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Caster Semenya brushes the dust off her shoulders after the race.

Semenya's stirring words for critics

Andrew Webster
14 mins ago

European IOC chief Patrick Hickey.

IOC top brass in maximum security prison

Samantha Lane

The Olympic Rings at the Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro.

Why Australia has to stop 'bigging itself up'

Greg Baum

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	43	36	37	116
2. GBR	27	22	17	66
3. CHN	26	18	26	70
9. AUS	8	11	10	29
Full Medal Tally

Police have charged a man after two shocking attacks, one at Hillary's Boat Harbour.

Shocking knife attack at Hillarys Boat Harbour

1 hr ago

Australia centre Liz Cambage reacts after making a basket and receiving a foul.

Rio Olympics 2016: We rate the Aussies athletes ... sport by sport

One Powerball ticket purchased in Canberra has scored the whole division one prize pool in Thursday night's Powerball ...

On the money: Two WA players win $2 million each in Saturday Lotto

Oshin Kiszko's mother Angela says she wants him to have peace, love and fun times while he is still physically able to.

Perth doctors back in court to force 6yo's cancer treatment

Dr Andrew Weickhardt with Steven Jones-Evans

'Nothing short of astonishing': major cancer breakthrough

Nic Naitanui and Ben McEvoy contest the ruck.

No Nic Nat, no worries... Eagles still confident of clipping Crows

1 hr ago

Kardinya boxer 'Bangbang Lulu' our newest world champ

1 hr ago

'She misses her sons': Aussie mum charged over Bali killing

Rio Tinto's mining mess: shameful, evil and unprincipled'

Mandurah firefighters battle two arson attacks within an hour

1 hr ago

Ticketgate scandal: Aussie athletes knew it was illegal to tamper

How it all went wrong for Australia.

Stage fright: why Australia must stop bigging itself up

Greg Baum

A Facebook user posted a video of the face of a woman alleged to have thrown the banana.

Port punishes woman who threw banana at Eddie Betts

1 hr ago

Guinness

Perth pubs tricking beer drinkers with smaller pint glasses

Bounty's Revenge

Iconic Adventure World ride Bounty's Revenge removed

Australia's rich food and lolly history, as seen in 150-year-old Nestle archives.

The changing price of our favourite lollies over 25 years

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Wallabies crushed amid scandal

Supermarkets beware: Anything Waleed Aly says on TV goes crazy on social media.

Fremantle Festival 2016 stuns with big-name line-up

Ronan Keating will perform in Perth as part of his world tour in November.

Win tickets to Ronan Keating at Kings Park

Philippines president turns fire from drug ...

12:24PM

Executions, burned testicles: apparent massacre ...

11:56AM

Woman in critical condition after serious crash ...

11:33AM

The Window House is about 50 kilometres from Tokyo.

Muji are giving away a free house

Kate Burke

Advertising images from the March sales campaign for 164 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne.

Bigger is better, say the brains behind The Block

Emily Power

Nina Proudman's Fitzroy home in Channel Ten program Offspring.

Offspring: Inside Nina's new cult-status home

Top Property Episode 9

Lessons learnt from painting an entire house

Top Property

This castle-like dwelling is within a 45-minute drive from Melbourne's CBD.

Seven weird and wonderful homes for sale around Australia

A Mosman Park mansion destroyed in a fire in January is now being demolished.

Fire-damaged mansion on $15m block finally bulldozed

Ambulances destroyed in suspicious York fire

WA Labor backs life ban for drink drivers who kill

When you see it...

Can you spot the shark in this photo?

The western swamp tortoise is Australia's most endangered reptile.

Critically-endangered tortoise seized

A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after a car crash in Merriwa.

Woman critical after serious Merriwa crash

57 mins ago

Shania Leigh, from Byford, has won a national competition to find a new advertising jingle for Weetbix.

Byford singer takes the biscuit in Weeties comp

53 Beckwith Street, Wagga Wagga.

The Sydneysiders who've said bye to the big smoke

NSW

Oshin Kiszko's mother Angela says she wants him to have peace, love and fun times while he is still physically able to.

Doctors take dying boy's parents to court again

Doctor Megan Saunders spoke about how rising sea levels will change coastal conditions.

Women are sharing science from a soapbox

QLD

Banks woman Kerry Evans was attacked by a wombat while walking dogs Murphy and Pirate (pictured) in the suburban street ...

Woman thought she would die in wombat attack

EXCLUSIVE

Advertising images from the March sales campaign for 164 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne.

Bigger is better, say the brains behind The Block

Emily Power

Manus Island bill $2b and counting – $1m for each detainee

Adam Gartrell

Turnbull government to delay same-sex marriage plebiscite until February

Senator Rachel Siewert is seeking the use of the Don Dale revelations to leverage money for the party's NT campaign.

Greens use Don Dale prisoner abuse as a fundraising tool

Adam Gartrell

Senator David Leyonhjelm is challenging an article published by Fairfax.

Angry white men talk tough but fight with hypocrisy

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Malcolm Turnbull and Colin Barnett on Barrow Island on Monday for a tour of the LNG project.

Treasury issued warning on Turnbull's GST floor plan

Labor frontbencher Sam Dastyari is going after banks and utility companies charging for paper bills they used to send ...

Labor takes aim at banks and power companies

A Syrian child's drawing.

'No story in Syria has a happy ending': Brother of Aleppo boy dies

Louisa Loveluck
1 hr ago

A man cries over a covered body after the Gaziantep blast.

Turkey wedding explosion: 30 dead and more than 90 injured

BREAKING
Tuvan Gumrukcu
1 hr ago

May 22, 2015: Mexican state police stand guard near the entrance of Rancho del Sol after the shootout with suspected ...

Executions, burned testicles: police accused of massacre

Gabriel Stargardter
35 mins ago

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at police headquarters in Manila on August 17.

Philippines president turns fire from drug dealers to officials

Lindsay Murdoch
6 mins ago

Illustration: Matt Davidson.

Viewing and sharing vile footage is what terrorists want. Don't

Andrew Masterson

Senator David Leyonhjelm is challenging an article published by Fairfax.

Angry white men talk tough but fight with much hypocrisy

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

More than 44,000 young people live in out-of-home care in Australia.

A financial no-brainer to help today's vulnerable youth survive

Paul McDonald

Commodities surged the most in the first half since the 2008 financial crisis as China's economy stabilised and policy ...

Commodities are taking off again, and this time it's not China

David Stringer

Australia's lolly history is preserved the Nestle archives.

How the price and size of some of our favourite lollies have changed

Esther Han

President Barack Obama waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Wednesday, ...

Obama years - a golden time for investors

ANALYSIS
Jeff Sommer

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

Adele Ferguson

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

EXCLUSIVE

Exec excess - reining in big bonuses

Georgia Wilkins and Ruth Williams

Big bank 'rips off own workers' to maximise profit, lawsuit says

Hugh Son and Andrew Harris

Zuckerberg sells $125m Facebook shares for philanthropy

Sarah Frier

Marion Wine Bar by IF Architecture, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Hot shots: 17 of our most ridiculously good looking bars

Fine Drinks
Stephen Lacey

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

The overseas 'style influencers' finding success in Australia

Men's Style

Laboratory manager Marina Tretiach sold her house recently through an online marketplace, bypassing the services of a ...

How to be your own real estate agent and save thousands

John Collett

The main point of superannuation as an investment vehicle is it's tax effective.

Dumping a windfall into super is a lazy strategy and not the best one

Noel Whittaker

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

Sports sponsorship: Why it's a big deal

James Adonis

An advertised image of the "sharelarium".

The business you should never run from your garage

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Same-sex marriage referendum delay

Marriage Equality

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Excited cameraman narrates LA car chase

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Pies smash cold Suns

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All Black crush Wallabies

Young Nepalese Hindu priests bathe as a part of holy rituals during the Janai Purnima festival at Pashupatinath temple ...

World of photos - August 21, 2016

unreal

Season 1 & 2 of UnREAL, now streaming.

spaced

Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

City of Perth

Visit the quirky side of perth

Advertiser Content

SMEG

Is this the perfect oven?

Advertiser Content

SMEG

The perfect oven: tech and style

Advertiser Content

Jessica Mauboy, The Secret Daughter

The 11 best TV shows to watch after the Olympics

Paul Kalina

The main difference between the Australian and US version of Survivor is that it is "populated with 24 Aussies".

'Cut-throat but with a smile': how Australians play Survivor

Amy Croffey

The Block's resident pranksters, Ben Toyne and Andy Sutherland.

Meet The Block's greenest ever contestants

Annabel Ross

Bruce McAvaney on duty at the Rio Olympics.

Will Seven's $A170 million Olympics investment pay off?

Michael Idato

Tom Hiddleston as the cool observer Laing with the pregnant Helen (Elisabeth Moss), who is from the lower floors, in ...

High-Rise review: Chaos mixed with black humour

Craig Mathieson

Frank Ocean's latest release deserves to be played and played again.

Frank Ocean review: new release Endless is well worth the wait

Bernard Zuel

Toby Kebbell plays Messala Severus (back) and Jack Huston plays Judah Ben-Hur in <i>Ben-Hur</i>.

Epic fail: movie about arms dealers is bigger than Ben-Hur

Jacqui Taffel

English comedian and talk show host Alan Carr having lunch at Il Solito Posto in Melbourne's CBD.

Chatty Man Alan Carr tells why Rihanna is his favourite guest

Kylie Northover

The menu seems to aim for pub food done well, with a menu ranging from beef and guinness pie through to pan fried ...

Wine list leaves Heights high and dry

Hannah Barry

An artist's impression of Ku De Ta Perth, opening later this year.

Bali party hub Ku De Ta granted liquor licence for Perth river venue

David Prestipino

The rubble on the site of the former Salt on the Beach restaurant.

Renovation plans for Salt on the Beach in Fremantle revealed

Heather McNeill

If we can change our exercise and diet habits, can we make over our dating lives?

What I learned about love after going on 13 blind dates

Madeleine Dore

Styling by Penny McCarthy. Hair by Julianne McGuigan. Make-up by Nadine Monley. Noni wears dress by Akira

Noni Hazlehurst on Aussie TV: 'We don't see anything that's real'

SHD NEWS. Fashion designer Aheda Zanetti and her "Burquini" modeled by Farrah Zbib. Miss Zanetti is on the first all ...

Non-Muslims flock to buy burkinis following French ban

The Duchess of Cambridge knows the power of half-up, half-down hair.

How to do Kate Middleton's favourite half-up hairstyle

Keira Maguire's style on The Bachelor has captivated the nation.

The Bachelor Australia is the fashion magazine we all need

Jenna Clarke

Peter Overton remains the city's most popular newsreader.

White boys' club still rates in battle of nightly bulletin

Andrew Hornery

Jules Allen with her family. The former <em>MasterChef</em> contestant has fostered 31 children.

The food bringing foster families together

Mary Ward

Veggies and protein: a Pete Evans paleo offering.

Why you might want to re-think that 'caveman' diet

Rebecca Gredley

Chef

Five nourishing dishes a chef cooks at home

Guy Turland

pushups

Why pushups are your new favourite exercise

Benjamen Judd

Green jackfruit on the tree

Is jackfruit the new vegan superfood?

Lindy Alexander

Moist but plenty of crackling: Neil Perry's roast pork with mustard cream.

Weekly meal planner: from healthy ocean trout to a delicious roast

Oysters at French Saloon, Melbourne.

10 things you might not know about oysters

Callan Boys

The Katering Show's Kate McCartney (top) and Kate McLennan

The Katering Show: should I go gluten-free?

KATE MCCARTNEY AND KATE MCLENNAN

Viviana and Polo.

Dog dies saving baby's life during fire

Staff writers

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

Parents share bullied son's heartbreaking suicide note

Ariane Beeston

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

Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet Story by Ute Junker on high altitude cities
Credit: iStock
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Cities with altitude: The world's best cities on mountains

Ute Junker

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?

Japan Airlines Co's new employees pose for photographs in front of a JAL aircraft during an initiation ceremony at the ...

What gives this airline's premium economy class an edge

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

Egg

Pokemon GO players break gyms with eggs

Kotaku

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

Twitter finally gives 'quality filter' to all

Caitlin Dewey

Traxxas Slash 4x4 radio controlled car.

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

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

Volkswagen takes aim at car clubs

David McCowen

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

New Holden Colorado reviewed

David McCowen

The 2016 BMW 2-Series Coupe.

More power for BMW 2-Series

Dom Tripolone

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

Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold.

Farah into history with double-double

Michael Gleeson

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 20: Max Esposito of Australia during the Fencing round of Modern Pentathlon on Day 15 of ...

Max Esposito just seconds from bronze

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 20: Neymar of Brazil celebrates scoring the winning penalty in the penalty shoot out ...

Neymar seals historic gold for Brazil

Greg Baum
1 hr ago

Australia centre Liz Cambage reacts after making a basket and receiving a foul.

How did Australia rate in Rio?

Costly mistake for Ryan Gregson in 1500m final

Michael Gleeson

Agony for Australian cross-country cyclist

'Sheilas' proud if slightly disappointed

Daniel Cherny

Rio - we'd do it all again, says IOC president

Samantha Lane
48 mins ago

A night to forget: At times the Wallabies looked outnumbered on the field in Sydney.

Wallabies thrashed as scandal looms

ANALYSIS

Slamming goals: Adam Treloar handballs for the Magpies.

Pies have their time in the Sun

Eddie Betts snaps for goal in game 250.

Power scare Crows in showdown

The West Coast Eagles are waiting for news on Nick Naitanui's injured knee.

Naitanui ACL sours Eagles win

Jonathon Patton is having a night out at the Showgrounds.

Fremantle run out of puff yet again in loss

James Buckley

Nic Naitanui limps from the ground on Friday night.

Eagles flooded with 'get well' wishes for Nic Nat

Simon White

More bad luck: Paddy McCartin leaves the field with a broken collarbone.

Paddy breaks collarbone as Saints edge Tigers

Star turn: Isaac Heeney celebrates a goal with Lance Franklin and Gary Rohan.

Swans pip North in thriller to top ladder