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Federal election results are coming in | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/65b6a92bfa2ca0f97cdcb35997bb7725) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | LIVE BLOG: Follow the election results live as the Queensland seats are counted, PLUS see how the rest of the country fares with our national seat count. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Arrow.jpg) |
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Truss retires, takes $300,000 a year | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/e7af7de330bc04fce09078f3cbf30687) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | FORMER deputy prime minister Warren Truss is one of six retiring Queensland politicians walking away from federal Parliament with a generous pension. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Arrow.jpg) |
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Who eats a sausage sizzle like that? | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/83580d61a4dd5330d98deaaf398419e8) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | It was the sausage sizzle moment that could well decide the opposition leader’s fate. With the cameras rolling Bill Shorten somewhat awkwardly bit into the middle of the roll, rather than the end. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Arrow.jpg) |
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House worth $3m goes up in smoke | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/5c558cbbd452d06b16402e9dd57b3b6f) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | UPDATE: A Brisbane home valued at $3 million was destroyed by fire overnight. Crews took five hours to put it out. It came just hours after a suspicious fire caused extensive damage to several Gold Coast businesses. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Arrow.jpg) |
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![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | SPORT ![>](http://image.e.newsdigitalmedia.com.au/lib/fe9215707067027573/m/1/Telegraph_Blue-Arrow.jpg) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/8a51aa9a39e698d291e948270a1ff22d) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | GOLD Coast snapped a 10-game losing streak that lasted longer than the marathon Federal election campaign with an emphatic victory over St Kilda. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Sarrow.jpg) |
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![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | QUEENSLAND NEWS ![>](http://image.e.newsdigitalmedia.com.au/lib/fe9215707067027573/m/1/Telegraph_DarkBlue-Arrow.jpg) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/7731257738c7563c4a68e5bd256bd95b) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | PARTYGOERS’ hopes of the State Government relaxing contentious lockout laws have been dashed after Police Minister Bill Byrne yesterday did a U-turn on the rules to take effect next year. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Arrow.jpg) |
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![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | BUSINESS ![>](http://image.e.newsdigitalmedia.com.au/lib/fe9215707067027573/m/1/Telegraph_Gray-Arrow.jpg) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/9e6b7362ac5163d87b94427aeedb1b3a) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | HE’S been a cheerleader for Queensland’s mining sector for more than 10 years ... never taking a backwards step as head of the resource sector’s peak lobby group. Now it seems he’s heading for the door. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Barrow.jpg) |
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![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | LIFESTYLE ![>](http://image.e.newsdigitalmedia.com.au/lib/fe9215707067027573/m/1/Telegraph_Orange-Arrow.jpg) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | | ![](http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/thumbnail/7f60da21d35a435498da839604b7ac5f) | ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/spacer.gif) | THIS woman flaunted her incredible figure in a skin tight dress at a wedding, but it didn’t go down well with everyone. ![](http://image.e.theaustralian.com.au/lib/fe9d15707060047e70/m/2/Telegraph_v2_Larrow.jpg) |
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