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Former policewoman Yvonne Berry has had charges against her quietly withdrawn.

'I'm in Guantanamo Bay. This isn't Ballarat'

Nick McKenzie

Richard Di Natale hit out at Malcolm Turnbull over marriage equality.

'Repulsive' Donald Trump is the centre of attention on Q&A

ANALYSIS

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

No obvious injuries: Mystery as family of four, dog found dead

1 hr ago

Dr Edwin Hawkins stands alongside his revolutionary "street view" showing how cancer cells attack the bone of leukaemia ...

Like kids trashing a house: Amazing footage captures cancer cells

Major delays hit key suburban rail line as commuters languish

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James Packer has criticised previous governments for not doing enough to smooth Chinese relations.

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

Rise of a Saudi prince shatters decades of royal tradition

Nick Kyrgios to have counselling after dummy-spit

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

Julian Assange says his internet was cut 'by a state party'

Record complaints about health insurance driven by one company

Wreckers flatten 159-year-old Carlton pub – illegally

18 mins ago

Bond: Kieren Jack and Charlotte Goodlet.

Swans captain Kieren Jack engaged amid public family spat

Wounded, frightened fans: What is going on at Hawthorn?

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

Russell Crowe 'forced' to evict rapper from his party

1 hr ago

It's time we all really knew what buttermilk actually is

Banned for tanking in Shanghai

Is this the most effective diet for weight loss?

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

Yes, you're being judged when someone minds your house ...

Australia intentionally torturing refugees on ...

8:28AM

Call for 'hefty fines' after wreckers flatten ...

8:22AM

Beware tracking down a tracker home loan

8:07AM

The RGM office where the stabbing occurred in Moe.

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

UPDATED

Wild brawl outside Maccas was 'organised on Facebook'

UPDATED

Property spruiker banned for 10 years over land banking

Robert Doyle, running for an unprecedented third term as Melbourne lord mayor.

Even without developers, Lord Mayor raises the most money

The laneway in Brunswick where the attempted rape took place in April.

Man who tried to rape cyclist had 'porn addiction', court told

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

29/9/99 - Photgrapher Lachlan Bence, BALLARAT COURIER. From left to right, Senior Constable Tony Francis, Anthony Pitt, ...

Bid to keep schoolgirl mineshaft rapist behind bars

Three men died in a crash at a rural property near scone.

Boy, 5 survives crash that killed father, grandfather

38 mins ago

Confronts us when we leave, and when we return.

Detention centre staff to get resilience training

The disgusting state of the bathroom shocked the owners.

'Floor squelching': Owner shattered by tenants from hell

Rough sleepers have been camping out underneath the Go Between Bridge for weeks.

Vagrants could be forcibly removed from under bridge

TV network to come? Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally.

Suspicions Trump is using campaign to pave way for new TV network

Nick O'Malley
1 hr ago

The Westside Armory ad claiming prices will rise under a Clinton presidency.

'Pre-Hillary sale'at Las Vegas gun store

Derek Hawkins

Donald Trump in action during the second debate.

Key Trump backer says Clinton better trained for president

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Children playing near the Refugee Processing Centre on Nauru.

Australia intentionally torturing refugees on Nauru: major report

Michael Koziol
12 mins ago

Pauline Hanson gears up for state push, reveals Shorten meeting

EXCLUSIVE

Four dumped Lib MPs 'warehoused' as advisers

Labor senator declares war on frontbench colleagues

EXCLUSIVE

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

Senator Bob Day quits Senate after building company goes bust

Refugee welfare service provider set to abandon the facility: The island of Nauru.

Four harrowing tales told from the Island of Despair

Malcolm Turnbull is building momemtum for "vital economic reforms".

PM accuses Labor of risking national security over Brandis

Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, rides a bike at a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine.

Pro-Russia media-savvy militant 'Motorola' killed

Russian President Vladimir Putin and RT's Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan in Moscow, Russia.

Bank's decision to cut RT's funding a shock to network and to free speech

COMMENT
Nick Miller

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

I marvel at the advocates who take this fighting spirit and apply it to the same-sex marriage issue.

There are few groups on earth that fight back like us

COMMENT
Joel Meares

Training on Warrnambool's Lady Bay Beach.

Racing carnival poses environmental threat

COMMENT
Bob Brown

Donald Trump has laid blame on a global cabal of "international banks", "the Clinton machine", and "the corporate media".

Trump is not just a sore loser, he's a destructive one

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

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

Wall Street dropped on firming prospects for a December rate hike.

8@eight: ASX set for flat open

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COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
33 mins ago

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

Airtasker boosts pay rates above national minimum

Property spruiker Jamie McIntyre banned for 10 years

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

Key business group whacks 'noodle bowl' trade deal

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

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

Nine things all first home buyers need to know

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Life in the big smoke can be a little cramped.

Seven things I learnt when I moved to the big smoke

Genetic research could reveal why we're prone to injury.

Always getting exercise injuries? Blame your parents

The Long Run
29 mins ago

The new i3 also incorporates regenerative power.

Driving the new luxury car that costs around $5 a day to run

Cars

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

Fire attack on North Carolina GOP office

1 hr ago

Witness backs up Trump accuser Summer Zervos

Ballarat police cells like 'Guantanamo Bay'

Q&A;: Insults, hypocrisy and Trump

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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Q&A recap: 'Repulsive' Donald Trump the centre of attention

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Amy Schumer: Mostly Sexy Stuff, Sunday 13th December at 8.30pm on ABC2. M Mag TV Previews by Melinda Houston. Image ...

Schumer fans walk out of Florida show over Trump comments

Ebony Bowden
13 mins ago

Crowe evicted Azealia Banks after threats over his music: reports

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

It seems Bob Dylan is ignoring the Nobel Prize committee.

Bob Dylan has yet to get back to Nobel committee over prize

Rob Moran
28 mins ago

Sally Faulkner and her ex-husband, Ali Elamine.

Sally Faulkner says Ali Elamine has taken her child before

Michael Lallo

Megan and Tiffany out on the Perth town together.

How Megan and Tiffany found love on The Bachelor

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

<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

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

Captain Madeleine Habib - pictured here on the Aurora Australis in 2013 - was detained and jailed by the Israeli ...

Gaza protesters fight back with dignity - and tea

Daisy Dumas

'Crawling is the new plank': why you should move like a baby

Vicky Hallett

Bed by 11pm: The nature of dating changes with age.

My dating rules for the forty-something woman

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

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 ...

Photos: Celebrity street style

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

A number of artists have released concept drawings of what they think the Apple car could (or should) look like.

Apple scraps plans for car, sources say

Mark Gurman and Alex Webb
1 hr ago

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

New footage catches cancerous cells at their most destructive

Bridie Smith

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

Searching for virtual reality's 'killer app'

Pavel Alpeyev

Mark Zuckerberg needs a voice for his AI assistant.

Iron Man wants to voice Zuckerberg's new AI

Eli Blumenthal

Ford Escape returns to Australia

Dom Tripolone

The Audi e-tron quattro concept revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show.

Audi reveals EV name

Greg Kable

New Infiniti Q30 reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley
1 hr ago

2016 Volkswagen Polo 'beats' special edition.

VW teams up with beats

Dom Tripolone

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

House of Hawthorn: The Hawks are building a long-term war chest.

Hawks building a big war chest

Michael Gleeson, Emma Quayle, Sam McClure

Selwoods put heat on Motlop to shape up

Daniel Cherny

Trying to make sense of Hawthorn

Michael Gleeson

Engaged: Kieren Jack and Charlotte Goodlet.

Kieren Jack engaged amid pubic family spat

Hawthorn is looking for a trade for Jaeger O'Meara.

Trade countdown: Big trades still in the mix

Sam McClure

Talia Bulldogs, AFL all angry at game-plan leak

Daniel Cherny

Trades, day six: As it happened

Claire Siracusa

Brown defection leaves big hole for Pies

Emma Quayle, Michael Gleeson

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

Nick Kyrgios' season is over after ban, extra fine

Linda Pearce

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: A flare goes off in the crowd during the round 11 A-League match between Melbourne ...

Victory given show-cause over flare, but Gallop praises fans

Ben Cadden riding Winx in the shallow waters of Altona beach.

Winx has the x-factor to beat Vadamos: trainer

Patrick Bartley