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British born former prime minister Tony Abbott is the only overseas born MP to publicly release his citizenship ...

Resignation raises questions about dozens more MPs

Amy Remeikis

Australia following in the UK's footsteps: Mr Turnbull said the changes were largely modelled on Britain's Home Office ...

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Larissa Waters on Tuesday.

Senator forced to resign over dual citizenship

Amy Remeikis

Justine Damond's father John Ruszczyk with wife Maryan Heffernan, son Jason Ruszczyk and his wife Katarina Ruszczyk.

Father of US shooting victim Justine Damond calls for 'justice'

Ava Benny-Morrison

Utah senator Mike Lee, a Republican, refused to back the bill in its current form.

Trump demands action as Republicans' health bill fails

Thomas Kaplan

Fentanyl is used in millions of operations each year.

Hospitals forced to ration 'critical' painkiller fentanyl

Aisha Dow

Brisbane's council bus strike set to go into second day

Ruth McCosker

Surprise in RBA minutes sends Aussie dollar to two-year high

Jens Meyer

Missing Qld woman, 79, last seen leaving hospital

Toby Crockford

Qld traffic: Crash leaves long delays on M1

Toby Crockford

Public service job fears over security super-agency plan

Tom McIlroy

Cr Jonathan Sri (rainbow scarf on the right) walking to the press conference with Larissa Waters, her partner Jeremy ...

'Rainbow scarf man': Brisbane councillor's new national profile

Ruth McCosker

"One particular teacher in year 5 changed my whole outlook," says Kai Glennie, 20, who is studying to become a teacher.

What leads men and women to sign up for life in the classroom?

MasterChef Australia 2017's final five.

A dark horse has emerged in MasterChef's surprise elimination

COMMENT

Senator Larissa Waters in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 19 June 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Rule banning dual citizens is a relic but we're stuck with it

ANALYSIS

Two sister stingray pups born at SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast have been named Cookies and Cream.

Stingray pups set to melt hearts at Sunshine Coast aquarium

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Dozens of contact lenses found in patient's eye

Brisbane times iPad coffee generic

Check in for your BT breakfast bulletin with Spencer Howson

Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

The Doctor is in ... and out come the manbabies

Trump says 'let Obamacare fail' as reform ...

4:17AM

Macron trumps Trump in new soft power index

2:35AM

Saudi police arrest woman who wore miniskirt in ...

2:16AM

Clive Palmer will appeal last month's Supreme Court ruling,

Palmer launches appeal in defamation case against PM and senator

Toby Crockford

Stingray pups melt hearts at Sunshine Coast aquarium

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

'There's something wrong': MP queries high staff turnover

Felicity Caldwell

The girl was rushed to the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital.

Dog seized at Ipswich after girl bitten on face

Jorge Branco

Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines has expanded to Gladstone, Bundaberg and Port Macquarie.

Brisbane airline expands into full passenger flights

Toby Crockford

Police urged motorists to avoid the area.

Motorcyclist dead after 'serious' crash at near Mount Glorious

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Debate grows in Queensland on how to 'ready children' for Prep in Queensland: Should they play or study?

Should children play or study to get set for Prep year?

Tony Moore

Shawn Newton and Rebecca Jane Gascoigne.

Manhunt over death of mother as new details emerge

WA

Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines has expanded to Gladstone, Bundaberg and Port Macquarie.

Brisbane airline launches cheap regional flights

Proposed tunnels linking northern beaches to inner west.

Revealed. The $14 billion Beaches Link price tag

NSW

Chief Police Officer Justine Saunders.

Gang rilvary behind recent gun, fire attacks

ACT

Greens senator Peter Wish-Wilson, born in Singapore is congratulated by Nationals senator John "Wacka" Williams and ...

MPs scramble as question marks hover over more than 20

Amy Remeikis

Doubts over Turnbull's new home affairs ministry

David Wroe

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Forced to resign: Larissa Waters left Canada before she had even turned one.

The absurd rule that forced the shock resignation of two Greens

ANALYSIS
Adam Gartrell

Peter Dutton faces a major test in implementing the national security changes.

Home affairs details reassuring but questions remain

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Senator Larissa Waters in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 19 June 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Second Greens senator forced to resign over dual citizenship

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Peter Dutton will become the Minister for Home Affairs at Parliament House in ...

Dutton the big winner as Turnbull creates Home Affairs office

Emmanuel Macron and France have displaced the US at the top of the soft power index.

Macron trumps Trump in new soft power index

Nick Miller
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Indonesian maids in Hong Kong who developed ties with Indonesian jihadists via social media including Telegram.

Jihotties, lingerie and recipes occupy IS sympathisers on app

Jewel Topsfield

A Los Angeles police officer fitted with a body camera.

In US, police wearing cameras is not open-and-shut case

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn addresses the audience at the royal ploughing ceremony in Bangkok in May.

Thai king to control billions in 'richest royal fortune'

Lindsay Murdoch

Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

Cry me a River (Song): Doctor Who brings out the manbabies

John Birmingham

illustration: Joe Benke.

Why I love a Big Australia, and you should too

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 12: (L-R) Cooper Cronk, Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith and Billy Slater of the Maroons ...

Menzies' team today could do with some of that Maroons magic

Madonna King

The Good Guys store in Geelong is one of nine stores leased to the electronics and whitegoods chain which have sold to ...

'Blood, sweat, tears' to build - now Good Guys family sells up

Simon Johanson

Baia The Italian has been ordered to pay $15,000 in compensation for the unfair dismissal of an employee: Sydney's ...

'Shabbiest type' of conduct lands restaurant in trouble

Anna Patty

The 7-Eleven business is believed to be worth about $1.5 billion.

Death of 7-Eleven co-owner raises succession question

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Rupert Murdoch, co-chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., left, and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of Twenty-First ...

Billionaire bickering over Ten laid bare in court

Lucy Battersby

Elliott appeals to BHP retail shareholders for change

Darren Gray

Street where shops pay $20,000 just to rent a metre

Carolyn Cummins

Hotel openings repair room shortage

Carolyn Cummins

New Silk Road has 'astounding upside'

Jessica Sier

"Brisbane's most beautiful Queenslander", 26 Mayfield Street, Ascot

Brisbane's 'most beautiful Queenslander' sells in mystery deal

Outer space: The final property frontier?

Luxembourg pioneers property rights laws for planets

Jaw-dropping: 57 Castile Street, Indooroopilly, has been renovated to the tune of $2 million.

This is what a $2 million renovation looks like

One of the performances at the final night of The Shift Bar, at the Midnight Shift, on Oxford Street. Photo: Ashley ...

High rents and falling patronage force many gay bars to close

High rise development has officially collapsed in Brisbane, with building approvals plummeting 63 per cent this year alone.

High rise development collapses in Brisbane as approvals slide

The Grandmaster Chime Reference 5175: a double-faced reversible wristwatch.

The luxury watch brand worn by the world's elite

Watches

Eat now, work out later doesn't quite add up in the calorie game.

Why running to 'burn off' the junk food you eat doesn't work

Fitness

Excluding "sin stocks", such as gambling companies, would not have harmed returns from the Australian market over the ...

Investing with a conscience needn't mean lower returns

Clancy Yeates

Carrie Bradshaw holding a Manolo Blahnik shoe in an episode of <i>Sex and the City</i>.

Cure yourself of the Carrie Complex

Melissa Browne

Energy price rises have put small businesses into a precarious position, says Kate Carnell.

Small business gouged and hung out to dry in Australia's energy crisis

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

Ashley Newland is the creator of the Scrubba stealth pack.

What Ashley did next

Alexandra Cain

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Shorten backs Finkel on energy policy

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Larissa Waters resigns

Federal Politics

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Afghan robotics team compete after US visa hurdles

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Thousands agree to absurd Wi-Fi terms and conditions

Illustration: Cathy Wilcox

Best of Fairfax cartoons July 19

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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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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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MasterChef Australia 2017's final five.

MasterChef: A dark horse has emerged in surprise elimination

COMMENT
Aja Styles

<i>Australian Ninja Warrior </i>has continued to smash TV ratings.

Ninja Warriors weren't screened for 'drug enhancements'

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Customers were driven wilder than wildling Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju) by Monday night's outages.

Foxtel reveals source of its Game of Thrones 'glitches'

Karl Quinn

Arya Stark in Game of Thrones.

GoT premiere episode: Arya Stark's chilling message

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

Sarah Tiong's time on MasterChef is done.

Then there were five on MasterChef

SPOILERS
Aja Styles

Thredbo survivor Stuart Diver met Rosanna Cossettini two years after the disaster.

60 Minutes: Thredbo landslide survivor reveals life after

Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins.

A peek inside Emily Blunt's Mary Poppins movie

Michael Idato

Red Symons is in hospital following a fall.

ABC 'unsure' when Red Symons will return to work after fall

Rob Moran

Bryan probets plays Baronet, a lead role in Queensland Opera's upcoming production of Ruddigore.

The life of Bryan: From Brisbane theatre to Opera Queensland

Susan Hetherington

Australian artist Sidney Nolan, who is among the selectors of pictures for the Young Commonwealth Artists exhibition ...

Bid on work by Sidney Nolan and others: What's on this weekend

Performers from the show Fun House, which was made exclusively for the Brisbane Festival in September.

'Crazy' new show to debut at Brisbane Festival

Rachel Clun

Prince William, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive in ...

Kate Middleton's off-the-cuff comment sparks baby speculation

Amy Croffey

Amber Harrison.

As Amber Harrison knows, the boys' club is always all right in the end

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

However, there's one truth that remains one of the biggest parenting taboos of all ... the sheer, excruciating, ...

Admit it. Looking after young kids is boring.

COMMENT
Jo Hartley

Writers and advocates Tara Moss and Amy Gray at the recent cyberhate symposium.

We need to get comfortable with reporting cyberhate

Emma Jane and Nicole Vincent

Jessica Alba is expecting baby number three.

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are expecting baby number three

Intermittent fasting: it's no better or worse than restricting energy intake, researchers say.

This is the truth about intermittent fasting

Carrie Dennett

Mindy Kaling arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.

The internet's fantasy BFF is reportedly pregnant

Blame Gwynnie but face oils have reached cult status.

Why face oils have (rightly!) reached cult status

Natalie Reilly

Jeremy Strode in 2013.

Industry legend and chef hero Jeremy Strode dies at 53

Fried eggs with nahm jim.

Neil Perry's quick fried eggs with spicy nahm jim dressing

Neil Perry

The village bread oven used to serve as a communal hot pot.

Do you need to brown meat before adding it to a slow-cooker?

Facebook: Kath Milroy Pattingale

'Please be careful': mum's plea after toy choking incident

Gender equality is real on Australian Ninja Warrior.

8 reasons Australian Ninja Warrior is great for kids

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Surgeon finds 27 contact lenses in woman's eye

Delta Air Lines and Ann Coulter

'It cost me $10,000!': Commentator meltdown after airline moves her

Kelly Yamanouchi

Josh Avsec and Michelle Arendas will meet for the first time in Hawaii after their Tinder exchange went viral.

Tinder to fly strangers to Hawaii after hilarious messages go viral

Craig Webb

People partying

Eight ways your friends are lying about their holidays on social media

Ben Groundwater

The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is launching in Australia this week.

Google Home launches down under this week

Village Roadshow is waging an ongoing war against piracy.

Village Roadshow backs anti-piracy tech

The upcoming Atari box is modeled on the iconic Atari VCS, complete with a wood grain front.

Atari shows off a brand new 'modern' games console

Wi-Fi

Thousands agree to clean toilets for Wi-Fi

The new Nintendo 2DS console

Nintendo's latest handheld is great value

A leaked image of the 2018 Buick Regal GS, which will share its V6 engine with the new Holden Commodore.

First look: 'Holden Commodore V6'

Stephen Ottley

2017 Kia Sorento GT-Line.

Revamped Kia Sorento reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Lexus RX200t F Sport.

Which is the best Lexus RX model?

Andrew MacLean

2017 Mazda CX-3 Akari.

What little SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Maserati Levante S European road trip.

1500km in the new Levante petrol

Peter McKay

2017 BMW 520i.

BMW to offer new entry-level 520i

Dom Tripolone

Difficult year: Jason Day.

Day, Scott can still lift the Claret jug, says Norman

Michael Cundy

Legend: Boris Becker, coach of Novak Djokovic, watches from the stands.

Boris Becker 'lost chunk of $167m fortune' in Nigerian spend

Justin Huggler

Roger Federer's night of celebration started at Wimbledon's winners dinner.

Celebrating eight leaves Federer with a sore head

Tough words: Dana White separates Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor during the London press conference on July 14.

Mayweather v McGregor is all that's wrong with sport

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

On a mission: Kurtley Beale is aiming to play inside-centre for the Wallabies.

Beale eyeing off No.12 jersey for Bledisloe Cup opener

Tom Decent

Roger Federer tasted Wimbledon success at age 35, but can't yet match Serena Williams for longevity.

Comparing the careers of tennis greats by age

Conal Hanna

Bronco Sam Thaiday

Bennett tells Broncos legend his time is up

Massimo Maccarone playing for Italy in 2002.

Roar poised to sign ex-Italian international Massimo Maccarone

Vince Rugari