UNDER PRESSURE: ABS Census website cannot be reached
THE Census website has crashed on the most important day of the year, with many users taking to Twitter to vent their frustration.
‘Census is driving me senseless’
AMID the wheels of death and error messages flooding their computer screens, Australians found time for some surprisingly hilarious quips.
Will I have to pay a Census fine?
THE site is down, your Census isn’t done. Here’s what you need to know about fines and other crucial myths explained.
Dying cartoonist keeps up rants
WITH just weeks to live, Australia’s most notorious cartoonist isn’t holding back — dishing out offensive images to the death.
Hunt for elusive rowing medal continues
JOIN us for another action-packed day of sport at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games which will include plenty of rowing, the men’s rugby sevens team beginning its campaign and more from the pool.
Mum’s fury over front page pic
A MEDALLIST’S mum has vented her fury over a paper’s front page which shafted her son completely in the picture it published.
Strange discovery of missing wilderness girl
RESCUERS searching for a teenager who went missing in the wilderness encountered something very odd when they found her.
Yang ‘p***es purple’: French swimmer
A FRENCH swimmer has joined Australian gold medallist Mack Horton in slamming Chinese drug cheat Sun Yang, saying the 200m freestyle champion “p***es purple”.
The kiss Rio is talking about
BRAZIL may have only finished ninth in the Olympic Rugby Sevens, but player Isadora Cerullo had her own golden moment.
The greatest Olympic meme
MICHAEL Phelps has delivered what will undoubtedly be one of the lasting images of the 2016 Games, sending Twitter into a meme-frenzy.
The most devastated athlete in Rio
IT’S the ultimate indignity. Portia Woodman arrived at the Olympics as a superstar of her game but she departs world famous and heartbroken.
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‘F--- everybody’: Rio’s weirdest pre-race routine
SOME splash themselves with water. Some wave to the crowd. But only one athlete in Rio prepares for a race by giving a one-fingered salute.
Features
ANNE Hathaway wants new mums to know there is “no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy” — or ever.
IF YOU ever need to convince Channing Tatum to wear a mask and dog leash while pretending to be a sex slave, turns out it’s not that hard.
FORMER 60 Minutes reporter Michael Usher has announced his shock exit from Nine’s embattled current affairs program.
DENNIS Rodman has revealed in graphic detail how he broke his penis three separate times during sex, saying “there was blood everywhere”.
IT’S been more than 10 years since Merlin Luck’s silent protest live on TV after his eviction from the Big Brother house. What’s he up to now?
PHOTOSHOP fakery or evidence of extreme plastic surgery? Homegrown rapper Iggy Azalea’s latest racy Instagram pic has fans’ tongues wagging.
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Aussie happy drug cheat didn’t get her record
AUSTRALIAN swim legends Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones have waded into the latest Olympic controversy, with Jones relieved her record was broken by a clean athlete.
‘She has absolutely no shame’
A RUSSIAN drug cheat has wept uncontrollably at the Rio swimming centre in a move that has seen her branded “shameless”.
Ukraine’s ‘WTF was that’ moment
FORGET Russia. Ukraine is now courting controversy after a move that flew in the face of everything the Olympics stand for.
US View: Boomers are our biggest threat
ON the surface it looks like Team USA first, daylight second, but an influential US website has called on the national team to beware of the Boomers.
Grandmother dies mid-celebration
WINNING an Olympic medal has never been so bittersweet, with this weightlifter’s grandmother collapsing amid the excitement.
What happened to Australia’s own gone girl?
MAN charged and acquitted over the murder of Elisabeth Membrey says his life is ruined. So what happened to Australia’s own gone girl?
Coroner assumes ‘foul play’ in historic case
THIRTY-FIVE years ago Kerry Joel and Elaine Johnson went missing from the Sutherland shire. Today, a coroner said “I’m so sorry” to the families, before referring the case to the homicide squad.
Driver who killed mum gets five years
THE teenager who killed a pregnant Hobart mother by running a red light in a stolen car has been sentenced to five years behind bars.
Wild weather: cold front on the way
LARGE parts of Australia’s south east are on alert as another severe cold front moves in bringing damaging winds and rain, after dumping rare snow in WA.
Passengers stranded for three hours
A GROUP of train passengers in Victoria has been stranded for more than three hours due to track faults.
Another woman killed while out jogging
THE 27-year-old Google employee was running in broad daylight, and was found without clothes, and burns on her head, feet and hands.
Afghan president sets Aussie free
A FORMER Australian soldier, originally sentenced to death for murder later commuted to 20 years’ jail, is pardoned by Afghanistan’s president.
‘He was found naked. It’s nonsense’
A FRIEND of an Australian man who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Bangkok ruled out the possibility of it being a suicide.
How Elizabeth faked her own death
ELIZABETH Greenwood “died” in a car crash in Manila three years ago. So why is she alive and kicking in Brooklyn?
Moment Aussie student was poisoned
CHILLING footage has emerged of a former Australian student drinking a coffee laced with cyanide — alongside her alleged killer.
‘We are known as the Krispy Kreme couple’
THEY’VE been dubbed the Krispy Kreme couple, after meeting at their local cafe two years ago. So it makes sense they’d do this on their wedding day.
‘Call me Goddess from now on’
REMEMBER Marina Joyce, the internet fashion icon who created a global social media panic? She’s back with an eerie new rant.
Who knew you could do this with Milo?
IF YOU thought Milo couldn’t get any better than adding it to a glass of milk, you’d be wrong. These recipes will make you drool.
‘The game is just as hard as the mens’
RIGHT NOW, the Australian women’s Rugby Sevens team is on top of the world. But will a gold medal change the stigma around the sport?
Sorry note, 50 years after ‘theft’
EXCLUSIVE: A country hospital has received a mysterious handwritten apology for a theft that occured in the 1960s.
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Virgin Australia’s new fare choice
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One man’s plan to grow his own dinosaur
GROWING sea monkeys at home is one thing — but haven’t we learnt to stop mucking around with dinosaurs?
Why you pack at the last minute
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Nationwide search for missing gecko
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Paradise with a hair-raising twist
GREECE is known for sun, sand and exquisite seafood, but on this island — you’ll have to hang on to your hat.
Johnson blasts ‘chicken s**t’ co-stars
THE Rock has taken to Instagram to vent about some of his “candy ass” male co-stars from the upcoming Fast & Furious 8 movie.
Lady Gaga’s unexpected new man?
BIZARRE couple alert? Newly single Lady Gaga had dinner with an unexpected, and eligible, companion, this week.
Sunday ‘incorrect’ for Spelling Bee
TEN have dumped family friendly series The Great Australian Spelling Bee from its prime time Sunday evening slot after rapidly sliding ratings.
Meet Delta’s new rugby star boyfriend
SINGER and The Voice judge Delta Goodrem has a new love and he’s one of the nation’s most recognisable sporting stars.
Katie mocks disabled son in drunk rant
KATIE Price has mocked her disabled son and launched a foul-mouthed rant in a karaoke bar after being booed by the audience over her terrible singing.
Weed’s surprising effect on sports performance
ENDURANCE athletes are proving the outdated stereotype of lazy stoners, munching on junk food from their couch couldn’t be further from the truth.
Lesser-known features of Apple Watch
WHEN the Apple Watch 2 is released next month, the previous model will be cheaper. Here are five reasons why it might be time to jump on the bargain.
Woman gets death threats for killing bear
A MOTHER of three has provoked a backlash for having a bear shot after it repeatedly broke into her southern California mountain home.
Apple’s secret plan behind iPhone 7
A NEW leaked report reveals what the features could be of the new iPhone 7 and the real reason why Apple is set to ditch the headphone jack.
The centre of our galaxy has large void
USING a telescope in South Africa, astronomers discovered the centre of the Milky Way has an enormous void that surprisingly lacks young stars
Top uni degrees that will leave you jobless
THEY take a load of money, time and brainpower, but a new report reveals a series of exclusive university degrees may not be worth signing up for.
How not to feel like an impostor at work
WE ALL have to fake it to make it at some stage. So here’s 11 sure-fire ways to boost your confidence at work.
‘We are living in the Matrix’
THE financial system has been hijacked by an “unelected communist dictatorship” steering the world towards a Soviet-style collapse.
The hot new trend for the mega-rich
BILLIONAIRES are outfitting their abodes with ultra-luxe panic rooms to protect against everything from natural disasters to terror attacks.
Donald Trump drags Aussies into debate
DONALD Trump just gave a major speech on economic policy - and dragged Australia into the US presidential race.
REAL ESTATE
Suburbs no-one wants to leave
THE hardest suburbs to buy into don’t have the most spectacular views or expensive houses.
Does $200k buy you anything?
IF $200,000 is your budget is there anything worth buying in the Aussie property market today?
Surprise winner of best house
For the first time an apartment has been named Australia’s house of the year. This is why.
Aussie anger over McEvoy drugs test
THE Rio Olympics has descended into an anti-doping farce with Cameron McEvoy subjected to an “out-of-competition” drug test only hours before his bronze medal swim.
‘Extra pick’ idea for finals-starved clubs
CLUBS could receive an “extra pick” in the national draft as part of an AFL bid to help slash the time it takes teams to rebuild.
Titans decide where Hayne will play
GEARING up for his first NRL start since 2014, the Gold Coast Titans have decided where they will use Jarryd Hayne.
Olympic superstar’s mysterious fall
SHE was one of the star’s of the London Games, winning four gold. But in a stunner today, the American finished last in the semis.
Genius plan behind gold medal
THE best female rugby sevens players in the world weren’t even playing the sport until a few years ago, when the plan behind Australia’s success was hatched.
