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Same-sex marriage postal survey: 'Love has had a landslide victory' as 'Yes' wins
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Same-sex marriage postal survey: 'Love has had a landslide victory' as 'Yes' wins

The historic decision ends years of political fighting and means same-sex marriage could be legalised by Christmas.

  • by Michael Koziol

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Kedron man pleads guilty to daughter's murder
Courts

Kedron man pleads guilty to daughter's murder

Stephen Phillip Playford pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday to killing his daughter Sidney at their Kedron home.

The questions the Premier and Opposition Leader have dodged
Queensland election

The questions the Premier and Opposition Leader have dodged

Seventeen days of the campaign have passed and yet questions on hot topics have gone unanswered.

  • by Felicity Caldwell & Ruth McCosker
Family dogs die as uninsured Brisbane family lose everything in house fire
Fire

Family dogs die as uninsured Brisbane family lose everything in house fire

It took three fire crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control, with smoke visible for kilometres.

  • by Toby Crockford
When Zara's first store opened in Sydney's Pitt Street Mall in 2011, security staff were needed to control the queues.
Commercial real estate

Zara fashion in talks to close Gold Coast store

After its rock star-like opening and fast expansion program, it is understood Zara fashion group is in talks to break its lease at the Robina shopping centre.

  • by Carolyn Cummins

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Enough of the stuff: New tax break could help cure Australians of affluenza

We complain about the cost of it but most Australians are living more prosperous, even opulent lives than any generation before us. The problem is we can only continue living the high life for so long.

Ross Gittins
    Ross Gittins

    Jelena Dokic: Our care was not what we thought it was

    Now that Jelena Dokic has elaborated on the full horror of her teenage years, a kind of unofficial inquest has begun to determine who failed her, and in what proportion.

    Greg Baum
      Greg Baum

      Excess baggage: Kristina Keneally's candidacy is weighed down by past

      The former NSW premier is a tough campaigner, but past associations will be difficult to shrug off.

      Sean Nicholls
        Sean Nicholls
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        Should you rent back your new home to the seller?
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        Should you rent back your new home to the seller?

        Deciding whether to offer a long settlement or a rent-back depends on circumstances, but one usually puts the buyer in a stronger position than the other.

        The HD800s: high expectations of your audio equipment.
        Technology

        Heavenly sound for a sky-high price

        This is probably as close to perfection as you'll get before your chat at the Pearlies. Just mind the price.

        • by Rod Easdown

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        New ab workout: 'Shaquille O'Neal' and Prince William
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        'Looking good big boy': Shaq puts himself into that Prince William photo

        Kurtley Beale's picture with Prince Williams went so viral that Shaquille O'Neal wanted to get in on it.

        • by Tom Decent
        Mixed form for Test aspirants in Qld-NSW clash at Allan Border Field
        Cricket

        Mixed form for Test aspirants in Qld-NSW clash at Allan Border Field

        NSW on their way to an early finish but Test opener Matt Renshaw was the talking point on day two.

        • by Phil Lutton