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Arrested: Channel Nine's Ben McCormack.

ACA reporter arrested over child porn offences

BREAKING
Andrew Hornery
1 hr ago

Police are investigating after a woman's body was found by concerned colleagues at her Cairns home.

Colleagues find woman's body after work no-show

Rachel Clun

"Error 53" disabled phones that had been repaired by unauthorised shops.

Apple accused of false and misleading conduct over third-party repairs

Esther Han
1 hr ago

The Fitzroy Hotel is continuing its tradition of trading through natural disasters as floodwaters rise in Rockhampton.

'Four Gabba stadiums of water' through Rocky every five minutes

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
35 mins ago

Surf boat teams from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey will commemorate the Gallipoli centenary with a two-day marathon ...

Terror threat to Anzac Day ceremony in Gallipoli

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Labor knew how to stop housing boom - now PM has to take up their idea

COMMENT

Dad jailed over death of daughter he punched, rupturing her bowel

Microsoft, McDonald's, IBM avoid government's tax transparency code

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Adani's Queensland mega mine is wrong in so many ways

COMMENT

Lawyer misses hearing for 'Justin Bieber impersonator'

Jorge Branco

'All my energy gone': The lurking danger in bird droppings

Tony Moore

Humphrey Firkins

'Come on you bastard, arrest me': 92yo 'buggy hoon' goads cop

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Senator Pauline Hanson and her adviser James Ashby depart the press gallery after an interview, at Parliament House in ...

Conversation at 15,000 feet: 'Just who owns this plane, James?'

Looking over the public area at the planned South City Square in Brisbane.

From footy and factories to Brisbane’s latest cosmo hub

Ousted from NSC principals commitee: Steve Bannon, chief strategist for Donald Trump.

The complaints that got Bannon banished

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Barry Manilow confirmed he was married to his partner of 39 years.

Barry Manilow comes out at 73, speaks of partner of 39 years

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Zorko's City2South challenge

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Continuing the decades-long rabbit fight

Erin Canavan

Uni grad with cerebral palsy was ‘told she couldn’t do it’

Markets Live: CSL hits a high as ASX drops

4:53PM

Day, Culleton could be forced to repay Senate ...

4:51PM

Banks weigh on ASX

4:47PM

Milton Silcock has been diagnosed with contracting a rare form of meningitis after cleaning up bird poo at a plumbing ...

'All my energy has gone': Brisbane man laid low by bird droppings

Tony Moore

Brisbane uni storms up rankings to make top 25 in global list

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

How much TransLink lost by giving Brisbane workers free ride home

Ruth McCosker

Clarke Creek State School after the deluge.

The tiny school hit hardest by Cyclone Debbie

Felicity Caldwell

The Fitzroy Hotel is continuing its tradition of trading through natural disasters as floodwaters rise in Rockhampton.

Rockhampton locals paddle to the pub as flood peak looms

Water released from Wivenhoe Dam Ipswich in 2011.

Dam upgrades 'expensive' but safety comes first for mayors

Tony Moore

Crown-of-thorns starfish are decimating the Great Barrier Reef, and are removed by hand by divers.

Love drug could be fatal attraction for Reef-killing crown-of-thorns starfish

Tony Moore

Minister for Sport and WestConnex, Stuart Ayres.

'Nosebag on': MP accused of Giant conflict of interest

NSW

ACT Fire & Rescue was called to the incident about 5.40pm.

Surgeries cancelled after hospital switchboard fire

UPDATED

Milton Silcock has been diagnosed with contracting a rare form of meningitis after cleaning up bird poo at a plumbing ...

'All energy gone': The danger lurking in bird droppings

Western Knights Soccer Club president Gordana Sliskovic said the list was removed immediately.

Soccer club penalty for bringing 'ugly girls' to games

WA

Former Family First senator Bob Day.

Day, Culleton could be forced to repay Senate salaries, allowances

Adam Gartrell
3 mins ago

Terror threat to Anzac Day ceremony in Gallipoli

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Morrison urges big business do more to back government policies

Eryk Bagshaw

Senator Pauline Hanson and her adviser James Ashby depart the press gallery after an interview, at Parliament House in ...

Pauline, James and the plane

SKETCH
Tony Wright

Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop says Australia will work with the US on strong border protection policies.

Pressure on Russia and Iran key to Syria conflict: Julie Bishop

Treasurer Scott Morrison could receive a bonus in the budget.

Morrison eyes $4b resources budget bonus

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has a beer at the Snowgoose Motel in Adaminaby during a break on the ride between ...

Tony Abbott takes the pub test and does one better than Kevin

The MP's remarks on child marriage have been widely condemned.

OK for rapists to marry victims, Malaysian MP says

Lindsay Murdoch

Aung San Suu Kyi: "I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening."

Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

Lindsay Murdoch

Commuters have left flowers at a symbolic memorial in the St Petersburg metro system where 14 people died and up to 60 ...

Six migrant workers detained after St Petersburg bombing

Abdulhamid al-Youssef holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun ...

Father buries twins killed in Syria gas attack

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gets his hands dirty in Lismore, but will there be real government help once the cameras ...

Talk, and photo ops, come cheap in times of disaster

COMMENT
Madonna King

The state government will receive massive in-flows of money from the reinsurance program, writes Bill O'Chee.

Cyclone Debbie recovery could be a boon for the economy

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

There are more than 1200 species of the huntsman spider.

I, for one, do not welcome our new arachnid overlords

John Birmingham

"The power of the crowd will shake and stir", said ASIC chief Greg Medcraft.

ASIC still sees 'appalling things' at Aussie banks

Mario Christodoulou

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Markets Live: CSL hits a high as ASX drops

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 min ago

Yang Kai

The spectacular rise and 90-minute fall of a dairy tycoon

1 hr ago

Amber Harrison

'Throwing mud': Judge's angry spray in Amber Harrison court battle

Michaela Whitbourn

Airbus, Boeing close in on Qantas' Holy Grail

Foxtel rated lowest in consumer survey for value

Lucy Battersby

Big brands not signing up to tax transparency code

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Adani's mega mine is wrong in so many ways

COMMENT
Julien Vincent

Australia's younger generations are finding it more difficult to buy than almost all other countries.

'Lack of understanding': Why Aussie millennials are priced out

Domain Group chief economist Andrew Wilson said Mr Matusik's prediction was a little extreme.

Brisbane apartment oversupply: Rents tipped to fall 10 per cent

Looking over the public area at the planned South City Square in Brisbane.

From footy and factories to Brisbane's new cosmopolitan hub

City Botanical Gardens, Brisbane.

Green space shortage: Brisbane could become least liveable city

DS-600 sofa by de Sede. Leather-upholstered segments can be zipped together, and the price goes up the more you add.

More money than sense: The most insanely expensive housewares

Is a full head of hair worth the risk?

Bald facts: Secret confessions of a hair loss pill popper

Self
13 mins ago

"Not a regular dad, I'm a cool dad."

Why it's a big mistake to be a 'best-friend father'

Self Improvement

Young adults can do things now that will improve their financial future

15 things to do by 30 to create a better life after 60

Money
John Collett

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What women want from the budget

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Funky Trunks had a 40 per cent increase in sales over summer.

How we fared over the long hot summer

Nina Hendy

Telework gets people off roads, reduces stress and improves employee productivity.

Working from home trend must be part of urbanisation policy

Tony Featherstone

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Trump: Syria gas attack crossed 'so many lines'

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Rockhampton in 'high spirits' as flood heads to peak

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Old hoon dares police: 'arrest me'

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Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad backlash

This image made available by NASA in March 2017 shows Pluto illuminated from behind by the sun as the New Horizons ...

World of Photos - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

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

Stan - Billions

Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. 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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Alec Baldwin attends "The Boss Baby" panel on day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 21, 2016, in San Diego. ...

Baldwin accused of lying about sex scene with under-aged actress

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

'I would hope this gives some hope to people who are still in the hole of gambling': Anna, right, with her friend Paul.

'How could you be so stupid?': No holds barred in ABC's surprise hit

Michael Lallo

The film might suck, but it's not Shia's fault.

Is Shia LaBeouf's Man Down really that bad?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Harry Styles' favourite album to listen to is his own debut solo album.

Is this the most pretentious humblebrag ever?

Court broke down in tears during Wednesday night's episode.

Court and Duncan pulled aside by 'uncomfortable' Manu on MKR

Broede Carmody

NSW Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile wants to be a regular Sky News commentator.

Fred Nile hopes to replace Mark Latham on Sky News

Broede Carmody

Beyonce revealed the new clip on Instagram today.

Beyonce drops surprise song clip for Jay Z on ninth anniversary

Sarah Thomas

The action sequences are shapeless in <i>Chips</i>, starring Michael Pena as Ponch and Dax Shepard as Jon Baker.

One star: Lazy, ugly attempts at humour make wretched Chips

Jake Wilson

Opera at GoMA, and other things to see this weekend

A photograph by Brisbane-based Regent Studios of a girl holding a toy koala and boy holding a toy car from the 1940s.

The evolution of Brisbane photography goes on display

Toby Crockford

Building Towers of Tomorrow with LEGOÂ® Bricks.

What to do with kids over the Easter school holidays

Jodi Panayotov

Lisa McAdams , domestic violence survivor and now teaches corporations how to humanely support staff effected by it. ...

I was a victim of domestic violence, my boss saved my life

COMMENT
Lisa McAdams

President Donald Trump

In the Trump era, is masculinity stepping back to the 1970s?

Frank Bruni

Mother Zoe Mason spoke out about the models used in Topshop.

Topshop criticised for 'famine victim' mannequins

Helena Horton

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance in the Pepsi ad.

Pepsi pulls tone-deaf ad, apologises to Kendall Jenner

Men across the Netherlands are holding hands to protest an allegedly homophobic attack.

Straight men are holding hands in solidarity after gay attack

Mary Ward

Melania Trump's picture is strikingly different from the first official portrait of Michelle Obama.

What Melania's 'glamour shot' official photo is really telling us

Robin Givhan

My mother took great pride in the fact she did not "dump" her children at childcare.

Why I refuse to feel guilty for sending my kids to childcare

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

No Kate wasn't at home with the kids, she was living large with her sister Pippa Middleton, celebrating her hen's day.

So this is what Kate was up to when William was 'dad dancing'

Jenna Clarke

Focus on where your interests lie and blend in the rest where and how you can.

Forget work-life balance and try 'blending' instead

Sarah Berry

Dancing towards a healthier brain.

Walk, stretch or dance? Dancing may be best for the brain

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

We're still not getting the message on the role fruit and vegetables play in physical wellbeing.

The nutrition report card that Australians are failing

Sarah Berry

Bob Hawke pours a glass of his namesake brew.

Enjoy a bevvy with Bob. Former PM launches Hawke's Brewing Co

Snacks at Brae in Birregurra.

Two Australian restaurants crack world's top 50 as winners revealed

Cinnamon crumb pound cake.

Adam Liaw's cinnamon crumb cake. You know you want this.

Marian with her big sister Emily.

'We couldn't believe it was this': toddler's Alzheimer's diagnosis

Sally Faulkner's children before they left Australia with their father.

The photo that shattered Sally Faulkner's heart

15-year-old Harley Bird is the voice of Peppa Pig.

Meet the 15-year-old voice of Peppa Pig

Delta Airways new A350 business suite.

The ultimate plane seat? Airline's new A350 design a world first

Michael Gebicki

Segovia, Spain at the ancient Roman aqueduct.

Ten unpopular European cities with a single incredible attraction

David Whitley

On the road in Vitenam.

Whatever you do, don't stop: How to cross the road in Vietnam

Nina Karnikowski

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, pauses while speaking at the ...

'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it

Spencer Soper

Ask the hard questions before the NBN installer arrives on your doorstep.

ABS calls BS on Aussie broadband performance

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Intel Security has been rebadged as McAfee and now operates as a standalone company.

McAfee rebranding creates pure-play cyber security company

Michael Gorey

Amazon is "conducting a storewide test about whether it should change its pricing strategy."

Six questions we have about Amazon in Australia

2017 Volkswagen Golf R.

New Volkswagen Golf R details revealed

Drive Staff

Land Rover has updated its Discovery Sport SUV.

Land Rover's stylish entry-level SUV reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Ferrari GTC4 Lusso T.

We drive Ferrari's new SUV alternative

Jonathan Hawley

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

New Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV reviewed

Drive Staff

2017 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition.

New Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

Head-to-head: Audi TTS Coupe v Porsche 718 Cayman.

Porsche and Audi join forces to save cash

David McCowen

Surprise announcement: Cooper Cronk.

Could the absence of a salary cap actually be good?

Steve Mascord

Raring to go: Sonny Bill Williams was injured in August last year during the mens' sevens event at the Rio Olympics.

Rejuvenated Sonny Bill itching to return

Freak accident: Dustin Johnson could miss the Masters.

World No.1 in freak accident on eve of the Masters

Pivotal performer: Tigers five-eighth Mitchell Moses.

Moses rejects Tigers and wants to join Eels now

Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas

Doing things his way: Nick Kyrgios.

Fancy a new ride? Kyrgios posts used car ad on Facebook

Nothing is left to chance at Augusta.

10 things you (probably) didn't know about the US Masters

Charles Happell

Sport. West Tigers . New coach Ivan Cleary at a press conference at Wests Leagues club . Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken ...

Cleary wasting no time: one playmaker signed and one gone

ANALYSIS
Adrian Proszenko

Gary Ablett

Poor form: Ablett's TV spot says it all really

Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson