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Chinese president Xi Jinping wants 'fairness' on Australia's investment rules.

China and Australia trade blows over foreign investment

Victorian Minister for Sport John Eren has suffered a heart attack.

Victorian Sports Minister John Eren suffers heart attack

Jason Reid on Yan Yean Road in Doreen, where he moved in 2011. Since then, the suburb's population has doubled.

'Diabolical problem': Traffic fix project facing a major blowout

1 hr ago

An artist's impression of sky rail.

Sky rail gets strong backing from Victorian voters

Mitchell and Ella Tromp after the their father, Mark Tromp, was found.

'Inexplicable': Mitch and Ella Tromp on family's bizarre ordeal

Mother Teresa in 1993.

Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint in front of thousands

57 mins ago

'Unknown male': A father's life saved after brain surgery in carpark

Man doused with capsicum spray as police break up Carlton brawl

26 mins ago

Bernardi unloads on Lambie, questions PM's judgement

Tony Abbott's awkward grilling on marriage equality

Driver busted for using a frying pan as a steering wheel

Moana Hope of the Bulldogs competes for the ball gainst Ceceila MacIntosh of the Demons

AFL under pressure on pay after huge all-star ratings

Apple researcher Johanna Christensen with some of the wax apple collection at Sceinceworks. Photo: PENNY STEPHENS. The ...

The inner-city suburbs once home to our first apple orchards

Timeout: Nick Kyrgios is examined during his third-round match.

McEnroe tells Kyrgios to quit tennis and 'do something else'

Australian captain David Warner wants to give crowds more entertainment.

Australian bowlers hit back after fast start for Sri Lanka

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

Camberwell Market celebrates 40 years of trash and treasure

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How long will this government last?

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Here's why you shouldn't buy a new iPhone

Beckett Park in Balwyn.

How Melbourne's 'boring' suburb is boring no more

Senior worker at child protection unit facing ...

9:29PM

Man doused in capsicum spray as police break up ...

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Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope

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The Block 2016 - guest bedroom screenshots

'You absolute bogan': guest bedroom boilover on The Block

1 hr ago

A Warrandyte family paid more than $5.5 million for 6 Green Ridge, Warrandyte South, the suburb record.

From hippie to haute: the millionaires' new favourite suburb

Portsea Sleepout, designed by Mitsuori Architects, is an intriguingly screened rectangular and detached addition to a ...

The homeowners who made their house disappear

Auctioneer Huss Saad of Village Real Estate puts 83 Tarrengower Street in Yarraville under the hammer on the first ...

Auction market leaps into spring as house prices rise

ANALYSIS

London-based Australian Alisia Ristevski, a hair and make-up artist and director of mobile makeup company and blog ...

London calling again as rents drop for Aussie expats

The allegations relate to a boy in custody at the Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre.

Senior worker at child protection unit facing abuse charges

EXCLUSIVE
2 mins ago

The mystery of Mount Eliza: Who killed Colonel Duncan?

Tom Cowie

Woman and child in hospital after stolen vehicle crashes into car

Two men were taken to hospital suffering burns.

Two men suffer burns in Nar Nar Goon bonfire explosion

The woman has been air lifted to hospital.

Young woman trapped in car after crashing into tree in Nagambie

A recent poll shows that 65.5 per cent of Victorian voters believe crime has gotten worse in the past 12 months.

Victorian voters verdict: crime is getting worse under Labor

Annalisa Sher protesting outside the State Library during the annual SlutWalk down Swanston Street on Saturday.

Thousands rally against victim-blaming in annual SlutWalk

Salim Mehajer and Constance Siaflas attend Kat Mehajer's wedding.

Is Salim Mehajer planning to leave Australia?

NSW

Elijah Doughty with girlfriend Koshanta Smith-Reynolds.

Elijah Doughty: the face of a generation without hope

WA

Cr Quirk said despite Saturday's setback, the metro would still be completed before the first sod was turned on the ...

Minister derails Brisbane mayor's metro project

QLD

The ex-detective in August 2010.

A crooked cop gets what he deserves, after all these years

COMMENT
Kate McClymont

Anthony Albanese. Photo: Fairfax Media

Labor could use parliamentary tactics to bring on gay marriage vote: Albanese

Tom McIlroy

'I won't be dissuaded': Bernardi to push forward with attempts to rewrite 18C

Stephanie Peatling

'Build a shield': China's runways a threat to Australia

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Australians with rare cancers and other diseases will be given early access to experimental and potentially life-saving ...

Sufferers of rare diseases to be given lifeline

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

PM could force voters to the polls three times in the next two years

Adam Gartrell

The number of older Australians on the dole is rising rapidly.

Turnbull's dole cuts will hit older Australians the hardest

Adam Gartrell

The PM can't blame Tony Abbott for this stuff-up.

Tony Abbott left grinning as Malcolm Turnbull flounders

COMMENT
Adam Gartrell

Mother Teresa in 1993.

Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis

57 mins ago

Chinese president Xi Jinping wants 'fairness' on Australia's investment rules.

Xi Jinping implores Turnbull over rules for Chinese investment

Philip Wen

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd addresses the United Nations, while PM, in 2009.

Rudd appears in Russia with Putin and Abe

Chris Zappone

Michelle Burton comforts a baby after responding to a call in Alabama.

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there's more to the story

Illustration: Ron Tandberg

Not this way: Why most LGBTI people don't want a plebiscite

Sharon Dane

Finding a path to a better future can be a challenge - but it can be done.

There can be positive endings for children in the justice system

Rachel Porter

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How you are being robbed by multinationals

Martin Feil

Illustration: Simon Bosch

End of the road for the old Holden

Mark Hawthorne

Power plants in Victoria's Latrobe Valley: Brown and black coal generators will have to buy offset credits from ...

Behind the 'fourth way' in cutting carbon emissions

Ross Gittins

Emmaline and Rainer Mathews, with their daughter. Emmaline died in 2015 from cancer.

Cancer victim battles CBA for mortgage relief

Mario Christodoulou

Ricci Bartels, in the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, where she volunteers, after losing her job.

Too young to retire, too 'old to get a job'

Anna Patty

Ireland really doesn't want the $19b from Apple tax ruling

Mark Scott

Jobs data lifts Wall St, puts rate rise in doubt

Half-baked life insurance code needs more work

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The new retail property interrupter

Carolyn Cummins

Has your get up and go got up and left? Motivation can be closer than you realise.

Feeling flat? Doing these two simple things will get you going

Fitness

Eddie Perfect and dad Thomas.

Father's Day: famous sons reveal the truth about their dads

Self
Jane Rocca

Father and daughter, Bella and Jim Buda, with Bella's daughter, Ruby.

Meet the dads teaching dollar sense this Father's Day

John Collett

ASFA's definition of a "comfortable" retirement standard is more luxurious than that of many working people, according ...

Five reasons we don't have a retirement savings crisis

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Working conditions still prevent many women from breastfeeding for as long as they would like.

Making breastfeeding work … at work

James Adonis

Luxury Escapes offers not only five-star and six-star properties, such as Finolhu Villa in the Maldives, but meals, ...

How this company is turning over $200 million in its third year

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Tromp children 'confused' over bizarre trip

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Courageous girl's euthanasia speech for PM

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How long will this government last?

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Williams powers through with milestone win

Serena Williams, of the United States, prepares to serve to Johanna Larsson, of Sweden, during the third round of the ...

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Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

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This screengrab from Sue Williams' documentary Death by Design shows the rudimentary nature of e-waste recycling in China.

The doco that explains why you shouldn't buy a new iPhone

Karl Quinn

The Big Goodbye: <i>The Big Lebowski<i/> actor Jon Polito dies of cancer.

Actor Jon Polito of Seinfeld and Modern Family fame dies

It took Hugo Weaving until 1991 to really make his mark on the big screen, but he's rarely been off it since.

I took Hugo Weaving to a steak restaurant. He's vegetarian

Karl Quinn

Lindsay Lohan likeness? Not so, says a Manhattan court.

Lindsay Lohan loses bid to sue makers of Grand Theft Auto V

Michael Idato

Perth director Ben Young's first feature was a surprise hit at the Venice Film Festival.

The surprise Australian hit of the Venice Film Festival

Stephanie Bunbury

Autumnal beauty and chilled grooves make a fine blend on Vera Blue's Fingertips EP.

The best new homegrown music to listen to right now

Craig Mathieson

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander in The Light Between Oceans.

Real-life romance between stars in film of Australian bestseller

Michael Idato

The film <i>Snowden</i> centres on a tense six days inside a Hong Kong hotel room with Edward Snowden, played by Joseph ...

'It made me nervous' – behind the scenes of the film Snowden

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Jane Montgomery Griffiths in The Artisan Collective's production of Margaret Edson's play <i>Wit</I>.

The performance that took a Pulitzer Prize play to another level

Guest conductor Jakub Hrusa with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

One of the best symphonic experiences you'll have all year

Malthouse artistic director Matt Lutton (right) unveiled the 2017 season with Mark Leonard Winter (left) who'll star in ...

Anarchy and rebellion at the Malthouse Theatre in 2017

Schoolgirls protest school hair rules that they claim are discriminatory against black students.

Why schoolgirls in South Africa are protesting about their hair

Krista Mahr

Sonia Kruger's position among Channel Nine's top-tier poster girls has come under considerable scrutiny of late.

Leave of absence: Is Sonia Kruger in hiding?

Andrew Hornery

Saudi activist Ghada Ghazzawi tapes a selfie video marking a historical day for Saudi women as she arrives to vote for ...

Saudi Arabian women demand independence from men

Jenny Noyes

"A date not having the potential I'd hoped for is no longer a tragedy, and suddenly dating is fun again."

I am a female bachelor in my 40s - I'm grateful for that, not sad

Nicole Hardy

Mick Kyriacou (R) walks his daughter Joy Kyriacou down the aisle, alongside Joy's partner and her father, at her ...

Dear Mr Turnbull, look to your heart this Father's Day

Mick Kyriacou

Michelle Bridges

Michelle Bridges: It's OK to just wear activewear to the shops

Jenna Clarke

Stocksy.

Australia's first women-only sex club arrives in Sydney

Daisy Dumas

Singer songwriter Guy Sebastian attends a songwriter's retreat in Bali. Photo by Gusde Mahendranata Story by Gabriel ...

Guy Sebastian to his teenage self: 'Believe me, you have a lot to learn'

Close up of female face. The sexy girl is expressing her passion. She is biting her lower lip with desire

What women worry about is surprising

Sarah Berry

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Middle Eastern BBQ beef and tahini slaw

Boy Lifting Weight.Photographed in the studio, background white.

How young is too young to lift weights?

Benjamen Judd

Known fried egg and noodle fan, Dan Hong.

Use your noodle: Chefs share their instant ramen hacks

Callan Boys

Tasty dinner or party idea: Beef and egg empanadas.

Weekly meal planner: Spring has sprung

Neil Perry's slow-cooked beef brisket with mushrooms.

Simple slow-cooked beef brisket

Neil Perry

Cassandra Sunners.

Mum 'groped' while holding toddler in public pool

Staff writers

What was your last SMS to your partner?

The weird and wonderful last texts mums sent to their partners

A ground-breaking approach from the US is treating social difficulties in the playground.

How to teach your child to make friends

Tanith Carey

Luke Shadbolt 'Teahupoo Rainbow' Tahiti.

The world's best photographers name their best travel photo

Nina Karnikowski

Wet and wild adventures are fun for dads.

What dads want from a holiday: 10 essentials for a 'dadventure'

Daniel Scott

Thongs, Bintang T-shirt? Dress better, Aussie travellers!

High end: Sony's new NW-WM1Z Walkman, TA-ZH1ES headphone amplifier and MDR-Z1R Hi-Res Audio headphones.

Sony targets golden ears with Hi-Res Audio range

Adam Turner

Google Search trends show Pokemon Go hit its peak fast in July and dropped to half of that interest by August.

The lifespan of an internet fad

Hayley Tsukayama

Plex is kicking goals in Australia, adding the ability to watch any free-to-air recording on practically any device.

IFA 2016: Plex live TV recording comes to Australia

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Tickets can be counterfeited from the images you post on social media, Ticketmaster has warned.

Why you shouldn't share pics of tix online

Tim Biggs

Samsung has announced its new Gear S3 smartwatch line ahead of IFA in Berlin.

Samsung unveils Gear S3 smartwatches

David McCowen (right) hit the road with his father Brian for a tour of northern NSW on BMW and Ducati motorcycles.

Riding with Dad on the open road

David McCowen

Hyundai conducted hot weather testing for the new i30 hatch in Cobar, NSW.

Testing the new Hyundai i30

David McCowen

Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda reveals new seven-seat SUV

Dom Tripolone

2016 Renault Koleos Intens

Tested: France's RAV4 rival

David McCowen

2017 Nissan GT-R Premium.

New Nissan GT-R reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Hyundai Tucson 30 Special Edition.

Driven: Hyundai's 30th anniversary Tucson SUV

Andrew MacLean

Is Luke Hodge the ultimate finals hero?

Greatest finals heroes in September history

Rohan Connolly

Moana Hope booted six goals for the Bulldogs and will play for Collingwood next year

AFL holds line on women's pay despite ratings boom

Roy Ward

Won't choose coach: Leigh Matthews

Matthews won't be on panel to pick Lions coach

Andrew Stafford

Dylan Weickhardt of Sandringham handballs during the VFL elimination final match between Port Melbourne and Sandringham.

Sandringham too strong for Port in VFL elimination

Brent Diamond

Abbie McKay and Stacey Kitto pose for a photo as the NWL teams were unveiled earlier in the year.

Blues to take strategy leak to police

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

Not done with yet: Drew Petrie

'Mentally drained' Petrie ready to repay faith

Emotional: Ron Barassi sheds a tear as he leaves the Swans in 1995.

The rise of football in the Harbour City

Daniel Cherny

Winners are grinners: Gary Ayres celebrates with teammates after the 1989 grand final.

New award announced for best finals player

Daniel Cherny

Australian captain David Warner wants to give crowds more entertainment.

Live: Sri Lanka v Australia, fifth ODI

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See ya!: Will Chambers evades the tackle of the Sharks' Luke Lewis on Saturday night as the Storm clinched the minor ...

Storm bank on form in the face of adversity

Roy Ward

Diamonds are forever: Australia won by five goals.

Diamonds sweep Ferns to claim Quad Series

Linda Pearce

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