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The Corkman Irish Pub, previously known as the Carlton Inn.

'Cowboy' pub demolishers may be forced to rebuild

'I never had a failure,' Mr Trump said in one of the interviews, despite his repeated corporate bankruptcies and ...

'Donald could not take it': Trump's moment of humiliation

Michael Barbaro

The scene at the Thunder Rapids ride after the accident.

Dreamworld tragedy: Previous 'serious safety issues' revealed

41 mins ago

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 26: Locals grieve and pay their respects at Dreamworld where four people died after a ...

Dreamworld sets date for reopening and memorial to victims

Amy Mitchell-Whittington
1 hr ago

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a thumbs up in New York.

'They wanted to get away with it': Clinton in damage control

Qurban Ali with daughter Mahreen.

Widow prevented from seeing husband's body after crash, court told

Adam Cooper

Senator may face legal challenge to prevent vote on union-busting bill

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Forget big tax cuts, say Telstra and Virgin Australia bosses

Mathew Dunckley

'Farty': Probe into bureaucrats' rude Wikipedia edits

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Man injured after second police shooting in a day

8 mins ago

Man dies after falling at South Wharf construction site

Gary Ablett

No go: Ex-Cat Ablett requested trade back to Geelong

EXCLUSIVE

Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson.

Breakfast wars: Why Seven is taking Nine to court

1 hr ago

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn have separated after 21 years together.

Karl's wife Cassandra gives first interview since separation

EXCLUSIVE

Kelly and Gingrich.

'I want to hear you use the words': Trump adviser in 'sex' argument

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 25: Annabel Allen of milleners The Eternal Headonist poses for a photo on October 25, ...

When hat buying goes virtual: The latest way to get your race gear

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Amy Schumer parody offends Beyonce fans

United Fates

Trump, Clinton would tread different paths... to recessi0n

Christobel Munson and her partner Christopher Sanderson were co-founders of Jindibah.

Meet the Australians who are re-inventing communal living

Another police shooting, this time in Dandenong

9:28PM

Serious safety issue allegations emerge in wake ...

8:55PM

Sam Mitchell to tackle Hawks in round five

8:49PM

The VCE watermelon inspired many memes

The most talked-about thing on the VCE English exam

Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks
1 hr ago

Law and adorable: Woman fronts court with unlicensed wombat

Tom Cowie

Mildura mother asked: 'You lost control with Nikki didn't you?'

Three members of Victoria Police have interviewed Cardinal George Pell in Rome.

George Pell interviewed in Rome over sexual assault allegations

Melissa Cunningham and AAP

Stacey Neilson and her daughter Skylla Taylor.

Concerns for Victorian toddler reported missing

Marika Dobbin Thomas
1 hr ago

Teenager Luke Lee is one of four people to have died on Victorian roads in the past two days.

Three teens charged over chase, as four die on roads in two days

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Err, no, Africa is not a country: The top 10 VCE exam mistakes

The photo of Ali Ziggi Mosslmani that went viral.

Teenager sues after 'striking mullet' photo goes viral

NSW

French student Sophie Collombet was found dead in Kurilpa Park, South Brisbane.

Man jailed for life for murder of French student

QLD

Marama and Jeremy Sim remain missing.

Police suspend search for missing campers

WA

The 2016 election has seen an explosion in the number of corflutes.

'Peak corflute': Limits considered on election signs

ACT

Kelly and Gingrich.

Top Trump adviser in on-air 'sex' argument with Fox News anchor

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a thumbs up in New York.

WikiLeaks and the Clinton campaign in damage control

A supporter for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheers at a campaign rally on the tarmac at Orlando ...

Donald Trump, Brexit and the shy voter theory

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Image of passport of Putin-adviser Vladislav Surkov released in hack by Ukrainian group Cyber Junta.

Is Putin aide's email hack payback for Clinton exposure?

ANALYSIS

'I never had a failure,' Mr Trump said in one of the interviews, despite his repeated corporate bankruptcies and ...

What drives Donald Trump? Fear of losing status, tapes show

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. In the ...

Public servants caught making offensive Wikipedia edits

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Government MP gives explosive radio interview over Brandis affair

Pregnant women spared from 'double-dipping' cutback

Family First senator Bob Day has signalled his intention to stay in the Senate until at least early 2017.

Day may face legal challenge to prevent his ABCC vote

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, on ...

Push for Montara oil spill talks as Bishop visits Indonesia

Jewel Topsfield

Australian Border Force and Immigration Department staff are facing redundancies.

On air matters: Australian Border Force launches podcast

Fergus Hunter

Farmers have been hit hard by a milk war instigated by major supermarkets.

Australia 'could soon be importing milk' due to $1 a litre war

A member of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army gestures as he patrols in the border town of Jarablus, Syria.

Suspected Syrian government air strike kills Turkey-backed rebels

Pizza lives in an aquarium in a shopping mall in China, but those responsible say he and other animals are fine.

Pizza, the 'saddest polar bear' lives in a shopping centre in China

French police search through migrant tents at the "Jungle" before authorities demolish the site on Tuesday.

Calais migrants arrive in small French towns to angry protests

Melbourne grandmother Zhou Shiqin was referenced in an eight-part documentary series lauding the achievements of ...

No good deed goes unpunished: woman punished for clearing her name

Philip Wen

The housing market may be getting away from APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

First home buyers will be the real losers under new lending rules

COMMENT
Pat McConnell

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

It was estimated that 'Ning' had had sex with 100 men in 10 days.

Call for compensation for forced labour, marriage and slavery

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

Handlebar moustache.

Handlebar moustaches out for Qantas pilots

Matt O'Sullivan

Elizabeth Bryan.

Forget big tax cuts, say Telstra and Virgin Australia bosses

Hard Bargain

Hard Bargain: How to beat the rental property market

Rags and riches: Premier Investments CEO's pay soars

The three tech stocks that have hit all-time highs this week

Julie Verhage

Wesfarmers drags ASX down, down

Jessica Sier

Australia's residential developers back down to earth from sky-rises

Don't let anyone ever tell you that small kitchens can't be mighty.

Seven things people with small kitchens should never do

At least 100,000 older Australians in the private rental sector are living in "dire circumstances" across the country.

First home buyers aren't the only casualty of the property boom

Christobel Munson and her partner Christopher Sanderson were co-founders of Jindibah.

Meet the Australians who are re-inventing communal living

Chadstone shopping centre has recently unveiled its new foodie mecca and Hoyts cinema.

Forget Chaddy: the next suburb to boom from shopping revamps

Generic picture of a cycleway/bike path in Ferntree Gully, Victoria.

The still-affordable Melbourne pocket made for fitness freaks

Tag Heuer's knock-out nod to the late, great boxing champion is sure to have collectors queuing.

Knock-out watch: A timely tribute to Muhammad Ali

Watches

The one exercise that will get you fitter, faster.

The one exercise that will get you fitter, faster

Boot Camp

Dressing up for the Melbourne Cup is an Australian tradition.

Buying a new outfit for party season? Read this first

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Will we get a health care card if we lose our pension?

Noel Whittaker

Australia can learn from cross pollination.

Australia: stop being so comfortable

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Alison Hill, author of a new book called Stand Out.

Four ways you're sabotaging your career

Alexandra Cain

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Dreamworld: Victims named

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Dreamworld: Police work overnight

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Dreamworld tragedy: 'injuries were incompatible with living'

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Australian paedophile sentenced to 15 years jail in Bali

A stray dog and a puppy peer from behind a fence in Bucharest, Romania.

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Brand new season of the Stan original comedy series No Activity, now Streaming.

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The Flash Season 2 now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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X Factor judges, from left, Adam Lambert, Iggy Azalea and Guy Sebastian.

Is Seven courting controversy with next year's TV line-up?

Sarah Thomas
57 mins ago

In film, Doctor Strange is a wealthy neurosurgeon who loses the use of his hands in a car crash and who, in his quest to ...

Doctor Strange fails to impress this critic despite novelty

Jake Wilson

Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson.

Seven sues Nine over claim Today has higher ratings than Sunrise

Georgina Mitchell
1 hr ago

Lane has worked in Canberra since 2008.

Sabra Lane quits ABC's 7.30 for top radio job

Michael Lallo

El, Lee and Kristie faced with the final Australian Survivor challenge.

Australian Survivor finally draws viewers, despite promo fail

Rob Moran

Gwyneth Paltrow mini-me Apple shares strikingly similar vocals to her father.

Chris Martin's children prove their singing chops

Ebony Bowden

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 10: Musician Nick Cave attends the inquest into his son's death at Brighton Coroner's ...

Nick Cave set for summer tour, first since son's death

Bernard Zuel

Christopher Marlowe, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Experts finally prove Marlowe co-wrote Shakespeare's plays

Cast of Mr Naismith Secret at the Melbourne General Cemetery. 25 October 2016. The Age ARTS. Photo: Eddie Jim. (Libby ...

Gothic play Mr Naismith's Secret breathes new life into cemetery

Hannah Francis

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 14: At Lunch with...Wesley Enoch. Sydney festival Artistic director Wesley Enoch at El ...

Focus on Indigenous arts in Wesley Enoch's first Sydney Festival

Andrew Taylor

Opera Australia's <i>My Fair Lady</i> is the biggest selling show to play at Sydney Opera House.

Opera review warns over use of government funds for musicals

Debbie Cuthbertson

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn have separated after 21 years together.

Cassandra Thorburn gives first interview since separation

EXCLUSIVE
Amy Croffey

Model Kendall Jenner said she was "terrified" by accused stalker Shavaughn McKenzie.

Jury acquits man of stalking a 'terrified' Kendall Jenner

Nicole Economos

Amy Schumer's Formation parody has angered women of colour on Twitter.

Amy Schumer's Beyonce parody leaves fans angry and confused

Christine Clarridge

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, Miranda Kerr arrives at the Warner Music Group Grammy Awards After Party at ...

Australian man on attempted murder charge after Kerr break-in

Veronica Rocha

Justin Timberlake's Instagram post could earn him a $65 fine in the US.

Justin Timberlake was a little too enthusiastic about voting

Jenna Clarke

pussy riot

Pussy Riot's new song is the anti-Trump anthem you need

Mary Ward

Parents are being urged to make their own family plan when it comes to screen time limits.

Does the dick pic really deserve a defence?

COMMENT

Teaching kids safety and respect isn't "ruining childhoods", but doing the opposite may just ruin their adulthoods, ...

What Mike Lanza gets wrong about unsupervised play

Kasey Edwards

From stronger muscles to a smarter brain.

Weightlifting your way to a bigger brain

Sarah Berry

The changing faces of ourselves.

Why 'finding yourself' is so hard

Dr Tim Sharp

Work it out early: Good habits can change the rest of your life.

The 8 health habits you need in your 20s

Tara Parker-Pope

Fritto misto at Paper Fish.

Stokehouse's new Paper Fish kiosk opens in St Kilda

Adam Liaw's crunchy lamingtons (with rice bubbles).

The trick to the ultimate lamington recipe? Use Rice Bubbles

Don't pour your leftover booze down the drain - you can make vinegar out of leftover red wine.

How to make vinegar from leftover wine and other clever recipe hacks

Heather Krueger and Chris Dempsey on their wedding day

He gave her his liver, she gave him her heart

Travis Andrews
1 hr ago

Today show presenter Karl Stefanovic with his wife Cassandra in happier times.

Cassandra Thorburn deserves applause for Today Show ratings win

Tooth Fairy caught on camera!

Dad captures Tooth Fairy on camera with son, 5

Cat Rodie

Air India has snatched the title of the world's longest non-stop flight route from Emirates.

Longest haul: Airline's new route takes title for world's longest flight

Hugh Morris

It's OK to recline your seat.

Sorry, but I have every right to recline my seat and I'm going to

COMMENT
Ben Groundwater

The rocks put on a free sculpture show on the Grampians Peaks Trail.

Victoria's newest long-distance bushwalk - with hidden beer

Andrew Bain

An image of the unannounced MacBook Pro, found in the new version of Apple's Mac operating system.

Apple leaks its own new MacBook Pro

Tim Biggs

Fans of <i>The Walking Dead</i> have more to fear than zombies, with Foxtel determined to ensure there is no other legit ...

Foxtel locks away The Walking Dead

COMMENT

Microsoft's cryptic message on its event invitation to members of the press.

Holograms, 3D, Surface PC: what to expect at Microsoft's big event

Tim Biggs

Snail, generic SPECIAL 234

Internet satisfaction has hit rock bottom

Lifehacker

Jacob Regenstein and Ben Krosner with fake rifles for an autonomous drone tracking test.

US ponders robots that could kill on their own

2018 Holden Commodore.

2018 Commodore takes shape

Toby Hagon

2017 Mini Countryman.

New Mini Countryman revealed

Dom Tripolone

Mercedes-Benz X-Class concept.

Mercedes reveals new ute concepts

Greg Kable

2016 Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series Single Cab Chassis GXL 2016 Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series.

LandCruiser ute prices revealed

David McCowen

2017 MG3 and MG6.

MG returns to Australia - again!

Andrew MacLean

The complete package: as well as excellent dynamics and efficiency, the Volkswagen Golf R offers commendable road manners.

What hot hatch should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Gary Ablett

Suns captain Ablett requested a trade back to Geelong

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure

Victory coach Kevin Muscat exchanges words with City star Tim Cahill after the controversial decision.

Muscat cited for code of conduct breach after criticising referee

Michael Lynch

Cleveland Indians' Francisco Lindor and Rajai Davis celebrate after Game 1

Indians spank Cubs in World Series opener

Jason Geria is among five A-League players in the squad.

Brattan and Geria into Socceroos 30 man squad

Peter Siddle celebrates with Bushranger teammates after taking the wicket of Tasmanian Tim Paine at the MCG on Wednesday.

Bird impresses as Siddle made to wait

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

Milwaukee Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova.

Dellavedova marshalls young Bucks as Cavs raise banner

The Cahill factor: City will travel to Sydney for an A-League clash on December 9.

Why Melbourne City were given the right to host the FFA Cup final

Cricket Australia's high performance manager Pat Howard.

Cricket Australia's Howard fine with Test, T20 cross-over

Sam Mitchell of the Hawks

Sam Mitchell to tackle Hawks in round five

Caroline Wilson and James Buckley
47 mins ago

New Hawks recruit Jaeger O'Meara.

Hawks did not break any AFL rules in O'Meara trade

Claire Siracusa

Out for the count: Jordan Lewis in the round three game against the Bulldogs.

Berlin conference to guide AFL concussion policy

Daniel Cherny

Gary Ablett and Rodney Eade

Suns captain Ablett requested a trade back to Geelong

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire.

McGuire: Allan, Whitfield situation is 'not our issue'

Larissa Nicholson

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