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Phoebe Handsjuk with Antony Hampel. Picture supplied by Richard Baker

Phoebe's death: The society boyfriend and the secret tape

Branden Stobbs, front, and Thomas Laslett arrive at the Sepang Magistrate in Sepang, Malaysia.

Budgie Nine: how pride and privilege only get you so far

Attorney-General George Brandis consulted former Solicitor-General David Bennett after rejecting advice from Justin Gleeson.

Toxic row: Brandis rejected same-sex marriage advice

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn

Signalling issues are causing peak-hour train delays on five key lines.

'It was so scary': Woman bitten, pushed to ground in train attack

Apologetic: Tom Rockliff of the Lions

'It's not on': Lions seething over captain's sexist tweet

Jeststar Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Reclining seat sparks 'mid-air fight' on Jetstar flight

Georgina Mitchell

Aaron Smith

'I've made a huge mistake': All Black faces media over toilet tryst

List squeeze: Giants stripped of $1 million salary cap space

Emma Quayle

311,000 homeowners 'have no equity in their property'

Dozens dead in Caribbean as Hurrican Matthew heads for Florida

Makini Brice and Sarah Marsh

'Budgie Nine' free to fly home after escaping jail time

NAB boss banned political donations 'to be clean'

Michael Koziol

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, Steven Woolfe speaks in London. who has reportedly collapsed during a session ...

British MP in hospital after partyroom 'altercation'

Nick Miller
43 mins ago

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, Lady Gaga appears at the Maxwell Spring/Summer 2017 collection at The ...

Lady Gaga launches new album with 'dive bar' tour

''To suggest I'm putting myself in this vulnerable position for short-term fame is quite offensive'': <i>The ...

7 ways The Bachelorette exposes our sexist dating culture

Interior design

What your design style says about you

Taj on the Swan Credit:?Julie-anne Sprague

The bitter end for one of Australia's biggest eyesores

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'Budgie 9': Cautioned after Malaysian Incident

Scott Pendlebury and wife Alex have plans for a new double storey, four bedroom house in Elwood.

Collingwood captain and wife planning a bayside renovation

Fancy pigeons come in all shapes sizes.

If you can read this, you may be a pigeon

British MP in hospital after 'altercation' with ...

12:39AM

Thief escapes in silver BMW after companion ...

12:25AM

Cronulla Sharks chief sponsor in strife

12:17AM

Police say a man in the silver BMW is involved in a theft at gunpoint in Bentleigh.

'Let him go': Thief escapes in BMW after offsider points gun at staff

Neelima Choahan
57 mins ago

Appeal to help find 14-year-old girl missing for a month

Broede Carmody

Coroner clears doctor over baby's death after home birth

Jane Lee

The man and his dog stranded in floodwaters.

Rescued man was warned not to enter floodwaters

Someone has been leaving underwear at a tree out the front of someone's house.

Briefs encounter: serial panty planter stumps police

Tom Cowie

Nicholas Archer pleaded guilty to a series of arson and criminal damage charges.

CFA firebug set fire to train club where he was abused, court told

Jane Lee

Parkdale wasps have forced the Frankston line to run express.

Wasps force Frankston line to skip Parkdale station

Tom Cowie

Two people have been injured in an incident at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Two crushed to death by concrete panel at racecourse

QLD

Peter Allen's I Go to Rio is an acknowledged classic for many but rough sleepers in Bunbury might be sick of it.

'Disgraceful': City tells homeless to 'Go to Rio'

WA

A bushfire rages behind holidaymakers at Currarong, looking south towards the fire.

Holidaymakers evacuated by south coast fire

NSW

The 2016 election has seen an explosion in the number of corflutes.

Claims of dirty tricks in ACT election campaign

ACT

Republican vice-presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence.

'That Mexican thing' takes on life of its own after the VP debate

Donald Trump feeds off the energy of the crowds at his rallies, and he will likely hope that something similar will ...

Four years ago, Obama was in same position Trump is in now

ANALYSIS

Republican vice-presidential nominee Indiana Governor Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Democratic vice-presidential ...

US election: VP debate was 'non-sense'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Attorney-General George Brandis consulted former Solicitor-General David Bennett after rejecting advice from Justin Gleeson.

Same-sex marriage plebiscite advice intensified Brandis row

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn

George Brandis' uncanny ability to put himself in the dock

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Coleman discharges a hopeless task

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

NAB boss Andrew Thorburn.

NAB boss banned political donations 'to be clean'

Michael Koziol

Marcia Langton warns that the same-sex marriage plebiscite will 'unleash the dogs' on Aborigines in a referendum campaign.

Ditch plebiscite or hate will spread to referendum, PM warned

Michael Gordon

Attorney-General George Brandis is embroiled in a matter so esoteric we can't afford the legal advice to explain it here.

What price a legal battle at these giddy heights? A swirl of silk

Tony Wright

Martyn Iles of the Australian Christian Lobby.

Fighting fund to bankroll same-sex marriage legal actions

Apologies as 'Budgie 9' Australians are discharged

Haylena Krishnamoorthy

Dutch Foreign Minister Albert Koenders says parties must be disciplined in their approach to prosecution of the downing ...

Dutch minister urges patience in MH17 prosecution

Nick Miller

Hurricane Matthew looking like a skull in an undoctored photo.

Deadly Matthew flattens Cuba's oldest town

Antonio Guterres will likely succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary-General.

Former refugee high commissioner to be the next UN boss

"Successive governments have waged war on the roughly 60 per cent of Australian families who entrust their children to a ...

At last, the lie about our state schools is exposed

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Song long, Sunnyboy

Why did the Sunnyboy have to die?

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign was the first to propose putting the candidates in a town-hall setting for one of the debates.

Why Trump's attack on Clinton's marriage will rebound on him

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Masters has taken down all pricing information from its website.

Masters cancels orders, cuts phones amid fire sale fail

Western Bulldogs were underdog victors in the AFL Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.

What Australia can learn from AFL, NRL underdogs

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

'Misrepresentation' by a borrower was more common when customers applied through a mortgage broker.

One in four 'stretch the truth' in mortgage applications

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Cronulla Sharks chief sponsor in strife

CBD
Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Careers Australia course 'flawed from moment we enrolled'

Foreign investors want longer mine lives: Klein

Credit card point chasers more hopeless than previously thought

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud denies role in dud rebates

Masters of architecture students at the University of Melbourne: Mengyan Wang, recent graduate (female) Justin Ting, ...

The secret Melbourne house you can't get into ... until now

Mid-century decor is the trend that won't die down.

Don't say it's over: why won't this style of design die yet?

Radhika Oswal and her husband Pankaj leaving court on Wednesday.

Oswals could net $30m from sale of an infamous eyesore

The sale of 278 Mary Street, Richmond, for $955,000 in August 2014 was one of the properties investigated.

'A bargain that was never going to eventuate': agency fined

Tim Gurner, of Gurner TM.

BRW rich lister buys entire block in Collingwood

Zac and Jordan Stenmark in new perfume commercial they created for Giorgio Armani

Under the influence: 19 men ruling Australian fashion right now

Men's Style

Richard Branson granted new fathers at Virgin up to 12 months' paternity leave on full pay.

Ten inspiring books that every aspiring CEO must read

Culture

A pair of bronze Buddhist attendants, 18th century.

Chinese investors expected at sale of Buddhist and Hindu statues

James Cockington

JV and Simon on holiday together.

How to keep what's yours when a relationship fails

John Collett

Dan Kurzius, founder of MailChimp.

This company bucked all the start-up cliches and still succeeded

Farhad Manjoo

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Oprah Winfrey revs up the audience on the set during the first taping of the "Oprah ...

Five ways your body language harms your career

James Adonis

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Woman 'stomped on' at Hawthorn station

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Man and dog rescued from floods

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New Zealand police elivator drum session

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Bathroom incident leaves All Black with a suspension

Sun's up: Monday is predicted to be in the 30s.

Sydney, you're in for a scorcher.

no activity

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

the circus

Every episode of The Circus now streaming on Stan.

Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Why more people are studying online

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Ten great reasons to become a foster carer

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Lady Gaga at the Maxwell Spring/Summer 2017 collection at The Russian Tea Room in New York, where she showcased songs ...

Lady Gaga launches new album with a dive bar tour

Kerrie O'Brien

White people are cross at Netflix for its supposed lack of 'racial diversity' in <i>Luke Cage</i>

Quit whining, white folk. How can all-black show be racist?

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Flight Facilities may not look like classical musicians but the ARIA for classical album of the year is now in their hands.

Flight Facilities' "classical" ARIA Award prompts outcry

Bernard Zuel

Matt Goss and Luke Goss announce the reunion.

Hearthrob boyband pair will get back together - aged 48

Bernard Zuel

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the iHeart Radio Music Festival ...

Green Day announce Australian stadium tour

Bernard Zuel

Temperton and his wife Kathy attending a Teenage Cancer Trust concert in London in 2012.

'Invisible man' behind Jackson's Thriller dies

New animated series from Working Dog ... <i>Pacific Heat</i>.

Santo Cilauro says Pacific Heat is more Scooby-Doo than Archer

Garry Maddox

Shannon Noll.

The reality of Australian Idol: Shannon Noll slams talent shows

Sir Jonathan Mills at the Grainger Museum to promote the Cultural Collisions events at the University of Melbourne. 4 ...

Sir Jonathan Mills' Cultural Collisions a tribute to greats

Debbie Cuthbertson

The Age, News, 03/09/2016, photo by Justin McManus. Banksy exhibition called "Art of Banksy" is an unauthorised ...

Banksy exhibition curator cops backlash from local street artist

Chris Johnston

No pressure: New Melbourne Festival artistic director Jonathan Holloway.

No first-night nerves as new Melbourne Festival director 's line-up lands

Debbie Cuthbertson

''To suggest I'm putting myself in this vulnerable position for short-term fame is quite offensive'': <i>The ...

7 ways The Bachelorette exposes our sexist dating culture

Kasey Edwards

Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton want to have a baby.

Michael and Taylor's desire to have a baby divides Australia

COMMENT
Claire Pullen

Compelling viewing: The fourth season of Girls starts on Monday.

Lena Dunham heard your criticism of Girls - and agrees

Jenny Noyes

Cate Blanchett attends the IWC Gala in honour of The British Film Institute at Rosewood Hotel on October 4, 2016 in ...

Red carpet watch: Cate Blanchett puts a spin on Snow White

Thousands of women demonstrate in front of the Polish parliament against a legislative project that will effectively ...

Why a work strike is the perfect way to protest an abortion ban

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

"My desire not to commit isn't about the men I meet; it's about me. For a while, I would feel bad about hurting these ...

Men don't believe me when I tell them I don't want commitment

Anjali Sareen

It was a return to the 1980s during the Kenzo show at Paris Fashion Week, while innovation around sustainability in high ...

Milan and Paris' catwalks need to up their game

COMMENT
Clare Press

Aboriginal activist Celeste Liddle.

What if we actually listened to Indigenous women on DV?

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Do cold baths help? It depends.

Ice baths: helping or hindering your performance?

Sarah Berry

Tully Smyth was 15 when her mother's younger onset Alzheimer's was diagnosed.

It was a fate worse than Tully Smyth could imagine

Sarah Berry

Sugar: part of the problem.

Big Sugar wasn't only nutrition science manipulator

Chicken stir-fried in XO sauce.

27 speedy stir-fry recipes

Pho meets tartare: modern Vietnamese at Atlas Dining.

Atlas Dining serves beef pho, but not as you know it

Gemima Cody

Adam Liaw's Thai coconut and chilli pork steaks.

Adam Liaw's Thai-style coconut-chilli pork steaks

Adam Liaw

Corissa with her son, who she calls Gizmo

Mum left speechless after stranger pulls out toddler's dummy

Cat Rodie

Issac in his outfit.

'I am fuming': mum explodes after delivery driver's comment

Cat Rodie

Mount Franklin water bottle on Friday 22, February, 2008 SMH News Mount Franklin photo by Peter Morris ...

"Bottle-flip" craze has parents flipping out

Ariane Beeston

Angry hotel woman

The 10 most annoying things about hotels

Michael Gebicki

Jennifer Aniston finds a little surprise in her first class seat.

Jennifer Aniston moves to economy class in new Emirates A380 ad

Bryan Brown voices travelling goose Dave in the new Air New Zealand campaign.

Air NZ plans to be the new transit hub for America flights

Craig Platt

Pixel is filled with all sorts of custom tweaks not found in the standard version of Android.

Why Google's Pixel is the anti-iPhone

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

The Samsung Galaxy Note7.

Smoking Samsung prompts plane evac

TwoSpace co-founders Tashi Dorjee and Rob Walker are launching their service in Sydney next week.

TwoSpace turns closed restaurants into co-working spaces

Mahesh Sharma

The rocket carrying Sky Muster II lifts off.

NBN product launch was out of this world

Stephen Hutcheon

The modern nuclear family is weaning itself off broadcast television.

TV viewing figures saved by older Australians

COMMENT
Adam Turner

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 13: Andrew Mcgrath of Sandringham runs with the ball during the round 16 TAC Cup match ...

Future stars: Check the top draft combine prospects

Emma Quayle

New Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan is delighted the club has secured a priority pick in the AFL draft.

Lions handed end-of-first-round priority pick

Sam McClure

Apologetic: Tom Rockliff of the Lions

Lions seething after latest Rockliff indiscretion

Sam McClure

Premiership Bulldog Tom Boyd.

Pub fight with Cordy a 'turning point' for Boyd

Antonio Guterres, the next UN chief, pretends he is Tom Boyd going for a mark.

The new boss of the UN is a Bulldogs fan

Daniel Flitton

Dale Morris and Tom Boyd of the Bulldogs celebrate with the trophy.

Nature called ... and almost spoiled Morris' grand final parade

Ronny Lerner

Former Brisbane coach Justin Leppitsch.

Leppitsch returns to Richmond as assistant coach

St Kilda's Sean Dempster leaves the field on Sunday after his 200th match.

Veteran Saint Dempster set to play on in 2017

Ronny Lerner

Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant.

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

Bentley Flying Spur V8 S

The app that brings fuel to you

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen has announced details for its updated 2017 Passat range

VW confirms new Passat prices

Andrew MacLean

Ford's final Australian car will be a kinetic blue Falcon XR8 Sprint.

Ford to keep final cars

David McCowen

The Mazda3 was the most popular new model in September.

SUV boom continues

Stephen Ottley

AMG plans a successor to its electric-powered SLS E-Cell

Mercedes-AMG outlines hybrid plans

Daniel DeGasperi

Austin Waugh celebrates his ton.

Steve Waugh's son scores ton in cricket final

43 mins ago

Melbourne Victory captain Carl Valeri and City counterpart Bruno Fornaroli.

City, Victory to put blue stamp on new season

Michael Lynch

Dick Johnson's car, after hitting a rock in 1980.

High-flying Falcons: The magic moments through almost 50 years

Mark Fogarty

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