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A photo of Sara Connor from her supporters in Byron Bay.

Bizarre new claims in Sara Connor's Bali interrogation

Australia has a high rate of allergies to food such as peanuts.

Toddler stomped to death after urinating on couch, court hears

Betts speaks on banana incident: 'It's sad that racism still exists'

Timna Jacks

Gay marriage plebiscite to set 'dangerous precedent', Kirby says

Tom McIlroy

Fears homophobic footy flyers tip of the iceberg ahead of plebiscite

Did the census night fiasco turn out to be a blessing in disguise?

ANALYSIS
Matt Wade

Marriage equality free vote 'would pass both houses'

Shop owner asks Kanye to pay up for pop-up shop

Melissa Singer

Dane Swan is expected to announce his retirement on Tuesday.

Dane Swan to quit, with big payout likely for foot injury

EXCLUSIVE

Funnel cloud seen near Melton on Monday.

Tornado-like funnel clouds scare and delight Melbourne's west

Do you really need to make your bed every day?

This company literally forces its employees to go on vacation

Growing old with Bridget Jones

Auctioneer Phillip Kingston puts 27 Augusta Street in Glen Huntly under the hammer Saturday, It sold for $2,575,000.

Market strides into spring after another strong result

Picture by Leigh Henningham 22/3/2016 Generic Melbourne Skyline from South Bank of Yarra Rever at dawn. #generic #dawn ...

Australia needs to go to town on cities policy

Banks scolded in BBSW stoush

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Emphatic response to Betts issue was missing when ...

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How Australians are losing out on their health ...

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: 53-year-old Chinese national Di Miao is seen fleeing from the waiting media after ...

'Wig-wearing cat burglar' was casino high roller, court hears

Liam Mannix

'We are homeless, not terrorists': Hosier Lane's homeless hit back

Daniella Miletic

Melbourne weather: Wet and cold with a chance of thunder

Emily Woods

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Verley, pictured on the family farm, believes 17-year-olds should be able to get their ...

Don't lower the driving age, warn doctors and road safety experts

Kambrya College, which was accused of 'slut-shaming' after it asked girls to stop wearing short skirts, says there's ...

'Misunderstanding': School principal rejects 'slut-shaming' claims

Henrietta Cook

Ex-policeman accused of drug trafficking faces new charges

Tammy Mills

Jockey Danny Nikolic after an earlier hearing.

Police make new bid to ban Nikolic from race tracks

Kevin Rudd addressing young labor activists in Brisbane.

Should Kevin Rudd run for Brisbane Lord Mayor?

Jack the baby wombat. While baby wombats are cute, they can be ferocious when they grow up.

Are wombats really that dangerous? Yes, says an expert

Police have charged a man over two shocking attacks in Perth's northern suburbs.

Elderly man stunned in shocking attack

Crash site memorials in NSW are becoming more prevalent.

Older experienced drivers dying on NSW roads

"It is not good enough for Bill Shorten to try and keep hiding behind the Senate crossbench.": Finance Minister Mathias ...

Cormann ramps up pressure on Labor over budget repair

James Massola

Marriage equality would pass both houses if free vote granted

Michael Koziol

Half of female AFP members say they've been sexually harassed

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash at the Coldstream CFA to announce they intend ...

Premier has a 'sinister purpose' says Malcolm Turnbull

Asylum seeker Mehran Jabar says everybody in Nauru detention has stress, depression and many 'use tablets for sleep'.

In Nauru's ghost camps, refugees sleep away the pain

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

Former High Court justice Michael Kirby has warned against a plebiscite on same-sex marriage.

Michael Kirby warns gay marriage plebiscite 'a dangerous precedent'

Tom McIlroy

Nick Xenophon will move that the Senate economics committee investigate replacing the inflation target with one for ...

Xenophon leads push to axe inflation target

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Advertising material from the commemorative event.

Mao tributes in Australia sharpen community divide

Philip Wen

Silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa repeated his protest on the podium.

What is the story behind Olympian's crossed arms?

Colin Cosier

In what would be a stunning turnaround, Donald Trump looks poised to set out a plan for "legalisation" of illegal immigrants.

Trump's change of heart on migrants could be his biggest flip-flop yet

ANALYSIS
Aaron Blake

Sergey Aksyonov, "prime minister" of the autonomous republic of Crimea, right, attends the opening day of the St ...

Promised prosperity never arrived in Crimea, locals say

Maria Tsvetkova

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 hypocrisy

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

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

Here's a financial no-brainer to help vulnerable youth

Paul McDonald

Allowing consumers to access data about them held by big businesses such as banks can boost competition.

Fight over consumers' financial data heats up

Clancy Yeates

Noni B+ for Babcock & Brown boys

Colin Kruger, CBD

He sold wotif, now Graeme Wood is putting money into biotech

Brian Robins

At the halfway mark, a rather large 70 per cent of companies have increased dividend payments compared with this time ...

Why more companies are paying out dividends

Michael Pascoe

Daiso in hot water over 'dangerous' products

Patrick Hatch

CBA pulls back in mortgage war

Clancy Yeates

Banks scolded in BBSW stoush

Patrick Durkin
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Bluescope warns of need to keep lid on costs

Brian Robins

Six sales in six years: what's so special about this street?

Is it impossible to get your foot on the property ladder now, or are young people just not willing to compromise?

The best suburbs for first-time home hunters to buy

Adrian Light's home is designed to meet his work needs as well as the needs of his family's home life.

Designs to make you wish you worked from home every day

Sandy Smith

Icehouse's Iva Davies on the 'dump' where he wrote the band's songs

There's a lot to consider when it comes to paint.

Renovate safe: the best products for the biggest home jobs

Jarryd Rubinstein holds the Guinness world record for the most consecutive muscle ups, which he has held since 2010.

Everyday heroes: the world record holders you didn't see in Rio

Fitness
Gary Nunn

Mortlach 1939 is billed as the oldest single malt ever bottled.

Rare whisky turns to rivers of gold for investors

Fine Drinks

When Woolworths South Africa bought David Jones, once shareholders passed a scheme of arrangement, it became compulsory ...

Corporate takeover? Decide for yourself whether to sell your shares

Scott Phillips

A mortgage broker puts the borrower at the centre of the process.

Why using a mortgage broker gives borrowers more power

Mark Bouris

Jess May is an accidental entrepreneur who has forged a new direction.

I started my business from a Facebook post

Christine D'Mello

The way forward will involve serious regulation of the online SME lending industry.

Online SME payday lenders are alive and all too well

Neil Slonin

Bali: Aussie charged with murder

Hammers bounce back with win

'12-year-old suicide bomber'

Australia defeat Sri Lanka in opener

Cancer breakthrough: 'It genuinely is a game changer'

Season 1 & 2 of UnREAL, now streaming.

Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

Is this the perfect oven?

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The take up of contactless payment options is accelerating at a rapid rate.

How to present choice to customers

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Simon Bosch colour cartoon / illo / illustration / artwork.

'Flying' money bag

Context: Calls are mounting to stem the ...

How to attract high value customers

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Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth thanked the people of Brisbane for putting up with disruption from filming the ...

Fans rejoice as Thor and Loki take over Brisbane city

Nathanael Cooper

Karina Utomo from High Tension is appalled groping continues to be a problem at metal gigs.

Australian bands condemn sexual assaults at gigs

Aja Styles

Barbra Streisand is tired of your pronouncing her name incorrectly.

Barbra Streisand has an age-old problem with Siri

Ebony Bowden

Baron Toots Thielemans and Madame Thielemans at Laeken Castle in Brussels, Belgium, on May 6, 2014.

The musician who performed Sesame Street theme song has died

Roxy Jacenko on 60 Minutes: the two-segment interview split viewers.

Roxy Jacenko is a ratings winner for 60 Minutes

Karl Quinn

Frank Ocean's 17-track album <i>Blonde</i> is a compelling and stimulating experience.

Frank Ocean's second album is more low key brilliance

Bernard Zuel

Lou Pearlman was credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync.

Backstreet Boys, 'NSync creator dies in prison for fraud

Michael Burke

Let's take this challenge offline so we can unpack the synergies and tear down the silos.

This bunch of Survivor contestants are damn hard to like

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Look like a warlord and lose 3kg: the lengths fans will go to for cosplay

Tim Finn and Abi Tucker, The Fiery Maze. Photo: Pia Johnson

Tim Finn's The Fiery Maze a magnetic fusion of poetry and music

Richard Tognetti with his violin, at the Australian Chamber Orchestra rehearsal rooms in Sydney. 6th May 2016 Photo: ...

MSO and Richard Tognetti's memorable lark truly soared

Roxy Jacenko opens up to Alison Langdon during the interview on 60 Minutes.

Roxy Jacenko: don't like her? Then look away

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

Callie Thorpe's wedding portraits and candid words have gone viral.

'You are deserving of happiness no matter your size'

Members of Team United States dance during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana ...

Best and worst dressed at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony

Pop the champagne, 56 per cent of men say sexism is over

What I learned about love after going on 13 blind dates

Madeleine Dore

Life Beyond the Warzone, words by Ruby Hamad, images by Dalia Khamissy.

Life beyond the warzone in Syria

Ruby Hamad

Tall people are more likely to be right-wingers, finds study.

Tall people more likely to vote conservative, study finds

Lee Kofman's visit to Sexpo with her mother was a surprisingly bonding experience.

I took my mother to Sexpo

Lee Kofman

Extreme sports are good for mental health

Jennifer Morton

How to overcome food cravings

Jacqueline Alwill

How to spot a dodgy weight loss program

Paula Goodyer

Weekly meal planner: It's time to spice up your life (every night)

More the 65 flavours: Naheda's Choice Turkish Delights at Prahran Market.

Turkish Delight: 65 flavours (!) at Prahran Market

Nola James

Dive in to the soft-shell crab soup at Hem 27, Flemington.

Melbourne's top five Cheap Eats for 2016 are ...

Simone Egger

The intimate photos that helped a mum get her groove back

Cat Rodie

Nicola Jackson, 15, says she doesn't plan to change her ways and is expecting another letter.

Parents' list of teen girl's "catalogue of crimes" has gone viral

Ariane Beeston

Helping children grow up to be happy, healthy, strong, kind and capable.

Raising awesome teens in a chaotic, sexualised world

Maggie Dent

We test premium economy seats on one of the world's best airlines

Andrew Bain

The Plitvice Lakes are laced together by waterfalls in a pocket of wooded hills in central Croatia.

These are the most beautiful destinations on the planet

Brian Johnston

The cheapest way to experience Antarctica

Annie Dang

Microsoft's Hololens augmented reality headset offers a glimpse of the future.

Hands on with Microsoft's Hololens

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The social network Facebook would kill for

Selina Wang

Windows 10's Anniverary Update was supposed to improve many of the system's features, but in at least one case it's done ...

Millions of users angry after Windows update breaks camera

Darren Orf

What exactly is the fuss about USB-C?

Gizmodo

Why intelligent aliens might look like us

Matthew Wills

The 2016 Lamborghini Centenario was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Lamborghini's new $3m drop-top

Dom Tripolone

BMW 2002 Hommage revealed

Dom Tripolone

the fact that Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 carries the Maybach designation could signal that Mercedes-Benz plans to let its ...

Maybach reveals its future

Greg Kable

In hot demand: the 2017 Ford GT supercar.

Ford GT production to double

Stephen Ottley

Subaru's Levorg GT-S offers WRX power in a practical package.

New Subaru Levorg GT-S reviewed

David McCowen

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

Swan to quit, with big payout for foot injury

EXCLUSIVE
Emma Quayle

A photo posted to Facebook, purportedly showing the woman who threw a banana at footballer Eddie Betts on Saturday night.

Port fan says sorry for racist attack on Betts

Timna Jacks

A win could see the Bulldogs score a home elimination final.

Final forecast: how the first week could play out

Rohan Connolly

Crow and Brownlow blow as MRP slaps Sloane

Northern Academy players Matt Kennedy, Callum Mills and Jacob Hopper at the 2015 draft.

AFL alters draft bidding system

Emma Quayle

Nathan Fyfe of the Dockers contests a mark with Eric Mackenzie of the Eagles.

Nat Fyfe says he sees long-term future with the Fremantle Dockers

Simon White

Saddening: Sharp-shooting Adelaide Crows forward Eddie Betts was subjected to an act of racial vilification.

Comment: A disgraceful incident, no excuses for racism in game

COMMENT
Rohan Connolly

Moana Hope celebrates her historic 100th goal.

Hope and glory: mighty Moana reboots history

Chloe Booker
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Racing.com loses chief executive

EXCLUSIVE
Patrick Bartley

Cahill in line for shock FFA Cup debut in northern Brisbane

Not happy: Aaron Finch has hit out at the Sri Lankan curators for "poor" wickets.