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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: New AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan speaks to the media during an AFL press conference at AFL ...

AFL chief makes unpopular 'captain's call'

Caroline Wilson

The incident affected all trains between Richmond and South Yarra.

Trains resume after 'trespassing' incident causes peak hour chaos

Broede Carmody
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Generic Singapore skyline at night, and Marina Bay Sands. Buildings, office towers, travel. July 2015 photo Louie Douvis AFR

Suspected militants arrested for 'planning Singapore rocket attack'

Fergus Jensen

The Dolphins abandoned the 'soupy' warm-up pool for the much more crowded main competition pool.

Aussie swimmers abandon 'cloudy, soupy' Rio pool

Malcolm Turnbull's new nemesis, Kevin Rudd.

Malcolm's SOS to Julia: How to shut down Kevin?

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Tony Wright

Brett Peter Cowan was convicted of the murder of Daniel Morcombe.

Inmate throws boiling water on Daniel Morcombe's killer

Is Trump's candidacy bad for his business empire?

Police hunt for man after South Yarra crime spree

Neelima Choahan
1h ago

Meet the baby of the Rio Olympics... Aged just 13 years old

Jockey Danny Nikolic linked to new betting scandal

Nick McKenzie, Kate McClymont

'Scrap it!' New senators plan attack on Race Discrimination Act

Almost everywhere humans have built their cities, rats have set up their homes â to live with us and off us.

Why do we know so little about the rats around us?

Bridie Smith

Jack Riewoldt celebrates a goal during the second quarter.

Tigers overtake Pies at MCG

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Sri Lanka's Kusal Janith Perera, left, plays a shot as Australia's Peter Nevill watches on day two of their second test ...

Australia's massive run chase gets off to disastrous start

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The moment Brooke Roberts met missing mother Jaime, and offered her some food.

US boy spots missing mother in Aussie teen's Youtube video

Is Victoria’s economic future here?

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Bears go for a swim at tourist beach

A buyer's guide to open house etiquette

Calm and in control: Yoga will make you appear calm and collected on your CV, says career consultant Alyssa Gelbard.

12 hobbies that look great on your résumé

Live AFL: Richmond v Collingwood

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Police hunting for man after South Yarra crime spree

8:39PM

'It's a great time to acquire companies'

8:17PM

<i>Home and Away</i> actress Pia Miller hooked up to a vitamin IV drip with Shadi Kazeme.

'Chemist to the stars' faces court over hormone theft

Tom Cowie

Wayne Carey a 'dedicated, loving father', says former wife

Neelima Choahan

Cycling boom: Relatively fewer cyclists are dying on our roads

Craig Butt

David Jones to shift HQ from Sydney to Melbourne

Assistant Police Commissioner Stephen Fontana says young people can be lured into organised crime with the promise of cash.

'We're making a dent' in youth crime, senior police officer says

Broede Carmody

Police euthanised the deer using "a number of shots".

Did police really need 25 bullets to kill an injured deer?

Broede Carmody

A flesh-eating ulcer on Jan Smith's ankle left her unable to walk.

Flesh-eating ulcer cases soar as disease spreads to Melbourne

Chloe Booker

Jockey Danny Nikolic with partner Tania Hyett appears to learn if he's allowed to return to racecourses after cops ...

Jockey Danny Nikolic in new betting scandal

David Eastman is arrested in December 1992 in relation to the murder of Colin Winchester.

Victorian judges go to Canberra to hear Eastman appeal

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Megan Gorrey

Brett Peter Cowan, jailed for the murder of Daniel Morcombe, has been attacked in prison.

Daniel Morcombe's killer attacked in prison

QLD
Jorge Branco

Les Young and third (common law) wife, Josephine Smith.

One penthouse, two dogs and a very Sydney split

Derryn Hinch at the Melbourne Press Club luncheon on Friday.

States back Turnbull on preventative detention for terror prisoners

Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo (right) meets with former former Indonesian trade minister Thomas Lembong (left) ...

Australia-Indonesia FTA plan defies odds

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Jewel Topsfield

Kaiowa boy Josiel Benites, 12, was shot twice in the stomach during a confrontation with farmers in Mato Grosso do Sul, ...

Far from Rio, Brazil's tribes and farmers in land war

Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, holds up his copy the United State Constitution as he ...

'Yes We Khan'? Fallen soldier's father urged to run for office

The ANC's standing has been hit by corruption scandals involving President Jacob Zuma, seen here on a voter's dress, but ...

Mandela's party stung in South Africa election

Sam Mkokeli

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: a persistent, nagging sense that whatever the plan is meant to be, nothing is quite ...

The common thread that connects Turnbull's recent problems

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Saakshi Koul, Ryde Secondary College - Year 7/8 winner

People like me, we matter: how life can change in just one night

Saakshi Koul

Children and older mothers "must not be narrowly viewed as a women's rights issue".

Why I called out a 62-year-old's decision to have a child

COMMENT
Michael Gannon

ACCC chairman Rod Sims: "Hopefully this will send a clearer signal on cartel conduct."

Too many cartels in Australia

Virgin recorded a $224.7 million full-year loss.

How Australia's worst airline turned itself around

Patrick Hatch

Euromonitor said children's breakfast cereals had declined for several years.

More and more Australians chowing down on cereal

Madeleine Heffernan

Artist David Bromley with his new Mercedes Van, he's just upgraded. Photo: PENNY STEPHENS. The Age. 4TH AUGUST 2016

Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? Or an Audi ...

Mark Hawthorne

ASX posts worst week in a month

Vanessa Desloires

11 daily habits of self-made billionaires

David Jones to shift HQ to Melbourne

Economic growth could be stronger, says RBA

The flat Carlisle businessman Chris Meyer bought six years ago, is actually the one next to the where he's been living in

Man tries to sell his house, finds out his neighbour owns it

Here are eight homes that prioritise putting fun first

Kangaroos star Nick Dal Santo to handball keys to bayside pad

Would you pay $1m for air? This inner-city buyer has done just that

Rate cut to fuel rising Melbourne auction market

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A couple of shiny Lamborghinis are the perfect accompaniment for a Japanese road trip.

I had the best job in the world, but now I'm giving it away

Steve Colquhoun

"The rider of a bicycle must (a) sit astride the rider's seat facing forwards." Really?

The cycling road rule I never knew I was breaking

Michael O'Reilly

NEWS: Four Leaf Clover found by 8 yr old Jasper Coverdale at Glenfyne.
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How much of a role does luck play in success and investing?

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Generic Melbourne public transport image, 2016. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

Here's how to get the most bang for your public transport buck

Alex Kidman

Fashion boss Grace Dlabik says only a small business gives her the freedom to adapt to her industry.

How small business affects women's finances

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Hillary Clinton's campaign is focusing on her empathy for women, minorities and children.

Empathy: why we should all strive for it

James Adonis

Mike Pense floored by 11-year-old

American woman killed in London knife attack

US releases video of strikes against IS in Syria

North Korea's moon-landing plans

Cartoons by Alan Moir

The Circus - It's the US election like you've never seen it before.

'UnREAL - "Best TV show of 2016 so far" - TV Guide Magazine.

Customer service makers & deal breakers

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The business rules of attraction

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What did I just say? Ozzy Osbourne explains his extra-marital behaviour: it was all out of context.

Ozzy Osbourne says lover took sex "out of context"

Bernard Zuel

No tears, no regrets but a swag of new songs and a solo career for Peter Garrett

Bitter? Not Garrett, he's making music

Bernard Zuel

Daisy Ridley debuted as Rey in <i>Star Wars: the Force Awakens</i>. Is there a way to predict whether the movie will ...

Could a Star Wars TV series finally be on its way?

Michael Idato

Black comedy's brutal reminder of Cronulla riots

Garry Maddox

The rhyme of the ancient mariner. Nine News presenter Peter Hitchener an unlikely rap star

Newsreader breaks into rap - amuses only himself

Bernard Zuel

Awkward: Britney gets weird on Jimmy Kimmel's bed

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

'Most unpleasant thing I've ever done': Margot Robbie

David Betancourt

Falls Festival reveals its first big drawcard

Bernard Zuel

The members of Platform Youth Theatre, which will be forced to close due to funding cuts.

Arts funding 'extinction' forces Platform Youth Theatre to close

Future Happiness by MAP (Callum Morton, Nic Agius, Andre Bonnice).

Exhibition builds spirit of protest into architecture

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MIFF: Cronulla riots reprise in confronting new comedy

A very simple trick could help with shoulder strain at work.

Shoulder strain? Consider moving this desk object

Alison Bowen

Barack Obama says his daughters Sasha (left) and Malia have been raised to speak up when they see double standards.

Childcare fell 'disproportionately and unfairly' on Michelle: Obama

Mary Ward

THE GOOD: Lena Dunham is rocking this off-the-shoulder Gabriela Hearst dress as she spruiks for Hillary Rodham Clinton ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

The Upside founder Jodhi Meares and her husband Nicholas Finn Tsindos walk the David Jones spring-summer 2016 launch ...

Newlywed Jodhi Meares opens up about married life and starting a family

Amy Croffey

Lash extensions require tender loving care to make them last the distance.

How to wear eyelash extensions without causing breakage

Stephanie Darling

Being famous on Instagram is like being rich in Monopoly

Celeste Barber

Marton family. Daughters Carmen (top right) and Caroline (bottom right) are both competing in the taekwondo competition ...

Nerves, rivalry and illicit pizzas: Three Olympic mums talk

Daisy Dumas

With a Bill on Pakistan's tribal law set to be voted on within weeks, the survivor of an attempted honour killing tells ...

'We knew my family were chasing me'

Andrew Marszal

A submission to Queensland's 2016 abortion law reform inquiry.

Facepalm-worthy submissions to Queensland's abortion law reform inquiry

Daisy Dumas

The one great character in 'Suicide Squad'

Clem Bastow

For women, the chin up is an elusive but worthwhile goal

James Fell

Tim Robards: How to get a body like The Bach

The Juice Daily

Plant protein is better for you than meat, new study finds

Sarah Berry

Will olive oil stop pasta sticking together?

Will olive oil stop my pasta from sticking together?

Richard Cornish

Adam Liaw recipe - Turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens

9 health foods chefs actually love to cook with

FRANKI HOBSON

Melbourne's most romantic bars and restuarants: Good Food Guide 2017

Melbourne's best date night restaurants

Gemima Cody

How this mum realised she'd chosen the wrong baby name

Cat Rodie

No need for parents to fret about their 'regular' picky eater.

Severe picky eating linked to psychiatric problems, finds study

Cat Rodie

We are separated but I let my husband live with us on weekends

Jaimie Seaton

Not everything you've heard about travelling in Europe is true.

The eight things you need to know before travelling in Europe

David Whitley

The 10 things US ski towns have that Australia doesn't

Rachael Oakes-Ash

The Ahwar, Iraq. One of the new World Heritage listed places around the world.

Quiz: How many new World Heritage sites just got added?

Travel quiz
Mal Chenu

Unlike its bulkier brother, the Xbox One S can operate horizontally or, with the help of an included stand, vertically.

Review: Xbox One loses weight, adds 4K, HDR

Tim Biggs

Apple offers big rewards for spotting bugs

Jim Finkle

Seven's multi-channel Olympics coverage means Australian viewers will get to see more than Aussies swimming laps of the ...

Seven's Olympics streaming finally puts viewers in control

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New York to ban registered sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go.

Niantic explains Pokemon GO changes

Kotaku

Facebook's algorithm is taking notice of sites that use misleading or distorted headlines in their posts.

Facebook to punish clickbait publishers

Powerhouse: the Tesla Model S P90D can reach 100km/h in a claimed 2.8 seconds.

Which car would win a 100m sprint?

Dom Tripolone

Corey Burdick lost his eye when his Takata airbag exploded.

The human face of the Takata scandal

Stephen Ottley

New Holden Colorado development vehicle.

Behind the scenes: Holden's future

Sam Charlwood

Aston Martin DB11 Launch.
Siena, Italy.
July 2016.
Photo: Drew Gibson

2017 Aston Martin DB11.

James Bond's new car reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Nissan revives Bladeglider

Stephen Ottley

New Mercedes C300 Coupe reviewed

Stephen Ottley

'Cloudy' Rio pool raises Aussies' concerns

Australia's best gold medal hopes

Interactive Guide

Colourful: The revamped Port District area in Rio.

Why Rio was an inspired choice for the Games

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Charlotte Caslick is considered the best women's rugby sevens player in the world

How Rio sevens stars learned to tackle. Hard.

Andrew Webster

Youngest athlete of Games tells her tale of earthquake survival

Michael Chammas

Robber killed after altercation with Russian diplomat

Lia Timson

WADA hits back at critics of Russian drug claims

EXCLUSIVE
Samantha Lane

In Rio, love comes second for Ryan and Genevieve

Michael Gleeson

Live AFL: Tigers reel in Pies' fast start

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Lee Crossley
42m ago

Gillon McLachlan's unpopular 'captain's call'

Caroline Wilson

Ups and downs: Melbourne's Christian Petracca and Angus Brayshaw finally played their first game together last month.

Together, at last: Petracca and Brayshaw

Emma Quayle

Former Kangaroo star Wayne Carey and Stephanie Edwards in happier times.

Ex-wife defends Carey after report on split

Neelima Choahan

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: Tigers head coach Damien Hardwick walks off at three quarter time during the round 18 ...

Six pointers: Your guide to Round 20

Ronny Lerner
1h ago

Essendon skipper Brendon Goddard says success has been in improvement, not wins.

Goddard: how we 'lost' Bombers soared

Brendon Goddard

Stability overrated, says key Richmond destabiliser

Larissa Nicholson, Ronny Lerner, Caroline Wilson

Ted calls time, but still keen for a comeback

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James Buckley

Australia's Steve Smith walks back to pavilion after being dismissed by Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath on day two of their ...

Live: Sri Lanka build big lead over Australia

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Rangana Herath, right, celebrates the wicket of Australia's Adam Voges.

Report: Herath claims hat-trick as Australia crumble

Jon Pierik

The Coomera Indoor Sports Centre has been completed.