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The scene outside the Tanta church immediately after the explosion.

At least 25 killed, 60 injured in Egypt explosion

54 mins ago

A man was left lying on the ground "with his eyes fluttering" in South Brisbane after the assault.

Man left barely conscious after fight in South Brisbane

Toby Crockford

Graham Turner at Grandchester, where his family foundation is spending $18.5 million on a conservation centre.

$18.5m donation could help save threatened species

Cameron Atfield

Protesters from Stop Adani Sydney gathered outside Westpac's 200th birthday celebrations in Sydney on Saturday night.

Anti-Adani mine protesters disrupt Westpac's birthday

Lucy Battersby

A concept design for Brisbane's planned mega-cruise ship terminal.

Agreement reached over new Brisbane cruise terminal

Cameron Atfield

This picture, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, shows a man carrying a child ...

Syria continues airstrikes despite US missile barrage

Deputy mayor says BaT Tunnel demise a good outcome

Cameron Atfield

Climate challenges line up in Australia's front and back yards

Peter Hannam

New plans for Broadway Hotel draw criticism

Ruth McCosker

From Manus to Nauru: PM tight-lipped on fate of refugees

Michael Gordon

Boy, 12, charged over random stabbing in Brisbane street

Toby Crockford

Deborah Mailman has won the 2017 Chauvel Award, to be presented at the Gold Coast Film Festival on April 22.

Family always first in Deborah Mailman's award-winning career

Rachel Clun

The inaugural Melon Mania proved a hit at West End.

Brisbane embraces Melon Mania, because why not?

Jackie and Ben enjoy the mud of the Eastern Creek ahead of Saturday's Dirt N Dust triathlon.

Triathletes brave dirt, dust and mud at Julia Creek festival

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt, top, celebrates with Nick Kyrgios of Australia after he won his match against Sam Querrey ...

Davis Cup fervour transforms Kyrgios into Hewitt's leading man

Kearney said life in Paris was incredible, but in the end he missed home.

Brisbane concierge's colourful career path

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Ablett and Suns stun Hawks

Science magic shows are hair-raising holiday fun

What having a baby really costs

Sweden questioning 7 people over deadly truck ...

9:40PM

Cleary won't rule out asking Moses to backflip on ...

9:35PM

Storm coach blasts 'embarrassing' errors

9:31PM

Work opportunities can drive the decision to move, but family can also be a factor.

What homeowners need to consider when moving interstate to buy

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Auctioneer Paul Curtain calling 24 Annie Street, New Farm.

'It's a pleasure': Dad buys New Farm home on behalf of daughter

Art puts an individual stamp on your home.

A beginner's guide to starting an art collection

Vertical gardens, like this created by Greenwall Solutions, is a perfect fix for space-poor but sunny balconies and terraces.

On the way up: Indira Naidoo's advice on vertical gardens

Ai Shin Cruz and her husband Erik live with their three children in a townhouse in Toongabbie. They managed to pay off ...

Harder for Australians to pay off mortgage by retirement than ever

Kim Ross as a baby with her adoptive mother, Doreen Adams.

On Christmas Day, at age 59, Kim Ross discovered she was adopted

Katherine Feeney

Brisbane Metro to expand to outer suburbs

EXCLUSIVE
Cameron Atfield

Horse saved from tree, but ponies lost in regional flooding

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Police are hunting a gunman after a random attack on a Caboolture road.

Police hunt gunman after unprovoked shooting

Toby Crockford

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner insists most of those in the industry are honest and have a sincere passion ...

Second man charged over Queensland race fixing

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have thrown their support behind a ...

Permanent flood levees in Rockhampton a 'no-brainer'

Toby Crockford

Humphrey Firkins driving his buggy.

'Sir, I have tried to reason with you': Retiree denies hoon claim

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Operation QUEENSLAND ASSIST 17:?The Australian Defence Force (ADF) continues to assist the people and communities of ...

Climate challenges mount up in 'disaster alley'

Zeeshan Akbar, 29, died in an attack at Queanbeyan.

Teenagers charged with Queanbeyan murder

ACT

The Dutch backpacker had only been in Australia for a few weeks before she was allegedly attacked in a Surry Hills laneway.

Dutch backpacker 'raped in Surry Hills laneway'

NSW

Premier Mark McGowan.

It's official: WA's economy is a basket case

UPDATED

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a doorstop interview after his visit to the Bomana War ...

Tight-lipped: PM places longer timeline on closure of Manus

Michael Gordon

Syria, Kokoda and the 'hinge of fate': Question on PM's mind

Assad must be punished for war crimes: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull says Russia has a 'solemn obligation' to rein in its 'client' Syria.

Russia must act, says PM as Australia welcomes missile attack

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the flightdeck of a C-17 Globemaster during a visit to the Middle East.

Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Turnbull 'knew in advance' of US plan to strike Syria

David Wroe

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he will need to find similar savings from elsewhere in the higher education ...

Turnbull kills off high-fee course plan

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

President Donald Trump is urging unity in the attempt to contains threats from North Korea

US navy strike group sails toward Korean peninsula

Protesters threw petrol bombs during a protest in Caracas on Saturday.

Venezuelans riot after opposition leader banned from office

US President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, after the US launched the air strike in Syria.

Middle East waits for Trump's next move after Syria air strikes

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

An officer stands guard as police cordon off a large area in Oslo around a subway station on a busy commercial street ...

Oslo police detonate 'bomb-like device', suspect in custody

Adani

Adani's mega mine is contrary to today's energy markets

COMMENT
Julien Vincent

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

The Aussie dropped below US75¢ in the wake of iron ore's collapse. The spot price of iron ore shed 6.8 per cent to ...

ASX poised to climb a wall of worry

Timothy Moore

Our phones are vital tools that we need to get the job done.

I'm Not Texting. I'm Taking Notes.

JONAH STILLMAN

Protesters from Stop Adani Sydney gathered outside Westpac's 200th birthday celebrations in Sydney on Saturday night.

Anti-Adani mine protesters disrupt Westpac's birthday party

Lucy Battersby

Chin-scratcher: RBA governor Philip Lowe is caught between worries around the economy and overheated property markets.

Why the RBA will be sweating on this week's jobs data

Patrick Commins

Guys love to shop, and want bargains: retail veteran

Madeleine Heffernan

Cyclone Debbie coal disruption set to ease

Brian Robins

Google accused of underpaying female workers

AP

Why we need to worry about the level of household debt

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Room temperature isn't quite the same as it is in Europe.

We're 'anaesthetising' our wine - here's how to drink better

Fine Drinks

Think more Billy Crudup in Almost Famous, less Greg Brady.

Back to the future: How to rock this season's biggest menswear trend

Stitched Up

Mortgage rates are on the rise and borrowers don't want to get in above their heads

How to avoid squeeze of rising mortgage rates

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The $300m GST grab hardly anyone knows about

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is calling for an investigation into the loans ...

Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans

Cara Waters

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.

James Adonis

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Panda Qifu lands on her child's head

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Protests erupt in US against airstrikes

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The elephant in the room

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Do ultrarunners feel less pain?

Murray Wilkinson with his cattle dogs, at the Easter Show in Sydney. 4th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Fairfax photos of the week - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 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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Illy at The Tivoli, Brisbane.

Ill-humour: Illy support act 'weed' reference out of place

Simon Holt

Chelsea Brown has never appeared naked on stage before, done non-musical drama, or "done a Rocky" by lifting weights for ...

E Street actress Chelsea Brown dies in US

Carrie Fisher in her best known role as Princess Leia

Carrie Fisher to appear in final Star Wars, three years after death

Karl Quinn

Hugo Weaving as Alex and Susie Porter as Gina.

Seven types of terrific: The Australian TV show you must see

Karl Quinn

Garrance Marillier stars as vet science student Justine in Julia Ducournau's French horror film Raw.

Vegetarian-turned-cannibal flick Raw redefines horror

Karl Quinn

Kristen Stewart in <i>Personal Shopper</i>.

Kristen Stewart stripped bare in new film Personal Shopper

Craig Mathieson

A former Saturday Night Live cast member said Trump ''didn't get the jokes'' either in 2015.

Trump 'struggled to read' while preparing to host SNL

Broede Carmody

Ben McCormack leaves Redfern police station after being charged.

ACA reporter charged with child porn told to 'stay away from kids'

Nick Ralston

Opera at GoMA, and other things to see this weekend

Brisbane Lions vice-captain and City2South event ambassador Dayne Zorko will take on the 5km course with his partner ...

Lions' Dayne Zorko lines up a family day out at City2South

Ruth McCosker

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

Daenerys, mother of dragons, knows that power of a bold shoulder and a well-cut suit.

The GoT winter fashion is coming, and it's on point.

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Annie Brown

Kim Ross as a baby with her adoptive mother, Doreen Adams.

'Unreal' - the family secret that everybody but Kim Ross knew

Katherine Feeney

The Kings: Jalen, Milly (the dog), Kobe, Lisa and Harrison with pictures of Noah and Aaron

Under 50 and widowed: How five women are moving through their grief

Nicole Madigan

Royal engagement rumours: Is Prince Harry preparing to propose to Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle's latest move sparks royal engagement rumours

Things aren't always as they seem.

My 'perfect' fashion friend reminds me that the grass isn't always greener

Wendy Squires

Lizzie Buttrose denies causing a furore during her guest appearance on Sunday night's episode of The Real Housewives of ...

Lizzie Buttrose's run-in with the Real Housewives of Sydney

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance in the Pepsi ad.

Kendall Jenner: Is she 'complicit' or not in Pepsi ad fiasco?

Maria Puente

Neither Salim Mehajer nor his younger sister Mary would respond to Fairfax Media about their charity ball on Sunday in ...

Mary and Salim Mehajer quiet about charity ball with $15k seats

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Family fun without sugar: it's possible, Shenker says.

Could you raise a sugar-free family?

Sophie Ellis

A University of Queensland report estimates that rates of depression had increased 18.4 per cent in the past 10 years.

Let's talk about changing these depression statistics for World Health Day

Sarah Berry

Adrenal fatigue? It may be a question of meaning.

Is adrenal fatigue real? Forget the label and treat the stress.

Christy Brissette

Chocolate and almond Easter cake

19 gorgeously indulgent Easter desserts

The DASH diet can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

The DASH diet is proven to work so why hasn't it caught on?

Rachel Khoo's roast chicken

Easter Weekly Meal Planner

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'My name gave me social anxiety - don't do it to your kids'

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Four myths about only children - and why they're wrong

The young girl was found in January and is still unable to speak.

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

Tired? A Qantas Boeing 747-400.

Traveller letters: Qantas jumbo jets are tired, smell of mothballs

Have you ever seen a better-looking sandwich?

What made the banh mi the world's best sandwich

Peter Barrett

Jackalope is designed along a black theme. A lot of black.

Victoria's gobsmacking new hotel is downright sexy

Julietta Jameson

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

NBN

Homes without internet are stuck in regulatory limbo

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Turner

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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

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Jeep's supercar SUV revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD

Quick Spin: Ford's four-wheel drive that isn't...

Mark Short

Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ designo diamantwei? bright Leder Exklusiv Nappa AMG schwarz designo diamond white bright AMG ...

New Mercedes E63 prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

City SUV comparison: Toyota C-HR, Suzuki Vitara, Holden Trax, Honda HR-V.

New Toyota C-HR v Honda HR-V v Holden Trax v Suzuki Vitara

Toby Hagon

2018 Subaru Outback.

Updated Subaru Outback revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2018 Mitsubishi ASX.

New Mitsubishi ASX city SUV revealed

Drive Staff

Jarryn Geary of the Saints

Lion-hearted effort can't stave off Saints victory over Brisbane

Warwick Green

In tears: Force captain Matt Hodgson addresses the media after beating the Kings and learning of the SANZAAR decision.

Force set for axe as SANZAAR unveil new Super Rugby comp

Tom Decent
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Team captain Lleyton Hewitt, top, celebrates with Nick Kyrgios of Australia after he won his match against Sam Querrey ...

Davis Cup fervour transforms Kyrgios into Hewitt's leading man

Phil Lutton

Australian surfer Jack Freestone was beaten in the semi at Margaret River

'I think there's sharks out here': WA surfing event halted

Central figure: Mitchell Moses was a shining light on Saturday night.

Thurston suffers serious injury in Cowboys loss to Tigers

Michael Chammas

Rory Arnold of the Brumbies is tackled.

Reds no match for scintillating Brumbies in Canberra

Chris Dutton

"I believe I can beat these guys": Boxer Jeff Horn is set to take on Manny Pacquiao.

Pacquiao-Horn bout gets green light as countdown begins

Phil Lutton

Canberra Raiders winger Jordan Rapana scored a first-half hat-trick to set up the big win over the Gold Coast Titans.

Rapana hat-trick heaps further pain on Titans loss

David Polkinghorne