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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says debate about change to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is "reasonable".

'Sunk to new lows': Rudd in scorching attack on PM

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

The neighbouring Canterbury houses in Melbourne.

Neighbours suspected of insider trading ahead of mega deal

EXCLUSIVE
30 mins ago

Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas, a week after the accident at Dreamworld that killed four people.

Dreamworld CEO fears for safety of family after 'pretty nasty threats'

1 hr ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about healthcare, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in King of Prussia, Pa. ...

'Wow': Trump reacts after overtaking Clinton in new election poll

These penny-pinching cost cuts are far from sufficient to make much impact on the budget deficit.

Small problem with this appalling news. It's a cock and bull story

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Robert Scott mourning the death of his daughter last year.

'How much grief can one family endure?' Scott family tragedy

55 mins ago

Secret server 'flowed information' from Moscow to Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Senate bombshell leaves Turnbull's plans in tatters

The Sydney university outstripping all in research funding

Aussie found after fortnight lost in Malaysian jungle

Lindsay Murdoch

Pope Francis says ban on female priests is 'forever'

Passion for thoroughbreds: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Sheikh's billion-dollar Melbourne Cup failure

The illegal chemical that's used in your red meat

Punters left piles of rubbish behind after celebrating Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.

The things you find when you clean up after Melbourne Cup

Good morning, a perfect pre dawn-dawn morning at the Austinmer pools. Some hot weather pix if you need any. I can supply ...

Scorching 35-degree heat to hit Sydney next week

Seven ways people with a purpose live differently

34 mins ago

Best 2nd place celebration ever?

'At this stage, no': Fans of <i>Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries</i> in for some bad news.

Which popular ABC shows aren't returning in 2017?

Gina Rinehart took a spill down a flight of stairs in the Emirates marquee.

Gina takes a tumble after Cup lunch with fellow billionaire

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

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

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

Westworld just took TV nudity to new, unseen levels

ANALYSIS

The Star casino denies it is under-reporting violence to police.

Baird government short on transparency over Ausgrid privatisation

Michael Atkins, at the inquiry, was acquitted in 2009 of murdering Matthew Leveson.

Leveson lover says he bought mattock, tape for 'gardening'

"This operator could have saved himself a lot of time and money."

'If you short-change employees ... you do so at your own peril'

Anna Patty

Paramedics treat residents at the aged care home in Greystanes.

Residents assessed for smoke inhalation after nursing home fire

Georgina Mitchell

Patricia Young drowned in her family's Kingston pool on Tuesday afternoon.

'Beautiful angel' sisters, aged 3 and 4, drown in backyard pool

Ambulance data shows the highest rate of calls for alcohol intoxication in Melbourne were men in their 40s and 50s.

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

ASX-listed Ardent owns Dreamworld and the neighbouring WhiteWater World.

Dreamworld investigation 'very complicated': Coroner

Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner wipes away tears after his speech during a 'Condolence Motion' for Manmeet Sharma.

BCC to donate $10,000 to family of slain bus driver

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

FBI told to disclose what it knows about Trump-Russia ties

Trump overtakes Clinton by 1% in new poll

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.

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

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Kevin Rudd says the Prime Minister is pandering to a "Hansonite insurgency".

I've been silent for three years but enough is enough, says Kevin Rudd

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Election bombshell: senator may have been invalidly elected

Mark Kenny

'Disappointed' Indigenous Affairs Minister not moving for Abbott

Fergus Hunter

Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses the media on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 during a press conference at Parliament ...

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

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Resigning for the second time: Family First Senator Bob Day.

Day quits Senate again, leaving government short a vote

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

Bashar al-Assad says Syria 'better now than before the war'

Anne Barnard

BBC under fire for black people and fried chicken segment

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

Iraqi forces reclaim the TV station as they move into Mosul

A screenshot of the Fancy Bears website, which has hacked confidential medical data relating to top athletes. The World ...

'Russian cyber-attacks a growing threat': UK spy chief

Turnbull has sunk to a new low

COMMENT
Kevin Rudd

The government is close to being morally bankrupt

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Global jitters: the scary clown-killer, evil-clown phenomena has spread.

What's scarier than an evil killer clown? This is!

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

Neighbours suspected of insider trading ahead of mega deal

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert
30 mins ago

Wall Street dropped on firming prospects for a December rate hike.

8@eight: Market's anxiety moves up a gear

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47 mins ago

A Certificate of Title is an official land ownership record.

Banks destroy 1.6 million paper land titles in digital push

Scrutiny: Uber, valued at more than $US60 billion globally, admits it only counts 75 per cent of each transaction in ...

How much Uber did - and didn't - make in Australia last year

'If you short-change employees ... you do so at your own peril'

Ardent Leisure under pressure, set for further losses

Australian business woefully unprepared for climate change

Sheikh Mohammed's billion-dollar Melbourne Cup failure

Colin Kruger, CBD

Buying land and building a new home from scratch offers several unique benefits not offered when purchasing an ...

What's better... Buying or building a home from scratch?

Issues of damage that landlords are facing are not due to pets, but to low-quality property management.

Pet bonds for tenants? Child bonds should be mandatory too

Comment
1 hr ago

Choose your real estate agent with care.

Ten things to consider before choosing a real estate agent

THAT House by Austin Maynard Architects.

The latest crop of Australia's most incredible homes

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

Six mistakes The Block contestants made this season

Caon revamped the design to provide a moveable partition between each seat pair.

Qantas fixes the one big complaint customers had about business class

High Flyer
45 mins ago

The new Penfolds 2012 Grange has been very well received.

Is this Penfolds Grange really worth $850 a bottle?

Fine Drinks

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

Can your SMSF buy your business?

Alexandra Cain

Kath Purkis, creator of Her Fashion Box.

How not to end up like Her Fashion Box

Sylvia Pennington

DOJ to review Clinton emails immediately

Litter and laughter as Melbourne Cup closes

Man attacks government office with excavator

1 hr ago

Baby powder cancer risk

Dyson illustration; re Government welfare cuts, Age Opinion, 2 November 2016

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 2

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

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio discuss climate change in <i>Before The Flood</i>.

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

Rob Moran and Aja Styles

Australia in Eurovision 2017: Let the speculation begin

Robotic: Evan Rachel Wood explores not being human in <i>Westworld</i>.

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

Q&A: Labor minister likened to artificially inseminated cow

Neil McMahon

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

What to do when you want to be a singer but you're too shy

John Shand

Next Fall_Alex Ewan and Cormac Costello_pic by Irma Calabrese

Awkward bedside vigil puts religion and sexuality on trial

Jason Blake

ARTS: Opera House. Opera Australia announces its first silent Opera to be staged in Sydney, The Eighth Wonder on the ...

'They spent four million quid on the roof - I hope to God it's waterproof'

Peter McCallum

During her year as AOTY, Rosie Batty spoke on more than 300 occasions and continues this engagement, from community ...

Rosie Batty defended after Mark Latham's "crazy" attack

Jenna Price

Before marriage it's a good idea to talk specifics, such as "I promise that I will not expect you to become my mother".

What a man should promise you in his wedding vows

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards
1 hr ago

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - JUNE 17: A woman with girls is seen as Icelanders celebrate the Icelandic National Day in ...

What's life like in the world's most woman-friendly country?

Jane Searle

Kim Kardashian West made a brief return to Facebook with this picture before deleting it.

Is Kim Kardashian West really back on social media?

13 mins ago

Jennifer Hawkins in a red jumpsuit by Misha Collection. And hat.

The colour of Cup Day that can't be beet

Melissa Singer

Photos: Celebrities flock to the Birdcage at Melbourne Cup

3 mins ago

Gina Rinehart falls down stairs after Melbourne Cup lunch

Andrew Hornery

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

Catriona Pollard at play. Her weapon of choice? Basketry.

Why adults should play for health's sake

Sarah Berry

Thrilled or frightened? For some people fear is not a negative experience.

Why some of us crave fear

Deborah Netburn
1 hr ago

Do home remedies for the common cold work?

Seema Yasmin
1 hr ago

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

Melbourne Cup: What are they serving inside the Birdcage?

Maurice Terzini has opened Da Maria in Bali.

Icebergs' Maurice Terzini opens Da Maria in Bali

Scott Bolles

Neil Perry's blueberry tart with almond crust.

Spring sensations: 30 recipes to cook right now

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 image from the patent application shows a folding iPhone.

Apple patent shows foldable iPhone

41 mins ago

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

Facebook associated with a longer life

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

GENERIC emotion Actor Furious Hate Beautiful Vanity Adult Attitude Disrespect The Media Beauty On The Phone Gossip ...

Aussie telco complaints through the roof

Lifehacker

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

Researchers to share in $416.6m in funding

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

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

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

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Owner Lloyd Williams celebrates by kissing the cup after Almandin wins race 7 the ...

Why it's hard to get excited about Williams winning another Cup

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Will Genia training with the Wallabies in London last month.

French club block Wallabies star

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

Adam Pengilly

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

Warner won't dance to tune of Steyn's snake charm

Jon Pierik

Winner: Kerrin McEvoy kisses the Melbourne Cup.

McEvoy keeps it in the family as Payne hails her biggest supporter

Chris Roots

Bennett will have last laugh, says England star

Steve Mascord
22 mins ago

Self-confessed hard marker: Greg Inglis with Kangaroos teammate Sam Thaiday.

What's driving Inglis and the Kangaroos

Steve Mascord

Taking it on the chin: Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey in action at Etihad Stadium last year.

Tiring Rousey unfazed by Trump's mean tweet

47 mins ago

Different tack: Australian vice captain David Warner.

Why Warner no longer feels the need to sledge

Andrew Wu

Change the game: Former Australian cricketer Mark Taylor.

Four-day Tests must be considered: Mark Taylor

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

Test cricket 'boring', says Warne

Chris Barrett and Jon Pierik