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NEWLYWEDS: Rebecca and Steven Johnston on their wedding day last Saturday.

News

Mistake text message sealed Mackay couple's fate

Ben’s wife Leah died of melanoma soon after their wedding.Source:Facebook

Lifestyle

How Ben dedicates his new adventures to his beloved late wife

So this is how the other half lives...

Travel

How I ended up flying first class for the price of economy

Abril Benedit and Facundo Arguello gave up their careers in psychology and marketing in Argentina to travel the world and spend more time with one another. Picture: Richard Dobson

Lifestyle

Sleep and sex will make you happier than a payrise, study shows

ROCCO DeAngelis, the man famed as Australia's ‘Pizza Nazi’

Lifestyle

Meet the Pizza Nazi: No ham or pineapple. No nonsense

Miranda Kerr pictured on the set of the TV series Australia's Next Top Model. Supplied by Foxtel.

Lifestyle

Miranda Kerr's personal chef spills on how celebrities eat

Vegan influencer Loni Jane with vegetables in her backyard veggie patch. Picture Glenn Hampson

Lifestyle

Loni Jane: Why I gave up meat five years ago

Natasha Hovarth and son Aden with loaves of Aden's Choice.

Business

Mum pioneers 'gut friendly' bread - and it tastes real

When was the last time you cleaned your steering wheel?

Lifestyle

11 items you’re probably not cleaning but should

Customers say having the checkout in the middle of the store is “disorienting”. Picture: Lindsay Moller

Lifestyle

How to hack Kmart and Officeworks for home styling

The most utilitarian room in the home, the laundry.

Lifestyle

Law and order in the laundry

Greg Bray, columnist for the Gladstone Observer. Photo Brenda Strong/The Observer

Opinion

Hallelujah, Mr Jinx has gone to his grave

Original Toowoomba City Council plans for the Etopia quarry gardens in the Bridge Street Quarry. Photo Contributed

Lifestyle

Quarry Gardens future could bloom with Premier

GREEN THUMB: Toowoomba man David Stanfield loves sharing his garden with others.

Lifestyle

Garden competition entrant loves to inspire others

Grand Central Floral Parade. Carnival of Flowers 2017. September 2017

Lifestyle

FULL WINNERS: Parade a floral and fun affair

Give the kids their own pot or space in the garden to grow whatever they want, but make it fun.

Lifestyle

Gardening with kids, one of life's simple pleasures

Healthy coral and reef fish abound at Low Isles in the Great Barrier Reef.

Travel

Live high life on Low Isles

Lou Blair, right, with a friend. Picture: Lou BlairSource:Supplied

Travel

I nearly became a Cuban's sugar-mumma

Thrillseekers on one of the rides at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast

Travel

How to entertain the kids these holidays

Vet Chris Brown will attend the Brisbane Dog Lovers Show in November.

Travel

Famous vets to star at dog lovers show

This iconic scene was not easy to film.

Entertainment
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Revealed: The dark secrets behind The Sound of Music

Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue poses during the world premiere of the movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle in Leicester square in London.

Entertainment

Kylie Minogue’s back on the scene for Kingsman sequel

Actor Ryan Phillippe is being sued by his ex-girlfriend.

Entertainment

Phillippe ‘bashed lover in drug bender’

Abbie suffers through an excruciating date with James on First Dates.

Entertainment

First Dates cringefest: 'Some girls can't handle it, y'know?'

Duckie Thot arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, June 25, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Lifestyle

Model says she couldn't find work here due to skin colour

Lifestyle

Buyer allegedly pulls a knife on guy over $1100 'Yeezy' shoes

Calvin Klein’s see-through jumper.

Lifestyle

'Naked jumper' proves a hit as it sells out online

Look 1.

Lifestyle

Fashion: How to wear swimwear with confidence

The Central Square area at Grand Central shopping centre.

Business

Toowoomba's $500m Grand Central build creates jobs

Myer is facing tough times

Business

Myer, David Jones: why big retailers are struggling

Lifestyle

Tomorrow’s Special Buys range at Aldi has people all excited

Lifestyle

How to cut grocery bill from $500 to $250 a month

News

"We are not able to treat it": Antibiotics' STI superbug

Samuel Johnson said Connie ‘went out on top’.

News

Connie’s last moments: ‘She went out on top’

News

How teen girls should be taught about sex

Bacteria Generic.

News

How dry spell could be making us sick

CHANGED FUTURES: Bailee Stjernqvist, Penny Martin, Kazzi Doyle and Nathan Baira. Penny has taken in several teenagers who have turned their lives around with her help and support.

Lifestyle

'My children are not a number': Rocky mum turns lives around

CHECKING IN: Teenagers need parents to be involved in their online world.

Lifestyle

How to deal with a teen glued to social media

Would you dress your baby or toddler girl in blue, or let your boy wear a dress?

Opinion

Gender bending politics needs to stay away from my daughter

USE YOUR WORDS: Screens cannot replace person-to-person interactions for teaching language or communication.

Lifestyle

More tech and less talk means children are losing their speech skills

CHEERS: Bob and Shirley Blackburn celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at Mothar Mountain Hall.

Lifestyle

The secret to a long marriage? There's no such thing

Sex toys remain popular in Townsville, Cairns and Toowoomba.

Lifestyle

Toowoomba, Townsville, Cairns topping sex toys list

LOVE ONLINE: Derek Zomer and Jennifer Jackson met in an online gaming forum when they were young teenagers and fell in love after a decade-long friendship. They're now engaged.

Lifestyle

They met online over a decade ago, now they're engaged

Riona Kelly has found love after her husband left her five days after she had a stroke.

Lifestyle

Wife ditched after stroke finds new love