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CFA volunteers were preparing to withdraw from the case on Tuesday morning.

CFA crisis: Volunteer fighters dump court action

BREAKING
1 hr ago

The number 8 tram passes a cafe on Domain Road.

Two lines unite: Melburnians, get ready for tram route 58

Chantelle Klasema died at the scene.

'Such a sweet person': Collingwood balcony fall death still a mystery

1 hr ago

Bega Cheese hit by heavy selling by investors as expansion into baby formula market goes backwards

Bega Cheese dumped as baby formula venture curdles

31 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore have strongly supported the Trans ...

Turnbull now less popular than Abbott when he was ousted

Lachie Whitfield and his then partner Sammi Nowland in 2014

Lachie Whitfield drugs saga: When in doubt, blame a woman

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

New mortgage rules locked in to ensure 'prudent' loan risk

The suburb where developers pay record prices for knockdowns

America is in a very bad mood ... and it's catching

Peter Hartcher

Coalition's housing affordability inquiry scrapped

EXCLUSIVE

Former Socceroo Steve Herczeg 'died after bladder burst in mix-up'

Teens mourn at site of crash.

'Frantically trying to get out': Crash teen mourned

1 hr ago

Chris Hemsworth responds to Elsa Pataky split rumours.

Chris Hemsworth's cheeky post after rumour of marriage split

1 hr ago

It's been an interesting campaign.

Kiss and tell: The right way to say hello when travelling

Love releases healthy hormones for your heart.

From sleep to sex, the new rules for healthy hearts

The spider and the mouse.

Huntsman caught on film carrying a mouse in its mouth

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'Get this Donald. Nasty women vote!'

MIgraines

The surprising reason some foods may trigger migraines

The ruined castle and old town of Heidelberg.

Can't afford a house? Find a new city to suit your budget ...

Daily World Dispatch

12:01PM

Housing is ScoMo's favourite sort of problem – ...

12:00PM

Bet on a sunny Derby Day, but not Melbourne Cup

11:58AM

Council inspector Matthew Patterson outside court in Melbourne with his wife Carolyn on Monday. The court heard that ...

Their graves already dug, council inspectors ran for their lives

Adam Cooper

Fatal Ferny Creek fire: Police offer $1m reward over 20-year mystery

19 mins ago

Tough new penalties for schools leaking VCE results

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

Woman, 69, charged with stabbing ex-husband to death in bed

First Use AFR. Picture shows businesswoman walking down Martin Place on Mobile Phone, 31May07. Generic, businesswoman, ...

Melbourne's most and least walkable suburbs, revealed

Melbourne's umbrellas can't catch a break.

Melbourne - the city trapped in a dome of eternal winter

The man appeared to have a "predilection for offending against prepubescent girls".

Sex offender with foot fetish given green light to access IVF with wife

Gordon Hamilton in Greenland in 2010.

Renowned climate scientist dies in Antarctic crevasse

An Instagram post from a juror in the Gable Tostee trial.

Juror who almost caused mistrial a warning to all

QLD

Juswan Mokmargana, 45, leaves the ACT Magistrates Court in May.

Accused drink-spiker allegedly had Stilnox, Viagra

ACT

Detective Senior Constable Karl Perry said the 41-year-old male offender allegedly told his victim "I will kill you if ...

'Shovel attack after violent rampage'

WA

Alex Jones of InfoWars.com

Meet the voice in Donald Trump's head

34 mins ago

Senator Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren has a message for Trump: 'Nasty women vote'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally.

The truth is that we're winning, says Donald Trump

Most Australians are yet to complete the census

'That is wrong': officials grilled about #censusfail debacle

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Coalition's housing affordability inquiry scrapped

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Bureaucrat questioned Joyce's 'integrity' days before being sacked

Heath Aston

Attorney-General George Brandis.

Brandis should not 'compromise' selection of next Solicitor-General: Labor

Michaela Whitbourn
45 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore have strongly supported the Trans ...

Turnbull now less popular than Abbott when he was dumped

Arthur Sinodinos on <i>Q&A</i>.

Sinodinos refuses to rule out Abbott becoming PM again

Dinkus for Mark Kenny . Photo:

George Brandis v Justin Gleeson: anything but a fair fight

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

A night market in Thailand.

Bomb in Thailand's south kills one, injures 19

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd caught up in John Podesta email hack

1 hr ago

A powerful blast at a prefabricated house in north-western China on Monday killed at least seven people and injured ...

Deadly explosion rips through building in Chinese town

FILE-In this July 7, 2014 file photo, Chicago police display some of the thousands of illegal firearms they confiscated ...

It was just a 'normal' weekend in Chicago, with 37 people shot

49 mins ago

The most expensive coffee in Australia is sold in Perth, not Melbourne.

Sorry, Melburnians, giving up coffee (along with avocado) won't fund that house

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Lynda Carter, the original Wonder Woman.

Our daughters don't need 'empowerment', they need real power

COMMENT
Michelle Griffin

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Asia's Trump has turned the tables on our region

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Bega Cheese hit by heavy selling by investors as expansion into baby formula market goes backwards

Bega Cheese smashed as baby formula venture sours

31 mins ago

Investors are unsure where to move from here.

Markets Live: Investors watch and wait

Live
1 hr ago

AT&T is buying a company that creates content and owns the copyright on that content.

Is AT&T a sign of things to come for Aussie media?

ANALYSIS
Lucy Battersby
34 mins ago

Snapchat has quickly become the social network of choice among millennials who use it to share photos, videos, texts and ...

Will 2017 be the year the dotcom bubble 2.0 finally goes pop?

COMMENT
1 hr ago

ScoMo's favourite sort of problem - someone else's

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 min ago

Could this end the cat-and-mouse game on mortgage rates?

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

New mortgage rules locked in to ensure 'prudent' loan risk

'I was blindsided': More than $1m paid out for workplace bullying

A fine outcome for a new build from Jigsaw Projects.

Most common building mistakes and how to avoid them

The old town of picturesque Heidelberg, Germany.

Priced out? Find a new city to live in that matches your budget

Protected by a heritage overlay, the house at 25 Sydney Street, Albion, was sold to a young man for $816,000.

The suburb developers are paying record prices to knock down

Julia and Sasha's winning terrace.

The must-have features in multimillion-dollar apartments

What solutions can we come up with for Australia's housing affordability problem?

Solutions beyond supply to the housing affordability problem

It's been an interesting campaign.

Kiss and tell: The right way to say hello while travelling.

Culture
Andrew Jacobs

These women's perfumes actually smell better on men.

11 fragrances for men that they've probably never worn before

Grooming

It helps to cut up old credit cards when trying to climb out of debt.

Nicole helps… beat a $20,000 credit card debt

You don't have to be pulled into full-scale financial planning.

The trick to seeing a financial adviser

As a trustee's name appears on documentation, there is often confusion when a company acts as trustee.

Help. How do I draw up this employee contract?

Max Newnham

Irene Falcone of Nourished Life beauty products.

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

Christine D'Mello

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Kuztnetsova's mid-match haircut

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Mexico kicks off Day of the Dead

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Trump blames media for 'phony polls'

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How to make sushi sandwiches

Dyson illustration; re Female equality, opportunity, Age Opinion 25 October 2016

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Oct 25

1 hr ago

the circus

Every episode of The Circus now streaming on Stan.

ash v evil dead

Ash vs Evil Dead Season 3 - now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

Advertiser Content

Hit the road and escape the city

Advertiser

Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helps Rick out of the tight spot he has dropped him in.

Blow by blow: The Walking Dead's shocking double whammy

Karl Quinn

Lady Gaga has pulled back the curtain on the woman inside with her new album Joanne.

Lady Gaga's Joanne: Change of track is seriously disappointing

Bernard Zuel
1 hr ago

Brianna Hildebrand and Ryan Reynolds in <i>Deadpool</i>.

Deadpool 2 director quits over 'creative differences' with star

Ebony Bowden
48 mins ago

Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive performing on stage in London in 2012.

You Spin Me Round hitmaker Pete Burns dead at 57

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Shailene Woodley as Tris in <i>Allegiant</i>.

Shailene Woodley could go to jail over gas pipeline arrest

Dan Whitcomb
1 hr ago

Kim Beazley, former Australian ambassador to the United States, in his study in Washington in 2013.

Q&A reveals the best PM we never had, and why we never had him

Neil McMahon

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Stephen Strange in Marvel's Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange reviews applaud Marvel after fears it was tired

Aja Styles

King tide surrounds a sculpture by Rebecca Rose at Tamarama Beach.

Artwork destroyed by swell and high tide at Sculpture by the Sea

Georgina Mitchell

The Store by Fairfax -?The Store's flagship artwork, Adam Goodes by Melbourne artist Matt Adnate.

Street-smart Melbourne artist Adnate has got the Goodes

Melbourne Festival artistic director Jonathan Holloway threw himself into participatory events such as <i>Haircuts By ...

Melbourne Festival director's first program tops box office targets

The Age Music Victoria Awards

'They often make the same wrinkly-nose expression and have similar features, including pointy chins, hair that swoops to ...

How connecting with our sperm donor siblings changed our lives

Montana state District Judge John McKeon.

Judge gives 60-day sentence to father who raped his daughter

When will Kim Kardashain West return to the spotlight?

Kardashians return to the spotlight, but without Kim

Elahe Izadi

A woman joins others gathering at a starting point before marching for "yoga pants parade".

This is what happens when you tell women not to wear yoga pants

Chris Hemsworth responds to Elsa Pataky split rumours.

Chris Hemsworth sick of marriage split rumours

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

As well as sunscreen, a new UV patch has been developed to measure your exposure to the sun.

Could a wearable patch save you from skin cancer?

Stephanie Darling

Ariana Lenarsky

Woman tweets alleged groping incident on plane

Jenny Noyes
1 hr 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 abuse

Cosima Marriner

Love releases healthy hormones for your heart.

From sleep to sex, the new rules for healthy hearts

India Sturgis

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

The secrets of a supple body

Paula Goodyer

Sugar: every little bit counts.

If you have high cholesterol, the culprit may be sugar

Irene Maher

Sushi sandwiches from Adam Liaw's new cookbook The Zen Kitchen.

Adam Liaw: how to make Japanese sushi sandwiches

Adam Liaw

Michael Lambie of The Smith.

Double the fun at The Smith in Prahran

Crispy skinned snapper with macadamia cream.

Richard Cornish's rules for storing fresh fish

Baby Freya at 5 days.

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

Staff writers

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Girl, 6, pens touching letter defending her brother who has autism

Cat Rodie
1 hr ago

Tooth Fairy caught on camera!

Dad captures Tooth Fairy on camera with son, 5

Cat Rodie

The spectacular Hang En cave, Quang Binh.

The incredible Asian beach that's deep underground

Peter Barrett

Malekula is one of Vanuatu's 14 main islands.

The mysterious Pacific paradise where cannibalism kept going

Elspeth Callender

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

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye, so you think you can love me and leave me to die #RevisitingTheClassics

How do you listen to music behind the wheel?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

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

Paper Mario exists in a world of cardboard and crafts.

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

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

Kodak to release a new photo-focused phone

James Titcomb

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

LG's V20 gets Australian release details

Campbell Simpson

New Holden Colorado was put through its paces at the Lang Lang Proving Ground in Victoria.

Holden expands proving ground

Toby Hagon

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.

Toyota's oldest ute gets 5-stars

David McCowen

Range Rover Evoque Convertible.

The best convertibles on sale

Dom Tripolone

GWS celebrate a September victory against the Sydney Swans. Will they be celebrating ultimate success in 2017?

September 2017 - Who will be playing finals?

Sam McClure

Lachie Whitfield and his then partner Sammi Nowland in 2014

Girlfriend defence a real headache for players in Whitfield affair

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

Lachie Whitfield argues that instead of dodging drug testers, he was hiding from his girlfriend.

Whitfield claims 'drug' texts a lie to fool girlfriend

Josh Green (right) has left the Lions.

Pay dispute leads to Green's departure from Lions

Ronny Lerner
33 mins ago

Delisted: Mitch Clark

Clark's career looks finished after delisting

Daniel Cherny

AFL Players' Association boss Paul Marsh.

AFL players agog at pre-finals bye return

Michael Barlow told his Twitter followers he is leaving the Fremantle Dockers.

'I'm off to find a new jumper': Michael Barlow exits the Dockers

Heather McNeill

Jobe Watson with his 2012 Brownlow Medal.

Dons to meet Watson's management this week

Daniel Cherny

One of Darren Weir's horses training on the beach.

Racing minister defends Weir as locals claim he's ruining beaches

Anthony Brady, Patrick Bartley
1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Sebastian Pasquali of the Victory reacts during a Melbourne Victory training session ...

Talented teens could swing the derby ... if they're given a chance

Michael Lynch

Steve Smith is confident of Australia's chances on home soil.

Australian Test stars reset for South Africa series

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