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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

'No defence': John Oliver's regret at begging Trump

Live
1 hr ago

Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.

Perth man's head was 'chainsawed off, kept in ute over drug money'

Maryam Khan says the Halal food bank was about more than offering food complaint with Muslim faith.

Perth's first Halal food bank is about more than keeping the faith

31 mins ago

The two WA Lotto winners have different plans for their cash.

One West Aussie is now $1 million richer after Monday Lotto win

Canadian journalist Naomi Klein on Q&A.

Australia no better than 'insane, racist' Trump: Klein

Vincente Blanco-Capote, a veteran of the CIA-backed invasion of Cuba

Latinos voting early deliver blow to Trump camp

Same-sex marriage plebiscite defeated in late-night Senate vote

Lone-wolf radio hoaxer 'ordered Virgin plane to abort landing'

Turnbull 'deeply misleading': Gillian Triggs hits back

EXCLUSIVE

'He may do it again': son's anguish over repeat drink driver

Hanson throws WA One Nation senator Rod Culleton under the bus

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 30: Daniel Chick looks on with his children before walking a lap of honour with team mates ...

Daniel Chick 'begs' for money after claims the Eagles abandoned him

High earner: Jim Parsons stars in The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bang prequel set to tell the tale of show's star Sheldon

Subbed out - Michael Barlow did not impress coach Ross Lyon in Sunday's Western Derby.

Michael Barlow tipped to have a new AFL home as early as Tuesday

Testing times: South Africa celebrate after Kagiso Rabada snagged the the wicket of Mitch Marsh.

Last chance saloon looms for Aussies after heavy WACA defeat

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton in final election sketch on Saturday Night Live.

'I feel gross:': SNL skit got very serious for Alec Baldwin

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Hillary Clinton pantsuit flashmob

Living in the moment.

Human connection trumps social media in happiness survey

Jesinta and Buddy on their wedding day.

How Jesinta and Buddy pulled off their secret wedding

The Sydney suburb at greatest risk of bushfire ...

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Treatment protects mice from Zika during pregnancy

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Dr Arthur Laffer last year in Sydney.

Key Reagan adviser is no longer betting on a Republican landslide

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a 90% chance of winning, according to the latest poll.

Clinton has 90 per cent chance of winning, according to final poll

Vincente Blanco-Capote, a veteran of the CIA-backed invasion of Cuba

A surge seen in Latinos voting early in Florida and Nevada

Nick O'Malley

Forensic officers at South Perth apartments where body was found.

Insane man not guilty of South Perth stabbing murder

WA abalone fisher fighting for life on first day of season

Heather McNeill

Police investigating death at Eaton home

Heather McNeill

Mr Rayney's right to practise law, is being challenged by the Legal Profession Complaints Committee.

Lloyd Rayney faces another challenge to his right to practise law

A three-year-old boy has escaped unhurt after a gunman opened fire on his mother's car near Dwellingup.

Three-year-old escapes unhurt after gunman fires on mother's car

Adrian Beattie

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

Social problems focus of Kalgoorlie summit

Dennis Eggington has teed off at the Kalgoorlie council for its decision to spend $25 million on the local golf club ...

'The view from the jailhouse looks bleak compared to the clubhouse'

Emma Young

The RFS has been deployed its large aircraft to dump fire retardant to contain blazes.

Cool change to bring relief, risk for bushfire crews

NSW

Two Westpac Lifesaver Rescue helicopters have been tasked to search for a person still missing.

Man lost at sea after trawler capsizes

QLD

Dr Martyn Kirk from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU, believes another 100 people ...

Asbestos diseases expected to claim 100 more victims

ACT
22 mins ago

Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.

Head 'cut off with chainsaw, kept in ute,' court told

Senator Penny Wong puts questions to DFAT officials during an estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

Labor break 'unity ticket' to vote against lifetime ban on refugees

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Stephanie Peatling
2 mins ago

Christensen hits back at 'elitist' Coalition colleague

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Same-sex marriage plebiscite defeated in late-night Senate vote

Michael Koziol

Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs

Gillian Triggs backs changes to 18C race laws

1 hr ago

Jacqui Lambie.

Lambie and Hanson push for a super plebiscite

46 mins ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 November 2016. fedpol ...

Shorten offers alternative super plan for PM's budget woes

Russell Broadbent addresses Federal Parliament on Monday night.

Time to rise above the politics of fear says Liberal MP

A New York subway stop.

Woman thrown in front of train at Times Square subway station is killed

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The widow of Wayan Sudarsa, Ketut Arsini, and her son Kadek Toni, hold a portrait of the police officer who was killed ...

Crowdfunding campaign raises $10,500 for widow of killed Bali police officer

Jewel Topsfield
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Tatiane do Nascimento holds her son Willamis Silva, who was born with microcephaly, as a result of his mother's Zika ...

Treatment protects mice from Zika during pregnancy

17 mins ago

A face of a character from a biblical scene painted on the side of a church is seen after being defaced by Islamic State ...

Islamic State brutality revealed as military advances

Brisbane man Fahim Khondaker was detained at LAX - an experience common to many Muslims.

Entering the United States as a Muslim in the age of terror

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Fahim Khondaker

Hard choice? Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton

Rehab or fight club: America is facing two stark choices

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

This is a man taking his brain seriously.

Why Scott Ludlam's depression leave is important - for you

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

The Aussie dollar has been boosted by the prospect of a Clinton victory and surging commodity prices.

Australian dollar cracks US77¢ ceiling

28 mins ago

Global sharemarkets rallied as Northern Hemisphere investors caught up with the latest FBI intervention putting Hillary ...

Markets Live: Markets vote for Clinton

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Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
33 mins ago

BA said growth in its income had slowed "slightly" compared with the previous financial year.

Commonwealth Bank profits flat on higher costs and interest rates

1 hr ago

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, ranked No.3 in the world on Friday with $US65.7 billion, led the surge with a $US2.7 ...

$48b bonanza: Good day to be a billionaire

BHP told to reinstate worker sacked for anti-Muslim views

NBN helping telcos with marketing costs

Super funds eye class actions to hold companies to account

Wall St soars as investors see higher chance of Clinton win

The youngest of the Lego builders, Connor, 12, with the model of the Adelaide railway station.

The city using Lego to help with its urban planning

Tim Ross, pictured in his own home, is a self-confessed lover of simpler 1950s and '60s houses.

The Australian households shutting out the world

Something blue: The dining area created by Julia and Sasha.

The added bonuses for those who buy The Block's apartments

About 350 families a year called Ronald McDonald house home at the Subiaco site.

Drug rehab program in talks to buy Perth's first Ronald McDonald House

Dami Im

'It hides a lot of mess': Dami Im's top tips for home style

Mark Webber's talked candidly about his career at a recent event for Porsche and AFR Magazine.

Mark Webber on life after Formula One: 'My best days are over'

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Solid communities are forming around gingers and their admirers

19 things that only redheads will understand

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Don't hide your money from your spouse.

Nicole helps ... get a couple on the same financial page

Policies to help first-home buyers can backfire.

Why governments are powerless to make housing affordable

COMMENT
Noel Whittaker

Business owners need to know when the home office is a tax write off.

Can you write your home office off on tax?

Max Newnham

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 25: Cofounder, Scholly Christopher Gray attends the opening bell during Forbes "30 Under 30" ...

How to be a successful student entrepreneur

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Final day frenzy for Donald Trump

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Clinton kicks off final campaign day

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Q&A;: Klein likens Pacific Solution to Trump's wall

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Meet the robots entering Aussie schools

Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 8

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Radio 2GB announcer, Ray Hadley pictured in his Pyrmont studio, Sydney. The station is part of the Macquarie Radio ...

2GB scores unbeaten century at top of Sydney radio

Peter Munro
34 mins ago

Not so super ... the cast of The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bang Theory prequel tipped to replicate show's success

Michael Idato

Come hither, for a beating. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman's female love interest

Ebony Bowden
48 mins ago

Poor Daryl (Norman Reedus) is tortured like never before by Dwight (Austin Amelio).

The Walking Dead's Guantanamo moment thanks to a pop song

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Karl Quinn

Michael Moore says he's not allowed to perform a one-man show about the presidential race at a central Ohio theater ...

Don't hold your breath, Moore in Trumpland is tepid viewing

COMMENT
Neil Genzlinger

Pixar Animation Studios' new short, Piper, a hungry sandpiper hatchling.

Calling it, this is the cutest Pixar animation ever

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Australia's <i>Today</i> show hits the streets of New York ahead of the US election on Wednesday.

Where to watch 'unprecedented' US election coverage

Ebony Bowden

Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio in 1996's <i>Romeo + Juliet</i>.

Luhrmann reveals Romeo + Juliet secrets, 20 years on

Rob Moran

Guildford Hotel after its long refurbishment.

Most expensive schooner in Perth? Guildford prices slammed

Heather McNeill

Cakeage fees are becoming the norm in Perth.

Have your cake, but can you afford to eat it? ... $25 cakeage hits Perth

David Prestipino

There are plenty of reasons to smile at UnWined Subiaco this year.

10 wines to try at UnWined, Perth's best wine festival

David Prestipino

Women have the right to reject romantic partners.

Women have the right to reject romantic partners, guilt-free

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville
41 mins ago

two children in school uniform reading books on a park bench

Why there is no place for single-sex schools in 2016

COMMENT
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Best Picture Gallery, photo by Justin McManus. An Aboriginal woman raises her fist in defiance after speaking out ...

Why I'm finding it hard to care about the US election

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle
1 hr ago

After wearing blue and red to the two previous debates, Hillary Clinton wore all white to take on Donald Trump in Vegas.

The reason why women are wearing white to vote

Jenna Clarke

Ellery "Audacity" shirt ($1790)

Try the new season trend for artful embellishment

Jenna Clarke

Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says he has been dealing with depression and anxiety for some time.

What we can learn from Scott Ludlam's leave of absence

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

It is likely to be a narrow fight to the finish for Hillary Clinton.

I volunteered to door knock for Hillary

Scarlett Harris

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen's daughter Luna made a cameo in his new music video, and totally stole the show.

Move over North and Blue - baby Luna takes centre stage

Amy Croffey

Forget something? Memory loss is caused by a variety of factors.

Forgetfulness, stress or memory fail?

Linda McSweeny

Getting it right: Making the connection, without distraction.

The one thing you can do now to improve your wellbeing

Sarah Berry

No shortage: A protein problem?

Enough with the protein, people

Deena Shanker

Don't forget to pack a corkscrew in your picnic basket.

Have you packed these obvious (and not-so-obvious) picnic essentials?

13 mins ago

Sopa Seca is delicious, spicy and unusual: Just don't think of it as a pasta bake.

These dinners happen to be vegan

Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse

Fioretto

The new vegetable hybrid that chefs are obsessed with

Paula D'Amore gave birth in the hospital car park.

The $7000 fee for mum who gave birth in carpark

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with their daughters Malia and Sasha, pictured in 2014.

Obama's daughters have started dating - here's why he's not worried

Ariane Beeston
1 hr ago

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Kids tell it like it is in these hilariously honest notes

The characteristics we Australians think of as being uniquely our own are actually far more universal.

The things we think make us 'Aussie' aren't 'Aussie' at all

Ben Groundwater

The world's three largest cruise ships meet for the first time.

World's three biggest cruise ships meet for the first time

Kylie McLaughlin
23 mins ago

First class on board a China Southern Airbus A380.

Chinese airlines ramp up luxury to attract Western passengers

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Gmail app for iOS has finally been updated

Tim Biggs
38 mins ago

The Galaxy Note7 may have been a disaster, but Samsung is plotting a 2017 comeback.

Samsung seeks AI-powered comeback

Google Home, a smart speaker that can control your home and manage other connected environments, is not officially sold ...

Google Home is promising, but still a work in progress

Huawei's new Porsche Design Mate 9, standard Mate 9 and fitness tracker.

Huawei's Porsche phone costs more than $2000

Gamers rolling out the heavy artillery with TANKS in the tabletop section of PAX Australia 2016.

PAX Australia 2016 plays its cards right

COMMENT

2016 Drive Car of the Year best Utes.

2016 Drive Car of the Year: Best Ute

Andrew MacLean
33 mins ago

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best 4WD category.

Drive Car of the Year: Best 4WD

Stephen Ottley

The NSW Police have added a BMW i8 to its fleet.

Police car you won't hear coming

Stephen Ottley
38 mins ago

Muzilla: a cross between a 2010 Nissan GT-R and a 1970 Ford Mustang at the 2016 SEMA Show.

Is this the best car show on earth?

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW M760Li.

BMW's V12 flagship coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone

2017 Range Rover Evoque Convertible.

Evoque Convertible reviewed

David McCowen

Michael Barlow's emotional message upon learning he was leaving Fremantle.

Ex-Docker Barlow could have a new AFL home as early as Tuesday

Kim Hagdorn

Happy returns: Watson limbers up with other Bombers returning from the ban.

Watson undecided on fighting for Brownlow as hearing looms

Sam McClure

Daniel Chick has started a GoFundMe campaign to try and raise money for his medical expenses.

Daniel Chick 'begs' for help after old rift with West Coast resurfaces

Heather McNeill

Lachie Whitfield trains with the Greater Western Sydney Giants.

ASADA delay on Whitfield affair

Caroline Wilson

The AFL's pre-season competition will have a new name.

NAB no longer sponsoring pre-season

Sam McClure

Australia's Mitchell Marsh leaves the field after a DRS challenge gave him out LBW on the fifth day of the first test.

'What a crock of $&@!': DRS labelled a failure by Mitchell Johnson

Australian all-rounder Mitch Marsh is not making an impact.

All round, it doesn't add up

COMMENT
Greg Baum

Disappointing match: Nathan Lyon does not appear to have the confidence of his captain.

Tale of woe: rating the Australian players

Jon Pierik