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The Age, News, 11/10/2016, photo by Justin McManus. James Merlino (Minister for Education) and Martin Foley (Minister ...

Four new inner-city schools to meet student boom

The Supreme Court was presented with photos of Gable Tostee and Warriena Wright taken on Mr Tostee's phone the night Ms ...

Tostee recording captured Tinder date's final scream

Menzies Creek Primary School in the Dandenongs was severely damaged during Sunday's gale-force winds.

'They can't even have a cuppa': At least 10,000 still without power

The scene of the crash in Clayton South.

'Don't die': Woman accidentally runs over husband

2012 Brownlow Medal. Brownlow medal winner Essendon's Jobe Watson at Crown.24 September 2012.Picture Sebastian Costanzo. ...

Watson could lose Brownlow after players' final doping appeal fails

UPDATED

Portrait of Brian Burston, One Nation NSW Senator elect at his home in Coal Point near Newcastle. 4th August 2016, ...

One Nation senator wants new, 'patriotic' public broadcaster

Hughes' final batting partner denies hearing threatening sledge

Chilling video: 'I didn't really feel anger, I just wanted to kill her'

Pregnancy warning for popular over-the-counter painkillers

All of Malcolm Turnbull's options look bad from here

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Gay couple to frame signed napkin instead of marriage certificate

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: Mile Jaedinak of Australia celebrates with team mates after scoring a penalty during ...

Socceroos and Japan share the spoils in tightly fought World Cup qualifier

Analysts say a permanent end to Note 7 sales could cost Samsung up to $17 billion and tarnish its other phone products ...

Samsung scraps Galaxy Note 7 production over fire concerns

Bec Judd's followers dismayed by her skinny jeans post 11 days after giving birth to her twins boys.

Bec Judd's followers dismayed by jeans post days after twins' birth

The rules of water? There's only one.

Don't drink eight glasses of water a day - do this instead

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Charlie Cameron of the Crows celebrates a goal during the First AFL Semi Final match ...

Blues eye Charlie Cameron for potential Gibbs trade

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Drones watch the health of southern right whales

Concept family: Happy couple in the new apartment dream and plan interior first home dreaming

What to expect when your friends become home owners

8 things your nails reveal about your health

Jenny Fryer with her twin sons, Chris and Nick

With power down, mum stayed up all night to ensure sons were OK

Scary clowns holding axe, fake knives, cap gun terrify motorists

Loss of face ignored when Wakim was jailed for child sex, court told

Christine Mitchell was killed trying to move cattle from a country road at Mooroopna.

Daughter pays tribute to 'selfless' mum who died herding cattle

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

CFA volunteer gets 14 years for 'rampage' of arson, criminal damage

Traffic build-up on the Tullamarine Freeway, north of the Western Ring Road.

Airport link plan hits turbulence as minister saves horse homes

Another scalp?

Montague Street bridge claims another truck

Police are continuing their inquiries.

Breaking Bird: Crow reveals secret meth stash

WA

A man has been charged after allegedly escaping from the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday.

Man mistakenly arrested in hunt for court escapee

QLD

Vincent Stanford showed no emotion during his police interviews.

'I just wanted to kill her': Court hears confession

NSW

News ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, officially launch the consultation on the government?s light rail urban designs. ...

ACT reconsiders greyhound ban after NSW backflip

ACT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Ambridge, Penn. ...

An 89-year-old grandmother gives Trump sage advice

Jenna Johnson

Donald Trump and Mark Burnett, pictured here in 2008.

Claims Trump 'used the N-word' as pressure grows to release tapes

Pulling faces: Donald Trump during the second presidential debate.

'Deepest crisis since Watergate': Savage blow for Trump's campaign

Paul McGeough

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House.

Same-sex marriage denied and everyone shares the blame

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Same-sex marriage plebiscite dead after Labor vote

Michael Koziol

New One Nation senator wants 'patriotic broadcasting corporation'

Tom McIlroy

Paul McClintock says there is no believable end to the deficit in sight.

Business group lashes PM over deficit, tax scare campaign

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of immaturity and unreadiness over its stance on the South China Sea problem.

PM slams Labor call to challenge China's artificial islands

"The dark cloud hanging over the CFA has finally been lifted": Employment Minister Michaelia Cash.

'Dark cloud lifted': Country Fire Authority legislation passes

BP has dumped plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight.

BP dumps plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight

Thiolina Marpaung walks through the Sari Club site, now a makeshift carpark.

Fight for peace park continues 14 years after Bali bombings

Police detain a man at Pavao Pavaozinho slum on Monday.

Rio shoot-outs, school closures as crime wave worsens

Paulo Prada

Michael Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at his foundation in Moscow, in May.

War talk is back on Russian TV

A young man in Saudi Arabia known as Abu Sin and Christina Crockett, a young American.

Saudi teen flirts online with a young US woman - and ends up in jail

Illustration: John Shakespeare

How the housing boom is changing the way we live

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second debate.

Trump is America's abusive boyfriend, the one mum can't shake

COMMENT
Aubrey Perry

When we're young, it seems there will always be time enough for everything.

What I learnt after my cancer diagnosis

COMMENT
Julia Baird

So-called "car yard" life insurance products paid out a meagre $6 million in claims, or 6.6 per cent of the $90 ...

The time has come for life insurers to get with the times

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Loo

Insurers can longer spy on you in the loo

CBD
Sarah Danckert

The Foscari development site at Truganina in Wyndham.

Truganina site sold as scam victims seek investments

Hills has stuck a $6 million deal to terminate its licensing agreement with Woolworths and its failed Masters hardware chain.

Woolworths hangs Hills out to dry after $6 million payment

7-Eleven closes stores in wake of wages scandal

Odd couple equities and bonds separate

Abacus Property Group forms $200m partnership

Consumer groups slam new life insurance code

In these uncertain times, the banks are offering attractive yields.

Blacklist? Properties the banks don't want to lend you money for

A smidgen of smell profiling will enable you to determine the personality and lifestyle of a home's residents.

The one thing people always notice about your home

It's time to upgrade your sleeping situation to a decent mattress and good-quality bedding.

Ten things every adult should know how to do

The Wrong Girl star Jessica Marais encapsulates Melbourne's casual chic aesthetic.

How The Wrong Girl got its Melbourne home and street style right

Mick Gatto appeared at the Melbourne Magistrates Court for weapons charges.

Photograph Paul Jeffers
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Chateau Gatto: Mick's palatial suburban property hits the market

Banksy's former manager and friend Steve Lazarides has brought an unauthorised exhibition to Melbourne.

Who is Banksy? 'He's a miserable, scabby little git'

Arts

There's more to weight loss than losing weight.

21 truths we don't want to hear about losing weight

Boot Camp

Jockey Michelle Payne after winning the Melbourne Cup.

The odds on a Melbourne Cup day interest rate change

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Inappropriate incentives are at the heart of the banks' cultural problems. Illustration: Kerrie Leishman

Motley Fool: The elephant in the bank inquiry room

Scott Phillips

Rory Kennard, founder of Makinex.

This Australian company has a very rare goal

Alexandra Cain

Trent Innes, Xero Australia MD says we need more small businesses.

The surprising truth about starting a business today

Trent Innes

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One Nation wants 'PBC' to replace ABC

Public Broadcasting

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Creepy clowns captured on camera in Melbourne

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Elderly man accidently run over by wife Clayton South

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Vincent Stanford: 'I just wanted to kill her'

Shirin Gerami, Iran?s first female triathlete, celebrates as she completes the Ironman World Championship Triathlon, ...

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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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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Rebecca Ferguson and Justin Theroux as Anna and Tom Watson in The Girl on the Train.

The Girl on the Train: Let's discuss that ending

COMMENT
Emily Yahr

A long way from the City: Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church in <i>Divorce</I>.

Sarah Jessica Parker's 'Divorce' is no Sex and the City

Michael Idato

Silvia's Italian Table: Silvia Colloca, centre, serves up dinner to celebrity guests like Kathy Lette, from left, Tom ...

Razer takes knife to ABC cooking show over 'fatuous property porn'

Andrew Hornery

Solange Knowles

Solange Knowles steps out of Beyonce's shadow

COMMENT
Bernard Zuel

The tape includes audio of Billy Bush and DonaldTrump having a conversation inside the bus, as well as audio and video ...

Billy Bush could be sacked from Today as fallout deepens

Michael Idato

<i>Fraggle Rock</i> and its colourful characters are heading back to the screen.

Jim Henson's world of Fraggle Rock is set to return to TV

Huy Truong: "Our version of the Trump Mexican wall".

Q&A recap: Shock value high as panel debate immigration

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Ratings for the second debate fell sharply.

TV ratings fall for bitter Clinton-Trump presidential debate

Michael Idato

The Age, news.Melbourne icon Paul Kelly and Irish songstress Camille O'Sullivan turn poetry of the Irish greats into ...

Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan sing 100 years of Irish poetry

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Hannah Francis

Scott Price, Sarah Mainwaring, Mark Deans and Brian Lipson in the disappointing Lady Eats Apple.

Lady Eats Apple review: Triptych tests audience's comfort zone

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL

The Age, News. Dermot McCaul State library Arts collection manager. for Melbourne Music Week, the State Library is ...

State Library's vinyl record hoard gets some air time

Carolyn Webb

Protest in France.

Imagine if Australian women went on strike

Clementine Ford

Bec Judd's followers dismayed by her skinny jeans post 11 days after giving birth to her twins boys.

Bec Judd's followers dismayed by post 11 days after giving birth

Amy Croffey

Peta Credlin hasn't abandoned Canberra life forever, she attended this year's Midwinter Ball at Parliament House.

Peta Credlin calls out 'gutless wonders' in Canberra

Jenna Clarke

"I want all governments to be scared of women," says Marta Lempart, Polish women's rights campaigner and lead of its ...

How the women of Poland pulled off a nationwide protest

Daisy Dumas

Kim has never really cared about her detractors.

Kim Kardashian dares to reflect the male gaze

Natalie Reilly

Prior to donning this outfit, Melania Trump said her husband's lewd comments about women were "unacceptable and offensive".

Melania Trump's silent rebellion at the second debate

Jenna Clarke

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

An otherwise bitter debate actually ended with kindness

Colby Itkowitz

"I remember the shame:" Actor Amber Tamblyn shares story of sexual assault after Trump tape.

'I was grabbed under my skirt': Actress shares sexual assault

Elahe Izadi

The rules of water? There's only one.

Don't drink eight glasses of water a day - do this instead

Sarah Berry

Fibromyalgia: "It's soul-destroying because so little is known about it". Photo: iStock

The soothing sip that saved me from a life of agony

Charlotte Lytton

Fit to fight? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

How Donald and Hillary fuel themselves to fight each other

Three Blue Ducks chefs at Rosebery.

The Three Blue Ducks' guide to barbecuing like a legend

Myffy Rigby

Look for protein and fibre for the longest-lasting sense of satisfaction.

A nutritionist rates your favourite packaged snacks

Bonnie Sutherland

The Katering Show will get a free to air debut on the ABC next year.

The Katering Show answers your cooking questions

KATE MCCARTNEY AND KATE MCLENNAN

People wearing clown outfits have been terrorising residents in America.

Creepy clown 'scares woman into premature labour'

Cat Rodie

Paul Van Der Toorren proposed to his girlfriend of seven years, Elysia Simons, at Uluru, the place they first met as ...

Wedding bells for pair who met as children, filming iconic Qantas ad

Suzi Catchpole

Gabi Shull was determined to dance on pointe again.

Teen defies odds to become ballet dancer after leg amputation

Adella Beaini

The plane's dining room and bar.

Inside the world's most luxurious passenger plane

Kylie McLaughlin

The epic, 9289 kilometre-long Trans-Siberian railway is now 100 years old.

The world's longest railway line, 9289 km, is now 100 years old

Don't waste your time and money on a bad tour.

Worst. Tour guide. Ever. When that 'bargain' isn't one at all

Ben Groundwater

The ill-fated Galaxy Note7 is no longer being made, and Samsung has asked that it is no longer sold.

'Power down': It's all over for the Note7

Tim Biggs

Sony Xperia XZ gets Aussie launch details

Tim Biggs

Gears of War 4 review

Gears of War 4 review: the original and still the best

Tim Biggs

The web is rife with annoyances.

Browser extensions to make web less annoying

Alan Henry

A US plane was evacuated last week after a phone caught fire.

Three new Note7s catch fire in one week

Tim Biggs

Ford has paused Mustang production in the wake of reduced demand in the US.

Ford shuts Mustang factory

2017 Kia Soul.

Kia cuts Soul price

Dom Tripolone

The BMW M3 Competition.

BMW M3 Competition reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Spy shots of the Opel Insignia testing in Europe.

Commodore may get drift mode

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen Scirocco.

Last VW Sciroccos to go on sale

Dom Tripolone

2016 HSV Clubsport R8 Track Edition.

HSV Clubsport Track Edition review

Mark Short

Watson faces a wait on the fate of his Brownlow Medal.

Watson waits on Brownlow decision as Swiss Court appeal fails

UPDATED

Adelaide forward Charlie Cameron is likely to be thrown into the mix as the Crows look to secure Bryce Gibbs from Carlton.

Blues eye Cameron for potential Gibbs trade

Michael Gleeson

Hawthorn's Luke Breust at a World Cup of Golf day on Tuesday.

Hawks, Suns hit snag on O'Meara deal

Sam McClure

Jake Carlisle had a turbulent start to his career at St Kilda.

Carlisle working on a little respect

Sam McClure

Daniel Wells in Collingwood colours.

Wells' daughter cried as dad left North

Daniel Cherny

Cam McCarthy takes a mark.

Cam McCarthy becomes a Docker, finally

Emma Quayle, Michael Gleeson

Collingwood footballers (L-R) Mo Hope, Helen Roden and Emma King pose for a photo ahead of the draft for the new AFL ...

The great contradiction: pay no good but Pies bat away women's sponsors

Samantha Lane

Tom Mitchell and Lance Franklin celebrate a Swans win.

Buddy's millions start to cost the Swans young talent

ANALYSIS
James Buckley

Socceroo Mile Jedinak is congratulated by teammates after his penalty.

Socceroos and Japan share spoils in tightly fought qualifier

Michael Lynch

UK galloper Sir Isaac Newton brings some blue bloodlines to the Caulfield Cup on Saturday.

Meet Sir Isaac, the most expensive galloper to grace Caulfield turf

Michael Lynch

Jamie Whincup's Triple Eight team will lodge an appeal against the result of the Bathurst 1000.

Triple Eight to appeal against Jamie Whincup penalty

Mark Fogarty

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