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If approved, the Elizabeth Picture Theatre would open on the Irish Club site.

Elizabeth Picture Theatre gets nod at former Irish Club

Cameron Atfield

Ahmed Fahour

Australia Post loses bid to keep chief executive's salary a secret

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Trump has spoken out about the judge's ruling, labelling it "ridiculous".

Australians plead for help amid fears of visa crackdown

Tom McIlroy

Lacey and Brenton Bradford pictured with their four children.

5yo girl shows true courage after car crash claims her mum's life

Rachel Clun

Ms May admitted it was all a lie except for one element. "I love curries," she said.

Fake marriage: Love of curries the only truth, Brisbane court hears

1 hr ago

Cosmetic surgeon Ces Colagrande was found guilty of sexual assault.

Gold Coast sex assault surgeon lied on his CV in London

White House lists Lindt siege among 'under-reported' terror attacks

Nick Ralston
1 min ago

Government backs down over Qld defence land grab

Amy Remeikis

How education, income, age affect your world view

Inga Ting

Bernardi gamed the system and now must quit Senate

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

'Great victory': Logan greyhound track scrapped

Cameron Atfield

Skateboarder Jim Hoffman: 'Skaters are leaving every day and every night to go to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, because ...

Why 'Brisbane sucks' for skateboarders

Tony Moore
43 mins ago

Olivia Woosnam with Taz, a koala protection dog

Brisbane's new recruits in hunt for vulnerable koalas

Amber Harrison

'Dear Amber...': Seven exec's love letters posted on Twitter

Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Granddad Granddad the lungfish from Shedd Aquarium

World says goodbye to oldest captive fish

The FTC says the Vizio case shows how a television or other appliance might be telling companies more than their owners ...

These smart TVs were apparently spying on their owners

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'If Patriots win we go on a date?'

The cost of tradespeople has risen.

I’m hurt, but my boss won’t give me light duties

GOLDCOAST AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 270910.
GENERIC- Property, realestate, apartments, gold coast, surfers ...

Gold Coast cashes in on $1 billion Christmas

White House includes Lindt Cafe siege and Curtis ...

7:45PM

Why 'Brisbane sucks' for skateboarders

7:03PM

Fake marriage: Love of curry was the only truth, ...

6:44PM

Stirling Hinchliffe has resigned from his cabinet position over the Queensland Rail chaos.

Train pain ahead: Who's to blame for QR strife and what's next

Felicity Caldwell

Palaszczuk's 2015 mega-ministry 'a mistake': commentator

Tony Moore

How Queenslanders compare politically to the rest of Australians

Rachel Clun

Hundreds of Brisbane train services were cancelled in the latter months of 2016.

How Queensland Rail's train bungle unfolded

Two people have been arrested following a police car crash at Goodna.

Women charged after crash with police car

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

A man was attacked with a knife and hammer in Cairns, police say.

Man charged after alleged knife, hammer attack

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Enrolled nurse Anthony Elliott has been banned after sending explicit messages to a mentally ill patient.

Drug kingpin denied reduced jail sentence

SMH News; Story: Sydney set for a day of wind and rain, as the weather takes a turn. Photo by, Peter Rae Thursday 29 ...

Sydney unit block threatens to fall after wild storms

NSW
1 hr ago

Lacey and Brenton Bradford pictured with their four children.

Girl, 5, hailed for bravery after car crash

The missing ring from the severed finger...

Man severs finger on razor wire, loses wedding ring

WA

Firefighters survey the scene at a house fire at 3 Ranken Loop, Belconnen.

Man 'set fire to partner's house while she slept'

ACT

Mr Abbott during the joint party meeting in Canberra on Tuesday.

Alliances and friendships shattered as right wing politics fractures

Matthew Knott
42 mins ago

High-speed rail and a Hyperloop: MP's crusade for cheaper housing

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Senate move could lift the lid on Centrelink debt letter debacle

Tony Abbott

The bromance is over: Why did Cory turn on Tony?

Jacqueline Maley

Senator Cory Bernardi addresses the media after delivering a statement in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra, on ...

Courageous or crazy? Political defections that ended in tears

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called time on the Gold Pass.

PM takes the axe to the most notorious political perk of all

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a service in Canberra to mark the start of the parliamentary year.

Even the one comfort in Turnbull's disastrous run is bad news

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Samar, 8, an asylum seeker from Sudan at the protest outside the UNHCR in Jakarta on Monday.

'I like Australia': Refugees beg UNHCR to decide their fate

Jessie Chiang

A settler reacts as police evict the last settlers from the West Bank outpost of Amona on Thursday.

Israel passes law to seize private Palestinian land

Footage from the attack.

Fresh video of suicide boat ramming Saudi frigate

Pro-government supporters hold up the national Syrian flag and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo ...

Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison: Amnesty

Cory Bernardi does a Donald in New York.

Bernardi needs to learn that bigotry isn't enough

COMMENT
John Birmingham

Rio Tinto, generic Pilbara Operations, Iron Ore West Angelas Mine. FIFO, fly in fly out workers at West Angelas Iron Ore ...

How small towns can get FIFO workers to move in

COMMENT

Australia's population growth rate is now well below the 2.1 per cent achieved during the height of the mining boom.

Midwives should call on obstetricians only when they're needed

COMMENT
Liz Wilkes

Ahmed Fahour

Senate committee tells Aus Post it can't keep CEO's salary a secret

1 hr ago

Transurban CEO Scott Charlton said the company wasn't anticipating an immediate boost from Donald Trump's promised ...

Transurban to wait patiently for Trump's road bonanza

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-APRIL 6, 2011 : Generic photo of the ASX board in Melbourne on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. AFR / LUIS ...

Four graphs that show why you should buy Australian shares

Sydney suit maker Herringbone and stablemate Rhodes & Beckett are the latest Australian brands to collapse.

Herringbone, Rhodes & Beckett add to retail carnage

Will Snapchat last, or will it fade before our eyes?

COMMENT
James Titcomb

Parmalat's dairy factory pay battle heads to tribunal

French populism fears boost the Aussie

Worner's love letters to Harrison released online

Cranes on the skyline of Melbourne, Brisbane and, to a lesser extent, Sydney, have experts concerned about an oversupply.

'Only a matter of time' before prices fall in Brisbane: economist

Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Government orders sale of illegal QLD foreign property purchases

Scenic views of rock pools at Point Lookout on Straddie island.

The Queensland island due for its day in the sun

Despite a 3.5 per cent decrease in Brisbane city price growth last year, top performing primary and secondary catchment ...

The Queensland state schools with highest house price growth

AirBnB's super bowl ad 2017.

What does Airbnb really want us to accept with its new ad?

COMMENT

Angry puppy.

Expensive, noisy, messy: Why getting a dog was a big mistake

Self

Longines' Flagship Heritage timepiece, 60th Anniversary edition, 1957-2017.

Four of the hottest new timepieces to watch this year

Watches

How much is your home worth? The answer is more complex than you may think.

Home truths about how we actually measure home prices

Jessica Irvine

Under the current super system, employees can only make concessional contributions if their employer offers salary sacrifice.

One way super is changing for the better for employees

Noel Whittaker

Peter Wallace is backing marriage equality.

Small businesses back marriage equality

Determining value is important when you're spending your redundancy payout.

How much should I spend buying a business?

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Hottest summer days for Brisbane

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Cory Bernardi: Why I quit

Federal Politics

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Cabinet reshuffle will be 'minor'

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'If the patriots win we go on a date?'

8yo Frederic Lan is the youngest participant in this years Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. He has been practicing his ...

Fairfax photos of the week

Stan - Underground

Gripping escape thriller Underground - all episodes now streaming. Only on Stan.

Stan - Jurassic

65 million years in the making, the Jurassic Park trilogy will never get old.

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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Golden boy: Shane Warne at the announcement of his Warney Uncut national tour.

Warney show promises 'nothing but the truth' about personal life

Karl Quinn

Emilia Clarke says the second-last season of Game of Thrones is going to be a "mind blower".

Is Daenerys' origin story on the cards for a GoT prequel

Broede Carmody

'A living hell': You can hear Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine from 8pm on 3AW.

'For Christ's sake, Miranda': Bolt threatens to hang up on Miranda

Ebony Bowden

Tom Arnold on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here Australia season 3, 2017.

Donald Trump a 'sexist, racist phoney' says Tom Arnold

Karl Quinn

George Michael on stage in 2012.

George Michael's body still hasn't been returned to his family

Broede Carmody

Stephanie 'Hex' Bendixsen, former presenter on ABC2's <i>Good Game</i>.

Game over at 31? Why ABC host decided it was time to switch over

Karl Quinn

Tony Jones,Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Josh Frydenberg on Q&A.

Q&A; recap: Dear Mr President, do you even watch Q&A;

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Sean Spicer learned about the SNL skit on his way home from church.

Sean Spicer says SNL should stop being 'mean' after hilarious skit

Broede Carmody

The story of Wally Lewis as a rising football star features in <i>Home Ground: The State of Origin Musical</i>.

State of Origin musical aims to bring footy fans to the theatre

Rachel Clun

Bleach Festival performers (from left) Tristan Meecham, Jacob Hunt, director Louise Bezzina and Frank Enstein actor ...

Bleach Festival unleashes dance, art and colour

Tony Moore

Yuki Taniguchi performs a Butoh dance.

Brisbane crowing with Asian events in Year of the Rooster

Cameron Atfield

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, left, speaks as Hillary Clinton ...

Anti-establishment pin up Bernie Sanders inspires luxury fashion collection

Jenna Clarke

Nora Ephron once wrote,"There's not a damn thing you can do about a neck."

This is how you can stop feeling bad about your neck

Natalie Reilly

By the time she died, I had my own family, but still the grief came for me every day.

I am still not ready to be eldest sister, and never will be

Jenna Price

Kylie Minogue has successfully blocked Kylie Jenner from trademarking the name "Kylie".

Battle of the Kylies: Minogue beats Jenner

Amy Croffey

Attempts to phone Centrelink would end up with me on hold and no further advanced in the phone queue by the end of my ...

How Centrelink has terrorised me over an ex-partner's debt

COMMENT
Andie Fox

Actress Jamie Lynn Spears with her daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge, and mother Lynne Spears.

Britney Spears’s niece seriously injured: reports

Nicole Economos

Demonstrators hold signs while marching towards Trump Tower during the Women's March in New York, U.S., on Saturday, ...

Women's March organises second day of action

Mary Ward

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Actress Emma Stone attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The ...

The best looks from the 2017 Oscar Nominee Luncheon

Health is not one-size fits all but personalised health is not quite here.

The problem with personalised nutrition and health

Sarah Berry

Good dancing is expressing what's on the inside.

Why everyone can learn to dance well

Sarah Berry

Performance doesn't have to decrease with age.

An athlete's age not the most important for performance

Ginny McReynolds

GOOD FOOD: Sydney Fish Markets. Chef Brent Savage tours the fish market showing us how to pick fresh seafood. Spanner ...

How to buy the freshest seafood at the market

'Pretty much nothing in it': Chocolate cloud cake from Anthia Koullouros.

19 smart sweet swaps to crush sugar cravings

Pete Evans' paleo spaghetti with prawns, pesto & pistachios

Paleo spaghetti with prawns, pesto and pistachios

Pete Evans

Drew Barrymore at a screening of her new show, <i>Santa Clarita Diet</i>.

Drew Barrymore: 'My third divorce was my worst nightmare'

Facebook: Melinda Tankard Reist

Aussie preschooler's lunchbox prompts scathing note home

Movie time

What I said when my daughter asked me about my sex life

These airport terminals are set to beautify any commute.

Hope for a delay: The world's most beautiful airports

Sinead Pearson

Star Ferry, Hong Kong Harbour, at night.

Ten of the world's greatest travel experiences for $10 or less

Angie Kelly

Travelling in the US will be the same as it ever was.

Why you should still visit the US despite President Trump

Ben Groundwater

An artist's rendition of how Uber sees the future of on-demand urban air transportation, from last year.

Uber eyes flying cars, hires NASA veteran

The FTC says the Vizio case shows how a television or other appliance might be telling companies more than their owners ...

Vizio TVs apparently spied on their owners

A robot fills orders inside an Amazon fulfilment centre in the US.

Amazon ponders robot-run supermarket with staff of 3

Daniel John Sobieski, a retiree in Chicago is credited with an increase in the pro-Trump social media presence.

The 'cyborg' Twitter drive of conservatives

The Primo app scans a QR code.

This app lets you skip the shopping queue

2017 Volkswagen Amarok Core Plus.

Updated VW Amarok revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Mercedes-AMg Gt R sets bathurst lap record.

The fastest car around Bathurst is ...?

Andrew MacLean

The BMW M4 GTS has arrived in Australia.

Driven: BMW's hardcore M4

Stephen Ottley

2018 Holden Commodore Sportwagon.

New Commodore wagon revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Subaru Liberty.

2018 Subaru Liberty revealed

Drive Staff

18MY Jaguar F-TYPE, 400S. 2017 Jaguar F-Type.

Thieves steal $4.9m worth of engines

Dom Tripolone

Charged: Security consultant Adrian Gard, pictured with former US president Bill Clinton.

Police charge man over listening device found in All Blacks hotel

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Eyeing up a homecoming: Drew Mitchell.

Wallabies winger's Barba warning: Watch out for the owner

Big loss: Ben Barba was reluctant to serve a 12-game NRL ban.

NRL to audit Sharks over Barba's termination payout

Michael Chammas

Springboks legend: Joost van der Westhuizen.

Springbok warrior kept fighting in the hardest of battles

Mick Cleary

"It's unfortunate, because that's a nice piece of memorabilia. So if it shows up on eBay, someone let me know and I'll ...

Brady's Super Bowl jersey mysteriously disappears

Breakers players applaud Akil Mitchell as he is helped off the court after suffering a serious eye injury.

NBL import returns to US for eye treatment after horrific injury

Open-minded: Jarryd Hayne.

Hayne considers following Barba to French rugby

GOAT: Tom Brady is the most successful quarterback in Super Bowl history with a fifth championship.

'Cool, calm and collected': What makes Brady a champion

Andrew Webster