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Donald Trump has awoken a sleeping electoral giant.

Sleeping giant may already have cost Trump election

Nick O'Malley

Jacqui Lambie.

Lambie and Hanson plan super plebiscite at the next election

Tom McIlroy
49 mins ago

A New York subway stop.

Woman thrown in front of train at NY's Times Square subway station

Marc Santora
1 hr ago

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

Penny Wong whacks Hansonism as govt introduces refugee ban

Live
4 mins ago

George Christensen delivers his own press conference at Parliament House after the government backed down on super reforms.

Christensen hits back at 'elitist' Coalition colleague

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Newly elected Hong Kong lawmaker Yau Wai-ching at Sunday's protest.

Outrage in Hong Kong as China over-rules courts

Philip Wen

'Clinton is on the defensive': Trump campaign hits back

Live
Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Q&A spray: Australia no better than 'insane, racist' Trump

Georgina Mitchell

Mr Fluffy asbestos diseases expected to claim 100 more victims

25 mins ago

Radio hoaxer 'ordered Virgin plane to abort landing' in Melbourne

'Deeply misleading': Gillian Triggs fires back at Turnbull

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

If the Fair Work Commission orders a settlement with terms outside the Coalition's tough rules, then the whole public ...

Cash and Lloyd needed a win, they copped a belting

COMMENT
Noel Towell
58 mins ago

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Feliks Zemdegs - Australian Rubik's Cube champion
Photographed for Good Weekend in Melbourne, June, ...

Watch the new Rubik's cube record, set in under 5 seconds

12 mins ago

In the spotlight: Ben Barba.

Barba dumped by Sharks over positive drug test

1 hr ago

Sianan Scrivner beat hundreds of Disney princess hopefuls at an audition in LA.

Canberra's real-life Disney princess scores her dream job

Under the pump: Australian skipper Steve Smith.

Un-Australian: The startling decline of Steve Smith's team

COMMENT

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Hillary Clinton pantsuit flashmob

Muesli

12 easy brekkie swaps to help you feel lighter in the morning

Joe Russo apology

What happens when women fight back?

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ANU lab leading the way in carbon storage research

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The Sydney suburb at greatest risk of bushfire ...

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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

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. ...

A surge seen in Latinos voting early in Florida and Nevada

Nick O'Malley

A National Pantsuit Day was held in honour of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton's pantsuits inspire flashmob video

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

'One magnificent chance': Trump on the home stretch

Live
Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Australia Post postal delivery officer Daniel Mapstone has begun working earlier hours to deliver parcels when people ...

Australia Post trials new parcel delivery times

1 hr ago

What Bob remembers about building the War Memorial

ACT government still refuses to release Brumbies audit

Adina Cirson, former chief of staff to minister Mick Gentleman, has twice stood for Labor candidacy.

Labor staffer Cirson takes helm at ACT Property Council

Kate Goodchild, 32, left behind a partner of 15 years and two young daughters – an eight-month-old and a 12-year-old.

Siblings killed in Dreamworld tragedy farewelled in Canberra

Norma Woutersz, who was allegedly murdered by her daughter.

Canberra woman on trial for mother's hammer death

Police are seeking witnesses to assault in the McDonalds car park at Condor.

Man bashed in McDonalds car park in Conder

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

25 mins ago

Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.

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

WA

Imigration Department secretary Michael Pezzullo.

Immigration staffers vote to reject new pay deal

Peppers Manor House, where top Commonwealth public servants have been enjoying taxpayer-funded get-togethers.

Revealed: Public service's country club elite

National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner Samantha Gavel has hired a new staff member to deal with ...

Complaints about health practitioner board decisions double

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

Live
Stephanie Peatling
4 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

49 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

1 hr ago

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
1 hr ago

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

20 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

Who will be president? Hillary Clinton, the paranoiac, or Donald Trump, the role player.

The end is nigh: The trouble with Trump and Clinton

Marureen Dowd

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Christopher Pyne is an expert at selling a political message.

While the Coalition lists, Pyne makes progress

Nicholas Stuart

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

Australian dollar cracks US77¢ ceiling

31 mins ago

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

Markets Live: Markets vote for Clinton

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
36 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

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

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Cars
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Solid communities are forming around gingers and their admirers

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Grooming

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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

I'd reached 30, discovered I liked living by myself, and wanted a place of my own.

The power of one: how to buy a house when you're single

Canberra Domain Allhomes. 21 Mountain Circuit, Calwell. November 5, 2016.?

Calwell enjoys modest price rise as more houses hit market

ABC doco Streets of Your Town with Tim Ross

The Canberra building on par with the Sydney Opera House

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. November 2, 2016. An artist impression of a warehouse penthouse at Kingston's?Kingsborough ...

Kingsborough development has a distinctive difference

Activity may have slid but more homes are selling under the hammer.

House sales fall but more properties sell at auction

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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;: Watson says Trump presidency 'unspeakable prospect'

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Meet the robots entering Aussie schools

Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 8

56 mins ago

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Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 - fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

1 hr ago

the circus

New episodes of The Circus fast tracked from the U.S. every Monday.

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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
37 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
50 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

Ethel Carrick Fox, St John's in Reid, Canberra. Ethel Carrick Fox's painting (1944) of St John's church, Reid, Canberra,

Graveyard gaiety of new CMAG art acquisition

This weekend kicks off 10 days of frothy goodness for Canberra Beer Week.

Canberra Weekender: What's on November 4-6

Artist Ken Done with some of his works.

Portrait Gallery features famous people and their pooches

Women have the right to reject romantic partners.

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

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville
44 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.

Fergus Henderson's obvious and not-so-obvious picnic essentials

16 mins ago

Fioretto

The new vegetable hybrid that chefs are obsessed with

Pastel de choclo (Chilean shepherd's pie).

These dinners happen to be vegan

Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse

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
26 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
40 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
36 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
1 min 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

In the spotlight: Ben Barba.

Sharks release Barba in wake of alleged positive cocaine test

1 hr ago

Under the pump: Australian skipper Steve Smith.

Un-Australian: the startling decline of Smith's team

COMMENT

Dave Taylor could be the NRL "signing of the year".

Titan Shillington says Taylor is potential NRL buy of season

Single paper and online use ONLY. Fee applies. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Usman Khawaja of Australia looks dejected ...

Last chance saloon looms for battling Australians

Australian batsman David Warner.

Burns, Ferguson drafted into misfiring Test squad

Lighter ban: Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios' ATP ban served but details scant

Mike Clayton.

Ogilvy, Clayton to show Royal Canberra redesign

Ruled out: Massimo Luongo will not face Thailand in the World Cup qualifier in Bangkok.

Luongo, Langerak ruled out os Thailand qualifier

57 mins ago