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Sara Connor at Denpasar police station on Friday.

Byron Bay mother's 'Siding Doors' moment on that night in Bali

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. ...

'Architect' of the Iraq War says he will vote for Hillary Clinton

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The ACT Legislative Assembly has called on the federal government to drop plans for a same-sex marriage plebiscite and ...

Why the Greens do not fear failure on same-sex marriage

ANALYSIS

Sticking to the plan: Katie Ledecky.

Olympic champion chooses college over $7m in endorsements

A woman in her 20s was injured when shots were fired into a Panton Hill home

Man sexually assaulted woman in a public toilet

"Saw about 5 small spiders, 4 poisonous toads and 3 geckos. Not too shabby of a day," Ms Ayliffe-Chung had posted ...

'I've seen too much': In the aftermath of backpacker stabbing

Eavesdropping risk: Apple says to update your iPhone now

Have the Hawks been overtaken? Goddard's top 8

Naitanui offers to meet child fan at centre of Blackface furore

Rising business star's dilemma after client licked her face

Nine dead, dozens injured in police HQ attack in Turkey

The gulf between the hope of reconciliation and the reality of mass incarceration of Aboriginal people is growing.

ASIO asks for 'unprecedented' detention powers

EXCLUSIVE

Hot shot: Jonathan Giles is congratulated after scoring against Adelaide on Friday night.

Eagles officially top four contenders as Crows self-destruct

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Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary. SHD SUNDAY METRO 010624.

Renee Zellweger: 'Bridget makes it ok not to be perfect'

Winona Ryder stars in the compelling Netflix series Stranger Things.

New series taking Netflix by storm

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

Tourists flock to goldfields in wake of $230,000 lucky find

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What does your desk say about you?

Coffee

Eco-hypocrites need to wake up and smell the organic coffee

The relationship between tenant, property manager and property owner (landlord) can play out like a Game of Thrones episode.

The worst people to share a house with

Zinc advances to 15-month high

3:12AM

Case for higher US rates 'strengthened'

2:45AM

Former Bush hawk Paul Wolfowitz 'to vote for ...

2:26AM

Allison and Wren Greene have been trying to buy in the Diamond Creek area.

Buyers frustrated: 'If we can't buy a house, who can?'

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Maria Ballantyne poses for a photo with her husband Dean and children Tom and Siena ...

Sellers poised for a robust spring, but what about for buyers?

635/32 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, is the perfect holiday home.

Sick of winter? Here are the best holiday homes under $500,000

Sophisticated yet casual and beachy at 38 Myrtle Road, Hampton.

Open for inspection: what to see this weekend

Tony Connelly's home of his converted attic and the staircase.

Why attic conversions are lifting homes to new heights

Fugitives on run after car chases, Warrnambool armed robbery

Teenage girl running for bus hit by car in Melbourne's east

Two dead in collisions at Oakleigh and Pental Island, near Swan Hill

Detectives are looking for this man in relation to a sexual assault at a Narre Warren shopping centre.

Shop assistant told she was 'beautiful' during sexual assault

It's the second time a police car has been rammed in Melbourne's inner north in the past few weeks.

Driver in stolen Holden rams police officers in dead-end street attack

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

'Colossal' nugget discovered in Victoria's Golden Triangle

Robert Doyle with his ticket for this year's Melbourne City Council elections (l-r): Sue Stanley, Kevin Louey, Beverley ...

Doyle rules out developer cash for campaign

Do Premier Mike Baird (left) and Deputy Premier Troy Grant (right) back the recommendations of its own esteemed lockout ...

The decision Mike Baird dreads is his toughest test yet

COMMENT

The Whale Beach house was destroyed in the fire.

Firefighters threatened with axe as house burns

NSW

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is getting tough over Facebook use.

Crackdown on public servants' Facebook

ACT

Les Jackson at Townsville airport on Thursday night.

Father of critically injured Brit arrives in Townsville

QLD

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said she fought to keep the immigration role.

'Time to refresh': Di Natale defends stripping Hanson-Young of role

Michael Koziol

Morrison paints $1 trillion debt horror scenario

Mark Kenny

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

Tony Wright

A matter for the WA Party: The Foreign Affairs Minister declined to comment on donations to the WA Liberals from ...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's links to Chinese political donors

EXCLUSIVE

Farmers who supply Murray Goulburn and Fonterra have been hit the hardest, because they export more than other producers.

Murray Goulburn pay rise 'doesn't pass the sniff test': Joyce

Rod Culleton, Senate candidate for WA.

One Nation senator loses appeal, must pay $200k

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

'Government' promotion for Pauline Hanson?

Residents of Daraya, a blockaded Damascus suburb, carry their belongings as they prepare to evacuate on Friday.

Life after four years spent cut off from the outside world

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President Barack Obama, pictured here while hiking the Exit Glacier in Seward, Alaska, is looking to sure up his ...

World's largest marine park to be created off the coast of Hawaii

Smoke rises from the scene after Kurdish militants attacked a police checkpoint in Cizre, south-east Turkey on Friday.

Nine dead, dozens injured in police HQ attack in Turkey

Rubble surrounds damaged buildings on August 25 in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Earthquake rattles deeper fears in Italy's struggling centre

Landmines everywhere for Turnbull as Parliament resumes

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

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

Really Australia? Why are we having this conversation again?

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Kim Duthie outside court in Melbourne this week.

It's not victim blaming, it's woman blaming

COMMENT
Sonia Orchard

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

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The downside to investing in property for retirees

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Noel Whittaker

Emerging markets can rewards investors for taking risks.

Index tracking can miss the mark

John Collett

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

Me, Inc. Branding Konrad Good Weekend, Konrad Marshall

Good Weekend: The Branding of Konrad

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Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

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Tom Hanks as Chesley Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as Jeff Skiles in <i>Sully</i>.

Not a fan of flying? Best avoid Tom Hanks' latest film

Jake Wilson

ps-ewlead-4 LIVE Tom Ballard will entertain at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival?s roadshow gig in Newcastle ...

Tom Ballard and other Aussie comics take on the world

Nick Miller

Winona Ryder stars in the compelling Netflix series <i>Stranger Things</i>.

Netflix's Stranger Things generates huge ratings

Ebony Bowden

Nails Aussie accent ... Dev Patel in <i>Lion</i>.

Dev Patel nails Australian accent in much-anticipated Lion

Garry Maddox

Rising star ... Sydney actor Natasha Bassett will play Britney Spears in a new Lifetime film.

Aussie actress to play Britney Spears in unauthorised biopic

Ebony Bowden

Ryan Lochte will reportedly bust a move on Dancing with the Stars.

Lochte tipped to join Dancing with the Stars after PR debacle

Michael Idato

Ricky Gervais aims to put a bit of hope and humanity into all his characters, whatever their flaws.

'I can hardly hear you': a chaotic encounter with Ricky Gervais

Garry Maddox

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino with Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell at the black carpet premiere of <i>The Hateful ...

How to be a film buff in Sydney

Garry Maddox

MTC's Disgraced.

Five stars for MTC's gripping renditon of Pulitzer Prize play Disgraced

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

Graduating student, Andrea Lorei, who helped organise campus demonstrations following the Brock Turner case, holds a ...

Stanford earns a PhD in cluelessness for its woeful Brock Turner response

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Ninety-nine per cent is exhausting.

The 100 per cent rule: The simple advice that changed my life

Susie Moore

Katy Perry performs during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Katy Perry comments on Leslie Jones attack and internet loses it

Rob Moran

Celeste Barber.

I got in trouble at yoga

Celeste Barber

"About one-third of adults who aren't married or living together are in live-apart together relationships like mine."

Why I decided it was better not to live with my boyfriend

Sarit Luban

The picture, which was posted without comment, has been shared over 3,500 times.

Photo of nuns enjoying the beach goes viral, prompts Facebook ban

Rob Moran

Jemima Kirke (left) and Lena Dunham pose for the Lonely Girls Project.

Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke star in NZ lingerie campaign

Mary Ward

Olive's wedding day.

Tracey Spicer: We need to tell women's stories because history hasn't

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Why Melissa Ambrosini chooses love over fear

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Using social media at work can prevent burn-out

Lindy Alexander

Sweet delight of Provini's tiramisu.

How to make tiramisu

Fermented pickles and food from the Cornersmith Picklery.

How to live waste-free (is this the end of rubbish?)

KATIE FAULKINER

Neil Perry's salad of pickled prawns with baby carrot and hazelnuts.

Neil Perry's king prawn salad

Neil Perry

But just like raising a child was simpler in previous years, having a pet isn't quite so easy now.

The reasons why having a puppy is exactly like parenting a child

Megan Blandford

Susan L. Terrillion was arrested for leaving her two children, aged 8 and 9, home alone while picking up dinner.

Mum arrested for leaving kids at home to pick up dinner

Ariane Beeston

Rubble surrounds damaged buildings on August 25, 2016 in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Girl, 8, gave her life for her sister under the rubble of their home

View from Reinebringen at Lofoten Islands, located in Norway, during summer sunset.

The world's most beautiful beaches are also the most dangerous

Ute Junker

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

Apple rushes iPhone fix to stop eavesdropping

Nicole Perlroth

solitaire

Google adds solitaire game to search results

Tim Biggs

The so-called "Touch Disease" only affects the iPhone 6 and the larger iPhone 6 Plus.

iPhone design flaw leads to screen paralysis 'disease' for many

Stephen Hutcheon

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

Eight No Man's Sky tips I wish I knew last week

Kotaku

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

Xbox Onesie: what it's like and how to get one

Tim Biggs

Outback Comparison: Ford Everest v Toyota Prado v Toyota Fortuner.

Which is the best 4WD?

Toby Hagon

The 2016 Infiniti Q30 S ofers impressive on-road manners.

First drive: Infiniti Q30

David McCowen

2016 Toyota Camry RZ.

The 'sporty' Toyota Camry reviewed

Mark Short

New Porsche Panamera.

New Porsche Panamera reviewed

Stephen Corby

Volkswagen Trakkadu AT campervan.

Tested: VW's new campervan

Sam Charlwood

The Infiniti Q60 will be offered in Australia with a twin-turbo V6 by late 2016.

Infiniti: 'We're not relevant'

David McCowen

Hot shot: Jonathan Giles is congratulated after scoring against Adelaide on Friday night.

Eagles win opens up battle for top four

Ashley Porter

Lance Franklin and the Swans will be hard to stop in this year's finals.

How the AFL finalists shape up

Brendon Goddard

Swans to play finals at SCG

Andrew Wu

James Kelly: ''At the moment I feel all right.''

Kelly awaiting Essendon offer before deciding whether to play on

Emma Quayle

Beseiged: Lions coach Justin Leppitsch.

Late bid to save 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

Brendon Goddard has re-signed with Essendon.

Goddard signs for Dons, Hawks give Puopolo extension

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Jordan McLean of the Storm takes on the defence during the round 17 NRL match between the ...

Broncos deliver lesson in knockout football to Storm

Roy Ward

Sticking to the plan: Katie Ledecky.

Olympic champion chooses college over $7m in endorsements

Unenviable task: Kane Douglas.

Wallabies need to change their culture of denial

COMMENT
Spiro Zavos

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