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

Turnbull dumps $500,000 super election promise

Live
1 hr ago

Two elderly women died when a car was hit by a train a train on the Union Road crossing near the Surrey Hills railway ...

'Don't play politics with infrastructure': Deadly crossing in worst 20

1 hr ago

Apple iPhone 6

iOS 10's most annoying change, and how to fix it (maybe)

Huan Yun Xiang stabbed the staff member to the neck and hand. Sketch: Matt Davidson

Uni gunman not guilty of stabbing psychiatric hospital worker

Adam Cooper
17 mins ago

Donald Trump reportedly said his gesticulating is enough exercise.

Donald Trump's weight is now a health (and campaign) issue

ANALYSIS

The Fair Work Commission found a "sarcastic" Facebook post supporting IS was not a valid reason for sacking a worker.

Airport worker sacked over 'sarcastic' post supporting ISIS

Victorian floods: Fears grow for missing 84-year-old farmer

UPDATED
27 mins ago

Push for one-metre passing gap amid claims cyclists 'left behind'

Missing boy found alive after 18 hour search in state's north-east

UPDATED

'Get in the car': Police hunt serial stalker in Melbourne's north

We need to go deeper. It's time to eliminate sledging on the field

COMMENT
Wayne Carey
1 hr ago

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Why One Nation and the Greens are a perfect match

COMMENT
Waleed Aly
1 hr ago

Dyson Heppell and Jobe Watson

Jobe heading back to NYC, Heppell next best skipper: Tim Watson

Désir�à l'Anglaise: Vera Wang's spring 2017 bridal collection.

Too far? Vera Wang unveils 'lingerie inspired' bridal gowns

Tanith Carey with family.

I was a tiger mother - until it made us all miserable

COMMENT

Stressed worker for Jobs feature. Generic ThinkStock pic.

Hating your job might be making you sick

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Kochie fires up on Hanson: 'I have a mixed-race family'

Fertility

The impact stress has on fertility (and how to manage it)

19 Bayview Hill Road, Rose Bay.

Picture this: Stunning homes with art to match

Gunston proves there is more than one reason to ...

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One dead, 14 injured after explosion on Bali ferry

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Gunston: Hawks' small-ball forward line like NBA ...

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Exclusive first look at The Age stories

Ben Dean was missing for more than 18 hours after going missing from his family's property.

Missing six-year-old boy found alive and well

UPDATED

Ditching the American dream for friendly, welcoming Melbourne

Fraction of young offenders behind most crimes

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

Fracking ban to drive up gas prices, says watchdog

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

Andrews battles gulf in perceptions

COMMENT

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

Parks Victoria boss stands down over 'inappropriate behaviour'

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

The chase comes to a head after the car spirals out of control.

Escapee arrested after dramatic high-speed chase

WA
1 hr ago

Anne Rogers was allegedly murdered by her husband in their Milperra house.

Man charged with murder after wife misses birthday

NSW

Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court to answer questions regarding the fall of Queensland Nickel on Thursday.

Palmer's seafaring nephew to launch own legal action

QLD

A threat to a witness has landed a plaintiff in legal hot water.

'I had no choice': Woman accused of shooting partner

ACT

George Christensen delivers his own press conference at Parliament House after the government backed down on super reforms.

George Christensen, humble backbencher, steals the limelight

ANALYSIS
Matthew Knott

Politics live as Morrison announces changes to super policy

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Defiant PM pledges: 'We will deliver'

James Massola, Michael Gordon

Senator Michaelia Cash hugs Senator Pauline Hanson after her first speech in the Senate at Parliament House on Wednesday ...

My hug for Hanson merely 'goodwill' gesture: Cash

57 mins ago

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

Plebiscite v super: some election promises seemingly don't matter

ANALYSIS
Heath Aston

Treasurer Scott Morrison addresses the media at Parliament House on Thursday.

Super deal struck as Morrison axes $500,000 cap

50 mins ago

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, pictured in question time on Monday, said Senator Hanson was entitled to her views.

Turnbull ministers cautiously criticise Hanson's first speech

1 hr ago

Dr Rory Gallagher, head of the Behavioural Insights Team in Australia.

Government nudge unit to attempt to change people's behaviours

Nick Miller

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, shakes hands with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion earlier this month.

Hun Sen threatens force as tensions escalate in Cambodia

Lindsay Murdoch

File photo of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Trump a 'national disgrace': Colin Powell hacked email

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump, arrive for a news in Las Vegas in 2012 where Trump endorsed Romney.

Trump's fate may rest with college-educated, affluent Republicans

Senator Pauline Hanson delivers her first speech in the Senate.

Walking out on Pauline Hanson worked well for everybody

COMMENT
Waleed Aly
1 hr ago

Illustration: Joe Benke

The true cost of keeping an asylum seeker in detention is over $500k

COMMENT
Peter Martin

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

Daniel Andrews and Labor have an image problem

COMMENT
Josh Gordon

Having so closely linked the RBA's easing cycle to the weakness in the terms of trade (and earlier decline in mining ...

Did the RBA just signal the end of rate cuts and no-one noticed?

21 mins ago

Investors remain anxious ahead of the US Fed and Bank of Japan next week.

Markets Live: CBA back in favour

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

For the past year, Myer's strategy has been marked as a great culling exercise.

How Myer shrinks its way to growing profit

Elizabeth Knight
13 mins ago

The Sydney Magazine Sydney on a fiver - prawn taken 29th June 2006 SMH, features pic Natalie Boog

Bigger, tastier, pinker: The $2b hunt for the perfect prawn

1 hr ago

Super change brings lump-sum tax into focus

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Heroin, Nazis and Agent Orange: Inside the biggest deal of the year

Myer doubles profit but still playing catch-up to DJs

Manufacturing is back: Australia can take a leadership stance

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 08: Former international Australian cricketer Shane Warne exclaims 'Fuck The Age' and shies ...

Shane Warne hooks buyer for Brighton mansion

1 hr ago

Bruce Trengove and Carrie Mufatti

Even when it's cold, this place is hot. What's bringing buyers here?

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

The different types Melburnian that absolutely everyone knows

Lot 3-69 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park

Dreaming big: this tiny block of land is asking a big price

Even lazy people have to do their laundry eventually.

The 20 laundry hacks every lazy person ought to know

R.M. Williams brings Australian woolshed chic to the urban villages of New York City.

Iconic Aussie brand takes on Manhattan for the first time

Men's Style
Stephen Lacey

Gin is made using 10 botanicals which are ideally suited to a spring fragrance.

Ever wanted to smell like a gin and tonic? Now's your chance

Fine Drinks

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Why Warren Buffett doesn't care that he just lost $1.9 billion

Scott Phillips
59 mins ago

Chris Brycki, founder of automated investment advisor Stockspot, says the technology sector is too frothy.

Don't board the Spaceship: big tech is worst place to invest

COMMENT
Chris Brycki

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

Small businesses may never retire at this rate, study shows

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran
43 mins ago

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

Would you take career advice from someone much younger?

Tony Featherstone

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Pauline Hanson's anti-Muslim manifesto

One Nation

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Scott Lycett may miss 2017 season

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Bill Clinton stands in for Hillary

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Uber debuts self-driving cars

A rainbow appears over the Empire State Building in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

World of Photos

1 hr ago

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Every episode ever of Nurse Jackie now streaming on Stan.

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Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

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Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Making a difference in the correctional system

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How one person can make a difference

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Singer Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse for his child molestation trial May 23, 2005 in ...

Michael Jackson businesses groomed kids: claim

Karl Quinn
59 mins ago

The tactical batsuit is for when the everyday bat gear just won't cut it.

Holy Bat Nipples! Caped Crusader covers up in new suit

Michael Idato
1 hr ago

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

Ben Mendelsohn has embraced his dark side again in a new Netflix drama, Bloodline.

Netflix just axed one of its shows. No, really

Michael Idato

'We don't need to know about [a newsreader's] personal life': <i>The Bachelorette</i> star Georgia Love on why she might ...

'Very hurtful': Bachelorette's pain before show even starts

Michael Lallo

Ryan Lochte, the US Olympic swimmer who lied about a drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during the Rio Games.

Ryan Lochte branded 'a coward and a liar'

Michael Idato

The Bachelor Richie with his final two - Nikki and Alex

Recap: Bachelor Richie's blonde ambition revealed

James Mitchell

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

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

COMMENT
Larissa Dubecki

An exhibition of landscape works by renowned artist John Olsen, the exhibition opens at the NGV. 14th September 2016, ...

88-year-old John Olsen's retrospective is bloody beaut

Blair Witch rehashes an old story.

Blair Witch could never hope to be as good as the real thing

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Italian-Australian filmmaker Ruth Borgobello poses for a photo on September 12, ...

The woman who got Ronnie di Stasio into the movies

Bella Hadid walks the runway for Michael Kors prior to her tumble.

Bella Hadid takes a tumble at NYFW, but her career could soar

Amy Croffey
2 mins ago

Désir�à l'Anglaise: Vera Wang's spring 2017 bridal collection.

Too far? Vera Wang unveils 'lingerie inspired' bridal gowns

Amy Croffey

"Until we lose the 'in spite of their singleness/their loneliness/their solo income' caveats, this doesn't feel like a ...

Our ongoing obsession with single womanhood

Lauren Rosewarne

"Watching friends 'couple off' as I remained somewhere in the middle sometimes spurred a light form of jealousy."

Reunions can be heartbreaking, here are my top 10 survival tips

Jenna Price

Anne Hathaway at the premiere of Colossal at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The male inspiration behind Anne Hathaway's bizarre new movie

Rob Moran

Elle Macpherson has a new lingerie range after two years away from the underwear business.

'I want to use my experience in a different way'

Jenna Clarke

The landmark experiment on mice could pave the way for a baby to be born from the DNA of two men.

Hold the eggs: Scientists working on a new way to make babies

Sarah Knapton

"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

organic skincare

Is organic skincare all it's cracked up to be?

Benjamen Judd

back pain

Back pain: is it all in the mind?

Anna Magee

joy

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

Dr Tim Sharp

Fat Pig Farm, Matthew Evans' new cookery school.

Cook like Matthew Evans: 24 things I learned at his Tassie cooking school

Can a label be trusted to indicate a wine's worth?

Can you judge a wine by its label?

Callan Boys

Chicken and 100 almonds.

Five dinners you can make-ahead and freeze

Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood

Carlee combines her love of yoga with her love of her daughter.

Yoga mum's unbelievable breastfeeding poses

Ariane Beeston

Think twice before you hit upload and post to Facebook.

Teen sues parents for posting embarrassing photos on Facebook

Cat Rodie

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20 gorgeous Studio Ghibli cakes that are true works of art

Suzi Catchpole

Visiting south-east Asia? Cover up to prevent mosquito bites.

Zika advice: No sex for six months for visitors to south-east Asia

Michael Gebicki

Do you hold one of the world's most powerful passports?

The surprising reasons behind the colour of your passport

Soo Kim

Passengers are advised to stay in their seats with seat belts on during severe turbulence.

Why severe turbulence is becoming more common when you fly

Gavin Haines

Gmail has been experiencing issues since 1am in Australia

Gmail outage hits workers worldwide

Eryk Bagshaw

A NASA-led project is surveying the Great Barrier Reef using a cutting-edge sensor to give a clearer picture of its health.

NASA takes 'naked' pictures of Barrier Reef

Adam Morton

Say goodbye to 'slide to unlock'.

iOS 10's most annoying change, and how to (maybe) fix it

Tim Biggs

Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck.

The two gamers behind sport with 100m players

Tim Biggs

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

COMMENT
Adam Turner

2016 Holden Spark.

What little runabout should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Audi will update its RS3 Sportback next year with a new 294kW 2.5-litre five-cylinder engine that debuts in the TT RS

More power for updated Audi RS3

Stephen Corby

Toyota reveals Mazda CX-3 rival

Stephen Ottley

Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster.

Mercedes-AMG's new GT Roadster

Greg Kable

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

If the exchange between Shane Mumford and Lance Franklin crossed a line, we all need to understand where that line is.

When sledging becomes bullying, it has to stop

COMMENT
Wayne Carey
1 hr ago

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was not giving much away at Waverley Park on Thursday.

No time for talk: Clarkson gets serious ahead of cut-throat final

Larissa Nicholson
24 mins ago

The Bulldogs pulled a crowd at their final training session before the semi-final clash with Hawthorn.

Bulldogs pack abuzz as Crameri joins training

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

Dyson Heppell and Jobe Watson

Jobe returning to NYC, Heppell next best skipper: Tim Watson

Ronny Lerner

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

Hawks forwards need to find the goals

Rohan Connolly

Tom Bellchambers is understood to have settled with Essendon for a low six-figure sum.

Bombers start paying out drug compo claimants

Caroline Wilson

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Dan Hannebery of the Swans handpasses the ball during the 2016 AFL Round 09 match between ...

Crows may bring back the tag to stop Swans

Ashley Porter

Richmond have had a disappointing season.

Tigers' Friday night lights set to be cut down

Sam McClure

Ibrahim Hamadtou serves.in the men's singles at Rio.

Watch how Ibrahim plays incredible table tennis - with no arms

Scott Spits

A night to remember: Riyad Mahrez.

Leicester's perfect Champions League start

John Percy

Rob Simmons comes back into the starting XV for Kane Douglas.

Cheika makes one change for Wallabies' clash with Pumas

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

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