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The men's 100m freestyle champion Australian Kyle Chalmers.

New Olympic king 'did OK' in this year's school carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Karsten Forsterling (bow) of Australia, Alexander Belonogoff of Australia, Cameron ...

Australian quad rowers win silver in Rio de Janeiro

Melissa Woods
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Australia's dressage rider received 'admin sanction'

Patrick Bartley
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Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	11	11	10	32
2. CHN	10	5	8	23
3. JPN	6	1	11	18
4. AUS	5	3	5	13
Full Medal Tally

Tobacco boss bashed, stabbed in botched kidnap

INVESTIGATION

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Uni students of Australia, you are being watched

Henrietta Cook

The ACCC is investigating Thermomix kitchen mixers.

ACCC launches probe into Thermomix after customers suffer burns

Man who kept teen captive in mineshaft guilty of two more rapes

Adam Cooper

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Public servant accused of groping schoolgirl on 86 tram

Liam Mannix

Universities across the board believe the current course-fee model is hopelessly outdated, with many anomalies.

Why do students enrol in hugely oversupplied university degrees?

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Teen girl has hair set alight in horrifying gang attack at skate park

Census attacks: Source may never be known, say cyber experts

David Wroe
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Census outrage? Why aren't we this angry about refugees?

COMMENT
Michael Koziol

Gutnick accused of hiding assets as brother fights eviction

Winmar proud to stand up for gay rights with his son

Aussies snatch silver in men's quad sculls

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Roy Ward

Kyle Chalmers wins gold in the 100m freestyle

How Kevin Durant drove Kyle Chalmers to gold

Melbourne Cup Winner Michelle Payne is one of 97 female jockeys.

Michelle Payne's brother says it's time for her to 'move on'

Collingwood drop Travis Cloke again, Darcy Moore returns

A handy guide to what a real serving of junk food looks like

Eucalyptus 'superplants'

Can't handle kids in cafes? YABU (You Are Being Unreasonable)

The Reserve Bank is tipped to cut the official cash rate on Tuesday.

10 things to look for in an investment property

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'No room for cheats': Aussie determined to beat Russian

Australia's Kyle Chalmers celebrates winning the gold in the men's 100-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions ...

Five things you didn't know about Kyle Chalmers

Stathi Paxinos, Emma Quayle

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Silver medalist Madeline Groves of Australia poses on the podium during the medal ...

Groves misses gold by 0.03 seconds

Chris Barrett

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Cameron Bairstow #10, Aron Baynes #12, Brock Motum #14 and Matthew Dellavedova #8 of ...

Everyone knows who the Boomers are now

After 112 years, golf tees off again at the Olympics

Steve Keating

Rugby's 'Harlem Globetrotters' lift Fiji toward history

Jerry Brewer

Trailblazer strikes a joyful blow for Nauru

Jonathan Liew

Aussies left with stinging eyes as another Rio pool turns green

Elijah Wood's character Frodo reaches for the "One Ring", in the film the Fellowship of the Ring.

Precious: Court orders destruction of fake Tolkien jewellery

Tom Cowie

Elderly man missing after failing to return from supermarket

Emily Woods

Homeless people and supporters to rally in Collingwood on Friday

Darren Gray
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Ivanhoe Grammar want to promote gender balance and provide a true coeducational experience for all students.

Gender imbalance: Elite school gets green light to favour girls

Emily Woods

Premier Daniel Andrews said Jane Garrett has 'indicated she refuses to support Cabinet proposals to end the long-running ...

Comeback in the sights for exiled minister Jane Garrett

Richard Willingham

Plumbing the depths ... a tunnel boring machine in Malaysia.

Boring task: Six massive machines to dig city's new rail tunnels

Richard Willingham

A newborn child has died after its mother gave birth in hospital following a car crash.

Newborn child dies after woman in car crash gives birth

Most Australians are yet to complete the census

Census back online nearly 48 hours after outage

James Massola, Michael Koziol

Several locations around Bondi Beach have been defaced with swastika graffiti and racist slogans.

Bondi Beach defaced with racist graffiti, swastikas

A Canberra man has been sentenced to more than two years' in prison for raping his wife.

Husband raped wife in front of their young child

A flotilla of boats searches the waters off Moreton Island for a diver missing from Henderson Rock.

Eight aircraft, 16 boats search for missing diver

Census back online nearly 48 hours after census outage

Morrison blocks sale of Ausgrid to foreign bidders

Treasurer protects national security with sale block

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Mark Kenny

Prime MInister Malcolm Turnbull has been politically embarrassed by the census fiasco.

Who cares more about a computer cock-up than child abuse? We do

COMMENT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been embarrassed again.

Census-fail is a sign Turnbull has the Midas touch - in reverse

ANALYSIS

Dutton says asylum seekers self-immolating 'to get to Australia'

Disappointed: Australian Marriage Equality director Rodney Croome.

Three-quarters would oppose popular vote on own right to marry: poll

Clarinda MP Hong Lim at the Victorian Parliament, in front of a portrait of former premier Jeff Kennett.

Victorian MP barred from Cambodia over human rights remarks

Lindsay Murdoch

In case of loss, start blaming 'election fraud' now. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Fayetteville, ...

Crushed in polls, Trump renews talk of 'rigged election'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Julian Assange speaks via video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

5 times WikiLeaks and Russia have crossed paths

ANALYSIS

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, here in 2013, is set to inherit his father's entire, which is almost all of London.

Duke steps into father's $14b shoes at age of 25

The defenders of banks don't get capitalism. They're holding us back

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Olympians, there's no need to share your pain with the rest of us

COMMENT
Julie Szego

How 'boys being boys' can lead to sex crimes

COMMENT

Leap of faith: We need to improve our competitiveness by opening ourselves up to the world.

Sexual harassment crisis continues to grow at Fox

JB get thumbs up for Good Guys buy

Georgia Wilkins

Lew's battle with ex-CFO heads to trial

Sarah Danckert

Mixed results for Telstra

Lucy Battersby

Some features of a home and its neighbourhood are more of a turn off than others.

The factors that are most likely to annoy a home buyer

The nine truths that all home renovators know to be true

Why young people should live with other people

Strong, confident bidding helps scare off competitors.

How to beat the competition on auction day

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Kelly and Michael Briggs, who run a floristry and photography businesses, say they couldn't go back to not having a cleaner.

The generation that's most likely to use a cleaner

David Farrier pursued a career in medicine before switching to journalism.

How the 'Kiwi Louis Theroux' made the year's must-see documentary

Culture
Stephen A Russell

What difference does the weight of your weights really make when building strength and muscle size?

Lifting light weights can be just as effective as heavy ones

Fitness Trends

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Your chance to buy memorabilia from AFL great Ron Barassi's life

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James Cockington

When one half of a couple has no interest in money matters

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Noel Whittaker

Most people who abuse customer service workers are just in a bad mood.

Top 10 worst customers: which one are you?

James Adonis

Karen Gee, finalist in the Ausmumpreneur competition.

How this designer retains her high profile clients

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Rio 2016: 'Australia can't beat us'

If Aussie team names were real

FootyFix: Hawks and Roos battle for high stakes

Cold front to hit Melbourne

Rio 2016: the Australians to watch

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

Three kitchen designs you'll love forever

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The death knell for feminism: Wednesday's episode of <i>The Bachelor</i>.

This season of The Bachelor is a car crash

COMMENT
Ebony Bowden

Eric Darnell's Invasion, a virtual reality short screening at MIFF 2016.

Virtual reality won't save cinema but it may blow your mind

Karl Quinn

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Latest Harry Potter is fastest selling book in nearly a decade

Kerrie O'Brien

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Star Trek TV reboot boldly goes on the hunt for a female leader

Michael Idato

Cate Blanchett as she appears in John Hillcoat's clip for the Massive Attack song The Spoils.

Cate Blanchett faces off in new Massive Attack video

Karl Quinn

Rihanna is lined up for the female-led <i>Ocean's Eight.</i>

Rihanna, Anne Hathaway set to join cast of female Ocean's Eight

The new cast: (back) Arthur Smith as Mr Harman, Jorgie Porter as Miss Croft, Justin Edwards as Mr Rumbold and Mathew ...

Are You Being Served? cast revealed for BBC anniversary special

Michael Idato

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Ghostbusters sequels slimed by Sony after box office falls short

Karl Quinn

Still from 360-degree video of the 2016 Melbourne International Film Festival opening night.

360 video: Melbourne International Film Festival

Kim Min-hee and Jung Jae-young in <i>Right Now, Wrong Then</i>.

MIFF review: Hong Sang-soo's Right Now, Wrong Then

Canadian provocateur Peaches is headlining the 2016 Meredith Music Festival.

Peaches and Sheila E headline 2016 Meredith Music Festival

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, here in 2013, is set to inherit his father's fortune.

The new Duke of Westminster is the most eligible of eligible bachelors

Jenna Clarke

"We're really in a pussy generation," Clint Eastwood recently said, and now science seems to be backing those claims.

Clint Eastwood was right, we are the weaker generation

Malia Obama may or may not have smoked cannabis and everyone seems upset.

The internet reacts to Malia Obama's cannabis claims

Amy Croffey

Carrie Bickmore attends An Evening with Susan Sarandon at Regent Theatre on August 7, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

The parties the celebrities were invited to this week

The admirable Kate Moss: she's started dressing in things that are more reflective of her age.

How to dress like a grown-up (when you're young at heart)

Nedahl Stelio

"It would be like measuring the desirability of Bachelor Richie by how well he serviced a jet plane."

The only kernel of reality from last night's ridiculous episode of 'The Bachelor'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 07: Simone Biles of the United States smiles before competing on balance beam during ...

Why is Simone Biles' relationship with her parents an issue for Olympic commentators?

Is it better to spend your money on 'experiences' than on 'things'?

Neha Kale

Nacif Elias carries the flag of Lebanon during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Don't ask athletes to set aside politics for the Olympics

Ruby Hamad

The Game of Thrones scene that proved too much for some viewers: Ramsay and Sansa on their wedding night.

7 questions I have for the showbiz industry about rape

Alyssa Rosenberg

Carb loading: is it really necessary?

Jacqueline Alwill

Approaching depression from another way

Evelyn Lewin

How to avoid burnout before the big race

Ben Lucas

McDonald's Aussie Angus 'n' Egg Legends burger.

The junk-food taste test for Olympics 2016 meals

Callan Boys

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How to make self raising flour out of plain flour?

Richard Cornish

Satiate cravings with this supercharged peanut butter fudge.

Is gelatin the next superfood?

Sarah Wilson

Blake Lively at the Cannes Film Festival in May 11.

Blake Lively shuts doen Sunrise presenters over baby weight comments

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Teen lost in wilderness for days, found with mysterious new look

Katie Mettler

A number of egregious incest cases have been reported in Australia in recent years.

It is the ‘worst of the worst’ abuse, but it is often ignored

Michael Salter

Scoot, which flies between Australia and Singapore, is one of the world's cheapest airlines, based on cost per kilometre.

Are we being ripped off? World's cheapest airlines named

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Michael Gebicki

Up there: The Empire State Building viewed from the Rockefeller Centre.

The ten best things to do in New York with your family

Tracey Spicer

Singapore Airlines has flown a new Airbus A350 into Melbourne Airport.

Singapore Airlines' A350 arrives in Australia for first time

Craig Platt

Android man: a data scientist has shown how to tell which tweets are really from Republican presidential candidate ...

How to tell which tweets are really from Trump

Tim Biggs

Snapchat's lens gave users cartoon Asian eyes and exaggerated teeth.

Another Snapchat lens prompts calls of racism

Caitlin Dewey

The Roomba 980. While you're out, it roams your house.

Roomba 980: Vac your home from anywhere in the world

Tim Biggs

Apple's current MacBook Pro in 13-inch and 15-inch.

New MacBook Pros to have touchscreen keys

Mark Gurman

Andrew Denton's 2015 podcast, Better Off Dead, was very successful - unlike many.

The persistent problem with podcasts

COMMENT
Peter Wells

Audi's pothole-powered car

David McCowen

The all-new Mazda CX-9 has enough room to haul the whole team to the game.

Which car would win Rugby Sevens?

Dom Tripolone

Skoda Kodiaq teased again

Dom Tripolone

BMW has used motion-tracking technology to help US swimmers ahead of the Rio games.

BMW uses self-driving tech to help Olympic swimmers

Hyundai has offered a sneak peek at its next generation i30.

Hyundai teases new i30

David McCowen

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Updated Range Rover revealed

Dom Tripolone

Collingwood drop Travis Cloke again, Darcy Moore returns

Val Febbo

Dockers forward Chris Mayne is considering his contract options.

Fremantle forward Mayne weighs up move to Victoria

Emma Quayle

Brett Montgomery has been left in limbo.

Montgomery ditched by Dogs and left to flounder in limbo

Caroline Wilson

Undaunted: Jason Johannisen celebrates a goal with Marcus Bontempelli, who had a great game despite physical attention ...

Poke the bear and risk a mauling

Wayne Carey

Long's son to play first game for Essendon

Val Febbo

Hawks recruit Ryan Burton will debut on Saturday.

Hawks to blood their top draftee Ryan Burton

Emma Quayle

The Cats' Patrick Dangerfield handballs away from Bulldogs Koby Stevens and Lin Jong at Simonds Stadium.

Cats want eight home games after round nine

Caroline Wilson

Winmar and son take on gay rights fight

Rohan Connolly

David Warner will look to go on the attack.

Australia vow to attack to avoid 'duck season'

Jon Pierik

Boy in blue: New Melbourne City signing Tim Cahill.

Cahill deal the most important in A-League?

ANALYSIS
Dominic Bossi

Two sides to Michelle Payne story: brother

Patrick Bartley