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The victim of a domestic violence order says a police officer helped her former partner track her down and then joked ...

Cop allegedly helped mate find his ex despite DVO

Jorge Branco

The man was bitten by a taipan in his lounge room.

Cairns man fighting for life after lounge room snake bite

Jorge Branco
9 mins ago

South-east Queensland can expect a few clouds and a possible shower or two on Christmas day this year.

Storms looming but how's the outlook for Christmas Day?

Rachel Clun

Concrete blocks, covered in Christmas wrapping, have been installed around Brisbane's King George Square.

Could Brisbane's barriers stop Berlin-style attack?

Cameron Atfield

Matthew Lodge in New York for his court appearance for assault.

Ex-NRL player avoids NY jail, now set to play in Qld

Police officers patrol at the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany.

Berlin truck attacker may still be on the run as suspect released

Commuters save almost $200k on first day of new fare package

Felicity Caldwell

Why Trump and Brexit could happen in Australia

The one tweet that killed off his One Nation hopes

Felicity Caldwell

Seven boss denies 'multiple' affairs with employees

Kate McClymont

Two-time Wimbledon champ injured in knife-attack

Robert Muller

Springfield, Ipswich, Boonah, Beaudesert, Esk and Jimboomba cop the brunt of the south-east's storm activity.

New map reveals our thunderstorm hotspots

57 mins ago

Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley are rumoured to have married in Byron Bay.

Margot Robbie confirms marriage with cheeky extended finger

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's grandmother Beryl Erskine and Annastacia's sister Julia Tremble with the Queensland ...

Palaszczuk family's Christmas fruit cake recipe

Louise Roche: "it’s been really gratifying to see people coming in buying the books".

New bookshop: How taking a risk lead to Bliss

Christmas especially is when many of us stop thinking of ourselves and think of others instead.

What if someone cancelled Christmas?

COMMENT

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Arab-Israeli newscaster calls Aleppo a 'holocaust'

Toowoomba garden

Tips to make plants last all summer long

Peony

Get to know: Becky Jack of Peony swimwear

Top French banks seek capital relief

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Cairns man fighting for life after lounge room ...

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8@eight: Bulls to push AXS 200 to 2017 highs

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A truck lays on its side on the M1 at Beenleigh in October. A report has listed the Pacific Motorway among the nation's ...

Queensland motorways some of worst in Australia

46 mins ago

Singapore Airlines announces new daily services to Brisbane

Cameron Atfield

Queensland researchers get $13.4m boost

42 mins ago

Emergency workers at the scene of a workplace accident at Cleveland.

Cleveland stonemason crushed by marble block

Cheryl Goodenough, Lyn Uhlmann, Brian Williams

Construction workers at the site of the trench collapse at Coomera.

Boss fined $30,000 for Gold Coast trench collapse

whole roasted chicken Bryan Martin Paddock to Plate June 24 roast chicken generic

Robber 'pelts Bundaberg cop with chicken'

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed its new engine family.

Men jump out of Mercedes and bash boy, 13

Charges are expected to be upgraded against Mohammed Khazma over the alleged bashing.

Girl, 2, loses fight for life after alleged bashing

NSW
5 mins ago

The 28-year-old woman says she supports the ban '100 per cent.'

'A fireball hit me': WA bans portable ethanol burners

WA

The man was bitten by a taipan in his lounge room.

Man fights for life after lounge room snake bite

9 mins ago

The public service's outsourced IT crowd cost an average of $212,000 each.

Govt spends $212k per public service IT contractor

ACT

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Ten charts show why Australians hate politics right now

Matthew Knott

Why an unhappy Australia is all our own doing

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

Post-budget update urgings on tax cuts fail to sway crossbench

James Massola

A $US60 a barrel oil price would add about 10¢ per litre to petrol.

Fuel crackdown could save motorists $519 a year - with a catch

The Productivity Commission says copyright laws that are routinely flouted are bad laws, bringing themselves into disrepute.

Copyright rules make us break the law 80 times a day: commission report

Under a confidential settlement, Ms Jones now expects to receive the full value of her total and permanent disability ...

Disabled children could be denied funding because of stuff-up

The MH370 search team may have been looking in the wrong place.

MH370: Plane did not crash where officials have been searching

Candles during a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando, mass shooting in June..

Tech giants sued by Orlando shooting victims' families

41 mins ago

Ahmad Khan Rahami.

NY bombing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Security in Austria has been increased, including a large police presence at the Christmas market in Vienna.

Moroccan arrested on suspicion of planning attack in Salzburg

A message reading "Freedom on Earth" lays at a memorial for the victims of the Berlin terror attack.

Defiant mourners in Berlin defend multicultural city

Before the clock marks midnight on New Year's Eve, ask yourself what you could have done better this year.

Was 2016 a year of broken promises?

COMMENT
Adele Blair

Enter Donald Trump, the unlikeable, big businessman who has turned US politics on its head.

Trump is what happens when government fails us too often

COMMENT
Madonna King

Wally Grout and Alan Davidson share a laugh in the SCG change rooms in 1961.

Where's Wally? Test great needs a Gabba monument

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

CBA whistleblower Jeff Morris.

Whistleblowers: 'They can't justify doing that to their family'

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Wall Street dropped on firming prospects for a December rate hike.

8@eight: Bulls to push AXS 200 to 2017 highs

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Chris Weston
12 mins ago

GrainCorp removed an export surcharge hitting rivals.

ACCC halts investigation as GrainCorp cuts levy

Canberra is maintaining its $100 billion bond target.

Goverment's funding task could exceed $100 billion

Best resources short window since 2012

Portland smelter assistance to come on top of $100m-plus subsidy

After a quarter of steep losses, where next for gold?

Christmas power strike threat: Loy Yang staff vote for action

Here's how to make your bedroom beautiful on a budget.

Five ways to update your bedroom without breaking the bank

La Corniche.

The crazy prices prestige homes rent for over the holidays

Landlords are finding rental decreases in some Brisbane suburbs hard to take.

The Gold Coast homes that are in hot demand

Urbis data shows one-bedroom apartment sales are on the rise, and analyst Paul Riga said it meant the face of Brisbane ...

Analysts say more millennials headed to Brisbane's city

Dragon

This rock star lived with a kitchen so disgusting he took drastic action

The new Apple AirPods/

15 new gadgets every travelling tech-head wants for Christmas

Technology
13 mins ago

Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby enjoy a tipple in High Society in 1956

10 commandments you should know about wearing a tuxedo

Men's Suits

Aged care is destined to have increasing demand, but there may be oversupply.

The hidden danger of investing in aged care

COMMENT
Graham Witcomb

Illustration: Simon Letch

Can I spread risk by having two super funds?

ASK NOEL

Gabrielle Dolan (centre) warns against the use of business jargon.

The worst business buzzwords of 2016

Alexandra Cain

Peter Watson is director of Hunter Heritage Gourmet Foods, which produces Newcastle Pudding Lady products sold in the ...

Pudding business plumped up by DJs deal

William Arnott

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Severe weather warning for northern Australia

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Who was the Turkish assassin?

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Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey

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Truck ploughs into Berlin Christmas market

Santa present. Cartoon Simon Letch

Best of Fairfax Cartoons, Dec 21

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Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Oh great, another two hours of Gordon Ramsay yelling at kitchenhands.

Why TV networks should be wary of their summer schedules

COMMENT
Rob Moran

A much-older Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) returns in <i>Blade Runner 2049</i>.

First look at Blade Runner sequel as Gosling and Ford face off

Not returning to Australia in 2017: Barry Gibb at Sydney Entertainment Centre, in 2013.

More Bluesfest pain as second headliner cancels tour

Bill Nighy as Billy Mac in <i>Love Actually</i>.

Why you should actually love Love Actually

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story featuring Darth Vader.

Spoilers: The Rogue One role that will change Hollywood forever

Michael Idato

Briggs + trials

Fans push to get anti-Australia Day protest into Hottest 100

Rob Moran

Highest paid star on <i>Rogue One</i> 'by far': Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso.

Rogue One delivers fat pay cheques to Felicity Jones, Disney

Rob Moran

Presenters, from left, James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson on the set of their new show <i>The Grand Tour</i>.

Hammond defends The Grand Tour being over-the-top

Craig Mathieson

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Kids still the hub of Christmas parade

Sugar Spin for Kids.

SEQ's ultimate Christmas school holiday guide

Judy Watson at the unveiling of her public artwork at the entrance of GOMA.

Sculpture nets Brisbane River history

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

"We estimate that approximately 32,000 fewer patients would die if male physicians could achieve the same outcomes as ...

New study suggests female doctors have better results

Sarah Berry

Melania Trump joined outgoing first lady Michelle Obama for tea at the White House, but she may not move in for a while.

Michelle Obama reveals the advice she gave Melania Trump

Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley are rumoured to have married in Byron Bay.

Margot Robbie confirms marriage via Instagram, flips the bird

Jenna Clarke

HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 10: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna arrive at her Blac Chyna Birthday Celebration And Unveiling Of Her ...

Kim Kardashian's troubled brother Rob seeking 'help'

Amy Croffey

Strike a pose like Regina.

The 8 people you'll meet at every Christmas party

Clem Bastow

Bana Alabed

Now that Bana Alabed is safe, who will take her place for us?

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

A biopic about '80s Madonna has been named Hollywood's top unproduced screenplay.

Why I'm still taking life lessons from Madonna

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Pronouns and preferred names have hit the mainstream.

In 2016, 'they' became singular - and caused a lot of confusion

"We estimate that approximately 32,000 fewer patients would die if male physicians could achieve the same outcomes as ...

Study suggests women doctors are better

Sarah Berry

Compensatory cues such as voice, the way people walk and distinctive features help sufferers of face blindness to ...

Living with face blindness

Evelyn Lewin
40 mins ago

Changes in hormones affect athletic performance too.

How menopause affects athletic women

Bonnie Snyder Berkowitz
1 hr ago

Rachel Khoo's pomegranate pavlova wreath for Christmas.

How to pimp your Christmas pav

Rachel Khoo

<i>The Katering Show</i>: Kate McCartney (left) and Kate McLennan.

How to shut-down annoying relatives at Christmas lunch

Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan

Orrechiette with cherry tomatoes, basil and pine nuts.

Fast, fresh and simple: 27 summer pasta recipes

Cute or creepy?

Cute or creepy? The baby box dividing the internet

Katie Holmes has shared a rare mother and daughter selfie.

Suri Cruise looks all grown up in photos with mum Katie Holmes

Emma Tapping denies her Christmas present pile is materialistic.

The mum giving her children almost 100 gifts (each!)

An Asiana plane takes off in South Korea, where you can find the world's busiest air route.

Not Sydney-Melbourne: World's busiest air route will surprise you

Oliver Smith

Gallery of the Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin.

Book lover's delight: The world's most beautiful libraries

Lee Tulloch

Bathroom power points in hotels typically are labelled "shavers only".

Is it OK to charge your phone in a 'shavers only' hotel power point?

Michael Gebicki

Apple's AirPods are not cheap.

How much replacement AirPods will cost

The V20 is a huge phone with a lot of features.

LG's V20 is a huge, feature packed phone

The new Foxtel Kids app makes it easy to manage the way children watch video on your handheld gadgets.

New Foxtel app gives kids their own streaming video

COMMENT

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iiNet ex-employees share their stories

Lifehacker
1 hr ago

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Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

The Ram 2500's towing numbers are even more impressive than its size.

Hits and Misses: Biggest Surprise

The Team Drive

Nissan Note e-Power.

Nissan's latest hybrid reviewed

Drive Team

2017 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid.

New BMW 530e revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

New Aventador gets more power

David McCowen

Rolls-Royce Wraith and Ghost Black Badge.

Rolls-Royce reveals its dark side

Andrew MacLean

A wide variety of Porsches made an impact on the Drive Team, but the Porsche 911 Carrera S was a particular favourite.

Hits and Misses: Something Special

The Drive Team

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 05: Hilton Cartwright of Western Australia bowls during day one of the Sheffield Shield ...

Cartwright set for shock debut in Boxing Day Test

Andrew Wu

Keeps his job: John Grant at League Central on Tuesday.

John Grant keeps his job

Adam Pengilly

Star signings: Melbourne City's Tim Cahill and Sydney FC's Filip Holosko.

FFA land $346m A-League deal with Fox

Emma Kemp

Crossover appeal: Ronda Rousey is a fixture in Hollywood.

How 'Porkchop' nearly ended Rousey's career before it started

Martin Rogers

Bullets import Torrey Craig takes on A.J. Ogilvy of the Hawks on Monday night.

Brave Bullets force overtime but can't hold out Hawks

Joshua Paterson

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan congratulates David Warner and Steve Smith of Australia ...

A ton, two spills, the follow-on, the throw: Smith's big Test

Chris Barrett

Michael Schumacher in 2012.

Photos of Schumacher being hawked for $1.71m: reports

Legal action: Alex McKinnon.

Why the NRL knew they needed to tread warily on lifting tackle ban

Adam Pengilly