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

Cabinet considers February same-sex marriage plebiscite

EXCLUSIVE
56 mins ago

Senator Derryn Hinch delivers his first speech in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra.

Hinch names five 'paedophiles' in maiden speech

1 hr ago

The man police wish to speak to over the alleged Narre Warren train assault.

Man groped teenage girl on peak-hour train: police

1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers a ministerial statement on economic security and stabilty in the House of ...

Outmaneuvered, outgunned: Senate farce shows up Turnbull

COMMENT

Sam Dastyari praises the People's Daily newspaper.

'Incredible': Dastyari praises Communist Party mouthpiece

19 mins ago

Police arrested a Year 10 student in the Girton Grammar schoolyard on Friday.

Student faces expulsion after drug probe at private school

Giant blow: Johnson banned for preliminary final

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Tigers board rebels brand Balme signing 'self preservation'

1 hr ago

Bupa reviewing thousands of claims after system break down

Gun goes from op shop to cop shop after being dropped off at Vinnies

WorkSafe agents rewarded for rejecting claims

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - APRIL 03: Steve Johnson of the Giants celebrates kicking a goal during the ...

Right ban for Johnson, wrong to punish for challenge

COMMENT
1 hr ago

John Kyzintas makes another giant paella at Simply Spanish's Bourke Street restaurant on Monday.

'Goosebumps': Melbourne restaurant's world-beating paella

1 hr ago

Kambala, in Sydney's Bellevue Hill.

Portsea? Pffft! Here's where Melbourne's rich are going

Don't confuse this thing with the USB stick that has your work files on it.

This USB stick can kill any device it touches

adventure travel, solo traveller, hiker

Six things solo travel teaches you

1 hr ago

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Incredible pizza acrobatics

From not being able to watch to leaping aboard a table - this celebration had to be seen to be believed!

Best footy 'dance' ever? This one's for the Cats

The Block 2016, main bathroom reveals.

'Bogangate' is done, but hold on for the bathroom with no loo

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte 'will not ...

7:53PM

Turnbull government Senate embarrassment

7:50PM

Monash defends greyhound killing, says research ...

7:45PM

Exclusive first look at The Age stories

Heavily armed police have surrounded the Clayton South home.

Siege: Police negotiate with naked, armed man on roof

51 mins ago

'People shot over nothing': How Melbourne became a gun city

Sword-wielding thief arrested after terrorising milk bar staff

Broede Carmody

Police desperately try to smash the windows of the stolen Wodonga car after their vehicles were rammed.

Suspected police-ramming car thief arrested

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Rescued greyhound Till.

Greyhounds killed, revived, killed again in 'shocking' experiment

Police desperately try to smash the windows of the allegedly stolen car after their vehicles were rammed.

Man arrested after dramatic chase on Victorian border

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Gun city: When innocents are caught in the crossfire

CCTV footage of alleged attacker Ihsas Khan as he tried to force his way into a hairdressing salon on Saturday.

Bizarre scissor attack preceded terror stabbing

EXCLUSIVE

Clive Palmer clashed with media ahead of his appearance in Brisbane's Federal Court on Monday.

Palmer's bodyguards clash with media again

Grant Cook, pictured with his wife Colleen, died after a tackle during a rugby league match in Murwillumbah.

Rugby league player dies after tackle

An image of William Tyrrell released on the two-year anniversary of his disappearance. A $1 million reward has been ...

$1 million reward to help find William Tyrrell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House on Monday.

Cabinet considers February plebiscite but Labor hardens stance

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola
56 mins ago

Turnbull government needs to wake up to itself, fast

COMMENT
James Massola

Hinch names five alleged paedophiles in Senate speech

Amy Remeikis
1 hr ago

Senator Hatter has the Senate floor and Senator Alice and Senator March Hare ponder the riddle of the day with nothing to do.

Senate tea party where time means nothing at all

1 hr ago

Senator Sam Dastyari was the only one of several MPs on the video to specifically praise People's Daily.

Dastyari praises Communist mouthpiece People's Daily

19 mins ago

Social Services Minister Christian Porter did not address the question of living on $38 a day when approached by Fairfax ...

Dole minister ducks charity challenge to live on $38-a-day

Ihsas Khan being apprehended by police following the Minto stabbing.

We must understand how IS message turns troubled to terror

ANALYSIS

A photoshopped image of a Sally Jones dressed in a nun's habit, holding a gun.

'A sort of jihadi feminism': Britain's most wanted on the run

A Syrian child at a refugee camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border.

As cease-fire hour in Syria nears, carnage mounts

Anne Barnard

After the incident: Hillary Clinton's campaign said the Democratic presidential nominee left the 9/11 anniversary ...

Hillary Clinton cancels California trip after pneumonia: aide

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she walks from her daughter's apartment building on September ...

Clinton's health stumble cracks open her transparency issue

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Taking time off work for paternity leave had its highs and lows writes Mathew Dunkley.

Paternity leave: a pile of poo and princesses

Mathew Dunckley

Eric Abetz's constant demands that senate colleagues pull his finger grew increasingly tiresome.

Why is the government debating whether to fund hate speech?

Andrew P Street

Derryn Hinch was caught snoozing during the Governor-General's speech on the opening day of Parliament. The photo would ...

I'm a Senate newbie but some of its rules are plain stupid: Hinch

COMMENT
Derryn Hinch

ASX bear

ASX sell off heralds a volatile September

41 mins ago

There are plenty of experts blaming Monday's fall on computer generated selling.

There's no need to panic over ASX's plunge

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Executive producer, Eugene Kelly, at Docklands Studio in Melbourne, where they are filming the final season of The ...

Hollywood finds a new home in Australia

The ACCC is one of several groups supporting tougher penalties for breaching consumer protection laws.

Consumer protection laws need tougher penalties

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Govts 'determined to put QNI out of business': Palmer

ASX loses $35 billion in worst day since Brexit

The trumpet player, the governor and the market's red ink day

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Want to be a CEO? The quickest path is a winding one

The house in the middle has been dubbed London's skinniest house.

The real life London doll's house asking an eye-watering price

Not your average bunker.

Sssshh! Six next-level security systems for billionaires

The trends to look out for if you're thinking of doing a spring update.

The hottest home decor trends to watch out for next year

Charlie Pickering, a Spectrum Now Festival ambassador, picks his highlights.

Why Charlie Pickering's share-house was 'The Smokatorium'

Kambala, in Sydney's Bellevue Hill.

Portsea? Pffft! Here's where Melbourne's rich are going

MOO produces a 'Patrick Bateman template' inspired by the movie <i>American Psycho</i> and its iconic card-swapping scene.

Raised lettering? Why business cards are crucial in the digital age

Leadership
James Atkinson

Japanese whisky.

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

Smart Sipping
Luke McCarthy

Petar Sabados owns a slice of two investment properties, which he tracks on his phone.

Fractional ownership of residential property a first

John Collett

American Express was independently rated by Choice and Mozo to have some of the best rewards programs.

How to be a power user of credit card rewards programs

Kate Jones

Patriot Campers need to push themselves as a premium product in order to survive.

Why automation might help save manufacturing jobs

Sylvia Pennington

Alan Jones of Blue Chilli start-up accelerator.

Why you don't need that business degree after all

Alana Christensen

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Football dad dies after tackle

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Wawrinka topples Djokovic to win US Open

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Hajj pilgrims climb Mount Arafat

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Same sex marriages by Christmas: Bandt

Federal Politics

A goat is transported in a yellow cab near a live stock market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Kolkata, ...

World of Photos September 13

ash v evil dead

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

Power

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

Community Corrections

What it's like working in Australia's prisons

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Fostering Connections

Additional foster carers needed in Victoria

Community Corrections

Inside the life of a parole officer

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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper on the scene said that a Harry Potter movie was showing on the DVD player.

Daniel Radcliffe returning to Harry Potter?

Michael Idato

In this image released by HBO, Kit Harington appears in a scene from "Game of Thrones." On Thursday, July 14, 2016, ...

Australian Game of Thrones team sweated blood for Emmy win

Karl Quinn

Nick Cave's new album is suffused with the grief of losing his teenage son.

Nick Cave's first album since his son's death marks you deeply

Bernard Zuel
13 mins ago

Thor: Ragnarok's Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba talk up the Byron Bay Film Festival.

Thor stars brew up a Byron Bay Film Festival storm with video

Karl Quinn
53 mins ago

Barbra Streisand took to mocking Donald Trump as a clown at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser

Streisand sends in the clowns for Donald Trump

Bernard Zuel

One of the last p[ortraits of david Bowie by his long-time photographer, released on his website.

Bowie ashes reportedly scattered at Burning Man festival

Michael Idato

Alexis Arquette has died.

Transgender actress Alexis Arquette dies, aged 47

Michael Idato

Michelle Bridges misses her habitual training session every morning.

Biggest Loser sheds a few kilos and two presenters

Ebony Bowden

A 19th century broad shield from the lower Murray River region of southern Australia is being offered for auction.

Sotheby's is selling Aboriginal shields of unknown origin

Melbourne-based, world renowned artist Felipe Reynolds latest interactive inflatable creation at Federation Square, a ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a giant baby hanging at Fed Square

Jo Lloyd and Nicola Gunn in Chunky Move's <i>Next Move</i>. Photo:?Gregory Lorenzutti.

Chunky Move review: Double bill challenges audiences

The Christian Siriano Spring 2017 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. (AP ...

'It was the right time': Diverse show wins over NYFW

Rob Moran

Tyga, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian sit front row at the Kanye West Yeezy season 4 fashion show in New York.

When did NYFW become all about the celebrities in the FROW?

Amy Croffey

Great, let's all hear what Kate Upton has to say about #BlackLivesMatter.

Kate Upton criticised after sharing #BlackLivesMatter protest

Rob Moran

Solange Knowles

Solange Knowles pelted with rubbish at a Kraftwerk concert

Jenny Noyes

Zimmermann debuts Spring 2017 Ready-to-wear collection, Stranded, at New York Fashion Week.

Zimmermann debuts Spring 2017 collection at NYFW

Beyonce on stage with dancers John Silver and Ashley Everett after their proposal.

Beyonce stops Single Ladies mid-song for a surprise proposal

Mary Ward

Clementine Ford

The invisible weights dragging women down

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Bird's nest parenting separated parents go back and forth between residences while the kids remain in "the nest".

How to make the 'bird's nest parenting' solution really work

Cosima Marriner

Performance enhancing music?

Benjamen Judd

Healthy food in heart and cholesterol diet concept on vintage boards

Blood sugar wars: The best diet for diabetes

Paula Goodyer

Jacqueline Alwill

The seven day vegan challenge

Jacqueline Alwill

Chef Aaron Turner from Igni restaurant in Geelong.

The Age Good Food Guide 2017 Chef of the Year finalists are...

Roslyn Grundy

Lamb tenderloins,
charred eschallot and salsa verde.

Weekly meal planner: Spring lamb with salsa verde and more

Chef Shaun Quade of Lume prepares a mannitol shell for one of his dishes.

Video: A dusting of magic at Shaun Quade's Lume restaurant

Jane Holroyd and David Estcourt

Doctor Megan Meier at work.

The working mum who makes multi-tasking look easy

Megan Blandford

CHOICE tests reveal cleaning wipes don't do all they claim to do.

CHOICE tests reveal cleaning wipes just "push dirt around"

Jo Hartley

Teach kids to tie their shoelaces with this mum's genius hack.

Mum's genius hack for teaching kids to tie their shoelaces is going viral

Ariane Beeston

A group of eight Chinese tourists notched up a bill of more than $US4000 after an evening at a hummus eatery.

How did 8 Chinese tourists end up paying a $5k bill at hummus eatery?

Double Six Hotel, Seminyak, Bali.

TripAdvisor's CEO reveals his favourite hotels

Steve Meacham

An Airbus A340-600, which like the Airbus A340-300, flies the Johannesburg-Perth route.

Flying long-haul with cheese, wine and crisp linen tablecloths

Alison Stewart

Don't confuse this thing with the USB stick that has your work files on it.

USB stick can kill any device it touches

Spandas Lui

As the Saudis act urgently to escape the grip of fossil fuel addiction, what is Malcolm Turnbull's "agile and ...

How 'dematerialising' might save the planet

Drew Turney

traffic.

How livestreams of nothing became online obsessions

Caitlin Dewey

Apple introduces the wireless AirPods.

Apple AirPods surprisingly not terrible

Gizmodo

Apple's event may have been more about theatre than substantive changes to its devices.

How to deal with no headphone jack

Brian Chen

2016 Skoda Superb 4x4.

Skoda sets sights on Mazda

Stephen Ottley

Head-to-head: Peugeot 308 GTi 270 v Ford Focus RS.

Peugeot 308 GTi v Ford Focus RS

Stephen Ottley

New ute on the way for Renault

David McCowen

Great Wall's new Steed is available from $24,990 drive-away.

Great Wall reveals Australian prices for new Steed Ute

David McCowen

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

2016 Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport 20d.

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

Stephen Ottley

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: Steve Johnson of the Giants handballs during the round 18 AFL match between the Port ...

Something's very wrong with the Johnson ban

Michael Gleeson
1 hr ago

Tiger Balme: the ex-premiership player is going back in yellow and black:

Big game poaching no balm for Tiger rebels

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 08: Jason Johannisen of the Bulldogs gets his handball away while being tackled by Jack ...

AFL 101: what we learnt from finals week one

Staff writers
1 hr ago

SCG would have been the right choice for the Giants' preliminary final.

AFL fails the Goldilocks test in land of the Giants

Greg Baum
1 hr ago

Brian Cook says the testing would help all parties as part of a review of the illicit drugs policy.

Geelong want consistency on finals venues

Steve Johnson of the Giants.

The Last Word on week one of the finals series

Rohan Connolly

Daniel Wells.

Wells could follow four veterans out of North

Michael Gleeson and Greg Baum

Isaac Smith of the Hawks reacts after missing a shot on goal after the siren to win the match during the 2016 AFL Second ...

No such thing as September surprises this year

Rohan Connolly

Equestrian athlete Emma Booth gets set for the team and individual events in Rio, three years after a car crash left her ...

Getting back in the saddle 'extremely liberating' for paraplegic Emma Booth

Scott Spits

Toe trouble: Novak Djokovic

Brave Djokovic guts his way through final

Jeff Williams

Xavier Richards, of the Swans, marks in front of Adam Tomlinson, of the Giants, during the first qualifying final ...

Sydney AFL crowd a giant blow for rugby league? Please

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

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