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2016 Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse,01/11/2016, picture by Justin McManus. Racing crowds run for cover from a ...

Melbourne Cup: A roar, some rain and the winner by a nostril

Tony Wright

Almandin takes the Cup from Heartbreak City at Flemington.

How the day unfolded: All the glitz, glamour and colour

Live

Almandin and Heartbreak City neck and neck at the Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup results: Find out where your horse placed

Kerrin McEvoy who rode Almandin kisses the Melbourne Cup.

'It's a dream come true': McEvoy claims second cup win

Robert Scott and Stephanie Scott, inset.

Father of murdered school teacher killed in accident

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Donald Trump ... something of a phenomenon

Donald Trump hotline to Moscow bank revealed in probe

BREAKING
Paul McGeough

Almandin's win - plus some more luck - netted a Perth punter $241,000.

How one Cup punter turned $10 into $241,000

1 hr ago

Senator Bob Day has announced his retirement.

Election bombshell: Senator may have been invalidly elected

BREAKING
8 mins ago

Dreamworld remains closed despite plans to reopen the park on Friday.

Dreamworld investigation 'very complicated': coroner

1 hr ago

The RBA is expected to hold rates steady when it meets today.

Shares slip further, dollar rises after RBA decision

Promote me or pay: An implied threat in Abbott's demand

ANALYSIS

Drunk men in their 40s and 50s dominating ambulance calls

Banks quietly cut interest rates for savers after 'PR exercise'

The reality of a low interest rate, high house price world

COMMENT

Man kisses schoolgirl on cheek before 'abduction attempt'

DJ Havana Brown, who will spin the decks for Sensis.

Birdcage glam: Celebrities took inspiration from an unlikely place

Passion for thoroughbreds: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister and ruler of Dubai

When will he win? After 18 years, and $1.1b he can only wait so long

1 hr ago

Gina Rinehart falls down the stairs in the Emirates marquee on Melbourne Cup Day.

Gina Rinehart takes a tumble as she leaves Birdcage marquee

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Jennifer Hawkins poses at the Myer Marquee on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington ...

Photos: Who's mingling with who in The Birdcage

16 mins ago

Trades

Why skilled trades jobs are the most difficult to fill

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Wild scenes at the centre of South Korea's political scandal

Georgia Love with her mother Belinda Love.

Georgia Love's mother dies after battle with pancreatic cancer

Tenant

How to keep a great tenant on your rental property

Like the other Blockheads, Kim and Chris are waiting anxiously for auction day.

6 mistakes The Block contestants made, according to Dea Jolly

A little pain now in terms of planning can mean you avoid a financial hangover later on.

Seven ways to mask a hangover... (Hint: It starts early)

The Hazelwood power station.

900 jobs to go, with Hazelwood switch-off plan due in days

BREAKING
Josh Gordon
40 mins ago

'Steve' and 'Glen' - dumb criminals who weren't quite dumb enough

Bianca Hall, Deborah Gough

Net widens on drugs and guns syndicate linked to ex-cop

Tammy Mills

Police have been conducting mobile breath testing over the Cup weekend as part of Operation Furlong.

Police say driver took trifecta - speeding, drunk and high on ice

FJ was already six weeks pregnant when she joined the Navy.

Sailor sues navy over unwanted pregnancy that led to son, now 8

Phillip Galea was arrested after a raid on a house in Braybrook on August 6.

Right-wing bomb accused was rewriting Anarchist's Cookbook

The fire at Ashburton where a man was injured is being treated as suspicious.

Fire guts home, puts man in hospital, leaves $300,000 repair bill

Family and friends attend a 'Condolence Motion' at Brisbane City Hall for Manmeet Sharma.

Brisbane council to donate to slain bus driver's family

QLD
38 mins ago

Harlan Agresti hugs members of his family outside court.

Former ADFA cadet has rape conviction set aside

ACT
17 mins ago

Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is planning to run candidates in the WA state election.

One Nation to decide WA state election: expert

WA
22 mins ago

Dr John Grygiel at Tuesday's parliamentary inquiry hearing into chemotherapy flat dosing.

Doctor accused of underdosing chemo patients

NSW
1 hr ago

Frontrunner: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Don't panic: Hillary Clinton supporters told to stay calm

Nick O'Malley

Donald Trump used legally dubious loopholes to avoid paying taxes.

Donald Trump used legally dubious method to avoid paying taxes

Is Donald Trump a Vladimir Putin puppet?

Trump hotline to Moscow revealed as FBI probes Kremlin's plan

BREAKING
Paul McGeough

What about Russian influence? James Comey FBI

Republicans join attack on FBI's James Comey

Paul McGeough

Hillary Clinton's unfavourable rating is equal to Trump.

Poll average shows Hillary Clinton's vote falling off a cliff

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Tony Abbott with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion before he was dumped as prime minister last year.

'Disappointed' Indigenous Affairs Minister not moving for Abbott

Fergus Hunter

Promote me or pay: this demand comes with an implied threat

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Day quits Senate again, leaving government short a vote

Attorney-General George Brandis.

Election bombshell: senator may have been invalidly elected

BREAKING
Mark Kenny
8 mins ago

Labor frontbencher Doug Cameron.

'Misuse of public money': college linked to senator gets $2m grant

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

Tony Abbott with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion before he was dumped as prime minister last year.

Abbott authorises ally to publicly reveal his cabinet comeback plan

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 13 September 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

Minister denies Coalition spooked by rise of Hanson

An Iraqi special forces soldier holds a rocket propelled grenade launcher a few kilometres from the center of Mosul, ...

Iraqi forces set foot in Mosul, begin assault on Islamic State

BREAKING
24 mins ago

Victorian man Guido James Eglitis (left) and another foreign suspect under arrest in the Cambodian town of Siem Reap ...

Australian wanted on torture charges spotted free in Bangkok

1 hr ago

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an ASEAN summit last year.

Malaysian PM to court lucrative deals and influence in China

Lindsay Murdoch

Choi Soon-sil, center left, a cult leader's daughter with a decades-long connection to President Park Geun-hye, is ...

South Korean prosecutors arrest woman at centre of political crisis

Flemington has seen all types of weird and wonderful in the crowd on Melbourne Cup Day.

It's the race that stops a nation ... because we're so drunk

COMMENT
Aubrey Perry

A shop assistant arranges jars of marijuana on shelves at a retail and medical cannabis dispensary in Boulder, Colorado.

Legalising marijuana won't turn us into a nation of pot heads

COMMENT
Liana Jacobi

GET OUT THERE: Regular exercise has been found to be as effective as antidepressants when it comes to shaking the blues.

Are anti-depressants the answer?

COMMENT
Linda Blair

After squeezing their margins in food, alcohol, clothing and luxury goods for ever so long, retailers are starting to ...

Don't bet on another interest rate cut any time soon

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin
50 mins ago

Numerous studies have linked talcum powder use to ovarian cancer.

Cancer sufferers drop US talc case against Rio Tinto

Woolworths says its demands were ordinary practice in supermarket retail.

'Perfectly normal': Ex-Woolies exec defends 'gap' payments

1 hr ago

The ASX posted a small gain on Monday, but failed to break through the 5500 mark.

Sharemarket a loser on Melbourne Cup day

Banks quietly cut rates for savers after August 'PR exercise'

Passive funds hold governance power

The reality of a low interest rate, high house price world

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Culture clash: Chobani yoghurt attacked for helping refugees

THAT House by Austin Maynard Architects.

Australia's most incredible contemporary homes

The RBA has adopted a wait-and-see approach while it assesses the impact of recent cuts.

RBA leaves rates on hold, but the show's not over yet

Andrew Wilson

Choose your real estate agent with care.

Ten things to consider before choosing a real estate agent

A brothel for sale in Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne.

Can sex really sell? Melbourne brothel hits the market

Dea Jolly The Block recap

Six mistakes The Block contestants made this season

A Penfolds 2012 vintage Grange has been priced at $850.

Is this Penfolds Grange really worth $850 a bottle?

Fine Drinks
Elin McCoy

Megan Gale in the Biedcage

Humans of the Birdcage: 39 of the most intriguing racegoers

Lifestyle

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

"I talk with people my age, and the Bank of Mum and Dad is becoming more and more prevalent": Treasury secretary John Fraser

The 'bank of mum and dad' has risks too

Clancy Yeates

Boot camp for your business spending.

When to borrow money and when to pay cash

Max Newnham

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

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Who is Evan McMullin?

null

'Bigger problems than Obamacare'

null

Q&A;: 'We're discussing the sex of angels'

null

Refugees flee IS controlled villages

Melbourne Cup 2016. Racegoers at the Flemington Racecourse on the Melbourne Cup day.

All the colour and glitz of the 2016 Melbourne Cup

1 hr ago

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

Advertiser Content

Hit the road and escape the city

Advertiser

Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio discuss climate change in Before The Flood.

DiCaprio's climate change doco makes its pitch at US voters

Rob Moran and Aja Styles
1 hr ago

Who can top Dami Im?

Australia in Eurovision 2017: Let the speculation begin

1 min ago

Robotic: Evan Rachel Wood explores not being human in Westworld.

Westworld stuns with nudity to challenge Game of Thrones

ANALYSIS
Rob Moran

Controversy: <i>Catalyst</i> reporter Maryanne Demasi has been suspended after her investigation into mobile device ...

Critics of science show Catalyst plead with ABC to save it

Linda Morris

Shadow Labor minister Joel Fitzgibbon.

Q&A: Labor minister likened to artificially inseminated cow

Neil McMahon
1 hr ago

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

Iggy Azalea sheds a tear on The X Factor.

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

Nick Fouquet is an LA-based model and celebrity milliner - clients include Madonna and Justin Bieber. He's here for ...

Nick Fouquet, milliner to the stars, in town for Melbourne Cup

Annabel Ross

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 31: Metallica fan Alex Barrowman is seen dressed up and playing the heavy metal band's ...

Metallica fans dress up for mass performance of Enter Sandman

Hannah Francis

Saxophonist Mike Rivett, winner of the 2016 National Jazz Award.

Floods dampen Wangaratta Jazz festival but show must go on

Jessica Nicholas

Gina Rinehart falls down the stairs in the Emirates marquee on Melbourne Cup Day.

Gina Rinehart falls down stairs after Melbourne Cup lunch

Andrew Hornery
1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Jennifer Hawkins poses at the Myer Marquee on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington ...

The bold and beautiful flock to The Birdcage

16 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Elsa Pataky and Nikki Phillips speak at the Myer Fashions on the Field on Emirates ...

The best and most creatively dressed at the Melbourne Cup

Jenna Clarke

Lily-Rose Depp attends the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017.

Lily-Rose Depp becomes one of Vogue's youngest cover girls

Nicole Economos

The 10-time Grammy winner said she had always been drawn to sad music.

Adele reveals battle with post-natal depression

Georgia Love with her mother Belinda Love.

Georgia Love distraught after mother's death

Amy Croffey

Is there common ground between the worlds of men's rights activism and feminism?

What can men do to help women in the fight for equality?

COMMENT
Ashley Thomson

Finance management is a major factor in whether your marriage is a happy one and goes the distance.

The conversations to have before getting married

Sweet findings? Probably, if it's been funded by a sweets manufacturer.

Big Food and big nutrition lies?

Sarah Berry

Intense exercise: Music makes it easier.

How music might improve your workouts

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

A bit of butter: No problem.

Should we be scared of butter?

JANE E. BRODY

Inside the Mumm marquee at the Melbourne Cup Birdcage, 2016.

Melbourne Cup: What they're eating inside the Birdcage

Neil Perry's blueberry tart with almond crust.

Spring sensations: 30 recipes to cook right now

Crab boil served at Miss Katie's at the Alehouse Project.

Miss Katie brings crab boil to Brunswick East

Michael Harry

Baby Quincy with her extra thumb.

My baby's extra thumb saved her life

The drawing that made Rosie Dutton change her approach to co-parenting.

Mum's honest and heartfelt post about co-parenting after divorce goes viral

Ashley Peters pictured with Nick before his death, as she was about to donate her bone marrow top her brother.

Teenager elected homecoming king four days after dying of cancer

Cat Rodie

Only 379km: Emirates's Doha to Dubai is the shortest flight route in the world.

Shortest A380 route in the world announced

The 'flying' river taxi, the Sea Bubble.

Paris becomes first city in the world for 'flying' taxis

E458H4 Aerial view of islands with fringing coral reefs, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean

Why this is the perfect adult's paradise on our doorstep

Mal Chenu

An active online social life may mirror the benefits of an active offline one.

Facebook associated with a longer life

More than 1000 projects will share in the Australian Research Council funding.

Researchers to share in $416.6m in funding

The Microsoft Surface Studio might just be the most exciting product released this year.

How Apple lost to Microsoft at its own game last week

Hayley Tsukayama

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

Rich Kids: a 'disgusting' app for wealthy people

The reporter Marcus Strom's image is put through the nightmare machine.

Nightmare Machine is learning to horrify you

Mercedes-Benz's new inline six-cylinder engine.

Mercedes revives straight six

* Vorbehaltlich der Best?tigung durch die FIA. Volkswagen Polo WRC.

Volkswagen set to quit WRC

Greg Kable

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

Punter's pal: Kerrin McEvoy riding Almandin to victory.

How one Cup punter turned $10 into $241,000

Winning combination: Kerrin McEvoy celebrates with connections after he rode Almandin to win the Melbourne Cup.

Praise the Lloyd: owner's high-flying mates ride high

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Almandin takes the Cup from Heartbreak City at Flemington.

Almandin snatches Melbourne Cup in a thriller

Rose of Virginia,with jockey Ben Thompson, just before the Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

'Bleeding' Rose of Virginia walks to finish line

1 hr ago

Almandin and Heartbreak City neck and neck at the Melbourne Cup.

Where your horse finished in the Cup

Melbourne Cup day

Live: Williams has another Melbourne Cup winner

Live

He knows what to do: Kerrin McEvoy (left) on Almandin and eyelash ahead of Joao Moreira on Heartbreak City in the ...

Cup jockeys on how the race unfolded for them

Compiled by Andrew Garvey

Stirring the pot: Dale Steyn celebrates David Warner's wicket at the WACA Ground four summers ago.

Warner hisses at Steyn's snake claim

Jon Pierik

St Kilda's Tim Membrey.

Delisted free agency hits and misses

Ronny Lerner

Veteran Cat Tom Lonergan.

Geelong's Lonergan goes around again

Ronny Lerner

Collingwood's Lachie Keeffe.

Pies elevate still-banned Keeffe to seniors

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 28: Leigh Montagna of the Saints, Nick Riewoldt of the Saints and Sam Fisher of the Saints ...

Saints veteran hangs up his halo

Daniel Cherny

Angus Monfries has signed a contract extension.

Monfries signs up, Port finalise changes

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