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Aviation
'I lost the love of my life': Police comb skydiver footage for answers after trio die in fall
It has also been revealed Skydive Mission Beach had an independent audit only two months before the tragedy, which it passed with a perfect score.
- by Toby Crockford
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Weather
Dams overflow, shark nets removed and beaches closed as heavy rain hits Brisbane
A strong upper trough was forecast to dump 30-80 millimetres in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
- by Toby Crockford
Road safety
Careless drivers who kill or injure could face tougher penalties
The Palaszczuk government has proposed tough penalties after two siblings lost their lives earlier this year.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Asia
More North Korea tests feared but Australia not primary target: Bishop
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has sought to reassure Australians that the country is not a target of North Korea.
- by Michael Evans
Cycling
This Brisbane man lost 58 kilograms after buying a bike off Gumtree
The Brisbane father weighed 178kgs and ran out of breath playing with his daughter. Then he bought a bike online.
- by Ruth McCosker
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Opinion & Perspectives
Tradie envy: The behavioural economics of DIY skills
The latest Nobel laureate for economics would love this: the tradie skills we wish we had aren't the ones we'd most like to use.
Michael Pascoe
Why we're abandoning the great Aussie dream of having a backyard
Don Burke's got a lot to answer for.
Jessica Irvine
She voted for Trump. Then Obamacare saved her son's life
Bruce Stokes saw the interview on TV and it summed up an astonishing reality of US politics. An American mother says she voted for Donald Trump and then realised that Obamacare had saved her son's life.
Peter Hartcher
Politics
Federal
Contract changes have put the future of the Rape Crisis Centre in doubt
NSW could have no state-wide, 24/7 sexual assault counselling service if the organisation behind the Rape Crisis Centre does not get an emergency funding boost.
- by Judith Ireland
Federal
Massive 'Alf' military data breach prompts demands to reveal state hackers
- by David Wroe and Michael Koziol
World
Business
COMMENT
Motley Fool
House bubble? Hard landing? It's time to stop listening to the pundits
In investing, it can be more profitable to be optimistic and occasionally wrong, rather than pessimistic and occasionally right.
- by Scott Phillips
Business
'Gut-wrenching': Despair sets in with last car ever built in Australia
- by Nick Toscano and Eryk Bagshaw
Small business
Entertainment
Lifestyle
Fashion
Kate Waterhouse leads the fashion pack at The Everest
It's the richest turf race Sydney has ever seen with a total prize pool of $10 million, so it was only fitting that racing royalty Kate Waterhouse led the fashion pack at The Everest in Randwick on Saturday afternoon.
- by Amy Croffey
Smarter living
Parenting
Parents should read to older children
Benefits of shared reading include enriched language exposure, development of listening skills and establishing essential foundational literacy skills.
Tourism
Ten wild experiences within city boundaries
Locals would like you to join them in these much-loved spaces.
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Sport
The Ashes
Ashes 2017: Warner urges Australia to 'get some hatred' for England
The Australian opener says Australia must dig within themselves to find a "hatred" for England when the Test series begins at the Gabba next month.
- by Chris Barrett
Soccer
Socceroo Mathew Leckie joins Hertha teammates to take pre-game knee
Socceroo Mathew Leckie and his Hertha Berlin teammates linked arms with coaching staff and knelt on the pitch in pre-match solidarity with US athletes.
- by Karolos Grohmann
