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Pubs have started switching off CUB taps as part of a union-led boycott.

Off tap: Pubs dump beer brands in fight for brewery jobs

Attorney-General George Brandis has said the government will be open to compromise on the structure of the same-sex ...

D-Day looms for same-sex marriage plebiscite as parties meet

Michael Koziol

A screen grab from the census video.

Don't blame us: Bureau deflects Census criticism

The lake proved a temporary tourist attraction, although new bride Gloria Ye was not big fan.

Seeing red: Prank turns Carlton Gardens pond to crimson lake

35 mins ago

Australia is among the top 10 healthiest countries in the world.

Suite of perfect scores: Australia soars in world health rankings

Blurry businessman and wooden bat on dark grey background

'You killed my dad on Black Saturday': Teen bashed wrong man

Watchdog urged to probe cartel claims against surgeons

Julia Medew

Drug suspect 'rises from dead' to declare support for president

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

PM's big challenge - and he's going to need Shorten

COMMENT

The surprise person who convinced Jobe to play on

Liberals behind same-sex marriage smear campaign

EXCLUSIVE

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Lance Franklin of the Swans is tackled by Joel Selwood of the Cats during the AFL ...

Swans off to a flying start against Cats

Live
Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

Phoebe

Phoebe's Fall: the short life and brutal death of Phoebe Handsjuk

Jennifer Aniston - a symbol for the scorned.

How Aniston unwittingly became a poster girl for spurned lovers

Jobe Watson was all smiles as he spoke to the media, sporting his FEMINIST hat.

'So hot': Jobe Watson's hat delights feminists and fans

9 Towers Road, Toorak

Spare $30m-plus? Mansion set to be state's most expensive

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How big is a sunfish?

The new 4 per cent stamp duty surcharge applicable to foreigners will raise $835 million, the government says.

Why are Chinese buyers so interested in Australia?

Billy cart

Billy cart tracks are not the roads of the future

Prank turns Carlton Gardens pond to crimson lake ...

8:35PM

Drug suspect 'rises from dead' to declare support ...

7:40PM

Live: Cats v Swans square off for grand final spot

7:28PM

Exclusive first look at The Age stories

Tom Boyd is happy back in Melbourne.

Boyd and the million-dollar views

Emma Quayle

Jeremy Cameron of the Giants

Giants boss terms critics "hysterical"

Samantha Lane

Leon Cameron with wife Carolyn and Harry, Jack and Amelia.

Mum's the word for coach Cameron

Samantha Lane

Playing hurt: Tom Boyd

Surgery awaits for Boyd

Emma Quayle

Jobe Watson.

Ex-teammate's partner pivotal in Watson return

Daniel Cherny

Telling his tale: Cameron Wight has chosen to talk about his depression as part of the AFLPA's Better Out than In campaign.

Ex-Dog lets the Black Dog loose

Daniel Cherny

Jobe Watson will be leading the Bombers' charge in 2017.

Jobe Watson's decision to play on makes Bombers' 2017 prospects brighter still

ANALYSIS
Rohan Connolly

"I don't think you can completely stop a guy like Bontempelli": GWS coach Leon Cameron.

Giant attention in store for Bontempelli

James Buckley

MFB chief fire officer Peter Rau has reportedly quit.

MFB chief quits to fight condition linked to his time at Fiskville

UPDATED

Fisherman to shell out $100,000 for illegally caught lobsters

Film festival drops anti-vaxx film amid firestorm of criticism

Quick-thinking four-year-old Hafsa woke her mother, Nimo, after hearing the smoke alarm.

Four-year-old Hafsa saves two families from house fire

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Uncle gets two years' jail for 'brazenly' molesting nieces

Traffic congestion on Alexander parade - Victorians will shell out $100 million more in compensation for the scrapped ...

Victoria to pay even more for East West Link cancellation

EXCLUSIVE

Rescue crews on scene after a man became trapped in a pit at Mernda.

Delicate operation: Man rescued from deep construction site pit

Rowers in the dying days of daylight savings.

Nationals plan to have daylight saving wound back

NSW

The shark follows the fisherman in his kayak for several minutes.

Shark shield saves Perth angler from 'great white'

WA

New funding models to keep Brisbane River clean include a "tourist-bed levy" set at $1 or $2 a night.

Tourist levy could lend clarity on Brisbane River

QLD

Detective Sergeant David Crowe, of the ACT Policing sexual assault and child abuse team, said at least six female sex ...

Serial rape gang 'preying on sex workers'

ACT

A screen grab from the census video.

Blame all around as Bureau deflects Census 2016 criticism

Peter Martin

Lacking a Plan B, Turnbull will need Shorten

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Liberals behind same-sex marriage misinformation campaign

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has accused the states of 'political chest-beating' over their post-Gonski complaints.

Post-Gonski school funding talks off to fiery start

Labor's new national secretary Noah Carroll.

ALP appoints Victorian party boss to steer next campaign

Labor's Richard Marles: "We have got to see leadership from our government."

'Lack of leadership': Labor links Dutton to anti-Muslim sentiment

Liberal Party campaign director Tony Nutt addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Thursday.

Labor's Mediscare 'lies' claim another victim

COMMENT

Murder charge: Jessica Kumala Wongso enters the Central Jakarta District Court in Indonesia.

Third expert questions cyanide coffee death

Jewel Topsfield

Shoppers walk along a shopping street in Beijing, China, where internet addiction is a big problem.

Chinese teen starves mother to death in fury

Liberals argue that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is held to a lower standard of accountability than ...

US media challenge Donald Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Francisco Maneja, bleeding from gun shot wounds, raises his hands to ask for help in Manila.

Drug suspect 'rises from dead' to declare support for Duterte

EXCLUSIVE
Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Lacking a Plan B, Turnbull will need Shorten

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Many people don't have loved ones to care for them when they become old, and there will be many more to come.

Sick of hearing about old age? Just you wait

COMMENT
Ian Rose

What?

A cat's life: finding meaning in furballs and extruded fish by-products

COMMENT
Danny Katz

Pubs have started switching off CUB taps as part of a union-led boycott.

'I'm not drinking it now': VB on the nose as pubs join boycott

Telstra is adding 1000 technicians to its arsenal.

Telstra to hire 1000 new field technicians

Daront searches for Pokemon characters at Peg Paterson park in Rhodes.

Get off my lawn! Pokemon Go tests global laws

WA's beef exports to China could by worth $1 billion by 2030.

A lot at steak: beef exports could be worth $1 billion to WA by 2030

Sharemarket soars in $39 billion relief rally

You're not as rich as you think you are

COMMENT
Satyajit Das

UN fears third leg of global financial crisis

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

How Amazon, Starbucks and other brands got their names

9 Towers Road, Toorak

Spare $30m+? Mansion set to be Victoria's most expensive house

Nathan Tinkler's 421 Grandview Rd estate has reportedly sold.

Nathan Tinkler's Brisbane estate sells at loss

The five tent-like structures are made of timber and concrete.

This Japanese forest house is the ultimate retreat

Inside the silo – with the kitchen area, heating and climbing wall.

Tight and tiny: German architect creates home from old grain silo

The new 4 per cent stamp duty surcharge applicable to foreigners will raise $835 million, the government says.

Why are Chinese buyers so interested in Australia?

Custom motorbike builders from around Australia will showcase their trophy bikes at the fifth annual Deus Boundless ...

Easy riders: the cool cult which stretches from Bondi to Bali

Lifestyle

The new Ferrari aims to capture a younger market.

Ferrari's first four-seater with a V8 is one hell of a hatchback

Luxury Cars

Lachlan Macquarie modified Spanish coins to create Holey Dollars, Australia's first coins.

'A fascinating coin': Macquarie's Holey Dollars showcased online

James Cockington

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Superannuation compromise fair and logical

COMMENT
Daryl Dixon

Sprinkle can handle shifting water restrictions.

'Crappy sprinkler systems' inspires invention

Work, unhappy, woman, misery, office, worker

How workers cope with shattered office morale

Tony Featherstone

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Patriots down Texans with rookie QB

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LIVE: First US presidential debate

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Child saves family from burning home

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Is America ready for a Madam President?

Colin Falls is a farmer from the plains north of Bendigo. He has a cracking crop of canola, which is now in full flower, ...

Fairfax photos of the week - September 22, 2016

transparent

Catch up on Transparent ahead of Season 3 on 24th September.

Adventure Time

Season 3 of cult classic Adventure Time now streaming

LIU

Product recall costs mount for businesses

Advertiser Content

Fostering Connections

Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

Advertiser Content

LIU

Directors facing more personal liabilities

Advertiser

Turning the tide: Emily Blunt often portrays complex female characters.

The Girl on the Train star Emily Blunt rejects "strong roles" idea

Karl Quinn

Audrie & Daisy Daisy Coleman - Audrie & Daisy

The terrifying, tragic world of sex attacks and social media

Sarah Thomas

Some of the cast of the West Wing will reunite to campaign on behalf of Hillary Clinton in Ohio this weekend.

West Wing stars reunite to endorse Hillary Clinton in Ohio

Amy Croffey

Who wore Blue Steel best? Rhys Chilton (L) and Derek Zoolander (R).

Blue Steel at 10 paces from Bachelorette's model suitors

Amy Croffey

Vitaly stages his bangin' Beethoven performance.

Bangin' Beethoven played on handguns by sharpshooter

Nick Galvin

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Jeff Probst from Survivor II. SHD Television Magazine 010408.

Reality bites: Survivor camp smashed by massive cyclone

Ebony Bowden

Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix
pointing wand

Cat, heron or basset hound ... What's your spirit animal?

Katie Rogers

Cate Blanchett in a still from RED, 2016, a high resolution digital video, by Del Kathryn Barton.

Cate Blanchett perfect as a poisonous, man-eating spider

Andrew Taylor

Choreographer Lucy Guerin with dancers in The Dark Chorus.

Lucy Guerin's Dark Chorus a journey through light and shade

Annabel Ross

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Local musicians, Mick Simpson , Anna GoGo , Emma Peel and Brooke Penrose pose for a ...

Reservoir gets its own music festival next month

Hannah Francis

Claire Maria Fox in Menage.

Menage review: sex worker's secrets make for gripping theatre

Hannah Francis

Jennifer Aniston - a symbol for the scorned.

How Jennifer Aniston became a symbol for spurned lovers

Amy Croffey

As painful as ghosting is, there may be a time and a place for the relationship manoeuvre.

Why some women feel compelled to 'ghost' their dates

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet.

Child abuse claims surface as divorce takes messy turn

Maria Puente and Lorena Blas

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Actress Lupita Nyong'o attends the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, ...

'What kind of world is this?': Lupita's on meeting Beyonce

Mary Ward

Models walks the runway at the Top Shop Unique show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer collections 2016/2017 on ...

Three looks to try from London Fashion Week

Stephanie Darling

THE GREAT: There's so much happening here, but I'm on board with all of it. Emily Blunt's Alexander McQueen gown is ...

Emily Blunt makes busy beautiful on the red carpet

Gigi Hadid after the Max Mara show.

Gigi Hadid fights off man who lifted her off the ground in Milan

COLOGNE, GERMANY -APRIL 14: Fashion model Jueli Mery wearing a black jogger pants and white top from Zara, black leather ...

Harem pants get a major reboot, here's how to wear them

Melissa Singer

Like your coffee black and bitter? Watch out.

What your diet says about your personality

Work issues: woman overloaded with stuff at work

Stress can erase the benefits of your healthful diet

Melissa Healy

Experts say being overweight or obese is not a hopeless situation.

Don't blame your genes for your weight: study

Sarah Berry

Blue Lagoon cocktail from The Underground Experiment. To be used for upcoming column by Michael Harden. Please credit ...

Bottoms Up: 8 shakin' cocktail trends to road test this Friday

Callan Boys, Gemima Cody and Myffy Rigby

Kingfish sashimi with nam jim.

Changing of the seasons as Spring and Summer opens in St Kilda

Nola James

Johnny Di Francesco's Zero Gradi gelateria in Brunswick East.

Best places to eat in Brunswick

Matt Holden

Baby Madeline is a fan of her big new friend.

Proof that grandparents can't be trusted to buy presents

Cat Rodie

Katie and Dalton Prager on the their wedding day.

Real-life 'The Fault in Our Stars' wife dies five days after her husband

Ariane Beeston

Daily Juice Co confirms that as of August 2016, they have ceased production of SunnyBoy ice blocks.

SunnyBoy ice blocks are gone forever, Zooper Doopers survive the cut

Ariane Beeston

Surfer auf der Citywave bei der 3. Surf & Style Europameisterschaft am Flughafen M?nchen

Move over, Singapore: The European airport as good as Changi

Barry Divola

Baggage fees are one way some airlines are raking in millions.

Revealed: The 10 airlines earning billions from extra fees

Oliver Smith

The last British Air Concorde flight to land at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport comes in for a landing on October 23, ...

Want to own your own piece of the Concorde? From $22 you can

Apple's tiny Lightning to 3.5mm audio adaptor bundled with the iPhone 7.

How is iPhone 7's headphone adapter?

Adam Turner

More than 500 million user details had been stolen from Yahoo.

Have a Yahoo account? Here's what to do

Hayley Tsukayama

The conservation team that found a fragment of the Sydney Morning Herald from 1883, inside this sunfish.

SMH stuffed in massive fish in 1883 still there, found by museum

Marcus Strom

pokemon

Tokyo police dealing with Pokemon GO chaos

Kotaku

First-round bids for the company's main web assets are due April 11, a person with knowledge of the matter said last week.

500m users hit in 'biggest breach ever'

Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro

The (tyre) burning question

Andrew MacLean

The 2017 Holden Equinox will replace the Captiva.

Holden Equinox replaces Captiva

Stephen Ottley

Mad Max Falcons

Driven: The most famous Falcon

David Morley

Hyundai will reveal more about its N Performance arm at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Hyundai's VW Golf GTI fighter

David McCowen

2016 Mini John Cooper Works Convertible.

First drive: Mini Convertible JCW

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen has been told it faces "serious consequences" in a court case filed by the ACCC

VW lashed for "playing games" in court

David McCowen

Star: Lance Franklin is again the man to stop for Geelong.

Cats and Swans square off for grand final spot

Live
Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

Melbourne City celebrate their W-League title earlier in the year.

W-League players pay to play

Storm warhorse Jesse Bromwich sometimes has to be forced to take a rest by club medical staff.

Storm's gang of four stand tall in injury-marred year

Roy Ward

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