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Kath Purkis, creator of Her Fashion Box.

'Critical' warning over Aussie online fashion store

Residents in some parts of Wangaratta have been asked to evacuate. Water rising from the Ovens River had earlier put ...

Leaking levee causes evacuation of 100 Wangaratta residents

BREAKING
Neelima Choahan
25 mins ago

Cian Channon-Ling was thrown on to the tracks at Hawthorn station on Thursday.

'I was screaming': Boy tells of terror at Hawthorn station

Marika Dobbin
17 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Wild windy and wet weather in the City ,Phillip St on August 18, 2014 in Sydney, ...

Wet weekend: Wild winds, more rain on way for flooded state

Donald Trump has told dying voters to ''get out and vote''.

'I don't care how sick you are': Trump's message to terminally ill

Tyrone Vickery of Richmond wants to be a Hawk next year.

On the move: Tiger Vickery signs with Hawthorn

UPDATED

Police accused of fabricating reports in assault claim

Australian investigators confirm aircraft part from MH370

We have a perfect example of White Male Privilege

COMMENT

US east coast braces for possible 'record-breaking' hurricane hit

Helen Kapalos walked from dream job. Then she ran out of money

Bana al-Abed, 7, is tweeting the horrors of war from Aleppo with the help of her mother Fatemah's help.

'I am very afraid I will die tonight': The girl tweeting a war while we do nothing

COMMENT

Actor Ross Higgins as Ted Bullpitt in 1980s sitcom 'Kingswood Country'

Kingswood Country star Ross Higgins dies

1 hr ago

Wet and warm conditions to bring 'bad mozzie season'

Everything you need to know about Melbourne's best bargains

Finland has been named the safest country. Pictured, Helsinki.

World's safest countries: The results will surprise you

How to spot a drug lab

Emotions can run high at auctions and push prices up beyond expectation.

The true winner at auction: Who benefits under the hammer?

Minister for Resources and Energy Josh Frydenberg.

It's crunch time for the people in power

In the Time of Hope: Obama's America

8:16PM

'I was screaming': Boy victim tells of terrifying ...

8:16PM

Kangaroos captain Andrew Swallow steps down

8:10PM

Ford enthusiast Patrick Boylan in his 1962 XK Ford Falcon that was built at the Broadmeadows plant. Ford workers have ...

End of the road: Ford fans gather at Broadmeadows to mourn

Tony Wright

Boutique nightclub targeted in suspected drive-by shooting

Tammy Mills, Cameron Houston

Creepy clown sightings sweeping United States hit Victoria

Minister for Resources and Energy Josh Frydenberg called for the meeting of state and federal energy ministers.

Ministers agree to energy security review after 'wake-up call'

A woman is taken to hospital after the attack at Hawthorn station on Thursday.

Train attack: Man charged with assaulting passenger fronts court

'It doesn't take much to be branded a terrorist': doctor

Two women stranded in the Yarra River at Warrandyte after their kayak capsized.

Two rescued after kayak capsized in Warrandyte

The Royal Flying Doctors Service has airlifted victims of Friday's incident in Kowanyama to larger medical centres.

Woman dies after car crashes into funeral

Jorge Branco

The collapse of transmission lines led to the shutdown of SA's entire power network.

What's really going wrong with electricity

COMMENT

Workplace anti-bullying efforts are failing to protect state and federal public servants.

'People like you': public servant wins e-bullying case

Roger Federer would gasp at the booking fees charged for his match.

Scalper sites scam sport fans with sky high booking fees

Republican vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence.

Running mate backtracks on Trump's proposal to ban Muslims

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall-style forum, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Sandown, ...

US election 2016: Trump tells terminally ill to 'get out and vote'

Breach of decorum: Fox News presenters fight over Trump

Slammed by the United Nations: the detention centre on Nauru.

UN slams Australia's regional processing centres in Nauru

Michael Koziol

Australia's great shame is the result of policy failure, not silence

COMMENT
Michael Gordon
1 hr ago

Navy should be authorised for freedom of navigation in South China Sea: Marles

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Former PM Gough Whitlam and director of the Australian National Gallery James Mollison (left) stand in front of Jackson ...

Selling Blue Poles, a shameful abrogation of Australia's cultural history

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with vocational training and employment ...

Turnbull in sixth attempt to fend off royal commission

Tom McIlroy and Clancy Yeates

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

Hurricane Matthew: East coast braces as deadly storm lashes Florida

Portugal's Antonio Guterres, the next United Nations Secretary General accepts his nomination on Thursday.

It's a man's world, united or not

Daniel Flitton

The face of Adolf Hitler is projected onto a 3D canvas as part of an art installation during a rehearsal for the 'Berlin ...

Hitler was true author 1923 book hailing him, author says

The age of cheap consumption is in danger.

Why free trade is good for you - and your wallet

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

It's the threat that hangs over every school that triggers a strange, awkward silence.

Why no one wants to talk about child-on-child abuse

COMMENT
Henrietta Cook

End of an era: the then-new Ford factory at Campbellfield, in 1959.

Setting the record straight on the Ford closure

COMMENT
Kim Carr

Former Dick Smith CEO Nick Abboud leaving the Supreme Court.

Dick Smith boss saw opportunities, others saw issues

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Melbourne, Australia - Auguest 28, 2015: Sign of Australia Post outside its office in Bourke Street, Melbourne

Australia Post gets books in order, privatisation feared

EXCLUSIVE

Concerns of a Brexit 'hard landing' have kept financial markets occupied.

Energy buoyed, gold hammered, ASX up

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Laboratory manager Marina Tretiach sold her house recently through an online marketplace ...

First home buyer numbers don't add up

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

'Critical' public warning over Aussie online fashion store

'Sad day for Australia': Ford is officially finished

British pound plunges 6pc in 'flash crash'

Bank inquiry was like speed dating gone bad

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Picture by Leigh Henningham 22/3/2016 Generic Melbourne Skyline from South Bank of Yarra Rever at dawn. #generic #dawn ...

Melbourne one of world's top cities for booming house prices

The hilariously frank Gumtree ad has drawn a flood of responses.

Hilarious Gumtree ad offers up 'financial black hole for rent'

Michael and Carlene Duffy at Pacific Fair opening photo: supplied ...

Hey, Block contestants: dirty tricks won't get you anywhere

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?

"Wild young men can't be expected to act like saints when they're worshipped as gods."

Aaron Smith's tryst isn't excusable, but it's understandable

Life On Mars

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

Financial literacy is useless unless you can separate fact from fiction.

Financial literacy won't help if you don't get your facts straight

Noel Whittaker

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn at the parliamentary bank inquiry last week.

What the banking inquiry means for shareholders

Scott Phillips

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

Duterte to human rights groups: 'Go to hell'

All eyes on Chinese inflation and currency

Australia's Air Force One

Federal Politics

The Brangelina divorce song

Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela.

Fairfax photos of the week - October 6, 2016

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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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Banksy, or someone claiming to be him, in a scene from the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Will the real Banksy please stand up?

Karl Quinn

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in the upcoming film <i>Allied</i>.

Could this be the film that broke Brangelina?

Karl Quinn

Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood.

Stones go back to basics with first studio album in a decade

The simple pleasure of seeing Todd Sampson suffer - a lot

Karl Quinn

Officials told the Associated Press that the armed assailants, who are still at large, tied Kardashian up and locked her ...

Is this the end of Keeping Up with the Kardashians?

Ebony Bowden

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

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

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

Olympia is among the nominations for best female artist.

Vote now in The Age Music Victoria Awards

Martin Boulton

Wang Cai (Liu Xiaoye) and Lai Fu (Wang Yin) travel from country to city in search of fortune in the National Theatre of ...

Two Dogs review: Chinese slapstick transcends language

Sustained handstand balances are the focus in Victor Quijada's <i>Variations 9.81</i>.

Triptyque review: Circus and dance a new breed of hybridity

Jordan Beth Vincent

Top look: Dior's T-shirts quoted author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Dior encourages feminism ... with a $700 t-shirt

Jenna Clarke

Happy kids, great life: How do some people have it all?

COMMENT
Dom Knight

Hijab protest: Chess star refuses to attend championships in Iran

This Week We're Obsessed With

A one-size-fits-all approach is careless, writes Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen.

It's time to admit we need better forms of contraception

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Kylie Minogue puts support behind same-sex marriage

Georgia Love with some of her potential suitors.

What The Bachelorette exposes about our dating culture

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Chrissy Teigen campaigning for Hillary Clinton.

Chrissy Teigen 'not strong enough' for Twitter anymore

The breathing trick that can make you more productive

Seth Porges

Cold baths: helping or hindering your performance?

Sarah Berry

Ellie Goulding works out at Nike Sydney this week.

'I wanted to run like Forrest Gump': Ellie Goulding

Scorched orange daiquiri from Bulletin Place.

Melbourne cocktail bar makes World's 50 Best Bars list

Nick Miller, London

Chicken and hand-cut chips at Pickett's Deli & Rotisserie.

Scott Pickett's Deli & Rotisserie opens at Queen Victoria Market

Matt Holden

Expand your dumpling horizons at Shimbu

Jane Ormond

Why are people going bonkers for Bonds ... again?

Jo Hartley

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

Cat Rodie

Daughter's hilarious yet blunt get well card for dad

Ariane Beeston

World's safest countries: the results will surprise you

Oliver Smith

Two American Samoans have filed complaints over claims they were weighed by Hawaiian Airlines before they boarded their ...

Weighed on a plane: Complaints as airline targets obese passengers

Oliver Smith

Just because we're laughing doesn't mean everyone else is: The 'Budgie 9' at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The reasons why Aussies behave so badly overseas

Ben Groundwater

Sony's MDR-1000X Bluetooth wireless headphones raise the stakes when it comes to noise-cancelling.

Sony cans' next level noise cancelling

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The Rift headset from Facebook's Oculus.

Facebook, Google chase wireless VR experiences

Joshua Brustein

Dag Kittlaus and his team previously built Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.

Samsung buys AI firm founded by Siri creators

Elizabeth Dwoskin

The best video game control pads

Kotaku

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

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 28: Members of the public make their way past Etihad Stadium in the Docklands precinct on ...

AFL agrees to purchase Etihad Stadium

Michael Gleeson

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

Trading places: Tyrone Vickery of Richmond wants to be a Hawk next year.

Vickery takes Hawthorn offer

UPDATED
Michael Gleeson

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

Lions seething after latest Rockliff indiscretion

Sam McClure

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

The real Skilton Medal winner, Josh Kennedy.

Sydney Swans apologise for Skilton Medal error

Dick Johnson with the 2016 Ford Falcon Sprint.

Driving the last Falcon with Dick

David McCowen

Is this the world's best hot hatch?

Stephen Ottley

The last Australian-made Ford Falcon rolls off the production line.

The final Ford Falcon

Stephen Ottley

Holden built over 100,000 Cruze in Australia between 2011-16.

Holden Cruze production ends

Stephen Ottley

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

Driven: BMW's updated i3 electric car

David Morley

Wilson: recently shortlisted for another Walkley Award.

Nothing scared Bec but the cancer that took her too soon

Caroline Wilson

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has plenty to chew over before Tuesday night.

Socceroos v Japan in Melbourne just got even bigger

COMMENT
Michael Lynch

Ramone Moore of Melbourne reacts during the loss in Aukland.

Melbourne United's Auckland hoodoo alive and well

Roy Ward
23 mins ago