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• 5 mins ago

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for areas close to the quake.

• 7 mins ago

Long-suffering Fremantle Dockers fans can rest easy there is a "rainbow" on the horizon.

• 11 mins ago

Former St Kilda forward Ahmed Saad says he'd love a third crack in the AFL next year.

• 16 mins ago

Australia's biggest baby chain has has posted a strong start to the year, helped by new stores and the collapse of a competitor. Now it wants to get even bigger.

• 25 mins ago

If the Murdoch family wanted to leap ahead of this scandal, it is now at risk of falling behind.

• 27 mins ago

The future of the Portland aluminium smelter is in doubt with the power company which supplies the plant disclosing one of the supply contracts is to end.

• 33 mins ago

Jarryn Geary is far from St Kilda's highest profile player, but there is good reason his name is emerging as the Saints' next potential captain.

• 39 mins ago

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has contradicted previous government claims the census was attacked from overseas, stating the interference came from "elements here in Australia".

• ANALYSIS
• 43 mins ago

'It's the economy, stupid' was the slogan behind Bill Clinton's 1992 White House triumph; but in Campaign 2016 it's becoming more about stupid – and his name is Donald Trump.

• BREAKING
• 48 mins ago

Teenager who had alcohol and drugs in his system and was speeding when he crashed a car and killed the 16-year-old son of AFL great Brett Ratten has been jailed for five years.

• 51 mins ago

While millions of Australians were unable to log onto the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census website on Tuesday night, thousands of other users met with similar frustration after misspelling the name of the national survey.

• 1 hr ago

Females astoundingly did not reach sexual maturation until they were at least 134 years old.

• 1 hr ago

A student accused of setting up a porn ring at St Michael's Grammar has left the school as police continue their investigation into the scandal. 

• 1 hr ago

Department store giant Macy's said on Thursday that it plans to close 100 stores, a dramatic step that is aimed at helping the chain get ahead of a potentially crippling problem: America, it says, has too many stores for the online shopping era.

• 1 hr ago

Thieves have stolen an ATM in the northern suburbs of Perth after ram raiding a shopping centre with a stolen car, which later went up in flames.

• 1 hr ago

Because of Pokmeon's success there will be more games that combine apps and virtual reality with being active in the real world

• 1 hr ago

Community legal services already stretched beyond limits.

• 1 hr ago

After complaining to local and regional campaign leadership, Vincent Bordini learned that at least four other people had experience the same thing with the staffer.

• 1 hr ago

A group of homeowners has issued an emotional plea to Transurban, or the state government to buy them out, before the $5.5 billion Western Distributor is built.

• 1 hr ago

Donald Trump won't say how much he pays in tax but his new policies would mostly help his own companies, critics say.

• 1 hr ago

Costings Bill introduced on Tuesday, but scrapped by Thursday.

• Live
• 1 hr ago

Energy and mining stocks help power early ASX rally.

• 1 hr ago

Bowe Maddigan has pleaded guilty to one charge of murder and one of committing an indecent act with a child under 16.

• 1 hr ago

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. face months of haggling with European Union antitrust regulators who opened an in-depth probe into the duo's plans to create the world's biggest chemicals company.

• 1 hr ago

Teenage beauty queen injured in crash in far north Queensland.

• 1 hr ago

The internet economy looks set to burst all over again one day soon - and, even if we don't know how yet, we can be certain that we will all suffer.

• 1 hr ago

Ten months after Brisbane mother-of-four Tamara Schmidt was found dead in New Zealand, police are no closer to providing answers.

Human rights groups have made the case for the child abuse royal commission to investigate Australia's immigration detention centre in Nauru, following new reports of endemic sexual violence, abuse and self-harm at the facility.

Tommee Tippee super soft comforters are being recalled over safety fears.

One of Brisbane's major tunnels is closed due to a safety incident.

Crime spree stretched more than 35 kilometres south of Brisbane.

​"Miss T" says the words domestic violence don't capture the horror of being abused in your own home by a so-called loved one.

The Pearls win will be a catalyst for change in Australian sport.

Victoria's volunteer fire brigade has mounted a fresh bid to block the militant firefighter union's push for a controversial CFA workplace deal.

Small businesses fear they could be the next target of bad financial advice and predatory lending under a proposed low-regulation scheme for startups. 

Two balaclava-clad thieves ambushed a man outside his house in Melbourn's south-east on Thursday afternoon.

Australia's biggest casino is heading for industrial strife for the first time in years, as hundreds of gaming and hospitality workers prepare to battle over weekend wages.

Patti Davis responded to the GOP presidential nominee's suggestion that "Second Amendment people" could maybe find a way to stop Hillary Clinton.

​Wall Street stocks ended at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment.

Records are getting harder for strategists to ignore with Wells Fargo the latest to lift its target.

Red, hot rage began to swirl inside him. This act of betrayal could not go unpunished.

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The Australian equity market will open on the front foot today, with leads from US stocks constructive.

Two bombs exploded in the upscale seaside resort town on Thursday evening.

Two men told to stop trying to climb hazardous mountain south of Brisbane.

• COMMENT

Remember the one about cutting interest rates to lower the dollar? Tell that to the Aussie when it was trading above 77 US cents this morning.

Tech start-ups are making it easier for employees to cash out ahead of an initial public offering.

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