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HOBART, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 12: Joe Burns of Australia looks dejected after being dismissed by Kyle Abbott of South ...

Australian batting in crisis, admits Lehmann as Proteas dominate

Chris Barrett
9 mins ago

Attorney-General George Brandis has argued that people should be able to get a court to stop a story being published if ...

Forget 18C, this is the real threat to free speech

COMMENT
Michael Bachelard

The Pauline Hanson-led party is shaping up to be instrumental in deciding the outcome of the election in Queensland.

Labor, LNP spooked by One Nation as Qld election looms

Amy Remeikis

Black Milk's founder and designer James Lillis wants to keep on trending.

How Brisbane's Black Milk became a global success

Rachel Clun
1 hr ago

Australia relies on US science programs for key weather and climate inforamation.

'Everyone vulnerable': Trump presidency a risk to climate science

Peter Hannam
24 mins ago

Skipper Mile Jedinak runs during a Socceroos training session in Bangkok.

Thailand offered $400,000 bonus to beat Socceroos

1 hr ago

Michelle Obama rules out running for president in 2020

Jenna Clarke

Warren Buffett just made $7.7billion, thanks to Trump

Devon Pendleton and Jack Witzig

Small business gives Queensland government thumbs down

Felicity Caldwell

Rickuss announces retirement from state parliament

Felicity Caldwell

Team Trump: Who's in, who's out of transition

Michael D Shear

There was some flash flooding at Brookside Shopping Centre with water leaking from the ceiling.

More than 13,000 homes lose power in south-east Queensland storm

Toby Crockford
1 hr ago

Steve Smith walks off the ground at the end Australia's first innings during day one of the Second Test match between ...

All out for 85 - Australia's batting decline dumped on our doorstep

ANALYSIS
42 mins ago

Local legend and big-wave specialist Makua Rothman rides a Jaws monster estimated at 15-plus metres in 2012.

Women conquer 12-metre waves in Hawaiian Big Wave Tour event

1 hr ago

Four Mile Beach and aerial view of resort Sheraton Mirage Resort Port Douglas.

'Port Douglas is back' after resort's $43m facelift

Queensland Minister for Transport Stirling Hinchliff, Premier Anna Palaszczuk and Olympic cyclist Anna Meares at the new ...

Brisbane's Anna Meares Velodrome unveiled

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Jaws: the monster Maui swell

Mental health referrals from GPs jumped by more than 50 per cent in the ACT between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

How to help a school friend who has talked about suicide

The Emirates flight was forced to land at Brisbane Airport.

Why Brisbane Airport is brilliant for plane spotting

'Everyone is vulnerable': Trump presidency a risk ...

6:08PM

Trump and Obama have a few things in common

6:07PM

New focus on boat turnbacks under latest Turnbull ...

6:00PM

16 Macaulay Street, Coorparoo, sold for $811,000.

Brisbane auctions: Buyers storm auctions before bad weather hits

1 hr ago

The Block 2016 contestants with host Scott Cam.

Experts predict: who will win this series of The Block?

Old and new

5 mistakes to avoid when combining old and new

Houzz

Mortgage, be gone!

Does paying off your mortgage early make sense?

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A block of units in East Brisbane originally bought with lottery winnings sold for $1.55 million.

Units bought with lottery winnings sell for $1.55m

Steve Bannon, campaign CEO for Donald Trump, during a national security meeting with advisers at Trump Tower in October.

Who is Donald Trump's trusted adviser Steve Bannon?

Nick O'Malley
1 hr ago

President-elect Donald Trump's appointment will be closely watched.

What does a Donald Trump presidency mean for the world?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

The flier distributed at the Texas State University.

Trump's election opens the way to hostility on campuses

The baby koala found in a woman's shoulder is recovering well.

Baby koala found in bag recovering well

Tostee explains why he didn't call ambulance after date's balcony death

Riot response questioned as Townsville prison guard battles to save eye

Jorge Branco

Police are searching for a stolen car after a wild police chase in far-north Queensland.

Stolen car drove on wrong side of highway in wild police chase

Toby Crockford

Queensland Health is offering antibiotics after a meningococcal case in north Brisbane.

Northside children offered antibiotics after meningococcal case

Jorge Branco

New Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Police Minister Mark Ryan following the ...

Palaszczuk reshuffle: Byrne switch 'not a demotion'

Felicity Caldwell

Police are searching for four attackers after a 49-year-old man was bashed with a metal bar at a Burleigh Heads property.

Man bashed with metal bar in home invasion on Gold Coast

Toby Crockford

Severe thunderstorms left a trail of destruction across south-east Queensland on Saturday afternoon.

More than 13,000 homes lose power in severe storm

1 hr ago

Michael Atkins and Matthew Leveson.

Does Matthew's alleged killer have 'immunity'?

ANALYSIS

Square, dink, dinks, dinkus, head shot,federal politics, federal, David Wroe,

Cover-up of defence rape cases 'could be criminal'

COMMENT

Marble Bar's iconic church has been destroyed by fire.

Australia's hottest town Marble Bar loses icon in fire

WA
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has kept tight-lipped on speculation of a deal with the US.

Nauru and Manus centres to close by 2019 under secret deal

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

Don't panic: Turnbull is the best man to deal with Trump

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

'Betrayed' residents prepare to flee from Trump

Fergus Hunter

Supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are considering their options for when the dust settles.

The same-sex marriage plebiscite is dead. Now what?

The Pauline Hanson-led party is shaping up to be instrumental in deciding the outcome of the election in Queensland.

Labor, LNP spooked by One Nation as Queensland poll looms

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Abbott praises Turnbull for shift to the right, dismisses polls

Former treasurer Joe Hockey is now Australia's ambassador to the US.

Hockey now has one of Asia's most important jobs - handling Trump

Padma Reddy, a Dalit, with and her husband Kishore Reddy on their daughter's first birthday.

Cash incentives for inter-caste marriage a start for India's Dalits

Undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in ...

Zimbabwe court drops charges against hunter who helped kill Cecil

Denys Plaud, a survivor of the attacks on the Bataclan theatre, last week.

A year on since the Paris attack, locals look to the future

Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala listens during APEC summit in Manila, Philippines, last year.

Peru prosecutors ready to convict ex-president of money laundering

Mitra Taj

"I didn't think, for a moment, that a man who didn't pay his taxes would be held up as a national role model," writes ...

All the ways I was wrong about Donald Trump

Madonna King

The men and women whom we recognise on Remembrance Day gave their tomorrows for our today.

What should we remember on Remembrance Day?

Bill O'Chee

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

Roberts' incredible climate report kicks science to the kerb

COMMENT
John Birmingham

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Phony Tough or Crazy Brave: it won't be Trump who runs the USA

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The election market rollercoaster has been anything but easy money for the traders who had to ride it.

All bullish in the end as Wall Street posts best week since 2014

CIMIC executive chairman Marcelino Fernandez Verdes.

Construction bosses investigated over multimillion bribery scandal

EXCLUSIVE

Losing streak: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett just made $7.7b, and he has Trump to thank for it

Geek-chic: How Black Milk became a global phenomenon

1 hr ago

The good, the bad and the ugly: The six Trump risks for markets

ANALYSIS

'Wonderful news': Woolworths and SPC strike three-year deal

America's gift to the Australian economy: Donald Trump

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Top watches 2016.

Smartwatches switched off as the 15 best watches of 2016 announced

Watches

When it comes to cocktails, American whiskey is fantastic for mixing.

American-style whiskies that will make you love the USA

Smart Sipping

The rules on how long age pensioners can spend overseas are changing.

Can I get the age pension and move overseas?

George Cochrane

Beginner investors need to be willing to "skin their knee" just like novice bike riders.

The five things stopping you investing

Scott Phillips

Ishan Dan, founder of the Mr Tradie app.

Got an idea for an app? Be warned: you get what you pay for

Adam Turner

Little girl having fun at the beach in a sunny day Being playful, for Daily Life article?

Why you should go outside today

James Adonis

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Leonard Cohen: The songwriter's songwriter

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Tostee: 'nothing an ambulance could do'

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Gun hidden in buttocks

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No Trump: Townsville inmates

Leonie Nixon with prawn on 14 August 1951. SUN NEWS Picture by STAFF Molluscs crustacean seafood weird hhollins 1950s ...

Rewind - The weird

younger

Younger Season 3 fast tracked from the U.S. every Thursday.

no activity

Brand new season of the Stan original comedy series No Activity, now Streaming.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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One person makes all the difference for foster kids

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Sixto "Sugar Man" Rodriguez kick started his 2016 Australian tour at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre on Friday night.

Rodriguez kicks off his 2016 Australian tour in Brisbane

Cameron Atfield

Anthony Bourdain demonstrating his appetites ahead of his book Appetites.

'Bad boy, coke-snorting, man-slut' no more

Andrew Purcell

Smiling in the face of life and death, Leonard Cohen's new album has wisdom and great songs.

Leonard Cohen's You Want It Darker is a noble, brilliant album

Bernard Zuel

Eric Knudsen's Slender Man went viral online and became the basis for video games.

Beware the Slenderman - and the creepiest documentary trailer yet

The Crown Season 1 Claire Foy in The Crown

Lavish soap leaves you hungry for more

Michael Idato

FILE - In this undated photo, actor Robert Vaughn is photographed in Rome, Italy. Vaughn, the debonair crime-fighter of ...

Man from UNCLE star Robert Vaughn dead at 83

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has passed away. He was 82 years old.

Love, sex, religion, politics and death - songs of Leonard Cohen

Chris Johnston

Tiger Lily Hutchence as she appears on the House of Khadi website.

Michael Hutchence's daughter makes modelling debut

Andrew Hornery

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

The safety pin movement is gaining momentum in the days following the US election.

Why some Americans have started wearing safety pins

Jenna Clarke

<i>Suits</I> actor Meghan Markle is Prince Harry's new girlfriend.

Why would anyone want to date Prince Harry?

Jenna Clarke

First lady Michelle Obama, alongside former President Bill Clinton, was a highlight of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Michelle Obama (sort of) rules out running for president

Jenna Clarke

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 15: Actress Asher Keddie arrives at the 2012 Logie Awards at the Crown Palladium on April ...

J'Aton Couture's most memorable gowns

Look out for snail slime in high-end moisturisers.

The weirdest beauty ingredients on the market

Stephanie Darling

Lorna Jane leaves fans guessing after rare body positive post

Nicole Economos

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 12: <Nadia Fairfax. Polo in the City at Centennial Park> on November 12, 2016 in Sydney, ...

Nadia Fairfax and Kate Waterhouse stomp the divots at Polo in the City

1 hr ago

Julia Gillard and Delta Goodrem at the 10th annual <i>Cosmopolitan</I> Women of the Year Awards in Sydney.

Peta Credlin and Julia Gillard find rare common ground

Andrew Hornery

Burger? Not as you know it.

Top five nutrition trends for 2017

Sarah Berry

Anxiety about sleep may be causing you sleepless nights.

Do you have sleep anxiety?

Evelyn Reich

Do fitness trackers work? Only if we use them.

Fitness trackers might help us if we did this

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Jatz at Acme restaurant in Sydney.

You will only remember these foods if you're an '80s child

Jill Dupleix's mac 'n' cheese frittata.

The ultimate Mac n Cheese recipe collection

Allium, New Farm, Brisbane

Allium opens at New Farm

Callan Boys

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Husband exlpains why you don't love 'only one woman' in moving post

A special moment for Nora Davis, 4, in memory of her late mother Amber.

Nora, 4, wears late mother's wedding dress in emotional tribute

Kim and Ryan Constable share their bed with their four children: Corey, 11, Kai, 9, Maya, 6, and Jack, 5.

Mum, dad and four kids co-sleep in one giant bed each night

Four Mile Beach and aerial view of resort Sheraton Mirage Resort Port Douglas.

Australia's escape for the rich and famous is back in fashion

Angie Kelly

She's back there somewhere: crowds viewing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.

Traveller letters: Put your phone away or stay home and use Google

Donald Trump's private plane.

Trump doesn't need Air Force One, he has the 'T-Bird' private jet

James Rothwell

Ishan Dan, founder of the Mr Tradie app.

Got an idea for an app? You get what you pay for

Adam Turner

With Jamboard, Google has entered the smart whiteboard race.

Google, Microsoft race to reinvent whiteboard

Steven Overly

<i>Infinite Warfare</i>'s space-faring campaign is nothing if not a spectacle.

Review: is Call of Duty still king of the shooter genre?

Tim Biggs

Tennis

Melbourne mixing tennis with esports

Kotaku

The Geelong Star has been the target of much media attention after reportedly killing marine life caught in its net.

Streaming video could keep an eye on boats

Andrew Colley

Tesla has made groundbreaking claims about the driver aids available in its Model X.

New Tesla Model X reviewed

David McCowen

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best People Mover.

2016 Drive Car of the Year: Best People Mover

Stephen Ottley

Can the Ford Focus Trend defend its small car crown against the new Honda Civic, Renault Megane, Holden Astra and Kia ...

Which is the best small car?

Kez Casey

2016 Holden Astra RS-V

2016 Holden Astra new car review

David McCowen

2017 Volkswagen Golf R.

New Volkswagen Golf revealed

Greg Kable

2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe.

Driven: Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe

Andrew MacLean

Leading the fight: Mitchell Starc of Australia celebrates the wicket of Dean Elgar.

Lehmann admits batting in crisis after collapse for 85

Chris Barrett
9 mins ago

Steve Smith walks off the ground at the end Australia's first innings during day one of the Second Test match between ...

South Africa expose the full scale of ineptitude

ANALYSIS
Malcolm Knox
42 mins ago

Skipper Mile Jedinak runs during a Socceroos training session in Bangkok.

Thailand offered $400,000 bonus to beat Socceroos

1 hr ago

The rebirth of Test cricket.

Does Test cricket have to die in order to be reborn?

Timothy Boyle

Local legend and big-wave specialist Makua Rothman rides a Jaws monster estimated at 15-plus metres in 2012.

Paige Alms faces down Jaws to become first female Big Wave champion

1 hr ago

Joe Daniher has praised teammate Jobe Watson for his decision to hand back the 2012 Brownlow Medal.

Daniher praises Watson after handing back Brownlow

Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

History: Euan Aitken celebrates his try as the Bravehearts became the first minnows to claim a Four Nations point.

Scotland upsets Kiwis in Four Nations

Steve Mascord

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 15: Jordan Kahu of New Zealand gets tackled by Cooper Cronk and Josh Dugan of Australia ...

Cronk and Dugan recalled for Kangaroos

Steve Mascord