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Richard Turner addressing potential investors at the launch of the Brookwater scheme in 2016.

Queensland Police fraud squad probes Brookwater resort scheme

Richard Turner addressing potential investors at the launch of the Brookwater scheme in 2016.

A controversial development scheme that took deposits from dozens of Australian and Vietnamese investors is now under scrutiny by detectives as well as Fair Trading investigators

  • by Mark Solomons

Scott Morrison suffers historic defeat as border protection election looms

Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten.

Defeat sparks an incendiary debate on border protection and calls for an election.

  • by David Crowe

Prime Minister's strength turns into a weakness

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday.

Scott Morrison was the immigration minister who restored control of Australia’s borders. He is now the PM who has lost control of Australia’s parliament.

  • by Peter Hartcher

Queenslander dies from infectious disease caused by floods

The paramedic was driving on the Mackay Eungella Road.

There were also two more confirmed cases of the infectious disease, rising the number of cases to 10.

  • by Jocelyn Garcia

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Scooter injuries are reported to Mater hospital at an average of one per day.

Better helmet compliance needed for Lime scooters, lord mayor says

Scooter compliance is the responsibility of the police, deputy mayor Adrian Schrinner said.

  • by Lucy Stone
Women with endometriosis reduce their risk of ovarian cancer by 80 percent if they have a hysterectomy, new research has found.

Hysterectomies lower chance of ovarian cancer: Qld study

Rates were lower in women with endometriosis who had a hysterectomy.

  • by Stuart Layt
The Engine Room historic building during council's $1.2 million restoration in 2016.

Engine Room Cafe operators $17,600 behind in rent to BCC

A not-for-profit charity was awarded the tender to run a social enterprise cafe.

  • by Lucy Stone
Senate President Scott Ryan and Speaker Tony Smith during the lighting of the Parliamentary Giving Tree at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 November 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Speaker Tony Smith puts propriety before politics

Twice on Tuesday, the Morrison govt turned to its Speaker to rescue it.

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

Deep in enemy territory, Trump sells his wall

Trump almost always holds rallies in the white, working class areas he won big.

  • by Matthew Knott
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Number of new home loans slumps as first-home buyers tipped to return

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

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

Business

Administrators are trying to figure out how and why the funds were "co-mingled".

Nearly $60 million in customer money mixed up at collapsed broker

Halifax collapsed before Christmas, freezing $210 million invested by its 12,000 plus clients. Now up to $25 million of investor money is missing.

  • by Sarah Danckert
Commodity experts believe the price of iron ore will keep rising and spike above $US100 a tonne.
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Iron ore

Welcome to the accidental iron ore boom

  • by Elizabeth Knight
Goodman Group's vertical  Interlink warehouse, Hong Kong.

Airbnb-style space is the new warehouse trend

  • by Carolyn Cummins
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington. The Federal Reserve is keeping its key interest rate unchanged and promising to be "patient." It is signaling it could leave rates alone in coming months given muted inflation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jerome Powell isn't the only one confused by the peculiar market behaviour

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Entertainment

"Can I send you nudes?" Ines asks Sam on Tuesday's Married At First Sight.

'Can I send you nudes?' Ines and Sam's MAFS wife-swap heats up

Tuesday night's episode should come with an "explicit content" warning.

  • by Amy Croffey
Elisabeth Moss in a scene from The Handmaid's Tale.

The Handmaid's Tale season three: Australian premiere date revealed

June will return to our television screens in, well, June. 

  • by Broede Carmody

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CHOICE delivers the scoop on which premium ice cream tastes best

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.

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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Sport

Chairman Mal: Meninga has been headhunted to head up the NRL coaches' union.

Meninga headhunted to chair new coaches' union

Mal Meninga is already a genuine league powerbroker, but could soon become more influential as head of the new NRL coaches' union.

  • by Adrian Proszenko
Position under scrutiny: David Gallop answers questions after meeting Matildas players to explain why Alen Stajcic was suddenly sacked as coach in January.

'This has trashed our brand': Gallop faces review over Stajcic axing

FFA chief David Gallop and two other senior positions will be reviewed with the new FFA board unhappy at the handling of the Alen Stajcic sacking.

  • by Dominic Bossi

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