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Federal election

Morrison government suffers historic defeat with refugee medical bill 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison

The government and opposition are locked in a high-stakes battle that threatens the PM's grip on power.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
LNP

'Intimidating and frightening': LNP details complaints against Costigan

Member for Whitsunday Jason Costigan, pictured with LNP leader Deb Frecklington, has been suspended from the party.

"He told her she was pretty, he told her he liked young girls." The LNP has unleashed on expelled member Jason Costigan.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Development

South-east Queensland economy could be '$58 billion bigger' under new deal

An estimated 500,000 people are expected to head into the city to watch the Riverfire display on Saturday.

South-east Qld's economy could get a $58 billion boost if money was invested in improvements at its four international airports and the Port of Brisbane, a City Deal paper says.

  • by Tony Moore
Yvette D'Ath

'Unacceptable injustice': Attorney-General slams mandatory sentencing

Tiahleigh Palmer was in foster care when she was killed

A dad who left his child in the car and a father who fractured his child skull could both be slapped with 15 years in jail under an opposition plan, she says.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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The derelict Broadway Hotel after the September fire. 
Brisbane Development

Questions remain over Broadway Hotel's structural integrity

A petition requesting Brisbane City Council take over the derelict Broadway Hotel has been discussed a second time in a council committee meeting.

  • by Lucy Stone
Queenslander dies from disease caused by floods
Illness

Queenslander dies from disease caused by floods

There were also two more confirmed cases of the infectious disease.

  • by Jocelyn Garcia
St George Illawarra Dragons player Jack de Belin has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.
Courts

Dragons star faces court over gang rape allegations

Jack De Belin pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault in company.

  • by Shannon Tonkin
The partially-raised fishing trawler Dianne at the Port of Bundaberg.
Inquest

Fate of eight Qld fishermen will be examined in inquest

An inquest will scrutinise what caused two trawlers to sink in rough seas.

  • by Christine Flatley
Health Minister Steven Miles has announced a $20 million expansion of the Queensland Children's Hospital
Hospitals

Children's Hospital gets more beds for kids with cancer

It comes as part of $20m expansion of the South Brisbane hospital.

  • by Stuart Layt
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Opinion & Perspectives

Gents, this is our last pocket of resistance in the face of lady pants

John Birmingham
John Birmingham

Heaven forfend that we should ever find ourselves thronged and overrun by some emboldened harpy with pocket room to spare.

FFA finds new ways to shoot itself in the foot

Michael Lynch

The dispute over Alen Stajic's sacking is about the Matildas - but it is also, in many ways, a metaphor for the way the FFA so often misjudges situations.

Our social security system hurts women with young children

Jenna Price
Jenna Price

ParentsNext: If you want to continue getting your payments, you better turn up to your kids' swimming lessons.

Brisbane

The development wanted to see a new residential area move into a current industrial complex.
Brisbane Development

Controversial southside development rejected by Brisbane City Council

  • by Lucy Stone
Queensland Health

Former assistant health minister wins $1.4 million discrimination payout

  • by Cameron Atfield
Crime

Delay in triple-zero call after fatal shooting in Brisbane's south

  • by Toby Crockford

Queensland

Ashleigh Meagan Watterson appeared before the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Courts

Sisters' condition 'consistent with genital mutilation', court told

  • by Warren Barnsley
Crime

LNP accused of 'political point scoring' over Robert Fardon text

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Accident

World-renowned Queensland virus expert revived on Gold Coast beach

  • by Toby Crockford

National

Marko Simic and his lawyer Robert Haralovic leaving the Downing Centre.
Courts

Footballer faces Sydney court hours before AFC Champions League clash

  • by Lucy Cormack
Retail

Rebel Sport, Supercheap Auto owner underpaid staff $32m

  • by Patrick Hatch
Workplace

'It's not what you know, but who you know': Fair Work on double standards

  • by Anna Patty
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Politics

A member loyal to the Islamic State waves an IS flag in Raqqa, Syria.
National security

Labor digging in for pre-election fight over new terrorism laws

Labor is squaring up for a pre-election fight on national security, firmly signalling it will oppose a law allowing the government to more easily strip Australian terrorists of their citizenship.

  • by David Wroe
Labor will oppose the federal government's $5 billion drought resilience fund because it uses money meant for infrastructure projects.
Drought

Labor to oppose government's $5 billion drought 'slush fund'

  • by Nicole Hasham
The biggest annual fall in home loans since the Global Financial Crisis has prompted concerns about the state of the economy
Interest rates

Rate cut calls grow as home loans fall at their fastest rate since GFC

  • by Shane Wright
Nationals senator John Williams.
Federal election

John 'Wacka' Williams' big backbench life draws to a close

  • by Judith Ireland

World

US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the El Paso County Coliseum on Tuesday, Australian time.
Immigration

'A lot of people here hate him': Deep in enemy territory, Trump sells his wall

  • by Matthew Knott
Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi arrives back in Melbourne.
Al-Araibi Detainment

The inside story of Hakeem's homecoming

  • by James Massola
Huang Xiangmo
Political Donations

Political donor Huang Xiangmo says Australia is a 'giant baby'

  • by Kirsty Needham

Property bydomain

Number of new home loans slumps as first-home buyers tipped to return
Money & Markets

Number of new home loans slumps as first-home buyers tipped to return

The number of new home loans approved last year plunged nearly 20 per cent, signalling further price falls and cheaper houses, according to economists.

  • by Tawar Razaghi
The tough things I learnt after my house was broken into
National

The tough things I learnt after my house was broken into

It was an ordinary weekday afternoon until a panicked phone call from my partner. Then we were delivered a few harsh life lessons.

  • by Melissa Heagney
The deal-breakers to avoid when buying a block of land
Building

The deal-breakers to avoid when buying a block of land

  • by Paul Cheverall
Landmark Brisbane house that stopped traffic sells for $3 million
Queensland

Landmark Brisbane house that stopped traffic sells for $3 million

  • by Caroline James
Slice of paradise: The Gold Coast's top 20 homes in 2018
Queensland

Slice of paradise: The Gold Coast's top 20 homes in 2018

  • by Ellen Lutton

Business

CEO Gail Kelly WESTPAC presenting the Half year results media conference at the wespac building in Sydney. AFR Photos Peter Braig. 5 May 2014.
Breaking
Retail

Gail Kelly quits David Jones' owner days after CEO's shock exit

Former Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly and Australian finance executive Patrick Allaway had resigned from the company with immediate effect.

  • by Patrick Hatch
Transurban fell 1.9 per cent to $12.22 after it reported a 56 per cent fall in interim profit on Tuesday.
Shares

ASX rises on heavyweights despite Transurban fall

  • by William McInnes
Steven Grocl, of J&F Motors in Richmond, says 'back 15-20 years ago with a few basic hand tools you could fix a vehicle' not so these days.
Cars

Win for local mechanics with plan to make world's car makers share high tech data

  • by Nick Toscano
Ben Way, chief executive of Macquarie Group Asia.
Banking royal commission

Macquarie eyes China growth, despite trade tensions

  • by Clancy Yeates

Small business

Back on Your Feet founder Gloria Nguyen is ditching manual payroll ahead of single touch payroll becoming compulsory.
Finance

'Get on board': Single touch payroll required for all employers

  • by Emma Koehn
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government agrees a technical review of the changes is needed.
Entrepreneur

Startups face more unknowns as brakes put on R&D changes

  • by Emma Koehn
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Entertainment

Tony McNamara at the New York premiere of The Favourite.
Oscars

The 'really bad' English student who is now an Oscar-nominated writer

Tony McNamara has gone from 51 per cent at his year 12 exam to an Academy Award nomination for The Favourite.

  • by Garry Maddox
Members of the reunited metal band Twisted Sister, including Dee Snider (centre), pose for photos before a press conference in New York on April 29, 2003.
Clive Palmer

Palmer 'flagrantly infringed' copyright in Twisted Sister song

Clive Palmer "flagrantly breached" copyright in Twisted Sister's anthem We're Not Gonna Take It before "taunting" the band in public, court documents say.

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Justin Lacko is the latest I'm a Celebrity evictee.
I'm a Celebrity

I'm a Celebrity: Justin Lacko defends 'body image' rant following exit

  • by Robert Moran
Jennifer Lopez performs a medley during a tribute to Motown's 60th anniversary at the Grammys on Sunday.
Grammys

Jennifer Lopez forced to defend Grammys performance

  • by Nardine Saad
Liberal MP for Corangamite Sarah Henderson.
Q&A

Q&A recap: Libs and Labor clash over refugee bill and franking credits

  • by Neil McMahon
Allen powered through the show despite being under the weather.
Live music

Lily Allen cured my bad mood with a cheeky grin and a killer attitude

  • by Jocelyn Garcia
A barista displaying for skill at a Brisbane cafe.
City life

Brisbane is a serious player in coffee culture and it started in 1832

  • by Jocelyn Garcia
Florence Welch, of English band Florence and the Machine, whose new album has moved to eighth in the Aria charts.
Music reviews

Florence made me hold hands with her stagehand and I kind of liked it

  • by Lydia Lynch
RuPaul Stan

The new season of RuPaul's Drag Race Allstars is now streaming, only on Stan.

Bond movies Stan

Watch Every Bond Ever - all in Ultra HD 4K. Now streaming on Stan.

Lifestyle

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Smarter living

CHOICE delivers the scoop on which premium ice cream tastes best
Essential Kids

Get the scoop: CHOICE reveals which ice cream brands taste best

We all like premium ice cream from time to time - but is it worth the extra money?

  • by Suzi Catchpole
Creed wants men to smell better.
Executive Style

How to find a signature fragrance that works for every occasion

One of the world's oldest fragrance houses wants to teach Australian men how to smell better.

  • by Benjamen Judd
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Cameras

How to take the perfect time lapse video with an action cam

  • by Alice Clarke
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Apps

Food apps to help you save money, the environment and small businesses

  • by Alice Clarke

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Sport

Tight schedule: The Cowboys have a narrow window to determine Ben Barba's replacement.
Cowboys

Cowboys may go to market to find Barba replacement

Ben Barba's sacking last month and the devastating Townsville floods have left the Cowboys behind schedule in preparations for the upcoming NRL season.

  • by Melissa Woods
St George Illawarra Dragons player Jack de Belin has maintained his innocence, denying his involvement in an alleged sexual assault.
Crime

Dragons star Jack De Belin pleads not guilty to sexual assault

St George Illawarra's Jack De Belin has maintained his innocence after he and a friend were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Wollongong.

  • by Sarah Keoghan
Separation: Naomi Osaka has decided to part ways with her coach just a fortnight after becoming world No.1.
WTA Tour

World No.1 Osaka announces surprise coaching split

Investigation: The NBA is looking into any links between Ben Simmons and the Lakers.
NBA

NBA to probe Ben Simmons-Magic Johnson link

  • by Peter Mitchell
Pat Cummins is the 2019 Allan Border medallist.
Australia

Cummins, Healy claim cricket's top honours at awards night

  • by Jon Pierik

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