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KEEPING FIT: Dexter Grant with FunFit Gymnastics coach Helen Page.

Adaptive gymnastics classes at Springwood

ACHIEVEMENT: About 20 Jimboomba Gymnastics Club athletes won a most improved award.

Jimboomba gymnasts celebrate successful year

Ben Fitzgerald, Nathan St Ledger, Daniel Hunnisett and Scott Bannan are looking forward to a the free Christmas mini-golf event at Hills Golf Club on December 22. Photo: Jacob Wilson

Free BBQ, mini golf, for those doing it tough over Christmas

Jacob Wilson

KEEPING FIT: Dexter Grant with FunFit Gymnastics coach Helen Page.

Adaptive gymnastics classes at Springwood

SLOGGER: No Limits batsman Mervyn Buys scored his first 50.

LMS Twenty20: Beauy Bucheurs build on healthy lead

SHEER GRIT: Talented BMX rider Kayley Mitchell has her sights set on competing on the world stage in Texas next year.

Kayley's ambition to pedal on world arena

All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

Explore Travel:

Grab a travelling companion and bag a bargain on tours in Europe, with a beautiful island hopping experience taking you to Mykonos. Picture: Shutterstock

Deals of the week: Eurotrips, half-price India, Pacific paradise

Explore Travel

Ice skating on Lake Minnewanka.

How to get all senses firing in a true Canadian white winter

Hannah Warren

Two of the Vikings in Playmobil: the Movie. Picture: StudioCanal

REVIEWPlaymobil toys with mediocrity

Cris Kennedy

Rex, voiced by Jack Whitehall, in The Queen's Corgi. Picture: Roadshow

REVIEWThe Queen's Corgi is a royal dog

Cris Kennedy

A spectacular scene from The Ideal Palace. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWNot an ideal portrait of obsession

Jane Freebury

Two of the Vikings in Playmobil: the Movie. Picture: StudioCanal

REVIEWPlaymobil toys with mediocrity

Imogen Poots as Riley in Black Christmas. Picture: UPI

REVIEWBloodless horror lacks sharp edge

Ron Cerabona

Front, John Cena, Back, from left: Finley Rose Slater, Tyler Mane, and Keegan-Michael Key in Playing With Fire. Picture: Doane Gregory/Paramount Pictures

REVIEWFirefighter comedy doesn't ignite

Simon Weaving

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

Sponsored content

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

The time leading up to Christmas is rife with offers too good to resist. So make the most of them early, like this Nokia phone offer from Pennytel, which can help you prepare for the good times ahead and even finish your shopping.

'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

HAND UP: Collaborative AI, in which people and AI team up, will change the way we work.

Collaborate: AI can be your friend

Ben Jackson

Splendor on acreage

Splendor on acreage

Open for inspections: December 11 - 17, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

Open for inspections: December 11 - 17, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

Open for inspections: December 4 - 10, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

Open for inspections: December 4 - 10, 2019 | Jimboomba/BeaudesertDomain

PRETTY IN PINK: The Baptist Care Niola Centre turned pink for the McGrath Foundation 'Pink Up Your Town' campaign. Photo: Supplied.

Pink towns raise $580,000

Kate Stark

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

Lyndell Whyte

Ride for Country Kids 2019.

Ride off into the sunset for kids

PRETTY IN PINK: The Baptist Care Niola Centre turned pink for the McGrath Foundation 'Pink Up Your Town' campaign. Photo: Supplied.

Pink towns raise $580,000

Our love-hate relationship with capitalism

Our love-hate relationship with capitalism

John Malouff

Brothers Tony, left, and Chris Rossi won the Landcare Farming Award. Tony won the Queensland Individual Landcarer Award.

Cane farming brothers win Queensland Landcare awards

Joanne Crawford

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

A Christmas gift to warm the heart

SCORCHED: A large swathe of land at Tarome has been left blackened after the weekend bushfire. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

More firefighters arriving to help as bushfire risk set to spike again

COVER SHOT: Rainbow over waves at City Beach, Wollongong, NSW, October 3, 2016 - Warren Keelan Photography

Calendar showcases spectacular weather photos

ARMCHAIR STORM CHASING: Window to the Sky from the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton. Photo: Mal Brewitt

Queensland features in Bureau of Meteorology weather calendar

DERBY DAY: Jim and Colleen Parsell with Di and Pete Ward from the Gold Coast. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Derby Day done right

Larraine Sathicq

Dirt red near Cloncurry.Red dirt near Cloncurry. Photo: Andreas Kastrup-Larsen

Outback in Focus captures Queensland's stunning spirit

Derek Barry

BE KIND: David and Karen Benjamin from Wellington Point at Arts Ablaze. Photos: Larraine Sathicq

Arts Ablaze to put Scenic Rim on the map, says mayor

Larraine Sathicq

Rookie: Nathan has been surprised by how popular the calendars are internationally.

Watch behind the scenes of the Australian Firefighters Calendar photo shoot

Jen Walker

Standing tall when the odds are so terribly stacked against you is second nature to some. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen finding the strength to go on is all you can do

Nothing about Australia's current fire crisis is normal

OPINIONNothing about Australia's current fire crisis is normal

Dr Sophie Lewis

Gifts? Think outside the box

OPINIONGifts? Think outside the box

Michelle Haines Thomas

Simple things missed in care

Simple things missed in care

Cheryl Field

Edith Cowan University's Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith shares her insights into Alzheimer's disease on the Body of Knowledge podcast.

What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease?

Geraldine Cardozo

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Eileen Wood

Firefighters are battling a bushfire north of Perth that continues to rage out of control.

Lives, homes still at risk from WA blazes

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Australia is keen to get a trade deal happening with Britain after Boris Johnson's election victory.

Australia keen to get trade deal with UK

1hr ago

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government has failed to strengthen the economy.

Spending flurry as budget update looms

2hrs ago

One of 13 Australian victims of the NZ volcano blast has died after being repatriated for treatment.

Volcano victim dies in NSW hospital

2hrs ago

Further Afield: Coal for energy may have limited time left, but regional communities can turn back to food-based businesses.

The past is the key to a good life after coal

Mike Foley
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Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says families are being hounded for childcare debts before Christmas.

Families hounded over childcare fees: ALP

Colin Brinsden

Extinction Rebellion protesters have demonstrated about climate change at Sydney's Opera House.

Activists sing outside Sydney Opera House

Steven Trask

The Morrison govt wants to increase recycling, tackle plastic waste and halve food waste by 2030.

Coalition invests $100 mln in recycling

Colin Brinsden

Rachel Bowman, right, Seedbed Media explains the emerging agronomist mentoring initiative following the GRDC research update at Capella.

Capella kicks off agronomist mentor plan

Sally Cripps

Bryce Camm, Camm Agricultural Group, Wonga Plains Feedlot.

Dare to be different to make the state great

Bryce Camm

Charleville grazier Dan McDonald says the reduction of his tree clearing penalty was bittersweet, with bigger questions still at play about property rights.

Grazier's land clearing fine slashed by court

Victoria Nugent

FRESH START: Remove the clutter during the summer months and ensure your living area has a more restful, calm aesthetic. Photos: Porter Davis.

Styling advice to welcome in 2020

Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos by Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design

CLEVER: Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos: Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design