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An injured wallaby was beaten to death in 2016, but after a lengthy police investigation five people have been charged ...

Five charged after wallaby beaten to death on camera

Toby Crockford

An elderly man died after the sedan he was driving collided with a four-wheel-drive towing a caravan.

Young girl critical, elderly man killed in separate Qld crashes

Toby Crockford

Trainer Ciaron Maher has been charged with offences relating to the champion racehorse Azkadellia.

Trainer charged with hiding horse ownership for conman Peter Foster

Cameron Houston and Patrick Bartley

Mayang Prasetyo's death in 2014 shocked the world.

Teneriffe murder scene mistaken as 'sick prank'

Sonia Kohlbacher
1 hr ago

Australian Sara Connor listens to an Indonesian interpreter during her trial in Bali, in February.

Sara Connor's sentence increased on appeal

Jewel Topsfield

Former premier Campbell Newman has become involved in agricultural robotics.

What Newman's former ministers are doing now

Felicity Caldwell

Tinnie terror hearing told of IS slogans, flags at Footscray rally

Jane Lee

Man charged over 25-year-old bank robbery in Brisbane's north

Toby Crockford

Gas leak closes road at Gold Coast, causes traffic delays

Rachel Clun

Why President Donald Trump must be impeached.

COMMENT
Laurence Tribe

Family of teen kicked in head are 'living a nightmare'

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Security cameras are fitted in Queensland taxis, but not ride-sharing vehicles.

Security cameras could be in store for Queensland Uber drivers

Felicity Caldwell

Life without social media apps has its benefits.

Why I deleted my Facebook and Twitter apps

COMMENT
16 mins ago

David Warner and his fellow leading players may not be involved in the next Ashes series.

'They might not have a team for the Ashes': Warner

EXCLUSIVE

Tickets to this year's Woodford Folk Festival will be capped, and they will also be more expensive.

Woodford Folk Festival caps attendance, ups ticket prices

Kara McCullough after she was crowned the new Miss USA in Las Vegas.

Kara McCullough, a nuclear chemist, named Miss USA

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ANU student Mish Khan was left in the lurch when her Youth Allowance payments were incorrectly suspended while she was ...

Everything a student needs to know about youth allowance

Corruption on a Commonwealth level higher than ...

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Prasetyo, Volke struck deal that led to their ...

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Thanks to help from members of the public, police charged two 18-year-old men over the bomb hoax.

Teenagers charged after bomb scare at Toowoomba school

Toby Crockford

CEOs, cafe owners and teachers: Former ministers find life after politics

Felicity Caldwell

Five charged over north Queensland wallaby death

David Sigston

A thick fog covered Brisbane on Monday morning.

Thick fog delays flights, cancels CityCat service

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Allan Tennent has dedicated more than 30 years of his life to the Coast Guard, rising to the rank of Deputy Commodore ...

The man who has rescued 6000 people in trouble at sea

Toby Crockford

Queensland police are searching for two men who robbed and punched a woman in her home overnight.

Shooting victim takes himself to Gold Coast hospital

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

The teenager's condition has deteriorated since the assault.

Condition of teen kicked in head worsens

More than half the 2017 ACT Kangaroo cull quota will target animals on the Googong Foreshores.

ACT kangaroo cull to expand across NSW border

ACT

Police and Perth man Jason Peter Darragh tussle at Changi Airport in Singapore.

Perth man arrested after drunken spree in Singapore

WA

More than 25 years after the armed robbery of a NAB bank in Sandgate, a man has been charged over the incident.

Man charged over 25-year-old bank robbery

The latest decision to privatise services will affect about 1200 drivers.

Bus drivers feel betrayed over privatisation plan

NSW

An aerial view of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

Manus Island refugee compound to begin closure in weeks

Michael Koziol

Gonski attack: the tweets started at 9pm and didn't stop for 48 hours

Matthew Knott

'The people think it's fair': PM puts pressure on Senate over budget

James Massola

George Christensen has disavowed his connection with The Dingoes racist podcast.

I didn't know they were racist: Christensen backtracks on links to hate group

Jacqueline Maley and Patrick Begley

Treasurer Scott Morrison delivers his post-Budget address in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday ...

Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Budget delivers much-needed government boost

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Poll results: Don't pop the champagne just yet, Malcolm

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

Manus Province police commander David Yapu, centre, said shots had been fired at the compound.

Soldiers fired bullets into Manus Island centre, PNG police admit

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, centre, supervised the missile launch on Sunday.

North Korea's latest missile launch 'ignored' by China

Kirsty Needham

David Deakin's hands are tied behind his back with the cord of an iPhone charger during the April 20 raid on his apartment.

Philippine cybersex crackdown nets 62-year-old's arrest

Lindsay Murdoch

Rolf Harris is set to face a London court on four charges of groping teenage girls

Jury sworn in for Rolf Harris indecent assault trial

Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

A number of mummies inside the newly discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt, on Saturday.

Egypt sees discovery of ancient burial chamber as blessing

Carrot

I can raise a human but not a vegie patch

Facebook had 1.86 billion monthly active users as of the fourth quarter in 2016, according to Statista.

What 50 Facebook quizzes 'revealed' about me

Danielle Cronin

Simon Holt

Journalism is a job of extremes and responsibilities

Simon Holt

The budget's backbone is made up of areas that nearly cost Malcolm Turnbull the last election.

The five pain points that wrote the budget

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Banks say the levy undermines a push by regulators for banks to run larger funding buffers.

Bank levy could make us less shock-proof, industry claims

Clancy Yeates

WannaCrypt

WannaCrypt attack exposes gaps in cyber insurance

Richard McLeish

TPG has approached Fairfax Media with a higher offer.

Bid 'materially undervalues' Fairfax says major shareholder

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Lucy Battersby

China's trade plan benefits to flow to Australia

Myriam Robin

You couldn't pay me to move to Sydney

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

Bouncing banks help offset ASX Monday morning blues

Jessica Sier

Commonwealth Bank runs ad against bank levy

Patrick Hatch

The author's daughter playing in their national treasure of a home.

'It's complicated': Living in a national treasure with a toddler

Topiary is back, and landscape gardeners are taking it to creative new places.

The 1980s trend landscape designers are bringing back

30 Waverley Street, Teneriffe, will go to auction on May 21.

'They warned us we'd be killed in our beds': The incredible transformation of Teneriffe

43A Dopson Street, Taringais expected to break records when it sells.

Cutting edge living: Brisbane's five best contemporary homes

Brian Nankervis at his Melbourne home in 2014.

Brian Nankervis bought his first house after a wrong turn after lunch

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High seas: The latest trend in watches is plain sailing

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Does the cost outweigh the benefits of living in Sydney?

Sorry, but you couldn't pay me to move to Sydney

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

UBank's goal is to deliver simpler, better, smarter banking to customers.

NAB-owned UBank launches robot to sell home loans

John Collett

It's important to get financial advice before selling the family home to fund retirement.

When seniors own $1m home, but have no money

Noel Whittaker

Tizzie Hall is in the business of getting babies to sleep.

The art and business of baby sleep whispering

Cara Waters

Helen D'Silva runs her psychology practice as a sole trader.

Doing it all on your own

Louis White

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Tow truck 'cowboys' targeted

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Albion Park plans unveiled

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Teenager fights for life

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Baldwin's Trump and McCarthy's Spicer kiss

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Pia Gava was eliminated from MasterChef on Monday night.

MasterChef fans mourn the loss of show favourite Pia

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Paul McCartney will star in new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

McCartney reveals first look at role in new Pirates movie

Rob Moran

Tonight's Q&A will be defined as much by who didn't show up as who did.

Students set to protest Q&A;'s post-budget special

Broede Carmody

Bounce host Danny 'Spud' Frawley holding a Chinese menu while mocking the historic Shanghai AFL game.

Fox Footy's Bounce called out for 'racist' segment on China

Aja Styles

Is this banana really 'too bent'?

Too bent or too straight: Tackling Australia's huge banana waste

Michael Lallo

Netflix TV series The Crown.

BAFTAs 2017: BBC drama topples Netflix's crown

BAFTAS 2017
Broede Carmody

2 Broke Girls has been axed after six seasons.

Which of your fave US shows are coming back – and which aren't?

Rob Moran

President Donald Trump, impersonated by Alec Baldwin, and Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy, lock lips on Saturday ...

Saturday Night Live rides ratings high thanks to Trump gags

Broede Carmody

Freedom Then, Freedom Now explores what personal freedoms have been won in Queensland since the 50s.

Books, bare chests and bikinis: Queensland's history of bans

Rachel Clun

Tony Frohloff with his son Riley and his champion pumpkin weighing in a 257 kilograms.

Ekka awards dominated by three generations of giant pumpkin growers

Toby Crockford

The bank note worth 20 Spanish Dollars will be sold in Brisbane over the weekend and has an estimated worth of $495,000.

Historical bank note worth 20 rum barrels to sell in Brisbane

Toby Crockford

Karl Stefanovic sitting front row at MBFWA on Monday with girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough, his mother Jenny (far left), her ...

Stefanovic and Yarbrough's PDA ... beside their mothers

Amy Croffey

Kara McCullough after she was crowned the new Miss USA in Las Vegas.

Kara McCullough, a nuclear chemist, named Miss USA

Labor MP Anne Aly walked the runway for Thomas Puttick's show.

Labor MP Anne Aly swaps counter-terrorism for the catwalk

Jenna Clarke

Alice McCall makes the case for wearing feathers. Anywhere.

The case for dressy trackpants and/or feathers every day

Annie Brown

Sneakers go with everything. Fact.

The street style not to miss at Sydney fashion week

Photo taken by my Instagram (and regular) husband.

I wore my pyjamas to fashion week, it was a great life choice

Annie Brown

It's OK to cry in front of children.

Should we cry in front of our children?

Jacinta Tynan

Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Confusingly, Kylo Ren is the fastest growing baby name

Annie Brown

Neil Laybourn (L) and Jonny Benjamin.

The simple words that convinced a suicidal man to keep living

Colby Itkowitz

Start gently and build up slowly.

You don't need to do high-intensity exercise to lose weight

Paula Goodyer

DJ Tigerlily.

DJ Tigerlily's top marks for 'following the diet trends so well'

Andrew Bowden unveils his Rita cake on <i>MasterChef Australia</i>.

Watch: The cake the contestants made on MasterChef tonight

Go easy on the oil and swap white rice for brown.

Some tricks for turning fried rice into a healthy choice

Pan fried chicken with fregola.

Weekly meal planner: mid-May

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Can your toothpaste tell if you're pregnant?

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The easy way to choose the perfect lipstick colour ... if you dare

The detrimental effects of smacking your kids.

What five decades of research has confirmed about smacking

Leg room is surprisingly generous in economy-class seats onboard Cathay Pacific A350-900 aircraft.

Flying economy, where leg room is surprisingly generous

Tim Richards

Planey McPlaneface?
Or Vegemite?
Qantas' Dreamliners need new names.

Qantas new Dreamliner could be named 'Vegemite'

Don't feel bad about taking your hotel toiletries with you.

The shameful truth about what happens to your hotel toiletries

Gavin Haines

Code

WannaCrypt: what you need to know

The research used tiny wires to provide a scaffold for brain cells grown on a semiconductor chip.

Researchers grow grey matter on a chip

WannaCrypt

WannaCrypt attack exposes gaps in cyber insurance

While we mostly jumped ship to Apple three years ago, there's a single reason we still run a PC for work as well.

NBN: Customers sold 'unattainable speeds'

Gizmodo

A computer screen shows an error message after Britain's National Health Service was hacked.

Massive cyber attack earns a mere $35,000

ANALYSIS

Porsche sport driving school.

Back to school with Porsche's driver training

Daniela Intili

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Which is the best Toyota Yaris model?

Andrew MacLean

Head on: ANCAP crashed a 1998 Toyota Corolla with its 2015 cousin.

New v old: Crash test results revealed

David McCowen

2017 BMW 5-Series.

Quick spin: BMW 530d

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai has been busted testing its new i30N at Bathurst.

Busted: Hyundai caught testing new i30N at Bathurst

David McCowen

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo lays the groundwork for its future success

Andrew MacLean

David Warner and his fellow leading players may not be involved in the next Ashes series.

'They might not have a team for the Ashes': Warner

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Collins

Sidelined: Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic is expected to be out for up to eight weeks.

Broncos apologise for lauding Trbojevic tackle

Phil Lutton

Bulldogs fullback Will Hopoate.

Hopoate's religion about-turn to help win new deal at Bulldogs

Adam Pengilly

Furious: Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland sent an explosive email to players.

'The players want it done, they want to play the Ashes'

Anthony Colangelo

"Unfairly fast": Sprinter Ben Johnson, who admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his career, in an ad for ...

Doping joke on NRL website makes light of substance use

SET OF SIX
Steve Mascord

Jones and Mark Schwarzer at the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.

Silver lining at last for forgotten Socceroo Brad Jones

Michael Lynch

South Korea's Si Woo Kim celebrates on the 18th green after winning The Players Championship.

Kim shatters Scott's record with Players win

Worth another punt? MItchell Pearce ran the show as the Roosters racked up a big win over the Eels on Sunday.

Daley's Pearce problem explains why Queensland keep winning

Andrew Webster