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BoM map shows the cyclone likely to form off Queensland.

'Don't panic': Cyclone warnings for Qld intensify

Jorge Branco

Pauline Hanson is risking sensible debate about how to raise immunisation levels.

'Islam is a disease we need to vaccinate': Hanson

Amy Remeikis

South-east Queensland could return to water restrictions in 2018, if the recent rainfall doesn't break the drought.

Dams lowest since 2010 yet we're using 10 litres more a day

Tony Moore
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Treat yourself with a luxurious stay at Lizard Island.

American tourists want to spend $200,000? Here's how to do it

Felicity Caldwell

Outgoing judge Margaret McMurdo has warned "there may be future attacks" on the judiciary.

Retiring judge takes parting shot at Newman

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says tourism operators say 'don't send us any more flights at the moment'.

Qld lacks the 'luxury' US and Chinese visitors want, Premier says

Felicity Caldwell

High drama moment grips Trump's reputation

ANALYSIS

Google parent loses $31b in value as ad crisis spirals out of control

Joe Mayes

Trains suspended as truck becomes stuck under bridge

Toby Crockford

CBA follows ANZ, Westpac to hike rates

Georgia Wilkins

Flood victims sue over what might have been

Tony Moore

A crane was called to the scene to stabilise the overhead walkway.

Building site walkway near collapse after car crash in Fortitude Valley

Toby Crockford
18 mins ago

Artist impression of Skytower Brisbane at 222 Margaret St, Brisbane.

Tracking Brisbane's tallest buildings through the years

Whether it be your gym membership, mobile phone plan or the new car you've had your eye on, it is important to know what ...

Did you read the fine print on your gym deal or mobile phone plan?

Pet festival and markets to keep animal owners entertained

Brisbane's first Gelato Messina is finally here.

The best-looking Messina gelato store is about to open in Brisbane

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'Islam is a disease': Hanson

Thirteen Queen Victoria Market traders had been rated 'unsatisfactory' after rats were discovered on their premises.

'Humans are not 70kg rats': Testing on animals 'outdated'

Duncan Campbell Chloe Ryan

Facial surgery changes girl’s life

CUB pulls stumps on Australian cricket

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Britain faces $82 billion Brexit bill from EU

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Building site walkway near collapse after car ...

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The second Queensland floods class action is given the green light.

Lawyers to call for victims as second floods class action advances

Tony Moore

'Croc that mauled teen' trapped, destined for farm or zoo

Tully, Sutherland called before corruption inquiry

Smoke, by guerrilla street artist Blue Art Xinja, has been at Central Station since 2012.

Where there's smoke, there's art: illegal artwork to stay in Brisbane

Cameron Atfield

The operation targeted people linked to the Comancheros and Mongols outlaw motorcycle gangs and uncovered sophisticated ...

Drug raids: 'Most of these people read a recipe off the internet'

Toby Crockford

Paramedics treat a 24-year-old man in Southport.

Kebab shop fight leaves man in hospital

Jorge Branco

Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk with chef Joel Chrystal and Eileen Taylor Chrystal of Brisbane food truck The Bone Lorry.

Anyone for second helping? Brisbane food truck program to stay

Ruth McCosker

BoM map shows the cyclone likely to form off Queensland.

Cyclone could bring winds in excess of 165km/h

Biometric facial map. The federal government is experimenting with facial recognition for users of its online services.

How you'll soon log into govt services

ACT

Bulk rubbish in Ballajura last year.

Perth residents declare war on 'verge bandits'

WA

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 18: (generic crane index) Cranes are seen over Darling Harbour due to a large amount of ...

Bums on seats driving the Sydney housing boom

COMMENT

The Turnbull Government has waved through a proposed cut to penalty rates.

Turnbull government backs penalty-rate cuts for low paid

James Massola

'Islam is a disease we need to vaccinate': Hanson

Amy Remeikis

Beef breakthrough as China insists its regional intentions are peaceful

Mark Kenny

Education Minister Simon Birmingham is working on a new schools funding model to take effect from next year

Government shifts to school funding after childcare reforms pass

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs at an inquiry on Friday.

Triggs slams Turnbull's 'highly unsatisfactory' 18C race law changes

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has expressed special concern about IS activity in South-East Asia.

IS might form 'diaspora' caliphate, Brandis warns

Senator Cory Bernardi has led the push to kill of a China-Australia extradition treaty.

Cross-party coalition likely to block China extradition treaty

A Beijing commuter unlocks her share bike.

Bicycles retake China's streets with a new twist

Kirsty Needham

Rescue helicopters fly over the ferry Sewol after it foundered in April 2014.

South Korea salvages ferry in search of bodies and answers

Fire rages at a military ammunition depot in Balaklia near Khrakiv in Ukraine .

Ukraine sees Russian hand in ammo warehouse blasts

A large cloud of smoke rises during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants in early March.

Dozens buried in rubble after Mosul air raid say Iraqi officials, residents

Tom Ballard

I stood side-by-side with a Catholic priest to overturn law

COMMENT
Tom Ballard

Friends and family warned Ashley Hay that moving cities while pregnant was a terrible idea. It turned out to be entirely ...

At six weeks pregnant, I moved cities. It was my best decision

Ashley Hay

The number of wallets that go missing and do not get returned far exceeds the happy few that make their way home to ...

Be honest, what would you do if you found a lost wallet?

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

We're being told we should love our jobs, but when they're boring, no wonder we conclude the boss is a cow.

Chinese dairy giant drops $5.5 billion in a day

Richard Frost

The Court of Appeal found Google was not the primary publisher of the images in contention.

Google parent loses $31b in value as ad crisis spirals out of control

Joe Mayes

A report has shown which health funds have won and lost customers.

Report shows which health funds have won – and lost – customers

Esther Han

Martyn Wild has left the company.

'Untenable': Westpac executive departs after misconduct

Elizabeth Knight

ASX ends rough week on a high

Myriam Robin

CBA follows ANZ, Westpac to hike home loan rates

Georgia Wilkins

Australian property 'cheap' for Chinese buyers: Credit Suisse

Myriam Robin

Downer bid for Spotless 'crazy and value destructive'

Brian Robins

10 Sunnymeade Place, Mudgeeraba, is a Hampton's inspired haven

What to see this weekend: The best of Queensland property

Sydney couple Mina and Scott O'Neill have bought 28 properties, with plans for more.

The Gen Y couple with 28 investment properties

This is not a VÄRDERA collection by Krisztina Czika.

Repulsive, confronting: Is human hair the new it-product?

Whinging superheroes: Batman and Superman.

Calling all superheroes: Here's the Brisbane apartment for you

From left: employees Sue Bruns, Kristen McGowen, and Shannon Walker with Messina, a Hanoverian Mare, at the new Ark at ...

The airport where jet-setting pets get gold-class treatment

Lewis Hamilton made a surprising admission before his appearance at Hugo Boss Crown.

The one thing about Australia that terrifies Lewis Hamilton

Cars

A Tasmanian Cask Company barrel maturing whisky for Tasmanian Independent Bottlers.

The secret weapon behind Australia's best whisky

Smart Sipping

Some health insurers allow kids' swimming lessons on extras coverage.

How to beat the April health insurance price rise

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Why women and men need to negotiate pay rises differently

Georgina Dent

WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was in Sydney for WeWork's official launch.

How McKelvey's side hustle became co-working giant WeWork

Cara Waters

One question still endures: Do leaders actually matter?

Is leadership irrelevant?

James Adonis

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Cyclone could be severe

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No more flights please: Premier

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'Islam is a disease': Hanson

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Kate Middleton opens up about motherhood

Photo engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of xenon short-arc lamps in the DLR German national aeronautics and space ...

World of Photos - March 24, 2017

STAN - Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks: The Return - May 22. Only on Stan

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. Only 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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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?

Feud brings Baby Jane back to grotesque, brilliant life

Karl Quinn

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 12: Brett Ratner attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd ...

Rotten Tomatoes 'the worst thing about movie culture': director

James Lemon

Rogue One's director has revealed that Jyn Erso's mother was originally meant to be a Jedi.

Rogue One's rewrites were much more extensive than first thought

Broede Carmody

Jake Gyllenhaal Editorial Shoot for Columbia Pictures' LIFE. Jake Gyllenhaal portrait. The actor is one of the stars of ...

Life's Jake Gyllenhaal says acting has left him 'untethered and lost'

Karl Quinn

Richard Simmons speaks to the audience before the start of a summer salad fashion show at Grand Central Terminal in New ...

Richard Simmons is not missing, contrary to podcast

Kelly Lawler

British comedian Phill Jupitus is touring Australia in April.

Never mind that panel show, Phill Jupitus is a man of many talents

Sarah Thomas

A public memorial for Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Dying Debbie Reynolds 'asked permission' to 'be with Carrie'

Jayme Deerwester

Love Actually

Love Actually sequel trailer asks who's aged best since the original

Broede Carmody

The City2South caters to runners of all experience levels, from elite distance runners to amateurs.

City2South fun run grows into two-day fitness festival

Toby Crockford

Anna O'Byrne and Charles Edwards took some of the limelight back from Dame Julie.

My Fair Lady has more to offer than just Julie Andrews

Susan Hetherington

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

Switzerland's Roger Federer kisses his trophy after defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal during the men's singles final at the ...

Roger Federer eats cheese, hams it up for new GQ story

Jenna Clarke

Mike Pence tweeted this photo of the meeting which discussed the future of maternity care in the United States.

Mike Pence tweets photo of men discussing maternity rights

Jenna Clarke

Grid girls at Albert Park on Monday, ready for the grand prix this weekend.

The time has come to retire 'grid girls' for good

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Emma Thompson, 57, is an icon of British theatre and film.

Emma Thompson reveals Donald Trump's pick-up technique

Amy Croffey

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks during the launch of maternal mental health films ahead of mother's day at Royal ...

Kate calls motherhood a 'huge challenge' in rare insight

Mary Ward

We spend a lot of time policing the way our daughters behave. It's time to focus on sons.

What your son needs to know before he leaves the house tonight

COMMENT
Jenna Price

CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures And Legendary Pictures' 'Godzilla' - Red Carpet Credit: Kevin ...

The dating double standard we are still falling for

COMMENT
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Chelsea Clinton campaigns for her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at the Transcept, ...

Is Chelsea running for office, or does she just like Twitter?

Katie Rogers

Can you eat bread and lose weight? Yes, according to a new study.

'Dramatic' weight-loss possible without counting calories, study finds

Sarah Berry

Checking in with yourself is good for everyone.

How being selfish actually helps everyone around you

Susie Moore

The exercise guidelines for pregnant women have changed.

Doctors urge more exercise for pregnant women

Amby Burfoot

Brisbane's first Gelato Messina is finally here.

First look: Gelato Messina to (finally) open in Brisbane

Australia has a long history of misguided restaurant names.

Are these the worst restaurant names in Australia?

Banoffee pie.

Teresa Cutter's guilt-free banoffee pie with banana, toffee and coffee

Chris & Amy Rehs-Dupin and their two children.

Husband gives birth after his wife was unable to fall pregnant

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Ten year anniversary: 'Find Maddie McCann' Facebook page closed

Carter and Rowdy.

How Rowdy the dog is helping Baxter accept his rare skin condition

Qantas is replacing its 747s with 787-9 Dreamliners.

Once 'queen of the skies', the iconic 747 will soon be just a flying truck

Samantha Masunag

Assraf Nasir lip syncs Britney Spear's legendary 'Toxic'.

Flight attendant goes viral after performing Britney hit on plane

Kylie McLaughlin

Dry as a bone: This is the largest country in the world with no river. But which country is it?

Traveller quiz: Which is the world's largest country without a river?

Mal Chenu

Samsung's new QLED televisions push the boundaries of colour and brightness.

Hands on: Samsung QLED Ultra HD smart TV

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo say they want to give consumers access to their data, but are seeking new ...

Data the new gold as banks, tech firms battle

Webcity is experiencing a 24-hour outage.

Webcity services 'meltdown' leaves customers in the lurch

UPDATED

Any electronic device larger than 16 centimetres long is now prohibited.

How the airline laptop ban creates other risks

COMMENT

The Senate vote on Thursday foreshadowed a broader rollback of tech and telecom policies that have drawn the ire of ...

US moves to repeal internet privacy rules

MONTMELO, SPAIN - MARCH 08: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren MCL32 on ...

Why you can't miss the 2017 Australian Grand Prix

David McCowen

While Nissan's SUVs are popular, passenger cars such as the Altima present a challenge.

Nissan: Passenger cars 'challenging' for the brand

David McCowen

Bentley Continental GT.

Why the Bentley Continental is a used car bargain

David Morley

2017 Audi S5 Coupe.

New Audi S5 performance coupe reviewed

Peter McKay

2017 Nissan Navara Series 2. Embargo: 4am 24/03/2017

New Nissan Navara Series 2 reviewed

David McCowen

Aston Martin and the F1 Red Bull Racing have created the AM-RB 001.

The way F1 is changing Aston Martin

Stephen Ottley

Twin towers: marquee forwards Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub hold the key for the Lions.

Who will win the AFLW grand final ... and why

Daisy Pearce

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Joseph Leila of the Raiders takes on the defence during the round four NRL match between ...

Live NRL score: Brisbane Broncos v Canberra Raiders

Live
Matt Bungard

Coates challenger: Danni Roche.

Criticism of Roche for challenging Coates is un-Australian

Peter FitzSimons

Super Rugby success has been fleeting and unsustainable for Australian teams.

SANZAAR may be about to give us back our Super tournament

COMMENT
Paul Cully

Nick Kyrgios

'Ease up champ': Kyrgios' Twitter jibe goes down poorly

Virat Kohli claps Steve Smith after failed DRS call.

'The next Sachin Tendulkar': Why India reveres Kohli

Andrew Wu

Anger management: The fourth official intervenes as Tim Cahill and Kevin Muscat exchange words.

Abuse of coaches, by coaches, is a blight on the A-League

ANALYSIS
Michael Cockerill

Brett Kimmorley and his wife, Sharnie, pictured in 2002.

Brett Kimmorley's wife Sharnie dies after cancer battle

Megan Levy