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Andrew Ramsay of the CFMEU.

Worker 'quit site over safety' before fatal accident

Jorge Branco
1 hr ago

A panel due to report on issues with the local government election is yet to be appointed.

Election panel due to report, but not even appointed yet

Felicity Caldwell
1 hr ago

The Royal Flying Doctors Service has airlifted victims of Friday's incident in Kowanyama to larger medical centres.

Council vehicle ploughs into funeral, kills woman

Jorge Branco

Police and Worksafe Queensland are investigating after two men were crushed to death by a falling concrete slab at Eagle ...

'My brother is gone': Sister of racetrack worker

Jorge Branco

Mt Druitt resident and Struggle Street subject Peta Kennedy stands outside SBS as rubbish trucks blockade the ...

Struggle Street producers fined for Brisbane filming

Cameron Atfield

Andrew Fifita: Was not selected in the Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations tournament on "character" grounds.

If Fifita had written a letter – like Meninga did – he may be playing

COMMENT
Darren Kane

Visit from Pauline Hanson proves a boon for LNP MP

Felicity Caldwell

Australia Post overhaul could pave way to parcel privatisation

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Battersby

'I don't care how sick you are': Trump tells dying Americans to vote

Qld policeman in custody over child sex charges

Masters cancels orders, cuts phones amid fire sale fail

Catie Low

Korean K-Pop star Rain filmed his latest music video in Brisbane.

Sunshine State counts on 'Rain' to attract Korean tourists

Cameron Atfield
1 hr ago

When giving feedback, managers shouldn't soften the message to avoid discomfort.

Brisbane Times is moving ... but we're still in touch!

Phoebe Handsjuk, left, with her then boyfriend Antony Hampel.

Phoebe's Fall prompts rethink on appeal rights for inquests

Must Do Brisbane, October 7-9.

Das ist gut! What's on in Brisbane

Actor Ross Higgins as Ted Bullpitt in 1980s sitcom 'Kingswood Country'

Kingswood Country actor Ross Higgins dies

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Brisbane opens its doors

Michael Shannon stars as Elvis Presley in Liza Johnson?s ELVIS & NIXON, an Amazon Studios / Bleecker Street release.

Travelling film festival hits Toowoomba

24 ways to say i'm gay

Glitter Festival: 24 Ways To Say I’m Gay

Hurricane Matthew batters US state of Florida

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Banking chiefs still in the cross-hairs as ...

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Colombian president wins Nobel peace prize, ...

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Equipment at the Abbot Point coal terminal in Queensland.

Adani's Abbot Point plans face court challenge

Sunshine Coast teen parties spiral out of control

Power tool warning amid high fire danger

Clive Palmer has taken to Twitter spruik Lite 'n' Easy

Clive Lite: Palmer denies commercial deal for health kick

Cameron Atfield

A man has been charged after allegedly ramming a woman's car and threatening her with a tomahawk.

Man bites, chokes woman while driving

Southport and Beenleigh courts had the highest number of domestic violence protection order applications in 2015-16.

These are the state's busiest courts for domestic violence

Felicity Caldwell

Green power advocates are concerned any merger between the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and ARENA will mean only ...

Queensland remains committed to 50 per cent renewable power

Cameron Atfield

The Royal Flying Doctors Service has airlifted victims of Friday's incident in Kowanyama to larger medical centres.

Woman dies after car crashes into funeral

Jorge Branco

Baby Z died suddenly at Bandyup Women's Prison in 2011.

Coroner finds no blame for baby's death in prison

WA

A car fire which sparked a bushfire in Sydney's south on Friday.

'High fire danger': Car starts bushfire in Sydney's south

NSW

An artist's impression of the proposed Capital Metro light rail: The government has given detailed consideration to ...

Territory weighed levy to fund light rail project

ACT

Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence.

Running mate backtracks on Trump's proposal to ban Muslims

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall-style forum, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Sandown, ...

US election 2016: Trump tells terminally ill to 'get out and vote'

Megyn Kelly

Breach of decorum: Fox News presenters fight over Trump

Slammed by the United Nations: the detention centre on Nauru.

UN slams Australia's regional processing centres in Nauru

Michael Koziol, Michael Gordon

The seven-figure surpluses of Australia's overfunded private schools

Fergus Hunter

Brandis faces embarrassing defeat in Solicitor-General advice row

Michaela Whitbourn, Heath Aston

Marcia Langton (left) and Josephine Cashman's (second left) attempts to build a national anti-violence campaign around ...

Australia's great shame is the result of policy failure, not silence

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles says Australia should assert its rights to nativate the high seas under ...

Navy should be authorised for freedom of navigation in South China Sea: Marles

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Former PM Gough Whitlam and director of the Australian National Gallery James Mollison (left) in front of Jackson ...

Selling Blue Poles, a shameful abrogation of Australia's cultural history

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with vocational training and employment ...

Turnbull in sixth attempt to fend off royal commission

Tom McIlroy and Clancy Yeates

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima leave after their inauguration ceremony in Amsterdam in 2013.

A 'spicy question' for Dutch King Willem-Alexander

Nick Miller

Hurricane Matthew tracking north.

Hurricane Matthew: East coast braces as deadly storm lashes Florida

The next United Nations Secretary General, Portugal's Antonio Guterres, accepts his nomination on Thursday.

It's a man's world, united or not

Daniel Flitton

The face of Adolf Hitler is projected onto a 3D canvas as part of an art installation during a rehearsal for the 'Berlin ...

Hitler was true author 1923 book hailing him, author says

"How can our system be so wrong that it is possible to even put a private return flight to your own wedding through, ...

How could the groom not know?

COMMENT
Madonna King

Queensland's Channel Country is a world of colour seen by too few eyes.

Channel Country: The greatest show on Earth

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

When governments start banning moons there is a bigger right at issue.

Our right to 'moon' could be gone in a flash

COMMENT
John Birmingham

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn faces the parliamentary hearings into the big banks.

Banking chiefs still in the cross-hairs as hostility simmers

IN DEPTH
Mario Christodoulou
39 mins ago

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

Illustration: Glen LeLievre.

Money movers: How the RBA shifts interest rates

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Alice Archer? Features & Supplements Editor? MediaXpress The Age T?03 9006 9082 ...

Tax Office sticks boot into uggs

Malcolm Turnbull's tribunal will be no quick fix for banks

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

Australia Post gets books in order, privatisation feared

EXCLUSIVE

Value capture is not a magic pudding

CBD fast food giants now heading out to the 'burbs

Picturesque Queenslander: 64 Lade Street, Gaythorne.

Outdoor living the focus at this week's open homes

Four homes side by side are on the market on busy Caxton Street, near Suncorp Stadium.

Busy roads the cheaper way into Brisbane property market

carlene duffy

An open letter to Block contestants: don't play dirty

Emotions can run high at auctions and push prices up beyond expectation.

The true winner at auction: Who benefits under the hammer?

Mid-century decor is the trend that won't die down.

Don't say it's over: why won't this style of design die yet?

"Wild young men can't be expected to act like saints when they're worshipped as gods."

Aaron Smith's tryst isn't excusable, but it's understandable

Life On Mars

Zac and Jordan Stenmark in new perfume commercial they created for Giorgio Armani

Under the influence: 19 men ruling Australian fashion right now

Men's Style

Financial literacy is useless unless you can separate fact from fiction.

Financial literacy won't help if you don't get your facts straight

Noel Whittaker

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn at the parliamentary bank inquiry last week.

What the banking inquiry means for shareholders

Scott Phillips

Dan Kurzius, founder of MailChimp.

This company bucked all the start-up cliches

Farhad Manjoo

Oprah Winfrey has the body language of a leader.

Five ways your body language harms your career

James Adonis

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Brisbane opens its doors

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Workers killed at racecourse

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Trump: 'I don't care how sick you are'

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One dead in funeral crash

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Banksy, or someone claiming to be him, in a scene from the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Will the real Banksy please stand up?

Karl Quinn

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in the upcoming film <i>Allied</i>.

Could this be the film that broke Brangelina?

Karl Quinn

Actor Ross Higgins as Ted Bullpitt in 1980s sitcom 'Kingswood Country'

Kingswood Country actor Ross Higgins dies

Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.

The Stones go back to basics with first studio album in 11 years

Lady Gaga at the Maxwell Spring/Summer 2017 collection at The Russian Tea Room in New York, where she showcased songs ...

Lady Gaga launches new album with dive bar tour

Kerrie O'Brien

Flight Facilities may not look like classical musicians but the ARIA for classical album of the year is now in their hands.

Flight Facilities' ARIA Award was a controversy waiting to happen

Bernard Zuel

White people are cross at Netflix for its supposed lack of 'racial diversity' in <i>Luke Cage</i>

White people say Marvel series is 'racist' against white people

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Bros returning to relive their 80s heyday..

Boyband darlings Bros are back

Bernard Zuel

More poster shots than mug shots now for Justin Bieber, who has announced a tour of Australia in 2017

Justin Bieber books Brisbane stadium show

Bernard Zuel

Singin' In the Rain

Singin' In The Rain delivers on promise

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Nathanael Cooper

Zoe Ventoura splits her time between Australia and the United States.

Zoe Ventoura back in grittier, darker series

Top look: Dior's T-shirts quoted author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Dior encourages feminism ... with a $700 t-shirt

Jenna Clarke

Happy family.

Happy kids, great life: How do some people have it all?

COMMENT
Dom Knight

Nazi Paikidze.

Hijab protest: Chess star refuses to attend championships in Iran

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A one-size-fits-all approach is careless, writes Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen.

It's time to admit we need better forms of contraception

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Kylie Minogue and fiance Joshua Sasse.

Kylie Minogue puts support behind same-sex marriage

Georgia Love with some of her potential suitors.

What The Bachelorette exposes about our dating culture

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Chrissy Teigen campaigning for Hillary Clinton.

Chrissy Teigen 'not strong enough' for Twitter anymore

Breathing: the part you can control.

The breathing trick that can make you more productive

Seth Porges

Do cold baths help? It depends.

Cold baths: helping or hindering your performance?

Sarah Berry

Ellie Goulding works out at Nike Sydney this week.

'I wanted to run like Forrest Gump': Ellie Goulding

Margherita matching at Ombra.

Which wines to drink with pizza

Michael Austin

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2015 file photo, people celebrate the opening of the 182nd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, ...

Prost! Here's where to celebrate Oktoberfest in Brisbane

Callan Boys

Chicken stir-fried in XO sauce.

27 speedy stir-fry recipes

Some of the BOnds x Disney pieces.

Why are people going bonkers for Bonds ... again?

Jo Hartley

Issac in his outfit.

'I am fuming': mum explodes after delivery driver's comment

Cat Rodie

A doctor in the making?

Daughter's hilarious yet blunt get well card for dad

Ariane Beeston

Finland has been named the safest country. Pictured: Helsinki.

World's safest countries: the results will surprise you

Oliver Smith

Two American Samoans have filed complaints over claims they were weighed by Hawaiian Airlines before they boarded their ...

Weighed on a plane: Complaints as airline targets obese passengers

Oliver Smith

Just because we're laughing doesn't mean everyone else is: The 'Budgie 9' at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The reasons why Aussies behave so badly overseas

Ben Groundwater

Sony's MDR-1000X Bluetooth wireless headphones raise the stakes when it comes to noise-cancelling.

Sony cans' next level noise cancelling

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The Rift headset from Facebook's Oculus.

Facebook, Google chase wireless VR experiences

Joshua Brustein

Dag Kittlaus and his team previously built Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.

Samsung buys AI firm founded by Siri creators

Elizabeth Dwoskin

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The best video game control pads

Kotaku

Pixel is filled with all sorts of custom tweaks not found in the standard version of Android.

Why Google's Pixel is the anti-iPhone

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

Dick Johnson with the 2016 Ford Falcon Sprint.

Driving the last Falcon with Dick

David McCowen

2016 Ford Focus RS.

Is this the world's best hot hatch?

Stephen Ottley

The last Australian-made Ford Falcon rolls off the production line.

The final Ford Falcon

Stephen Ottley

Holden built over 100,000 Cruze in Australia between 2011-16.

Holden Cruze production ends

Stephen Ottley

Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant.

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

2017 BMW i3 94Ah.

Driven: BMW's updated i3 electric car

David Morley

Jermaine Beal finished with 14 points.

Bullets make winning return to the NBL

Joshua Paterson

Michael Bisping, pictured, will renew hostilities with Dan Henderson at UFC 204.

UFC 204: Bisping seeks revenge against Henderson

Liam Ducey

Dan Carter of the New Zealand All Blacks

Carter, Rokocoko test positive for steroids: French media

Role model: Cameron Smith says players should accept the responsibility that comes with playing NRL footy.

Cameron Smith: 'Players should know what's wrong or right'

Andrew Webster

The Jeddah draw leaves Australia undefeated on top of Group B, but only by goal difference.

Socceroos, Saudis fight out thrilling draw

Rebecca Wilson, centre, died after a private battle with breast cancer. She is photographed here in 2009 with Marie ...

Sports journalist Rebecca Wilson dead at 54

Offer: Andrew Fifita celebrates premiership success with Michael Ennis.

Fifita offered chance to meet NRL over Kangaroos snub

Adam Pengilly

Apologetic: Tom Rockliff of the Lions

Lions seething after latest Rockliff indiscretion

Sam McClure