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Julian Leeser delivers his first speech at Parliament House on Wednesday.

'Dad's gone': MP's speech unites a divided house

Senator Pauline Hanson is embraced by senator Derryn Hinch after she delivered her first speech in the Senate.

By walking out, the Greens gave Hanson what she craves

ANALYSIS
Tony Wright

Flooding close to Burrumbeet Creek, near Ballarat.

More landslide fears in state's worst September deluge in a century

Super Typhoon Meranti, as seen from a satellite as it approached Taiwan.

Half a million homes lose power as 'world's strongest storm' hits

Donald Trump has released minimal information about his own health.

Donald Trump feels the heat from the White House and the lawyers

ANALYSIS

This week's roller-coaster has been a long time coming.

The best economic news in years – and markets don’t like it

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Michael Pascoe

Bombers begin settling drug compo claims with banned players

Caroline Wilson

Man allegedly caught speeding more than 100km/h over the limit

Anger as Woolworths stores bring in foreign avocados

iPhone problems as Apple swamped with iOS 10 complaints

'Thousands' of illegal guns tipped to be handed over in amnesty

Two elderly women dead after car collides with train

Will this be the last we see of Asher Keddie's Nina Proudman?

Dear Offspring, here are our conditions for taking you back

COMMENT

Silence is golden: The United States goalball team in action in Rio where boisterous crowds have made it difficult for ...

Silence please! Loud fans ruin the quiet Paralympic game of goalball

Swimmers, either open water or pool, can now track laps, distance and average pace.

The verdict on the Apple Watch Series 2

REVIEW

Even lazy people have to do their laundry eventually.

20 laundry hacks every lazy person ought to know

Pauline Hanson's anti-Muslim manifesto

How Melbourne became a gun city: Chasing a silver bullet

Bullets fly and justice misfires as Melbourne becomes gun city

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 1 2016: Trains return to the frankston line as McKinnon Station reopens to commuters in ...

McKinnon: The little village that could ...

Apple surges on iPhone optimism

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Oil drops on bet US inventories to rise

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Colin Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace' in ...

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Bradley Fauteux has been forced to resign as CEO of Parks Victoria.

Parks Victoria boss stands down over 'inappropriate behaviour'

No bail for 'lawless' teen as court told of sex, drugs, fine dining

Jane Lee

Man in Mercedes carjacked at gunpoint at shopping centre

Tom Cowie

Lawyers are to claim that Patrick Cronin might have suffered a fatal blow during his first senior game for the Lower ...

Teen may have taken fatal hit in football game, court to hear

Adam Cooper

The court heard that Joanne Debono was captured on CCTV cameras shopping at chemists buying Temazepam, the drug she used ...

CCTV shows meatball plot accused buying sleeping pills, court told

Adam Cooper

A young autistic man was shackled for up to 24 hours a day at a Victorian hospital during a "distressing" nine month saga.

Autistic man shackled during 'distressing' hospital stay

Government documents show the Metro Tunnel will not stop at South Yarra station.

Leaked Metro Trains report shows thousands of unrepaired faults

Goulburn prison detainee: Bourhan Hraichie.

Inmate allegedly threatened to kill prison boss

Medical Travel Companions offers a nanny service for flights and family holidays.

Man charged after pistol 'found in luggage' at airport

A Perth woman charged with flying overseas and leaving her young children alone at home has appeared in court.

Police drop charges against 'Home Alone' Bali mum

A still shot from the Labor television ad filmed from Chief Minister Andrew Barr's office, in breach of parliamentary rules.

Pull ads shot in parliamentary office, Labor told

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Prime Minister's suite at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.

Defiant PM pledges: 'We will deliver'

James Massola, Michael Gordon

'Being swamped by Muslims': Hanson's fiery maiden speech

Amy Remeikis

By walking out, the Greens gave Hanson what she craves

ANALYSIS
Tony Wright

'Dad's gone': MP's speech prompts sound of furious compassion

Special Minister of State Scott Ryan released the government's referral for the post-mortem on Wednesday.

Election post-mortem widened to include foreign donations

TV networks will be forced to run ads for the yes and no campaigns.

TV, radio networks forced to air yes and no plebiscite ads

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during debate on the Omnibus Bill at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 14 ...

'Big moral issue': PM introduces plebiscite legislation

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a pilot's jacket presented to him during a visit to Air Force headquarters in ...

Frightened French want answers. This man doesn't have them

ANALYSIS
Richard Ogier

Joe Benke illustration - Detention's Hidden Cost. Joe Benke

This is a financial disaster Australia cannot afford

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Workers at Bentleigh station on one of 35 level crossing-removal projects.

Andrews has an image problem

Josh Gordon

Vic Police in a joint international operation have charged 2 men with firarm offences, assault rifles have been seized. ...

If you know who is stealing or selling firearms, tell us

COMMENT
Shane Patton

Kirstine Stewart says old-fashioned views about the role of women must be challenged.

Ex-Twitter exec hits out at sexism in business, politics

More fizz needed to restore Blackmore's $400m wealth loss

Colin Kruger, CBD

Gerry Harvey: the Harvey Norman chain could benefit from JB Hi-Fi's acquisition of The Good Guys.

Harvey Norman could win from 'corporatisation' of Good Guys

Anti-coal seam gas protestors block the front entrance to Parliament House Canberra on Thursday 20 June 2013. Photo: ...

Gas exploration bans will hurt households

Roy Hill admits unlikely to meet 'aggressive' export target

Morphic waits to make move against billionaire's baby

Parliament to grill life insurers on payouts

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The best economic news in years – and markets don’t like it

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

When it's cold, this city's hot. What's bringing buyers here?

Jenny Brown

Tiny vacant block commanding a house's price

Photograph Simon O'Dwyer. The Age Newspaper. 251215. Photograph Shows.Pic 1 of 2: Mike Wall nearly killed his backpacker ...

The different types of people every Melburnian knows

The 20 laundry hacks every lazy person ought to know

The Block judge Neale Whitaker has put his Surry Hill home of more than a decade on the market.

The Block judge Neale Whitaker lists luxurious terrace home

Everything you need to know about the revamped Apple Watch Series 2

Technology
Mark Gambino

St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort is one of the new hotels to watch.

Dream on: Eight hot new luxury hotels to put on your wish list

Business Travel

Spaceship founders Paul Bennetts, Andrew Sellen, Dave Kuhn and Kaushik Sen have raised $1.6 million from tech heavyweights.

Tech-focused super product called Spaceship to target millennials

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Reduce the hassle of reapplying for the pension

Noel Whittaker

Jada Moxham and Leigh Newlan are unable to save for retirement.

Small businesses may never retire at this rate, study shows

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

The millennial mentor also brings a different take on business and career development.

Would you take career advice from someone much younger?

Tony Featherstone

Cowboys of Compton

Snakepits and ladders: the PM's first year

Anniversary

Clinton artwork created in crop

Obama: Election not 'reality show'

A little girl takes a picture of a lion in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Every episode ever of Nurse Jackie now streaming on Stan.

Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Making a difference in the correctional system

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How foster care makes a difference

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Dear Offspring, if we take you back again here are our conditions

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Larissa Dubecki

Manhandled: Colin Firth, Renee Zellweger and Patrick Dempsey in <i>Bridget Jones's Baby</i>.

Zellweger's Bridget Jones gets no wiser or funnier: Baby review

Jake Wilson

Dev Patel, who nails an Australian accent in the upcoming <i>Lion</i>, is starring in a film about the Mumbai terror ...

Harvey Weinstein gets Oscar boost after Lion screening

Brooks Barnes

Contestant Clare Verrall was battling PTSD when she was matched with TV husband Jono Pitman, who had been charged with ...

Married at First Sight star hijacks finale in Twitter rant

Ebony Bowden

Dakota Johnson gives an impressive performance, but Jamie Dornan has less to work with in <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i>.

Could 50 Shades be getting a little tired of all that sex?

Ebony Bowden

Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton are the only three Spice Girls who have committed to a reunion.

So you really, really wanna be a Spice Girl? They're recruiting

Sarah Thomas

The artist formerly known as Chet Faker, now back to being called Nick Murphy, will be one of the headliners at Laneway ...

Laneway Festival's 2017 lineup announced: More variety

Bernard Zuel

Rapper Tupac Shakur, who was murdered in 1996.

Murdered 20 years ago, Tupac is still hip-hop's $100m man

Sarah Thomas

Cabaret artist Meow Meow features in Victorian Opera's 2017 program.

Victorian Opera enchants with fables and fairy tales

From left, Polyglot Theatre's Lachlan Macleod, Sue Giles and Aseel Tayah with the <i>Bellbird</i> installation.

Children centre stage in Melbourne Fringe Festival

Heide director Kirsty Grant is stepping down.

Heide Museum of Modern Art director Kirsty Grant resigns

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 12: Actors Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling attend the "La La Land" Premiere during the 2016 Toronto ...

Ryan Gosling reveals secret to his showmance with Emma Stone

"I am sure fewer parents would set out on high-performance parenting if they could foresee how miserable it would make them."

I was a tiger mum - it made us all unhappy

Tanith Carey

Serena Williams and her fashion mentor Anna Wintour at the coach show prior to her Serena Williams Signature Statement ...

Serena Williams launches fashion collection for 'strong women'

Jenna Clarke

"From now on, I'll stop following or breaking The Rules. Instead, I'll do exactly what I want to do."

Breaking all the dating rules was liberating

Abby Green

US gymnast Simone Biles competing at the Rio Olympics.

Biles not ashamed to reveal her ADHD after medical files hacked

Rob Moran

Tara Moss: "Every time we call rape 'sex', we do the public and injustice."

Rape is not 'sex' and survivors don't 'confess'

COMMENT
Tara Moss

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media, with Homeland Security Advisor, Lisa Monaco and National Security ...

How women in the White House have battled to be heard

Juliet Eilperin

Amy Schumer hospitalised for food poisoning in Paris

Michael Idato

It's a wonderful world: Why are we scared?

Dr Tim Sharp

Someone is trying to pick up a dropped slice of bread with peanut butter and jelly from the floor.

The gross truth behind the 'five second rule'

Ben Guarino

Easy prawn and avocado san choy bao

Zoe Bingley-Pullin

Five dinners you can make-ahead and freeze

Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood

New toaster lets you custom-print your breakfast

Sofia Levin

Food waste is a bigger problem for the environment than most people realise.

How much food do you waste?

Zoe Meunier

Leonardo Sanchez suffocated underneath a beanbag.

Toddler dies after being accidentally suffocated under beanbag

Ariane Beeston

Lifesaving surgery was performed on a Brisbane woman's goldfish.

Goldfish mum spends $500 on surgery to remove a lodged pebble

Ariane Beeston

"I think if we just have one more day, we'll both be happy with that," said Katie Prager.

Real life 'Fault in our Stars' love story takes a heartbreaking turn

Ariane Beeston

Petuna trout served on Virgin in Business.

Why won't airlines tell you what's in your food?

Hugh Morris

11 things you should know before travelling to a Muslim country

Ben Groundwater

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Shanghai Skyline - Stock image

China - East Asia, Shanghai, Business, Tourist, Cityscape

Traveller quiz: How well do you know Asia?

Mal Chenu

Upgrading to Apple's iPhone 7 might offer a good excuse to give your old wheels an audio overhaul.

Death of headphone jack prompts car rethink

Adam Turner

Buddying up with a Pokemon can benefit you both.

Pokemon GO: how the buddy system works

Alex Walker

Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck.

League of Legends creators celebrate 10 years, 100m players

Tim Biggs

The iPhone 7 Plus, unveiled by Apple on Thursday.

Every change between iPhone 6s and 7

Lifehacker

iOS 10 update fails for some iPhone users

Alex Webb

Ken Block in Gymkhana Nine, which he originally hoped to film in Sydney.

Sydney rejected Ken Block

Stephen Ottley

Subaru has revised its BRZ sports car for 2016.

Subaru BRZ future unclear

Stephen Ottley

Subaru's new Mazda3 rival tested

Stephen Ottley

The finalists competing during the 2016 Nissan GT Academy competition.

Nissan GT Academy Australian finalists announced

Dom Tripolone

2016 Hyundai Tucson 30 Special Edition.
Embargo: 2/9/2016

Hyundai adds Android Auto

Dom Tripolone

Jag's new thrifty petrol engine

Dom Tripolone

Cyril Rioli was among the Hawks' best in their loss to the Cats.

Five burning questions: Hawks v Bulldogs

Rohan Connolly

Ball magnet: Sydney's Dan Hannebery may force the Crows to reconsider their no-tagging approach.

Crows versus Swans: it's in the tag

Ashley Porter

Richmond have had a disappointing season.

Tigers' Friday night lights set to be cut down

Sam McClure

Banned Essendon David Myers returning to the club.

Bombers start cruising back to base as ban lifts

Larissa Nicholson

Committed to the cause: Stephen Coniglio has extended his contract.

Coniglio to remain a Giant until 2019

James Buckley

Patrick Dangerfield: A runaway winner in the AFLPA's most valuable player award.

The Danger of getting too far ahead of yourself

Samantha Lane

In round three, the Hawks lost the contested and uncontested ball, the clearances and the inside-50 count but still won ...

Contest this: Hawks just keep defying logic

Rohan Connolly

Lessons learnt: Giants football manager Wayne Campbell (right) believes Shane Mumford's apology to Swans' Lance Franklin ...

Mumford sledge dealt with – Campbell

James Buckley

Headed for Victory: Former Chelsea superstar Michael Essien.

Victory confirm talks with former Chelsea star

Michael Lynch

Fighting win: Doubles team Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson.

Aussie mates in rolled gold doubles fightback

Scott Spits

Victory's Marco Rojas scored in the friendly against Adelaide United.

Rojas goal sees Victory ease past Adelaide in pre-season win

Michael Lynch