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Six arrests after Hawks fans brawl in Melbourne CBD

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Sean Davison and his mother Patricia in Kathmandu in 2001, to celebrate her 80th birthday.

'You murdered our mother': Act that tore apart a family

Blue and white Police tape cordoning off broken fence area at a residential house like a crime scene, Australia 2016

Masked men who attacked pregnant woman still on the run

Services on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines have been partially suspended.

Train lines suspended after level crossing crash in city's east

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The ever-popular Jarryd Roughead in healthier times for the Hawks.

Jarryd Roughead 'not out of the woods' as Hawks look to 2017

Christmas Island is no longer obscured by clouds.

'Please get me out of here': The island without hope

The house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

When a birthday party turned into Betts' instant wedding

Donald Trump (finally) admits Barack Obama was born in the USA

Shark knocked man off his board at Bells Beach, surfer says

International headline act for grand final revealed

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: Tom Liberatore and Caleb Daniel of the Bulldogs celebrate winning the second AFL ...

The straw that broke Hawthorn's back

The Bachelor Richie Strahan chose Alex Nation during Thursday night's finale.

I wasn't supposed to like The Bachelor. But I did

COMMENT

Comedian Dave O'Neil

Dave O'Neil's teen years in the '80s in the armpit of Melbourne

ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW, 1963: Children from Box Hill State School watch the arena events surrounded by their Show sample ...

The showbags from Royal Melbourne Shows of yesteryear

Hoops dream: Nick Kyrgios helps launch Westside at Acton Park in Canberra with a game of basketball in 2015.

'Nick's really good': Kyrgios set to quit tennis and take up basketball

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When magpies attack

Kathleen Maxwell and Peter Cocciardi will sell their childhood home in Bentleigh East after 65 years in the family.

Bought for a bargain, these homes could now make a motza

A Caesarstone kitchen and a suspended fireplace are premium inclusions at 20 Hopkins St, McKinnon.

Open for inspection: What to see this weekend

Motorcyclist dies after crashing into ute ...

9:47AM

Train lines suspended after car and train collide ...

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

8:49AM

The Western Bulldogs celebrate after dethroning Hawthorn.

The kings are dead, the princes are charming

Greg Baum

Eddie Betts with sons Lewis and Billy.

Eddies Betts: The good times and the bad

Samantha Lane

Liam Picken is delighted as the Western Bulldogs surge to victory.

Giant trade materialises into preliminary final

Daniel Cherny

Carlton's Eddie Betts celebrates in the Richmond Tigers v Carlton Blues Elimination Final at the MCG. 8th September ...

Move from Blues to Crows still mystifies Betts

Samantha Lane

Eddie Betts: ''I'm a forgiving person.''

We're here for you: Goodes to Betts after crowd racism

Samantha Lane

A Tiger once more: Neil Balme.

Balme hiring a brilliant move by struggling Tigers

Caroline Wilson

New Blue? Caleb Marchbank of the Giants.

Marchbank wants to be a Blue

Larissa Nicholson

Vocal but small in number: GWS fans.

Why you should want GWS in the grand final

Daniel Cherny

Kathleen Maxwell and Peter Cocciardi will sell their childhood home in Bentleigh East after 65 years in the family.

Bought for a bargain in the '50s, these houses tipped to make a motza

14 Irymple Ave, Kew East

'We wanted to prove we could do it': Dea Jolly's Kew renovation

Contrast: Luigi Rosselli plays with diverse shapes to create a sense of space in Balancing House, at Balgowlah.

The biggest pitfalls and things to avoid when renovating

A Caesarstone kitchen and a suspended fireplace are premium inclusions at 20 Hopkins St, McKinnon.

Open for inspection: what to see this weekend

Bert and Ernie: the ultimate flatmates.

How to tell if your flatmates actually like you

Exclusive first look at The Age stories

A Chinese Australian is suspected of money laundering after gambling $850 million at Crown Casino over eight years.

Suspected money launderer gambled $850 million at Crown

Conroy replacement could be blocked by Victorian Parliament

'Somebody got away with murder': Tears as death remains 'unsolved'

Police wish to speak to Anton Lewryk in relation to an alleged stabbing that occured in Sunbury earlier this month.

Police release photo in bid to catch slasher who attacked security guard

The farmer's submerged ute in Wallacedale.

Missing man's body found in Wallacedale dam

UPDATED

An officer based in Victoria's north-east is under investigation over an alleged sex assault.

Police officer investigated over alleged sex assault

Daniel Porter, 19, getting Bert ''prettied up'' for the Royal Melbourne Show.

Royal Melbourne Show: A young cattleman's journey

Roy Hill in the Pilbara.

Barf and the beautiful: Beneath the Pilbara's dust

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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 court heard Simone Farrow used her image as a swimsuit model as a cover for her role in the exporting of drugs.

Ex-Penthouse Pet smuggled drugs for Hollywood lifestyle

NSW

Malarndirri McCarthy, Ken Wyatt, Linda Burney, Pat Dodson and Jacqui Lambie at Parliament House.

In historic gathering, nation’s Indigenous MPs reject hate

Fergus Hunter

The dark side of Australia's border protection success

Michael Gordon

Conroy quietly exits politics for expected business role

Heath Aston, Fergus Hunter

Stephen Conroy with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015.

Hardman's soft exit could leave Bill Shorten exposed

ANALYSIS

Former communications minister, Labor senator Stephen Conroy is believed to be one of the people being raided.

Stephen Conroy: the Right's man of political intrigue

Outgoing Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 Brigadier Kathryn Campbell, CSC (left) with incoming Deputy Commander ...

Women may soon have clean sweep in defence and foreign affairs

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

Julian Leeser: young fogey and constitution lover

Jailed for six years: Oscar Pistorius.

Pistorius prosecutors accused of having 'personal vendetta'

Friday's bombing was the latest in a series of attacks in Pakistan. This was was treated after a roadside attack in ...

Deadly explosion tears through mosque in Pakistan

Nesrine Kenza enjoys swimming in her burkini in Marseille, France. The debate over the burkini started in France, where ...

Burkini debate spreads to Egypt as woman ordered out of pool

Rubble in downtown Aleppo, which before the war was a tourist magnet for Syria.

Heavy fighting risks fragile Syrian truce

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

Why Hanson is an intellectually lazy pest

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Does Turnbull have the mandate to rule?

Peter Hartcher

The was a national outcry when Strahan chose Nation.

I wasn't supposed to like The Bachelor. But I did

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Volatility returned to global markets last week in ...

Global stocks slip as oil hits multi-week lows

1 hr ago

Yes, people did queue outside Apple stores around the world to get their hands on the latest iPhones. But it was a far ...

The Apple store line is dying

1 hr ago

The big fall in coal prices in recent years tells us the supply of coal now exceeds demand.

Is the power of king coal overstated?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

ATO investigates 35 e-commerce companies

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Investors reward Myer but outlook unclear

Why the house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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

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

Joji Felicitas Pantoja speaks in an inclusive business conference.

The best country in the world for women social entrepreneurs

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Episode 3: Ee'da Brahim

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Dogs end Hawks' golden era

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Tintin and the rocker: meet the incoming RBA bosses

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Iggy Azalea shows patriotism

Grade three students of Ascot Vale West Primary School in high spirits at the Showgrounds despite a busy morning in 1986.

Look back at showbags of past Royal Melbourne Shows

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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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Tim Verlinden said he has no plans rekindle his romance with ex Nikki Gogan now that The Bachelor Richie Strahan has ...

Even Nikki's ex-fiance was sad to see her dumped by The Bachelor

Amy Croffey

Dave O'Neil

Dave O'Neil on peaking in the 80s and outlasting the critics

Kerrie O'Brien

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

Can Red Dog perform new tricks?

Ebony Bowden

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

Sitting pretty: Gallery installs solid gold toilet for art lovers

Karl Quinn

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

Staff at National Gallery of Australia told their jobs won't exist on Monday.

Staff redundancies at National Gallery of Australia

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

Indigenous model Magnolia Maymuru was the first Indigenous woman from a traditional community to become a finalist in ...

Is this the end of Aussie fashion's 'blonde-ocracy'?

Andrew Hornery

THE BAD: Natasha Poly appears to be succumbing to the actual purple people eater in this Francesco Scognamiglio dress. ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

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

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

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

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall.

And the award for worst feminist goes to ...

Andrew Hornery

Miranda Kerr in Harper's Bazaar Australia.

Cleaning up, Malibu Miranda style

Andrew Hornery

Should you shop at the 'new' Katies?

Melissa Singer

Move over Kim Kardashian: Why you need to add ''Blac Chyna'' to your vocabulary.

Why you need to add 'Blac Chyna' to your vocabulary

Amy Croffey

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

Addison Quinn, 16, is in search of a weekend job.

Down syndrome teen's letter asking for a job goes viral

Ariane Beeston

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

Himalayan ride 6 - Riding the Friendship Highway, Tibet Must credit?Nomadic Knights ?Iain Crockart

The world's 10 most epic motorcycle rides

David McGonigal

Mantua, View towards Mantua and Lago Inferiore.

Italian city-states where art was used for power and influence

Ute Junker

Welcome to Australia? Customs at Melbourne Airport.

Traveller letters: Melbourne Airport is embarrassingly bad

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

Reminder: The message on Eddie Betts' wrist stands for "start well" which was the last thing coach Phil Walsh said to ...

The meaningful mantra on Eddie Betts' wrist

Samantha Lane

Kim Brennan

Aussie trio's medical records hacked

35 mins ago

Colin Kaepernick kneels during the US national anthem.

In joyfulness strained

Greg Baum

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