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Exclusive first look at The Age stories

The Age, News. St John's regional college Dandenong for story on an alleged fraud relating to the restaurant within the ...

Catholic school probed over alleged $5m training rort

EXCLUSIVE

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Nick Hall riding Jameka wins Race 8, MRC Foundation Cup during Melbourne Racing at ...

'No chance and 50-1 at best': top Aussie punter pans Cup hope

Adam Pengilly

Racing Victoria will adopt a blended model in charging what is known as ''race-fields" fees.

$250m plunge expected on biggest punting day in Australian history

Patrick Bartley

Health and Aged Care Minister Sussan Ley on <i>Q&A</i>.

Sussan Ley contradicts Peter Dutton on new asylum seeker policy

Georgina Mitchell
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Health insurers failing to tell customers of policy changes

Rania Spooner

Donald Trump was handed a gift by the FBI director but it may be too late to put him back in the race.

Donald Trump's biggest enemy isn't Hillary Clinton - it's time

COMMENT

Australian banker brutally killed in South African hotel

EXCLUSIVE

'Criminals': Liberal members call for immigration ban

Aussie Wolf of Wall Street protege nabbed over a nip and tuck

Sarah Danckert

Victoria's richest councillor spends $100,000 on re-election

Woolies 'slapdash, haphazard' in dealings with suppliers

PRINT AND ONLINE $$$$$$ FEES APPLY MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER:Carlos Barria / REUTERS HEADLINE:U.S. Democratic ...

Clinton email accusations are all smoke and no fire

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Everything you need to know for a winning Melbourne Cup day

Leonardo Del Vecchio, now worth $US16.4 billion, grew up in an orphanage and later worked in a factory where he lost ...

No silver spoon: 19 billionaires who started life dirt poor

Record low sea ice in the Arctic has an impact on species such as polar bears which need it to survive.

Scientists puzzled as global warming throws up surprise

Hanging graves

These could be the scariest five places in the world

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Reclaim Australia affiliate planned bomb attacks

Cup sweep.

The 2016 Melbourne Cup: Your downloadable sweep

Tenant

How to keep a great tenant on your rental property

<i>ABC News Breakfast</i> hosts Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland.

Virginia and Michael, the unsung heroes of brekkie TV

Emir Bahadir is one of the first members of Rich Kids.

'Disgusting and stupid' Instagram knock-off pulled from Apple store

Brooke Wandin may have listed the incorrect address on her nomination form.

Election of Melbourne's first Indigenous councillor in doubt

Broede Carmody, Clay Lucas

Fear of Miley Cyrus drove man to hit strangers, buy axe, court told

Submarine cruises into the Yarra, just in time for the Cup

The Melbourne Cup is shown off to the crowd.

Thousands line CBD streets for Melbourne Cup Parade

Twenty-six children drowned in Australia last year.

Boy, 3, dies after being found unconscious in swimming pool

Broede Carmody

The Corkman Irish pub in Carlton, built in 1857, as it was last month.

Plans for apartments on Carlton pub site made before demolition

15-06-2012 Cover Story - Sunbury - Freddy Taiba trains champion horse Sushi Sushi with his brother Ahmed. Picture by ...

Mokbel-linked trainer at centre of EPA probe into glass on the track

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

Dreamworld CEO rejects claims of understaffing

QLD

Cardinal George Pell.

Pell 'should have done more' over paedophile priest

Beau Donelly

Sean Scully and Omar Noureddine had difficulties finding employment without work experience.

Where the jobs are and where they aren't

Anna Patty

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

Freak snake with scorpion sting has scientists excited

Bridie Smith

Trump warm-up guy fantasises about Clinton's death

Nick O'Malley

The Age News 28/01/2012 picture Justin McManus. Nate Silver is a Mathematician, political forecaster and poker player. ...

'No, no, no, no!': US poll guru's one big mistake on Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at the weekend: even a 1 per cent swing against her could tip the race for the US ...

Leaks reveal open war between Democrats, Justice Department

Paul McGeough

Anthony Weiner, former husband of senior Clinton aide, Huma Abedin.

Clinton scandal: FBI get warrant to search 650,000 Weiner emails

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the surprise plan on Sunday.

Malcolm Turnbull tries to outdo Tony Abbott on the tough-guy scale

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Shorten slams Turnbull over 'ridiculous' refugee ban

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

'Dumb heap of parrot droppings': senator slanging match

The motion calls for all immigration to Australia to be halted pending an investigation.

'Criminals': Liberal members call for blanket immigration ban

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to students at the Yalata Anangu School in South Australia.

Pity the PM who follows Tony Abbott on Indigenous affairs

James Massola

Boat

Peter Dutton: why we really need the refugee ban

Malcolm Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton announce changes to refugee immigration.

Government frees up its own hand and tries to force Labor's

ANALYSIS

Former trade minister Andrew Robb sits next to the Indonesian embassy's deputy chief of mission, Kusuma Habir, at the ...

Andrew Robb defends Landbridge appointment

Philip Wen

Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at a press conference in May.

Serbia's PM shrugs off weapons find: "Nobody touched me"

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, signs the trade deal with European Commission president Jean-Claude ...

Canada and EU break through globalisation gloom to sign trade deal

A screengrab from images aired by the American ABC's 20/20 program showing Richard Hoagland with Linda Iseler and their ...

Police found 'dead' husband after 23 years

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 17: People hold Aboriginal flags dressed in black clothes as they rally to support the Black ...

Elite conservative opinion has its priorities screwed up

COMMENT
Tim Dick

Albert Einstein was a famously mediocre student.

So you think you're pretty smart. But are you a genius?

COMMENT
Eric Weiner

One of the "next generation" faster myki readers being trialled on a route 11 tram.

C'mon, people, you don't need to touch off. (Or do you?)

COMMENT
Matt Holden

A Hillary Clinton presidency and divided Congress would be the best political outcome for shares, UBS has proposed.

Clinton victory and divided Congress 'best for shares'

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Shayne Elliot's Asian carve-up continues

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Just two sectors have ended October higher.

ASX tipped for a better month

This is what Singapore noodles from a cookbook look like, but now hungry passengers can select their chicken rice or ...

Would you eat chicken rice or noodles from a vending machine?

19 of the world's biggest billionaires who used to be poor

Australia’s biggest mission: stopping the stopped boats

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Google extends office lease at GPT Workplace 6

Guvera still owes staff thousands of dollars

Fixed rate loans are falling out of fashion.

Why aren't home buyers taking more advantage of this mortgage trick?

Houses where the Halloween spirit has been taken a bit too far

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

Toilet seat up or down? How do your home habits stack up?

Suzi Quatro

'I don't know what possessed me': Suzi Q's big home mistake

The best plants to block out your neighbours

Nosy neighbours? The best ways to block them out

Megan Gale in the Biedcage

Humans of the Birdcage: 39 of the most intriguing racegoers

Lifestyle

Easy fashion for every day.

How Mr Porter and H&M have redefined the fashion industry

Men's Style

Halloween is also the deadline to submit your tax return, if you're doing it yourself rather than through an accountant.

It's Halloween ... and the taxman is calling

Good financial planning should address your goals.

How to find a good financial adviser

Noel Whittaker

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.

'I am always dressed in sh**'

Heather Gallagher

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Four year-old hospitalised overdosing on GHB drug

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Melbourne Cup preview

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Thirty years of Arctic ice decay

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Demystifying domestic violence leave

The Age of Racing. Fashions on the Field entrant Caroline Bell meets 1969 Melbourne Cup fancy Big Philou. Less than an ...

Cup Day Fashion, Well it seemed a good idea at the time.

no activity

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

younger

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

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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Helana Sawires as Dianne and Osamah Sami as Ali in <i>Ali's Wedding</i>.

Australia's first Muslim rom-com hopes to disarm haters

Last night's X Factor fails to fire with supposed catfight between Iggy Azalea and Mel B.

The X Factor peddles feud, but Azalea and Mel B aren't playing

Rob Moran

<i>ABC News Breakfast</i> hosts Virginia Trioli and Michael Rowland.

Virginia and Michael, the unsung heroes of brekkie TV

Michael Lallo

Controversy: <em>Catalyst </em>reporter Maryanne Demasi.

Future of ABC's Catalyst hangs in the balance

Sarah Thomas

Bruno Mars.

Uptown Funk in fight over claims it was copied, again

Bernard Zuel

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 08: Morrissey arrives to "Late Show with David Letterman" at Ed Sullivan Theater on January 8, ...

'You are on the wrong side of history': Morrissey slams Joyce

Rob Moran

Chris Hemsworth plays Thor.

Thor and Iron Man go high art, with 'world first' exhibition

Rob Moran

Cyndi Lauper will tour with Blondie in Australia in 2017.

Cyndi and Blondie to hit the road but who else should team up

Michael Lallo

Candy and Kim "Busty Beatz" Bowers.

How to fix the problem of diversity on Australian stages

Elissa Blake

Chelsea Plumley as the overprotective mother in The Light In The Piazza.

Light in the Piazza review: Rich musical slightly flawed

Cameron Woodhead

Monash's Uprising: young adults with conviction

Uprising review: Snapshots of issues in the news

Anne-Marie Peard

Wayne Dominici, 23, cries on the shoulder of his aunt, Ada Dominici, at a memorial outside Pulse, the gay nightclub ...

School cancels 'Christian' Halloween event set to depict Pulse nightclub massacre

Jenny Noyes

Woman's feet sticking out of a duvet.

Why I wish I had started having sex sooner

Litsa Dremousis

The flight to safety takes the support of an entire society.

'Get the baby and run!' screamed my mother. And I did.

COMMENT
Andie Fox

Huma Abedin walking off of Clinton's campaign plane in September.

Hillary Clinton may finally have to cut ties with her closest aide

Mariah Carey and James Packer in November last year.

Mariah Carey sledges Woman's Day in Insta return

Mary Ward

Caption: Em Rusciano

The shock - and joy - of falling pregnant at just 21

Em Rusciano

Hilary Duff (right) and Jason Walsh.

Hilary Duff is sorry for her Halloween costume

Mary Ward

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 20: Actress Meghan Markle attends P.S. Arts' The pARTy at NeueHouse Hollywood on May 20, 2016 in ...

Prince Harry rumoured to be seeing Suits actress

Waist size: A big problem for livers.

How fat can destroy your liver

Paula Goodyer

Mr Olympia: Phil Heath.

Phil Heath muscles his way to top of bodybuilding world

JOHN BRANCH

From phone to fit.

Your phone can help you get fit

Kit Eaton

Great Gatsby: Classy cocktail the Seelbach.

Six easy bubbly drinks to kick Cup Day into first place

These delicate lobster sandwiches pair perfectly with Neil Perry's peach cocktails.

Pack a punch this Cup Day: 49 perfect picnic recipes

Adam Liaw's slow-cooker winner: Pumpkin pie cheesecake.

Halloween: Adam Liaw's pumpkin pie cheesecake

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My mother-in-law found out our baby's gender behind our backs

Ivy Steel, 6, is currently battling complex health problems in the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.

'Ivy's Army' raise $400K in four days for six-year-old's cancer treatment

Sadiella with her Dad, Mike Shroyer

Girl, 9, sings moving cover of Adele's 'Hello' in honour of her late father

Looking over Manhattan towards the Empire State Building.

The 10 great New York highlights most visitors miss

David Whitley

British Airways Boeing 747s, Club World interior.

Flight Test: The best trans-Atlantic option available

Jamie Freed

Chinese tourists on a tour of the Sydney Opera House.

Australia, it's time to stop making racist jokes about Asian tourists

COMMENT
Ben Groundwater

Emir Bahadir is one of the first members of Rich Kids.

Rich Kids: a 'disgusting' app for wealthy people

Using the Touch Bar is an intuitive experience.

Can Touch Bar justify MacBook's price tag?

COMMENT

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

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

Studio is Microsoft's tipping point

Gizmodo

What would you lose if your computer went into meltdown without warning?

Make sure your backup plan covers all the bases

COMMENT

2017 Subaru BRZ.

Updated Subaru BRZ price revealed

Dom Tripolone

A new study has looked into how driver's react when constantly monitoring their speed.

Relaxed speed enforcement safer: Study

Dom Tripolone

2016 Porsche 718 Boxster.

Road Test: Porsche 718 Boxster S

Andrew MacLean

Uber hopes to offer a flying service in the future.

Uber looks to flying cars as next big shift

Eli Blumenthal

2017 Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupe.

Driven: Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupe

Jez Spinks

Volkswagen Atlas.

Volkswagen's Kluger rival

Greg Kable

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Nick Hall riding Jameka wins Race 8, MRC Foundation Cup during Melbourne Racing at ...

Huge bets on Jameka but she's 'no chance', says top punter

Adam Pengilly

Besart Berisha controls the ball at Etihad Stadium.

Berisha hat trick and Rojas double fire Victory past 10-man Phoenix

Michael Lynch

Not impressed: Daniel Ricciardo has launched a scathing attack on Sebastian Vettel.

Ricciardo promoted to podium after lashing Vettel

Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne in the Emirates marquee. Photo by Jesse Marlow. .

Test cricket is becoming boring, says Warne

Chris Barrett and Jon Pierik

Cup sweep.

Melbourne Cup 2016: Your downloadable sweep

Trainer Charlie Appleby has his eyes on the Melbourne Cup.

Earning Japanese: VRC licking lips at cup betting tsunami

Patrick Bartley

All eyes will be on Flemington on Tuesday and despite the wealth of advice on picking the winner, a simple hunch might ...

Best bets and other essential tips for the Cup

Tim Habel

Mitchell Starc says his wound is still open.

Open wound won't stop Starc in first Test

Collingwood's Lachie Keeffe.

Pies elevate still-banned Keeffe to seniors

Daniel Cherny and Emma Quayle

Angus Monfries has signed a contract extension.

Monfries signs up, Port finalise changes

Sam Fisher (right) has retired.

Saints veteran hangs up his halo

Daniel Cherny

Johnson is congratulated by Josh Kennedy after running his famous lap in September.

Swans re-sign luckless Johnson

Daniel Cherny

Gary Ablett

Footy's most famous prodigal sons

Ronny Lerner

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