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The top of a vehicle can be seen in floodwaters at Toombul.

Water over lanes causes delays on Bruce Highway as flash flooding hits south-east

Live
38 mins ago

South-east Queensland receives a drenching from ex-Cyclone Debbie.

SEQ shuts down, staff sent home and more than 2000 schools close

Tracey Ferrier

Evacuations from Hamilton Island have begun after after Cyclone Debbie.

Long queues for evacuation flights from Whitsundays

Felicity Caldwell
1 hr ago

Cars drive through partially flooded roads in Bowen the day after Cyclone Debbie blew through.

50 people stuck in floodwaters near Mackay

Bronwyn Bishop resigned in 2015 after it was revealed she spent more than $5000 to charter a helicopter to attend a ...

As she rails against socialists, Bishop collects a pension

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra ...

'No, I don't have the figure': Cash's radio shocker

Live
25 mins ago

Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest person.

Why Rinehart is scouting netball comps for workers

Former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald leaves the NSW Supreme Court after being found guilty of misconduct in public ...

Ex-minister set to join Obeid in jail after guilty verdict

Michaela Whitbourn
23 mins ago

Bank of Queensland said strong competition and the low interest rate environment were to blame lower earnings in the ...

Surge in home loan applications signals 'turning point': BoQ

In this Friday, March 24, 2017, photo, new Samsung Galaxy S8, left, and Galaxy S8 Plus mobile phones are displayed in ...

A little beauty won't tip people to drop $1199 on new Samsung phone

COMMENT

The real reason power companies block battery systems

Ex-inmate killed again, to be 'king of the barbecues' back in jail

Felicity Caldwell

Latham sacked after calling school student 'gay'

Michael Koziol

Bishop avoids expenses probe by paying back $6700

By numbers: How Debbie compares with Tracy, Marcia and Yasi

Felicity Caldwell

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with the Opposition Leader Bill Shorten visited the cyclone damaged area of Bowen in ...

Turnbull and Shorten on 'unity ticket' during tour of cyclone-hit north

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Molly

This photo of little Molly seems fine. Until you see what's lurking

3 mins ago

Popcorn exploding inside the packaging striped. Spec

Why allocated seating feels wrong in cinemas

COMMENT

School is only part of a hectic teen's day in modern Australia.

Girl interrupted: Today's teens struggling to get adequate sleep

COMMENT

The new David Jones James Street boutique opens on Thursday.

Queensland first: David Jones boutique opens

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Storm system is massive

Can antibiotics stop ‘the pill’ from working?

Gold Coast Music Awards finalists announced

Plank of ancient boat 'made for Cheops' found ...

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It's everyday people v Trump in 50 lawsuits

12:07PM

Job vacancies highest since mid-2011

12:06PM

John Andersen outside the remains of his cottage.

North Queensland wakes to heartbreak and huge clean-up

Jorge Branco

Shotgun was in his mouth at 16, but now he's saving others

Tony Moore

'The whole island is just smashed': Family's tropical birthday getaway turns nightmare

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Cyclone Debbie has hit key growing areas around Bowen.

Cyclone Debbie: Dawn revealed the extent of her fury

XXXX Gold.

Don't worry, the XXXX brewery fire won't affect the beer supply

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Picture supplied for publicity 2000. Hitler's Children Children had Nazi values hammered into them.

UQ LNP Club president: 'I openly accept I would be a Nazi Party member'

Felicity Caldwell

Petitioners had collected 35 signatures calling for smoking to be stubbed out in King George Square.

Council snuffs out King George Square smoking ban

Ruth McCosker

Melissa and Michael with their son on Hamilton Island in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie.

Our Hamilton Island holiday with Cyclone Debbie

Ian Macdonald outside Darlinghurst Supreme Court on the first day of his criminal trial.

Ex-minister set to join Obeid in jail after guilty verdict

NSW
23 mins ago

The top of a vehicle can be seen in floodwaters at Toombul.

Cyclone Debbie: 'Powerful' flash flooding warning

Live
38 mins ago

David Eastman spent almost 19 years behind bars before having his conviction for the murder of ACT police chief Colin ...

Police chief murder retrial to go ahead, 28 years on

ACT
1 hr ago

Bronwyn Bishop delivered her farewell speech to Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 4 May 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

Bronwyn rails against socialists while collecting a $250k pension

COMMENT
Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

Liberal economics has run into 'a dead end', says Keating

EXCLUSIVE
Deborah Snow

Bishop repays $6700, then stops participating in expenses review

Latika Bourke

Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra ...

'I give up': Michaelia Cash on the back foot over minimum wage

Live
Stephanie Peatling
25 mins ago

BOWEN, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 30: Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and State Recovery Coordinator Brigadier Chris Field visit a ...

Rival leaders join forces to tour cyclone-affected Queensland

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Senators Nick Xenophon and Eric Abetz puts questions to Rob Stefanic, Secretary of Department of Parliamentary Services, ...

Big business in last-ditch plea for company tax cuts

Money is on offer for Australia's north, but so far none has been borrowed.

The $5b budget 'jewel' spending more on board members than projects

The deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck in Texas.

Twelve dead in US van-truck head-on

1 hr ago

US State Department building in Washington DC

State Department worker accused of hiding ties to China

Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron

Blow to French Left after Valls abandons own party candidate

President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, where he will sign the new order.

Trump has successfully created an alternate reality

ANALYSIS

Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton from the film Twister.

Only selfish idiots stay put to look a cyclone in the eye

COMMENT
John Birmingham

Respect time ... your own and that of others

Adele Blair

Tom Ballard

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

COMMENT
Tom Ballard

There's been shareholder backlash following big bonuses paid to executives.

Bonuses unnecessary when it's 'business as usual': AMP Capital

Nassim Khadem
34 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX eyes 5900 points

Live
Patrick Commins

The news comes months after Kathmandu co-founder Jan Cameron took control of Bellamy's Australia.

Bellamy's shares hit as China roadblock emerges

Brian Robins
1 hr ago

Years of living frugally and finding ways to make extra cash helped Sabatier meet his savings goal. But then last year ...

Six money tips from someone who saved $1m by age 30

Radio Rentals class action may take 'years to run its course'

47 mins ago

Netballers driving mining trucks: How billionaire Gina saves cash

Surge in home loan applications signals 'turning point'

Georgia Wilkins

Job vacancies highest since mid-2011

17 mins ago

Bowen resident John Andersen lived in a rented beachside shack, before it was destroyed by ex-tropical cyclone Debbie.

Tenants must pay rent, despite Cyclone Debbie devastation

Ying Li's Mosman estate has sold for $22.5 million.

Bad rock formation: Vacant $22.5m mansion sold by Chinese owner

Endless summers: The view from the entertaining terrace at 2002/110 Marine Parade, Coolangatta, a three-bed penthouse ...

Cashing in on the heat: why a long summer is great for property

Photo: Concepts by Gavin Hepper.

What's old is new again: How shag and cork got their groove back

366 Queen Street, Maryborough, is a landmark 1880s property on the river.

The loveliest Queenslanders outside of Brisbane

Ouch: Are you shaving against the grain?

Is it time to ditch your bloody razor and go electric?

Grooming
57 mins ago

An image from the "Feel more, ride more" campaign".

The video that reveals the true nature of cycling

On Your Bike

Girl Guides learning financial literacy through the Guide Your Money program.

How the Girl Guides are tackling financial inequality

Nina Hendy

John Collett dinkus. 7th February 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Banks' weapon against industry funds may be dud

John Collett
1 min ago

Young entrepreneurs participating in the Hatchery program boot camps.

10 tips for young entrepreneurs

Tony Featherstone

Kristie Lam, founder of The Property Garden, donates some of her salary to charity.

Don't volunteer, work: the new do-gooders getting bang for their buck

Liam Mannix, Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Storm system is massive

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Don't go out: big storm coming

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Tourists stranded on Whitsunday islands

1 hr ago

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Cyclone Debbie aftermath forces schools to close

Alan Moir

Best of Fairfax cartoons, March 30

STAN - better call saul

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

Stan - Imposters

Liar. Lover. Con artist - Imposters, new series premiering exclusively 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

Advertiser

George Michael's body was found on Christmas Day.

George Michael finally laid to rest after private funeral

Broede Carmody

Batman, LEGO ... what could possibly go wrong?

Not even Daleks and Voldemort can save The Lego Batman Movie

Jake Wilson

Josh 'the jerk' after slut comment on MKR.

Josh slams MKR producers over televised slur

Broede Carmody

UK restaurateur Marco Pierre White.

Hell's Kitchen Australia will destroy Ramsay institution

COMMENT
Ben Pobjie

TV Week Gold Logie nominees L-R: Grant Denyer, Rodger Corser, Samuel Johnson, Jessica Marais, Peter Helliar, Waleed Aly.

Stop complaining. It's actually your job to fix Logies 'bias'

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

A feel good approach does not translate into ratings, which is unfortunate for Biggest Loser trainer Shannan Ponton,

The Biggest Loser: Transformed crashes to new ratings low

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

Australians increasingly are borrowing their music - including top-streamer Drake - from companies such as Spotify ...

Streaming takes over from downloads as the future of music

ANALYSIS
Bernard Zuel

Melissa McCarthy in character as Sean Spicer.

Melissa McCarthy reveals how she transforms into Sean Spicer

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

Academic Lyn Slater is living her best and most fashionable life.

How this 63-year-old professor became an accidental fashion icon

Bethan Holt

Ruby Hamad.

Muslims have no obligation to apologise for terrorism

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a keynote address during the 28th Annual Professional Business ...

Hillary Clinton: 'I am here today to urge us not to grow tired'

Marisa Kendall

Eckhaus Latta's new fashion campaign stars real-life couples getting intimate, albeit under some great lighting.

This fashion campaign has taken 'sex sells' to a new R-rated level

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 07: Emma Thompson arrives at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards at Television ...

Emma Thompson wouldn't stand for being asked to lose weight

Bruno Fernandes de Souza was found guilty and sentenced to 22 years, but was released on a ''technicality.''

The shocking case that's the most extreme example I have seen

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Erin Phillips with wife Tracy Gahan on the coral carpet at the inaugural AFLW awards.

What the Brownlow could learn from the Ws

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

Will she or won't she? Chelsea Clinton.

Chelsea Clinton gives the same non-answer to question everyone asks

Pete Evans: great teeth and some good advice.

Pete Evans provides 'evidence' for his fluoride claims

Sarah Berry

Wholegrains and refined grains are two different stories.

Despite the anti-carb diet fads, whole grains are still good for you

Amby Burfoot

Climbing stairs involves bouts of high-intensity activity lasting one or more minutes and is a simple form of HIIT.

'Earth-shattering' study reveals the best exercise for anti-ageing

Sarah Berry

Chef Nobu's Melbourne house special cut sushi roll with snow crab, tuna, kingfish, prawn, smelt roe, avocado, fresh ...

Nobu shows us how to make his Aussie rainbow sushi roll

Kangaroo tartare with cocoa, juniper and smoked celeriac.

Here's a new Brisbane wine bar to get excited about

Rachel Khoo's Buckwheat galette filled with plum and chia seed jam.

Rachel Khoo's healthy dessert recipes

1 hr ago

Sue Radford with 14 of her children.

Nine loads of washing a day: family welcomes baby number 20

59 mins ago

Please let this true!

Aldi, please don't let this be an April Fool's joke

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Girl hospitalised after DIY slime goes wrong

Boeing's Skyview window will be the largest of all time.

Boeing to launch the biggest plane window of all time

Oliver Smith
1 hr ago

First-time visitors to the UK may find a few surprises.

It's really happening: How Brexit will affect Aussies going to the UK

David Whitley

Pacific Dawn changed its planned cruise route as a result of Cyclone Debbie.

Cyclone Debbie forces ship to take 'cruise to nowhere'

Sheriden Rhodes

Nikon's new Key Mission range gives GoPro some serious competition.

Nikon's new mid-range action snapper delivers

"Twitter is already considering a paid subscription aimed at people who use Twitter for business."

How to save Twitter, two pennies at a time

COMMENT

In this Friday, March 24, 2017, photo, new Samsung Galaxy S8, left, and Galaxy S8 Plus mobile phones are displayed in ...

Are the Galaxy S8's looks enough to reassert Samsung's prowess?

COMMENT

The battle between messaging platforms is heating up.

Apple lines up Snapchat, Facebook with video app

Hands on: The first glimpses of the new Samsung Galaxy S8.

Samsung's best looking phone on the market

ANALYSIS

The Toyota 86 is a good used car buy - as long as it hasn't done much track work.

The dangers of a used Toyota 86

David Morley

2017 HSV Clubsport R8 LSA.

Eight questions about the last HSV Clubsport

David McCowen

Skoda teases Vision E

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota HiLux Tonka Concept Toyota HiLux Tonka Concept. EMBARGO: 9:30am 29/03/2017

Toyota reveals real-life Tonka truck

Stephen Ottley

FILE - This is a Sept. 4, 1964 file photo, British ace driver John Surtees, left, and Italian racing car manufacturer ...

Police foil Ferrari grave robbers

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota HiLux with TRD accessories 2017 Toyota HiLux with TRD accessories. EMBARGO - 9:30am 29/03/2017

New Toyota HiLux TRD targets Ford Ranger Wildtrak

Stephen Ottley

Chief antagoniser: Indian captain Virat Kohli.

Some cricketers should be seen and not heard

COMMENT
Greg Baum

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo stands next to the dubious statue.

Bizarre Ronaldo bust overshadows airport naming ceremony

Under pressure: Bulldogs mentor Des Hasler.

Bennett feels for Hasler but knows opportunity knocks

Phil Lutton

Series over: Steve Smith shakes hands with Virat Kohli after the fourth Test.

CA boss praises 'gracious' Smith, has dig at India

Jon Pierik

Long haul: Steve Smith has the potential to pass Ricky Ponting's record for most wins as Australian captain.

'Bradman-like': Lehmann's praise for Smith

Andrew Wu

Another switch: Semi Radradra.

Semi declares himself available for World Cup selection for Fiji

Adam Pengilly

In demand: Josh Schache had a superb start to his AFL career last year.

Tigers love Schache: Brisbane stars waits on contract talks

Sam McClure

Not centre of attention: The spotlight has been on the Tigers 'big four', not on Kevin Naiqama.

Naiqama off-contract but happy for attention to be on Tigers 'big four'

Chris Barrett