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President Joko Widodo has been forced to cancel his trip to Australia.

President Joko Widodo postpones visit to Australia

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Eastern Market in Detroit, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. ...

Clinton's final plea calls for Trump 'intervention'

There have been three drowning deaths across the state in two days

Two dead in Torquay drowning tragedies

The Age, News 4/11/2016, picture by Justin McManus. Lyn Langanke who lost her husband Doug six months ago. They were ...

For those abused by the system, the pain never goes away

A protester at a rally against a sky rail on the Frankston train line.

Level crossings boss hints Frankston line may get sky rail

A large bush fire is burning in the area around Racecourse Road at Cessnock. The fire is fast moving and out of control.

Firefighters battle hundreds of fires in Sydney and Cessnock

Live
1 hr ago

Chelsea Manning attempts suicide a second time: lawyer

Trump victory could result in cataclysmic market meltdown

ANALYSIS

When Hazelwood closes hundreds will be jobless. How will Morwell survive?

Manus Island detainee tries to exit 'hell' by self-immolation

Corruption fears: government shuts down gambling authority

Adam Gartrell

Jerry Seinfeld at the Brill building in New York, May 19, 2015. Seinfeld's ?Comedians in Cars,? which in zippy ...

Seinfeld reveals the one moment in comedy he wishes he could relive

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 05: Jean-Paul Duminy of South Africa raises his bat to the players rooms after reaching his ...

Aussies in trouble as Elgar joins Duminy with a century

Live

Brownless and Ruby Brownless pose at the Myer Marquee on Stakes Day at Flemington

In pictures: Stakes Day celebrity fashion

1 hr ago

27 Regent Street, Yarraville

Period homes with modern polish attract big money at auction

49 mins ago

Today show presenter Karl Stefanovic with his wife Cassandra in happier times.

Karl Stefanovic stays mum on marriage split

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Iraqi troops advance on eastern Mosul

Jessinta Campbell and Buddy Franklin on their wedding day.

Franklin and Campbell tie knot in top-secret wedding

Hard Bargain

Hard Bargain: How to beat the rental property market

487 Brunswick Road, Brunswick West

Melbourne property prices soar in public transport black spots

Hanging graves

These could be the scariest five places in the world

?1/13 Beach Avenue, Elwood

These properties sparked bidding wars across the city

49 mins ago

The Education Minister and Deputy Pemier James Merlino announcing that the old Preston Girls School will re-open as a ...

'We're losing people out of the area': will this help?

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Matt Eryurek poses for a photo at his Brunswick West home on November 3, 2016 in ...

Key features buyers are prepared to overlook for a house in these suburbs

Berthong, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney.

Owned by Russell Crowe and Rupert Murdoch: yours for $37 million

Luminary, Hawthorn

Seeking luxury on a compact scale ... so don't forget these

A dead body is removed from one of the squatters' houses.

Bendigo Street 'beyond the pale' after death

Man dies after car hits tree in Wheelers Hill

37 mins ago

'We've got to sort this out': Could this be the place for a treaty?

Police guarded the scene overnight as investigations continue into the cause of the house fire.

Man fighting for life after Glen Iris crash in suspected stolen car

7 mins ago

The police air ambulance lifts off at Eurack to rush an injured motorcyclist to Melbourne s Alfred Hospital. ...

Two men suffer serious burns in shed explosion

Nikki Francis-Coslovich's body was found in the roof space of her Mildura home in August 2015.

Fears Mildura toddler would be dug up by dog if buried

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Hazelwood owner 'driven out of town' by Andrews: Frydenberg

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn.

Inquiry to drop bugging bombshell on top cop Burns

NSW

A summit to discuss the town's social problems is being held in Kalgoorlie on Saturday.

Council leaders deny 'state of social emergency' in Kal

WA

A 30-year-old man has been refused bail after allegedly hitting his pregnant partner with a baseball bat.

Man 'hit pregnant partner with baseball bat'

ACT

A QUT lecturer charged with grooming and procuring children under 16 and accessing child porn has been refused bail.

Child porn accused pretended to be Bieber, court told

QLD

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump: a menace to democracy itself?

Republican Party sliding into authoritarianism

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Republican candidate Donald Trump still has to win nearly every "battleground" state.

So, can Donald Trump really win the election?

Nick O'Malley

Having taken the masses for granted, US politicians are now experiencing a backlash which Trump has exploited.

Forget Clinton and Trump - America's democracy is broken

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Former Ambassador to the US Kim Beazley says an election win for Hillary Clinton is less likely than it was a week ago.

Kim Beazley says it's 'not safe to assume a Hillary Clinton victory'

Deborah Snow

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. ...

Hillary Clinton asks supporters to stage 'intervention'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signalled that an inquiry will be held into the 18C provision and freedom of speech.

University vilification case thrown out as 18C inquiry looms

Scott Ludlam takes leave for depression and anxiety

Fergus Hunter

'I don't have to care any more': Wyatt Roy's excellent adventure

Fergus Hunter

North East Vocational College added five new photos from a May 2015 visit by senators Simon Birmingham and Bob Day.

Pictures question minister's claim about Bob Day's role in college

EXCLUSIVE

CEO of the Catholic Church's Truth, Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan has welcomed the announcement of a ...

Government announces compensation scheme for sex abuse victims

Tom McIlroy, Rachel Browne

Malcolm Turnbull's chances of passing his key industrial relations bills have received a much-needed lift.

Refugee visa ban a likely breach of UN convention

Michael Gordon, Fergus Hunter

The decision will have ramifications for the gambling industry in Australia.

'Beyond redemption': Turnbull shuts down gambling body

Adam Gartrell

President Joko Widodo has been forced to cancel his trip to Australia.

Indonesia President Joko Widodo postpones visit to Australia

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

Media freedom under pressure in south-east Asia

Lindsay Murdoch

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May

Ministers prepare for snap election

Children play next to a burning oil field in Qayara, south of Mosul.

Battle for Mosul reveals a generation of children oblivious to war

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

A policy as full of holes as a leaky boat

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd. It seems prime ministers find joblessness harder to accept.

There's nothing good about a former PM without a job

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Illustration John Shakespeare

When Turnbull meets Jokowi, he should watch and learn

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

In the past year Caltex has terminated five franchisees who operated 13 sites.

'I've employed a lot of those exploited people'

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

New Ardent Leisure chairman George Venardos (left) arrives at the recent controversial general meeting with chief ...

Ardent's new chairman no stranger to scandal

Trump

Bear ballot: Investors sweat on Trump victory

ANALYSIS

Live Touch is a new concept by JCDecaux and Australia's first out-of-home information and content touchscreen platform.

Intelligent street furniture to boost smart city concept

Carolyn Cummins

Politics of tax reform tests assumptions

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Wings clipped on $1.1 billion Ingham's chicken IPO

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Just one charity severs ties with Appco after bullying claims

S&P 500 Index extends longest losing streak in three decades

A simple guide to summer's hottest fashion trends for men

Men's Style

Archie Rose Distillery has one of the strongest gins available in Australia.

Hard liquor: 12 of the strongest craft spirits on the market

Fine Drinks

Queensland Police assistant commissioner Brian Codd speaks to media at Dreamworld, where four people died after a ...

Making sense of the Dreamworld tragedy for investors

Scott Phillips

Low growth is squeezing investment returns.

Low investment returns bite

James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has advice on leadership worth heeding despite his own ...

Surprising management reason to admire FBI boss

James Adonis

Text appeal: URGE founders Daniel Reyes, Dean Steingold and Doron Ostrin.

Agile and innovative? Not in the real world

Noel Towell

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Protests against Jakarta governor break into chaos

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Trump: 'I'm ready'

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'I have just my life ... I would love to lose it"

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Iraqi troops advance on eastern Mosul

United Fates

United Fates: how the US election will impact Australia

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

Matt Groening in animated form.

Matt Groening wows Australia as The Simpsons breaks new record

Jacqui Taffel

Jerry Seinfeld says his last tour of Australia in 1998 was "definitely the most fun of any set of gigs that I've done ...

Jerry Seinfeld heads to Australia: 'You will see the best that I have'

Andrew Purcell

Auguste Rodin's The Kiss.

Is art just about bonking? MONA's David Walsh says yes

John Bailey

October, 2016: Jon Bon Jovi at the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation benefit gala in New York.

Bon Jovi: 'A year ago I had hit the bottom.' But the band is back

Andrew Purcell

Riley Keogh and Shia LeBeouf in American Honey

Meet the movie star discovered while sunbaking at the beach

Michael Fassbender stars as Tom Sherbourne and Alicia Vikander as his wife Isabel in <i>The Light Between Oceans</i>, ...

The light between oceans: when Fassbender met Vikander

Jennifer Lawrence next stars as an interstellar space traveller who wakes up 90 years too soon in <I>Passengers</I>.

Grab the popcorn: This summer's silver screen highlights

Much-loved film: Greg Rowe and pelican in <i>Storm Boy</i>.

Much-loved Aussie film Storm Boy to be remade

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert kept in synch with the screen thanks to conductor ...

Raiders of the Lost Ark concert gives MSO a serious workout

Clive O'Connell

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 25: Monte Morgan (L) and Harvey Miller of flamboyant 80s-themed band Client Liaison on ...

Eighties never enough for synth-pop duo Client Liaison

Annabel Ross

Sidney Nolan's 1988 self portrait, Myself.

Britain's Royal Academy to mark Sidney Nolan centenary

Nick Miller

Who is missing from this shot? Deputy PM Julie Bishop and her partner David Panton pose for a selfie with TV host Lisa ...

Karl Stefanovic stays mum on marriage split

Andrew Hornery

Jessinta Campbell and Buddy Franklin on their wedding day.

Jesinta Campbell and Buddy Franklin marry in top-secret ceremony

Michael Buble revealed his 3-year-old son has cancer.

Singer Michael Buble reveals 3-year-old son has cancer

Every six weeks, the same dance.

How to keep your greys at bay between salon visits

Natalie Reilly

Brisbane-based start up Nomadic Thinkers has "ruffled feathers" by only including males in their workplaces.

Why a start-up's male-only workspace is 'ruffling feathers'

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

A Hillary Clinton supporter in New Hampshire.

Will Republican women save Hillary Clinton?

Jennifer Rubin

Speaking to the media after Ardent Leisure's AGM on 27th October 2016.

The double standard treatment of Ardent CEO Deborah Thomas

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Alicia Vikander at this year's Golden Globes.

Vogue declares end of cleavage and women are having none of it

COMMENT
Amy Croffey

A fit future? The trends for 2017 have been announced.

Top fitness trends 2017: the digital age and exercise collide

Sarah Berry

Get a boost with bananas.

How to eat for an energy boost

Carrie Dennett

Are our photos changing the way we eat?

How 'foodstagramming' has changed the way we eat

James P Hall

Recipes and images from Neil Perry's Good Cooking (Murdoch Books). Photographer Earl Carter.

Neil Perry sells Rockpool group for undisclosed sum

SCOTT BOLLES

Leave the cake to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes before turning out.

Can you leave a cake to cool completely in the tin?

Jill Dupleix's chocolate affogato.

16 of our most chocolately chocolate recipes

Good Food

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How parents shape advantages for first-born kids

Brutally honest kid <a href="http://imgur.com/5EhV9dd" target="_blank">Image</a>

Kids tell it like it is in these hilariously honest notes

Jessica was given four weeks to live.

Father of terminally-ill child wants everyone to see this photo

Otherworldly: To Sua ocean trench in Upolo, Samoa.

This hole is one of the world's most incredible swimming pools

Jane Richards

Rock Bar at the Ayana Resort Bali.

The 50 hottest holiday deals for next year

Julietta Jameson

Traveller letters: Airlines need to enforce their own carry-on limits

Have an old handset or a cheap prepaid SIM? It might be worth checking if you're still on the ill-fated 2G network.

Bracing for Australia's 2G shutdown

Adam Turner

The Samsung HW-K950 consists of a soundbar, wireless sub-woofer and wireless rear speakers.

Samsung offers instant cinema sound at home

Peter Wells

A representation of Mars with its small moons, Deimos and Phobos.

Mission to Mars: Australia's help wanted by US, Europe

Marcus Strom

Sony's new PlayStation 4 Pro plays the same games as the regular PS4, but will make many of them look better.

What's going on with the PS4 Pro?

Kotaku

Microsoft Teams aims to save staff from drowning in their inbox.

Can Microsoft Teams out-Slack Slack?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

2016 DCOTY preview.

Preview: 2016 Drive Car of the Year

David McCowen

2016 Toyota HiLux.

What is Australia's most popular car?

Dom Tripolone

Mercedes-Benz Concept X-Class concept.

The rise - and rise - of the ute

Toby Hagon

2017 Audi A5 Cabriolet.

Audi A5 Cabriolet revealed

Greg Kable

MG has previewed its upcoming small SUV

MG previews Mazda CX-3 rival

Greg Kable

The Toyota 'GT4586' - a one-of-a-kind Toyota 86 powered by a Ferrari V8 engine.

Toyota gets Ferrari heart

Stephen Ottley

Josh Hazlewood of Australia bowls.

Elgar, Duminy tons put Australia close to brink

Live
Daniel Cherny

Awesome Rock wins the Emirates Stakes, and jockey Stephen Baster celebrates.

Rock and awe: Outsider stuns rivals to win Emirates Stakes

Michael Lynch
8 mins ago

19 Feb 2001: Balaji Rao of India A (centre) sends off Steve Waugh of Australia after he was caught by Shiv Das (left) of ...

Why there's still a place for sledging in cricket

Geoff Lawson
1 hr ago

Nick Kyrgios' efforts in Shanghai resulted in a suspension.

A tale of two bad boys, from someone who would know

Linda Pearce

Under the pump: Australian skipper Steve Smith.

Smith's tactics under fire as Australian batsmen urged to lift

Jon Pierik
20 mins ago

Deliberate: North Korean goalkeeper Jang Paek-ho 'trips' as he tries to stop a shot.

The worst goal you will ever see

New Maverick Andrew Bogut has been ruled out for personal reasons.

Bogut ruled out of Mavericks game for 'personal reasons'

Mitch Marsh and Mitchell Starc warm up before the start of play on day three.

Marsh not 'cooked' but must step up: Waugh

Jon Pierik

Going places fast: Tony Olango

From Africa via Darwin and Glasgow

Daniel Cherny

Riewoldt had finger and ankle surgeries during the off-season.

Riewoldt suffers finger surgery setback

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 26: Marley Williams of the Magpies is tackled during the round one AFL match between the ...

Late, late trade show sweet relief for new Roo

Ronny Lerner

Jesinta and Buddy on their wedding day.

Jesinta Campbell and Buddy Franklin marry in top-secret ceremony

One more year: Dennis Armfield has re-signed with Carlton.

'Means so much': Carlton cult figure to play on

Ronny Lerner

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