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Tesla chief Elon Musk first expressed interest in building the mega-project on Twitter.

Elon Musk to build world's largest battery in Australia

BREAKING
Michael Koziol
19 mins ago

A man was arrested at Brisbane Airport on Thursday following police investigations into alleged child grooming offences.

Accused child groomer arrested at airport gets bail

1 hr ago

A still from <I>Sunday Night</I>'s program on Appco.

Seven Network sued for malicious falsehood over charity 'expose'

Lucy Battersby

Brisbane woke to showers rain on Sunday morning.

Brisbane cops soaking as storms sweep through

Jorge Branco

Coca-Cola Amatil has suffered some nasty blows this week.

Coca-Cola savaged after snubs from supermarket and pizza chain

Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

The woman was charged with a string of offences including several counts of serious assaulting police.

Queensland woman 'bites two police officers' in struggle

Toby Crockford
1 hr ago

Trump and Putin grapple with the weight of history

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Automatic 'no': NAB extends crackdown on home loans

Clancy Yeates

Tomic slapped with second-largest fine in Wimbledon history

Turnbull government at threat from High Court challenge

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Winemakers turned away from top Brisbane bar due to ID laws

Jorge Branco

36 Pacific Parade, Mission Beach

Free Porsche comes with purchase of north Qld pad

Jim Malo
1 hr ago

There have been more than 6000 cases of the flu so far this year.

More than 6000 flu cases so far, and it's not even peak flu season

Ciara Burke in her Emirates uniform.

'Ball of tears': Flight attendant fired after falling down stairs

1 hr ago

Oops: Poland's first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, second right, extends her hand to US first lady Melania Trump as US ...

Was Trump just snubbed by the wife of the Polish president?

1 hr ago

Hawaii Five-O actor Daniel Dae Kim has confirmed he's leaving the show following a pay inequality dispute.

TV stars quit after being paid less than white co-stars

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Protesters and water cannons welcome G20 summit

Brisbane times iPad coffee generic

Check in for your BT breakfast bulletin with Spencer Howson

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Your gut bacteria really do affect your emotions

Paulo responds to rumours he's leaving the Raiders

1:20PM

Nuclear ban agreement expected despite boycott

1:08PM

South Australia announces Tesla as backer of ...

1:06PM

A spokesman for Steven Miles has said the email wasn't from the minister's parliamentary email address.

Minister under fire 'couldn't print emails from work account'

Arthur Gorrie prison staff locked out amid ongoing dispute

Jorge Branco

About 5000 workers to move into Fortitude Valley

Ruth McCosker

Commuters walking through the dark into Fortitude Valley train station on Tuesday.

'In the dark': Frustration over Valley station access

Tony Moore

The woman had been walking the summit track and it had been difficult for emergency crews to reach her.

Hiker falls to her death at Glass House Mountains

Jorge Branco

Sonya Ackerman at the inquest into the death of her son.

Family of dead rugby league player 'heartbroken' over tackle: inquest

UPDATED

Tim Mather has lived in West End for about 30 years.

Resident demands action over street used as a park-n-ride

Ruth McCosker

A Keep Sydney Open banner, installed on the Kings Cross Hotel, has angered some local residents.

'Political' banner unfurled at pub sparks face-off

NSW

WA's mining sector is forecast to see growth in the LNG and lithium sectors.

WA's new boom? Lithium tipped to boost mine sector

WA

The cull resulted in 2592 kangaroo deaths.

Parks reopen after deadliest kangaroo cull in six years

ACT

A spokesman for Steven Miles has said the email wasn't from the minister's parliamentary email address.

Second Queensland minister under fire over email use

Tesla chief Elon Musk first expressed interest in building the mega-project on Twitter.

South Australia announces Tesla as backer of world's largest battery

BREAKING
Michael Koziol
19 mins ago

Turnbull government at threat from High Court challenge

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Turnbull flies in to gathering G20 storm over North Korea

James Massola

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson may have broken the law with Townsville drone flight.

Air safety regulator probes Hanson over drone flight

Michael Koziol

North Korean news shows what was said to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watching the launch of a Hwasong-14 ICBM.

Why would North Korea's little tyrant lob a missile on Darwin?

COMMENT
Tony Wright

A photo distributed by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the scene of the launch of ...

Korean missiles pose 'very little risk' to Australia: Defence

Turnbull has been at pains to emphasise the government does not want a "so called" backdoor to access devices and ...

Denying the true leader? It's a classic Gospel tale

Sketch
Tony Wright

Two protesters sit on a street while the police use a water canon in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Thursday.

Masked protesters, water cannons, welcome to the G20

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 06: South Koreans participate in evacuation exercise from disaster at a traning center on July ...

In North Korea, surgical strike is the grim option

ANALYSIS

The rise of electric cars may be a boon for cobalt, nickel and copper producers.

France to stop selling diesel and petrol cars by 2040

Trump questioned whether the West had 'the will to survive'.

Trump urges West to 'defend our civilisation'

Myer has been forced to edit ads featuring Katy Perry in which she encouraged her pet dog to "chase some koalas".

Yassmin and Katy made mistakes. Can modern Australia forgive?

COMMENT
Madonna King

Cardinal George Pell at the Vatican last week, after he was charged with historical child sex abuse.

Is Catholicism facing an existential crisis?

Bill O'Chee

Many Liberal MPs feel slighted by their Prime Minister.

Knifing the PM will only prolong our political crisis

COMMENT
Tom Switzer

Clients of NAB-owned advice firms were not properly informed about the firms' business relationships with the bank.

NAB blames 'process error' on product disclosure issue

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

It was a tough night for investors of just about all stripes.

Markets Live: Investors dump shares, bonds

Live
Patrick Commins

Activist investor Elliott has continued its campaign for a restructure of BHP.

Australia cuts resources export forecast after iron ore fall

24 mins ago

Coca-Cola Amatil has suffered some nasty blows this week.

Coca-Cola shares savaged after supermarket snub

Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

No longer no.1: Tesla loses $16b in value in two weeks

Neal E. Boudette
24 mins ago

Shares halted: Bellamy's hits another roadblock in China

'Ball of tears': A fall down the stairs shattered Ciara's dream

Rachael Ward
1 hr ago

'Malicious falsehood': Seven Network sued

Lucy Battersby

The seven-year-old Porsche, parked outside 36 Pacific Parade, Mission Beach.

Free Porsche with purchase of north Qld beachfront pad

1 hr ago

Property investors, it's the end of financial year and it's time to get cracking.

What property investors can and can't claim at tax time

The Mexican boutique hotel, Casa Malca, was once a mansion owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Former mansion of drug lord Pablo Escobar now a five-star resort

The truth is, it's not as black and white as it seems, and it all depends on several factors.

Should I renovate before I sell? Everything you need to know

The apartment in the former air-traffic control tower at Stockholm's Arlanda International airport.

Airport control tower turned into panoramic apartment

The Porsche Design RFF 135 Mega Yacht is just one of the outrageous items up for grabs.

There is an 'eBay for the super rich' and you can't afford anything on it

Luxury
Andrew Chesterton

Patrick Johnson has come a long way from his early days as a graduate winemaker in Adelaide.

Aussie tailor goes from winemaker to the world's hottest brand

Men's Style

Sarah and Seth Gory play with their daughter Waratah and son Tanami in their unit in Collingwood.

'We moved into a small city flat with two kids'

Sarah Gory

Money is the number one thing that couples fight about so lock in good financial habits together from the start.

Hey sneak spender, are you cheating financially on your partner?

Melissa Browne

Nathan Dawes and Dane Westerweller from LDrivo launched their learner driver app this week.

The learner driver app which could be a lifesaver on the roads

Cara Waters

Nine cognitive skills have the greatest impact on leadership performance.

Nine ways to think like a leader

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Missile risk to Australia low: ADF

North Korea missile

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Hanson's troublesome drone flight

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Great Barrier Reef avoids 'in danger' tag

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US tennis player left screaming after knee injury

Jeremy 'Mudjai' Devitt (right) and Darryll Lockwood have built a Gunya in Hyde Part as part of City of Sudney's Naidoc ...

Fairfax photos of the week - July 6, 2017

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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

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Hawaii Five-O actor Daniel Dae Kim has confirmed he's leaving the show following a pay inequality dispute.

TV stars quit after being paid less than white co-stars

Rob Moran

A scene from McLeod's Daughters.

McLeod's Daughters reboot on the cards

Broede Carmody

Myer has been forced to edit ads featuring Katy Perry in which she encouraged her pet dog to "chase some koalas".

Myer forced to edit 'cruel' Katy Perry tour promo

Rob Moran

Actress Virginia Gay.

Embracing the actor's nomadic life

Debi Enker

Anh Do was left speechless on Wednesday night's episode of Brush with Fame.

Anh Do tears up after hearing Samuel Johnson's life story

Broede Carmody

Albee in 2008. What's most disturbing is Albee's insistence that our most primitive instincts keep asserting themselves ...

Late playwright's demand: 'destroy' my unfinished work

Michael Paulson

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a first-look image from season seven of <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

Emilia Clarke wants nothing to do with GoT spinoffs

Broede Carmody

Tom revealed he could only wear a G-string underneath his Spiderman costume.

Tom Holland's new Spider-Man is more like a Spider-Boy: review

Paul Byrnes

Must Do Brisbane, school holidays, winter 2017.

Brisbane June-July school holiday guide

Behold a burger from 5 Boroughs.

I've worked my buns off to find our best burgers

John Birmingham

The audience at South Bank was captivated by Dr Jane Goodall, who responded to the opening round of applause with a ...

Chimp pioneer warns 'In 100 years I don't know what will be left'

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Clem Bastow: "I've lasered it, waxed it, bleached it, encouraged it, and occasionally darkened it with mascara, ...

How I (kinda) learned to love my moustache

Clem Bastow
27 mins ago

Clem Ford appeared on the Hack Live debate over whether male privilege is "BS".

Not everything is debatable, and I learned it the hard way

Clementine Ford
33 mins ago

Lorde on stage for Nova's Red Room at Cockatoo Island on Thursday.

Lorde was 'lonely' and doubted herself after break-up

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Lucinda Chambers attends the Roland Mouret show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017 on ...

Claims of fired Vogue director amended after legal threats

Elizabeth Paton

The amount and type of junk food has dramatically increased over the last two to three decades.

Why we shouldn't blame parents for childhood obesity

Sarah Berry

Every month it occurs to me that men are distracted by sex all the time.

l feel sorry for men and their distracting hormones

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Yassmin Abdel-Magied's announcement she is moving to London prompted further bullying.

Why Islamophobes don't really want Yassmin to go

COMMENT
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Naomi Campbell walks for the Azzedine Alaia show during Haute Couture Week.

Naomi Campbell makes a rare catwalk appearance at Couture Week

Annie Brown

Neil Perry's almond and chocolate cake (with a dash of rum).

Our most chocolately chocolate recipes for World Chocolate Day

While chicken soup is always comforting, this Asian version has an advantage: it’s more interesting.

Adam Liaw's chicken soup with a Chinese twist

Blueberry pie Oreos in New York, June 6, 2017. The Oreo cookie company has increasingly been experimenting with ...

When just vanilla won't do, how about a blueberry pie Oreo?

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5 annoying character traits you should want your child to possess

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Struggling to part with your old baby gear? Use this trick

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Woman gives best ever response to cheating husband

A 'secret button' is rumoured to give passengers in the aisle a little more room.

The secret button that gives you extra space on a plane

Gavin Haines

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Cheeky new tourism campaign mocking Australia's icons goes viral

Kylie McLaughlin
1 hr ago

Virgin Galactic is working with aerospace company Boom on a supersonic jet.

Faster than Concorde: Branson reveals the future of air travel

Craig Platt

Many Australians aren't satisfied with their home broadband, yet they're reluctant to shop around.

Aussies can't get no broadband satisfaction

COMMENT
1 hr ago

An investigation found the virus and had no impact on camera accuracy.

WannaCry speed camera fines will stand

59 mins ago

Microsoft is dropping many sales people as it pushes further into cloud services.

Microsoft sheds thousands of employees globally

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Josh Jenkins of the Crows (R) celebrates a goal during the round 15 AFL match between ...

Why the Adelaide Crows bought an esports team

Kotaku

Pokemon GO hype may have peaked last year, but for many the game goes on.

Loyal fanbase keeping Pokemon GO alive

COMMENT

Constable Ashley Knowles with a roadside drug testing swap which saliva is tested on before being tested for traces of ...

What is Australia doing about drug driving?

Alessandra Melville

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France flags petrol and diesel ban as Volvo commits to electric cars

David McCowen
1 hr ago

2014 Audi RS5.

The dangers with a used Audi V8 performance car

David Morley

Mitsubishi Triton and Ford Ranger are set to race in the new SuperUtes competition.

Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Triton SuperUtes unveiled

Stephen Ottley

Porsche has pushed the 911 Turbo to new levels.

How Porsche plans to steal customers away from Ferrari

David McCowen

2017 Renault Megane wagon.

New Renault Megane wagon reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Bernard Tomic admits he has lost the motivation to perform at his best.

Tomic slapped with second-largest fine in Wimbledon history

Fears: An Ashes boycott would be a disastrous consequence of Australian cricket's pay dispute.

Fears mounting of Ashes boycott

Andrew Wu

Andrew Fifita made the headlines several times after the Blues lost Origin II.

Fifita out to shake off bug and Maroons defence in Origin decider

Chris Barrett

Safety fears?: Sydney's Allianz Stadium.

Allianz safety fears may lead to rebuild of ageing stadium

Adrian Proszenko

Hanging tough: Richie Porte sticks like glue to new race leader Chris Froome.

Richie Porte's Tour diary: I made a mistake not to follow Aru

Richie Porte

Rafael Nadal easily progressed to the third round.

Sign of the times: Nadal's bizarre autograph request

Ned Hanigan: Will play second row for the Waratahs this weekend.

Wallaby in positional switch after Skelton breaks arm

Tom Decent

Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi says he's chasing a marquee to bolster his ranks.

Brisbane Roar in the hunt for two more imports

Vince Rugari