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Former policewoman Yvonne Berry has had charges against her quietly withdrawn.

'Nervous' Sara Connor declares innocence ahead of jail transfer

Carl Richardson, Moe stabber. Photo is from Facebook. Chloe Booker has verified with family spokesman.

'None of us know why': Financial planner and father stabs two bosses

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Sometimes a kind word can make all the difference to life an employee.

The divorce predictor: Method that has an 80 per cent success rate

'Island of despair': Refugees tortured on Nauru: report

Michael Koziol

Property spruiker banned for 10 years over land banking

Royce Millar

The simple change that could save you $6000 off your energy bills

Man who tried to rape pregnant cyclist had 'porn addiction'

Medibank attracts outsize share of health insurance complaints

Tragedy: Maria Claudia Lutz and her two children, Elisa and Martin, were found dead along with their father Fernando ...

Mystery as family found dead in Sydney home, with no signs of injuries

Ava Benny-Morrison

What is going on at Hawthorn?

Despite the hefty fine, Nick Kyrgios took home more than half of his second round loser's prizemoney.

Kyrgios' season over after copping ban for Shanghai meltdown

Life in the big smoke can be a little cramped.

Seven things I learnt moving to the big smoke

60 Minutes saga: Sally Faulkner says ex had taken her child before

Aussie $5 note plays vinyl records

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 14: Chris Mannix and her children Hannah, 5 (L) and Lucy, 7 (R) at their Southgate ...

'Gobsmacked': Has Melbourne got this suburb all wrong?

For Aussie travellers on holiday in Europe, the jet lag is likely to be worse when they get home than it is in Europe.

Science says this trick can help you beat jet lag

Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT loses its British ...

1:09AM

Four dumped Liberal MPs 'warehoused' as ...

11:31PM

Mark Bouris will be in the firing line at TZ

12:15AM

Mr Aktas allegedly punched the woman after she intervened in a fight with his partner, Denise Thorrnburgh.

Rehab beckons for man accused of smashing woman's teeth

Bid to keep schoolgirl mineshaft rapist behind bars

Even without developers, Lord Mayor raises the most money

Passenger numbers on Melbourne's trams have soared.

Trams to go first as cars wait at city's worst intersections

Justice Paul Coghlan believed Stephen Jake Spiteri was a danger to the community.

Judge chides magistrate: 'She's been in the job five minutes'

EXCLUSIVE

Biologist Emma Peel with a young Tasmanian devil.

Devil's milk could be the killer ingredient in war on superbugs

CFMEU bosses John Setka (left) and Shaun Reardon allegedly blackmailed Boral executives.

Fighting blackmail charges, union bosses want police phone taps

Thousands of teenagers will head to the Gold Coast for schoolies week celebrations.

'Russian roulette': new drug warning ahead of schoolies

A 13-year-old boy was bitten in the face while trying to hide from police following an alleged attempted burglary.

Boy bitten on face by police dog in Kalgoorlie

A Fairfax Media analysis of MySchool data shows that schools are pulling in more than 25 per cent of their income from ...

The public schools that are rolling in private money

EXCLUSIVE

Mr Turnbull has said he remains committed to a plebiscite.

Murdoch's editors dine with Turnbull at The Lodge

Donald Trump in action during the second debate.

Key Trump backer says Clinton better trained for president

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Republican vice-presidential candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

Mike Pence: Russia should face 'severe consequences' if it's behind hack

Hillary Clinton prepares to speak during a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio.

Why Clinton's past leaves her muted in Trump sex assault furore

Children playing near the Refugee Processing Centre on Nauru.

Australia intentionally torturing refugees on Nauru: major report

Michael Koziol

Four harrowing tales told from the Island of Despair

Amy Remeikis

Four dumped Lib MPs 'warehoused' as advisers

Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

Senator Bob Day wants the Turnbull government's Senate voting changes thrown out.

Senator Bob Day quits Senate after building company goes bust

Matthew Knott

Senator Pauline Hanson enters the House of Represenatives for the address of Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong ...

Pauline Hanson's One Nation soars in post-election poll

Fergus Hunter

Labor senator declares war on frontbench colleagues

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

In the backlash, sex and sexual orientation became weapons wielded in furious anger.

When equality for all is none of your business

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Sara Connor is jostled as she is taken from the Denpasar prosecutor's office to Kerobokan jail on Monday.

Sara Connor declares innocence ahead of Kerobokan jail transfer

Jewel Topsfield

The raids were conducted at a time when Crown's senior international VIP manager, Jason O'Connor, was in town.

Crown employees held in China after late-night raids on homes

EXCLUSIVE
Philip Wen and Neelima Choahan

The collapsed "Yellow Bridge" linking Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan.

Warning of bridge danger before deadly collapse

Jewel Topsfield

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, in black and surrounded by top military and police officers, announces the start ...

Iraqi forces head for Mosul, country's last IS stronghold

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's populist white nationalism will feature strongly in the party's revival ...

If you think Donald is bad, imagine Trump 2.0

COMMENT
Bob Carr

Michelle Bridges has managed to scale the dizzying heights of the Sydney celebrity fishbowl.

Why I have no sympathy for Michelle Bridges

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

whole and half avocados isolated on white background Avocado

We don't deserve to be treated with such contempt over a $2 avocado

COMMENT
Duncan Fine

We don't know exactly how big the problem with incentives is in Australia.

The root of evil: Australia's problem with banker bonuses

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Mark Bouris will be in the firing line at TZ

CBD
Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

The TPP has featured in the American presidential election.

Key business group whacks TPP

Airtasker boosts pay rates above national minimum

Crown's 'whale' hunt backfires as police prepare to lay charges

Humiliated stock picker who sold his firm for $41 is back on top

Jury discharged in $9m fraud trial of former TZ director Andrew Sigalla

Property spruiker Jamie McIntyre banned for 10 years

Suburb record: a family paid $1,845,000 for 26 Falcon Road, MacLeod, Domain Group data shows.

The once budget-friendly suburb snaring the big bucks

Will and Karlie's Block apartment in Port Melbourne.

These are the hottest new trends for kitchens for next year

Letting somebody else live in our space – even if it springs from necessity such as "we need someone to feed the cat ...

The most uncomfortable feeling I've ever had in a home

Seven things I learnt when I moved to the big smoke

Wooden cutting boards are a bit of an all-natural housecleaning hack in themselves.

Five all-natural house hacks that will change your life

The new i3 also incorporates regenerative power.

Is this the ultimate luxury car for busy city living?

Cars

Why ditching the beard could shave years off you

Grooming

Retirees with modest savings are barely better off than those on the age pension.

Retirees have little reason to save under the new pension rules

Daryl Dixon

Most families want the wellbeing of their loved one to be paramount when choosing an aged care facility.

How one family fought the government on aged care fees and won

Noel Whittaker

Kate Carnell is calling for consultation on 'loaded rates'.

Could this scheme replace penalty rates?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Mathew Carpenter turned glitter into cash.

How this Newcastle man made $100,000 in two weeks

Nina Hendy

The declining fortunes of Islamic State

Rhino stuck in tyre rescued in Zimbabwe

Marquez wins MotoGP world championship

Southampton storm to a 3-1 victory over Burnley.

Southampton too strong for Burnley

Jim Pavlidis illustration for Bob Carr Opinion article, Monday October 17, 2016

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Oct 17

House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

Arctic Adventure Norm of the North

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Sally Faulkner and her ex-husband, Ali Elamine.

Sally Faulkner says Ali Elamine has taken her child before

Michael Lallo

Actor Russell Crowe remained the cool-headed one in hotel incident with Azealia Banks, by all reports.

Crowe evicted Azealia Banks after threats over his music: reports

Aja Styles

Megan and Tiffany out on the Perth town together.

Megan apparently found romatic love on The Bachelor with Tiffany

Aja Styles

US President Barack Obama has authorised new travel and financial sanctions designed to curb cyber espionage.

Film suggests a cyber attack went nuclear but you never knew

Karl Quinn

<i>The Simpsons</i>: Still great and still funny after 600 episodes.

Call for an end, just don't say Simpsons isn't good any more

COMMENT
Ben Pobjie

Olivia Williams plays the hotel's matriarch Lady Hamilton.

This new period drama expected to eclipse Downton Abbey

Michael Idato

Alec Baldwin's portrayal of Donald Trump on <i>Saturday Night Live</i> has been a huge talking point.

Trump finally hits back at SNL, calling it 'unfunny'

Steven Carroll was joint winner of the 2014 award and is shortlisted again.

Co-winner from 2014 is up for another prize in PM's Literary Awards

Susan Wyndham

American singer songwriter Grant-Lee Philips is performing at the Toff in Town as part of Melbourne Festival.

Grant-Lee Phillips goes back to his roots

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Debbie Cuthbertson

Adalita's delight was contagious through <i>Rebel Rebel</i> and <i>The Jean Genie</i>.

David Bowie tribute shakes Hamer Hall

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Michael Dwyer

Canadian skate troupe Le Patin Libre's Vertical Influences is performed on ice with speed and movement that is breathtaking.

Vertical Influences: dancing on ice at speed

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Jordan Beth Vincent

Saman Shad's six-month-old son was on childcare waitlists since well before he was born, but none of them have a place ...

It's that time of year when women find out if we can afford to work

Saman Shad

Body Image Movement founder Taryn Brumfitt (C) with Business Chicks CEO Emma Isaacs (L) and Lorna Jane Clarkson (R).

Taryn Brumfitt under fire after Lorna Jane Facebook post

Mary Ward

Black women share selfies to show #WhatADoctorLooksLike

Jenny Noyes

Soraya was kissed on the breast on French live television, prompting over 250 complaints.

Outrage after woman's breast kissed on live television

Mary Ward

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: Singer Taylor Swift is seen in Soho on October 13, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by ...

Celebrity street style: Blanchett steps out in New York

The perfect burgundy rendition at the 2016 Golden Globes: Olivia Wilde always gets it right.

How to rock the 'red eye' trend

Stephanie Darling

In a Victorian house in Islington, north London, England.

The rise of supper clubs

Antonia Wiklund Houzz

Mariam Kasim, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo carries her one day old baby Sarah Bonamaxi at the ...

Women and children urgently need shelter, says UNHCR

Nicole Economos

Tasty option: Go with wholegrain for health.

Kitchen medicine - fixing health problems with a fork

Paula Goodyer

Not always healthy: The mental side to physical fitness.

The unhealthy reason men go to the gym

Sarah Berry

Pomegranates have vitamin C that boosts the collagen in the skin

You can transform your skin just by eating the right foods

Sarah Berry

Coburger & Co's 'Lip Popper' wagyu burger with battered jalapeno, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, chipotle mayo and ...

Are the Coburgers better?

Jane Holroyd

Virgilio Martinez from the restaurant Central in Lima, Peru?

This is Virgilio Martinez... The chef who poisons himself for good food

Sharnee Rawson

Weekly meal planner: healthy spring recipes

Baby plummets to death in elevator shaft

Alan Feuer and Emily Palmer

We're not really sure what this is meant to be. But it creeps us out!

Creepy Halloween costumes from the past

Ariane Beeston

When meltdowns push you to your limit, should you let a stranger step in?

Mum calls for strangers to help discipline kids but opinions are divided

Ariane Beeston

Australians overseas: We look like a nation of badly dressed slobs

Lee Tulloch

The 10,000th Airbus, an A350-900, has been delivered to Singapore Airlines.

New Singapore A350-900 is the 10,000th Airbus to take off

Craig Platt

Flight test: Is this the world's smallest business class cabin?

Sue Williams

Just the facts ma'am: Google aims to highlight news articles which strive for accuracy and weed out political half-truths

Google News introduces 'fact check' label

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Mark Zuckerberg needs a voice for his AI assistant.

Iron Man wants to voice Zuckerberg's new AI

Eli Blumenthal

Oculus Rift was the first virtual reality headset to come to the attention of consumers.

Searching for virtual reality's 'killer app'

Pavel Alpeyev

Only fitness tracking smartwatch you need

Gizmodo

Voyager 2 captured this stunning parting shot of Uranus as it headed off towards its next destination, Neptune.

'Dark moons' appear to be hiding near Uranus

George Dvorsky

Last Falcon: Ford's six-cylinder, rear-wheel drive XR6.

Last Falcons fetch a hefty price

David McCowen

Jeep is playing on its off-road heritage to improve its reputation in Australia

Jeep: 'We're not a cute brand'

Andrew MacLean

Dodge disappears from Australia

Andrew MacLean

Honda will offer its new model with a turbocharged engine.

Honda unveils new CR-V

David McCowen

2016 Maserati Quattroporte GTS GranLusso.

New Quattroporte prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Hyundai Elantra SR Turbo reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Jordan Lewis celebrates a goal for the Hawks.

Trade latest: It's done - Lewis set to be a Demon

Claire Siracusa

Brown defection leaves big hole for Pies

Emma Quayle, Michael Gleeson

Daisy Pearce
(far right) with fellow
players and potential
future stars at the
launch of the AFL
women’s league ...

The AFL owes women so much more

COMMENT
Larissa Nicholson

Jobe Watson with his Brownlow Medal the night he won it in September 2012.

Galbally: No legal route for Jobe to retain Brownlow

Jon Pierik

Former Essendon football operations manager Paul Hamilton has joined AFL Victoria.

AFL Victoria hire former Bombers' football manager

Larissa Nicholson

Swan expects Martin will remain a Tiger

Daniel Cherny

Whose banner will Jordan Lewis be running through next year?

Lewis 'not filthy' with Hawks as talks continue

Melissa Coulter Ryan

Joel Hamling of the Bulldogs is going to become a Docker.

Hamling leaves the kennel to head west

UPDATED
Larissa Nicholson

Nick Kyrgios' season is over after ban, extra fine

Linda Pearce

Carl Richardson was found dead soon after stabbing his two coworkers.

Racing official hurt in Moe stabbing rampage

UPDATED

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou wants a stepping stone to the A-League