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Tweed panther spotted?

News Big cats have been the stuff of legend in Australia for decades.

Tweed's NRRRL stranglehold

News The 2018 premiership looks destined to return this way.

Seagulls prepare to put an end to derby hoodoo

News Tweed rest up this week before a huge battle on the border

Vetting of wisdom

News Richard Clapton's pop genius derives from a close personal scrutiny

Landowner demands six-storey height for new hospital

News Chinderah landowner only wants hospital if it's six-stories high.

Tweed plates up best dish for regional food festival

News Taste Tweed Food Festival is on July 1-30

Concerns for another quarry application in Chinderah

News Mayor Katie Milne worries the quarry would have a lasting impact

Minister labels Kings Forest decision as 'bizarre'

News Health Minister questions Labor's decision to back Kings Forest

Report into historic gay-hate deaths may cause distress

Crime Police want to discuss the findings with family members

Two people hurt after motorbike crashes into fence

Breaking Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward

Network News

The city of kidnapped children

News Sister of abducted girl calls for urgent DNA retesting

23rd Jun 2018 3:00 PM

Trump set to visit Australia, reports

Politics Donald Trump is expected to make his first trip Down Under

Worst things to buy at a supermarket

Food & Entertainment The list of things to avoid is getting a lot longer

‘Why I breastfeed my seven-year-old’

Parenting Lisa knows continuing to breastfeed her sons is controversial

Crime News

Man banned, fined after beating dog with length of pipe

Crime The RSPCA welcomed the decision by a Gladstone magistrate.

Body pulled from water off main beach

News A woman's body was found on rocks near the Fingal Head main beach

Salim Mehajer sentenced to jail

Crime BREAKING: Salim Mehajer’s stroke of good luck in avoiding lengthy jail sentences...

Son charged with cold case murder

Crime ‘This is all new to him. The police have turned up in South Australia some 22 years...

Opinion

The rules to break to get rich

Opinion Rich people don’t get that way by doing what they’re told

Why I won’t be using green bags

Opinion Switching away from single-use plastic bags has many wondering

Here's 3 ways to scare scammers, telemarketers off for good

News Be warned, though, your neighbours might call the police.

The one point of great frustration with Airbnb

Opinion "We need to come up with some solutions that work for us”

Sport

Four things to do this weekend

News There's so much happening this weekend across the Tweed

Bowls round-up

News All the action from across the greens in the Tweed

Investing Coyne in excellence

News Local school hires guru to help athletes in and out of the arena

World Cup clash all in the family

News French local cheering for superstar cousin in Socceroos clash.

Could Lindon be the pick of the McGrady bunch?

News Tweed's unassuming five-eight has come into his own this season

National Sport

Fyfe confession angers TV host

AFL Dockers star Nat Fyfe slammed after "unbelievable" confession

23rd Jun 2018 3:41 PM

Too easy: boom sprinter Nature Strip lets rip for Weir

Horses Nature Strip gives course record a shake in first start for Weir

23rd Jun 2018 3:34 PM

Pedantic Freddy spending lot of time on the grass

Rugby League State of Origin: NSW coach Brad Fittler has turned horticulturalist

23rd Jun 2018 3:19 PM

Selfless female footballer loses job over Origin

Rugby League Maddie Studdon loses job over Origin spot

23rd Jun 2018 3:15 PM

Community

RECALL: Swimmers beware of the anti-fog

Swimming The fog in your swimming goggles is always annoying, but swimmers are warned not to use this product

NSW Governor encourages women to check for heart disease

News NSW Governor visits Tweed as part of the Heart Foundation campaign

Nursing home evacuated after fire in Tweed Heads

News More than 100 residents evacuated from Tweed Heads nursing home.

Kingscliff's three-storey height limit set to be overturned

News Delays in planning change create headache for council

Maintenance starts on one of Tweed's most popular bridges

News The maintenance works will take 10 months to complete

What's On

GOURD LORD: Why 14,000 people are about to hit Goomeri

News This year there is a packed itinerary of great stuff all weekend

Music festivals consider ban on single use plastic

Environment Ponchos and water bottles, plus camping equipment, are big culprits

The Bentley Effect gets DVD release

Whats On Launch coincides with anniversary of end of blockade

UP CLOSE: Simon Baker talks about the making of Breath

Movies The movie opens in cinemas this Thursday

Local Business News

BEATS nominations close Friday

News The People's Choice Award will be open to voting on June 25

Nominations extended for 2018 BEATS Awards

News Nominations have been extended

Casuarina burger bar serves up delightful vegan menu

News Casuarina's new vegan burger bar is getting people talking

Terranora's new fish and chip shop reels in customers

News Check out this new business

High rents drive shops south of border

Business Coffee chain relocates to Tweed City

Brand Insights

Barry Humphries: The Man behind the mask

Why you should be going straight to the pool deck

What's on the big stage in Brisbane this summer

The 48-hour food guide to eating your way around Brisbane

Lifestyle

“WE want customers to bring in their own bags” says Woolworths after Queenslanders accuse the supermarket of trying to turn a profit by charging for bags.

Woolworths: Don’t be bagging us

Business “WE want customers to bring in their own bags” says Woolworths after Queenslanders accuse the supermarket of trying to turn a profit by charging for bags.

23rd Jun 2018 4:00 PM

‘The gross thing my patient tried to do’

Parenting Secret diaries of a junior doctor

23rd Jun 2018 3:30 PM

Easy savings on your supermarket shopping

Smarter Shopping Simple ways to save cash when doing your regular grocery shops

23rd Jun 2018 2:15 PM

Cynthia Nixon salutes transgender son

Celebrity Cynthia Nixon salutes transgender son Samuel on Instagram

17-year-old designer's blossoming business unearthed

Fashion & Beauty 'I want women to feel bright and beautiful in my clothes'

Videos

Entertainment

IT’S rare that a Netflix movie manages to grab everyone’s attention. But in the week since its release, this comedy has been winning us all over.

Why everyone is obsessed with this Netflix movie

Movies IT’S rare that a Netflix movie manages to grab everyone’s attention. But in the week since its release, this comedy has been winning us all over.

PROSECUTORS have released celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s toxicology report, revealing if narcotics were in his system.

Anthony Bourdain's toxicology report released

Celebrity Prosecutors have released Anthony Bourdain’s toxicology report

IN A slam dunk, Natalie Joyce got the last laugh on Barnaby and Vikki. And then bad luck came again.

Big problem with Natalie’s tell-all

Celebrity Natalie Joyce got the last laugh on Barnaby and Vikki

DREW Barrymore has posted a photo on Instagram that shows the difference between her makeup-free and after hours in the makeup chair.

Barrymore praised for brave pic

Celebrity The difference between makeup-free and hours in the makeup chair

James Marsden talks about the hit sci-fi show's complexities ahead of Monday's season two finale.

Even Westworld's actors are in the dark

TV James Marsden talks about show's complexities ahead of season final.

Latest Photos

Taste Tweed food festival

Travel: Scotland

Tweed housefire 19-06-2018 10.16

Ford Mustang Bullitt special edition

Aquatic weeds invade Banora Point

Real Estate

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MELBOURNE or Sydney perhaps? Nope, you have to go a lot further to get to the suburbs full of people who are quietly making a fortune.

Move here to earn big money

Careers Melbourne or Sydney perhaps? Nope, you have to go a lot further

A RETIRED couple have walked away with a record price in Brisbane after selling the family home site to make way for 32 new houses.

Couple turns $145k into $7.5m

Property A retired couple have walked away with a record price.

CHEAPER than apartments in the city, this regional Queensland town is on the market for a measly $500,000.

How you can buy an entire town for $500,000

News A tennis court, 12 homes and a helipad are included in the deal.

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MOST of what students are learning is irrelevant by the end of their degree. The jobs are changing — and they’re getting weirder.

Are these the bizarre jobs of the future?

Employment “The jobs are definitely going to be changing, but a lot of it’s going to be...

WORKERS may soon be needed for jobs that don’t yet exist, such as creating organs with 3D printers, runing virtual reality work spaces, or designing personalities for robots.

Predictions for the jobs of the future

Careers Jobs Aussies can expect to emerge in the future

MOST of us dream of being able to jet off on holidays whenever we feel like it. But for a growing number of workers, it’s a reality.

The companies offering ‘unlimited’ leave

Careers "People are taking leave and coming back rested and refreshed."

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We’ve lived with the tough truck for a couple of months now, subjecting it to road trips and towing tests

Long term test: Isuzu D-Max

Motoring Long term test of Isuzu D-Max and Mazda CX-5

From "spot” heaters warmed separate parts of the body to the Shiatsu massage function, the Lexus LS offers pure opulence on wheels.

ROAD TEST: Lexus LS is the epitome of luxury

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Kia and Mazda big winners from auto clubs awards

Motoring Winners revealed of Australia's Best Cars awards.