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Jack Walker leaves the Sepang Magistrate in Sepang, Malaysia on Thursday.

'Deep regret': Budgie Niner quits as Pyne's adviser

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Both major parties are interested in adding a rail link to Melbourne Airport.

Melbourne Airport rail link could be on cards at next election

Art Del Cueto, a vice president for the National Border Patrol Council, puts his hand on Donald Trump's shoulder during ...

Trump tape capable of destroying his campaign

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
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Wild deer similar to the one spotted in Ringwood on Friday.

The wild animals at home in Melbourne's suburbs

Pope Francis is upset by two former nuns being joined in a civil union.

Pope Francis saddened by same-sex marriage of two former nuns

People wearing clown outfits have been terrorising residents in America.

Clowns fight back after police warning over spooky sightings

Health clinics brace for the Rebecca Wilson effect

Trump responds to lewd tape: 'I pledge to be a better man'

Kremlin 'weaponised' WikiLeaks to help Trump: Clinton

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'You're as scummy as he is:' NBC star under fire from Trump tape

Court could deliver bigger pensions, more free travel for MPs

Australian Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis sits in a cell at the Prosecutors Office in Bali, Indonesia.

Bali's battle against paedophiles like this

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Dale Imlach, director of a car wreckers in Springvale, is one of few compliant wreckers in operation.

Welcome to Victoria, the stolen car state of Australia

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

Suspended jockey Danny Nikolic in the fight of his life

Bulldogs' President Peter Gordon in studio with the Premiership Cup.

Inside the exclusive Bulldogs gathering on grand final eve

Editorial Special Shoot of Felicity Jones for Columbia Pictures' INFERNO. EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, OCT 9/16 ISSUE. ...

Felicity Jones is finally getting what she deserves

How will we get to work in 2026?

First home buyers v investors at auctions: who won?

'Oh Captain, My Captain' ... Robin Williams in <i>Dead Poets Society</i>.

It was the day of the poet, you didn't even know it

Hundreds of German police hunt man feared to be ...

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Budgie Niner quits job in Christopher Pyne's ...

12:40AM

It 'hurts us immensely': Student funding ...

12:35AM

Businesswoman Susie Robinson, who is running for Stonnington Council, says there are great lessons to be learnt - for ...

Buyers pay large sums in changing, 'Instagram-a-licious' postcode

Location not enough: the new essential for a good selling price

The five-bedroom house at 24 Greenshank Court, Carrum Downs, sold for $555,000 in September.

Surprise suburbs outperform in quiet season for property

A general view of the streetscape on Station Street, Box Hill.

This once-quiet suburb is on the way to be our next satellite city

Darren and Dea Jolly recently finished the extensive renovations at 14 Irymple Avenue, Kew East.

Dea and Darren Jolly's auction windfall for Kew East renovation

The tablet inside a connected vehicle gives the driver information about local traffic conditions.

Are we there yet? How traffic smarts could ease city congestion

Unis are 'dependent' on racing greyhounds in labs

The 'mystery' critters Victoria is paying to protect

Florida is indelibly linked to alligators.

The serial killer, the professor and the mystery death

John Silvester

About 100km upstream of Ulupna in Wahgunyah, the owners of the Riverside Motel, Coral and Terry Young, sandbagged to ...

Murray River camp site evacuated after floodwater rises

The police car was allegedly rammed just before 6am.

Hunt for man who carjacked BMW and rammed police car

A woman has died on the scene after her ute crashed into a tree at Pomonal.

Woman dies after ute crashes into a tree in western Victoria

The power boat involved in the crash in Nerong on Friday.

Woman killed and two injured in jet ski crash

A man has been charged with murder after a woman died and 14 others were hospitalised when a car ploughed into a funeral ...

More charges pending after fatal crash at funeral

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Obesity forecasts and a fashion for big coffins is putting our crematoriums under pressure.

Fatter and trendy coffins changing cremations

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. October 5, 2016.?8/54 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra.

Genius design for this Canberra office space

Donald Trump prepares for his cameo on Days of Our Lives in 2005, after making lewd comments on the bus.

Trump recorded having lewd conversation about women

Square, dink, dinks, dinkus, head shot, world, Paul McGeough

Tape shows disgusting Trump at his sexist, misogynist worst

ANALYSIS
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Hillary Clinton has struggled with a perception that she is a Washington insider and out of touch with voters.

'Weaponised' WikiLeaks dumps Hillary Clinton's speeches to Wall Street

1 hr ago

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

UN slams Australia's regional processing centres in Nauru

Michael Koziol, Michael Gordon

The seven-figure surpluses of Australia's overfunded private schools

Fergus Hunter

Brandis faces embarrassing defeat in Solicitor-General advice row

Michaela Whitbourn, Heath Aston

Marcia Langton (left) and Josephine Cashman's (second left) attempts to build a national anti-violence campaign around ...

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

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles says Australia should assert its rights to navigate the high seas under ...

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) 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

Taapsee Pannu plays a working woman who hits back at a man who tries to sexually assault her.

Bollywood's first feminist film draws applause and jeers

Before: the Delancey Street Trolley Terminal under New York's Lower East Side, circa 1940.

Move over, subway rats: New York is planning an underground park

Winnie Hu

A satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Matthew moving along the east ...

Death toll rises as Hurricane Matthew lashes Florida

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel peace prize.

Did the inquiry into the big four banks do its job?

IN DEPTH

Villa Gusto owner Ben Edwards is one of Australia's top sommerliers.

Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

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

What other business is able to get away with this?

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Bank inquiry was like speed dating gone bad

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Tax Office sticks boot into uggs

Banking tribunal will be no quick fix for the big four

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

Value capture is not a magic pudding

A curated collection of apps to hack many areas of your life and reap the benefits.

25 essential apps to supercharge your life and your business

Management

"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

New ways to save on travel with summer just around the corner

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Home ownership is a good foundation for building wealth.

8 reasons home ownership is one of the best investments you can make

Mark Bouris

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

Trump's vulgar sex comments caught on tape

Hurricane Matthew tears through the Bahamas

Outcry from Haiti: 'We have nothing left'

The many faces of Travis Fimmel

Geoff Croxson son, Ethan is captivated by the paper crane installation at the Night Noodle Markets in Hyde Park.

Sydney Night Noodle Market 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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After slaying them in Edinburgh, comic Zoe Coombs Marr is home

Louise Schwartzkoff

Donald Trump on <i>The Late Show</i> with David Letterman.

David Letterman on Donald Trump: 'A person to be shunned'

Rebel Wilson awarded for trailblazing a path to Hollywood

Michael Idato

Homer meets the famous Opera House seal in a special cartoon for Matt Groening's visit to Sydney.

Matt Groening in Oz: Simpsons creator makes peace with us

Michael Idato

Melissa Etheridge singing Fixer Blues about the Brangelina break-up. Kelly Clarkson held up the lyrics for the ...

Melissa Etheridge sings the blues for Brangelina

Amy Croffey

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

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

The Girl on the Train starring Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson.

Not just a thriller, Girl on the Train plumbs women's struggles

Jill Serjeant

How to get out of the denim short trap

Nedahl Stelio

How to keep acne under control as the weather gets sweatier

Stephanie Darling

Apr 17, Sun Herald, The Goss, Jenna Clarke, Michelle Bridges. Pic credit: Supplied.

Bridges firmly in the lens

Andrew Hornery

Jessica Valenti on Trump, quitting Twitter and harassment

Josephine Tovey

"I've landed on my feet, but I nearly didn't get here, and that level of sacrifice just isn't worth it," writes Megan ...

It's time we make therapy as a method of self-care acceptable

Christine Organ

Shannen Doherty dances through chemo

Perth's Bridget Malcolm is the new face of Seafolly's summer 2016 campaign.

The trait needed to become a Victoria's Secret model

Amy Croffey

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

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 27: The peanut butter boozy shake served at Holla Food & Drink in Richmond on July 27, 2016 ...

We're in the "Uber" age of all-day dining on demand

Michael Harry

Cauliflower and chickpea salad with almonds, fried onion and sultanas.

Banish boring salads for good with these Alimentari recipes

Linda and Paul Jones

Scorched orange daiquiri from Bulletin Place.

Melbourne cocktail bar makes World's 50 Best Bars list

Nick Miller, London

The letters from 18-year-old Abby's time capsule.

Teen says 'letters from heaven' the best birthday gift ever

Ariane Beeston

Five ways to NOT become a helicopter parent

Merete Kropp

Britney had left school and planned to join the police force following her 17th birthday, but tragically she ended her ...

16-year-old posts chilling message to bullies before death

Cat Rodie

Clifftop path at the White Cliffs, Dover, England.

Update the bucket list: Spectacular new hiking trails opening next year

Andrew Bain

Stop whinging about Australia's customs and immigration

Travel quiz: Which of these ancient sites is the oldest?

Mal Chenu

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

Essendon are set to keep the No.1 AFL draft pick.

Bombers set to hang on to No.1 pick - and choose a midfielder

Scott Pendlebury (right) expects his Magpies to play finals in 2017.

Pendlebury turns up heat on Pies

Daniel Cherny

Skipper Easton Wood shares a moment with Luke Beveridge.

Asking the hard questions of the Bulldogs' win for the ages

Tim Lane

Wants out: Jack Steele has asked to head to St Kilda.

Giant requests trade to Saints

David Polkinghorne and Daniel Cherny

Kangaroos captain Wayne Carey celebrates the premiership with fans in 1999.

Dogs better placed to capitalise on flag win than '90s Roos

Daniel Cherny

Brent Harvey: It's all over after 432 games.

Harvey officially quits the AFL as Swallow steps down as skipper

Larissa Nicholson

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

AFL father-son draft prospects Josh Daicos and Callum Brown.

Sons of guns in Collingwood's sights

Emma Quayle

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

Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant has stopped running.

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

Driven: BMW's updated i3 electric car

David Morley

Inquest: A dynamic batsman, Phil Hughes was struck on the head by a bouncer.

Hughes inquest: Cricket world prepares for a 'very tough week'

Jon Pierik

John Allen riding Prince of Penzance (front) before the Herbert Power Stakes.

Leg injury rules Prince of Penzance out of spring

Michael Lynch