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Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 13 ...

'Australia can no longer house its own children'

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Mariam Veiszadeh says politicians such as Pauline Hanson are giving licence to xenophobia.

'Every 2nd person': the poll that made Mariam feel sick

Foster father 'killed Tia to protect son over incest, pregnancy fears'

The launch of the Collingwood Magpies netball team.

They wear black and white, but it's not the Collingwood you know

Samantha Lane

Coroner recommends law change after high-rise suicides

Brayden O'Hara, from the Albury Tigers, was filmed appearing to urinate into the premiership cup.

Footballers in legal trouble over 'lewd' Mad Monday behaviour

Five things we now know about the census

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Australian-bound refugees are fleeing 'triangle of death'

'Wow': The moment George Clooney learns of Brangelina split

Ivanka can't hide Trump's misogyny - or danger he presents

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'Shaken things up': Richmond rebels call off board challenge

Caroline Wilson

A selection of dishes at Brae restaurant in Birregurra.

Do Victoria's regional restaurants beat the city's?

Burke Ramsey being interviewed by Dr Phil.

Lawyer for JonBenet Ramsey family vows to sue CBS

The actress listed September 15 as the date of their separation and cited irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ.

Hollywood couples that take the sting out of Brangelina's breakup

Ten common cleaning misconceptions

This is what parents should know about their teenagers

FootyFix: preview of the prelims

The effect of more highrises on Melbourne's skyline may soon be felt by tenants.

Oversupply 'cannot come soon enough' for Melbourne, expert claims

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at Temple University in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. ...

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Bruce Monteath has called off his challenge

Riewoldt undergoes unexpected ankle reco

Nat Fyfe will also be in LA to hone his training and recovery program.

Nat Fyfe cashing in on some coin on training sojourn in LA

Brendan Foster

Lend Lease's ambitious plan for Victoria Harbour in Docklands: five towers with more than 1500 apartments.

Council urges minister to reject Docklands 'wall of towers'

Clay Lucas

Man bashed after believing he had been racially abused, court told

Adam Cooper

12-year-old girl hospitalised after brawl at fast food outlet

Broede Carmody

A man has been charged over the stabbing death of a 38-year-old man in Cranbourne on Friday.

Police station evacuated after cannonball handed in

Aisha Dow

Parking inspectors have threatened to walk off the job on AFL Grand Final weekend.

Parking inspectors to walk off job on AFL Grand Final weekend

Broede Carmody

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Minimum 16 months jail for man who forced teen into prostitution

Adam Cooper

A skydiver is being treated for back pain.

Paramedics treating man after Elwood skydiving accident

Broede Carmody and Aisha Dow

Tiahleigh Palmer was in foster care when she was allegedly murdered by her foster father Richard Thorburn.

Accused murderer operated family day care business

Police would like to speak to Jake Mosley in relation to the assault.

'Coward punch' leaves man in critical condition

Former tennis legend and BBY Director Ken Rosewall outside the Supreme court on Wednesday.

Former tennis great grilled over firm's collapse

Michaela Whitbourn

The 266-seat Boeing 777-200 arrived half an hour early.

Canberra receives first international flight in 12 years

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Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says, 'calmly and soberly', that housing affordability is at 'crisis levels'.

Bowen's blunt housing crisis prediction

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PM praises UN for progress on arms, global warming, refugees

Mark Kenny

The 'triangle of death' Australian-bound refugees are fleeing

David Wroe

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says he had a 'cracker of a meeting' with Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Scullion to push justice targets with states

Michael Gordon

Australia and Britain both spend roughly 9 per cent of GDP on health, but their health insurance industries are very ...

Australians pay thousands more for private health cover

Heath Aston

In her first speech in the Senate last week, Pauline Hanson said Australia was in danger of being "swamped" by Muslims.

Half of all Australians want to ban Muslim immigration: poll

Mark Kenny, Michael Koziol

Turnbull government rules out US refugee swap

Police fire tear gas into the crowd of protesters on Old Concord Road, Charlotte, late on Tuesday night.

Protests erupt in Charlotte after police kill a black man

Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria, believes educated girls are more dangerous than drones to fundamentalists.

Meet the woman who hopes to save the world

United Nations officials suspended convoy operations in Syria after the attack.

US blames Russia for aid convoy attack

Rodrigo Duterte tells EU where to go

Lindsay Murdoch

Not seeing the light – married churchgoers Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull.

Wed to the hard right: The PM's cowardice over plebiscite

Julie Szego

The real reason our low rate of Newstart is dangerous

Peter Martin

State government must get tough on rail contracts

John Stone

Andrew Mackenzie will have to settle for only receiving $US2.2 million for the year.

Andrew Mackenzie pays the price for a poor year

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Elizabeth Knight

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria speaking in London earlier this year.

Rates are low, so borrow and spend, says OECD

Peter Martin

Captain Brian Beres prepares to fly his Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 to Brisbane on the inaugural ASPIRE flight.

Greener, cleaner flights look to revolutionise air travel

The Samarco disaster is likely to weigh on short and long-term incentive payments.

Samarco to weigh on Mackenzie's hip pocket for some time yet

Charter Hall pays $140.5m for half of 'Battlestar Galactica' HQ

How HP blocked the use of cheap ink cartridges

How NAB's $10 payment has opened a new world

Wesfarmers' Richard Goyder sees pay halved after dismal year

Footpaths, bike lanes, street furniture and street trees can be minimised or removed altogether from a developer looking ...

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Jungle Fever is a Bespoke Italian wallpaper that just invites self expression.

Wallpaper you can colour in... is this mindful decorating?

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A new kitchen at 42B Lansell Road, Toorak, has views over both courtyards.

The top must-have features to get the most amazing kitchens

Possibly the most confusing for travellers is North Melbourne Station, which is in West Melbourne.

Why are these Melbourne train stations so confusing?

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Paul Mac shares a few pearls of wisdom after three decades on the party circuit.

Paul Mac: 'I've survived plagues, overdoses and crackdowns'

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Howard and Gillian Tuxworth, with their children Harry and Molly, at the Collingwood home the Victorian government ...

What you can do if you're facing compulsory acquisition

Christine Long

If it's true love, like Wesley and Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride, you might want to consider putting assets ...

The Money guide to shacking up with your partner

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How workers cope with shattered office morale

Tony Featherstone

Erroyl produces mid-range luxury watches.

How Australian exporters handle the 'tyranny of distance'

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

US senator eviscerates Wells Fargo CEO

Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt

'Skittles are candy, refugees are people'

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Season 3 of cult classic Adventure Time now streaming

Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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'The weak get weeded out': Carlos explains Darwin's theory of evolution in the season debut of <i>The Bachelorette</i>.

Bachelorette villains are hatched and the scene for Love set

Michael Lallo

Lawyer for JonBenet Ramsey family vows to sue CBS

Keith Coffman

Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson in <i>The Girl on the Train</i>.

Emily Blunt 'too beautiful' for new movie role

Ebony Bowden

Riding shotgun with Bruce Springsteen in his new memoir Born To Run is long, ecstatic, exhausting, filled with peaks and ...

Springsteen's new memoir is part seance and part keg party

Dwight Garner

Nick Stathopoulos's hyper-real portrait of Deng Adut.

Archibald winner: 'Not bad for a couple of Blacktown boys'

Linda Morris

In Her Shoes director Curtis Hanson during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005.

8 Mile, Wonder Boys director Curtis Hanson dies

The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

Could a child have killed JonBenet Ramsey? It appears so

Aisha Dow

The release of the official sequel comes 90 years after the release of <i>Winnie-the-Pooh</i> in 1926.

Pooh's long-lost pal comes in from the cold after 90 years

Ebony Bowden

John Olsen is still going strong at 88 years old.

John Olsen retrospective is mildly entertaining at best

Robert Nelson

Son Ye-jin plays Princess Deokhye in The Last Princess, a largely passive character at the centre of a web of intrigue.

Historical tale of damsel in distress

Jake Wilson

You may never 'coregasm' - but that's okay

Anne-Marie Peard

Happier times: Angelina Jolie Pitt, left, and Brad Pitt in 2015.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt split: What we know now

Maria Puente

Brad Pitt and George Clooney attend the west coast premiere of "8" at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, 2012 in Los ...

'Wow': George Clooney learns of Brangelina split from reporter

Mary Ward

Kendall Jenner in the ballet-inspired shoot for Vogue Espana.

Ballerinas upset by this Vogue video have jumped the shark

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Jenny Noyes

Actress Jennifer Aniston poses at the premiere of her new film "Love Happens" in Los Angeles

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Aniston memes take over

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Josephine Tovey

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham attend the British Fashion Awards 2015 at London Coliseum on November 23, 2015 in ...

The couples that give us hope

Jenna Clarke

I have sex outside marriage, and my family took years to accept it

Koraly Dimitriadis

Naomi Watts is seen walking in Soho on September 16, 2016 in New York City.

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Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband actor Brad Pitt.

Why Brad and Ange's divorce is oddly reassuring

Alyssa Rosenberg

Starve cancer cells of sugar or fat? It doesn't work like that.

'Cancer diets' to cut the fat?

Sarah Berry

What the elderly can teach us about happiness

Dr Tim Sharp

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Weighing the pros and cons of probiotics

Eric Niiler

The Hamdog - a hamburger and hotdog mashup.?

Is the hamburger-hotdog mashup the laziest frankenfood yet?

Sharnee Rawson

How to make cult recipes from Good Food Guide winners at home

Dave Verheul, Casey Wall, Andrew McConnell

Head downstairs to new mezcaleria Bodega Underground for a Mexican fiesta.

Say cheers to dumpling tacos and more at this new mezcal bar

Nola James

Peppa Pig has been accused of being bad for kids.

Why Peppa Pig will always be welcome in my home

Cat Rodie

Feisty fifth-grader shuts down boy who can't keep his hands to himself

Cat Rodie

A mum decided to count how many times her two kids said her name a day and the results are terrifying.

Mum tests how many times her kids say her name with terrifying results

Merryn Porter

Head to the beach in New York during August to avoid its unbearable humidity.

The ultimate guide to New York City for first timers

Sarah Theeboom

The amazing destination no one cares about

Ben Groundwater

Vlogger Casey Neistat discovers the joy of flying first class on Emirates.

What happens when a vlogger gets upgraded to $27,800 first-class seat

Date set for 'first phones built by Google'

Tim Biggs

Comet 332P's nucleus, the bright object on the left, followed by a trail of debris 4800 kilometres long.

Hubble spots comet disolving into oblivion

Rachel Feltman

<i>ReCore</i>'s desert overworld is constantly shifting thanks to its ever present sand storms.

Review: Fantastic game let down by poor design, performance

Tim Biggs

In the pipeline: NBN won't be profitable until 2022.

Cheapest unlimited NBN deals in each city

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PayPal has become a member of eftpos and plans to connect to its real-time payments infrastructure next year.

Businesses falling behind in 'next frontier'

Tim Biggs

Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce revealed

Andrew MacLean

We drive the original Ford Ute

David Morley

Benz reveals E-Class All-Terrain

Daniel DeGasperi

Honda has introduced a limited-edition version of its Jazz hatch.

Honda introduces limited-edition Jazz

David McCowen

Tesla has fixed software bugs that allowed Chinese hackers access to its Model S

Tesla fixes security bugs

Jim Finkle

Drive's David McCowen joined Xbox on a Supercar tour of the Great Ocean Road.

Behind the wheel of Forza Horizon 3

David McCowen

City's Tim Cahill celebrates his goal during the FFA Cup Quarter Final against Western Sydney at AAMI Park.

Cahill stars as slick City rout Wanderers

Michael Lynch

Here we come: The launch of the Collingwood Magpies netball team.

New-look Collingwood: same, same but different

Samantha Lane

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Storm star looks beyond big 300

Roy Ward