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Book Week blackface: The boy dressed up as AFL footballer Nic Naitanui.

'Racist' outrage: Mum paints son black for parade

Timna Jacks

Essential Burkini for Islamic swimwear from Ahiida owner Adeda Zanetti and model in showroom in Punchbowl taken 30th ...

How a nation lost its mind over what Muslim women are wearing

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

There are five common "red flags" that the SuperGuard 360 research team will monitor.

Three reasons banks don't pass on interest rate cuts

Clancy Yeates

Professor Tony Costello AM.

Cancer clinic investigated for 'Medicare fraud'

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.

'I'm disappointed': Hanson-Young loses immigration role

Paul Brown pictured in 2001.

Former Geelong footballer found brain tumour after attack

'Sad' Boomer opens way to join new club next year

Australian Government promotion for Pauline Hanson?

Italy quake: Death toll jumps to 247 as rescuers pull bodies from rubble

1 hr ago

Treasurer paints $1 trillion debt horror scenario

Mark Kenny

The taxed and the taxed nots? It's not the full truth

ANALYSIS

NAB business manager Sally Collins says she will not stop working flexibly despite returning to full-time hours.

'The answer was no. I was swearing on the inside'

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 25: Justin Leppitsch the coach of the Lions walks away after talking to his players during ...

Bid to save Leppitsch from axe

CAROLINE WILSON

Jaeger O'Meara has not played since April after rupturing his patella tendon in a practice match.

Suns hit out as Jaeger O'Meara says he wants out

Gogglebox has turned the mundane act of watching TV on the couch into a surprise hit show

Gogglebox stars dish the dirt on how to be a good housemate

Flavour

The fascinating science behind taste and flavour

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Girl pulled alive from rubble

Toilet roll

Toilet anxiety: Yes, it's real ... and it's tearing many of us up

Vintage lounge and chairs from Grandfather's Axe.

Why vintage furniture is right in any setting

North Korea unveils Netflix-like service with ...

1:31AM

Death toll rises as rescuers pull more bodies ...

12:43AM

Low volatility leaves investors exposed to shocks

12:35AM

Victoria's newest Golden Triangle find weighs in at 4121g (145 ounces).

'Colossal' nugget discovered in Victoria's Golden Triangle

Timna Jacks

Doyle rules out developer cash for campaign

Aisha Dow

Government agency confidential file leaks date back 10 years

EXCLUSIVE
Beau Donelly

Magistrate Rose Falla and her father, elder Kevin Coombs.

New Koori court to reduce trauma on children

Bianca Hall

Public housing tenant Maxwell Sanders took his case to VCAT and won.

'I was bloody shocked': Public housing tenant's VCAT win

Benjamin Preiss

Olympic swimmer Mack Horton with his gold medal.

Olympic hero Mack inspires youngsters at his old school

Missing woman Karen Ristevski.

'Check your properties': Police call for public help in missing mum case

Congo

The secret deal that sowed the seeds of a bribery scandal

EXCLUSIVE

High water at the West Oxford falls crossing as rains increase in Sydney . Photo Nick Moir 24 August 2016

Missing man yelled for help before being swept away

NSW

British backpacker Thomas Jackson was critically injured in the attack.

Grave fears for second backpacker stabbing victim

QLD

The doctor has to be supervised during his practice.

Chaperone ordered for GP accused of 'grooming' patient

ACT

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has been moved out of the immigration portfolio and into education and finance.

'I'm disappointed': Sarah Hanson-Young stripped of immigration role

Matthew Knott

Morrison paints $1 trillion debt horror scenario

Mark Kenny

Fischer wants 'massacre tax' on US guns to trump Trump

Tony Wright

Rod Culleton (right) with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Government promotion for Pauline Hanson?

Fergus Hunter

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has reminded Australians of a time when inflation was a problem, not an aspiration.

Morrison's timely, if incomplete warning

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Cheng Jingye, China's new ambassador to Australia, paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday.

Chinese ambassador seeks 'political trust'

David Wroe

Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek, one of the party's 42 female MPs.

Female Labor MPs outnumber Liberal women two to one

A 10-year-old girl is pulled alive from the rubble following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy.

Rescues bring glimmer of hope in villages smashed by Italy quake

Nick Miller

Ketut Arsini, the widow of slain police officer Wayan Sudarsa.

Widow of slain Bali police officer speaks out

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa

A woman in niqab speaks with non-Muslims at a "speed-dating" event in Brunswick.

How a nation lost its mind over what Muslim women are wearing

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage to the stage.

Farage champions Trump at rally in Mississippi

Fathers should be more involved in teaching their sons to respect women.

Fathers need to step up for sake of their sons

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Dominos Pizza.

I don't want to live in the Domino's world

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Opinion is divided on whether Australia has got the balance right on free speech.

On the contentious matter of 18C

Meredith Doig

Surabaya's economy is growing at more than 10 per cent, which is double that of Indonesia.

Australia needs to be more like Asia: a 24/7 economy

Harold Mitchell

Brad Banducci will use the proceeds of its exit from hardware to upgrade its supermarkets.

Woolworths not in 'catch up' phase

Catie Low

Lower borrowing costs may be boosting the housing market.

RBA's rate cut has already boosted housing: Mortgage Choice

Clancy Yeates

The VIX, a gauge of market fear, is sitting at record lows.

Low volatility leaves investors exposed

Vanessa Desloires
1 hr ago

Golden era of travel is grounding Flight Centre

Colin Kruger, CBD

Little reason to trust Woolies board

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

David Jones ramps up grocery plans

Patrick Hatch

Village Roadshow co-chairmen take $1m pay cut, hike bonuses

Lucy Battersby

Vintage lounge and chairs from Grandfather's Axe.

How vintage furniture can be just right in any setting

Hamish Watts bought his first home - a $1.3 million apartment in Bondi - when he was 35.

Why it might pay to wait to buy your 'dream home'

houzz

Six important decisions when building or renovating

52 Elizabeth Street, Malvern, which goes to auction on Saturday.

Why are so many Melbourne mansions going up for auction?

Gogglebox has turned the mundane act of watching TV on the couch into a surprise hit show

Gogglebox stars dish the dirt on how to be a good housemate

P. Johnson offer something beyond the traditional off-the-rack suiting.

Ten daring Aussie designers storming the international scene

Men's Style
Benjamen Judd

The average attention span has dropped from 12 seconds to eight seconds, one second less than a goldfish, which can ...

Our attention spans are now even shorter than a goldfish

Andrew May

Don't make decisions for your elderly parents for your own benefit.

Let elderly parents control their own assets

George Cochrane

Get properly insured as one of the biggest mistakes is leaving yourself and your family financially exposed to traumatic ...

The 10 biggest money mistakes you don't even know you're making

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Snuggle on down and get to sleep for business success.

Why lack of sleep makes you bad boss

James Adonis

Kate Carnell says bank-related complaints are high on the list of small business grievances.

Carnell: A royal commission will solve nothing

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Italy earthquake: survivors recount event

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World's largest aircraft has bumpy landing

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Giant gold nugget uncovered in Melbourne

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Kabul: attack on American university

Children hang around a cemetery area near the Shahin Al-Khalwati Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.

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Zoe Coombs Marr and her comic alter ego, Dave.

Three Australians in the running for the 'Oscars of comedy'

Annabel Ross

Joey Santiago, Black Francis perform at Vivid Sydney in 2014.

Pixies to tour Australia in March 2017

Prince in 2007 performing at the Super Bowl in Miami.

Prince's Paisley Park to be turned into a Graceland-style museum

Michael Idato

Gabrielle Carteris' Internet Movie Database page.

Beverley Hills, 90210 star was 29 when cast as 16 year old

Garry Maddox

This artwork was at the centre of a legal dispute over who painted it. Image cropped.

A '$US10 million painting' just became worthless due to ruling

Ben Guarino

Actors Laura Elena Harring, right, and Naomi Watts, are seen in an undated handout photo from the film "Mulholland ...

The top 100 movies of the new millennium: BBC

Aja Styles, Ebony Bowden

Nate Parker accepts the Breakthrough Director of the Year award at CinemaCon 2016.

Nate Parker's rape scandal engulfs major Oscar contender

Michael Idato

The IMAX cinema at Darling Harbour is about to be demolished.

IMAX cinema to be demolished ... and then rebuilt

Garry Maddox

Ricky Gervais at the world premiere of <i>David Brent: Life on the Road</i> in London.

Gervais hits rock bottom with cringeworthy Brent feature

Brian Lipson and Gideon Obarzanek in Two Jews Walk Into A Theatre.

Pair channel dads in kvetch-a-thon Two Jews Walk Into A Theatre

Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur in Paramount's <i>Ben-Hur</i>, which has flopped at the box office.

Epic fail? Abridged remake of Ben-Hur a pointless exercise

Myer ambassador Jennifer Hawkins at Royal Randwick earlier this year.

Myer 'disappointed' after Australian Turf Club ends partnership

Jenna Clarke

The author and her son. (Courtesy of Sa’iyda Shabazz)

I'm a proud black woman. My son looks white. Now what?

COMMENT
Sa'iyda Shabazz

Jessica Alba arrives at the Premiere of Summit Entertainment's "Mechanic: Resurrection" at ArcLight Hollywood on August ...

Parties and premieres: Celebrity red carpet watch

"I have no intention of sharing my bikini photos ... they don't tell the whole story, far from it."

I lost 25kg, here's why I'm not sharing before and after photos

COMMENT
Cat Rodie

The shoe of a young victim and a piece of metal lay near the scene just hours after Saturday's bomb attack in Gaziantep, ...

A 12-year-old with explosives is not a 'suicide bomber'

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Kylie Jenner shared this throwback picture with older sister Kendall (in the bucket hat) to her personal app. ...

Guess who: Celebrities share childhood moments

Retro fun

Men's fears keep women from experiencing the new and different and exciting; it has us doubting ourselves.

Why women shouldn't be told that travelling alone is unsafe

COMMENT
Ann Deslandes

Naya Rivera as Glee's Santana Lopez.

Glee star Naya Rivera says she had an abortion while on the show

Rob Moran

sleeping

Scientists confirm lack of sleep makes you dumber

Benjamen Judd

Vulnerability

The power within vulnerability

Dr Tim Sharp

Taking photos of food table top shoot

Food apps to help you shop, cook, and eat better

Deena Shanker

The Age, Life, Melbourne, YARRAVILLE:
Bopha Devi in Yarraville for the Eatstreets. 3 October 2001.
Pic by EDDIE ...

The insider's guide to eating in Yarraville

Jane Ormond

Peas with broad beans and seaweed dish at Silvereye, Chippendale.

How do I stop my salad greens from wilting after I dress it?

Richard Cornish

A jar of vegemite.

Turn vegemite into beer? Why prisons have banned it

Tony Moore

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'I lost my baby to Zika - women, don't let it happen to you'

Staff writers

Big love not just for adults, says Una Russon,10, in a passionate letter.

Girl, 10, pens angry letter on love ban to school

Suzi Catchpole

Jonny with his daughter Chloe, 8, in the photos posted to a New Zealand Facebook hunting community page.

Proud dad posts photo of 'huntress' daughter biting the heart of her first kill

'Generally, airline meals get a beating, [but] not all airline meals are created equal.'

An inflight food reviewer rates the best and worst airline meals

Hazel Plush

Just another day at Burning Man, Nevada.

Is everyone really naked? 10 misconceptions about Burning Man

Sarah Theeboom

The sparkling harbour city of Vancouver is well worth a few days.

Six worthy stopovers for Aussies heading on overseas ski trip

Rachael Oakes-Ash

Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2016.

Tim Cook's Apple: five years on

James Titcomb

Despite its size, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 is quite possibly the best smartphone on the market.

Review: Samsung's notable new Note

Peter Wells

Still no word on where you can get Xbox themed socks or framed murals.

Xbox Onesie: it's real and you can get one, but it won't be easy

Tim Biggs

This artist?s impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima ...

Earth-like planet orbiting nearest star

Marcus Strom

Is it cheating? It's certainly fun.

Peddling uphill much easier on an e-bike

Cynthia Karena

Volkswagen Trakkadu AT campervan.

Tested: VW's new campervan

Sam Charlwood

Head-to-head: BMW M4 Competition v Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe.

M4 v C63: Which is better?

Stephen Ottley

The Kia Rio is set to be revealed at the 2016 Paris motor show.

New Kia Rio set for Paris debut

Dom Tripolone

The new Tesla Model X SUV has arrived in Australia.

Tesla's Model X arrives in Australia

David McCowen

Honda will introduce an all-new CR-V in 2017.

New Honda CR-V can be 'top player'

Stephen Ottley

Ford Falcon FG MkII ute.

What used ute should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Beseiged: Lions coach Justin Leppitsch.

Late bid to save Lions coach Justin Leppitsch from the axe

Caroline Wilson

The 20,320 crowd was the Magpies' smallest MCG crowd since 1940.

Memberships are up, but where have the crowds gone?

Rohan Connolly

Jaeger O'Meara shapes as the most interesting player in this trade period.

How much is Jaeger O'Meara worth ... and where could he end up?

ANALYSIS
Emma Quayle

Not selected: Jake Stringer.

Stringer remains on the outer, Hawks name Fitzpatrick

Stathi Paxinos

North Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey.

'Sad' Boomer thanks North Melbourne fans

Ronny Lerner

Already sidelined: Collingwood's Lachie Keeffe and Josh Thomas tested positive to a banned substance last year

Pies ready to welcome back banned pair

Brent 'Boomer' Harvey trains with Shaun Higgins (left) and Lindsay Thomas after learning he is to be delisted.

Carey: right call, Roos, but not ruthless enough

Wayne Carey

Cats coach Chris Scott expects a fight from Melbourne.

Cats brace for fireworks against Demons

Time for a breather: Steve Smith.

Michael Clarke questions why skipper Steve Smith is coming home

Jockey Michelle Payne says her fitness is improving by the day.

Michelle Payne return getting closer

Jason Day is leading the season-long points race.

Day, Scott chase FedExCup glory

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