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Bruce Highway delays extended back to Johnston Road at Glasshouse Mountains.

Bruce Highway crash delays long weekend drivers

Jorge Branco

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new university reform package deserves to pass the Parliament.

Uni fees to rise by 8%, $2.8b cut from budget in dramatic changes

BREAKING
Matthew Knott
21 mins ago

Police at a home in Stafford Heights where a woman was stabbed to death.

Corpse 'left in house for two days' before murder charge

About a dozen park 'n' ride sites are expected to be needed on sites including school grounds and council parks for the ...

Car parks, schools and private land to become park 'n' rides for Games

Felicity Caldwell

A car has crashed into Gallopers Sports Club at Hamilton.

Elderly driver crashes car into Brisbane sports club

Toby Crockford
1 hr ago

The Prime Minister and Premier at the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line last October.

In Queenland, Turnbull says Palaszczuk's attack was 'uncalled for'

Queensland's anti-Westpac senator banks with Westpac

Heath Aston

Trump stuns with friendly invitation to Duterte

1 hr ago

Google has paid this man $267m - more than double the year before

Millions to be cut from unis, student fees hiked

EXCLUSIVE

Brisbane man barred from suing anyone in Queensland

Rachel Clun

A former male prostitute who had sex with a 15-year-old boy wants his criminal record overlooked to pursue a career in law.

Ex-prostitute wants conviction ignored so he can become lawyer

Ruth McCosker
1 hr ago

Pia Gava, a 48-year-old mother of two from Victoria, has dreams of publishing a book of her family's Italian recipes.

Behind the scenes of this year's MasterChef

With dating and hook-up apps, the first casualty is caution.

Want to ruin your relationship? There's an app for that

COMMENT

Orange is the new Black - Alex and Piper

'It didn't have to be this way, Netflix': TV's new crisis

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell

'Damaging' recordings leaked to the media in bitter AVO case

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Currumbin surfer wins big

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Southport set for mini-makeover

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Morrison says housing 'scalpel' already working

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Drew Creighton Fri, 28. April 2017 9:21 AM Edgbaston Reserve in central Queensland home to the last population of ...

Herculean effort underway to save desert fish in Queensland

Drew Creighton

The history of Brisbane gets a musical makeover

Rachel Clun

Man denied bail after replica handgun siege

Damaged belongings line a street at Eagleby, south of Brisbane, in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.

Cyclone Debbie victims get $25m in help

A City Hooper ferry has been damaged after hitting a pontoon at South Bank.

Man injured as ferry hits South Bank pontoon

Toby Crockford

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has released his party's public service plan, which has been criticised by sector union ...

Union sceptical of LNP public sector plan

How much do you know about your council candidates when you go to the ballot box?

Just how independent are Queensland's councillors?

Cameron Atfield

A child is in hospital and another has been suspended from school after an alleged altercation.

Student stabbed in eye at Sydney high school

NSW

The inquiry will investigate the system of "horizontal fiscal equalisation", which takes money from resource-rich states ...

Hope for WA GST share boost after inquiry orderered

WA

EAGLEBY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 03: Discarded flood damaged belongings at Eagleby on April 3, 2017 in Eagleby, Australia. ...

Cyclone Debbie victims get $25m in help

Labor MP Stephen Jones

Labor queries cost of public service decentralisation

ACT
1 hr ago

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says the new university reform package deserves to pass the Parliament.

Eight per cent fee increase, earlier repayments, funding cuts

BREAKING
Matthew Knott
21 mins ago

Uni reforms show PM does not want a repeat of 2014 horror show

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
26 mins ago

Turnbull and Plibersek in dust up over local skate park

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan has attacked Westpac.

Minister has been banking with the 'wimps' he wants people to boycott

Heath Aston

US Marines in Darwin as part of a six-month rotation.

US forces carrying out own biosecurity inspections in Australia

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government's scalpel approach to housing affordability has been working.

Morrison says housing scalpel already working as market 'peaks'

Eryk Bagshaw
8 mins ago

The government will justify the cuts by pointing to a report which found universities receive adequate funding for most ...

'Don't cry poor': Unis to have budgets cut, student fees to rise

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Details of Ji Dongsheng's life and the charges against him, from a 2015 list of China's 100 most wanted fugitives from ...

'Most wanted' notice has family fearing political witch hunt

EXCLUSIVE
Kirsty Needham
1 hr ago

Too friendly for comfort: US officials and human rights advocates stunned at Trump's endorsement of Duterte.

Trump's friendly invitation to Duterte stuns all

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Many Democrats still believe Hillary Clinton's failure was one of mobilisation.

Democrats say they now know exactly why Clinton lost in 2016

1 hr ago

Irish PM Enda Kenny: ''This is not about triggering any mechanism.''

Unified Ireland would be an automatic member of the EU

David Muir argues it is time for significant reform to the constitution.

A new republic model could keep the bastards honest

COMMENT
David Muir

If Yassmin Abdel-Magied was out of line, those who made violent comments towards her were worse.

If Yassmin was out of line, her attackers were worse

COMMENT
Madonna King

Charities are struggling to survive with fewer volunteers and

Australians are generous so why are charities facing oblivion?

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

Sky News

Redundancies expected as Fox Sports and Sky News merge

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Millions of people have been locked out of the housing market.

Housing slowdown a blip or something more?

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Kate Carnell says the ABA's response to her inquiry is "feeble".

Carnell slams banks' 'feeble' response to small loans inquiry

Cara Waters

Chief executive of Ramsay Australia Daniel Sims.

Ramsay Health threatened doctors, claims ACCC

Mathew Dunckley
58 mins ago

Elliott to court BHP's Australian shareholders

59 mins ago

Former Optus owner loses bid for $452 million tax refund

Nassim Khadem
44 mins ago

The ASX shrugged off a lacklustre start to rise strongly

Myriam Robin

Slater and Gordon in dispute with British group over case quality

Sarah Danckert

A good bathroom renovation could prompt a bidding war.

Secrets only real estate agents know about bathroom renovations

Lighting designer Victoria Ellis works on the renovation of a Trump Tower residence.

Chicago's Trump Tower: An 'amazing' number of properties for sale

Architect Arno Oosthuizen at his home in Tooth Avenue, Paddington.

Brisbane architect's luxury sustainable home up for auction

Joshua Frampton in his Friedrichshain home.

Civil liberties and cheap housing: The young Aussies choosing Berlin

Masterchef judge Gary Mehigan would hate to think of the value of his first home purchase now.

'I hate to think how much it is now': Mehigan's first home buy

Despite the energy of the recent fitness expo, signs suggest the health message isn't coming across.

Fit fads: Why muscles are out and movement is in

Boot Camp

Qantas' new non-stop flight comes with some hidden catches.

Five things you don't know about Qantas' Perth-London flight

Business Travel

Mal (left) and Mike Leyland in 1981.

Lessons from the rise and fall of Leyland Brothers

Catherine Robson

Nicolas Butcher,Olivia O'Neill, Lucinda Chismon, Matthew Slate.

Good savings all about the little things

John Collett

Cargo Crew has disrupted the uniform market.

The $10 million business changing Australia's cafes one denim apron at a time

Cara Waters

Alex Liberman took on a new job at age 43 as head of UX at On a Roll 21.

The advantages of hiring older workers

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Labour day rally in Brisbane

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Charlie Hunnam as king-to-be Arthur (right) with Neil Maskell as Back Lack in <i>King Arthur: Legend of the Sword</i>.

Charlie Hunnam follows in gangster father's footsteps

Nick Miller

Pia Gava, a 48-year-old mother of two from Victoria, has dreams of publishing a book of her family's Italian recipes.

Behind the scenes of this year's MasterChef

Debi Enker

Barbra Streisand attends the Tribeca Talks: Storytellers event during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April ...

Barbra Streisand says sexism cost her Oscar nominations

Broede Carmody

Serious siblings Amy and Tyson were the MKR victors.

MKR's Tyson lands gig in West End restaurant

Broede Carmody

Author, Kim Dalton, who is publishing a critique of ABC practices, in his Sydney home.

ABC 'disrespecting' viewers, says former TV boss Kim Dalton

Michael Lallo

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

'Australia could lead the design renaissance': House Rules judge

Nathanael Cooper

The painting Big Blue Lavender Bay is taken from court.

Brush with notoriety: what now for 'Whiteley' paintings?

Gabriella Coslovich

Pay deal struck: Mayim Bialik from The Big Bang Theory.

Rejoice! All of Big Bang Theory cast on board for new seasons

Bill Keveney

Therese Collie and Tim Mullooly host a walking tour of Brisbane's history every Wednesday morning.

The walking, talking, singing story of Brisbane

Rachel Clun

Thousands are expected to attend the Buddhist festival.

Buddha Birth Day Festival brightens South Bank

Rachel Clun

Brisbane City Council received a development application to revitalise the Metro Arts building on Edward Street.

Dining precinct to emerge in shadow of Metro Arts Building

Ruth McCosker

Model Rose Bertam, pictured with fellow models including Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, promoting Fyre Festival on ...

Fyre Festival's epic failure has lessons for us all

Annie Brown

An ugly pattern is emerging of young men spewing bigotry, and yearning for safe patriarchal spaces to do it in.

The irony that these young men need a trigger warning

COMMENT
Christopher Scanlon

Rihanna stole the show at the 2016 Met Gala.

Why this year's Met Gala theme may prove too hard for celebrities

Annie Brown

Kathy Lette with her son Julius.

The question about my son’s virginity I never thought I'd ask

Kathy Lette

Daily Life columnist Kasey Edwards is the author of Guilt Trip.

I realised I didn't want to go to work. Ever again.

Kasey Edwards

Actress Shannon Doherty attends the G-Star Fall 2010 collection, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Shannen Doherty in remission, Val Kilmer reveals cancer battle

Sydney escort Samantha X, real name Amanda Goff.

An escort tells: the day I got a call from the wife of my client

Samantha X

Kim Kardashian, then pregnant with her first child, attends the 2013 Met Gala in her infamous Givenchy 'carpet' gown.

The low down on the Met Gala, AKA the fashion Oscars

Vanessa Friedman

Born to eat meat? Not necessarily.

Why do we cling to the idea that meat is central to a healthy diet?

Paula Goodyer

Bronnie Ware was forced to admit that her resistance to conventional medicine was working against her.

When the 'natural' approach to healing backfires

Sarah Berry

It is harder, but not impossible and we can always improve our health.

Is it harder to lose weight when you're older?

KAREN WEINTRAUB

Milk: should it go in before or after the tea?

When is best time to add milk to your tea?

Richard Cornish

Kylie Kwong's home-style eggs with chilli sauce.

Weekly meal planner: From pork belly to chilli fried eggs

Serious siblings Amy and Tyson were the MKR victors.

MKR winners Tyson and Amy share their home-cooking tips

Good Food

Baby Eric Matthews with his mother and father.

Parents reminded of sling safety after newborn's death

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Singapore Airlines business class cabin on an A350 aircraft.

Flight test: Business class doesn't get better than Singapore's A350

David Whitley

The coast of Sorrento, Italy.

The sublime Italian town where a even a god was seduced

Brian Johnston

Surprisingly, Australians don't drink as much coffee as we think we do.

Mapped: The countries where people drink the most coffee

Oliver Smith

Always check for the HTTPS padlock when you're concerned about online privacy and security.

Chrome ramps up website warnings

COMMENT

A rendering of the new iPhone design by 3D artist Martin Hajek.

Apple surges ahead as investors bet on iPhones

Orange Is The New Black S4 Orange is the new Black

Theft of new Netflix season portends a TV crisis

COMMENT
1 hr ago

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Wearing a Windows computer on your face

Gizmodo

ABC and Qantas are two examples of local businesses using Messenger to reach consumers directly.

Facebook Messenger big deal for Aussie business

Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT.

Seven American cars we need in Oz

Stephen Ottley

2017 HSV Maloo 30th Anniversary Edition.

Is this the world's best ute?

Mark Short

Volkswagen T-Roc concept.

Volkswagen teases new T-Roc SUV

Drive Staff

Holden Insignia VXR.

Holden prepares for European Commodore's arrival

Stephen Ottley

2017 Isuzu MU-X.

Isuzu's tough off-roader reviewed

Peter McKay

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance Edition 1.

Three door VW Golf GTI gets power boost

Dom Tripolone

Full flight: Besart Berisha after scoring in the semi-final against the Roar.

Brisbane Roar's A-League run over as Berisha seals Victory

Michael Lynch

Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum (left) shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul defends.

Ingles, Exum to face Golden State in NBA playoffs

Roy Ward

Passion is back: Matt Lucas distributes for the Waratahs during a match that showed there is still hope for Australian rugby.

Tahs-Reds derby shows rugby's revival is not a pipedream

Paul Cully

Watching brief: Cameron Smith passed the record set by Jason Taylor at WIN Stadium.

Time and again, ageless Smith proves he's one of the greats

Andrew Webster

Sunrisers Hyderabad's David Warner has whacked another big century.

Warner belts a big century in IPL

Test of faith: Elijah Taylor watched his 11-month-old daughter battle a life-threatening illness.

'She wasn't breathing properly': Taylor's horrifying ordeal

Michael Chammas

City boy: Mitchell Moses will partner Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend in the halves for Brad Fittler's side.

City-Country farce as teams struggle to find 17 players

Michael Chammas

Romelda Aiken and Sharni Layton contest the ball.

Magpies edge Firebirds in Super Netball