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Big sacrifices for private education

Queensland parents are forgoing owning homes and relying on credit cards to cover private school fees, but one family says it has discovered a way to give their kids a private education with...

Government set to commit $84m to vital dam

A new dam in a Queensland regional centre will help create a major new food bowl in Australia, says drought envoy Barnaby Joyce.

Trump announces deal to reopen government

Congressional leaders have struck a deal with Donald Trump that will provide a three-week stopgap spending bill to end the government shutdown.

Candyman’s most wild night yet at Coast’s five star hotel

A video of the playboy Candyman’s latest social shenanigans leaves little to the imagination as he parties at one of the Gold Coast’s five star hotels — with a bevy of barely-dressed y...

Car crashes into house, pinning resident

Two people were taken to hospital after a ute slammed through a home south of Brisbane overnight, pinning a resident under the vehicle. The driver has been charged with drink driving.

Sultan’s $14k gift to cops sparks diplomatic fuss

One of the world’s richest men has taken a shine to a group of Queensland police, handing over a thick wad of cash and triggering a kerfuffle of royal proportions in the process.

Howler sends Australia out of Asian Cup

The Socceroos’ Asian Cup defence is over, snuffed out by one dreadful error that sent Graham Arnold’s men to a 1-0 quarter-final defeat to the United Arab Emirates.

How the boy from Blackbutt won highest honours

Roy Emerson started his phenomenal sporting career as a barefoot kid chasing cows around a dairy farm near Blackbutt in southeast Queensland and finished it running the legs off the best ten...

National day moves beyond the BBQ

Australia Day is no longer about the beach, BBQs and cricket in the ‘burbs as we have seen an unprecedented shift in national identity, says one of Australia’s top demographers.

Power couple list luxurious pad

BRISBANE power couple Claire and Jim Stening have put their exquisite Hamilton home on the market, and it seems only fitting that it’s an architectural masterpiece.