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Cate Campbell is comforted by Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom and Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen after her shock 100m loss. Credit - ...

The bitter split behind Australia's Rio failures

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Lied: Ryan Lochte

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Why it's right to ban swimmers from closing ceremony

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	37	34	32	103
2. GBR	23	21	13	57
3. CHN	22	18	25	65
10. AUS	7	11	10	28
Full Medal Tally

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 03: Team Australia athletes for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games attend their welcome ceremony ...

Australia's Rio rot began on top floor of athletes' village

EXCLUSIVE

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 16: Coles supermarket employee Penny Vickers poses for a photo on June 16, 2016 in Brisbane, ...

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

EXCLUSIVE

Bow Singapore

Massive oil tanker runs aground in Port Phillip Bay

Police

Blood-covered men terrify bus commuters in Melbourne's east

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Trump campaign chairman resigns after Ukraine scandal

Franco Abad outside the County Court on Friday.

Judge sympathises with guard over sex with 'worldly' 14-year-old

Another form of torture: Dutton's new rule defies logic, basic decency

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Australian detained over Bali cop's death 'could not remember much'

Woolworths set to dump 'confusing' shopping program

Get over yourselves Australia, the Olympics aren't about you

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

'Human reaction': PM defends giving $5 to Melbourne beggar

Australia's Jared Tallent

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Sickening injury ends Australian wrestler's Rio campaign

Eagle Nic Naitanui is assisted from the field with a knee injury.

The mighty have fallen: Ruckmen injured as Eagles beat Hawks

Laura Pilati, who was targeted by a pornographic photo-sharing website.

'I cried for a week' after finding the photo online

Ramas McRae (grey jacket), Sam Cartledge (blue top) and Alex McDonald. The story is that they have asked the AFL to have ...

'You moron, are you stupid?': The problem with being a deaf AFL fan

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Shoppers camp outside Kanye West pop-up shop in Fitzroy

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Eliza Henry-Jones, a DIY renovator, was renovating her first home in Belgrave when an old air-conditioning unit feel on ...

17 commandments of renovating in Melbourne

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Wall St slips on rate timing talk

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Coach fears the worst for Naitanui, but says ...

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Kevin Durant.

Spain take USA down to the wire in basketball semi

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Jared Tallent of Australia

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 19: Team Australia competes in the Synchronised Swimming Teams Free Routine on Day 14 ...

Thunderstruck no more as synchro swimmers settle on sacred rock

55 mins ago

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The Bolt that never ends as he leaves the rest in his wake

Where Australia sits in the real medal count

Sprinter misses out by 0.003 seconds

Female students at Kambrya College were allegedly asked to stop wearing short skirts a day after the school was named on ...

No short skirts, no 'sexy selfies' - school accused of 'slut-shaming'

Premier's bad week gets worse as chief of staff puts family first

Winter returns to city after brief glimpse of spring

Chloe Smith has been missing for more than a week.

Mulgrave teens: One girl found, one still missing

The Uber reforms are being finalised.

Victorians face 'trip tax' to compensate cabbies for Uber surge

New CFA chief executive Frances Diver.

New CFA chief admits new agreement is 'not ideal'

Matyas Babos, 79, has not been seen since Monday.

Police search for missing Victorian men

Dr Biswajit Banik and his wife Dr Sarmin Sayeed with their autistic son Arkojeet Banik.

'Thank you': Autistic boy's family get residency

Gobi and Dion Leonard celebrate at the finish line.

Stray dog which followed runner for 125km goes missing

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Woman thought she would die in wombat attack

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CCTV images appear to show a teenager with ankle-cuffs being held down at the Townsville centre.

Review as reports allege youth detention abuse

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives a homeless man five dollars.

'It was a human reaction': PM defends giving money to a beggar

Matthew Knott

Another form of torture

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Autistic boy's family granted residency after ministerial intervention

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first major post-election speech on the economy was disrupted by protesters, ...

Turnbull's chance to return shine to leadership

COMMENT

Tony Abbott, pictured surfing in 2014, went to hospital for a "couple of stitches" after encountering rough surf ...

Abbott goes to hospital for stitches after surf accident

Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of Ausgrid.

Morrison confirms decision to block Ausgrid sale

Retired Veteran Harry Smith with his medals at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Long Tan battle commander urges respect for Vietnamese

The image of Omran Daqneesh.

I take no comfort from outrage over this photo

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

The wanted poster showing Byron Bay resident Sara Connor.

Police detain Australian over policeman's death

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa

Spain's acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy.

The Christmas gift from politicians to Spaniards

Charles Penty

A Malaysian police photo of Encep Nurjuman, also known as Hambali or Riduan Isamuddin.

Bali bomber seeks freedom after 13 years

Lindsay Murdoch

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Dutton's new rule defies logic and basic decency

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

There are threats to women's equality at every turn.

Time feminists started using the other f-word

COMMENT
Anne Summers

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts denied the existence of climate change and said that NASA had 'manipulated' data on Q&A.

The weird thing is, he seems to actually believe this stuff

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Public sector wage growth is also at a record low, at 2.4 per cent.

Exec excess - reining in big bonuses

Georgia Wilkins and Ruth Williams

China's growth drivers are shifting from investment, exports and heavy industry to consumption, innovation and services.

Australia and China, a changing partnership

Ross Gittins

Coles supermarket employee Penny Vickers is furious about the deal. "Why wasn't it brought to our attention?"

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

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Pressure has intensified for a royal commission into the banks following US legal action over their handling of bank ...

'Illicit profits' fuels calls for royal commission

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Sarah Danckert

If capping executive pay isn't the solution, rethinking capitalism is

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APRA highlights insurance risks

Clancy Yeates

Malls morph into town centres

Carolyn Cummins

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Marion Wine Bar by IF Architecture, Fitzroy, Victoria.

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Italian Roberto Malizia's blog <i>This Is Malice</i> has picked up over 15,000 followers.

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Catherine Robson

Sponsoring the Olympics is big business. Simone Biles is now considered the greatest female gymnast in the world.

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Shoppers camp outside Kanye West pop-up shop in Fitzroy

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Blood-covered man pulls machete on Melbourne bus

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Naked Trump statues appearing in US cities

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Director Todd Phillips at the Los Angeles premiere of <i>War Dogs</i>.

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Scandal hits Nate Parker's vaunted film, Birth of a Nation

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The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

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Back to Gotham: A new animated <i>Batman</i> movie featuring the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward is on the way.

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Linda Morris

Miles Teller, left, and Jonah Hill in War Dogs.

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David Farrier explores the world of 'competitive endurance tickling'.

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The stores will be selling Kanye West-branded sweatshirts, T-shirts, denim and swimwear.

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Why you shouldn’t want to always be happy.

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A typical fake Ray-Ban ad on Facebook.

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Embrace the drip factor at Empire Steak.

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Danny Fitzgerald, 13, took his own life after relentless bullying.

Parents share bullied son's heartbreaking suicide note

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Mum pens hilarious letter to husband as she is leaving for a girls weekend away.

Mum leaves hilarious note for dad before leaving for the weekend

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Cities with altitude: The world's best cities on mountains

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Some people should charter a flight rather than fly with other passengers.

Traveller letters: Want to be treated like the only person on the plane?

Go in peace: Inside the monastery.

The retreat that's not just for nuns

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Devices that include the new kind of battery could go for twice as long without needing to be plugged in.

These batteries could double your phone's life

Tim Biggs

Rather than go to war with streaming giants like Netflix and Apple Music, Telstra is using them to win over mobile customers.

Telstra aims to sway Netflix fans

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New technology could help minimise train delays by identifying faults in overhead wires.

The internet of things system helping the trains run on time

Andrew Colley

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Pokemon GO players break gyms with eggs

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Twitter's filter has been available to users with a blue tick for more than a year.

Twitter finally gives 'quality filter' to all

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Traxxas Slash 4x4 radio controlled car.

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Volkswagen Australia will boycott the AAA's Australia's Best Cars awards.

Volkswagen takes aim at car clubs

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The new Holden Colorado LTZ is a significant improvement on its predecessor.

New Holden Colorado reviewed

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The 2016 BMW 2-Series Coupe.

More power for BMW 2-Series

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2016 McLaren 570GT by MSO Concept.

McLaren reveals 570GT concept

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen is set to introduce a baby SUV based on the T-Cross concept.

VW prepares SUV onslaught

David McCowen

Jack Darling celebrates a goal.

Big men hurt as Eagles topple Hawks

Brad Elborough

Essendon coach John Worsfold.

Enigmatic Woosha has kept Bombers heading in right direction

Martin Flanagan

Right fit: James Aish knew coming to Collingwood would help him become the player he wants to be.

How James Aish got back on track

Emma Quayle

Jobe Watson has spent much of the year overseas.

Jobe Watson decision expected within weeks

Larissa Nicholson

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti gets a break on Adelaide's Jake Lever.

McDonald-Tipungwuti signs on with the Bombers

Emma Quayle

Phil Walsh and his son, Cy Walsh.

Prosecutors set to concede Cy Walsh was 'mentally incompetent'

Standing by his mates: Michael Hurley has signed a five-year deal to remain with the Bombers.

Jobe important, but Essendon needed Hurley

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Six pointers: Your guide to Round 22

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Green and gold: Renae Ingles with twins Milla and Jacob.

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Jesse's story: brave, with much more to do

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Winning team: Bob Skelton and 1976 Melbourne Cup winner Van der Hum.

Champion distance jockey Bob Skelton dies, aged 81

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