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J'accuse: Cory Bernardi led the charge against fellow senator Sam Dastyari

Bernardi has his own questionable fundraising body

EXCLUSIVE
7 mins ago

The front of the property

'We have to be treated like humans': Landmark ruling on rental rights

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Tim Cook, stop annoying Apple customers

COMMENT
1 hr ago

The two US presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Backflips, memory lapses: Trump back in the limelight

ANALYSIS

AFL game and market development boss Simon Lethlean.

AFL facing legal action over AFL X concept

Caroline Wilson
1 hr ago

New figures show that university dropout rates for first-year students have reached record highs.

Which university has the highest dropout rate?

MCG wants to set Wi-Fi record during Hawks, Cats game

1 hr ago

Australian shareholders to enjoy a $24 billion bonanza

1 hr ago

Karen Chetcuti murder accused says he's not the man who killed her

'I got angry': Man admits killing friend's mum after losing myki

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Two hours of exercise a week can offset perils of alcohol

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Symmetrical tarts served at Oter.

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Kim Kardashian wearing summer's ugliest shoe.

Crocs are no longer the world's ugliest shoe thanks to Kimye

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Follow our tips for the kind of building problems you should be keeping an eye out for when buying an apartment.

5 apartment building problems that can cost buyers dearly

Would you rather work, or have a retail therapy day?

Melbourne's best bargains: Pop into a pop-up

Rudy Garcia of Team USA dives into the pool en route to setting a world record in the men's 200-meter individual medley ...

23 inspiring pics to get you pumped for Rio Paralympics

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Heartfelt opening ceremony for Paralympics

The Knob, Quality Knobs, Pinnacle Knob, Scrubby Knob or Iron Knob – take your pick, Queensland apparently has them all.

It's called what? Australia's funniest place names mapped

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Xavier Richards of the Swans attempts to mark the ball during the round 22 AFL match ...

Real Footy launches new way to stay on top of finals action

Bargaining in disarray after public service's ...

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Don't become 'propaganda vehicles' for China, ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Cory Bernardi has his own questionable ...

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Susan 'Suze' Kilner

Melbourne mother killed while cycling with husband in US

Exposed: Man flashes at retail worker while trying on clothing

Support flows for family of 'Sufi', 5, who died in school fall

1 hr ago

Thosands of workers rally in Melbourne's CBD to show their support for sacked CUB workers.

Thirsty work: Thousands rally for sacked beer workers

Phil Cleary at the Queen Victoria Market launching his campaign for Lord Mayor.

'Crusader': Phil Cleary launches bid for Town Hall

CCTV footage of a car police believe is linked to a shooting in Lalor.

Police probe bikie links to shooting at Lalor house

A teenager was flown to The Alfred hospital after a car he was in rolled over an embankment at Grand Ridge in the ...

Seriously injured man found on road after Mordialloc hit-and-run

A new study shows that a lot of students don't trust schools when it comes to abuse.

Students don't trust schools to keep them safe

The AirAsia X plane involved in the incident last year.

Where Asia: AirAsia jet to KL went to Melbourne instead

NSW

A Swiss newspaper and social media users have identified David Jewell as the Fremantle man who died after a shark attack ...

'Great guy': Aussie kitesurfer killed by shark identified

WA

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 27: Konrad Hurrell of the Titans contests the ball with Tyrone Peachey of the Panthers ...

Top player's phone seized in NRL match-fix scandal

NSW

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull interviewed by media by the lakeside of Hangzhou's West Lake on Monday ...

Donations committee not formed, has no brief, routinely ignored

James Massola, Tom McIlroy

Ministers question why Shorten stood by Dastyari for a week

Fergus Hunter

Inside story: Dastyari knew on Tuesday he had to go

ANALYSIS
Latika Bourke

Senator Sam Dastyari has stood aside from the Labor frontbench.

Sam Dastyari steps down as donation scandal builds

James Massola

Tony Abbott spoke to Alan Jones.

Former PMs Abbott and Howard warn against a treaty

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis is under pressure to gain Labor support and save the plebiscite.

Labor could support plebiscite under compromise plan

Lotto

Five big ideas to fix donations (and why they may never happen)

The two US presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump did not appear together at the forum.

Reversals and memory lapses as candidates appear back-to-back

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 07: Dancers preform during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at ...

Rio defies the odds again with Paralympics

President Barack Obama smiles as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House.

Barack Obama nominates first Muslim to be a federal judge

A concrete wall will be built in Calais to extend the existing barriers.

Britain and France building 'the great wall of Calais'

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Senator Sam Dastyari labours through a 25-minute grilling over the donations furore.

Dastyari and a ghost from his past

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Parents are pushing house prices up in suburbs within popular school catchments.

School zones disrupt communities, families and students

COMMENT
Kerryn Garner

Still from the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Why I'm wary of a Picnic at Hanging Rock remake

COMMENT
Josephine Tovey

ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said making gender targets part of individual KPIs had done wonders.

The way to man's world: pay your staff more if they hire women

Nassim Khadem
1 hr ago

Shorting can lead to being shortchanged

Get ready for a $24b dividend bonanza

Patrick Commins
1 hr ago

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Tim Cook, stop annoying your customers

COMMENT
1 hr ago

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 0.8 per cent to 5278.9 and the broader All Ordinaries losing 0.7 per cent to 5324.2.

ASX slumps as global rally unwinds

Jessica Sier
50 mins ago

Construction industry needs to embrace digital revolution

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The ID badge that listens in on workers (except in the bathroom)

Westpac refunds $20m on credit cards

No, you're not cursed: How to pick the fastest checkout line

Follow our tips for the kind of building problems you should be keeping an eye out for when buying an apartment.

Five apartment building problems that can cost buyers dearly

This decaying villa in Italy has been reclaimed by nature.

Eerie mansions left abandoned across Europe

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Clever ways to organise your rubbish and recycling

House prices in Melbourne's Hawthorn and Lilydale grew faster than anticipated.

Melbourne suburbs that have defied the odds to rise in price

A history of unexplained lights: Australia's "most haunted home", Monte Cristo.

What it's like to grow up in Australia's 'most haunted' house

Will we ever see a production bike weighing in at less than four kilograms?

Riding on air: Just how light can modern road bicycles get?

Handsome Things

Modern yoga attracts a diverse range of people.

Seven reasons why every man should take up yoga

Performance Matters

Chez Tonelli works for a financial company in Parramatta and commutes from the Central Coast.

Savings secrets of commuters who drive 1000km a week

Adam Courtenay

Lower earners need all the help they can get to build their super. Illustration: Karl Hilzinger

Top-up super to low paid held hostage by reform package

John Collett

Restaurants need to change the way they run to cope with new demands.

The downside of the on-demand meal boom

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Rob Peete and Roman Peete display nabi, the tablet for children by Fuhu.

How a hot LA startup went bankrupt

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iPhone 7: Everything you need to know

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Final US election sprint begins

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Andy Lee publishes children's book

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Steven Seagal in Nomad Games

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World of Photos - September 8, 2016

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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Roadies - complete season 1 now streaming.

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The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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How foster care makes a difference

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Star Trek, the sci-fi western with a sexy ensemble cast, turns 50

Michael Idato
1 hr ago

Bruce Springsteen reaches out at Allphones Arena in Sydney on the 2014 tour. Will he return there in 2017?

Is the Boss coming our way? Chisel, Jet tipped to support

Bernard Zuel

Andy Lee has accidentally reinvented himself as a children's book author.

Andy Lee talks about becoming an overnight bestselling kids' author

Linda Morris

Jack Thompson in the 1971 version of <i>Wake in Fright.</i>

Wake in Fright joins TV's new wave of classic reboots

Michael Idato

Tom Hanks in <i>Sully</i>.

Sully movie soars with Hanks and Eastwood at their best

Jake Wilson

Kanye West has confirmed he will be joining forces with Drake for an album.

Kanye West confirms an album with Drake is on the way

Emily Woods

Zelda and F Scott Fitzgerald. <i>I'd Die For You</i> will be released in April 2017.

Unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald stories to appear next year

Emily Woods

Many deserving films, film crews, writers and casts have been passed by when Oscars have been awarded.

Diversity report slams 'entrenched inequality' in Hollywood

Ebony Bowden

Film still from The Secret Life of Pets.?

'No one needed to make this picture'

Mortensen with one of his progeny (Shree Crooks) in <i>Captain Fantastic</i>.

Captain Fantastic: eccentric comedy let down by flaws

Melbourne musician Darren Hanlon, left, with Eric Isaacson, who owns Mississippi Records in Portland.

From Mississippi with love: folk legends on screen

Being fat and fit is a myth, says new research.

I lost a third of my body weight - and kept it off

Jenna Price
1 hr ago

Kim Kardashian wearing summer's ugliest shoe.

Crocs are no longer the world's ugliest shoe

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

Elizabeth Gilbert and Rayya Elias.

Eat Pray Love author reveals she is in love with her best friend

Jenny Noyes

"Osher Gunsberg, whether you have a "Bali belly" or a "dad bod", or any body at all, you've still got my teenage heart."

For me, the body-shaming of Osher Gunsberg is personal

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris in happier times.

'I snapped': Calvin Harris opens up on Taylor Swift split

Rob Moran

Hot chips, please.

Scientists discover potential sixth taste to explain our love of carbs

Daisy Dumas

Research has proved that women aren't to blame for their lower rate of pay.

The questions we need to be asking on Equal Pay Day

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

"You are not a terrible person for feeling the pressure to be thin, and you're not weak for buying into it."

I did a juice cleanse and this is what it taught (cynical) me

Bridget Lutherborrow

Drinking

Exercise can offset perils of alcohol

Sarah Knapton

GOal

How to actually achieve your goals

Susie Moore

Sally Fitzgibbons

Sally Fitzgibbons' advice for success

Neela Shearer

Steak and onion rings at French Saloon.

The Age Good Food Guide Best New Restaurant nominees are...

Gemima Cody

Tell your friends at the wine bar, a glass of red might do them good.

Five foods and drinks that (probably) won't kill you

Andrew P Street

Breakfast pasta with slow-cooked egg, pecorino and guanciale.

Is this breakfast pasta Melbourne's tastiest new brunch dish?

Matt Holden

The kind passenger who helped a pregnant woman on a flight.

Stranger helps pregnant mum on flight, moves others to tears

Cat Rodie

From left to right, Anna Aronson, Jessica Morse, Erica English, Ellie Uematsu, and Michelle Crispin picture with some of ...

Teens stick notes on 3600 lockers after classmate's suicide

Cat Rodie

Beau Jessup at work on her baby naming website.

Teenager makes small fortune giving Chinese babies English names

Patrick Sawer

Vietnam Airlines is one of the airlines to operate the impressive Airbus A350 XWB.

Airbus A350 vs the Dreamliner: Which plane is best on a long haul?

Michael Gebicki

Zayed National Museum is one of Abu Dhabi's upcoming attractions.

Abu Dhabi no longer wants to be part of 'the Middle East'

Craig Platt
54 mins ago

Kyle McNicol and Carrie Fisher on a 'private flight'.

Couple discover they're the only ones on the flight

Apple's Philip Schiller at the event which unveiled the new-look phones.

iPhone, Apple Watch 2: What you need to know

Tim Biggs

Mario run

Super Mario finally coming to mobile

Tim Biggs

The new colour really sells the 'seamless' design of the phone.

Hands on with Apple's new iPhones and AirPods

Peter Wells

"We know there are some people in the world who still have some old analogue devices," said Apple VP Phil Schiller, ...

iPhone moves toward a wireless future

ANALYSIS

The new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus come in jet black.

Apple unveils iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

Tim Biggs

2017 Hyundai i30.

New Hyundai i30 revealed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mercedes-AMG SLC43.

Mercedes reveal prices for SLK replacement

Dom Tripolone

Peter Brock racing at the 1991 James Hardie Bathurst 12 Hour.

The day I raced with Peter Brock

Peter McKay

Peter Brock was one of Australia's most loved racing identities.

Brock: 10 years after losing a legend

Peter McKay

Audi has revealed its new S5 Sportback.

New Audi A5 Sportback revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Peugeot 5008.

Peugeot reveals new large SUV

Dom Tripolone

AFL game and market development boss Simon Lethlean.

AFL facing legal action over ownership of AFL X concept

Caroline Wilson
1 hr ago

AFL X "eliminates the slow parts of the game".

AFL X: Fast paced, high scoring, hard work

Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

Hawthorn's Ben Stratton goes to ground in front of Jack Fitzpatrick during a training session at Waverley Park.

Hawks McEvoy, Stratton get through light run

Jon Pierik

Considering future: North Melbourne's Nick Dal Santo might play on in 2017 with a third club.

Dal Santo open to playing on - somewhere - in 2017

Ronny Lerner

Flashback: Israel Folau in action for the Giants.

Give Folau another go, Sheedy urges Giants

Andrew Wu

Banned Bomber Michael Hurley gave an emotional interview to Channel Nine's Footy Show.

Don't talk to me about Dank, says emotional Hurley

Samantha Lane

Goddard is looking forward to the Bombers taxiing into 2017 without "excess baggage".

Curb your expectations, Goddard tells fans

Ronny Lerner

Jobe Watson has headed to New York.

Bombers may sweat on appeal for 'months'

EXCLUSIVE
Samantha Lane

Jockey Michelle Payne is set to get back in the saddle on Sunday in a race at Sale.

Payne set to return to racing in Sale on Sunday

Patrick Bartley

Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Cole.

Aussies to watch on day two of the Paralympics

Scott Spits
1 hr ago

Another one down: Moises Henriques is run out as Australia crumble.

Australia hopeful of change despite Test overhaul shelved

Jon Pierik

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