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Hillary Clinton campaigning in North Carolina: Her disapproval rating is around 55 percent.

Trump a sideshow as Clinton powers ahead in the polls

ANALYSIS
32 mins ago

Police at a block of units in Mitcham after the discovery of a body.

Man in his 70s dead in suspected stabbing at block of flats

33 mins ago

TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 09: Nick Kyrgios of Australia celebrates after winning the men's singles final match against ...

'Lol': Kyrgios reaches career-high in world rankings despite ban

1 hr ago

Melbourne's umbrellas can't catch a break.

Welcome to Melbourne, where we're trapped in a dome of eternal winter

48 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Jason Johannisen of the Bulldogs celebrates with the 2016 AFL Premiership Cup during ...

'Thumbs down': AFL players upset at pre-finals bye return

24 mins ago

Parents confess to using bribes, threats and technology bans to force their children to study in the VCE.

VCE confessions of parents whose children won't study

Toddler murder accused asks police if they're 'playing mindgames'

UPDATED
36 mins ago

The perils of Trump are obvious but Hillary Clinton has dangers too

COMMENT

Cat Joel Selwood defends piddling pay for female footy players

Be warned: Clothes are about to get more expensive

Tostee's 2300-word account of what he says really happened

Irene Falcone of Nourished Life beauty products.

From $100 and a blog to $8 million ... and counting

James Packer and Kate Fischer before their engagement ended abruptly.

Former Kate Fischer sets record straight on Packer break-up

10 mins ago

The dumped car in North Fitzroy pained gold.

Gold! Dumped car spray painted in North Fitzroy

1 hr ago

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: A light drenched Times Square on May 5, 2015 in New York City. In an effort to reduce Manhattan's ...

The world's most overrated (and underrated) cities revealed

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20 dazzling pics of a bizarre world you need a microscope to see

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Clashes erupt in Calais 'Jungle'

United Fates

Regardless of who wins the US election, things will change

5 Spindrift Avenue in Flinders

A Maserati outside the milk bar? Forget Portsea, it's here...

Brace for 'above average' fire season, Victorians ...

2:11PM

AFL players agog at pre-finals bye return

2:06PM

The chart that shows how bad our broadband is

2:01PM

The case raises serious questions about how the powerful police union decides which members it will back in court.

Ten police dismissed for predatory behaviour towards women

Nino Bucci

Police search for missing boy last seen on a Werribee bus

Work on $128m Flemington grandstand to start days after Cup

Banksia Reserve in Beaumaris is a well-used local ground.

Junior footballer gets $590,000 after knee injury running for mark

SUPPLIED ARTISTS IMPRESSIONS OF WESTERN DISTRIBUTOR. AGE NEWS14/4/2016

Transport project blowouts hit $28b, says report

A last-minute hike to VCAT fees means 300+ Somers community members may have to abandon their case to oppose the ...

Council battle: Somers community fears being priced out of VCAT

Cost increases could potentially feed into higher Ambulance Victoria membership fees in the future.

Taxpayers slugged extra $80 per ambulance ride after union pay deal

The surfer was lucky to escape with minor injuries to his thigh.

Surfer bitten by shark near Byron Bay

NSW
1 hr ago

New train timetable to be introduced on Tuesday to cope with a lack of Queensland Rail drivers.

Furious Premier demands answers on rail debacle

QLD

Metro Junction Coffee

Defence top brass get $14,000 coffee machine

ACT

A man is dead and three other people injured following an incident in Yokine.

Murder charge for Perth senior after violent clash

WA

The T.Rump bus.

T. Rump bus trails Donald Trump baffling fans

Nick O'Malley

Former federal treasurer Joe Hockey spent less than three months in his newly refurbished office before he was dumped ...

When the Trump campaign greeted Joe Hockey with a kiss

Peter Hartcher
1 hr ago

Hillary Clinton campaigning in North Carolina: Her disapproval rating is around 55 percent.

Clinton's poll position leaves Trump as a sideshow

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
32 mins ago

Minister for Social Services Christian Porter with his son Lachlan and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly ...

Has anyone in the Coalition ever actually met a pregnant woman?

COMMENT
Stephanie Peatling

Paid parental leave designed 'to get women back to work': minister

Scott Morrison puts states on notice over house prices

RSL national president Rod White.

Emergency meeting called, RSL president steps aside

Tony Abbott attending the NSW liberal Party council meeting, Four Seasons Hotel 22nd October 2016 Photo by Louise ...

'I think it was a moral win': Abbott claims victory for reformers

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says he is concerned about the recent Four Corners asylum seeker story.

Fifield to raise concerns about 'troubling' ABC episode

Turnbull minister Christopher Pyne on the ABC's Insiders October 23. Credit ABC Indiders

Triggs should 'stay out of politics': Pyne

Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour, who was detained at Istanbul airport for a year until moving to Melbourne. He now lives ...

Syrian airport refugee's life in Australia still haunted by planes

Farid Farid

Kidnapped sailors walk to board a plane after being freed in Galkayo, Somalia.

Somali pirates free two dozen sailors held for four years

The scene of crash between a tour bus and a semi-truck near Palm Springs, in California.

13 dead in California tour bus crash

Youths ride bicycles next to a burning oil well in Qayyarah, about 31 miles (50 km) south of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. ...

IS storms strategic town in counterattack

Melbourne High principal Jeremy Ludowyke.

Let’s engage young men to stamp out ‘locker room’ culture

COMMENT
Tarang Chawla

In other nations, gaming machines are kept only in hotels, casinos and gaming centres. Here they are found in pubs and ...

Allowing gambling into everyday life has been a massive mistake

COMMENT
Vyom Sharma

Children playing near the Refugee Processing Centre on Nauru.

Don't shoot: Four Corners was only doing its job

COMMENT
Jonathan Holmes

China Oceanwide is set to become the biggest shareholder in Australia's largest mortgage insurer under a proposed ...

Chinese group to take majority stake in Aussie mortgage insurer

A weak lead from Wall St has set up an uncertain start on the local exchange.

Markets Live: Fizz goes out of Coca-Cola Amatil

Live

Shipping containers aren't the only solution.

Commbank's experiment could change trade forever

Media firms face pressure to access distribution as more younger viewers cut their cable cords and watch their favourite ...

Changing TV habits behind media mega-deal

Soft executive bonus targets in crosshairs at AGMs

Threads threat: clothing prices to rise

Supermarkets to lift lid in battle for supremacy

'Trump discount' would hammer shares, dollar, oil

Comment
Jessica Irvine

Once the no-brainer design choice, the days of the all-white kitchen may be ending.

Why all-white kitchens are on their way out this year

The sky has been dotted with cranes for months, but housing affordability hasn't improved.

Scott Morrison's 'supply solution' fails to tackle vacant apartment crisis

Comment
1 hr ago

'There were skivvies everywhere,' says Bob of life with The Wiggles.

Bob Downe dishes the dirt on his famous housemates

5 Spindrift Avenue in Flinders

A Maserati outside the milk bar? Forget Portsea, it's here...

The Block 2016, terrace reveals

The Block recap: contestant slams judge with 'b----' slur

Rose gold Cobalt Valkyrie-X plane.

All I want for Christmas is a $2 million rose gold private jet

Luxury

Shades of retro: The latest men's sunglasses are a blast from the past.

Shades of retro: The latest sunglasses are a blast from the past

Accessories

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 13: Steven Golbach looks at flight Centre window on George St, on October 13, 2016 in ...

Planning travel money and insurance early pays off

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

How long does it take a first-home buyer to save a deposit?

Irene Falcone of Nourished Life beauty products.

From $100 and a blog to $8 million annual revenue

Christine D'Mello

Alan Jones is a start-up evangelist at BlueChilli Group.

What is the most livable city for start-ups?

Alana Christensen

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Chelsea thrash Manchester United

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Wonder Woman controversy at UN

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Katich hits back at Clarke''s tumour claims

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Cubs first World Series in 71 years!

In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, a vet holds a pygmy anteater, also known as a silky anteater, at the Huachipa Zoo, on the ...

World of Photos

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Critically acclaimed Transparent Season 3 - now streaming on Stan.

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Younger Season 3 now streaming on Stan.

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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Samantha Armytage replaced Melissa Doyle as <i>Sunrise</i> co-host in 2013.

Spin machines in overdrive as Today and Sunrise claim No. 1

COMMENT
Michael Lallo
12 mins ago

Donald Glover participates in the "Atlanta" panel during the FX Television Critics Association summer press tour on ...

The 'perfect' Star Wars casting choice everyone's hyped about

Broede Carmody

Kit Harington as Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones.

Leaked set pics hint at epic Game of Thrones alliance

Broede Carmody

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton.

The whole world laughs at Trump in SNL's latest debate sketch

He's a handsome devil. But very much a devil.

The Walking Dead returns: Who does Negan kill?

Karl Quinn

Jennifer Lawrence is reported to be set to play Jazz Age icon Zelda Fitzgerald.

Jennifer Lawrence tipped to play Great Gatsby muse

Linda Morris

Prince in 2007 performing at the Super Bowl in Miami.

New Prince music to be released from the vaults of Paisley Park

Lionel Shriver

Why Lionel Shriver's critics make a dangerous argument

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots leads achieve great synergy in feel-good musical

The playing of Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman often felt more like conversations than compositions.

Review: Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman a breathtaking duo

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
1 hr ago

Sara Baras (centre) and Jose Serrano (second from left) are charismatic performers.

Review: Voces invigorating but overlong and uneven

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL

James Packer and Kate Fischer before their engagement ended abruptly in 1998.

The former Kate Fischer sets the record straight on her break-up deal with James Packer

10 mins ago

"He kept telling me I was really bad with money, I couldn't be trusted to make decisions."

'I was brainwashed': Three women on suffering financial abuse

Cosima Marriner

Taylor Swift's deposition in an alleged groping case has been released to the public.

Taylor Swift's assault statement made public

Mary Ward

Donald Trump had just called Hillary Clinton a "nasty woman," and Clinton's childhood girlfriends started laughing.

Debate-watching with Hillary Clinton's BFFs

Jessica Bennett

Single motherhood is an option, the difficulty is knowing when to start down that path.

When is the right time to start a family on your own?

Danielle Braff

Salma Hayek claims Donald Trump leaked a false story to a magazine after she refused to go out on a date with him.

Salma Hayek says Trump harassed her, planted tabloid gossip when she refused his advances

Jenny Noyes

We shouldn't rely on CCTV to stop violence against women

Caitlin Overington

The 'Ask for Angela' campaign.

'Ask for Angela': How one council is keeping women safe on dates

Doing squat: Conditioning coach Michelle Drielsma says this one exercise helps everything.

The secrets of a supple body

Paula Goodyer

Activated charcoal: Fab or fad?

Activated charcoal: hot stuff for your insides?

Exercise: A game-changer.

Prediabetes no 'doomsday message'

Gabriella Boston

Stjerneskud (the Shooting Star), a reinterpretation of a traditional Danish open sandwich.

A Hereford Beefstouw: Scandi-chic restaurant shipped in

Matcha pancake stack with chocolate sauce from Matcha Mylkbar in Melbourne.

9 of the best matcha recipes (for a massive antioxidant boost)

Adam Liaw's vegetarian spring pasta: Spaghetti with zucchini and spinach.

Weekly meal planner: easy dinners for mid-late October

Baby Freya at 5 days.

The five-day-old 'happiest baby in the world'

Staff writers

Dylan Wray, 6, gave his dad quite the hilarious surprise when he was reviewing the home security footage.

Boy's hilarious middle of the night antics caught on camera

Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler has opened up about the challenges of motherhood with Multiple Sclerosis.

Jamie-Lynn Sigler opens up about motherhood with MS

Ariane Beeston

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: A light drenched Times Square on May 5, 2015 in New York City. In an effort to reduce Manhattan's ...

World's most overrated (and underrated) cities named

Dragonair was named as Skytrax's World's Best Regional Airline four times in a row.

Flight Test: What's all the Dragonair fuss about?

Tatyana Leonov

Cycling through a traffic jam on Rohtang La on the Manli to Leh highway.

The world's nine most epic cycling routes

Andrew Bain

Google has long held that its ad data would be kept separate from user's personal data, but that changed this year.

Google drops ban on personal web tracking

The Ektra as a plastic faux-leather finish and big camera bump - reminiscent of old Kodak cameras.

Kodak to release a new photo-focused phone

James Titcomb

Paper Mario exists in a world of cardboard and crafts.

Review: Paper Mario is reams of fun with arts and papercraft

1 hr ago

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All Teslas now have full self-driving hardware

Gizmodo

The LG V20 has the same dual camera setup as the G5.

LG's V20 gets Australian release details

Campbell Simpson

2017 Subaru Impreza.

New Subaru Impreza prices revealed

Stephen Ottley

The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf will be updated in November.

Updated VW Golf coming soon

Greg Kable

Ford's Ranger could join the SuperUtes grid (Illustration)

Utes to join V8 Supercar circus

David McCowen

The upgraded model scored five stars in a recent crash test.

5-Star safety for Toyota's oldest truck

David McCowen

Range Rover Evoque Convertible.

The best convertibles on sale

Dom Tripolone

Tesla has updates its self-driving features.

Tesla: All new cars to have self-driving hardware

David McCowen

AFL Players' Association boss Paul Marsh.

AFL players agog at pre-finals bye return

25 mins ago

Jobe Watson with his 2012 Brownlow Medal.

Dons to meet Watson's management this week

Daniel Cherny

Giant move: Brett Deledio.

'From blonde tips and skinny arms to a fresh start'

Bombers v Hawks

Round one 2017 AFL fixture announced

Starting point: Geelong's Joel Selwood says more corporate support will be needed before the salaries of players in the ...

'It has to start somewhere': Top Cat defends women's pay

Daniel Cherny

Drought over: The Chicago Cubs have made the World Series.

Cubs show Bulldogs' spirit as another drought is broken

ANALYSIS
Daniel Cherny

Sam Mitchell (left) and Jordan Lewis (front centre) are two of six Hawks to make the cut.

Hawthorn put sport as business over loyalty

Michael Gleeson

Bryce Gibbs.

Face the cold, hard fact: trades hurt people

Tegan Higginbotham

Reason to smile: Nick Kyrgios has moved to a career-high No.13 in the world rankings.

'Lol': Kyrgios gets rare piece of good news

1 hr ago

"I hate you": Gerard Butler.

Ricciardo goads Butler into post-GP shoey

Only Melbourne City and Canberra United hit or got near the maximum salary spend.

Unpaid W-League players finally get deal

42 mins ago

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