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Champion driver Nathan Jack was arrested on Sunday.

Top harness racing driver suspected of race fixing

EXCLUSIVE

Whistleblower BHP

Americans pay millions to whistleblower at BHP Billiton

EXCLUSIVE

Frank Grima (left) and Cliffy Elliott in Werribee South.

Grandfather bankrupted for fixing a road and installing a gate?

"This issue needs to be dealt with - one way or the other - sooner rather than later": Senator Nick Xenophon.

Xenophon keeps same-sex marriage plebiscite hopes alive

Calls for Senate inquiry over Youi fraud allegations

The Uber reforms are being finalised.

'Furious': Taxi owners threaten grand final day strike over reforms

'Every uni is clamouring to be up high': The truth about rankings

Charges after lubricant dispenser filled with acid at gay sex club

Fugitive shows off wads of cash to online friends

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Rail commuters to suffer as stations close for skyrail

Male? Smoker? Holden driver? Data reveals the worst litterers

Double delight: Hawks Billy Hartung celebrates a goal with James Sicily.

Final eight: Hawks must lift to beat 'red-hot' Cats

Emma Quayle

Australian captain David Warner.

Aussie top-order wobbles after fast start in run chase

Live

"It takes a whole village to have me work," says Sydney's Betina Naiman with husband Clarence and two daughters Libby, ...

How to work today's child-care system – so you can work

We Want Plates

We want plates! Blogger takes aim at quirky food serving methods

Michelle and Barack Obama dance at the Inaugural Ball, 2009.

How Michelle Obama got the job of being first lady so right

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Far right protesters gather in Melton

There is no clear and consistent labelling on instant noodles.

What has more salt in one little packet than two Big Macs?

Picturesque: 2 and 2a Fairview Street, Hawthorn.

Two eastern-suburb homes blitz reserve by more than $1 million

Age Footballer of the Year: Round 23 votes

1:09AM

Far-right groups rally in Melton against 'Muslim' ...

12:33AM

Lyon wants 'empowered' Dockers buy-in

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Neal, loo roll holder in Kim and Chris' main ensuite. The Block 2016

The Block recap: first room reveals for the season are a big stinker

View on blue wall, window with frame of the same color and potted plant Interior paint, paint colours

What you need to know before painting your house

The Living Room presenter Barry Du Bois

TV renovation expert tells of his biggest furniture mistake

Neda Tesic and her two flatmates have been renting a flat in East Melbourne, and it took a year for their property ...

Neda's landlord ignored her request for help ... for 12 months

Auctioneer Mike Divito in action at 41 Johnson Street, Northcote, on the spring season opener weekend.

Top start for Melbourne's spring auction market

ANALYSIS

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 28: **Roslyn can be contacted on 0410 418 386 and is happy to talk** The Camberwell Market ...

Still slaying them in the stalls with flair after 33 years

Man found with gunshot wounds after Epping car crash

East West squatters hold festival in Bendigo Street

Kieran O'Dwyer (left) and Adrian Abella (right) outside their homes in Torquay.

Crime wave hits once-sleepy Torquay

Mr Panton said he was proud of the deal done to save the property from developers.

Needy win out in St Kilda apartment complex sale

Police are investigating the circumstances behind a shooting in Lalor on Sunday.

Shots fired into Lalor house in Melbourne's north

Changes to the adoption laws were tabled today.

Victorians may soon find it easier to adopt

Kangaroo carcasses line the Monaro Highway towards Michelago.

Highway littered with dead kangaroos

ACT

Mike Baird's government is due to review the 2014 lockout laws.

Majority favour extending lockout laws

EXCLUSIVE

Australia Post is set to trial early evening deliveries of parcels.

Australia Post to trial delivering parcels at night

WA

Professor Ian Frazer, chairman of Translational Research Institute Australia.

HPV vaccine halves cervical cancer rates

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"This issue needs to be dealt with - one way or the other - sooner rather than later": Senator Nick Xenophon.

Xenophon keeps same-sex marriage plebiscite hopes alive

Michael Koziol, James Massola

Turnbull leaves the door ajar on super changes

James Massola

PM tries to distance himself from NT poll drubbing

James Massola

Ben Oquist, the executive director of The Australia Institute. An open letter calling for the Prime Minister has been ...

Pressure builds on government to abandon Newstart cuts

EXCLUSIVE

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may be amenable to a deal on changes to his superannuation package.

Turnbull holds firm on same-sex marriage plebiscite

Malcolm Turnbull may have more than 645,000 Twitter followers but nearly half are considered fake.

Turnbull's Twitter following full of fakes

The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten has hardened his criticism of the plebiscite plan in a clear indication Labor ...

Shorten all but confirms Labor will oppose gay marriage plebiscite

EXCLUSIVE

Members of the Free Syrian Army carry out a house-to-house search of Jarablus after taking control of the town from ...

US allies at war as Turks and Kurds clash in Syria

Roland Oliphant

Turkish army tanks and armored personnel carriers move toward the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 25, ...

How Turkey's offensive opens a hornets' nest

ANALYSIS

Dr Harold Bornstein, personal physician to Donald Trump.

Trump's personal doctor gets second look

Relatives and friends mourn during the state funeral service of some of the earthquake victims in Ascoli Piceno, Italy.

Mass funeral for earthquake victims as toll nears 300

Gabriele Pileri

Chair of the flawed.

The Business Council of Australia is failing itself and the nation

Michael Short

History in the making.

Dragging Victoria's adoption laws into the 21st century

Farrah Tomazin

The ground is fertile in Australia for Donald Trump's beat-up politics.

A cynical outbreak of political bastardry and beat-ups

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

It has been 12 months since Fairfax Media exposed systemic wage fraud and the head office cover-up at 7-Eleven.

An inconvenient year for 7-Eleven

Adele Ferguson

Mohammad Zafar Rahimi sustained a serious workplace injury while working as a fruit cutter at the Dandenong Market.

Rise in migrant workers killed, injured at work

EXCLUSIVE
Nick Toscano

Big supermarket chains are struggling to protect their margins as they cut prices.

Coles and Woolworths reach their tipping points

ANALYSIS
Catie Low

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

The economic stimulus we love to hate

Ross Gittins

The scandal going on under our noses

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Storm directors breached their duties: court

Ruth Williams

Transparency fears over corporate database sale

ASIC
Georgia Wilkins

Yellen sees stronger case for interest rate hike

Hand made satchel.

12 fancy gift ideas for Father's Day, minus the socks and jocks

Handsome Things

Seven style trends from Mr Runway.

Style checklist: the key fashion trends to nail right now

Men's Style
Jane Rocca

Australian Czarlette Menzagopian was on her honeymoon in Miami last year when the credit card she shares with her ...

United States the hot spot for Aussie victims of card fraud

John Collett

Gen Xers are the biggest cat lovers.

Dogs v cats? We'll pay vets almost double to treat one

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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Far right protesters gather in Melton

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Creating the sky rail at Murrumbeena station

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Sarotti, Italy's hero rescue dog

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Three reasons to watch the VMAs

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Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

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Moana Waialiki is a Polynesian princess and navigator in Disney's new film, Moana.

Even cartoons are whitewashed but Moana marks a change

Michael Cavna

Pop singer Britney Spears performs in Mexico City in 2002.

Oops! Britney Spears does it again in latest pop culture comeback

Jill Serjeant
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Mel Gibson looks the part as an ex-convict trying to stay off the booze and out of trouble.

Mel Gibson is true to form as an old action hero with a grudge

Sandra Hall

Marta Dusseldorp plays a fading actress in <i>Gloria</i>. "I've never done anything like this before," she says of the role.

Marta Dusseldorp as you've never seen her

Elissa Blake

Paul McCartney and John Lennon during the last Beatles concert at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966.

The untold story of the Beatles last concert

Steve Meacham

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in <i>Better Call Saul</i>.

The Peak TV dilemma: Too much to watch, too little time to watch it

Karl Quinn

Britney Spears and James Corden do Carpool Karaoke.

Britney mimes to Britney in Carpool Karaoke

Karl Quinn

Margaret Cho is taking revenge on rapists, one laugh at a time

Sarah Thomas

Jeremy McLeod, principal of Breathe Architects, at Transformer restaurant in Fitzroy.

Architect Jeremy McLeod wants to change the way we live

Man with a plan

Mike Parr
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For Mike Parr, self-mutilation is just another day at the office

Mirka Mora in her studio in Richmond in August 2016, wearing the Gorman dress she helped design.

Lost Mirka Mora mural uncovered at former Cafe Balzac

Renee Zellweger will reprise her role as Bridget Jones in the third instalment of the film franchise.

Renee Zellweger told not to gain weight for Bridget Jones's Baby

Jenna Clarke

Johnny Depp was announced as the new face of Christian Dior Parfums in 2015.

Dior slammed for running Johnny Depp commercial in Australia

Jenna Clarke

Kat Mehajer arrives with brother Salim's date Constance Siaflas.

Salim Mehajer's date Constance Siaflas parachuted into bridal party

Rachel Olding

Cléo Pires and Paulo Vilhena in Brazilian <i>Vogue</i>.

Outrage after mag photoshops models to have disabilities

Mary Ward

Michelle and Barack Obama dance at the Inaugural Ball, 2009.

How Michelle Obama got the job of being first lady so right

Josephine Tovey

A model wears a floor length gown by Australian designer Jason Grech.

Code black: formal dress fights back

Melissa Singer

Zac and Jordan Stenmark in new perfume commercial they created for Giorgio Armani.

Stenmarks create film for Giorgio Armani

Andrew Hornery

Jennifer Hawkins and models showcase designs by Maticevski during the Myer Spring 16 Fashion Launch.

What 'real' people think of Myer

Jenna Clarke

detox

Spring cleaning the body with a detox? Read this first

Jacqueline Alwill

Melissa Ambrosini

Why Melissa Ambrosini chooses love over fear

Neela Shearer

desktop

Using social media at work can prevent burn-out

Lindy Alexander

Romeo Lane, home of Melbourne's best cut glass decanter collection.

The Age Good Food Guide Bar of the Year finalists 2017

Good Food Team

The lobster doughnut burger at Mammoth.

Melbourne's best cafes: What makes a cafe Victoria's best?

Matt Holden

Beef with fennel caponata.

Weekly Meal Planner: End of Winter

Allison Goldstein with her family.

Family speaks out after new mum took her own life

Cat Rodie

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

Qantas A380 aircraft Premium economy cabin.

Flight test: Premium economy that's worth the upgrade in price

Tim Richards

A man hikes the Pas de Chevre in the Swiss Alps.

The world's best walks: Trekking across the globe

Andrew Bain

Part caravan park, part boutique hotel: Notel in Melbourne.

Think Aussie hotels couldn't get anymore hipster? This just opened

Julietta Jameson

NBN chief Bill Morrow flagged HFC changes in March, following Malcolm Turnbull's order to rollout the NBN "the fastest, ...

NBN drops 1.5 million homes from HFC plan

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Apple

Apple rushes iPhone fix to stop eavesdropping

Nicole Perlroth

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

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Google adds solitaire game to search results

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

Hawks hero Jack Fitzpatrick sings the club song after the last-gasp win against Collingwood on Sunday.

Jumping Jack seals Hawks double chance, and clash with Cats

Emma Quayle

All Sydney final: Swans star Kurt Tippett will be itching to take on GWS ruckman Shane Mumford in the qualifying final ...

Giants to make finals debut against Swans in Sydney derby

Andrew Wu

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 28: Matthew Pavlich of the Dockers marks the ball against Fletcher Roberts of the Bulldogs ...

Freo show Dogs new tricks in Pavlich farewell

Brad Elborough
43 mins ago

Big return: Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt dominated the Lions.

Saint Nick leads the way to victory with nine goals

Scott Spits

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti: A bright spark in a challenging season for Essendon.

Essendon finished 18th, but it wasn't your usual season

Emma Quayle

Clear signal: Ross Lyon says players need to refresh, renew before tackling challenge ahead.

Lyon wants 'empowered' Dockers buy-in

Brad Elborough
58 mins ago

Magpies coach Nathan Buckley.

Buckley heading to US to gain edge

Daniel Cherny

Nakia Cockatoo finished strongly in the Cats' win over Port Melbourne.

VFL: Cats keen for game time ahead of finals

Brent Diamond

Australian captain David Warner.

Live: Sri Lanka v Australia, third ODI

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Cricket stumps and ball

Fox Sports considers plan to simulcast Nine's cricket coverage

Jon Pierik
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Aaron Mooy lit up the A-league last season for Melbourne City.

In-form Mooy joins Socceroos in Perth for WC qualifier

Michael Lynch

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