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The new owners of a 50-year lease over Australia's busiest port, the Port of Melbourne, plan to put in a place a ...

China snaps up stake in Port of Melbourne

Sarah Danckert

F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrew head to their aircraft.

How intelligence is fused to create a 'kill chain'

David Wroe

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Stawberry Surplus story, Chloe Booker ) Cheap strawberries for sale ...

Big supermarkets blamed for 'ridiculous' strawberry prices

Chloe Booker
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Productivity Commissioner Jonathan Coppel said the report did not downplay the importance of funding.

Families 'shamed' for not paying state school fees

Timna Jacks

Out of action: Eddie McGuire will take a break from broadcasting.

'Let's not be silly about it': McGuire hits back at Clarkson over flags jibe

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Ahmad Khan Rahami. The New York Police Department said it is looking for ...

Police name man wanted over New York explosion

Georgina Mitchell
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'Utterly ridiculous': Traders vent fury over ASX fail

Bulldogs members buy more tickets than Giants counterparts

iPhone: What sits where the headphone jack used to be?

Aussie Ben beats Game of Thrones heroes to win Emmy award

'I'm not always right': Psychic advised CEO on 'chakras, shares'

Dogs have chance to atone for dads' failures

Michael Gleeson

Matt Damon, left, embraces host Jimmy Kimmel on stage at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at ...

Kimmel played it safe but there were still some shocks

Country Road Heath bath towels, David Jones

Six ways you're mistreating your bath towels

Australian children's books that will take you right back

Trentham Falls near Daylesford flowing in full glory.

Victorians flock to see and hear 'mesmerising' waterfalls

Week's deluge drench waterfalls

Fresh farm eggs in a bed of yellow hay Generic photo of eggs.

When it comes to eggs, size really does matter

Sefton, the 1907 heritage-listed property is one of Mt Macedon's star attractions.

Is this the trophy home to end all trophy homes?

Suspect wanted for questioning over New York blast

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Three people stuck on Uluru

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80 cents a punnet: Big supermarkets blamed for ...

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What might have been: Tony Liberatore celebrates in 1997.

Dogs have chance to atone for dads' failures

Michael Gleeson

Lachie Henderson had a close encounter of the marine kind last weekend.

Henderson no scaredy Cat despite brush with shark

Sam McClure

Betty Hayes and daughter Jackie Hall show off their tickets on Monday.

Bulldogs members buy more tickets than Giants counterparts

Daniel Cherny and Broede Carmody

The Cats who can help get the cream

Rohan Connolly

Swans and Dogs to escape tribunal

McGuire hits back at Clarkson

Daniel Cherny

Who got Lade?: Brendon is back at the Power.

Who got Lade? Port did

Mark-up: A ticket on sale via the Ticketmaster website on Monday.

Fans face 'legalised scalping' for Dogs final

Daniel Cherny

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Residents check out floodwater in the riverside Victorian town of Charlton, which was at 7.51m on Saturday morning.

Heavy rain brings fresh flood threat for waterlogged state

Aisha Dow

Geelong defender in brush with shark while surfing

Sam McClure

Turnbull government 'short-changes' Victoria over port sale

Josh Gordon and Richard Willingham

The Citroen involved in the crash at Somerville sustained extensive damage,

One person dead after two head-on collisions

Aisha Dow

Salvatore Malatesta, in St Ali, South Melbourne.

Why this coffee boss is moving to US market

Larissa Ham

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 19: Kathay Jackson rolls her eyes as she is spoken and yelled out as she leaves ...

Kathy, return my dead brother's Bible, woman tells former HSU boss

Adam Cooper

A man accused of fatally stabbing another man refused to call an ambulance to the scene, saying his alleged victim would ...

'I know first aid and he's not going to die,' alleged killer says

Jane Lee

Uluru's traditional owners ask that visitors not climb the rock.

Three people stranded on Uluru

Aisha Dow
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Alcohol interlocks will be installed in the cars of repeat drink drivers from October.

Alcohol interlocks to be forced on drink drivers

APS Commissioner John Lloyd: "The APS is no exception”.

APS boss to extend temp contracts to three years

Vito Mir Zepinic walks out the front yard of his Turramurra home.

Judge's warning to bogus shrink after nine failed cases

No pause in Australian air strikes on IS despite fatal blunder

How to create a decision-making 'kill chain'

Suspect wanted for questioning over New York blast

Georgina Mitchell
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Most voters do not see any viable alternative to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies.

Putin-backed party on course to win Russian election

Indonesians were the worst affected with an estimated 91,600 excess deaths, the report found.

Indonesian forest fires may have caused 100,000 deaths: report

Jewel Topsfield

A New York Police Department bomb disposal robot handles an unexploded pressure cooker bomb on West 27th Street in New ...

FBI questions five over New York City bombing

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Canton, Ohio, last week.

How Donald Trump can win the White House

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Tom Switzer

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten joined Greens senator Janet Rice and ''rainbow families'' opposed to a plebiscite on ...

So much for the values in our Garden of Eden

COMMENT
Aubrey Perry

There's not much to laugh at in the Bridget Jones story if you're still a sad singleton in your 40s.

For many, Bridget Jones is tragic, not comic

COMMENT
Mary Loxley

Attempts to open up Telstra's regional mobile network to roaming could reduce investment, the telco's CEO warns.

Telstra flags risk of forced network sharing in bush

Supermarkets blamed for 'ridiculous' strawberry prices

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Women are on track to occupy 30 per cent of boardroom seats by the end of 2018.

Two more companies join blacklist of 'female-free' boardrooms

Childcare educator Patricia Rosas with five-year-old Antonella Blanco at the ABC childcare centre in Ultimo.

Childhood educators protest being paid as little as $20 an hour

'Utterly ridiculous': traders vent fury over ASX fail

Jessica Sier

Google may face Indonesian tax bill of over $US400 million

Packer holds the cards over board's 50 per cent pay rise

Colin Kruger, CBD

Chinese buy stake in Melbourne following Ausgrid debacle

Sarah Danckert

Nicole Nicol has slipped easily in to Bali life.

Buying in Bali: 'People do stuff here they would never do at home'

Larissa Ham

Take a peek and decide: are these the world's coolest properties?

Jack Leahy, 25, a musician, lives in a 3.7-square-metre crawl space reached by a ladder, for $600 per month, in ...

This man's NYC 'home' is not much bigger than his mattress

How much light a room gets is the most important thing to consider when choosing paint colour.

How to choose the right paint colour for any room

Australia's underemployment rate is stuck near a record high of 8.5 per cent,

The biggest gripes tradies have about their customers

Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman on the red carpet.

Why do the men have it so easy on the red carpet?

Men's Style

A sudden call of nature is not unusual for distance runners.

Nature calls: every runner's most embarassing problem

The Long Run

Two of everything is not a wise investment strategy.

Two of everything is for zookeepers, not investors

Scott Phillips

Hannah Richardson is preparing to sell unwanted children's toys ahead of the influx of Christmas gifts.

Households could unlock $40b by selling unwanted items

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The Age, News. Streaming music in Restaurants and public places, Nick Larkins (in blue) and Matt Elsley who have started ...

Cafe soundtracks are changing and here's why

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Attractive woman working on a laptop computer. She is casually dressed with long blonde hair. She looks relaxed with a ...

Help! What is a 'blackhole' expenditure'?

Max Newnham

Karl Stefanovic breakup: What we know

Fallon ruffles more than Trump's hair

Vic flood threat not easing

Arsenal seals win over Hull

Actress Ava Gardner as Moira Davidson walks along a wharf in the Port of Melbourne in 1959.

Look back at Port Melbourne

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Corey Feldman and his Angels perform on the US Today show.

Mocked Corey Feldman slams 'painful' backlash

Rob Moran

The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

JonBenet docu-series will name new suspect, says investigator

Ebony Bowden

Jimmy Barnes hopes to break the cycle of shame and fear of his childhood with new book.

Barnes says Rosie Batty inspired ugly truths in his new memoir

Rob Moran

Kimmel played it safe but there were still some shocks

Michael Idato

Ben Mendelsohn who won an Emmy for his role in Bloodline.

Aussie Ben beats Game of Thrones heroes at Emmys

Michael Idato

Actress Charmian Carr plays Liesl as she performs the classic song Sixteen, Going on Seventeen from the movie The Sound ...

Charmian Carr, star of the Sound of Music, dies at 73

Michael Idato

Can I get a harrumph? Former PM John Howard hits the hustings to plug his documentary-making debut.

Howard on Menzies dismissed as 'propaganda'

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Aja Styles

The People V OJ Simpson cleans up in 2016 Emmys

Karl Quinn

Edward Albee in Sydney in 2010, aged 83.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? writer Edward Albee dies

Jerusalem Quartet review: Back and better than ever

Lyric Opera performs <i>Our Man in Havana</i> as part of the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Our Man in Havana Review: swaying and singing with élan

Kerry Washington and #kerrywashingtonslay was trending on Twitter thanks to this look.

Kerry Washington steals the show with well-dressed baby bump

Jenna Clarke

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18: Actress Kristen Bell attends the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater ...

All the dresses (and the stars) on the Emmys red carpet

Jenna Clarke

Schumer and sister Kim Caramele matched in similar Vivienne Westwood black gowns and hairstyles, which is probably ...

Amy Schumer gives 'best answer to dumbest question'

Amy Croffey

Sophie Turner at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Sophie Turner reveals matching Game of Thrones tattoo

Amy Croffey

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra at the 2011 Logies.

Karl and Cass: On the way to joining a surprising group

Michael Evans

'Islam chose me': Susan Carland on religion, love and the hijab

Susan Wyndham

No one asked for this Teva/Ugg collaboration. No one

Mary Ward

"Forget the popular myth that sex is spontaneous - it's not. You have to create the time and the space," writes Matty Silver.

Can a sexless marriage ever survive?

Matty Silver

Our relationships matter more for wellbeing than ill health.

The paradox of our health and wellbeing

Sarah Berry

It's time to chew the fat on duck farming.

The darker side of duck fat

Paula Goodyer

Life after Fitbit: do they make a difference?

Cat Rodie

Salty and sweet, bacon desserts have a legion of fans.

Soy sauce on icecream? Weird food combinations that work

Rachel Bartholomeusz

Weekly meal planner: early spring recipes

Attica's marron dressed in lemon myrtle and pearl meat butter.

Melbourne vs Sydney – who has the most hatted restaurants?

Myffy Rigby

Does your relationship take second place behind your children?

This is why you should put your partner before your children

Lori Lim

Lyra Thomaston, 6, with her rainbow unicorn-inspired haircut and dye.

Mum responds to critics over daughter's unicorn inspired haircut

Ariane Beeston

Harper Beckham, 5, with her father, David Beckham.

Why I wont let my daughter, 5, wear high heels like Harper

Cat Rodie

I tried five of the world's cheapest airlines and here's what I found

Jenn Harris

Tokyo, Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun has become increasingly popular with Australians.

The most popular new destination for Aussies revealed

Craig Platt

Twenty reasons to visit this incredible island

Kerry van der Jagt

Lifting the barometric vent, which is not a second speaker, from the iPhone 7 Plus.

What sits where the headphone jack used to?

Tim Biggs

Why you should care about Amazon Echo

COMMENT
Mark Skilton

The father of modern computing, Alan Turing, helped turn the tide of the Second World War whilst breaking German codes ...

Geek pilgrimage: England's Bletchley Park

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The best astronomy images of 2016

Gizmodo

Messages is a whole lot less simple since the iOS 10 update.

Apple has made Messages a nightmare

COMMENT

Ford Australia was established in Geelong in 1925

The rise and fall of Ford Australia

Daniel DeGasperi

Mazda keeps chipping away at the Mazda6 sedan and wagon.

Tested: New Mazda6

David McCowen

Abarth 124 Spider revealed at the 2016 Geneva motor show

Details: Abarth 124 Spider

Stephen Ottley

Drive: Nathan Hindmarsh with his large people mover, in Artarmon, Sydney. 6th September 2016 Photo: Janie Barrett

Star & Car: Nathan Hindmarsh

Owen Thomson

Road trip: The Peak to The Beach

Andrew MacLean

Audi's secret TT RS rival

Stephen Corby

Race winner Nico Rosberg, centre, sits with Daniel Ricciardo, left, and Lewis Hamilton.

Formula One pendulum swings towards Ricciardo, Rosberg

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Andrew Tate

New record: Chun In-gee made history with the lowest score in a major by a man or a woman.

Chun In-gee wins 2nd LPGA title with lowest major score in history

Aussies record double overtime victory over US to win gold

Scott Spits