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Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles led the Membrey re-investigation.

Dirty tactics damaging injured workers

Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Nick Toscano

Games-record holder Brent Harvey leaves the field for the last time as a Kangaroo and possibly as an AFL footballer.

'A pale imitation': Kangaroos bow out, so do veterans

Greg Baum
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 10: Lachie Whitfield of the Giants handballs whilst being tackled Tom Mitchell of the ...

AFL reigns supreme in Sydney as rugby fails to attract crowds

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Lynn Davies at her home near Canberra with her dogs Smorgasbord (left) and PooNeck.

Whistleblower vet became a pariah – and then she vanished

Dogs rescued on car, small town braces for a 'sleepless night'

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Malcolm Turnbull's assessment of his first year in power? "So far, so good"

'So far, so good': Turnbull hits back at Credlin, Kennett attacks

Adam Gartrell

Man fatally stabbed in Bendigo

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GWS star's family 'crying all morning' after Jetstar stuff-up

'Somebody is going to pay': Handwritten notes from Air Force One speak of 9/11 drama

Financial expert uses senior bikie to settle debts

Turnbull, Joyce at odds over $7.2bn tax proposal

Grant Eastwood, the owner of Wild Things Food in Fitzroy North, has put up signs warning customers he does not believe ...

Organic by name but not by nature

Bringing out the kid in you. (L-R) Leana Rose, Dara Simkin and Kane White get into some 80s dancing, just one of the ...

Summer camp for adults is the latest hipster trend

Tom Scully, Shane Mumford and Jeremy Cameron sing the song with gusto.

Rohan Connolly: A Giant first finals performance

Would you pay $2m for an inner-city address...with no house?

Almost one in three Australians are unsatisfied with the amount of sleep they're getting.

Can't sleep? Pink noise just might help

Cat rescued weeks after Italy quake

Sailing in a wooden boat on the Amazon river in Peru. An indigenous girl sitting on the front of the boat whilst sailing ...

Why we need parts of our world to stay in the wilderness

7 expert tips to kick start your spring training

Dogs rescued from top of car as Victoria braces ...

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Crossbench challenges Shorten on same-sex marriage

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Teenager makes small fortune giving Chinese ...

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Weitering signs four-year contract extension

Sam McClure

After the siren in the 2016 AFL Second Qualifying Final between Geelong and Hawthorn.

Once again it's clubby at the top of the AFL tree

Timothy Boyle

Senior project manager of the Far East Consortium Aaron Parfitt and owner of new cafe Higher Ground Nathan Toleman. ...

'We're not just building another Westfield': cafe culture in the burbs

John Morello, of Jellis Craig, in action at 4 Addison Street, Moonee Ponds.

House-hunters take a buy-first option in tight Melbourne market

The upper floor is a meandering form rendered in vertical and recycled Jarrah.

Meandering house design puts others in the shade

Chimney sweep businesses are still doing a roaring trade.

How some of Australia's 'dead' trades are staging a revival

Would you pay $2 million for a bayside address...with no house?

The ATO is warning of telephone scammers.

'Call this number or there will be consequences'

Alexandra Laskie

Police fine speeding drivers $1300, impound a car within minutes

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Weather bureau cancels severe weather warnings for Melbourne

The Age, News, 08/09/2016, photo by Justin McManus. Cold case murder of Nina Nicholson. Ann and Spike Jones at home with ...

Small town secrets: Who killed nurse Nina - someone close by?

Tammy Mills

Police arrested a Gisborne man over the alleged crime spree.

Man charged with almost 60 offences over alleged crime spree

A dead mouse and droppings, found in the portable cot.

Mice, motels and misery: what it's like when a home is out of reach

Mysterious journey: Mark and Jacoba (Coby) Tromp.

Tromp walkabout not the first Australian road trip to go wrong

A woman is suing Movie World after falling off a flower bed at the popular theme park.

Woman sues Movie World after falling off flower bed

May have been the target: Hayan Chandab inside the St Marys house, outside which his friend was shot dead.

Sydney shooting victim died in front of his fiancee

Saori Jones' death prompted the law change.

'Saori's law' - one punch killers face 20 years in jail

Escaped: Patrick McCurley (right) and Jacob MacDonald (left) have both been caught.

Second man who escaped jail has been recaptured

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meet with representatives of the Devondale ...

PM, Joyce at odds over 'troubling' $7.2 billion tax proposal

'So far, so good': Malcolm Turnbull reviews his first year as PM

Adam Gartrell

Donations, Dastyari and Chinese soft power

Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash says she would like to 'level the playing field' over political donations.

Momentum builds for donation reform

James Massola

Tony Abbott's highly vocal week has not been 'the most helpful thing he could be doing', says one Liberal MP.

While Turnbull's away, Abbott comes out to play

Matthew Knott

"Christians have not always shown the respect or perspective they should": Archbishop Freier.

Anglicans should vote 'according to conscience' on same-sex marriage

AFR. Portrait of Malcolm Turnbull in his office at Parliament House in Canberra. Pic by Nic Walker. Date 14th March 2012.

One year on, another leadership tragedy could be unfolding

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A cow stands at a shelter that harvests cow urine for theraphy in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced ...

Cow vigilantes take to streets accused of 'right-wing' crusade

Donald Trump calls out to supporters in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Clinton says Trump supporters belong in "basket of deplorables"

Will it stick? John Kerry, left, and Sergei Lavrov agree on a new Syrian deal.

US, Russia clinch Syria deal for Monday truce

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, last year.

Outrage over North Korean nuclear test, but few options on the table

Daniel Andrews opted for a crash through or crash approach to the CFA dispute.

Andrews' extraordinary ability to inflict political self-harm

Farrah Tomazin

Why going cashless is the next moral challenge

Peter Martin

Let there be light in Parliament House ... given the rhetoric of the US election, the Brexit and even our federal ...

Australia's political class parades its lack thereof

Michael Short

A Masters' fire sale looks set to dent trade at other hardware stores nationwide.

Under the hammer: Is the DIY industry screwed for spring?

If you do look at the figures you find little sign the economy is slowing.

The economic numbers game - it's not as bad as you think

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Ross Gittins

After 34 days Customer A had burned $100,000 on TitanTade's binary options

Cashing in on the TitanTrade boiler room

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A speculated 50 franchise agreements will be approached to have their franchise agreements terminated before their ...

Horror at 7-Eleven: no compensation, no goodwill

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Adele Ferguson

Who built Dick Smith's House of Cards?

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Elizabeth Knight

Galaxy Note 7 owners urged to stop using their phones

No stimulus, no peace as US stocks end two-month snooze with plunge

Reforms would leave motorists to fend for themselves

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The Audi R8 V10 Spyder has a top speed of 318 km/h in the open air and is priced at close to $400,000.

Hot rods: New luxury cars we can't wait to drive in 2017

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Peter McKay

Sensational single malt whiskies (that aren't from Scotland)

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Luke McCarthy

Marie Najjar is very happy with painters from Maikhael Painting who were recommended to her.

Renovation boom means a shortage of good tradies

John Collett

The family home is protected in public policy settings.

The truth about home ownership and the age pension

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Franchising seems like a safe bet but that's not always true.

This 'safe bet' in business is anything but

Michael Schaper

Belonging to a faith shouldn't leave you excluded and demeaned at work.

Religious harassment at work: would you intervene?

James Adonis

7-Eleven 'bullying' tactics caught on camera

Smith miss hands Cats win

Ballarat teen caught surfing floodwaters

Denver wins Super Bowl rematch

Senator Sam Dastyari leaves his home in Russell Lea, Sydney on Wednesday morning.

Fairfax photos of the week - September 8, 2016

Binge Season 1 of Ash Vs Evil Dead ahead of Season 2 in October!

Power - From Executive Producer Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson.

What it's like working in Australia's prisons

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Additional foster carers needed in Victoria

Inside the life of a parole officer

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Margaret Cho: offending people "the right thing to do"

Kylie Northover

Henry Rollins woke up one day and knew his musical career was over.

Why Henry Rollins swapped hardcore rock for spoken word

Martin Boulton

<i>The Red Turtle</i>'s visuals were inspired by a trip to the Seychelle Islands, where director Michael Dudok de Wit ...

The European filmmaker who enchanted Japan's Studio Ghibli

Stephanie Bunbury

Pulling strings: Tame Impala's Kevin Parker.

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker: producing hits for pop royalty

Mikael Wood

Steven Amsterdam on euthanasia and why there is no Easy Way Out

Linda Morris

Kate Miller-Heidke says <i>Muriel's Wedding The Musical</i> is a "dream project".

Kate Miller Heidke on making Muriel's Wedding: the Musical

Lenny Ann Low

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Why I am a better writer without my father

Ann Patchett

Patrick Dempsey plays charming billionaire Jack Qwant in <i>Bridget Jones's Baby</i>.

Patrick Dempsey on Bridget Jones and his racy passions

Lenny Ann Low

Ralph Fiennes in Almeida Theatre's <i>Richard III</i>.

Richard III: Ralph Fiennes in a performance to kill for

The Age, News/Arts. The media call for Kinky Boots . Pic shows Callum Francis and cast during a brief preview.Pic Simon ...

What the world needs now is ... men in stilettos

Annabel Ross

Cristiano Martino as Nijinsky, playing the faun.

The Australian Ballet's triumphant rendition of Nijinsky

Elle Macpherson at a special screening of Trumbo at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2015.

Macpherson and first hubby Benison in Sydney for shoot

Andrew Hornery

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: Jessica Chastain attends the Broadway Opening Night of 'Long Days Journey Into Night' at the ...

Mini trend: velvet looks for the warmer months

Melissa Singer

London-based Australian model, Rosie Nelson.

Aussie model's #nosizefitsall fashion campaign

Daisy Dumas

Sophia Tilley with her former boyfriend Stephen Wyllie, son of NSW Prosecutor Margaret Cunneen.

Socialite behind the ICAC car crash refused entry into US

Andrew Hornery

StandBy's Karri Ambler, who works to support those affected by suicide in the Kimberley.

The women taking on Australia's global suicide capital

Daisy Dumas

Kylie Evans on <i>Survivor Australia</i> with teammates Flick, Matt and Sam.

How a lead firefighter and mother of three prepares for Survivor

Amy Croffey

Melissa George attended the Opening Night Gala at the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in May.

Melissa George reportedly bruised after 'incident' with partner

Jenna Clarke

The beauty brand that gives back

Stephanie Darling

Why men neglect their mental health

Sarah Berry

A front view photo of a male fitness instructor

7 expert tips to kick start your spring training

Neela Shearer

Science still can't agree on the whole gluten-free thing

Benjamen Judd

Consumers have demanded the return of the original flavour since it was removed.

Arnotts snack backtrack: Pizza Shapes return to the menu

David Allan-Petale

Whisky caramel pie

Adam Liaw

Attica's marron dressed in lemon myrtle and pearl meat butter.

Best restaurants: The Age Good Food Guide Restaurants of the Year

Gemima Cody & Roslyn Grundy

Is it acceptable to request people only give your baby handmade gifts?

Request for handmade christening gifts branded 'ungrateful'

Cat Rodie

Lisa Gash and her daughter Bethany, and the recently rediscovered letter.

Dying mum's heartbreaking letter found 15 years later

Adam Boult

The wedding gift that sat unopened for nine years.

Why this couple waited nine years to open one of their wedding gifts

Ariane Beeston

Deer Cave, which is home to a colony of wrinkled-lipped bats when they're not out feeding.

The extraordinary corner of Southeast Asia tourists forgot

Anthony Dennis

Bird's eye: Poolside paradise on the Celebrity Solstice.

With 2850 party people on board the ship named Australia's best

Cruising
Julietta Jameson

Male Aussie tourists dress much worse than women

Sony's new PlayStation 4 Pro plays the same games as the regular PS4, but will make many of them look better.

What the PlayStation 4 Pro is all about

Tim Biggs

William Shatner, left, DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy on the set of the TV series <i>Star Trek</i>, which has clocked ...

Fan clubs bear the brunt of modern technology

Adam Turner

What's new in Apple's iOS 10, macOS Sierra and watchOS 3

Peter Wells

Pokemon GO will be on Apple Watch this year

Kotaku

3SIXT's digital lightning buds plug into an iPhone's Lightning port, but they don't sound too flash.

My first experience with Lightning buds sucked

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Adam Turner

Mid-size luxury comparison test: Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Lexus IS, BMW 3-Series, Jaguar XE

Where does your car come from?

David McCowen

Road test: Jaguar F-Pace 20d R-Sport

Stephen Ottley

2017 Holden Trailblazer. Embargo: 9/9/2016

Holden's newest SUV reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Lexus has revealed its UX concept ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show

Lexus UX Concept hints at city SUV

Andrew MacLean

New Flying Spur W12 S revealed

Dom Tripolone

Porsche unveils 278km/h hybrid

Greg Kable

Centre of attention: Melbourne’s Kevin Proctor had his hands full against the Cowboys on Saturday night.

Storm hold strong, earn home preliminary final

Roy Ward

Plenty to prove: Bernard Foley looks for support:

Wallabies break six match losing streak with narrow win

Justin Ballis

Tough day at the office: Franklin earned his keep, but his best work came in the midfield and not inside 50.

Ruthless Giants trounce Swans in brutal clash

Andrew Wu