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Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, and only a few pieces of confirmed wreckage have been found.

New MH370 report casts doubt on how plane crashed

1 hr ago

The small peninsular suburb of Chiswick offers both water and city views.

Median house price rockets to $3.8m in quiet inner-west suburb

33 mins ago

Aldi is investing more than $1 billion to upgrade its mature store network on the east coast.

Aldi's billion-dollar spend-up as it chases a bigger market share

35 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while speaking healthcare, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in King of ...

Trump speech finally delivers a winning message

COMMENT

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

I kept quiet for three years but now Turnbull has gone too far

COMMENT
Kevin Rudd

Security cameras captured the moment the girl wandered in front of a car.

A toddler dies as her distracted mother checks her phone

Brazilian man met woman on app before sex assault, court told

45 mins ago

Almandin part-owner slams corporate bookies for 'thievery'

ABC chairman lashes PM for 'interfering' with its independence

1 hr ago

Besieged Bob Day points the finger at other MPs

Live

Trump tremors see shares plunge to a six-week low

Live
24 mins ago

Hillary Clinton

If Clinton wins, then 'all hell would break loose'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
49 mins ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Warren Gatland, Head Coach of Wales looks on prior to the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A ...

'Embarrassed' Gatland sides with Wallabies in bitter stoush

School's out and it's time to think about your financial future.

How saving $6 a day will make you a millionaire at age 63

The last KLM 747 has roared over sunbathers on St Maarten beach.

Jumbo jet makes final landing at world's scariest runway

1 hr ago

Dr Munjed Al Muderis.

'I am sure you know his story': The surgeon who came by boat

52 mins ago

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Heidi Klum's Halloween clone costume let down

Qantas has unveiled what customers can expect onboard its flagship 787-9 Dreamliner.

High Flyer

Qantas fixes big complaint flyers had about business class

Ball first: Liam Thomas.

Cricketer loses prosthetic leg, still saves boundary

Mai at Pakistan's fashion week.

'We will get justice': Gang rape victim walks the runway

Brad Pitt in <i>World War Z</i>.

Brad Pitt 'killed' the zombie flick, says genre master

Nicole McDonald with her daughter Mirrii Spearim

'She was a potential disaster': How the system failed Nicole

Children 'at risk': Sydney's most dangerous school zones

Stephanie Scott's killer plans to appeal against life sentence

58 mins ago

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

New study into Sydney's lockout laws after The Star revelations

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Oven-baked pork belly.

The chemicals added to six favourite foods revealed

Esther Han

Robert Scott mourning the death of his daughter last year.

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

Tamarama Beach on a recent morning - a good place to be in coming days.

Scorching 35-degree heat to hit Sydney next week

Peter Hannam

Friends were unable to locate Andrew Gaskell after he left on a hike more than two weeks ago.

'Emaciated' Aussie found after two weeks lost in Malaysian jungle

Harlan Agresti hugs members of his family outside court.

Former ADFA cadet has rape conviction set aside

ACT

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

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

QLD

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

VIC

Peter Thiel is backing Trump for all the wrong reason.

War-weary billionaire backing Trump for wrong reasons

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Hillary Clinton

Democrats prepare to legally tackle nightmare scenario

ANALYSIS
49 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures while speaking healthcare, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in King of ...

With 22 million votes cast, Trump finally delivers a winning message

COMMENT

John Edgar Hoover (1895 - 1972), director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). (Photo by Topical Press ...

What FBI directors Comey and Hoover have in common

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Trump overtakes Clinton by 1% in new poll

Family First Senator Bob Day, Independent Senator Nick Xenophon, LDP Senator David Leyonhjelm and Independent Senator ...

Bob Day bombshell sends Coalition into disarray

Live

Terror in the sky: MH370 report suggests plane dived rapidly

1 hr ago

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

EXCLUSIVE

abc

ABC lashes government for 'interfering' with independence

1 hr ago

Senate

Quiz: how well do you really know the Senate?

55 mins ago

Outgoing senator Bob Day.

Eligibility questions over Day kept secret at least four weeks

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

South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye apologises to the nation over the "shaman scandal".

South Korea names new prime minister, finance minister

40 mins ago

Spinach

These bionic spinach plants can sniff out bombs

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

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

Anne Barnard

Fried chicken

BBC under fire for black people and fried chicken segment

Estelle Schultz with her ballot. (Courtesy of Roberta Benor)

I was born before women could vote. Now I'm voting for one

COMMENT
Estelle Schultz
11 mins ago

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

Turnbull has sunk to a new low

COMMENT
Kevin Rudd

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

The government is close to being morally bankrupt

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Aldi is investing more than $1 billion to upgrade its mature store network on the east coast.

Aldi readies for billion-dollar fresh food push

Catie Low
35 mins ago

US stocks fell to their lowest since July on worries Donald Trump could win the election.

Markets Live: Trump tremors

Live
Jens Meyer
24 mins ago

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd before speaking at Macomb Community College, ...

What happens to markets if Donald Trump wins?

ANALYSIS
Andrew Ross Sorkin

The army's festering antisocial culture hit a crisis point in mid-2013.

Army leads the charge on ending antisocial workplace culture

Nick Toscano
1 hr ago

Virgin Australia posts quarterly loss on soft domestic demand

Neighbours suspected of insider trading ahead of mega deal

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert
10 mins ago

Banks destroy 1.6 million paper land titles in digital push

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

The view from a Chiswick home.

Forget Mosman, this inner-west suburb now one of most expensive

34 mins ago

We existed in a harmonious state of housemate equilibrium, until the day Reuben did something unthinkable.

Danny Katz hated his housemate's partner... so he did this

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

If pet owners are to be slugged by landlords, parents should be too

Comment

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?

Choose your real estate agent with care.

10 things you must consider before picking an agent

Chris Burt-Allan at the Melbourne Cup.

Stars and stripes: The best-dressed men at the Melbourne Cup

Men's Style
1 hr ago

Qantas has unveiled what customers can expect onboard its flagship 787-9 Dreamliner.

Qantas fixes one big complaint about its business class

High Flyer

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

Money contributor Melissa Browne.

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

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Spider plague at Menindee Lake

21 mins ago

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Clinton and former Miss Universe take aim at Trump

null

DOJ to review Clinton emails immediately

null

How does Australia's abortion law stack up?

1 hr ago

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

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 2

blunt talk

New Season of Blunt Talk now streaming on Stan.

transparent

Critically acclaimed Transparent Season 3 - now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Shadi and Natalie on their date on Seven's dating series First Dates.

Not shallow, First Dates is one of our most culturally diverse shows

Linda Morris
46 mins ago

Brad Pitt in <i>World War Z</i>.

Brad Pitt 'killed' the zombie flick, says genre master George Romero

Rob Moran

Almandin edged out Heartbreak City in a driving finish to the Melbourne Cup.

Race that stops a nation stopped a little less for Seven

Rob Moran
50 mins ago

'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?

Michael Lallo

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

Westworld stuns with nudity to challenge Game of Thrones

ANALYSIS
Rob Moran

Leonardo DiCaprio
According to reports, Leo took up beekeeping to handle the stress before the Oscars. But now that the ...

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

Rob Moran and Aja Styles

Who can top Dami Im?

Australia in Eurovision 2017: Let the speculation begin

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

Sasha Lane in American Honey

Hacksaw Ridge chief's frank admission about Mel Gibson

Garry Maddox

<i>Pile Up Life</i> is one of a number of artworks by Tatsuo Miyajima that deal with the large-scale loss of life.

Tatsuo Miyajima's digital art sheds light on life and death

Andrew Taylor

Ingrid Jensen

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

John Shand

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

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

Mai at Pakistan's fashion week.

Gang rape victim walks runway at Pakistan's fashion week

***EDITORS NOTE: CONTAINS NUDITY*** REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - JUNE 13: People take part in 'FreeTheNipple' campaign in front ...

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?

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

The colour of Cup Day that can't be beet

Melissa Singer

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

Photos: Celebrities flock to the Birdcage at Melbourne Cup

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

Gina Rinehart falls down stairs after Melbourne Cup lunch

Andrew Hornery

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

Why adults should play for health's sake

Sarah Berry
32 mins ago

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

Why some of us crave fear

Deborah Netburn

Garlic: a cold killer?

Do home remedies for the common cold work?

Seema Yasmin

You can make these rice chilli noodles in 10 quick minutes.

A quick and easy feast from the definitive cookbook on China

Black rice pudding with salted coconut cream by Gracia and Tasia Seger ("My Kitchen Rules" winners) for Good Food.

26 amazing ways with rice by My Kitchen Rules' Gracia and Tasia

The ultimate gummy treat.

Are you game to take on a 12-kilogram gummy python?

Baby Francesca's birth was an emotional experience for Aimee, Shayna and their families.

After years of IVF heartache, sister gives ultimate gift

57 mins ago

Ashlee Hutt and her boyfriend, Leroy "Mac" McIver.

Parents injected kids with heroin as 'feel-good medicine'

1 hr ago

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

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

The last KLM 747 has roared over sunbathers on St Maarten beach.

KLM jumbo jet makes final landing at world's scariest runway

1 hr ago

The Ghan accommodates about 330 guests in comfort.

The epic, 2979-km luxury train through Australia's heart

John Huxley

Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.

How the American states that love Trump will shock visitors

Ben Groundwater
1 hr ago

An image from the patent application shows a folding iPhone.

Apple patent shows foldable iPhone

Minecraft is getting an education overhaul to make it easier to teachers to run classes in virtual worlds.

Minecraft comes to classrooms (officially)

COMMENT

Titanfall 2 review

Titanfall 2 realises potential of the original game

Tim Biggs
56 mins ago

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

Aussie telco complaints through the roof

Lifehacker

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

Facebook associated with a longer life

Jeep's all-new Compass features a bolder style.

New Jeeps will push design limits

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mazda CX-3.

What small SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

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

Warren Gatland

'Embarrassed' Gatland sides with Wallabies in bitter stoush

Gavin Mairs

Will Genia training with the Wallabies in London last month.

French club block Wallabies star

Sidelined: Tim Cahill.

Cahill out of Socceroos' World Cup qualifier

Michael Lynch
4 mins ago

Nick Williams with jockey Kerrin McEvoy.

Almandin part-owner slams corporate bookies for 'thievery'

Andrew Tate

Biding his time: Wayne Bennett.

Bennett will have last laugh, says England star

Steve Mascord

Winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy and owner Lloyd Williams with the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

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

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

All the action from matchday four.

City on fire as Arsenal stage miracle comeback

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

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 hisses at Steyn's snake claim

Jon Pierik

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

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