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Did combustible cladding fuel the spread of the vicious Grenfell Tower fire?

Cladding linked to deadly fires may have been on tower

EXCLUSIVE
Aisha Dow, Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Brisbane ratepayers have been hit with an average rates increase of 2.4 per cent in the 2017-18 Brisbane City Council budget.

Brisbane rates rise: See how your suburb fared

Ruth McCosker

The housing estate tower is White City.

Woman dropped baby from ninth floor to save it from fire: witness

Live
48 mins ago

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is continuing the budget sell, after it was handed down on Tuesday.

Premier backs 2018 poll as she spruiks state budget

Felicity Caldwell

Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Turnbull Ministers hauled before court over remarks

BREAKING
Josh Gordon

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad: 'We're not waiting for (Malcolm Turnbull).'

Two-month wait for Cross River Rail business case

Stuart Layt

Ten's billionaires flush $1b down the toilet

Colin Kruger, CBD

Brisbane tennis player charged over match fixing

Nino Bucci

Missing woman found, but police still on the hunt for man

Jorge Branco

Pair caught in the act on Cairns boat

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Telstra jobs shock: 1400 face axe, with CEO to brief staff today

Nick Toscano

Paul Pisasale quit as mayor last week citing ill health as the CCC confirmed it had launched a fresh investigation into ...

MP levels serious allegations at former Ipswich Mayor

Mark Solomons
15 mins ago

The Avid Reader Bookshop is a popular West End destination.

Chapter closes for Avid Reader's West End cafe

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is reunited with girlfriend with Anita Pallenberg and their son, Marlon on his ...

Icon of 1960s style and Rolling Stones muse dies aged 73

Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Channel Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS

J. K. Rowling

Trump blocks Stephen King on Twitter but Rowling offers help

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Who needs roads when you have a flying car?

Suicide rates among men in Australia are shockingly high.

A story for three mates lost too young

A new report prepared for the Queen's Wharf Brisbane project says Pokemon Go could inspire part of the development's ...

Modern technology to share old tales behind Queen's Wharf

US Congressman hit in shooting in Washington DC ...

10:16PM

MP levels serious allegations at former Ipswich ...

10:03PM

London Fire: What we know so far

9:33PM

A new report has identified several "stress points" over the next 12 months.

Queensland Rail slashes Sunday services following network 'stress test'

Felicity Caldwell

'Suspicious' device found at property north of Brisbane

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Brisbane's 'lifestyle' comes first in Quirk's $3 billion spend

Ruth McCosker

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk with his 2017-18 Brisbane City Council budget.

Brisbane City Council budget 2017-18: Where your money goes

Tony Moore

Amigo's Bar and Grill in Margaret Street, Toowoomba, burns on Tuesday night.

Fire tears through restaurant in Toowoomba CBD

State Treasurer Curtis Pitt at the 2017 Queensland budget lock-up on Tuesday.

Queensland 2017-18 budget shows an additional 6000 public servants

Tony Moore

Joshua Migala was found unconscious in a home in Kingston on April 8, 2015. Joel Kuskey has been charged with murder.

Toddler 'murdered' by mother's partner was known to child safety

Jorge Branco

An express passenger train, similar to this one, has hit a car, killing the female driver.

Train crashes into car, killing woman at crossing

NSW

Aussies are being warned about cold-call fraudsters

Five charged over alleged $30 million cold call scam

A teenager received a suspended sentence of imprisonment for his role in an extortion ring that targeted users of the ...

Teen avoids detention for role in extortion ring

ACT

Alfaxan is a steroid and anasthetic for animals.

Burglars target veterinary clinics to steal drugs

WA

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "enough is enough" on the ideological debates over climate change.

PM under climate pressure as Abbott makes demands

James Massola

Greens ratchet up pressure on major parties for corruption probe

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Dutton blasts 'ambulance-chasing law firm' after $90m Manus Island settlement

Michael Koziol

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed Labor for the payout.

Despite what Dutton says, the Manus Island payout is momentous

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Planet Earth as viewed from space.

Remember the ozone hole? Today's coal apologists don't

Tony Wright

Senator Pauline Hanson has no special sympathy for Channel Ten.

Channel Ten collapse: senators urged to change media laws

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants an end to the ideological wars over climate change policy.

PM blasts 'glib' slogans, calls for national climate plan

James Massola

Tourist attractions on the shores of Erhai Lake in Yunnan province have been shut down in order to control pollution.

China scores a win in fight against lake pollution

Kirsty Needham

British Prime Minister Theresa May

May's Northern Irish deal hits a Major snag

Nick Miller

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the hearing.

Sessions' stonewalling creates more problems for Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Tammy Davis-Charles is in a Phnom Penh jail awaiting trial.

Davis-Charles paid for birth certificates, court hears

UPDATED

Suicide rates among men in Australia are shockingly high.

A story for three mates lost too young

COMMENT
Bill O'Chee

Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street. The closely fought election has failed to return a clear ...

UK election result is bad news for Aust pollies

Brenton Prosser and Gerry Stokes

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

How much can MPs get before they declare it?

Alison and Jillian Barrett

It's hazy for Channel Ten as the network announces it is entering voluntary administration.

The secret deal that sealed Ten's fate

Lucy Battersby

Ten needed a new $250 million loan, but its billionaire shareholders moved away from backing it.

Is Ten putting up the white flag part of a bigger plan?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Citi has lifted its target price for the Tasmanian-based company's stock to $5.75, a jump of 34 per cent.

Bellamy's capital raising welcomed

Darren Gray

The big banks have tightened home lending standards in recent years, and there could be more to come.

Aussie banks still more generous than their global peers

Clancy Yeates

ASX surges as investors beat super deadline

Myriam Robin

Markets Live: ASX blows past 5800

'Peace out': Ten stars tell viewers to stick with them

Cuts needed to keep Telstra 'great' says CEO

Nick Toscano

Cathedral Quarry, in Helidon Queensland, is up for sale. Photo: Supplied

Sandstone quarry in famous Helidon region for sale

Kelly Ross

'The one thing I always include': An interview with Kelly Ross

I live in an echo chamber and it's slowly, but steadily, driving me mad.

Why open-plan living is slowly and steadily driving me mad

John Reuschle and Amanda Wecker renovating their home in 1989. The pool has since been filled in.

What it was like growing up with a renovator parent

First-home buyers are one of the big winners from Tuesday's Queensland state budget.

Why first-home buyers are among the Qld state budget winners

Trying to buy online is more hassle that it's worth.

Cart empty: Why it's time to pull the plug on online shopping

Luxury

The new uniform of cream and azure blue.

The menswear trend that will have you hitting the bench press

Men's Style

Gabriella Munoz will travel to Mexico to try to find her biological family, along with husband Cesar Albarran-Torres, ...

'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'

Gabriella Munoz

There is no reset of the cost base once you move into a property that originally started out as a rental.

What's the capital gains tax on a rental property turned home?

Noel Whittaker

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

A gaming console could be on the shopping list for your business this month.

Six surprising items to claim at tax time

Nina Hendy

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Thieves have sex on boat

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Quirk delivers budget for 'prosperity'

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Huge fire engulfs London apartment block

1 hr ago

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Network Ten placed into voluntary administration

Refugees and migrants wait to disembark the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) Phoenix vessel after arriving at Reggio ...

World of Photos - June 14, 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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Broad City will bleep out the US President's name in season four.

Broad City to bleep out Trump's name: 'No airtime for this orange'

Broede Carmody

Justin Bieber has admitted he doesn't know the lyrics to Spanish-language smash hit Despacito.

'I don't even know it': Bieber doesn't know his own song

Broede Carmody

Sandra Sully is rumoured to host a national bulletin on Ten.

News cuts could backfire on Channel Ten

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Steve Harvey doesn't know what a "caaaaah" is.

Crikey! Robert Irwin's Aussie accent baffles US TV host

Rob Moran

Taylor Swift's lazy year has seen her fall down Forbes' richest celebrities list.

Taylor Swift free-falls from top of Celebrity Rich List

Rob Moran

Queen and Adam Lambert will tour Australia in February and March next year.

Queen and Adam Lambert are coming, with more than hits

Sarah Thomas

So close and yet so far: Bryan Zhu's smile will not fill MasterChef's kitchen again despite his mastering food.

Damn, we almost welcomed back Bryan to MasterChef

Aja Styles

Monday night's Q&A focused on energy policy.

A carbon tax by any other name would smell as sweet: Q&A;

Neil McMahon

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 10: Izzy attends the Madman Anime Festival Brisbane on June 10, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. ...

Thousands of anime fans flock to Madman Brisbane festival

Toby Crockford

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

Warning: Former editor Mia Freedman.

Mamamia's treatment of Roxane Gay was cruel, but not unusual

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden

Watch out Kylie, Kim Kardashian is launching a make-up line

Nicole Economos

The then-teenage MacColl moved from Brisbane to Melbourne to see through the pregnancy. 'My teacher and her husband had ...

The insulting advice that pregnant women don't need to hear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Spreading misinformation: Freelee 'the banana girl'.

Medieval medical advice, or 21st century wellness tip?

Clem Bastow

Oprah Winfrey said she previously thought she lacked the experience to be president.

Five women who should run for office now that Oprah is out

Emily Heil

Valerie Taylor with Madison Stewart.

This Australian movie will shake our convenience lifestyle

Clare Press

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': Roxane Gay on Mamamia debacle

Jenny Noyes

There are more and more people embracing polyamory with the enthusiasm that I reserve for napping, writes Kerri Sackville.

The rise of polyamory sure isn't convincing me to try it

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

Sarah Berry

Too much sugar, regardless of the type, is a problem.

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Alicia Penhorwood no longer spends hours ruminating over the same problems.

There is an upside to worry

Evelyn Lewin

Speedy spaghetti with prawns.

Light comfort food: Spaghetti with prawns and lemon pepper butter

Adam Liaw

'Without butter, everything is boring': Marco Pierre White.

Marco Pierre White: "Why I gave back my three Michelin stars"

Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter.

Cabbage gets an amazing flavour makeover with this roast dish

Adam Liaw

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The most mysterious Whitehouse tweet since covfefe

Sexy Chest one-piece suit in pink, dark or tan. Plus others in the one-piece range.

Swimsuit promises to give women the 'dad bod' they never wanted

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Ben Groundwater

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Steve McKenna

OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 11: Festival goers enjoy Day 4 of Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park on August 11, ...

Bucket list: Nine festivals you need to get to, at least once in your life

Katrina Lobley

Genuine Lepin Star Wart blocks on sale at Shanghai's famed fake markets.

Geek Pilgrimage: Shanghai fake markets

COMMENT

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft confirms Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2

Super Mario Odyssey worlds feature a range of different graphical styles, but all will feature creatures and objects for ...

The best 5 things Nintendo just announced at E3

foxtel

Foxtel targets 17 more pirate sites in Australia

Lifehacker

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

2018 Range Rover Evoque with Si4 Ingenium petrol engine.

New power for Land Rover

Stephen Ottley

Next Generation Honda Accord will ditch its naturally aspirated engines.

Details: New Honda Accord

Drive Staff

Hyundai plans SUV expansion

Toby Hagon

2017 Toyota Prado Altitude.

New Toyota Prado Altitude reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Holden Astra Sportwagon.

Holden Astra wagon coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone

BMW 6er Gran Tourismo, 640i xDrive, Mineralwei?, M Sportpaket 2018 BMW 6-Series Gran Turismo.

New BMW 6-Series GT revealed

Greg Kable

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Andrew Fifita of the blues celebrates during game one of the State Of Origin series between the ...

'I'm the ninth-best prop in the game': Fifita

Adrian Proszenko

Tense time: The French stare down New Zealand team as they perform the haka.

France reacts to haka with epic 80-second staredown

Critical: Lions prop Kyle Sinckler.

Aussie ref under fire after Lions shock loss

Richard Knowler

No curfews: Blues coach Laurie Daley won't make the casino off-limits to his players.

Daley fears Queensland will strangle Blues out of Origin II

Andrew Webster

Under pressure: Socceroo James Troisi tries to get a kick away from Brazil’s David Luiz.

Brazil too slick for Socceroos after gaffe gifts goal

Michael Lynch

Mike Tancred has issued an apology to Fiona de Jong.

Tancred apologises to de Jong for intimidating phone call

Georgina Mitchell

Debut: Karmichael Hunt in his first Wallabies Test on Saturday against Fiji

Hunt 'built for Test rugby', says Foley

Tom Decent

Big Bash League broadcaster Channel Ten is in crisis.

Ten's crisis more reason to keep pay model, say cricketers

Jon Pierik and Andrew Wu