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Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since 2006.

Last chance for marriage equality, Brandis warns

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Silencers are on display at the Sig Sauer booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, ...

The assassin's tool infiltrating Melbourne's underworld

The murder of Tracy Connelly, pictured with her partner Tony, remains unsolved.

How a DNA screening of 600 men could catch a violent killer

Nearly 5000 people are now directly employed by NBN Co.

NBN executive earned $1.8m for six months' work

The ACT Legislative Assembly has called on the federal government to drop plans for a same-sex marriage plebiscite and ...

There's just one electorate against same-sex marriage

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Emotional: Injured Bulldogs skipper Bob Murphy embraces his stand-in, Easton Wood, after the game.

No matter what happens, Dogs' season will end in tears

Greg Baum

'It can't get much higher': Is one state at peak renewable power?

Turf war erupts over right to cremate bodies in Victoria

'We wouldn't vote as a bloc': Mum, dad and two kids stand for council

US mall shooting suspect 'zombie-like' when arrested

Fleur was babysitting her host children when he came for her

Clay Smith and Caleb Daniel embrace after the preliminary final.

'Pretty tough': Smith's tears for tragic friend

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Samantha Lane

Natascha Kampusch talking to Sunday Night.

Why a kidnap victim bought the dungeon she was imprisoned in

Gennifer Flowers during a 1992 interview at the height of the Clinton affair scandal.

Clinton's mistress accepts Trump's debate invitation

Police are investigating reports the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton was hacked.

Pippa Middleton's iCloud hacked, nude photos stolen

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 16: The Hawks look dejected after losing the second AFL semi final between Hawthorn ...

The diet that sustains professional footballers

Princess Charlotte makes royal tour debut

An attempt to seal a leaking window in a Melbourne apartment.

Melbourne's 'shoddy' apartment boom a buyer's nightmare

Nicholas Quaratiello at the school readiness centre

Pre-kindy bootcamp 'a waste of parents' time and money'

George Brandis warns same-sex marriage could be ...

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Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before ...

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The Bulldogs celebrate victory in the preliminary final.

Lin Jong stars for Bulldogs in VFL grand final win

Brent Diamond
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Jordan Roughead was forced out of the game after being hit by a ball at close range.

Roughead set to play grand final after eye injury

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Michael Gleeson

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge with injured skipper Robert Murphy.

The Last Word on preliminary finals

Rohan Connolly

Strain: Aliir Aliir remains a chance to play against the Bulldogs despite having to be helped from the field during the ...

Injured Aliir still chance to play grand final

Andrew Wu

Thousands of Bulldogs fans made the trek north to see their team play GWS in a preliminary final.

Dogs fans are going to miss out on grand final tickets. It's not fair

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Rohan Connolly

The Block recap: tensions flare after a site walk-off

33 and renting: why Celia Pacquola won't be buying any time soon

This couple has lived alone in Spanish village for over 40 years.

Why do these people live in abandoned towns alone?

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: DOMAIN - Market Wrap auction - Glen Iris on September 24, 2016 in Melbourne, ...

Hot market strengthens despite pre-grand final auction surge

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Invest in storage bins for a tidier and more organised home.

Making a positive move: seven tips for shifting house

Local residents and business owners believe the speed limit at the dangerous intersection should be cut.

How low can it go? A 30km/h speed limit put forth for Brunswick East

Two men from Western suburbs' Haddara clan badly hurt in crash

Captive audience: Palace Cinemas set for old Pentridge prison site

Another motorcyclist has been killed on the state's roads.

Motorcyclist dies after collision with caravan

Steve Lillebuen

Under cloud: The Hazelwood power station on Saturday.

Government scrambles to allay Hazelwood shutdown fears

'We need to stop putting dollars into private schools'

Phoebe's Fall: Booze, drugs, high society and a bloody death

A thief stole more than $12,000 worth of jewellery from Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's home.

Man charged with stealing $12k of 'Twiggy's' jewels

The ACT greyhound industry could capitalise on a NSW shutdown if allowed, dog advocates have said.

Is this the Las Vegas of greyhound races?

The turtle found with its flipper entangled in a crab pot line.

Forgotten crab pots killing 100-year-old turtles

Workers dangle from a collapsed crane at a North Sydney building site.

Dramatic rescue as crane fall leaves men dangling

Advocates say it is a myth that large corporate donations will prop up the "yes" campaign for gay marriage.

Corporate cash for same-sex marriage a 'myth', say advocates

Michael Koziol

Blame all around as Bureau deflects Census 2016 criticism

Peter Martin

Lacking a Plan B, Turnbull will need Shorten

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Michael Gordon

John Smyth, director and secretary of Children's Future and previously the secretary of the Galston branch of the ...

Liberals behind same-sex marriage misinformation campaign

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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

A Syrian man carries his son to a field hospital after Syrian and Russian army carried out airstrikes in Aleppo.

Aleppo hit by biggest airstrikes of Syria's five-year civil war

This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police shows Keith Scott, left, moments before he was ...

Charlotte police release footage of deadly shooting of Keith Scott

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he won't stop until he cleans up his country.

Philippines to host US war games after Duterte softens stance

Jeremy Corbyn MP gives the thumbs up to supporters after being announced as the leader of the Labour Party on the eve of ...

Winner of UK Labour's bitter leadership campaign announced

Swearing is good for you, so let it rip

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Valerie Morton

Ripped off by regulation and feeling the pain

Amanda Vanstone

Marriage debate: Keep a tight leash on the haters

David McCarthy

BHP has been accused of underpaying US workers.

BHP accused of underpaying Americans

Sarah Danckert

World leaders change path, we play games

Ross Gittins

Macpac hopes to scale heights in the Australian retail market.

Kiwi chain aims to open 10 Aussie stores a year

Lidl seeks trademarks, stirs speculation

RBA boss misses cut in the banker pay top 50

What happens if renewable power goes too far, too fast?

Gold stocks at the mercy of $A

Jessica Sier

NBN exec given $1.8 million parachute

Top tinnies: 12 cans of beer that crush the competition

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

The cool custom cult which stretches from Bondi to Bali

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Sarah Hopkins from Galston has helped her son, Michael, buy a unit by going guarantor for his mortgage.

More parents helping children onto property ladder

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons wore a Cymbeline gown she bought on sale for her wedding in 2009.

How to save money on a beautiful wedding in the social media age

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

From $10K savings to $10 million turnover

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Knog's bike lights have become the subject of a stressful design theft.

One of the most infuriating aspects of innovation

Nina Hendy.

Tradies use excavator for water skiing

Charlotte police release fatal shooting video

Bulldogs win thriller to make final

US police hunt mall gunman

Footscray rover Merv Hobbs flies over Melbourne's Trevor Johnson to mark in the VFL 1961 preliminary final at the MCG.

Bulldogs, stars and fans, past and present

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

Season 3 of cult classic Adventure Time now streaming

Product recall costs mount for businesses

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Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Directors facing more personal liabilities

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Natascha Kampusch bought dungeon to stop 'theme park'

Aja Styles

Mark Wahlberg on set during filming of <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>.

What a Deepwater Horizon survivor really thinks of movie

Steve Persall

Owen Suskind as a small boy, from the film about his life, Life, Animated.

Disney movies brought small boy back to his family

Stephanie Bunbury

Jessica Marais in <i>The Wrong Girl</i>.

Jessica Marais is right as The Wrong Girl

Annabel Ross

George Stroumboulopoulos says the victim was a close friend who was staying at his LA house while he was in New York.

Actor found slain at LA home of Canadian TV host

Dan Whitcomb

Mark Wahlberg in the film <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>.

Why we can't get enough of disaster movies

Paul Byrnes

Period pin-up boy talks about Poldark's battles

Michael Idato

High body count in remake of The Magnificent Seven in which Chris Pratt plays a wise cracking card shark.

It's not terrible but . . . : The verdict on The Magnificent Seven

Paul Byrnes

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

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

Hannah Francis

Julia Gillard and Rihanna team up for a global education campaign.

Julia Gillard and Rihanna seal their friendship onstage

Daisy Dumas

Elle Ferguson – the new girlfriend of Greater Western Sydney Giants star Joel Patfull – is part of the changing face of ...

Elle Ferguson and the changing face of AFL WAGs

Jenna Clarke

Rebecca Vallance dress, $899. Zara T-shirt, $13. Holly Ryan “Gold Wavee” earrings, $350. Marni ballet flats, $795.

Meet Benedicte Bemet, The Australian Ballet's rising star

Rosemarie Milsom

A protester creatively dressed at the demonstration calling for a referendum to repeal Ireland's abortion restrictions.

Ireland's next referendum push is for abortion rights

Padraic Halpin

Kathy Lette: My plan to become a merry widow

Susan Sarandon as Louise Sawyer and Geena Davis as Thelma Dickinson.

Could this software fix Hollywood's gender problem?

Steven Overly

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: (L-R) Jordan Barrett and Kate Moss attend the Coach 1941 Spring Summer 2017 Men's Show on ...

Jordan Barrett: The modelling world's Crocodile Dundee?

Jenna Clarke

Family Walking at Funeral ca. 2003 ***EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, SEPT 25/16 ISSUE*** (supplied image, no archiving) ...

I met my dad's mistress at his funeral

Susan Morris

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

Reynold Poernomo's impressive chocolate mousse dessert.

Ex Masterchef Reynold Poernomo's chocolate mousse plus his cheesecake recipe

Reynold Poernomo

Delicious strawberry recipes: How to use up bargain berries

Chloe Booker

Weekly meal planner: Start with mushroom pasta, finish with Neil Perry's kung pao chicken

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

Guests can transfer to Sangoma by helicopter.

Adults-only luxury retreat opens in the Blue Mountains

Sheriden Rhodes

The North Star capsule observation deck on board the billion-dollar mega-liner.

Twenty amazing ships that are set to change the world

Sally Macmillan

Letters: Don't tell me what I cannot wear when I travel

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, pictured, found a fragment of <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i> from 1883 inside this sunfish.

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

Marcus Strom

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'

The (tyre) burning question

Andrew MacLean

The 2017 Holden Equinox will replace the Captiva.

Holden Equinox replaces Captiva

Stephen Ottley

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

Cooper Cronk celebrates Storm's preliminary final win.

Cronk Storms past 300, now for a grand finale

Roy Ward

Starring role: Australian captain Meg Lanning.

Australia crush Sri Lanka in ODI series clean sweep

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 28: General view of the votes during the 2015 Brownlow Medal count at the Crown ...