THE 2016 federal budget has outlined major changes to taxes on superannuation for higher income earners and the tobacco tax...

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04th May 2016 11:05 AM

ALFRED Date, Australia's oldest man, died at age 110 and lived out his last few years in Peninsula Village nursing home at...

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04th May 2016 10:05 AM

TREASURER Scott Morrison has announced the biggest shake-up to Australia's superannuation system in a decade.

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04th May 2016 9:05 AM

SCOTT Morrison's first budget will see the Federal Government save $51.4 million over the next four years by removing or...

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04th May 2016 9:05 AM

THERE is one thing Outback Queensland offers apart from its well-known bush hospitality, the country air and big skies of a...

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04th May 2016 9:05 AM

I AM on the hunt for my first home - so yesterday's rate cut to a new record low couldn't have come at a better time.

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04th May 2016 7:05 AM

TREASURER Scott Morrison has foregone $9 billion in extra tax revenue to hand small business its second tax cut in as many...

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04th May 2016 6:05 AM

"There’s not a lot of good news for Queensland in this Budget — the Sunshine State is now the forgotten state."

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03rd May 2016 9:05 PM

HE IS not far off 75, but entertainer Max Gillies is approaching life with all the vigour of a man half his age.

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03rd May 2016 11:05 AM

RESEARCHERS say they believe they have located the wreckage of the Endeavour, the ship sailed by British explorer James...

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03rd May 2016 10:05 AM

AT MY age, 84 years, and having to live on the age pension, I know that I am not alone in having to be ultra-careful with...

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03rd May 2016 9:05 AM

PUBLIC transport is “pitiable” on the Northern Rivers, U3A president David Parkinson said.

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03rd May 2016 7:05 AM

MORE than half of the calls going to Lifeline are from people who live alone, new research has revealed.

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03rd May 2016 5:05 AM

SENIORS on the Fraser Coast are poorer and more isolated than those in Brisbane, and the population is getting older...

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03rd May 2016 5:05 AM

SOMEONE special in your life has given you a beautiful bunch of flowers – but now you’re thinking, what do I do with...

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30th April 2016 1:04 PM

IT HAS been four years since the British comedy duo graced our screens, returning to star in a feature-length film, titled...

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29th April 2016 2:04 PM

INSPIRED by the cactus, a new type of membrane has the potential to boost the performance of fuel cells and transform the...

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29th April 2016 12:04 PM

THE Australian Border Force’s (ABF) Tobacco Strike Team this week dismantled another tobacco smuggling syndicate following...

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29th April 2016 11:04 AM

THE inaugural Australian Dementia Forum 2016 will be held in Brisbane from 1 to 3 May 2016 and will feature an array of...

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29th April 2016 11:04 AM

WHATEVER your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and...

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29th April 2016 9:04 AM

USUALLY on a lazy day off – you will be woken by the loud buzzing of a hairdryer, only to wish you had a solution to this...

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28th April 2016 4:04 PM

PORT Arthur massacre survivor Cathy Gordon can finally say she’s found some peace over what happened on that fateful day...

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28th April 2016 2:04 PM

A BUG that causes acute infectious gastroenteritis makes your stomach and intestinal tract become inflamed, causing...

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28th April 2016 1:04 PM

IN ESTABLISHING the budget, Scott Morrison must tread carefully when tinkering with superannuation and pensions.

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28th April 2016 9:04 AM

A MAN escaped without serious injury after his car ploughed into a Toowoomba home yesterday afternoon.

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28th April 2016 8:04 AM