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One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

PHON 'a threat to religious freedom': Trump admin

Tom McIlroy
57 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. ...

'Complex and tragic', but Turnbull defends Australia Day

Live
Stephanie Peatling

Brisbane start-up Haystack has secured an international deal with Vodafone.

Brisbane start-up secures international Vodafone deal

Liana Walker

Paulini Curuenavuli is accused of paying the Roads and Maritime Services worker $850 in exchange for an unrestrcited ...

Singer Paulini 'too busy' to deal with bribery charges

Police have charged a 24-year-old man over the death of a worker at a Springfield worksite.

Man charged with manslaughter over worksite death

UPDATED
Amy Mitchell-Whittington
10 mins ago

Khaled Sharrouf was reportedly killed in an air strike while he was driving.

Australian Islamic State fighter reportedly killed in Syria

Rachel Olding
53 mins ago

Free to air sports at 'tipping point' warns Seven

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

'It must change': Karl Stefanovic on Australia Day date

Broede Carmody

Coast-bound Ekka public holiday traffic eases on the M1

Rachel Clun

Tech firm refuses to hand over data on anti-Trump protesters

Ellen Nakashima

Annual Brisbane parking permit reduced to one day

Ruth McCosker

Could new analysis reveal the location of MH370?

1258 days later, this image could unlock the MH370 mystery

Michael Koziol
6 mins ago

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Sea squirts can be found in the Great Barrier Reef.

Sea squirts could be prostate cancer's ‘achilles heel’

Kathy Griffin has revealed a grovelling letter she was encouraged to send to Donald Trump after a video of her posing ...

'One chance left': Kathy Griffin reveals 'nuts' demand

Tim Gurner's FV Flatiron tower.

Queensland's high costs 'killing' construction industry: experts

1 hr ago

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Moment car ploughs into Charlottesville protest

Hamlet Apocalypse - Must Do Brisbane

9 things to do on the Ekka public holiday (other than the Ekka)

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Probe needed into whether dealing with government ...

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Knights to collect six-figure transfer fee from ...

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1258 days later, this image could unlock one of ...

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Ekka patrons will have extra umbrellas, more water fountains and sunscreen on entry gates to help combat the 30-degree ...

Ekka gearing up for People's Day scorcher, with 30-degree top

Toby Crockford

Qld govt announces investigation into waste dumping

Toby Crockford

Walls broken in Brisbane rental to grow secret cannabis stash

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

The RTBU has encouraged members not to collect fares on Wednesday.

Free fares on Brisbane buses for Ekka People's Day

Toby Crockford

Four mines, owned by Glencore and AngloAmerican, have complied with a Mines Inspectorate safety and health directive.

No closure order for mines breaching coal dust laws

Felicity Caldwell

A nurse's account of the events around the death of the patient was contradicted by footage, the pre-inquest hearing was ...

Woman died alone in Gold Coast hospital: hearing

UPDATED

The standoff ended just after 4pm.

Man surrenders peacefully to police after north Qld standoff

Toby Crockford

A wall collapsed, injuring a worker.

Wild winds blow down Sydney wall, killing worker

NSW
30 mins ago

The University of Western Australia ranked fifth in the nation.

Two WA unis ranked among best in world

WA

Retired Australian cyclist Anna Meares at the start of the Queen's Baton relay in March.

Fears empty streets will greet Games baton

Police stopped the man speeding at 1.20am on Saturday.

Drunk driver clocked at 177 km/h

ACT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during question time at Parliament House in ...

Turnbull government escalates Barnaby Joyce citizenship crisis

Live
Stephanie Peatling

1258 days later, this image could unlock the MH370 mystery

Michael Koziol
6 mins ago

Has Australia accidentally declared war on New Zealand?

SKETCH
Tony Wright

The government has soured relations with New Zealand after attempts to deflect criticism of deputy prime minister ...

Turnbull government looks to pursue 'nuclear option'

Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley.

Penny Wong staffer behind NZ Labour 'conspiracy'

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

ABC to face inquiry and be forced to disclose staff salaries under deal

Matthew Knott

Ed Balls

Neo-liberalism has failed, says visiting British Labour figure

Latika Bourke

President Donald Trump unchained.

Donald Trump the 'Alt-right' president

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Masked protesters display placards as as they call on the Philippine government to end extra-judicial killings of ...

Duterte vows to double down on drug war as raid kills 21

Lindsay Murdoch

British Prime Minister Theresa May

UK seeks 'flexibility and imagination' on N. Ireland border

Nick Miller
1 hr ago

The pool where father and son suffered an electric shock.

Australian, son electrocuted in Thailand

Lindsay Murdoch

Of all the words thrown about amid the Barnaby bombshell, we didn't hear anything about "extraordinary negligence" ...

I admit that for once, I felt sorry for Barnaby Joyce

COMMENT
John Birmingham

Despite strong public support for marriage equality, according to numerous polls, the federal government has remained ...

Children talk more sense than politicians on marriage equality

Madonna King

Ekka

The Ekka is needed now more than ever

Bill O'Chee

Westfield said it was reaffirming its full-year funds from operation guidance.

Westfield hits Milan as fashion stores underpin its results

Carolyn Cummins
41 mins ago

Negative postings on the stockmarket board.

Mild gains on ASX mask spicy results moves

Jens Meyer, Patrick Commins
42 mins ago

Australian wages have stalled at record low of 1.9 per cent.

Australian wages stall at record low of 1.9 per cent

Eryk Bagshaw
1 hr ago

Tim Worner and Amber Harrison were at the centre of an ugly court battle.

Seven West's Tim Worner pays penalty after his affair

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

Scandal-plagued Aveo sees its profits double, shares jump

Simon Johanson
1 hr ago

Activist investor Elliott raises stake in BHP

Netflix will prove the critics wrong, just like Amazon

COMMENT
Joe Nocera

Origin holds back dividend again, after $3b writedowns

Mathew Dunckley
10 mins ago

Uncool and uncomfortable: black leather couches are just not nice, writes Daniella Norling.

Show me a black couch and I'll show you the door

Opinion

Tim Gurner's FV Flatiron tower.

Experts say QLD's high costs 'killing' construction industry

1 hr ago

Despite Alicia Clifford having her name removed from the lease she was blacklisted after her housemates were evicted ...

'It was devastating': The blacklist Alicia had no idea she was on

The Southern Queensland city has more than 150 public parks and gardens.

Rolling hills, street art and gourmet trails: Why Toowoomba is booming

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The Edge, an office building in Amsterdam.

Why working in an office is getting under our skin

The E63 isn't light – it tips the scales at 1955kg

Does this four-door prove there is such a thing as too much power?

Cars
1 hr ago

Change your body with just a few small life adjustments.

Eight simple ways to get lean in less than a month

Boot Camp

Easton James and wife Cecilia had to cut short a holiday to Malaysia four months ago to accompany their eight-year-old ...

Readers share horror stories about free travel insurance

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Smaller companies can do very well for investors, but are hard to find.

Crowd-sourced equity funding on its way

John Collett

Mike Pritchett is the founder of Shootsta where a third of the employees are women.

What Australian businesses are doing to avoid 'bro culture'

Christine d'Mello

'Every year in Australia, there are high-income earners who use discretionary trusts to park their money in a lower tax ...

Will Labor tax trusts to extinction?

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Powerful moment for this politician

Federal Politics

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Driver clocked at 178km in Graham Farmer tunnel

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Rare sighting of elusive white moose

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A grubby, baseless smear: Wong

Federal Politics

Government supporters perform a parody involving a Venezuelan militia up against Uncle Sam, a personification of the U.S ...

World of Photos - August 16, 2017

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Danaerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the latest episode of Game of Thrones.

Game's up: four arrested in connection with HBO leak

Michael Idato

Australian actor Damon Herriman.

ABC to explore Australia's gay rights movement

Broede Carmody

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's The Crown, rumoured to be the most expensive television series ever made.

As Netflix continues to grow is it killing television?

ANALYSIS

Sky News reporter and Daily Telegraph columnist Caroline Marcus at Sydney's Mardi Gras Parade in 2010.

Twitter brawl brews between ABC and Sky presenters

Broede Carmody

Triple J's Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist.

Triple J slammed over white nationalist interview

Broede Carmody

The Deadpool sequel is currently filming in Canada.

Female stunt driver dies on Deadpool 2 set

Nicole Mordant, Piya Sinha-Roy

Fifi Box spoke out after Taylor Swift fronted court to counter sue DJ.

Fifi Box: 'I was sexually assaulted by high-profile celebrity'

Nicole Economos

Cersei has a surprise in store for Jaime.

Cersei still surprises as family truths get revealed on GoT

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

A performer from the Hollywood Horrors haunted house at the 2017 Royal Queensland Show.

Ekka: Weird, wonderful and downright scary

Toby Crockford

Ashley Hay

How Brisbane authors write about Queensland

Rachel Clun

Brisbane Sexpo 2017 had smashed previous records for premium ticket sales, overall attendance and product sales, with a ...

Brisbane 'Australia’s sexiest city' as Sexpo records tumble

Toby Crockford

Taylor Swift testified in court on Thursday.

Swift's win sends powerful reminder to all women

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

The most altruistic of human beings can give in to temptation, and this doesn't always indicate a poor moral compass.

Who is likely to be cheated on? Well, all of us

Kerri Sackville

Robyn Lawley says for ''too long we've been making women feel inadequate and forcing them to feel like they just hate ...

'It was a horrible cycle of hate': Robyn Lawley's revealing story

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Tiffany Scanlon (right) with her ex-girlfriend, Megan Marx, whom she met on The Bachelor.

Tiffany Scanlon's words of caution for Alex Nation

Amy Croffey

Serena Williams is sharing the highs and lows of pregnancy on social media.

Serena Williams: 'I'm not really a baby person'

Annie Brown

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, pictured with Dakota Johnson, said the label's Dapper Dan reference was an ...

The new way fashion is dealing with copycats

Clare Press

Mindy Kaling arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2017.

'It’s so unknown to me:' Mindy Kaling confirms pregnancy

Nicole Economos

Amber Heard attends the LA Premiere of "The Adderall Diaries" in Los Angeles.

Amber Heard has last laugh at Barnaby Joyce

Karen Martini's roasted root vegetable soup with cinnamon and ginger.

Warming soup recipes for the last days of winter

1 hr ago

Save jam jars and use them for storage.

Never buy cling wrap again with these kitchen tips

Salmon fillets with caramelised onions and wilted greens.

How to caramelise onions the easy way

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Recall: Prams, strollers portacots

Serena Williams is sharing the highs and lows of pregnancy on social media.

Serena Williams on the harsh reality of 'cankles'

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New sleep chart has parents laughing heads off

A group of tourists at the popular Hula Hula beach bar on Hvar, Croatia.

Drunks, nudity: European island's crackdown on bogan behaviour

Rick Lyman

Norwegian Bliss

Amazing new cruise giant will have its own racetrack on board

12 mins ago

Some readers are no fans of me talking about Donald Trump.

Yes, I'm going to rant about Trump in a travel column. Here's why

Ben Groundwater

Siemens Australia CEO Jeff Connolly and Swinburne deputy vice-chancellor Aleksandar Subic at Swinburne's campus.

'Factory of the future' gets shot in the arm

The Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor give you eyes and ears at home while you're out and about.

Hands on: Nest indoor, outdoor security cams

COMMENT

Fans of the prank didn't take kindly to an attempt at its removal.

Attempt to remove one of web's oldest jokes ends up enshrining it

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

57 things to ask your new Google Home

Lifehacker

Apple's iPhone could soon be charged by simply placing it flat on a charging pad.

Will 'Apple day' make wireless charging cool?

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI

Driven: New Volkswagen Golf GTI

David McCowen

2017 Holden Commodore SS-V Redline.

Holden plans to say farewell

Dom Tripolone

The Federal Government has reversed its decision to allow parallel imports from Japan and the UK

Parallel imports plan axed

David McCowen

2018 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster

Aston Martin's sporty station wagon

Andrew Maclean

2017 Suzuki Swift GL.

New Suzuki Swift reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Chinese automaker reportedly bids for Fiat Chrysler

Nathan Bomey

Why me?: Jarryd Hayne's personal sponsor claims he has been made a "scapegoat".

Hayne is a 'scapegoat', claims personal sponsor

Adrian Proszenko

Stephen Wooldridge at the Athens Veledrome in 2004.

Australian Olympic cycling champion dead at 39

UPDATED

Troubled tenure: The Bulldogs have had a horror year under Des Hasler.

Bulldogs should sack Hasler for Des, the fans and ... the Titans

ANALYSIS
Michael Chammas

David Warner

Warner retires hurt after being hit in neck by bouncer

UPDATED
Andrew Wu

Jarryd Hayne at a Titans recovery session on Monday.

Titans' Henry hoses down Hayne rift rumour

Club powerbrokers: Ray Dib from the Bulldogs and Roosters chairman Nick Politis arrive at League Central.

NRL salary cap stalemate looming with clubs split

Chris Barrett

Unwanted? Titans player Jarryd Hayne could be running out of options for 2018.

Either Hayne or Henry has to go ... and one is firming as the favourite

UPDATED
Phil Lutton

Roger Federer.

Federer decision causes change at top of world rankings