Brisbane Times - Brisbane News, Queensland News & World News

12:27PM Tue Nov 8, 2016

SMH Shop
Our Network
News and Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Age

Brisbane Times

Canberra Times

WA Today

Weather Zone
Business and Finance

AFR.com

afrmagazine.com.au
Lifestyle

traveller.com.au

essentialbaby.com.au

essentialkids.com.au

goodfood.com.au

oversixty.com.au

findababysitter.com.au
Classifieds

domain.com.au

drive.com.au

commercialrealestate

allhomes.com.au

adzuna.com.au

rsvp.com.au

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Trump tweet tells of 'big news' to come late at night

Live
Latika Bourke
1 min ago

Shock jock Alan Jones.

Gamble to axe Brisbane shows may have paid off

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
1 hr ago

Stephen Patrick Flanagan

'I could put a f---ing hole in you': Cop in court over threat

10 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a Donald Trump mask during a campaign speech on Monday.

Trump will lose, but US nightmare won't be over

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
1 hr ago

Follow the live action from George Street.

Letters to MPs outline fears for kids' safety over cancelled trains

Live
Felicity Caldwell

Ms Hanson in the new documentary directed by Anna Broinowski.

Lambie and Hanson plan super plebiscite at the next election

Tom McIlroy

How a Brisbane Muslim was treated at US airport

COMMENT
Fahim Khondaker

Australia no better than 'insane, racist' Trump: Klein

Georgina Mitchell

'1500 votes' to win South Brisbane, say Greens

Felicity Caldwell

Searchers comb seas off Fraser Island after trawler overturns

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
1 hr ago

Sharks dump Barba over positive cocaine test

Adrian Proszenko
1 hr ago

A car has flipped onto its roof in Brisbane's CBD.

Car flips onto roof in Brisbane CBD accident

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
13 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 09: Dejected Sharks play maker Ben Barba after his teams loss at the round nine NRL match ...

We shouldn't condemn Ben Barba

COMMENT
1 hr ago

cr: Damien Pleming
Feliks Zemdegs - Australian Rubik's Cube champion
Photographed for Good Weekend in Melbourne, June, ...

Cube solved in new world record

Not so super ... the cast of The Big Bang Theory.

Prequel to explain Sheldon's past

Michael Moore says he's not allowed to perform a one-man show about the presidential race at a central Ohio theater ...

Michael Moore in Trumpland

COMMENT

null

Fisherman missing off Fraser Island

Maintenance work on solar panels

4000 solar panels to cut USQ’s power costs and carbon footprint

The Battle of Fire Support Base Coral in the Vietnam War.

History Channel to air lecturer's war doco

Live US election 2016: one day to go

12:26PM

Major banks to continue shedding wealth ...

12:20PM

Cop's threat to 'put a hole' in Qld driver: court

12:16PM

Dr Arthur Laffer last year in Sydney.

Key Reagan adviser is no longer betting on a Republican landslide

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a 90% chance of winning, according to the latest poll.

Clinton has 90 per cent chance of winning, according to final poll

Trump's win relies on an unlikely combination of turnouts.

A surge seen in Latinos voting early in Florida and Nevada

Nick O'Malley

A National Pantsuit Day was held in honour of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton's pantsuits inspire flashmob video

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

'One magnificent chance': Trump on the home stretch

Live
Latika Bourke
1 min ago

Wicked Campers target kids.

Something less Wicked this way comes: Laws target offensive vans

Felicity Caldwell

Ham shortage fears allayed after Kingaroy factory fire

Jorge Branco

New face of West Village revealed following approval

Felicity Caldwell

The man was driving on a Queensland Raceway circuit when he crashed into a tyre wall.

Man drowns in Gold Coast pool

Jorge Branco

Kate Goodchild, 32, left behind a partner of 15 years and two young daughters – an eight-month-old and a 12-year-old.

Family, friends farewell siblings killed in Dreamworld tragedy

Clare Sibthorpe

An HIV trial in Queensland has received a massive boost.

HIV prevention trial boosts numbers by 3900 per cent

Felicity Caldwell

Members of the public left thousands of flowers in the wake of the tragedy.

Police hand back Dreamworld ride accident scene to operators

Jorge Branco

The RFS has been deployed its large aircraft to dump fire retardant to contain blazes.

Cool change to bring relief, risk for bushfire crews

NSW
12 mins ago

Two Westpac Lifesaver Rescue helicopters have been tasked to search for a person still missing.

Man lost at sea after trawler capsizes

1 hr ago

Dr Martyn Kirk from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU, believes another 100 people ...

Asbestos diseases expected to claim 100 more victims

ACT

Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.

Head 'cut off with chainsaw, kept in ute,' court told

WA

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and deputy Tanya Plibersek meet representatives of the LGBTI community in Sydney.

Labor breaks 'unity ticket' to vote against lifetime ban on refugees

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Christensen hits back at 'elitist' Coalition colleague

Tom McIlroy

Same-sex marriage plebiscite defeated in late-night Senate vote

Michael Koziol

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: PM Malcolm Turnbull speaking to the media at 1 Blight St federal government offices on July ...

What exactly is the point of the Turnbull government?

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

'Green light' could see influx of boat arrivals from Europe: Dutton

52 mins ago

Jacqui Lambie.

Lambie and Hanson push for a super plebiscite

Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs

Gillian Triggs backs 'offend, insult' changes to 18C race laws

A New York subway stop.

Woman thrown in front of train at Times Square subway station is killed

The widow of Wayan Sudarsa, Ketut Arsini, and her son Kadek Toni, hold a portrait of the police officer who was killed ...

Crowdfunding campaign raises $10,500 for widow of killed Bali police officer

Jewel Topsfield

Tatiane do Nascimento holds her son Willamis Silva, who was born with microcephaly, as a result of his mother's Zika ...

Treatment protects mice from Zika during pregnancy

A face of a character from a biblical scene painted on the side of a church is seen after being defaced by Islamic State ...

Islamic State brutality revealed as military advances

Senator Malcolm Roberts presented his report on Monday report slamming the CSIRO's climate science.

Roberts' incredible climate report kicks science to the kerb

John Birmingham

If you haven't considered changing your grocery or credit card provider or your home loan lender, you could be ...

Are you just too lazy to save money?

Olivia Maragna

Brisbane man Fahim Khondaker was detained at LAX - an experience common to many Muslims.

Entering the United States as a Muslim in the age of terror

COMMENT
Fahim Khondaker

There's nothing like landing a desperate soul with a one-year contract to rent a $345 clothes dryer for $117 a fortnight ...

Rip-off kings: Payday loan gravy train rolls on

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Global sharemarkets rallied as Northern Hemisphere investors caught up with the latest FBI intervention putting Hillary ...

Markets Live: Clinton rally fades

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
27 mins ago

The Aussie dollar has been boosted by the prospect of a Clinton victory and surging commodity prices.

Australian dollar cracks US77¢ ceiling

BA said growth in its income had slowed "slightly" compared with the previous financial year.

Commonwealth Bank profits flat on higher costs and interest rates

$48b bonanza: Good day to be a billionaire

BHP told to reinstate worker sacked for anti-Muslim views

NBN helping telcos with marketing costs

Super funds eye class actions to hold companies to account

When engaging an architect to design your new home or renovation, excellent communication between you and your architect ...

Five things you shouldn't say to an architect

The batman mural, pictured, is Stewart's favourite in the apartment.

Brisbane artist loved by the stars lists apartment, art included

I'd reached 30, discovered I liked living by myself, and wanted a place of my own.

The power of one: how to buy a house when you're single

Tim Ross, pictured in his own home, is a self-confessed lover of simpler 1950s and '60s houses.

Why do we insist on shutting our homes off to the world?

Why there's no place like a 'builder's own home'

Canali herringbone car coat in indigo blue; Bruno Cucinelli herringbone three-button sport jacket in farro.

Tweed dreams: How herringbone got its groove back

Men's Style
1 hr ago

Mark Webber's talked candidly about his career at a recent event for Porsche and AFR Magazine.

Mark Webber on life after Formula One: 'My best days are over'

Cars

The Reserve Bank says new apartment construction is changing the balance of rental supply and demand.

Why it's time to ask for a rent reduction

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The only reason to have a self-managed super fund is if you want to pull the strings.

How to know if DIY super is right for you

Marcus Padley

Business owners need to know when the home office is a tax write off.

Can you write your home office off on tax?

Max Newnham

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: Cofounder, Scholly Christopher Gray attends the opening bell during Forbes "30 Under 30" ...

How to be a successful student entrepreneur

null

Waleed Aly attends Trump rally

null

John Oliver's mea culpa over Trump

1 hr ago

null

Wonder Woman's identity crisis

null

Ben Barba dumped by Cronulla Sharks

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting Sun at the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.

World of Photos

ash v evil dead

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 - fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

the circus

New episodes of The Circus fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

Advertiser Content

One person makes all the difference for foster kids

Advertiser Content

Hit the road and escape the city

Advertiser

Not so super ... the cast of The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bang squared: Sheldon-focused prequel may be coming

Michael Idato

Michael Moore says he's not allowed to perform a one-man show about the presidential race at a central Ohio theater ...

Don't hold your breath, Moore in Trumpland is tepid viewing

COMMENT
Neil Genzlinger

Poor Daryl (Norman Reedus) is tortured like never before by Dwight (Austin Amelio).

The Walking Dead's Guantanamo moment thanks to a pop song

SPOILER ALERT
Karl Quinn

Pixar Animation Studios' new short, Piper, a hungry sandpiper hatchling.

Calling it, this is the cutest Pixar animation ever

COMMENT
Aja Styles

<i>The Project's</i> Waleed Aly is also covering the election for Ten from the US.

Australian TV networks set for saturation US election coverage

Ebony Bowden

Bachelorette Georgia Love.

Bachelorette Georgia Love scores Channel Ten hosting role

Ebony Bowden

Justin Bieber wants to spend NYE with you, just you - for $650,000.

Want to spend NYE with Bieber? All you need is $650,000

Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton in final election sketch on Saturday Night Live.

The SNL election spoof that nearly breaks Alec Baldwin

Aja Styles

Chris Hemsworth plays Thor.

Marvel goes high art, with ‘world first’ exhibition at GoMA

Rob Moran

The Dandy Warhols hinted their show at the Eatons Hill Hotel on Saturday night could be their last in Brisbane for a while.

Dandys carve history in an unlikely suburb

Cameron Atfield

Perth director Ben Young's first feature was a surprise hit at the Venice Film Festival.

Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival program announced

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Jennifer Aniston is coming for her haters again.

Jennifer Aniston is coming for her haters again

Amy Croffey
40 mins ago

Women have the right to reject romantic partners.

Women have the right to reject romantic partners, guilt-free

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Alison Sainsbury and her daughter Katie are hoping to celebrate a presidential victory for Hillary Clinton.

Australian 'Clintonistas' partying for Hillary

Jenna Price

two children in school uniform reading books on a park bench

Why there is no place for single-sex schools in 2016

COMMENT
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's race to the White House is being closely followed by people around the globe.

Why I'm finding it hard to care about the US election

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Ellery "Audacity" shirt ($1790)

Try the new season trend for artful embellishment

Jenna Clarke

Daily Life has a fresh new look and the same great content.

Vote now for Daily Life's 2016 Women of the Year awards

Danielle Teutsch

Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says he has been dealing with depression and anxiety for some time.

What we can learn from Scott Ludlam's leave of absence

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

Forget something? Memory loss is caused by a variety of factors.

Forgetfulness, stress or memory fail?

Linda McSweeny

Getting it right: Making the connection, without distraction.

The one thing you can do now to improve your wellbeing

Sarah Berry

No shortage: A protein problem?

Enough with the protein, people

Deena Shanker

Don't forget to pack a corkscrew in your picnic basket.

Have you packed these obvious (and not-so-obvious) picnic essentials?

Sopa Seca is delicious, spicy and unusual: Just don't think of it as a pasta bake.

These dinners happen to be vegan

Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse

Fioretto

The new vegetable hybrid that chefs are obsessed with

Victoria Berekmeri

The best birth photos of 2016

1 hr ago

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with their daughters Malia and Sasha, pictured in 2014.

Obama's daughters have started dating - here's why he's not worried

Brutally honest kid <a href="http://imgur.com/5EhV9dd" target="_blank">Image</a>

Kids tell it like it is in these hilariously honest notes

The characteristics we Australians think of as being uniquely our own are actually far more universal.

The things we think make us Aussie aren't Aussie at all

Ben Groundwater

The world's three largest cruise ships meet for the first time.

World's three biggest cruise ships meet for the first time

Kylie McLaughlin

First class on board a China Southern Airbus A380.

Chinese airlines ramp up luxury to attract Western passengers

gmail

Gmail app for iOS has finally been updated

Tim Biggs

The Galaxy Note7 may have been a disaster, but Samsung is plotting a 2017 comeback.

Samsung seeks AI-powered comeback

Google Home, a smart speaker that can control your home and manage other connected environments, is not officially sold ...

Google Home is promising, but still a work in progress

Huawei's new Porsche Design Mate 9, standard Mate 9 and fitness tracker.

Huawei's Porsche phone costs more than $2000

Gamers rolling out the heavy artillery with TANKS in the tabletop section of PAX Australia 2016.

PAX Australia 2016 plays its cards right

COMMENT

The NSW Police have added a BMW i8 to its fleet.

Police car you won't hear coming

Stephen Ottley

Tesla will start charging customers for use of its Supercharger network after they reach 400kWh.

Tesla to charge for use of its Supercharger network

Drive Staff
11 mins ago

2016 Drive Car of the Year best Utes.

2016 Drive Car of the Year: Best Ute

Andrew MacLean

Muzilla: a cross between a 2010 Nissan GT-R and a 1970 Ford Mustang at the 2016 SEMA Show.

Is this the best car show on earth?

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW M760Li.

BMW's V12 flagship coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best 4WD category.

Drive Car of the Year: Best 4WD

Stephen Ottley

In the spotlight: Ben Barba.

Sharks dump Barba in wake of alleged positive cocaine test

Adrian Proszenko
1 hr ago

Single paper and online use ONLY. Fee applies. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Usman Khawaja of Australia looks dejected ...

Last chance saloon looms for battling Australians

Andrew Wu

Axed: Opener Joe Burns was dropped during the Sri Lanka tour.

Burns, Ferguson drafted into misfiring Test squad

Jon Pierik

Former National Soccer League champions Brisbane Strikers are in talks to join the A-League.

Brisbane Strikers aim for an A-League spot

Vince Rugari

Ruled out: Massimo Luongo will not face Thailand in the World Cup qualifier in Bangkok.

Luongo, Langerak ruled out for Socceroos' Thailand qualifier

Few words: Wayne Bennett has been heavily criticised by the English media for his curt responses in interviews.

England slams 'disrespectful' Bennett after curt interview

Former Wallaby captain and ex-Chairman of NSWRU Nick Farr-Jones.

Farr-Jones, Williams caught up in Indigenous loan controversy

EXCLUSIVE
Georgina Robinson

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 06: Shaun Marsh of Australia walks back to the rooms after being dismissed by Kagiso Rabada ...

Unbalanced Australian team pays the price

Malcolm Knox