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Under-fire Macca's on track for $5b in Australian sales

Madeleine Heffernan

Firefighters begin to move rubble from a damaged building in Norcia, Italy, on Sunday.

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake rocks central Italy

Georgina Mitchell

Perth's 'cakeage' debate shows no signs of going away...

'Stop expecting free': Nobu chef weighs in on Perth 'cakeage' wars

Hannah Barry

Speeding is the single biggest contributing factor in fatal road crashes, road safety experts say.

Great Eastern Hwy, Indian Ocean Drive get fixed speed cameras

Medicinal cannabis: Health Minister Sussan Ley.

You can now apply to start growing cannabis ...medicinally

Brandon Borrello, left, celebrates scoring the winning goal against Perth Glory at Suncorp Stadium.

Maclaren and Borrello star as the Roar beats Glory 2-1

Maternity unit part of measles alert across Perth

Hannah Barry

How one of WA's favourite sons almost ended it all

Waleed Aly tells Freo we're a 'congregation of the confused'

WA Lotto player wakes up $1.9m richer after Saturday Superdraw

Arson squad call for witnesses to $60,000 Rockingham boat fire

Adam Crapser, left, with daughters Christal, one, Christina, five, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room ...

Adam was adopted when he was three. Now 41, he's being deported

Perth's newest motorised picnic table comes complete with barbecue built in.

Perth's newest motorised picnic table on wheels comes with BBQ

Change needed: Australian coach Darren Lehmann is in favour of Twenty20 internationals being phased out.

Lehmann's radical plan to help save Test cricket

The vessel will feature 600sqm of entertainment space.

'Wine and prawns': upmarket river party barge plan gains pace

WAtoday's Heather McNeill, Fran Rimrod, Tom de Souza and Tim Carrier at the WA Media Awards.

WAtoday and Fairfax Media score big at WA Media Awards

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Italy struck by 6.6 magnitude quake

Phoebe Handsjuk

Were drugs and alcohol really to blame for Phoebe's bizarre death?

Lighter ban: Nick Kyrgios.

The real decision facing Nick Kyrgios

Italian earthquakes could go on for weeks in ...

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FBI agents knew of Clinton-related emails weeks ...

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US election stink in Ohio as truckload of manure ...

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Hamptons-style is done, try the Australian beach look

Darlinghurst: Savills Luxury Residential agent Chantal Hooper says the Womerah Lane home's unique colours and textures ...

It is time to take interior design beyond boring beige

The Bawsdey Manor, outside Suffolk, England, has just come onto the prestige market, boasting 58 hectares.

English manor with secret garden and tunnel up for sale for $7.9m

Thousands of fans gathered in Port Melbourne on Sunday morning for their chance to inspect The Block apartments.

Thousands of fans flock to check out The Block apartments

Not surprisingly, more men than women prefer that the toilet seat is left up.

Toilet seat up or down? Here's what most people think

The aquatic version of the motorised picnic table has been more prevalent of late.

All aboard! Another picnic table boat spotted on the water in WA

David Allan-Petale

Next Saturday will be hot - maybe very hot...

Adrian Beattie

WA player wakes up $1.9 million richer after Saturday Lotto

Simon White

Lawrence Arnold Hansen

Police catch up with escaped prisoner after chase in southern suburbs

Hannah Barry

Carnabys black cockatoos are increasingly using artificial nests to raise their young in WA.

How artificial nests are helping one of WA's most iconic bird species

David Allan-Petale

Kim McMeekin proudly shows off her beer cap map of Australia.

Can you guess how many bottle caps are in this map of Australia?

David Allan-Petale

Fresh Start helped over 400 people in 2015 alone.

Western suburbs drug rehab clinic to shut its doors after council vote

David Allan-Petale

CPSU's vote no poster

High stakes public service pay vote begins

ACT

Howard Hilton, 73, at the Supreme Court last week.

Lawyer at the top of his game before a fateful decision

NSW

The Queensland government is the most attractive employer in the state according to a new survey.

Public servants have the best employer in Qld

QLD

Perth's 'cakeage' debate shows no signs of going away...

Nobu chef weighs in on 'cakeage' wars

Hillary Clinton goes on the attack at a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Their campaign upended, Clinton and Democrats go on attack

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Donald Trump campaigning in Tallahassee, the largest city in the Florida Panhandle.

The generation turning its back on Trump

Josephine Tovey

Roger Stone at a pro-Trump protest in Washington, DC, with "Captain America".

Victory within reach, says Trump attack dog Roger Stone

Nick O'Malley

Peter Dutton says Australia is in "discussions" in a bid to resettle people found to be refugees.

Asylum seekers who come by boat banned for life under new laws

Fergus Hunter

Immigration department spends millions on leadership classes

Adam Gartrell

'Total hypocrite': Bob Day sales manual infuriates families

Adam Gartrell

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'Widely ridiculed' safe drinking guidelines face review

Heath Aston

Nicole Lawder said she had spoken to families who had waited months and even years to adopt a child in the ACT.

Stay-at-home parents don't get more than those who work

Nationals deputy Fiona Nash is leading the push to stop tobacco company donations. Leader Barnaby Joyce has left the ...

Nats MP breaks ranks on tobacco

Adam Gartrell

ABC

ABC takes axe to Friday edition of 7.30 program

Fergus Hunter

PERUGIA, ITALY - OCTOBER 30: A general view of damaged buildings in the red zone in Trisungo, Arquqta del Tronto, ...

Italian earthquakes could go on for weeks in domino effect: scientist

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People wait outside the town hall polling station after voting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. ...

Pirate Party falls short in Iceland election

South Korean President Park Geun-hye offers a public apology over the Choi Soon-sil affair on October 25.

'Eight fairies' and a shaman could spell the end for president

Adam Crapser, left, with daughters Christal, one, Christina, five, and his wife, Anh Nguyen, in the family's living room ...

Adopted by Americans aged three. Deported at 41 to an 'alien' land

Kema Johnson...and the uninvited Facebook message she received.

I married a man, a man I fell in love with...not a 'white guy'

Kema Johnson

Steve Johnson of the Giants

Your AFL club's draw: all the winners and losers for season 2017

Rohan Connolly

Terrace houses in Darlighurst. 16th October 2016, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald

Who's to blame for rising house prices? We are, actually

COMMENT
Peter Martin

As many as one in five homes now have rooftop solar systems.

Households face steep hike in power charges as solar subsidies end

Sketchy Skechers figures challenge market darling RCG

The Tom Waterhouse-led William Hill lost $144 million in 2015.

Will Tom Waterhouse's William Hill survive?

COMMENT

2015 calendar-year accounts for McDonald's Australia Holdings, which covers the 13 per cent of stores that are company ...

McDonald's on track for $5b Aussie sales

Company directors to face penalties for ignoring climate change

Jessica Irvine

New cards to extend banking options for the blind

Melbourne Cup Day surprise? Some tip a rate cut

Stan expecting to be profitable when it reaches 1m subscribers

2016 Spring Racing Carnival Birdcage unveil at the Flemington Racecourse. 27 October 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie ...

Brosé, BBQs and bathers: Inside the surreal world of the Birdcage

Lifestyle

The Negroni Royale is what our writer dubs 'possibly the most delicious goddamn drink I've ever tried'.

'The most delicious goddamn drink I've ever tried'

Smart Sipping

Uninsured victims of the Brisbane flood, Sharon and Jonathan Cauldwell, lost almost $420,000 but are determined their ...

Are you ready for disaster season?

Sylvia Pennington

Lucky for some: Trainer Bart Cummings and foreman Reg Fleming after Viewed won the 2008 Melbourne Cup.

A better bet than the Melbourne Cup

Andrew Legget

Donna Benton wants to correct the misconception that women entrepreneurs are not welcome in Dubai.

I left Australia with $3000 savings and now I run an empire

Corinne and Peter Blacket run Drysdale Cheeses.

Pharmacists upskill to run successful dairy farm

Heather Gallagher

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Dovizioso holds off Rossi in Malaysia

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Hillary Clinton: FBI letter 'deeply troubling'

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Chelsea make it four wins in a row

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The Age of Racing: There was a time when hats and binoculars were an essential part of a male racegoer's gear, as this ...

Rewind - The Melbourne Cup

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

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Younger Season 3 fast tracked from the U.S. every Thursday.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Morrissey has a habit of making headlines (pictured at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid 2015).

Morrissey gig nearly ended in fisticuffs, with one fan fainting

Jeff Apter

Police at New York's Metropolitan Opera, which halted a performance after someone sprinkled an unknown powder into the ...

New York opera cancelled over scattered 'human' ashes

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Five reasons to be excited about Gilmore Girls return

Debi Enker

Gene Hackman in Absolute Power.

What presidential movies tell us about America

Paul Byrnes

Poster art for The Defector, short film by Scott Mannion about Harold Holt.

Possibly wildest theory yet over Harold Holt's disappearance

Karl Quinn

Marvel's DOCTOR STRANGE..L to R: The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) and Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor)..Photo Credit: Jay ...

Doctor Strange's Tilda Swinton defends her Asian role

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'It was like hell let loose': Tales from the WWI front line

Peter FitzSimons

Bob Dylan describes winning the Nobel Prize for Literature as "amazing".

Bob Dylan finally opens up about his Nobel honour

Guildford Hotel after its long refurbishment.

Most expensive schooner in Perth? Guildford prices slammed

Heather McNeill

Cakeage fees are becoming the norm in Perth.

Have your cake, but can you afford to eat it? ... $25 cakeage hits Perth

David Prestipino

There are plenty of reasons to smile at UnWined Subiaco this year.

10 wines to try at UnWined, Perth's best wine festival

David Prestipino

Actress Meghan Markle is rumoured to be dating Prince Harry.

Prince Harry rumoured to be seeing Suits actress Meghan Markle

Hannah Furness
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: Founder of The New York Restoration Project, Bette Midler attends the 2016 Hulaween Bash at ...

Bette Midler resurrects iconic character for Halloween

If the shoe fits: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives for the third presidential debate in Las Vegas ...

Pantsuits are not just for presidential nominees

Jenna Clarke

"'Get the baby and run!' your mother screams. Somewhere primitive in them too, mothers instinctively know how to face ...

Until domestic violence is everyone's business, it is no one's business

COMMENT
Andie Fox

Donald Trump and Jennifer Hawkins in 2004 after she was crowned Miss Universe.

Why Jennifer Hawkins is still defending Donald Trump

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Juliette Binoche had leaped into comedy and big-budget blockbusters.

Juliette Binoche: I'm not scared to be more and more ridiculous'

Kaleem Aftab

You meet the one, and before you know it you’re up the spout

How my budding relationship survived an unexpected pregnancy

Em Rusciano

Everyone handles conflict differently.

What arguing type are you?

Victoria Young

Waist size: A big problem for livers.

How fat can destroy your liver

Paula Goodyer

Khalil Rafati: From addict to wellness warrior.

From addict to wellness warrior: The Malibu juice magnate

WALTER KIRN

From phone to fit.

Your phone can help you get fit

Kit Eaton
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These gluten-free lamingtons ensure that no one misses out on these delicious little treats.

How to make gluten-free lamingtons in a thermomix

A healthy haul courtesy of James Ashmore.

On tour in Tasmania with Biota's James Viles

Spectrum. Three blue ducks. Lamb shanks and Cucumber salad.
Stylist by Emma Knowles. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. 20th ...

This week's meal planner: Simple dinners for spring

Stephanie Jaegers with surprise son Shaun.

Kidney stones? Nope, that's a baby

Staff writers

Bribery could be effective in getting your children to form long-term healthy eating habits, finds study.

Would you pay your kids to eat their vegetables? Study finds it works

Norah and Mr. Dan

Unlikely friendship between little girl and elderly man will melt your heart

Take a dip in the bath-warm waters of the Andaman Sea.

Beyond Thailand and Bali: Asia's overlooked island paradise

Nina Karnikowski

Get spoilt rotten on a river cruise.

Eight things I learnt on my first river cruise

Tatyana Leonov

Traveller letters: Tourists, stop blocking my view with your phone

The fast-acting venom of the long-glanded blue coral snake could inspire new pain treatments for humans.

Freak snake has a scorpion sting

Bridie Smith

World War 1 was truly global, and <i>Battlefield 1</i> reflects that.

Battlefield 1 is gut-wrenching and honest

Tim Biggs

The entrance to Luna Park in St Kilda, Melbourne, as transformed by MIT's Nightmare Machine.

CSIRO's Nightmare Machine is learning to horrify you

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The Microsoft Surface Studio comes with a Dial and a pen.

Studio is Microsoft's tipping point

Gizmodo
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of the new MacBook Pro.

Apple announces 'gold standard' MacBook

Volkswagen Atlas.

Volkswagen's Kluger rival

Greg Kable

2018 Holden Commodore.

Driven: 2018 Holden Commodore

Toby Hagon

2017 MG3.

MG defends 'poor' safety scores

Andrew MacLean

Audi R18 (2016) #7 (Audi Sport Team Joest), Marcel F?ssler, Andr? Lotterer, Beno?t Tr?luyer

Le Mans

Audi dumps Le Mans following diesel scandal

David McCowen

2017 Skoda Octavia.

Skoda reveals updated Octavia

Andrew MacLean

The new Toyota HiLux failed a Swedish "moose test" of its dynamic ability.

Toyota HiLux fails moose test

David McCowen

70-1: Assign, ridden by Katelyn Mallyon, could be the shock winner in the Melbourne Cup.

Why your horse can and can't win the Cup

Adam Pengilly

Cricket Pixs taken at the QUAY WEST in the Rocks where Australian cricketer Brad Hogg was having a press conference ...

Marriage and career over, Brad Hogg considered the unthinkable

Jon Pierik

Talent spotted - home grown Perth Glory youth player Joe Knowles.

Glory story is a tale of home-grown talent

Adrian Beattie

"I've learnt as much as I can through osmosis and experience, but my family has been passionate about training horses ...

James Cummings does a runner after Derby win

Andrew Webster

Caufield Cup winner Jameka

Which Melbourne Cup horse should you back?

Back to winning ways: Ilkay Gundogan scores for Manchester City.

Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool keep winning in EPL

Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo qualifies fourth at Mexican GP, Hamilton on pole

Steve Johnson of the Giants

Best to worst: how your club's 2017 draw compares

Rohan Connolly