Opinion

Opinion ON THE surface random drug testing trial and cashless welfare cards appear provocative to a society that has rarely had its system shaken from the bottom up.

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Opinion From 2002 to 2004 Sami Lukis was living the dream, working as Today’s weather girl — but in January 2005, one phone call changed her life.

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Opinion 'Maybe we need to learn from the Aborigines as we have now ruined the soil.'

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Opinion It’s a special breed of person who willingly puts themselves in harm’s way to help complete strangers.

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Opinion The September 11 attacks changed history in ways we never envisaged at the time — and make the preceding bloody decade seem like a golden age in comparison, writes...

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Opinion For those hundreds of thousands of people who have stayed there, Binna Burra Lodge is a loss that feels personal, writes Frances Whiting.

News THE men and women who put themselves directly in the line of fire are the difference between whole neighbourhoods standing or smouldering.

Opinion In almost 35 years in newspapers in Queensland, I can’t remember a fire season like this in terms of stories dominating our coverage. Straight out of hell.

Opinion It was the smallest creature who offered the greatest perspective as one of the most devasating bushfires wreaked havoc, writes Ann Wason Moore.

Opinion Grazier taken down in court for trying to survive, criminals walk free for much worse.

News Byron used to be where wet hair, sandy feet and solid work ethic were the norm. Now the surfing hotspot has been overrun by the Instagram elite, trying to make...

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News Our 36,000 rural firefighting volunteers drop everything to protect our communities. Is it fair for them to suffer economic loss through that sacrifice?

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Travel Ignore these wines at your peril, warns Travis Schultz

Opinion In the controversial 60 Minutes exposé on Meghan Markle, there’s an awkward twist that makes it even more confusing. James Weir writes.

Opinion Every day for months, Matt went for coffee with an assistant in his office — then one day their relationship changed, leaving Matt reeling.

Opinion With the CCC set to reveal if it will investigate Jackie Trad over a contentious property purchase, the embattled Treasurer can’t wait to tell her side of the...

News MORE than a few defendants have been copping a dressing down in court of late, but this young bloke took that to new heights.

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Opinion This should have been a shining week for Harry and Meghan — but instead they’re being crucified yet again, thanks to one simple mistake.

News When toddler bashers and deviant paedophiles get off light - something is very wrong.

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Opinion Labor was already shaky on our borders. Now it wants Australia to accept even a boat person who says he had links to a terrorist group.