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The stolen vehicle is similar to that pictured and has same mag wheels.

Thieves 'stumble across' rare $100,000 Porsche

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Angry PM publicly smacks down three ministers

Fergus Hunter
7 mins ago

The video was posted to Facebook on Wednesday, two days before the fatality.

Two cassowary chicks killed on road despite warning signs

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
43 mins ago

Brisbane skipper Corey Parker takes on the Roosters defensive line at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.

Broncos in finals limbo, leaving Bennett fuming

Ed Jackson
12 mins ago

Former bikini model Renee Eaves (pictured) has revealed 'disgust' after discovering police officers had accessed her ...

Police block RTI applications over personal file access

Jorge Branco

Mr Pyne tells the opposition what he thinks of them.

Christopher Pyne has to go after night of chaos

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

'What the hell happened here?': Tromp family's ill-fated road trip

Report reveals council's 69 execs on $200k-plus

Cameron Atfield

Council officers charged after alleged assault

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Another BCC $10m stoush looms with state govt

Cameron Atfield

Drivers sign on as Uber becomes legal in Queensland

Many Queensland drivers are unsure about the finer details of using a roundabout.

Roundabout laws leave drivers in a spin

Bunnings will not be drawn into a race to the bottom as the Masters liquidation gathers pace.

Price promise won't apply

The epicentre of Friday morning's quake.

NZ quake causes tsunami waves

When you can't sell a home, why not let the market guide the price? That's the approach one Queensland agent has with ...

The house that costs $4??,000

Blanc De Blanc has come to its creator Scott Maidment's home city.

Cork to pop on naughtiest show

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Leppitsch talks of anger at sacking

puppy and kitten

New cat cafe will leave you feline good

Brisbane cosplayer Ria - known as gaming_goddess - will be at Toowoomba Carnival Con.

Cosplay to star at new Carnival Con fanfest

'Embarrassed, humiliated, excoriated': Angry PM ...

12:16PM

Broncos in finals limbo, leaving Bennett fuming

12:11PM

Millions of bees killed after Zika mosquito spray ...

11:54AM

Queenslanders can expect above-average temperatures in the coming months but above-average rainfall as well.

Queensland weather: Wet, warm conditions to continue

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Three die in separate crashes on Queensland roads

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Girl found hanging from swing makes 'remarkable recovery'

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

British backpacker Thomas Jackson has died in hospital following the alleged attack.

Hero backpacker Tom Jackson's organs donated

An emergency situation lasted almost four hours in Townsville on Thursday.

Explosives charges after Townsville streets shut down

Debris from the gut of a short-tailed shearwater.

Study reveals plastic and balloons in seabird stomachs

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

A motorcyclist died after being struck by a car as the driver was allegedly looking at her phone.

Motorbike brothers struck by driver looking at phone: police

A series of east coast lows made for a wet winter for Sydney.

Records tumbled in wet, warm and often wild winter

NSW

After several years of absence HMAS Collins returns to Fleet Base West. It is the first time ever that all the Collins ...

Skills crisis threatens to sink subs program

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Stun grenades, tear gas used to quell juvenile riot

WA

Queensland's new laws ban people from lighting up at bus stops, taxi ranks, outdoor shopping malls, aged care ...

Smokers face 'toughest laws in the country'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

'Embarrassed, humiliated: Angry PM slams ministers

Fergus Hunter
7 mins ago

Pyne blames 'stuff up' for Parliament vote loss

Fergus Hunter

Who is responsible for the government's blunder?

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Mr Pyne tells the opposition what he thinks of them.

Pyne has to go after this failure

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 1 September 2016. ...

Voters will mark down Turnbull - not Shorten - for chaos

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Kim Carr and Sam Dastyari pose for a picture on Victoria's 2014 election day.

Fresh questions over Dastyari's entitlements

Latika Bourke

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has hardened his rhetoric against the plebiscite in recent weeks.

Labor emboldened by poll to block plebiscite

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Abdullah Kurdi after his sons Alan and Galip died near the Turkish resort of Bodrum.

Picture of my dead son on beach did nothing, says Kurdi

1 hr ago

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, gestures at the conclusion of a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Duplicity of Donald Trump

COMMENT
Charles M. Blow
35 mins ago

Not happy: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg: not happy about SpaceX rocket explosion

1 hr ago

Deja Lindsey, 20, a junior at Georgetown University.

US uni will recruit descendants of slaves it once sold

Allison and Gerard Baden-Clay, with their three children.

The shining light that Gerard can't diminish

COMMENT
Madonna King

Faith, 8, died in a Cairns unit after she was beaten by her mother.

System in crisis fails kids in crisis

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

Research shows about 15 per cent of retirees are renting property and about 8 per cent are still paying off a mortgage.

How to avoid debt in retirement

Olivia Maragna

City residents have more at stake than business owners when it comes to council elections.

With Christmas looming, retailers are getting nervous

Catie Low

The ASX has slid for most of the week.

Markets Live: ASX drops below 5400

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
42 mins ago

The US dollar's share of the $US5.1 trillion ($6.8 trillion) in foreign exchange trades each day has continued rising to ...

More bang for the buck: how the US dollar still rules the world

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
1 hr ago

One of the Note7 units that reportedly exploded.

Samsung plans global recall of Galaxy Note 7 phones: report

Jungah Lee
30 mins ago

How much luck do you really need to get rich?

Bad day at the office? Elon Musk just lost $1 billion

1 hr ago

Your fridge is watching you, security experts warn

TPG set to become mobile operator in Singapore

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

When you can't sell a home, why not let the market guide the price? That's the approach one Queensland agent has with ...

The QLD property where you can pick the price you pay

Loft Dettaglio Rovere Canyon Kitchen.

How a new benchtop can completely transform your kitchen

Sara Chamberlain, The Real Estate Stylist.

Experts reveal their biggest decorating mistakes

FILE - This April 27, 2010 file photo shows cane fields at Hawaii's last sugar plantation in Puunene, Hawaii. The owners ...

A new city between Gold Coast and Brisbane?

Jason Quelch

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10 universal truths about living with dogs

A cyclist protests against the NSW bike laws.

'A shemozzle': confusion rife on compulsory ID plan for cyclists

On Your Bike
Michael O'Reilly

Four Pillars estimates it will sell 15,000 gin and tonic paddles in 2016.

Eight great distillery doors remixing the craft spirit scene

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

Illustration: Simon Letch

Why getting below the $1.6m super threshold is a timing issue

Noel Whittaker

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What you need to know before you get your first credit card

Kate Jones

Working conditions still prevent many women from breastfeeding for as long as they would like.

Making breastfeeding work … at work

James Adonis
21 mins ago

Luxury Escapes offers not only five-star and six-star properties, such as Finolhu Villa in the Maldives, but meals, ...

How this company is turning over $200 million in its third year

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Leppitsch talks of anger at sacking

1 hr ago

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Tromp children plea for father's return

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Brisbane's massive defensive set

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SpaceX rocket explodes

53 mins ago

Jim Pavlidis cartoon for Letters page Friday September 9, 2016

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Sept 2

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Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

ash v evil dead

Binge Season 1 of Ash Vs Evil Dead ahead of Season 2 in October!

Fostering Connections

How foster care makes a difference

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

FFX SHOP

John Olsen: Signed limited editions

Fairfax Shop

Laura New and Spencer Novich agree that the more the audience lets go, the better fun everyone has.

Cork about to pop on Brisbane's naughtiest show this year

Nathanael Cooper

Emma Roberts in <i>Nerve</i>.

Inventive teen thriller turns New York into a game of risk

Jake Wilson

Love story ... Nicole Kidman as Satine and Ewan McGregor as Christian in Moulin Rouge.

Baz's Moulin Rouge heading to the stage

Michael Idato

<i>Zumbo's Just Desserts</i> contestant Ashley ran his own popular dessert store, Charlie Buckett, in Melbourne.

Zumbo's Just Desserts star not an amateur

Ebony Bowden

Bertie Blackman was 'a bit shy' about visual art, until now.

Blackman's world of strange imagination

Hannah Francis

Weapons of mass distraction: They came armed - or perhaps eared - only with headphones.

Rebels invade Parliament House, no one notices

Karl Quinn

Kanye West delivered a seven-minute smack down of white privilege and a peace offering to Taylor Swift while on stage at ...

Want to see Trump in bed with Taylor Swift? Thanks, Kanye

Michael Lallo

Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, in Stranger Things.

'Stranger Things' Season 2 confirmed with teaser trailer

Meredith Woerner

Scott Bradlee, centre, with Postmodern Jukebox.

Everything old is new with Postmodern Jukebox

Nathanael Cooper

CreativeX artistic director Andy Arthurs.

Think outside the box at QUT's CreateX festival

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Chris Hemsworth meets fans during filming.

Goodbye Thor now! Hemsworth and Hiddleston check out of Brisbane

Nathanael Cooper

Sydney will host its first Skirt Club weekend play party on Saturday.

Australia's first women-only sex club arrives in Sydney

Daisy Dumas
1 hr ago

Celeste Barber on her wedding day with her bridesmaids.

My friend was my bridesmaid, but I wasn't hers

Celeste Barber
1 hr ago

Amy Schumer expertly handles a heckler during her Stockholm show.

Amy Schumer expertly shuts down a sexist heckler

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

One child revealed that he or she didn't have a pencil at home to do homework.

This is what children wish their teachers knew

Daisy Dumas

Claudine Chicheportiche at the peak of her training, 2015.

'Men would ask me if they could swap their arms for my guns'

Claudine Chicheportiche

Pamela Anderson has criticised porn-watchers in an op-ed for the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>.

Pamela Anderson urges men to give up pornography

Barney Henderson

From next year Westpac bank teller Manija Akbari will wear a new corporate hijab to work.

Westpac to add Carla Zampatti-designed hijab to official uniform

Jenna Clarke

Professor Danica Kragic (and robot), pose for Rodebjer.

The new face of fashion label Rodebjer is a robotics professor

Rob Moran

Close up of female face. The sexy girl is expressing her passion. She is biting her lower lip with desire

What women worry about is surprising

Sarah Berry

Comfort food

Don't fight cravings… try this instead

James Duigan

Punching a red punch bag concept for competition, challenge, conflict or leadership in business

Why you don't need goals to succeed

Jo Hartley

Balter ALT Brown

Beer of the week: Surfing legend Mick Fanning's new brew

Callan Boys

Adam Liaw's baked onion and blue cheese flatbread.

Skip the Friday night takeaway and make this flatbread instead

Adam Liaw

For peat's sake, have a whisky.

For peat's sake, have a whisky. Here are 10 great bottles for under $100

Fred Siggins

Steve Eckel with the baby he and a stranger saved from a hot car.

Stranger uses sledgehammer to rescue baby from car

Adam Boult
1 hr ago

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz (R) and Brooklyn Beckham attend the premiere of Universal Pictures' "Neighbors 2: Sorority ...

Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Moretz break up

1 hr ago

"Our relationship was stronger and better when our intimacy was flourishing."

Mum tries 365 days of sex with husband to boost her confidence

Mind the time when you travel into some of the world's most confusing time zones.

Set your watch: The world's most confusing time zones

David Whitley
1 hr ago

What's the nickname for a British police officer?

Traveller quiz: What's the nickname for British police officers?

Mal Chenu

Choose your foods wisely when flying.

The foods you need to avoid when flying

Michael Gebicki

Tickers can be counterfeited from the images you post on social media, Ticketmaster has warned.

Why you shouldn't share pics of tix online

Tim Biggs

Samsung has announced its new Gear S3 smartwatch line ahead of IFA in Berlin.

Samsung unveils Gear S3 smartwatches

One of the Note7 units that reportedly exploded.

Samsung Galaxy Note7's explosive issues

Alex Walker

PS4 Slim.

Unannounced 'PS4 Slim' already reviewed

Kotaku

Isaac Choi.

Silicon Valley start-up's public unravelling

Katie Benner

Skoda Kodiaq.

New Skoda Kodiaq revealed

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

2016 Hyundai Tucson 30 Special Edition.

Driven: Hyundai's 30th anniversary Tucson SUV

Andrew MacLean

2017 Nissan GT-R Premium.

New Nissan GT-R reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet.

New C-Class convertible prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Kia Rio.

All-new Kia Rio revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Porsche Macan Turbo with Performance Package.

More power for Macan Turbo

Dom Tripolone

Brisbane skipper Corey Parker takes on the Roosters defensive line at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.

Broncos in finals limbo, leaving Bennett fuming

Ed Jackson
12 mins ago

Socceroo Massimo Luongo is congratulated by Brad Smith and Aaron Mooy after scoring one of Australia's two goals against ...

Socceroos to be tested in searing heat against talented UAE

Michael Lynch
45 mins ago

Serena Williams blasts her way to history at the US Open.

Serena hits the highs, Stosur hits the lows

Darren Walton
20 mins ago

Tom Rockliff 'has a great passion' for the Lions, says Leppitsch.

Axed Lions coach Leppitsch says Rockliff should stay

Warned by police: Andrew Fifita.

Fifita should be allowed to mix with whomever he wants

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Resurgence: Jason Taylor had been under siege and was tipped by many to be the first NRL coach sacked this year.

Tigers powerbroker lauds Taylor's role in finals bid

Chris Barrett

Costly outburst: Bernard Tomic.

Tomic fined $13,300 for US Open rant

1 hr ago

Brisbane skipper Corey Parker hurls himself at the Roosters defensive line.

Rusty Broncos creep into top four, for now

Phil Lutton