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Cancellations appear to have stabilised on the Queensland Rail network after disruptions last year.

The graph that shows impact of QR train cancellations

Felicity Caldwell

"I was thinking for a moment that I wasn't going to make it": Candice Hedge.

'Like a horror movie': Candice Hedge describes London attack

Cameron Mee

Renters are at increasing disadvantage as they often cannot take advantage of opportunities to reduce their energy costs.

Renters at disadvantage when it comes to energy: report

Felicity Caldwell

The votes are in: UK Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call a snap election has resulted in a fiasco.

Generation gap widens and political chaos slips through

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Tony Fitzgerald is a former judge, who led an inquiry into corruption in Queensland.

Qld corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald wants to clean up Canberra

Adam Gartrell
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Carjacking victim Shane Gundry.

Dad left 'crying' after being carjacked with son at fuel station

Toby Crockford

How will Queen's Wharf share heritage of its site?

Felicity Caldwell

Skies unleash over south-east with a week more to come

Toby Crockford

Qld police numbers lifted to deal with terrorism threat

Felicity Caldwell

Concession boost for households in Queensland budget

Mother sues Channel Nine over son's death in siege

EXCLUSIVE
Liam Mannix

Elton John and Renate Blauel on their wedding day in 1984 in Sydney.

How a Brisbane woman ended up designing for Elton John's wedding

Felicity Caldwell

Former FBI director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday.

More trustworthy: Americans favour Comey over Trump

Just 5 per cent of Swedish people smoke cigarettes.

Sweden figured out how to stop people from smoking

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was out for blood.

House Rules elimination almost ends in burning at the stake

COMMENT

The main cast in a scene from The Forwards.

Aussie rules meets ice addiction in Powerhouse stage production

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60s Batman star Adam West dies

Holding on: Wade Graham of the Blues is tackled by Matt Gillett and Josh McGuire of the Maroons.

The blueprint for the Maroons to fight back

Spring Hill Baths.

Brisbane's warmest swimming pools

Corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald wants to clean ...

1:02AM

Trump: James Comey leaks were 'very cowardly'

12:59AM

Theresa May seeks deal with Northern Irish party ...

12:56AM

The CCIQ says the Queensland government must do more to encourage young people into apprenticeships.

Tradie crisis looms for Queensland as apprenticeships halved in four years

Tony Moore

New use proposed for historic hotel turned strip club

Ruth McCosker

Vikings, knights and soldiers emerge from Brisbane time warp

Toby Crockford

Tourists from Switzerland enjoying Hill Inlet on Whitsunday Island two months after cyclone Debbie.

How paradise bounced back from Cyclone Debbie

Rachel Clun

Urbis says most Brisbane units are settling "around the purchase price".

Brisbane's unit market has some real estate agents feeling nervous

Cameron Atfield

Mephisto after being captured during World War I. It is the last surviving German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen in the world.

Qld WWI soldiers' prized scalp returns to Brisbane

Toby Crockford

Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk open the Moreton ...

Cross River Rail funding hopes dashed as Malcolm Turnbull refuses to commit

Two children have died in a shed fire at Turners Marsh. Picture: Neil Richardson/The Examiner

Young sisters die in Tasmania shed fire

TASMANIA

Shirley Bains is 85 and she has just passed her driving test.

Older drivers put foot down over discrimination

NSW

Matt Hall prepares to walk the Kokoda Trail for charity.

Former footy player with HIV to take on Kokoda

Baden Bond lived in a dark room smelling of urine and was abandoned in a park to die less than half a year after coming ...

Baby abandoned: 'I left him there and drove away'

NSW

FILE - In this May 22, 2016 file photo, An activist looks at an Islamic State group marketplace on the encrypted app ...

How the Turnbull government plans to access encrypted messages

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Corbyn's UK success leaves the ALP reflecting on way forward

Amy Remeikis

Gonski 2.0 headed for Senate showdown

Matthew Knott

Settlers moved from the foreshore at Paga Hill to the inland site of Gerehu, where they live in appalling conditions.

Evicted living on the streets made way for Australian-backed development

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

Government changes to school funding will soon come to the Senate for a vote.

Gonski 2.0: Your school funding questions answered

Matthew Knott

Prime Minister Theresa May and Elmo at a polling station in Maidenhead, England.

Australia should adopt this delightful but awful UK tradition

Judith Ireland

Yacqub Khayre leaving court after he was acquitted over a terror plot in 2009.

States agree to tougher rules for criminals with terrorist links

Michael Koziol

Bluff called: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Independence day scramble in ruined city of Marawi

Lindsay Murdoch

Women and children, including Tran Thi Thanh Loan (centre), in their cell at the detention centre.

Turned back by Australia, Vietnamese deemed refugees

Shira Sebban

Under scrutiny: US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions.

Sessions will testify in Senate on Russia and election

US forces patrolling on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Manbij.

Russia issues warning to US over strikes in Syria

Paul Pisasale's career has featured numerous investigations and allegations of inappropriately receiving and failing to ...

How much can politicians receive before they must declare it?

Alison and Jillian Barrett

Senior Constable Brett Forte's children Sam, Emma and Brodie place a teddy bear and other items on his casket during his ...

Thank you Brett Forte, and your brothers and sisters in blue

Madonna King

Sid and Tanya Plant are members of a family that has been farming the area in the Darling Downs town of Acland since the ...

The Queensland town that refuses to die a mining death

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

The gold dust mesh panel midi dress purchased by Fairfax Media is yet to arrive. It was bought online on May 24.

How did it all go wrong for fashion label Shakuhachi?

Lucy Cormack

Warren Buffett, 86, is the world's fourth-richest person, worth $US76.2 billion according to Forbes magazine. He is ...

Anonymous fan pays $3.5m for steak with billionaire Buffett

Owner-occupiers only realise the value of their home if they sell.

The property market is taking a breather, not falling off a cliff

COMMENT
Mark Bouris

The volume of exports was up 2 per cent in the June quarter.

Stormy times for an economy in the doldrums

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Amazon will be a friend and a foe, retailers warn

Carolyn Cummins

The multibillion-dollar duel for Rio's Hunter Valley coal mines

Airfares on the rise as Qantas, Virgin make peace

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Finkel puts energy security centre stage - but what about the cost?

Brian Robins

77 North Road, Brighton

Praise be: Cool Queensland church conversions

Views from all areas: 94 Birdwood Terrace, Auchenflower.

Five of the best homes for sale right now in Auchenflower

Tara Dennis is a Better Homes and Gardens presenter.

Better Homes' Tara Dennis didn't always have a perfect house look

A Van Gogh-inspired floral arrangement by Sonya Wilson.

How to make a floral arrangement inspired by Van Gogh

Battle zone: 24 Hillcrest Avenue, Wavell Heights was highly sought after for its location.

Bitter battle between two families at Brisbane auction

Keep backseat passengers entertained with their own TV screens.

The hottest luxury upgrades your car needs this snow season

Cars

Craigellachie Distillery has become infamously known as the "bad boy of Speyside".

Why the 'bad boy of Speyside' is the world's best single malt

Fine Drinks

Renting to a relative is one way to avoid the ups and downs of the rental market.

Nicole helps … get the best loan for an investment

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Sallie Krawcheck, formerly chief executive of Citigroup and Bank of America, says for a time she bought into the myth ...

The data's in: women make better investors than men

Georgina Dent

Grace Mazur came across Thermomix on a visit to an old school friend's house in Poland.

Cracks in the $60 million cult of Thermomix

Cara Waters

Josh Mihan is the owner of The Bearded Man. His business sees 2000 customers a year.

Behind the barber shop renaissance

Elissa Doherty

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Naiqama crashes into cheerleaders

Crash in Switzerland.

Richard Hammond of Top Gear in dramatic crash

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Trump denies obstruction, calls Comey 'a leaker'

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Kickboxer attacked by fans in chaotic finish

Portrait of Faezeh Jalali who is an acclaimed Indian playright, director and actress in India. She is in Sydney with a ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 9, 2017

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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Dylan Voller explains his actions and apologises to his victims on 60 Minutes.

Voller tells how he felt he was 'going mad' in detention

Aja Styles

"I was thinking for a moment that I wasn't going to make it": Candice Hedge.

'Like a horror movie': Candice Hedge describes London attack

Cameron Mee

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was out for blood.

House Rules elimination almost ends in burning at the stake

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Boy George today: "If I talked about wanting to work in fashion or music or whatever they just laughed."

Boy George is the chameleon of the entertainment industry

Nathanael Cooper

Richard Hammond was hospitalised after the crash.

Top Gear's Richard Hammond injured in dramatic crash

<b> Clarke and Sayle in Meet The Mavericks: </b> what could possibly go wrong?

John Clarke's unseen interview a gift to bereft viewers

Bridget McManus

<b>Camino Island by John Grisham: </b> lawyerless.

On the beach with John Grisham and his new novel

Janet Maslin

The Dynamic Duo: Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin.

Batman star Adam West dies

Michael Idato

The LEGO Expo, and nine other things to do this weekend

Katie Noonan with her childhood music teacher Michael Mangan.

How Katie Noonan inspired her music teacher to tour

Rachel Clun

Nova's Ash, Kip and Luttsy, with Susie O'Neill.

Nova's Ash, Kip and Luttsy reclaim radio crown

Jorge Branco

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn at the 2011 Logies.

Cassandra Thorburn and kids move into Cremorne house

Amy Croffey

Child-free and living the grey nomad dream.

Child-free and living the grey nomad dream

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Schapelle Corby

Schapelle Corby denies she's heading to Big Brother

Andrew Hornery

Sydney's PR Queen, Roxy Jacenko.

Have Roxy Jacenko and Sara Huegill fallen out again?

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande for the all-star concert on June 4.

Where did Katy Perry go wrong? A timeline

Patrick Ryan

Young businesswoman at her desk in home studio.

What's holding so many well-educated women back at work?

Jackie Dent

When women date younger men, it can raise eyebrows, but when men date younger women, no one blinks.

It's the year of the cougar, so ignore the sexist critics

Kathy Lette

When it came to my daughter's education I needed to do what was best for her, not others.

The dilemma I faced when my daughter won a private school scholarship

COMMENT
Elana Benjamin

Competitive runner Dylan McCuaig-Walton tried minimalist running shoes for a while.

Minimalist shoes may be able to make you run a lot faster

Sarah Berry

A weighted blanket or just tuck your blanket in?

Are weighted blankets worth the hype?

Evelyn Lewin

Harley Breen.

Harley Breen's day on a plate: 'I regret everything'

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs tell: How they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

Honey is one of the key foods vulnerable to fraud.

Are you really buying honey or high fructose corn syrup? How to avoid food fraud.

Pete Evans' shepherd's pie. <b>Styling:</b> Deb Kaloper. <b>Photos:</b> Mark Roper.

Weekly meal planner: June

Baby Ezra surprised his mum during a shopping trip.

She didn't know she was pregnant, then gave birth in supermarket

Jessica Simpson and 5-year-old Maxwell.

Jessica Simpson and daughter in bikini photo furore

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What I want you to know about my 'gifted' son

The debate over seat reclining etiquette continues.

Traveller letters: This is why airlines should ban reclining seats

Phillip Island, off Norfolk Island. Getting there is not easy.

'The Uluru of the Pacific': Australia's other incredible rock

Louise Southerden

Creation rock at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado.

The world's best music venues, named by Australia's top musicians

Andrea Black

A self-driving car guided by Project Apollo, on the test
track at CES Asia in Shanghai.

Baidu prepares China's self-driving car hopeful

Shadow Creator's Halomini augmented reality headset looks like Microsoft's HoloLens but falls far short of the mark.

AR headsets still very much works in progress

COMMENT

E3 2017

E3 2017: The Australian gamer's one-stop guide

MVC

Why these games are vanishing from iOS

Kotaku

If all you want is Game of Thrones you can get it for $15 per month, but if you want everything the service has to offer ...

Foxtel Now: everything you need to know

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super.

Alfa Romeo's Mercedes C-Class rival reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Tesla has played a huge role in shifting perceptions of electric cars.

Why Australians shun electric cars

David McCowen

2017 BMW 530e.

First Drive: BMW's 530e plug-in hybrid

Andrew MacLean

2017 Renault Clio.

New Renault Clio reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Kia's Stinger is one of the most anticipated cars of 2017.

The best new cars still to come in 2017

David McCowen

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk.

Jeep's off-road warrior reviewed

Toby Hagon

All smiles: (L-R) runners-up Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua, with winners Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Dellacqua, Barty lose French Open doubles final

Super Hess: Coen Hess made his case for a call-up to Queensland's Origin side with a strong performance for North ...

Hess makes his case for Queensland Origin call up

Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko celebrates winning the women's final at the French Open on Saturday.

Ostapenko beats Halep to win Latvia's first grand slam

A frustrated Steve Smith.

They're singing at Edgbaston as Australia crash out

Adam Collins

Lachlan Ward, 25, collapsed on Saturday afternoon during a fifth grade match for the Warringah Rats against Gordon.

Wallabies offer condolences after rugby player's death

Tom Decent

Back with a vengeance: Johnathan Thurston returned in style to destroy the Eels.

Thurston taunts Eels, NSW in huge win for Cowboys

Adam Pengilly

The Lions' Lewis Taylor celebrates one of his four goals.

Zorko, Taylor lead Lions to a big win over Dockers

Andrew Stafford

Injured: Kieran Foran hobbled off late in the Warriors' win over the Titans.

Foran injured as Warriors belt Titans

Mitchell van Homrigh