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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 14 September 2016. ...

This is only the beginning of PM's problems

Peter Hartcher

Magic man: Johnathan Thurston's brilliance in extra time helped the Cowboys to victory.

Torrid matches won't stop Cowboys, says Bennett

Phil Lutton

Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court on Friday, flanked by private security, for what is expected to be his final ...

Clive Palmer's testimony ends in confusion

Jorge Branco

George Christensen says the Queensland change is akin to legalising older men being able to groom boys.

George Christensen weighs in on anal sex laws

Amy Remeikis

Senator Pauline Hanson delivers her first speech to the Senate.

Hanson invited to Qld mosque open day

One man is dead and two others injured after three motorcycle crashes on Brisbane roads on Friday night.

Man dies, two injured in separate motorcycle accidents

Burkini debate spreads to Egypt as woman ordered out of hotel pool

Heba Habib

More than one million refugees have now left South Sudan: UN

Swedish court upholds Julian Assange arrest warrant

Nick Miller

Watchdog investigates syringes dumped in wheelie bins

Tony Moore

Discrimination and vilification: know your rights

Alison and Jillian Barrett

Cr Quirk has welcomed state government involvement in helping to build the business case for the Brisbane Metro project.

State pitches in for Brisbane Metro planning

Cameron Atfield

Brisbane is expecting 15-30 millimetres of rain, which will mostly fall throughout Sunday.

Brisbane weather: Get set for rain

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Swell Sculpture Festival will liven up the southern Gold Coast this weekend.

10 thing to do this weekend

Nick Kyrgios

Kyrgios to quit tennis - is basketball next?

A free online course has been released that teaches how to help a stranded marine turtle.

New push to save stranded turtles

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Manatees rescued from golf course pond

New research suggests controlled crying can improve babies' sleeping patterns.

Nine days of anxiety with a newborn

Israeli Antiquities Authority official Donald T. Ariel holds a rare, nearly 2,000-year-old gold coin, at the Antiquities ...

Lost something metal? Let this bloke find it for you

Brisbane weather: Get set for rain

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Cowboys one game from grand final after another ...

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10 things you didn't know about the new RBA power ...

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69 Bridge Street sold well above expectations.

Toowoomba home sells $150,000 above reserve

Jason Quelch

Murals Wallpapers in Britain has released a new collection of high-definition marble printed wallpaper.

Marble wallpaper delivers style on cheap

Madeleine Wedesweiler

16 Somerset Street, Windsor.

What to see this weekend in Queensland

Ellen Lutton

The apartments will blend into the natural environment.

Luxury development to be built on Gold Coast landmark

8 Bale Street, Ascot, on the market for $2.65 million.

Hot in the city: Brisbane's top winter suburbs

Queensland Rail commuters feel much less safe at night than they did a year ago, a survey has found.

Seven days of rail pain before new Queensland rail link opens

Curiosity lures Generation Z to drive more creativity

Tony Moore

Brisbane stars in Australia Day as filming wraps on new movie

Nathanael Cooper

Queensland Treasurer announces the tax will be relaxed for 'significant' development.

Qld relaxes tax for 'significant' housing developments

Queensland health minister has set a Tuesday deadline for the board to explain its performance.

Cairns hospital board faces sack over budget blow-out

iPhone fan David Bogg arrived at the Telstra store 15 hours before it opened to be first to get his hands on the new ...

David Bogg's 15-hour wait for Brisbane's first iPhone 7

Nathanael Cooper

Police are concerned a boy who ran off after being hit by a car could have suffered injuries.

Boy hit by car on Gold Coast runs off without help

Roy Hill in the Pilbara.

Barf and the beautiful: Beneath the Pilbara's dust

"The school has become the currency for the debate" in divorce proceedings.

Public v private: The rise in parents split over schools

The home was reduced to rubble.

House blaze linked to accused killer of Kalgoorlie teen

WA

The court heard Simone Farrow used her image as a swimsuit model as a cover for her role in the exporting of drugs.

Ex-Penthouse Pet smuggled drugs for Hollywood lifestyle

NSW

Malarndirri McCarthy, Ken Wyatt, Linda Burney, Pat Dodson and Jacqui Lambie at Parliament House.

In historic gathering, nation’s Indigenous MPs reject hate

Fergus Hunter

The dark side of Australia's border protection success

Michael Gordon

Conroy quietly exits politics for expected business role

Heath Aston, Fergus Hunter

Stephen Conroy with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015.

Hardman's soft exit could leave Bill Shorten exposed

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Former communications minister, Labor senator Stephen Conroy is believed to be one of the people being raided.

Stephen Conroy: the Right's man of political intrigue

Outgoing Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 Brigadier Kathryn Campbell, CSC (left) with incoming Deputy Commander ...

Women may soon have clean sweep in defence and foreign affairs

Julian Leeser delivers his first speech at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Julian Leeser: young fogey and constitution lover

Jailed for six years: Oscar Pistorius.

Pistorius prosecutors accused of having 'personal vendetta'

Friday's bombing was the latest in a series of attacks in Pakistan. This was was treated after a roadside attack in ...

Deadly explosion tears through mosque in Pakistan

Nesrine Kenza enjoys swimming in her burkini in Marseille, France. The debate over the burkini started in France, where ...

Burkini debate spreads to Egypt as woman ordered out of pool

Rubble in downtown Aleppo, which before the war was a tourist magnet for Syria.

Heavy fighting risks fragile Syrian truce

Extensive series of an elementary school classroom. Includes multi-cultural group of teachers and students.

Single-sex schools a 'waste of time', expert tells Australia

Madonna King

Farmland must be maintained to prevent weeds and feral animals from taking over,

It's not foreigners owning land but how they use it

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

Mr Wilson said he apologised to Malcolm Turnbull after the meeting, and the Prime Minister accepted his apology.

Pointless cost of pointless plebiscite

COMMENT
John Birmingham

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Volatility returned to global markets last week in ...

Global stocks slip as oil hits multi-week lows

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Yes, people did queue outside Apple stores around the world to get their hands on the latest iPhones. But it was a far ...

The Apple store line is dying

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The big fall in coal prices in recent years tells us the supply of coal now exceeds demand.

Is the power of king coal overstated?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

ATO investigates 35 e-commerce companies

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Investors reward Myer but outlook unclear

Why the house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

You can't got wrong with a Comme des Garcons striped T-shirt.

Weekend style checklist: what to wear when you're off duty

Stitched Up

Canberra’s Bentspoke has become one of the country’s busiest brewpubs.

Twelve great Aussie brewpubs making their own beer on-site

Fine Drinks

Demand from China has sent Bellamy's stock soaring, making it one of the ASX's recent success stories.

There's no such thing as 'smart money'

Scott Phillips

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The best way to give property to your children

George Cochrane

Detch Singh, co-founder of Hypetap.

This huge trend in start ups continues apace

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Joji Felicitas Pantoja speaks in an inclusive business conference.

The best country in the world for women social entrepreneurs

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When magpies attack

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Matt Gillett's costly brain fade

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Tintin and the rocker: meet the incoming RBA bosses

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Kyrgios, Tomic hand Australia lead

Grade three students of Ascot Vale West Primary School in high spirits at the Showgrounds despite a busy morning in 1986.

Look back at showbags of past Royal Melbourne Shows

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

Fostering Connections

How one person can make a difference

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

Cyber criminals target Australia

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FFX shop

Margaret Flockton’s Wildflowers of Australia

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Levi Miller will play Mick, a boy living on a Pilbara cattle station in the 1960s.

Can Red Dog perform new tricks?

Ebony Bowden

Even Nikki Gogan's ex-fiance Tim Verlinden was 'sad' to see her dumped by The Bachelor Richie Strahan on Thursday night.

The Bachelor: Even Nikki's ex was 'sad' to see her dumped

Amy Croffey

Maurizio Cattelan's America, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Guggenheim flushed with pride at solid gold toilet

Karl Quinn

Comedian Dave O'Neil.

Comedian Dave O'Neil on peaking in the 80s

Kerrie O'Brien

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of <i>The Bachelor</i> during the season four finale ...

Bachelor Richie shocks viewers in surprise ending

Ebony Bowden

Single and pregnant: Renee Zellweger in <i>Bridget Jones's Baby</i>.

The truth about Renee Zellweger's face

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Singer Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse for his child molestation trial May 23, 2005 in ...

Michael Jackson businesses groomed kids: claim

Karl Quinn

The tactical batsuit is for when the everyday bat gear just won't cut it.

Holy bat-nipples! Caped Crusader covers up in new suit

Michael Idato

Hugh Sheridan is performing in the California Crooners Club at the Spiegeltent in Brisbane.

Hugh Sheridan finds success in California with crooners

Nathanael Cooper

Must Do Brisbane Monday night dining spots.

Must Do Brisbane: Monday night eats

Art From The Margins photographers Abdalrhman (left) and Bonneur (right) with Iranian refugee and professional ...

Refugee achievements celebrated through art

Toby Crockford

Indigenous model Magnolia Maymuru was the first Indigenous woman from a traditional community to become a finalist in ...

Is this the end of Aussie fashion's 'blonde-ocracy'?

Andrew Hornery

THE BAD: Natasha Poly appears to be succumbing to the actual purple people eater in this Francesco Scognamiglio dress. ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Models Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner wear fake dreadlocks at Marc Jacobs' NYFW show.

Marc Jacobs called out for putting dreadlocks on models at NYFW

Rob Moran

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of <i>The Bachelor</i> during the season four finale ...

Alex's win on the Bachelor is a win for all single mums

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall.

And the award for worst feminist goes to ...

Andrew Hornery

Miranda Kerr in Harper's Bazaar Australia.

Cleaning up, Malibu Miranda style

Andrew Hornery

Should you shop at the 'new' Katies?

Melissa Singer

Move over Kim Kardashian: Why you need to add ''Blac Chyna'' to your vocabulary.

Why you need to add 'Blac Chyna' to your vocabulary

Amy Croffey

Shot of a group of people doing squats in a gym

Understanding the 'cult' of group fitness

Lindy Alexander

fish

Why the Mediterranean diet works

Ellie Krieger

Male Athlete Doing Pull Ups - Chin-Ups In The Gym

How to do the perfect pull-up

Benjamen Judd

Morgan McGlone, of Belles Hot Chicken fame, reveals his favourite places to get fried chicken in America.

Here's where to find the best fried chicken in the USA

Lee Tran Lam

Can a label be trusted to indicate a wine's worth?

Can you judge a wine by its label?

Callan Boys

Barbecued T-bone with salsa dragoncello.

Barbecued T-bone steak with Italian-style salsa

Neil Perry

A US fertility doctor is accused of using his own sperm while treating patients.

Fertility doctor used own sperm '50 times' when treating patients

Cat Rodie

Addison Quinn, 16, is in search of a weekend job.

Down syndrome teen's letter asking for a job goes viral

Ariane Beeston

Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Zachery Ty Bryan, and Taran Noah Smith starred in Tim Allen's <i>Home Improvement</i>.

Home Improvement is 25 years old and the boys are all grown up

Ariane Beeston

Himalayan ride 6 - Riding the Friendship Highway, Tibet Must credit?Nomadic Knights ?Iain Crockart

The world's 10 most epic motorcycle rides

David McGonigal

Mantua, View towards Mantua and Lago Inferiore.

Italian city-states where art was used for power and influence

Ute Junker

Welcome to Australia? Customs at Melbourne Airport.

Traveller letters: Melbourne Airport is embarrassingly bad

As Tim Cook hones Apple's smartphone design, what will the next iPhone look like?

Has iPhone's weight loss finally plateaued?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The fundamental nature of lithium batteries means the potential for 'thermal runaway' is always there.

Why your phone is a ticking time bomb

Alex Cranz

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Review: Fixing the past to save the present in Dragon Quest VII

Tim Biggs

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Latest Pac-Man game breaks the rules

Kotaku

The Galaxy S7 Edge, which debuted in March.

Does S7 Edge have battery problem too?

Jon Swartz

Mazda MX-5 US road trip.

One in a million

Andrew MacLean

Mazda hopes Australian car fans will turn to the Mazda6.

Mazda chasing Aussie car refugees

David McCowen

2016 Audi A4 Allroad.

Driven: Audi A4 allroad

Peter McKay

The car offers a choice of four cylinder petrol or diesel engines.

Volvo's SUV alternative

David McCowen

2016 Holden Spark.

What little runabout should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2016 Mercedes-Benz E350d.

Driven: Mercedes-Benz E350d

Andrew MacLean

'Worst I've ever seen': Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry has lashed out at the current Wallabies.

Graham Henry slams current Wallabies as worst he's seen

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Nick Kyrgios

Kyrgios set to play at NBA All-Stars weekend

Michael Chammas

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Broncos coach Wayne Bennett looks on at the at the post match media conference at the ...

Torrid matches won't stop Cowboys, says Wayne Bennett

Phil Lutton

Breakthrough: Michael Morgan scores for the Cowboys in Townsville.

Cowboys one game from grand final after another epic win over Broncos

Phil Lutton
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Eddie Hayson denied match-fixing at a press conference on Thursday.

'I haven't been punched in the head that many times'

Patrick Begley

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 13: Ben Hannant of the Cowboys looks dejected whilst sitting on the bench during the ...

Clash against former club Broncos is sudden death for Hannant

Holding court: Eddie Hayson held a bizarre hour-long media conference on Thursday.

Hayson needs to stop hanging around footballers

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Enigma: "Not many people really know who I am as a person," says Nick Kyrgios.

Nobody knows me: Kyrgios says bad boy act is all for show

Michael Chammas