will be selling Kanye West-branded sweatshirts, T-shirts, denim and swimwear.

Big queues as shoppers flock to Kanye's Australian pop-up

Melissa Singer and Jenna Clarke

Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy

Frank T McAndrew

Heard to give $9m from Depp divorce settlement to charities

THE GOOD: This white napkin and these criminally high waisted pants would look terrible on so many, but Nicole ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

I don't love my stepchildren

COMMENT
Michelle Smith

The spam Facebook invites for 'Ray-Ban charity sales' explained

Caitlin Dewey

Architects all over the world are using new techniques to integrate buildings with nature.

10 homes that get up close and personal with nature

Houzz

Why pushups are your new favourite exercise

Benjamen Judd

Is jackfruit the new vegan superfood?

Lindy Alexander

How to get fit without spending a cent

Victoria Hoff

9 tips that will save you money at the organic grocer

Katie Faulkiner

The Katering Show's Kate McCartney (top) and Kate McLennan

The Katering Show: how do I eat at a fancy restaurant?

KATE MCCARTNEY AND KATE MCLENNAN

Winter nights: Sirloin with pan gravy, eschalots and Jerusalem artichokes.

Beef sirloin with gravy juices, eschalots and Jerusalem artichokes

Neil Perry

When she vanished, he called police. Now he's charged with murder

Katie Mettler

Danny Fitzgerald, 13, took his own life after relentless bullying.

Parents share bullied son's heartbreaking suicide note

Ariane Beeston
1 hr ago

Mum pens hilarious letter to husband as she is leaving for a girls weekend away.

Mum leaves hilarious note for dad before leaving for the weekend

James Corden with Adele on Carpool Karaoke.

Air NZ invite James Corden to 'boring' NZ for 'Cockpit Karaoke'

Singapore Airlines business class cabin on an A350 aircraft.

What it's like to fly business class for the first time

Siobhan Downes

Keep your eyes open for special planes, such as Japanese carrier ANA's R2-D2 style Star Wars jet.

The perfect place for a plane spotter in Sydney

Craig Platt

Devices that include the new kind of battery could go for twice as long without needing to be plugged in.

These batteries could double your phone's life

Tim Biggs

Rather than go to war with streaming giants like Netflix and Apple Music, Telstra is using them to win over mobile customers.

Telstra aims to sway Netflix fans

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New technology could help minimise train delays by identifying faults in overhead wires.

The internet of things system helping the trains run on time

Andrew Colley

Pokemon GO players break gyms with eggs

Kotaku

Twitter's filter has been available to users with a blue tick for more than a year.

Twitter finally gives 'quality filter' to all

Caitlin Dewey

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen Australia will boycott the AAA's Australia's Best Cars awards.

Volkswagen takes aim at car clubs

David McCowen

The new Holden Colorado LTZ is a significant improvement on its predecessor.

New Holden Colorado reviewed

David McCowen

More power for BMW 2-Series

Dom Tripolone

McLaren reveals 570GT concept

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen is set to introduce a baby SUV based on the T-Cross concept.

VW prepares SUV onslaught

David McCowen

Green and gold: Renae Ingles with twins Milla and Jacob.

Meet the twins Boomers' Ingles left behind

Usain Bolt smiles as he crosses the line.

'You can do it clean': Bolt wins 200m

Michael Gleeson

Coach arrives home: 'That glamour is going to change women's rugby'

1 hr ago

Ryan Gregson has made Australian history in Rio

Gregson the first Aussie to reach 1500m final in 40 years

'A good track for girls': BMX champ crashes out

Samantha Lane

'Amazing athlete' wins gold - aged just 15

Lochte charged with lying about robbery after trashing toilet

Aussie decathlete nearly takes out cameramen with javelin

Out for revenge: Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore.

Wallabies ready to win back holy grail

Tom Decent

How Toowoomba launched Nathan Friend to the NRL

Bennett blows up over brutal face kick

Ed Jackson

Bullet pass: Will Genia returns No.9 for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup Test.

Cheika goes for experience, mongrel to beat All Blacks

Georgina Robinson

Spun out: Australia's David Warner leaves the pitch after being dismissed. The batsmen have struggled with spin on the ...

Lehmann says beaten tourists should be 'reasonably embarrassed'

Jon Pierik

Another one bites the dust: Mitch Marsh heads back to the stands during the third Test.

Mitch Marsh pulled out of Sri Lanka ODIs

Cool head: Matt Giteau can dictate the game for the home side.

Why nobody should write off the Wallabies

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

Roberts imposes booze ban after latest drama

Adrian Proszenko