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Would a President Clinton be able to overlook the consensus that Russia was behind her campaign's email hacking?

The conventional wisdom about Clinton is wrong

COMMENT
Bob Carr
1 hr ago

Waleed Aly and John Oliver

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

Live

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's race to the White House is being closely followed by people around the globe.

Australians have no business caring about the US election

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Solly Lew at his chemist in St Kilda. Chemist Warehouse has moved in next door.

Australia's cheapest chemist but why? Probe at Chemist Warehouse

Roberta Williams

Roberta Williams declared bankrupt over unpaid $300,000 tax bill

10 mins ago

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

Outrage in Hong Kong as China overrules the courts

Rich-listers snare prime Masters sites for homemaker centres

1 hr ago

The elite schools that are hiring robots to teach students

What Scott Ludlam has done means the world to me. This is why

COMMENT
Brandon Cook

This suburb was on the city fringe not long ago. Now prices keep rising

$1.8 billion plan for key roads in Melbourne's west, revealed

25 mins ago

Donald Trump has awoken a sleeping electoral giant.

A sleeping giant may have cost Trump the election

Nick O'Malley

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

Daniel Chick 'begs' for help after old Eagles rift resurfaces

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 30: A bridal part pose for wedding photos on a windy St Kilda beach on October 30, 2016 ...

How far do you think Melbourne’s wild winds travelled? No… further

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

Tips from a master: Ode to the perfect picnic

1 hr ago

iSelect

Tips for expectant mothers on Public vs Private healthcare

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Rubik's Cube solved in less than five seconds

The average executive of a major company is paid $1.65 million a year.

Want a promotion? You'd better start ticking these boxes ...

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

If you're buying a house, it's hard to look past a builder's own home

Muesli

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

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

Trump's win relies on an unlikely combination of turnouts.

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

Premier Daniel Andrews' government has been called out for Grinch-like behaviour.

Andrews government slammed over Christmas Day pay rates

Gary Ablett snr faces ATO legal action over $180,000 tax debt

Tom Cowie

Man charged with imprisonment over dead woman in Craigieburn

Daniella Miletic

Nikki Francis-Coslovich.

Mildura toddler's accused killer 'an idiot but no murderer': court

Officeworks stores in Chadstone, South Yarra, Carnegie and Highett were all targeted.

'Intimidating' gang of youths targets Officeworks stores

The Age, News. Used syringes becoming an increasing problem in Melbourne. 'Dean' who suggests poor quality needles that ...

Sharp spike in needles on Melbourne's streets

Aimee Amiga and Clay Lucas

Joe Russo apology

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
36 mins ago

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
1 hr ago

Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.

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

WA

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and deputy Tanya Plibersek meet representatives of the LGBTI community in Sydney.

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

Live
Stephanie Peatling
2 mins ago

Christensen hits back at 'elitist' Coalition colleague

Tom McIlroy

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

Michael Koziol

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: PM Malcolm Turnbull speaking to the media at 1 Blight St federal government offices on July ...

What exactly is the point of the Turnbull government?

COMMENT
9 mins ago

Jacqui Lambie.

Lambie and Hanson push for a super plebiscite

1 hr ago

Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs

Gillian Triggs backs changes to 18C race laws

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

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

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

1 hr 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

Christian Porter announced a national scheme to compensate victims of child sexual abuse but a clause in the scheme ...

Too many religious institutions consider themselves beyond reach

Wendy Squires

Under pressure: exams.

Stop telling students that VCE doesn't matter - it does

COMMENT
Michelle Griffin

The average executive of a major company is paid $1.65 million a year.

Who's the boss? It's probably Peter or John

COMMENT
Conrad Liveris

There's nothing like landing a desperate soul with a one-year contract to rent a $345 clothes dryer for $117 a fortnight ...

Rip-off kings: Payday loan gravy train rolls on

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
17 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
10 mins ago

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

Australian dollar cracks US77¢ ceiling

1 hr 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

$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

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

A buyer from Greensborough recently cashed in on the east of the city and bought 12 Pastoral Place, Sydenham, for $627,000.

Fringe benefits: why are prices surging in this suburb 25km from CBD?

Quality design takes time. There is no shortcut.

Five things you shouldn't say to an architect

A blissful holiday in a remote cabin got Steph and James thinking about a permanent change of address.

Meet the couple who left suburbia to move into a vintage caravan

Why there's no place like a 'builder's own home'

A herringbone-clad Dustin Hoffman with Anne Bancroft in <i>The Graduate</i>, 1967.

Trend alert: This vintage pattern is back from the dead

Men's Style
20 mins ago

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'

Cars
1 hr ago

The Reserve Bank says new apartment construction is changing the balance of rental supply and demand.

Why it's time to ask for a rent reduction

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The only reason to have a self-managed super fund is if you want to pull the strings.

How to know if DIY super is right for you

Marcus Padley

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;: Watson says Trump presidency 'unspeakable prospect'

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Meet the robots entering Aussie schools

Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 8

ash v evil dead

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

the circus

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Hit the road and escape the city

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2GB morning presenter Ray Hadley has marked his 100th consecutive ratings win.

2GB scores unbeaten century at top of Sydney radio

Peter Munro
28 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
1 hr 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

SPOILER ALERT
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

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 05: Artists Clare McCracken ,Robert D Jordan and Brienna Macnish are seen out the front ...

Paint it black: Artists turn Boronia home into bleak house

Hannah Francis

Bruce Armstrong Sculptures at NGV Australia Install images of Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Artists at the National Gallery of ...

All dolled up: NGV's Viktor & Rolf - Fashion Artists an absurd thrill

Penny Webb

Mirka Mora 's decorated tram / painted tram, the W-class [W5 class] tram is in private hands. Photo shows?Anita Casten ...

Off the rails: Tracking down Melbourne's lost art trams

Debbie Cuthbertson

Jennifer Aniston is coming for her haters again.

Jennifer Aniston is coming for her haters again

Amy Croffey
31 mins ago

Women have the right to reject romantic partners.

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

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville
1 hr ago

Alison Sainsbury and her daughter Katie are hoping to celebrate a presidential victory for Hillary Clinton.

Australian 'Clintonistas' partying for Hillary

Jenna Price
51 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

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

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

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

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

The owners of this apartment in the Hollywood Hills have also gone a little mad with macramé… to brilliant effect. The ...

A fresh take on your favourite interior fads

Joanna Tovia Houzz

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 (not-so-obvious) picnic essentials

1 hr ago

The BillyBing ice-cream sandwich, a collaboration between Billy van Creamy and Butterbing.

Melbourne: This is the ice-cream sandwich of your dreams

2 mins ago

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

Smith & Daughters awesome (vegan) dinner recipes

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

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

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
1 hr ago

First class on board a China Southern Airbus A380.

Chinese airlines ramp up luxury to attract Western passengers

gmail

Gmail app for iOS has finally been updated

Tim Biggs
1 hr 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
1 hr 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 hr 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

Injury scare: Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle.

Sore paceman Peter Siddle sent for scans

1 hr ago

Mitch Marsh

'What a crock' Test legends turn on review system

The top award has gone to a man for the first time in its 16-year history.

IOC hands top women's sport gong to a man

1 hr ago

Boxing gloves

Russian teenager dies after boxing bout

27 mins ago

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon.

Lehmann: No split between Lyon and Smith

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Melbourne Victory skipper Carl Valeri.

Victory skipper Valeri ready for A-League return

43 mins ago

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Peter Nevill of Australia bats during day five of the First Test match between Australia ...

All round, it's time to review this selection policy

COMMENT
Greg Baum

Kerrin McEvoy rides Almandin to victory in the Melbourne Cup.

Almandin to miss Zipping Classic

37 mins ago

Possible Bomber? Xavier Richards has been in talks about joining Essendon.

Worsfold speaks to Green, Richards about move

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

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.

Frustration as ASADA further delays Whitfield affair

Caroline Wilson

Watson and Dyson Heppell get into some body work.

Watson undecided on fight for Brownlow as hearing looms

Sam McClure

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

NAB no longer sponsoring pre-season

Sam McClure

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