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AMERICA DECIDES

A fire burns during protests in Oakland, Calif., late Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump?s victory set ...

'Not my President!' Protests erupt after US election shock

Live
57 mins ago

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

As Hillary Clinton concedes, a reminder of her character

Nick O'Malley

Senator Cory Bernardi.

Trump's victory 'a validation of my warnings': Bernardi

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an election night party at the Hilton Midtown hotel in New York.

How Trump will likely build his cabinet

A man dressed in red-white-and-blue sits on the curb during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, ...

In small-town USA, they waited with baseball bats

He told us so: Michael Moore.

The media got it wrong. Pollsters were way off. But this man got it right

Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States.

'Whole range of shocks': Trump's victory will be disastrous for Australia

COMMENT

Wall Street is betting a Republican clean sweep in Washington will unleash business-friendly policies.

BHP soars, leads a $45 billion stocks rally after market Trump bump

Live
1 hr ago

AFR 22ND JUNE 2015 GENERIC SHOPPING ALDI SUPERMARKET photo by Louise Kennerley afr

Dick Smith's warning to Aussie supermarkets: One chain is to blame

The unimaginable has become very real. And it holds lessons for us all

EDITORIAL

Keep your shirt on! Things may not change as much as we fear

COMMENT
1 hr ago

'Terrifying', 'dropkick', 'barking mad': Now they have to work with him

I am woman hear me sob … It turns out that hate trumps it all

COMMENT

On top of a possible $9k fine, Tim's Bunnings snag was stone cold

Seven die as London tram overturns, many more trapped

1 hr ago

Elly Warren was on a trip in Africa when she died.

What happened to Elly? Mystery holiday death of Melbourne woman, 20

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 29: Rebecca Judd poses on Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse on October 29, 2016 in ...

Bec and Chris Judd put their townhouse up for sale

1 hr ago

Homer Simpson appeared at a Trump rally in an episode 16 years ago.

D'oh! 16 years ago The Simpsons predicted President Trump

American Mason Cox (right) was vocal on Twitter after the election victory of Donald Trump.

American Pie happy to call Australia home after Trump win

1 hr ago

Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington says Trump's victory is a 'wake-up call'

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'Whitelash!' Black fears over Trump victory

Electoral college map

Live results: Donald Trump defeats Hillary Clinton

Are you a bowl grabber, checklist drinker, pinkie lifter or terroir-ist?

Wine lovers' secret language (and how you can speak it too)

Not all big mansions were created equally - and apparently some of them were built pretty badly.

McMansions: Why not all big houses are created equal

The recycling mistakes you're probably making

Exclusive first look at The Age stories

Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an election night party at the Hilton Midtown hotel in New York.

How Trump will likely build his cabinet

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

As Clinton concedes, a reminder of her character

Nick O'Malley

It is my working premise that Donald Trump is not a new Mussolini and that he will ultimately trim his excesses.

A new era and not just for America

COMMENT

Donald Trump.

Voters plumped for inherent ugliness of Trumpist policies

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters after Donald Trump was elected president.

Clinton gives concession speech: 'This is painful'

Live
57 mins ago

Labor MP Steve Herbert, who resigned yesterday following a scandal over his pampered pooches.

Andrews government's biggest problem is Andrews government

Squatters evacuated after fire breaks out in two-storey Essendon

Car slams into tree after kangaroo jumps onto road, two people die

Emily Woods

Police found 15.5kg of cannabis at the Pallett's Carrum Downs home.

Cannabis pair guilty after judge throws out evidence, and juror

Eloca Arafe jumped on the bonnet of the stolen car.

Hero mum jumped on bonnet to save baby from brazen carjackers

UPDATED

Prison escapee: Lachlan Mitchell.

'Seriously dangerous' armed robber on the hop after fleeing on crutches

The suspicious fire at a Braeside transport business on Wednesday morning.

Five trucks burnt out by suspicious fire at Braeside transport business

Hamad Assaad, 29, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home in Sydney's south west on October 25, 2016.

'H' was a marked man before daylight execution

NSW

Missing skipper Brett Munn.

'Just continue the rescue': Missing skipper's wife plea

QLD
1 hr ago

Wayne Fowlie with his wife Raewyn, and family members.

Miner's family lose life insurance fight after payroll error

WA

scales

Man jailed for 13 years over week-long rape ordeal

ACT

Senator Cory Bernardi.

Bernardi says Trump's victory 'a validation'

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Donald Trump's triumph rocks Canberra

Mark Kenny

'Barking mad', 'dropkick': Australian MPs on President Trump

Michael Koziol

Really, America?

World gulps as Americans opt for fateful choice

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Jerry Springer knew the winning formula a long time ago.

President Trump: the day America became The Jerry Springer Show

COMMENT

Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane seeks to rationalise why there are so few formal complaints of ...

Human Rights Commission split on section 18C

Then prime minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull in 2009.

Poor Turnbull begs Triggs to protect his human rights

SATIRE

Sharbat Gula in the famous Steve McCurry photograph.

Famed 'Afghan Girl' returns home

1 hr ago

A F/A-18F Super Hornets

Two US fighter jets collide over San Diego

Emergency service workers attend the scene of the derailed tram in Croydon, south London.

Seven dead as tram full of commuters derails in London

1 hr ago

An MP uses a pen in the Hungarian national colours to vote against the government's proposed ban.

Hungarian MPs reject PM's bid to bar asylum seekers

Waleed Aly, presenter of this year's Andrew Olle Lecture.

It's not about racism or sexism, it's about class warfare

COMMENT
Waleed Aly
13 mins ago

Wendy Squires

I am woman, hear me sob

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

As the victor, Donald Trump's challenge will be to become a president for all Americans and all nations.

Trump win is disastrous for Australia

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Sportsbet took twice as many bets on Donald Trump as Hillary Clinton.

'Thumped by Trump': Bookmakers pay dearly

Colin Kruger, CBD
39 mins ago

Wall Street is betting a Republican clean sweep in Washington will unleash business-friendly policies.

Markets Live: BHP soars on Trump bump

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Trump supporter from the big end of town: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn saw Trump's victory as a trading opportunity.

Billionaire leaves Trump's victory party to make $1.3b bet

23 mins ago

'Soft Trump' would be a replay of Reaganomics in the early 1980s.

'It is a replay of Reaganomics in the early 1980s'

COMMENT

'Buy miners': Trump seen as a gamechanger for resource stocks

This should be our Independence Day from America

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Trump day-one winners and losers piling up fast across the globe

Entrepreneur Dick Smith has bone to pick with Aldi

New York City architecture and design firm Nooyoon submitted a concept for modular homes which look like "flipped ...

The surprising ways to squeeze more people into our cities

Locals pose with Heidi Marfurt on Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury.

What makes these Melbourne's friendliest streets ... is yours one?

Let's hope it doesn't end up looking like one of his Vegas hotels.

This is how Donald Trump will decorate the White House

14 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 29: Rebecca Judd poses on Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse on October 29, 2016 in ...

Bec and Chris Judd put their townhouse up for sale

1 hr ago

Australia's self-storage industry is expected to grow 3.3 per cent in the five years to 2017.

The under-the-radar industry Aussies are spending $1 billion on

Important lessons should start young.

24 crucial life lessons I'll teach my son in an uncertain world

Self
1 hr ago

A cyclist against the backdrop of Sydney's Barangaroo.

What's the number one question people ask about cycling?

On Your Bike

James Cockington with a vintage magazine he has collected.

The treasure-hunter's guide to op shops and garage sales

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS

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How I paid off my home by 36

COMMENT
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Leap of faith: We need to improve safety nets for entrepreneurs.

What stops people taking the leap of faith into business?

Tony Featherstone

Lachlann Carter founder of 100 Story Building, a youth literary centre in Footscray is a social enterprise.

What on earth is a 'social enterprise'?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Obama calls for unity after Trump win

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Wayne Bennett hits back at media

37 mins ago

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Trailer: Michael Moore in TrumpLand

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Marijuana legalisation is the biggest winner on election day

1 hr ago

Illustration John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 10

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

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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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Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, has released snippets of the Wu Tang Clan ...

Martin Shkreli keeps promise, leaks unheard Wu-Tang album

Rob Moran

More than 40 million Americans tuned in to watch the US election unfold on television.

US Election: More than 72 million Americans tuned in to watch election

Michael Idato

Homer Simpson appeared at a Trump rally in an episode last year.

The Simpsons better at predicting presidents than New York Times

Michael Idato

Amy Adams tries to make contact in the alien-invasion drama <i>Arrival</i>.

How alien movie Arrival compares to the greats

Paul Byrnes

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 24: Rosalind Ross (L) and director Mel Gibson attend the screening of Summit ...

Mel is still not off the hook despite Hacksaw Ridge success

Garry Maddox

Shock value: Amy Adams shines as an art gallery director who believes grotesque is good.

Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals leaves you wanting more

Sandra Hall

Lena Headey appears in a scene from Game of Thrones.

Is this the plot to Game of Thrones' new season?

SPOILER ALERT
Ebony Bowden

Bondi Hipsters' Christiaan Van Vuuren in the Brotopia skit.

Bro! Bondi Hipsters lay into 'male-only' thinkers in new skit

Rob Moran

Michaela McGuire: hope she can bring some of the playfulness of the Emerging Writers Festival to the Sydney Writers' ...

Cheeky Melbourne curator takes over Writers' Festival

Susan Wyndham

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Comedian Nick Cody poses for photo on November 7, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

'Alpha idiot': Melbourne comic Nick Cody takes on the world

Sarah Thomas

Winning words: Lisa Gorton's <i>The Life of Houses</i> shared PM's Literary Award.

PM's Literary Awards judges split three of the $80,000 prizes

Jason Steger

'Furious' Amy Schumer lambasts Trump supporters.

'Furious' Amy Schumer lambasts Trump supporters

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets a supporter after speaking at the New Yorker Hotel in New York.

Why abandoning the playing field is not an option

COMMENT
Jill Filipovic
1 hr ago

Loving your body can be easier said than done.

What does loving your body actually mean?

Cat Rodie

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24: Lady Gaga seen on the streets of Manhattan on October 24, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by ...

Celebrities in mourning, Lady Gaga protests Trump Tower

Amy Croffey

It remains unclear how Trump will act on his promise to jail Hillary Clinton.

Hillary once again shows us how women can endure pain

COMMENT

"Individually people love their own kids but as a nation we just don't like them."

Sorry kids, Australia is just not that into you

COMMENT
Paul Chai

As Mindy Lahiri would understand, dating as a woman in medicine can be interesting in both good and bad ways.

Why I try to avoid talking about work on a first date

Elizabeth Yuko

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Brangelina split: No end in sight as Pitt files response

Golden glow: Sunshine can help us feel happier.

The sun matters more for mental health than we think

Sarah Berry

Ultramarathons: Endurance tests of body and mind.

How much suffering can you take?

RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Sex: One way to activate your body and your brain.

How to think yourself young

Boudicca Fox-Leonard

Peking duck loaded fries from Bao Stop at the Night Noodle Markets.

You want duck fries with that? Night Noodle Markets are back

Fryer and Ice: hot and cool deep fried caramel and coconut gelato with a good splash of passionfruit caramel.

Gelato Messina serves deep-fried ice-cream at Night Noodle Markets

Mushroom and tofu stir-fry.

Vegan Asian food makeovers

Pink or blue balloons were supposed to reveal the gender of the Krummels' baby.

The moment a gender reveal party goes very wrong

A special moment for Nora Davis, 4, in memory of her late mother Amber.

Nora, 4, wears late mother's wedding dress in moving tribute

Suzi Catchpole
46 mins ago

Kim and Ryan Constable share their bed with their four children: Corey, 11, Kai, 9, Maya, 6, and Jack, 5.

Mum, dad and four kids co-sleep in one giant bed each night

If the stars, dollars and pollies align, Japan Rail Central's magnetic-levitation train could soon be zooming between ...

Five awesome things you need to know about Japan's bullet trains

Aisha Dow
1 hr ago

Data, that's what travellers want,

Four ways to ensure you don't get a massive global roaming bill

Michael Gebicki
25 mins ago

Cassandra De Pecol in Bhutan.

This woman will be the youngest person to visit every country

Hugh Morris
24 mins ago

4chan

Fake news spreads online as US votes

Tim Biggs

The Freeview FV app lets Australians watch live television on the go.

Hands on with Freeview FV streaming TV app

COMMENT
Adam Turner

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Assange says US benefited from Clinton email leaks

Tim Johnson

HTC Vive

HTC Vive: a guide for Australians

Chris Jager

adobe

Adobe subscriptions to raise by 10 per cent

Tim Biggs

The Mazda2 Maxx returns to defend its Best City Car crown against the new Holden Spark and Kia Picanto in the 2016 Drive ...

Drive Car of the Year: Best City Car

Stephen Ottley

2017 Kia Sorento.

What long haul SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Ford's Mustang EcoBoost Convertible

Ford Mustang convertible reviewed

Daniela Intili and David McCowen

Last year's Best Family Car champion, the Ford Mondeo, faces stiff competition from the new Skoda Superb and Kia Optima.

What is the best SUV alternative?

Peter McKay

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

Police car you won't hear coming

Stephen Ottley

2017 Holden Astra.

New Astra targeting Mazda3, Golf

David McCowen

Skipper Steve Smith talks with chairman of selectors Rod Marsh.

'Lack of fight': Culture of Australian team in turmoil, says ex-Proteas captain

Chris Barrett

A couple of men hit a pinata representing Donald Trump leaning against a symbolic wall in Mexico City in September.

US, Mexico to play World Cup qualifier in shadow of Trump presidency

1 hr ago

New Maverick Andrew Bogut.

Bogut says NBA is 'two-faced' and 'fake'

Claire Siracusa
1 hr ago

Australian skipper Steve Smith.

Smith explains why he hardly bowled Lyon on day three in Perth

26 mins ago

NATADOLA, FIJI - OCTOBER 07: Robert Allenby of Australia chips during day two of the 2016 Fiji International at Natadola ...

'I still stick by my story': Allenby on Hawaii drugging drama

The DRS has been under fresh scrutiny, in part due to the dismissal of Australian all-rounder Mitch Marsh in Perth.

'I hate we're making those decisions with technology'

Chris Barrett

Usman Khawaja

Australian cricket: what, exactly, IS the problem?

Rohan Connolly

Melbourne United have released star import Cedric Jackson.

Melbourne United release star import Cedric Jackson

Moana Hope, Katie Brennan and Ebony Marinoff at the AFL Women's uniform launch on Thursday.

Boots but no health insurance in new AFLW pay deal

Larissa Nicholson
2 mins ago

Seven AFL clubs have been fined for breaches of the anti-doping code.

Seven AFL clubs fined for breaking doping rules

Larissa Nicholson

American Mason Cox (right) was vocal on Twitter after the election victory of Donald Trump.

American Pie happy to call Australia home

Claire Siracusa
1 hr ago

Essendon's Shaun McKernan and Carlton's Daniel Gorringe compete in the ruck during last week's NAB Challenge match.

Bombers, Pies, Crows and Lions make list changes

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