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PIC JIM RICE...10.12..09 .PIC FOR NEWS PIC SHOWS.. L-R .KEVIN RUDD . AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER . STEPHEN CONROY MINISTER ...

Could Victorian spat block Conroy replacement?

1 hr ago

The farmer's submerged ute in Wallacedale.

Flood death: Body found in search for missing farmer

UPDATED
8 mins ago

A person has been hit by a train near Narre Warren railway station, forcing Metro Trains to partially suspend the ...

Person hit by train, delays as key rail line suspended

1 hr ago

Former BBY executive chairman Glenn Rosewall.

Stocks boss who used psychic for forecasts was a tyrant, court told

1 hr ago

The election is dominating conversations on Facebook in Australia.

Facebook slammed over handling of anti-Semitic photo post

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday ...

Conroy's soft exit could leave Bill Shorten exposed

ANALYSIS

Apple analysts fear 'air pocket' after iPhone 7 spike

'Somebody got away with murder': Tears as Gran's death 'unsolved'

Cashed-up buyers ditching suburbs for rural mansions

Donald Trump is not normal. Let's start calling it as it is.

COMMENT

Mother found reading Bible after drowning girl, police allege

Emily James.

'I knew straight away something was wrong': A flicker of hope for Emily

Part caravan park, part boutique hotel: Notel in Melbourne.

Can spending a night at this hotel turn you into a hipster?

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan.

Alex's win on the Bachelor is a win for all single mums

COMMENT

business man wearing boxing gloves ready for tough opposition , isolated on white background. ISTOCK Boxing Business ...

21 signs you're mentally stronger than average

10 meals that taste even better as leftovers

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Man sues after Samsung Edge explodes

Ashley Graham's Lingerie Runway Show Is The Picture Of Body Positivity

Lingerie on parade: A plus for all concerned

Bert and Ernie: the ultimate flatmates.

The five stages of flatmate friendship

'I thought it was in my genes'

4:42PM

Markets Live: ASX roars back

4:41PM

Is a2 milk better for you?

4:40PM

Exclusive first look at The Age stories

Daniel Porter, 19, with Bert the bull ahead of the Royal Melbourne Show.

Royal Melbourne Show: A young cattleman's journey

Flood crisis getting worse, despite reprieve from pelting rain

Chloe Booker, Nick Toscano

'We didn't know they were that bad': Couple's fugitive pain

Australian Sex Party MP Fiona Patten.

Sex Party MP accused of conflict over cannabis investment

Premier Daniel Andrews: "We are failing many, many people; we have to do better.''

Will Victoria be the first state to legalise euthanasia?

Victoria's Parliament House

Shutdown: Victorian Parliament bogged down in bickering

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

Mother of Beechworth boy Ben Dean thanks searchers

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Michael Mucci: cartoon / illo / ...

Public v private: The rise in parents split over schools

The home was reduced to rubble.

House blaze linked to accused killer of Kalgoorlie teen

WA

The accident scene where Ms Shaylor's handbag was allegedly stolen.

Fatal crash theft: 'One of the lowest crimes ever seen'

NSW

Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court in Brisbane on Thursday.

Palmer points to 'corruption at its highest level'

QLD

Senator Stephen Conroy and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015.

Stephen Conroy: the Right's man of political intrigue

Tony Wright

Hardman's soft exit could leave Bill Shorten exposed

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Turnbull open to compromise on marriage plebiscite

Fergus Hunter

George Christensen says the Queensland change is akin to legalising older men being able to groom boys.

Age-of-consent change will allow 50-year-olds to groom boys: MP

1 hr ago

Senator Michaelia Cash hugs Senator Pauline Hanson after her speech in the Senate on Wednesday.

A tale of two speeches: one a cut above the other

Jacqueline Maley

Senator Stephen Conroy during an estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 26 February 2014.
Photo: ...

Labor powerbroker Stephen Conroy resigns from the Senate

Fergus Hunter

Labor senator Stephen Conroy will leave the Senate.

'I scored a hat-trick...must be time to say farewell'

A man walks among hundreds of lifejackets scattered by UK charities ActionAid and Islamic Relief on the bank of the ...

Europeans have not lost their hearts: poll

Radical pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, second from right, and other protesters during a demonstration outside ...

China closes Wukan to the media

Migrants, mostly from Eritrea, during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean sea, north of Sabratha, Libya last month.

Boris Johnson joins 'turn back the boats' chorus

'A crackpot': Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump according to Nicholas Kristof.

'Mythomaniac' Donald Trump is not normal

COMMENT
Nicholas Kristof

Senator Pauline Hanson delivers her first speech in the Senate.

Walking out on Pauline Hanson worked well for everybody

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Jesinta Campbell with Lance "Buddy" Franklin on the black carpet earlier this year.

Football's white male elite struggling to make sense of world gone mad

COMMENT
Jonathan Horn

Rory O'Neill as his alter ego Panti Bliss campaigning for the gay marriage plebiscite in Ireland.

Plebiscite gives "permission" to promote hateful views

Jensen Byrne

Former BBY executive chairman Glenn Rosewall.

BBY chairman Rosewall 'a tyrant', court hears

1 hr ago

The gears of the global financial system have been crunching of late.

Markets Live: ASX roars back

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 min ago

Colin Falls, a farmer from the plains north of Bendigo, standing in his bumper canola crop this week. Farmers are ...

Aussie Farmers see dark clouds from $88b global mega-deal

Patrick Hatch
42 mins ago

Star casino

The Star casino plans new $500m, '6-star' hotel

4 mins ago

10 things you didn't know about the new RBA power duo

Palmer denies role in QNI administration decision

Why Myer should be left on the shelf

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

21 signs you're mentally stronger than average

Bert and Ernie: the ultimate flatmates.

How to tell if your flatmates actually like you

The Age, News, 13/09/2016, photo by Justin McManus. Ian and Jane Morrison are Tower hoppers who have moved and upgraded ...

The truth about life in a Docklands apartment tower

More buyers are using profits from sales to move to the country – but beware of the risks.

Cashed-up buyers ditch suburbs for rural mansions

Chris and Mariesa Hughes enjoy some extra space with their giant bed to accommodate all eight dogs.

Couple build giant bed so they can share with their eight dogs

When toxins become floating dust they can enter the body and even at low levels, affect your health.

How your favourite homewares are slowly killing you

You can't got wrong with a Comme des Garcons striped T-shirt.

Weekend style checklist: what to wear when you're off duty

Stitched Up
41 mins ago

Canberra’s Bentspoke has become one of the country’s busiest brewpubs.

Twelve great Aussie brewpubs making their own beer on-site

Fine Drinks

Demand from China has sent Bellamy's stock soaring, making it one of the ASX's recent success stories.

There's no such thing as 'smart money'

Scott Phillips

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The best way to give property to your children

George Cochrane

Detch Singh, co-founder of Hypetap.

This huge trend in start ups continues apace

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran
14 mins ago

Joji Felicitas Pantoja speaks in an inclusive business conference.

The best country in the world for women social entrepreneurs

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Missing boy with Down syndrome found

Bus fire closes all lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Bus fire closes all lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Unusual changes to brilliant galaxy

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Air Force bases slated to close

Air Force

In this Sept. 14, 2016 photo a wake boarder is silhouetted by the sun set as he performs a jump in Garbsen near ...

World of Photos

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

Fostering Connections

Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Community Corrections

Making a difference in the correctional system

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Fostering Connections

How one person can make a difference

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Levi Miller will play Mick, a boy living on a Pilbara cattle station in the 1960s.

Can Red Dog perform new tricks?

Ebony Bowden
45 mins ago

Maurizio Cattelan's America, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Sitting pretty: Gallery installs solid gold toilet for art lovers

Karl Quinn

Dr. Oz, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Trump's icky comment about daughter cut from Dr Oz Show

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of <i>The Bachelor</i> during the season four finale ...

Ropeable fans call for royal commission into Richie's pick

Ebony Bowden

The best on earth & the best on Mars. Spike Lee as Mars Blackmon, Tracy Camilla Johns as Nola and Michael Jordan as ...

Legendary director jumps on the Netflix bandwagon

Karl Quinn

Single and pregnant: Renee Zellweger in <i>Bridget Jones's Baby</i>.

The shocking truth about Renee Zellweger's face

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor and Rob Sitch in Utopia.

Making mischief on TV matters more than gags, says Rob Sitch

Rob Sitch

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

Sky Light by Robin Fox launched the Melbourne Fringe Festival on Thursday night.

Robin Fox's giant laser show dances over Melbourne CBD

Joseph Tawadros felt an instant connection to the oud.

Joseph Tawadros is pickin' up oud vibrations

Hayley Butcher in <i>Pressure Down</i>.

Fringe Festival: New-mum comedy something to sing about

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan.

Alex's win on the Bachelor is a win for all single mums

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Models Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner wear fake dreadlocks at Marc Jacobs' NYFW show.

Marc Jacobs called out for putting dreadlocks on models at NYFW

Rob Moran

Should you shop at the 'new' Katies?

Melissa Singer

008: Goodbyn lunchbox. Comes with five compartments and just one easy-open lid to keep track of, 100-plus cool stickers ...

My child's lunchbox is the source of my secret shame

COMMENT
Kelley Benham French

'Our instincts are always to save energy.'

Harvard professor: 'It is natural and normal to be physically lazy'

Colby Itkowitz

His money worries comes at a time when West has been criticised for paying his 1200 models and extras AU$140 each for a ...

Is Kanye West fooling us all? Tim Gunn has his suspicions

Amy Croffey
51 mins ago

"I love my sister, but she can bugger off with that smug look she gives me when people ask who is older," writes Celeste ...

I look older than my older sister, and it's all her fault

Celeste Barber

Orlando Bloom is a latecomer to going public on Instagram.

Bloom's Insta pics crack 30 likes after he makes account public

Mary Ward

Shot of a group of people doing squats in a gym

Understanding the 'cult' of group fitness

Lindy Alexander

fish

Why the Mediterranean diet works

Ellie Krieger

Male Athlete Doing Pull Ups - Chin-Ups In The Gym

How to do the perfect pull-up

Benjamen Judd

Morgan McGlone, of Belles Hot Chicken fame, reveals his favourite places to get fried chicken in America.

Belles Hot Chicken chef shares his top five USA fried chicken shacks

Lee Tran Lam

Tom Yum soup served at Soi 38.

Add these hot new restaurants and cafes to your hit list, Melbourne

Good Food Guide team

Barbecued T-bone with salsa dragoncello.

Barbecued T-bone steak with Italian-style salsa

Neil Perry

A US fertility doctor is accused of using his own sperm while treating patients.

Fertility doctor used own sperm '50 times' when treating patients

Cat Rodie

Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Zachery Ty Bryan, and Taran Noah Smith starred in Tim Allen's <i>Home Improvement</i>.

Home Improvement is 25 years old and the boys are all grown up

Ariane Beeston

Think twice before you hit upload and post to Facebook.

Teen sues parents for posting embarrassing photos on Facebook

Cat Rodie

Part caravan park, part boutique hotel: Notel in Melbourne.

Reviewed: Can spending a night here turn you into a hipster?

Kylie McLaughlin

Snow selfie.

Vote for the Miss Snow It All Instagram photo of the season

Rachael Oakes-Ash

What was the name of the pilot in 'Tahiti looks nice' 1970s TV ad for Cussons Imperial Leather soap?

Traveller quiz: Who is the pilot in 'Tahiti looks nice' 1970s TV ad?

As Tim Cook hones Apple's smartphone design, what will the next iPhone look like?

Has iPhone's weight loss finally plateaued?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The fundamental nature of lithium batteries means the potential for 'thermal runaway' is always there.

Why your phone is a ticking time bomb

Alex Cranz

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Review: Fixing the past to save the present in Dragon Quest VII

Tim Biggs

pac-man

Latest Pac-Man game breaks the rules

Kotaku

The Galaxy S7 Edge, which debuted in March.

Does S7 Edge have battery problem too?

Jon Swartz

Mazda MX-5 US road trip.

One in a million

Andrew MacLean

Mazda hopes Australian car fans will turn to the Mazda6.

Mazda chasing Aussie car refugees

David McCowen

2016 Audi A4 Allroad.

Driven: Audi A4 allroad

Peter McKay

The car offers a choice of four cylinder petrol or diesel engines.

Volvo's SUV alternative

David McCowen

2016 Holden Spark.

What little runabout should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2016 Mercedes-Benz E350d.

Driven: Mercedes-Benz E350d

Andrew MacLean

New Blue? Caleb Marchbank of the Giants.

Marchbank wants to be a Blue

Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

Back at Tigerland: Neil Balme played 159 games for Richmond.

Tiger 'dream' becomes a reality

Jon Pierik

Mark Williams is open to coaching offers, but not interstate.

Ditched Williams questions Cotchin captaincy

Jon Pierik

Travis Cloke is likely to be a Bulldog next season.

Cloke closing in on two-year deal with Bulldogs

Jon Pierik

Not happy: Dockers CEO Steve Rosich.

Wealthiest clubs in funding battle with AFL

Caroline Wilson

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Cats players celebrate on the final siren during the 2016 AFL Second Qualifying ...

Has Hawthorn's luck run out?

COMMENT
Ronny Lerner

Toby McLean of the Bulldogs marks ahead of Dylan Roberton of the Saints.

Teams: Hawks add run, Dogs take a punt

Rohan Connolly

Size doesn't matter: The Hawks' Cyril Rioli (46 goals) and Jack Gunston (50) have proven a lack of height in the forward ...

Gunston: Hawks' small forward line like NBA Warriors

Jon Pierik

Enigma: "Not many people really know who I am as a person," says Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios on the woman teaching him to love tennis again

Michael Chammas

The Socceroos are now the second-ranked team in the Asian confederation.

Socceroos shoot up FIFA rankings after wins

Training mishap: Mitchell Starc.

Starc in hospital after training mishap

Jon Pierik

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