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Top cop's phone tapped in sex abuse probe

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The NAB smartphone app gave users an error message on Tuesday night.

National Australia Bank apologises for online banking outage

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Georgina Mitchell
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Picture Leigh Henningham Surfers in a storm at Kerferd road Pier Albert Park. 4th October 2016

Thousands without power after fleeting storms lash Victoria

Disgraced jockey Danny Nikolic, pictured with his girlfriend Tania Hyett, is giving evidence at VCAT in a bid to regain ...

Nikolic used girlfriend's account to bet hundreds of thousands of dollars

Adam Cooper

Clothes caught fire in the middle of the Big W store.

Big W store evacuated after clothes set alight

Neelima Choahan
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Dick Smith was carrying millions of dollars in excess stock, the Supreme Court has heard.

45 different mice? Dick Smith's $100 million miss on stock

With Presto almost dead, all eyes are now on Foxtel

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Quickflix back from the dead as Presto's plug is pulled

Anxious parents adding pressure to hospital waiting lists

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Nine Australians' fate in hands of man fighting for his own politicial life

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Confidence jump: Home sellers up their price demands by 10 per cent

Lord mayor refuses to dump his driver and the mayoral wheels

Eddie McGuire has challenged the AFL's financial model.

Eddie McGuire says Giants should sit out next two drafts

There comes a time in every busy pet owner's life when conflicting obligations lead you to entrust your beloved fur ball ...

'Sorry, I lost your dog' and other petsitting disasters

The woman who decides what you'll be wearing next year

Jimmy Bartel shaves his beard to help raise funds for his #FaceUpToDV campaign. 4th October 2016, The Age, Fairfaxmedia ...

Bartel bids farewell to the beard but remains focused on cause

Phar Lap celebrated on 90th birthday

A guide to organic food (and how to afford it)

Amazing place: Why buy a flat if you can buy a $700k castle?

Bevo and Bob: let's let 'that' moment live forever

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Train commuters facing congestion at Southern Cross Station

$300m Southern Cross Station upgrade flagged

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Josh Gordon, State Political Editor

Fears for schoolgirl Jasmine Lea Thomson missing for a month

Tom Cowie

Water spills from key Victorian reservoir amid heavy rain

Victorian RAAF pilot Colin Duncan pictured in 1943 in the Northern Territory.

'A very brave man': WWII discovery highlights amazing escape

Carolyn Webb

Indian architect Bijoy Jain in his newly-launched MPavilion in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens.

Pop-up MPavilion a hut above the rest?

Debbie Cuthbertson

Youi's New Zealand arm has been fined $100,000.

Youi fined $100,000 in New Zealand for misleading customers

Premier Andrews has ruled out tolling existing roads.

Government rejects adding new tolls to existing roads

Tom Noble walks out of the Ipswich District Court after his sentencing hearing for 15 counts of serious animal cruelty ...

Queensland to appeal greyhound trainer's sentence

WA Legislative Council deputy clerk Nigel Lake.

'Deluded' ex-clerk found with bat near boss' home

It's alleged three people assaulted the man before driving off with him in one of two cars.

'Kidnap' car ran out of petrol, court told

Robert Linnane, 49, (right) has been missing since Friday in flood waters in Burcher in Central West NSW.

Boat found, but man still missing in floodwaters

A Clinton supporter wears a large Donald Trump head in Saginaw, Michigan.

Clinton acquires spring in step as Trump takes a clobbering

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence.

The issue missing from the US election campaign

Question of temperament: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's manhood under attack on two fronts

ANALYSIS

Brian Loughnane is 'not employed by CBA', says chief Ian Narev.

Loughnane advising Commonwealth Bank

Fergus Hunter

Narev, the $12.3m-a-year man, holds the power

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PM backs innovation in latest personal investments

The Prime Minister's annual inquiry into the banks will itself come under scrutiny.

Pyne staffer among men arrested in Malaysia after stripping

Pakistani Zulfiqar Ali is on death row in Indonesia

Death row prisoners in limbo in Indonesia after unexplained stay of execution

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa

Australians' fate in hands of scandal-hit Najib government

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Lindsay Murdoch

A woman carries a hanger to protest against criminalisation of abortion at Castle Square, Warsaw, on Black Monday.

Millions of Polish women go on strike against abortion ban

A map showing the expected wind speeds generated by Hurricane Matthew.

Matthew forecasts worsen, Florida declares state of emergency

Nike's Back to the Future shoes are a hopeless failure of imagination

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Sonny Bunch

Alicia Machado says Donald Trump bullied her about her weight when she won the 1996 Miss Universe title.

How Trump turned white male entitlement into victimhood

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

American journalist Noor Tagouri poses for Playboy.

Playboy adds the hijab to its wardrobe of fetishes

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Asma T. Uddin and Inas Younis

NAB apologises amid online banking outage

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28 mins ago

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Telstra and Vodafone at war over domestic roaming

Quickflix back from the dead as Presto's plug is pulled

Growers are warning shoppers may have to pay more for cherries this summer.

Spring storms whip up expensive cherries

Consumers have 'unrealistic' internet speed expectations

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CBA boss defends not signing banking code of ethics

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Dick Smith's $100 million miss on stock

Miners push ASX into black in late bounce

'Sorry, I lost your dog' and other petsitting disasters

Jessie and Claire Stewart have had their herbs stolen. But they're not the thief's first victims.

Serial garden thief caught red-handed at family home

$700,000 will get you beachside in Costa Rica.

Why buy a flat if you can get a castle? What $700k can nab you

Nicole Mayo, who just purchased her first apartment in Footscray, hopes Barkly Street will one day be a buzzing strip ...

'Stereotypes will fade': buyers looking here - but at what cost?

Aussie property owners want more and more to part with the keys.

Confidence rising: buoyant market sees home sellers up prices

Why Nike's self-lacing shoes are the beginning of the end

Culture

Yoga can be a worthwhile supplement to your running regimen, but research reveals it's not ideal as a replacement.

Is this something all runners should be doing?

The Long Run

Jackson Pollock's 'Blue Poles' is on loan to the Royal Academy of Arts in London for the 'Abstract Expressionism' exhibition.

Was buying Blue Poles for $1.3m in 1973 a good investment?

Scott Phillips

Invest for the long term and then you can enjoy a steak sandwich in peace.

The eat-a-sandwich rule for investment strategy

Mitchell Sneddon

A damaged transmission pole in South Australia.

'I've got some scary figures in front of me'

Georgia Wilkins, Patrick Hatch, Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

There is no flexibility with regard to the time frame over which a shareholder's loan must be paid back.

Help: How do I pay myself back through my business?

Max Newnham

Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Trump Foundation hit with cease and desist

Jamaican streets flood as Matthew takes aim

Nine Aussie's jailed for 'flag underpants'

Edit Piros, an ethnic Hungarian from Transylvania, central Romania, exits a voting cabin after voting in the referendum ...

World of Photos - October 4th, 2016

Younger Season 3 now streaming on Stan.

House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

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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Emily Blunt as overweight alcoholic Rachel Watson in the film adaptation of <i>The Girl On The Train</i>.

Blunt slightly miscast in pallid The Girl on the Train adaptation

Jake Wilson

Digital Cable TV. Picture Phil Carrick. first use AFR. Foxtel, C7, Seven network, Ten, Nine. SPECIALX 42216 Sydney Swans ...

With Presto almost dead, all eyes are now on Foxtel

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Michael Lallo

Todd Sampson taking blows for his show BodyHack.

Todd Sampson sets the record straight on mixed martial arts

Melinda Houston

Solange's new album is superb and vital

Bernard Zuel

Michael Palin (left) and Terry Jones arrive for the 25th British Academy Cymru Awards.

Monty Python to rally around Terry Jones after teary BAFTA

Emily Blunt plays the lead role in the film adaptation of <i>The Girl on the Train</i>, to be released in Australia on ...

Critics divided over The Girl on the Train film

Michael Lallo

Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women on the set of reality show <i>The Apprentice</i>, according to an Associated ...

Apprentice insiders blast 'Lewd, sexist' Trump

Michael Lallo and AP

Johnny Depp, aka Jack Sparrow, at Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean launch.

Where's Johnny? Depp absent from new Pirates teaser

Garry Maddox

Deabru Beltzak performing Les Tambours de Feu.

Melbourne Festival to open in a blaze of fire and witchcraft

Stephanie Bunbury

Bijoy Jain's pop-up new MPavilion a hut above the rest

Chevalier screens at ACMI and as part of the 2016 Greek Film Festival.

Greek Film Festival: Blokey boat trip turns to game of domination

Kardashian West at the Givenchy show as part of Paris Fashion Week, hours before the robbery.

The shocking truth Kim Kardashian haters should hear

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Jenna Clarke
38 mins ago

The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante

Why Ferrante's fans are so angry her identity has been revealed

COMMENT
Ann Deslandes

Stella McCartney surprises Paris with moment of 'fun'

Amy Croffey

"My first taste of tipple was a sip of Dad's KB en route to the tip when I was not quite ten."

I expect my children to drink, but hope it's for the right reasons

Jacinta Tynan

A narcissist will reel you in with what looks like love.

This is what I learned after dating a narcissist

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Kerri Sackville

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian attended a dinner hosted Azzedine Alaia as part of Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 ...

What we know about the Kim Kardashian Paris robbery

Jenna Clarke

Kim Kardashian West, right, with her sister Kourtney.

Kim Kardashian tied up and locked in Paris bathroom

Jenna Clarke

Don't want to go for coffee? Just say 'No'.

More women need to learn the art of the 'no sandwich'

Jo Hartley

Focus your brain for better performance?

Is the next big trend in supplements safe?

Sarah Berry

Stands by her research: Psychologist Amy Cuddy.

Power poses do not work, study co-author says

Fat shaming: the effects of a lifetime of stigma can be profound. Photo: iStock

The shame of fat shaming

Gina Kolata

15 meat-free dishes you should never serve to a vegetarian

Larissa Dubecki

Ping Pong, May Chow and bao at Supernormal

Ping pong, picnics, Peruvians and legends: it's Good Food Month 2016

Gemima Cody

Pourover coffee and toast at the new Sensory Lab cafe.

A twist on tea and toast at Sensory Lab coffee's new CBD cafe

Matt Holden

Junior 'baby bear' has an incredible head of hair.

Adorable baby has the best bouffant hair

Cat Rodie

Daisy Edmonds, 8, was far from impressed when she noticed the differences between the boys' and girls' clothing in Tesco.

Eight-year-old perfectly explains what is wrong with kids' clothing

Cat Rodie

Student's heartbreaking response to "What I wish my teacher knew"

Ariane Beeston

Flight attendants travel more than most, so can offer expert tips.

Secrets of pilots, flight attendants and travel insiders revealed

Nina Karnikowski

Why I spent a ridiculous amount of money on one meal

Ben Groundwater

Australians travellers can now earn Qantas frequent flyer points when they stay with Airbnb.

You can now earn Qantas points on Airbnb bookings

Annie Dang

Renders leaked by Carphone Warehouse show the Pixel and Pixel XL, which appear to have a two-tone gloss and matte finish ...

Google's Pixel phones apparently leaked early

Hayley Tsukayama

LED is the underdog in the television wars, but Sony's Z9D Ultra HD Android television might be a winner in your lounge room.

Sony's latest Android TV a premiership contender

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Phoneys are little blue stickers with phrases that you place in your conversation, and on your contact's phone it will ...

The iMessage stickers Apple is not happy about

Christina Warren

How to keep trolls out of Instagram comments

Gizmodo

Rosetta prepares to drop its landing probe over a fast-moving comet.

Rosetta lands on comet, ending historic mission

Driven: Mercedes-AMG E43

Daniel DeGasperi

Ford Australia employee Andrew Higginbotham.

Ford Australia: The faces of manufacturing

David McCowen

Range Rover: The 'king' of SUVs

Kez Casey

Hyundai is preparing a range of performance cars.

Hyundai plans three-car N Performance range

David McCowen

Volkswagen's new Tiguan takes on two of its key rivals - Mazda's CX-5 and Hyundai's Tucson.

Which is the best mid-size SUV?

Andrew MacLean

Renault Sport's future plans revealed

Stephen Corby

Eddie McGuire wants GWS to be held out of the draft for two years.

McGuire: Sit out two drafts, Giants

Ronny Lerner

'Soft, emotive, genuine, not Clarko'. Meet Lions' new coach

Andrew Stafford, Ronny Lerner, Stathi Paxinos

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - JUNE 24: Travis Cloke of the Magpies celebrates a goal during the round 14 AFL match between the ...

I'll school Bulldog Boyd - on half pay, says Cloke

Larissa Nicholson

Xavier Clarke coaching a junior Indigenous team in 2009.

Tigers look at ex-Saint for coaching role

Daniel Cherny

Not going back: Hogan makes his decision

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Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

'Run towards the fire'. The book that inspired the Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge and injured captain Bob Murphy embrace.

Let's not meddle with that moment

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Emma Quayle
7 mins ago

Beveridge presents Murphy with his medal.

Beveridge to get an award after all

Ronny Lerner

Anywhere on the floor: Ben Simmons said he can play anywhere on the court for the 76ers.

Simmons may miss entire NBA season with foot injury: report

Des Bieler

Glenn Maxwell is trying to win back his place in the Australian ODI team.

Maxwell moves on after NSW move was blocked

Daniel Cherny