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Cate Campbell is comforted by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom and Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen after her shock 100m loss. Credit - ...

The bitter split behind Australia's Rio failures

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US lie in wait for Boomers or Serbia in final

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Lochte says sorry for Rio antics ... sort of

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	37	34	32	103
2. GBR	24	21	13	58
3. CHN	22	18	25	65
10. AUS	7	11	10	28
Full Medal Tally

Coles supermarket employee Penny Vickers is furious about the deal. "Why wasn't it brought to our attention?"

Former IS prisoner to share her story in Brisbane

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The location of an earthquake that struck off Bowen early on Friday morning.

Aftershocks will be felt 'for weeks' after Qld earthquake

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Queensland 'officially in flu season' as case numbers spike

Jorge Branco

Australian woman held over Bali policeman's death

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa

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

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Councils lost $8m in five years to scams

Tony Moore

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

Rachel Olding, Peter Munro

Sabrina Bremer's burned body was found in Dulguigan, in far north NSW, on Thursday August 18, 2016.

Daughter's plea for mum who will never come home

Ava Benny-Morrison

Ten Brisbane events this weekend

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with homeless man Kent Kerswell in January.

PM's $5 donation speaks volumes

COMMENT

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?

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

Brazil's real defies emerging market slump

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Former female IS prisoner to speak at UQ

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Wall St slips on rate timing talk

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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

Police want to speak with Anthony Soong over a shooting in Merrimac on December 6.

Big Brother shooting accused loses bail bid

French woman charged over beauty queen's death

Nathanael Cooper

Adani mine clears another legal hurdle

The site is 35 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD.

Entire shopping village hits market

Jason Quelch

Two men have suffered burns at a TAFE campus in Hervey Bay.

Teacher, student burnt in Hervey Bay TAFE fire

The location of an earthquake that struck off Bowen early Friday morning.

Queensland earthquake was latest in an active year

Darren Cartwright

'Piercing headache' by Matthew McIntosh.

Frog's 'piercing headache' lands photographer prize

Rania Spooner

Dr Biswajit Banik and his wife Dr Sarmin Sayeed with their autistic son Arkojeet Banik.

'Thank you': Autistic boy's family get residency

Gobi and Dion Leonard celebrate at the finish line.

Stray dog which followed runner for 125km goes missing

Banks woman Kerry Evans was attacked by a wombat while walking dogs Murphy and Pirate (pictured) in the suburban street ...

Woman thought she would die in wombat attack

EXCLUSIVE

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

Review as reports allege youth detention abuse

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives a homeless man five dollars.

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

Matthew Knott

Another form of torture

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Autistic boy's family granted residency after ministerial intervention

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first major post-election speech on the economy was disrupted by protesters, ...

Turnbull's chance to return shine to leadership

COMMENT

Tony Abbott, pictured surfing in 2014, went to hospital for a "couple of stitches" after encountering rough surf ...

Abbott goes to hospital for stitches after surf accident

Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of Ausgrid.

Morrison confirms decision to block Ausgrid sale

Retired Veteran Harry Smith with his medals at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Long Tan battle commander urges respect for Vietnamese

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns

Aryanna Gourdin poses with a giraffe she hunted in South Africa.

Outrage after 12-year-old girl pictured with dead giraffes and zebra

The wanted poster showing Byron Bay resident Sara Connor.

Police detain Australian over policeman's death

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa

Spain's acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy.

The Christmas gift from politicians to Spaniards

Charles Penty

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

Public sector wage growth is also at a record low, at 2.4 per cent.

Exec excess - reining in big bonuses

Georgia Wilkins and Ruth Williams

China's growth drivers are shifting from investment, exports and heavy industry to consumption, innovation and services.

Australia and China, a changing partnership

Ross Gittins

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

EXCLUSIVE

Pressure has intensified for a royal commission into the banks following US legal action over their handling of bank ...

'Illicit profits' fuels calls for royal commission

Adele Ferguson

The Oswals drama might not be over yet

Sarah Danckert

If capping executive pay isn't the solution, rethinking capitalism is

Nassim Khadem

APRA highlights insurance risks

Clancy Yeates

Malls morph into town centres

Carolyn Cummins

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

Cancer breakthrough: 'It genuinely is a game changer'

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

The Australian children's books your kids must read

Linda Morris

Director Todd Phillips at the Los Angeles premiere of <i>War Dogs</i>.

War Dogs lays bare the farcical way the US buys weapons

Andrew Purcell

Richie Strahan with the women from The Bachelor.

How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists

COMMENT
Suzie Gibson

Trevor Noah says he deploys humour to understand issues that are no laughing matter

Trevor Noah on why Donald Trump is a dangerous clown

Andrew Taylor

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

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

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

Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet Story by Ute Junker on high altitude cities
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Cities with altitude: The world's best cities on mountains

Ute Junker

Some people should charter a flight rather than fly with other passengers.

Traveller letters: Want to be treated like the only person on the plane?

The retreat that's not just for nuns

Canada
Caroline Gladstone

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

Emotions spill over as Tallent Jnr finishes women's walk in agony

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 19: Team Australia competes in the Synchronised Swimming Teams Free Routine on Day 14 ...

Thunderstruck no more as synchro swimmers settle on sacred rock

Sanctioned: Emma McKeon has been disciplined.

Why it's right to ban swimmers from closing ceremony

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Tallent walks the walk, so let him fly the flag

Greg Baum

'Ridiculous, unfair': Chinese fume at US relay re-run

The Bolt that never ends as he leaves the rest in his wake

Where Australia sits in the real medal count

Sprinter misses out by 0.003 seconds

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

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