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South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill takes a rare glance at Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg during the tense exchange.

'Childish': Premier, minister in bitter stoush live on TV

1 hr ago

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday ,the day his interview with Fox News went ...

Trump says he based Obama wiretapping claim on media reports

Terrence Dopp
1 hr ago

Prawns at the Newport Arms.

Fresh prawn ban could lead to cheaper seafood for south-east Qld

Felicity Caldwell

Imagine a scenario in which the Federal Reserve turns aggressive in lifting rates, the Aussie dollar tumbles, and the ...

RBA's next rate rise will have triple the force of 1990s hikes

ANALYSIS

Magistrate's husband faces court on assault charge

Emergency services are on the scene of a fire at Atkinsons Dam.

One person dies as fire destroys home west of Brisbane

Jorge Branco

President is wrong: Republicans tire of Trump's nonsense

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Abbott said she had sex appeal. Now former MP says he has to go

Brisbane couple wins $1.8 million suit against builder

Ian Chappell joins the fight against Queensland mine

EXCLUSIVE

The Gateway: Turnbull reveals Snowy Mountain scheme 2.0

David Warner leaves the field after being dismissed during the fourth day of the second Test.

Warner falls at crease in crucial third Test

Live
Cameron Mee

Ed Kuepper

A few doors down from a park in Brisbane's south, punk was born

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: Doc Evatt Park Lugarno: PM Malcolm TUrnbull talks about childhood vacinations and the WA ...

Governments rarely lose power because of a single politician

COMMENT

257/51 Noosa Springs Drive, Noosa Springs recently sold to a young family.

Why buyers spend millions to wake up to a golf course every day

Glory days: Fonda Metassa crashes over in his final game, the 1969 grand final, as Norths took out the Brisbane premiership.

Mythbusting The Greek's escape from a Lang Park ambulance

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Julie Andrews in Brisbane

soybean worm

Research saves crops from devastating worms

PILLS AFR 100722 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC tablet, pill, pharmaceutical, drug company, pain, relief, ...

What to do if you miss a dose of medication

Turnbull to increase Snowy Hydro stake if states ...

3:25PM

RBA to hold in face of jobs, fed hikes

3:25PM

Dugan at loggerheads with Dragons over positional ...

3:24PM

James Joseph Dowling pleaded not guilty in the Roma Street Magistrates Court in Brisbane to vandalising a Toowong War ...

Men plead not guilty to damaging war memorial

'Locked doors. Run away': Terrified captive in Brisbane mansion

Jorge Branco

Man walks after assault on race driver's son

More than seven in 10 child protection investigations in Queensland are not substantiated.

More than 70 per cent of child protection probes unsubstantiated

Felicity Caldwell

There could still be black lung cases yet to be diagnosed.

Scores of Queensland miners likely died of black lung

Felicity Caldwell

Bliss n Eso have dedicated a new video to Johann Ofner, who died after he was shot in the chest during filming in Brisbane.

Bliss n Eso release tribute to stuntman killed on video shoot

Rachel Clun

Victorian man Guido James Eglitis was arrested last year.

Accused kidnapper declines to apply for bail

Jorge Branco

Emergency services are on the scene of a fire at Atkinsons Dam.

One person dies as fire destroys home west of Brisbane

The ATO has refused freedom of information requests from a website designed to improve access to government.

ATO, Immigration vulnerable to cyber attack, report finds

ACT

Police seized 2.1kg of meth from the scene, including 1.7kg from the spa water.

In hot water: Duo jailed over $2m meth stash in spa

WA

Sandy the purebred desert dingo, as a pup soon after her 2014 rescue, could help answer important questions of science ...

Orphan dingo pup may put Darwin's theory to the test

NSW

Get ready for more AFL games on pay TV.

Gambling giants agree to slash ads, but TV stations aren't happy

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott
28 mins ago

Ugly and graphic illustration of a political system in ruins

COMMENT
Michael Gordon
1 hr ago

Turnbull to increase Snowy stake if states will not fund expansion

Adam Gartrell
4 mins ago

A Sydney Morning Herald drawing showing Sir William Hudson in front of one of the Snowy Mountains Scheme dams.

40 years later, the Snowy Mountains Scheme is back in vogue

Tony Wright
1 hr ago

South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill takes a rare glance at Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg during the tense exchange.

Gatecrashing Premier in slanging match with federal minister

Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Christopher Pyne described Ms McManus' comments as "anarcho-Marxist claptrap"

'Anarcho-Marxist claptrap': Liberals slam ACTU boss

Tom McIlroy

Coalition MPs say nuclear power should be on the table as Australia grapples with its energy future.

Put nuclear in the energy mix, Coalition MPs tell PM

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

US District Judge Derrick Watson questioned whether the administration was motivated by national security concerns.

Trump's own words used to shoot down second travel ban

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
1 hr ago

Greg Shackleton paints "Australia" on a shop wall in Balibo in East Timor in 1975. He and five other journalists were ...

East Timor to receive fund injection from Victoria

Daniel Flitton

Brazilian President Michel Temer in Brasilia on Wednesday.

Brazil on edge: 350 new corruption probes threaten government

51 mins ago

Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), center, leaves the Dutch Parliament following the Dutch elections.

Dutch election: Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders concedes defeat

A Brisbane doctor explains why he is always apologising to patients.

'Hi, my name's Jason. I'm your doctor. This is why I'm running late'

COMMENT
Jason Yosar

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: Doc Evatt Park Lugarno: PM Malcolm TUrnbull talks about childhood vacinations and the WA ...

Governments rarely lose power because of a single politician

COMMENT
Madonna King

The video is laced with lingering shots of Coopers beers.

The day bibles, beer and blue suits took over

COMMENT
John Birmingham

The rescue of Slater and Gordon is on.

Slater and Gordon rescue under way after banks offload debt

Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

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Markets Live: ASX turns red as mood sours

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Janet Yellen and the Federal Open Market Committee have been careful to take the global pulse before acting.

US Fed playing with fire by lifting rates

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Variable rates for owner occupiers were being increased in part due to fierce competition and increased regulation and ...

NAB raises variable, investors' home loan rates

UPDATED
Patrick Hatch
15 mins ago

AMP dumps cluster bombs and cigarette stocks in ethics overhaul

Patrick Hatch

Heinz security guard accused of insider-trading on $36b deal

Unemployment rate jumps to 5.9 per cent

UPDATED

Myer's half-year sales slide as stocktake sale disappoints

Catie Low

The Eimeo Pacific Hotel in Mackay is facing demolition when it is sole.

Iconic Eimeo Pacific Hotel in Mackay facing demolition

257/51 Noosa Springs Drive, Noosa Springs recently sold to a young family.

Why some buyers spend millions to wake up to a golf course every day

This is what you can buy for Brisbane's median house price: 75 Farrington Street, Alderley, is listed at offers above ...

Brisbane's median house price hits a new high

Why, after 11 months, Lisa won't let her partner in her home

Invisible House at 2493 Jenolan Caves Road, Hampton

Why concrete is back in vogue for our most distinguished homes

Rich Roll before his transformation.

'I blew it all': How an alcoholic lawyer became a vegan warrior

Fitness
Gary Nunn

Arnold & Son Tourbillon Chronometer No. 36 is a showstopping showpiece.

Seven of the most dazzling new watches coming soon

Watches

Saman Shad and family are going overseas for a year and spending tens of thousands of dollars in savings that they could ...

'We're spending our life savings on a family trip of a lifetime'

COMMENT
Saman Shad

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How would rising interest rates affect property prices?

Noel Whittaker

Designer Cynthia Rowley says "the floodgates opened" when she started looking beyond clothes.

From wetsuits to wallpaper: how Cynthia Rowley built a fashion empire

Cara Waters
3 mins ago

The concept of a career is being shaken to its core.

Workplace skills fading faster than ever

Tony Featherstone

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Frydenberg v Weatherill

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Julie Andrews in Brisbane

1 hr ago

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Worst first date ever

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Backpacker thought she was in horror movie

People walk beneath snow-covered trees on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall during a winter storm, in the Back Bay ...

World of Photos

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

Stan - Adventure time

Adventure Time Seasons 1-7 now streaming on Stan

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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Arya Stark's character features in the most expensive Game of Thrones death scene to date.

Game of Thrones' most expensive death (it's not the red wedding)

Broede Carmody

Bliss n Eso have dedicated a new video to Johann Ofner, who died after he was shot in the chest during filming in Brisbane.

Bliss n Eso's tribute to stuntman killed during music video shoot

Rachel Clun

Donald Trump: 'Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.'

Trump's election win to get HBO treatment from Tom Hanks

Rob Moran

Chris Rock is returning to touring stand-up after a nine-year gap.

Chris Rock to tour Australia for first time in nine years

Sarah Thomas

PHOTO SHOWS KEANU REEVES IN THE FILM 'MATRIX'. PHOTO FOR ICON SMH 990410. NO CAPTION INFORMATION PROVIDED.

The Matrix reportedly set for reboot

Matt Bungard

Nikki, 25, is wanting to transform herself into the perfect bikini body for her young family.

New-look Biggest Loser debuts to dreadful ratings

Michael Lallo

Justin Bieber explaining his actions towards Seven News.

Bieber punks Seven News with Summer Heights High gag

Nathanael Cooper

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

Academy president addresses 'beautiful' Oscars blunder

Rob Moran

A worker at the one of the munitions factories in south-east Queensland circa 1942. Source: SLQ Image 99531

10 Brisbane suburbs with histories even the locals don't know

Jodi Panayotov

Justin Bieber's movements and delivery have the haunted feel of someone who has been here so often that he is seeing ...

Bieber hits Brisbane with a spring in his step and a frog in his throat

Simon Holt

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 02: Mirene Igwabi. Creator of winning short film Adele. on March 2, 2017 in Brisbane, ...

'Bad memories' of Brisbane's new star film-maker

Elizabeth Debicki, ambassador of Longines Golden Slipper.

Elizabeth Debicki on those Cate Blanchett comparisons

Amy Croffey

Mélanie Ségard fulfilled her dream of reading the weather report.

'I'm finally a weather girl!' Woman with Down syndrome fulfils a lifelong dream

Which princess (at the beach) are you?

Does the world really need Disney princess-inspired bikinis?

Annie Brown
32 mins ago

Model Lou Kenny starred in the Vogue Runway at the Melbourne Fashion Festival on Wednesday night.

This 58-year-old model is killing it at Melbourne Fashion Festival

Melissa Singer

Kesha: "I am happiest when I'm present in my real life."

Kesha: 'The internet is not a healthy place for me'

Nicole Economos

Emma Watson arrives at the world premiere of "Beauty and the Beast" at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday, March 2, ...

Emma Watson sues over stolen pictures of her trying on outfits

RuPaul (R) and husband, Georges LeBar.

RuPaul secretly married his Australian partner of 23 years

Can't decipher the bio of your latest match? Clem Bastow has compiled a short glossary to help you out.

What it really means when a Tinder bio reads 'Easygoing'

Clem Bastow

Taryn Brumfitt believes that there has been a shift in the way many people view the "perfect" body; it no longer has to ...

Taryn Brumfitt on stripping down to shape up

Sarah Berry

Refuel with water not sport's drinks.

Ten nutrition mistakes even really healthy people make

Cara Rosenbloom

A yoghurt smoothie for good mental health?

Yoghurt may help some forms of depression, study says

Sarah Berry

Mushroom and pea risotto.

Neil Perry's easy-peasy mushroom and pea risotto

Rock Bar at the Ayana Resort Bali.

10 of the world's top hotel bars (worth checking in for)

Caffeine hit: Latest food trend figures confirm cafe culture is on the rise.

Australians are eating less pizza but drinking more coffee, says study

25 mins ago

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Megan Fox urges mums to wear lingerie 'even before they're ready'

14 mins ago

Jason Momoa with his two children with Lisa Bonet, Nakoa Wolf, 8, (left) and Lola, 9.

Jason Momoa's photo of daughter with 'naked' rock star causes outrage

Disney princess bikinis; NOT made by Disney.

Disney princess bikinis are a thing, and I'm conflicted

1 hr ago

Switzerland Hike.

Simply stunning: The world's most beautiful walking trail

Keith Austin

Liveable and great to visit: Vienna.

The world's most liveable city for 2017: 20 reasons it's so great

Keith Austin

Goi cuon, or summer rolls, are one of the most popular finger foods.

The seven Vietnamese dishes every traveller needs to try

Julietta Jameson

You never know when it will come in handy.

The Swiss Army Knife you plug in

Leica's M10 consciously evokes its earlier film classics.

M10 stays true to Leica's design philosophy

A still from the YouTube video of the incident.

Video emerges of iPhone exploding in man's hands

29 mins ago

Jackson Bliton, known by his gamer name Bajheera, live streams both his gaming and his workout regimen from his home in ...

Loving video games to death - literally

The smart Commuter jacket, which was introduced over the weekend at SXSW in Austin, is aimed at those who bike to work.

Google, Levi's smart jacket hints at future

The Audi TT Offroad concept points to the styling of the new Q4 going on sale in 2019.

Audi confirms new Q4

Greg Kable

Audi Australia confirms presence of 'cheat' software used to dupe emissions testing.

Audi raided by German police

Andreas Cremer

Drive's Hyundai Tucson long-term test car.

Do we need AWD SUVs?

David McCowen

Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder.

Top 7 on-screen Ferraris

Dom Tripolone

Citroen C5 Aircross concept sketch.

Citroen tease new C5 Aircross SUV

Drive Staff

2017 Volkswagen Passat 206TSI.

VW Passat R36 successor reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Steven Smith prepares to catch the ball during a training session ahead of their third test cricket match against India ...

Third Test: Good news for Aussies with series on a knife edge

Live
Cameron Mee

Glory days: Fonda Metassa crashes over in his final game, the 1969 grand final, as Norths took out the Brisbane premiership.

Is the fable of Fonda Metassa the greatest rugby league story of all?

Phil Lutton

Kyrgios drives Djokovic to distraction with crushing win

Brumbies CEO Michael Thomson.

No comment from CEOs as Brumbies whispers grow louder

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - MARCH 04: 2016 Women's World Surfing Champion Tyler Wright surfs a wave during the Australian ...

World champ Tyler Wright upset in first round of Roxy Pro

No love lost: India captain Virat Kohli celebrates after the dismissal of Steve Smith.

'Complete rubbish': Smith-Kohli feud still raging on eve of Test

Andrew Wu

Korbin Sims has turned around his NRL fortunes since linking with Wayne Bennett at Red Hill.

Bennett warns Sims to avoid Origin hype

Dale Copley has left the Roosters after just a year at the club.

Titans hopeful Copley debuts against Eels