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CCTV footage shows the man walking back to the bank.

CCTV shows man walking back from servo moments before bank explosion

Live
6 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: A fireman is seen outside Springvale Commonwealth Bank branch on November 18, 2016 ...

Springvale bank horror: What we know so far

Marissa Calligeros
1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Emergency services are seen at the Commonwealth Bank in Srpingvale where a number of ...

'Black and bloody': Witnesses describe terrifying scenes at fire

Marissa Calligeros, Tom Cowie, Chloe Booker, Mex Cooper, Liam Mannix

A victim of the Springvale fire.

The moment that everything changed on Springvale Road

Tom Cowie
37 mins ago

The creators of fake news quickly found it was more profitable to create stories that played to the views of Donald ...

The Trump effect takes hold Down Under

A young train surfer has been seriously injured after he jumped off a moving train and into the Yarra River.

Train surfer seriously injured after jumping into Yarra River

Former Liberal leader John Hewson said Tony Abbott's criticism of ANU was "just bullying: and "might have more substance ...

'Cheap political arse-covering': Hewson anger at Fraser attack

The man was using a blue Melbourne bike share bicycle.

Man hands himself in to police over hit-run that left cyclist critical

30 mins ago

Man who defrauded hundreds of thousands from the Public Trustee has been jailed.

Corporate tax cuts result in higher salaries for workers? Hilarious

COMMENT

Shane Heal has been charged with three counts of fraud.

Australian basketball champ charged with fraud

1 hr ago

The most dangerous person on the planet isn't who you think

COMMENT

Cult Aussie coffee takes US by storm as customers cross states

Another tourist dies after diving incident off Great Barrier Reef

55 mins ago

Sharemarket slips for the week as Trump trade loses steam

29 mins ago

Surprise meeting: Will Trump critic be new Secretary of State?

Charged: Faf du Plessis seen rubbing the ball with a lolly in his mouth.

Lolly-ball incident: South African captain charged with tampering

47 mins ago

Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso's relationship rekindled naturally on the set of On your Side.

Why the Veronicas latest video is groundbreaking

Contender for Essendon's pick 1: Hugh McCluggage has class, creates space and kicks goals from the midfield.

AFL draft 2016: Club-by-club preview

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 04: Usain Bolt poses during the launch of Nitro Athletics on November 4, 2016 in ...

Usain Bolt to run in Australia for next three years

Before #thinspiration ... Richman was a big eater.

Adam Richman from Man Vs Food on how to make the best burger

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Springvale bank fire leaves dozens injured, six critical

Vladimir Djuric's Mitsubishi Legnum was found dumped in Campbellfield, with McDonalds chicken nugget and french fries ...

TRACK CRIME ACROSS THE CITY

Thieves who lurk in shadows, waiting to steal your car

The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

Luxury cars

10 game-changing cars that everyone's talking about

It's not always easy to find the perfect housemate.

Six common share-house dwellers and how to handle them

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How good (and bad) 7 of the most popular fad diets are

AN X-ray image of a gun part.

Illegal gun parts 'mailed to Mildura man' from Hong Kong and the US

UPDATED

Trans students unwanted VCE gender tag

Melbourne featured in new Islamic State video

The man was using a blue Melbourne bike share bicycle.

Teenage cyclist critical after West Melbourne hit-and-run

30 mins ago

And as it looks today.

Lost Melbourne: destruction of a city's heritage detailed in new book

Youths protesting on the roof of the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville in March.

Is Victoria really in the middle of a massive teenage crime wave?

ANALYSIS
Bianca Hall

Melbourne Magistrates Court

Accused burglar to be shackled and guarded at birth of child

Audits of Queensland theme parks are on track to finish at the end of November.

Minister says she'd take her family to Dreamworld

QLD

Pic..Andrew Sheargold..060119..News..Speed Cameras..The ACT Government today announced that it has increased the number ...

Diplomats lose immunity from road rules

ACT

A Perth woman has warned others not to allow unqualified nail salon workers to use blades after her toe was sliced open ...

Woman who had toe sliced warns of nail salon danger

WA

Brothers for Life gang founder Bassam Hamzy.

Love letters 'used to pass messages to gang members'

NSW

Peter Dutton

'Cheap': Hewson slams Dutton over Fraser criticism

Tom McIlroy

Shorten claim of a million foreign workers questioned

James Massola

Playing to prejudices does politicians no credit

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

The creators of fake news quickly found it was more profitable to create stories that played to the views of Donald ...

The Trump effect takes hold Down Under

Michael Koziol

Barnaby Joyce spoke to Chris Smith.

'Sack Joyce for reneging on Murray-Darling promise'

Fairfax Media revealed up to 60 per cent of students at some universities were being admitted below the advertised ...

An unlikely alliance: Victoria and NSW fight school funding changes

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

Dutton turns attack on legacy of former Liberal prime minister

Mitt Romney at a US Chamber of Commerce event in Washington in October.

Could the 'phony' offer the 'dog' a cabinet job this weekend?

Iraqi children who fled with their parents from fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State sit on a pickup as they ...

No ordinary talkback: radio from inside besieged city

Antonio Bagnato after his arrest in Cambodia in December over the kidnapping and murder of Hell's Angel biker Wayne ...

Antonio Bagnato names Hell's Angels in his Thai murder trial

Lindsay Murdoch

Colonise or perish: Professor Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking tells humanity to colonise another planet or perish

US president elect Donald Trump.

We're not the 51st state of America and we shouldn't act like it

COMMENT
John Hewson

In this ''post-truth'' world, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull isn't elite any more.

Life in a 'post-truth' world

COMMENT
Duncan Fine

Stephen Bannon has been appointed a top aide to Donald Trump.

The left's confusion over radical lslam opens the door for racist extremists

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Workaholics rejoice – it won't make you miserable.

Why just about everyone's happy when bond yields soar

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin
37 mins ago

Nationally, just 13 premises have chosen a 1 gigabit per second service.

The two stocks tipped to win big from the NBN roll out

Former NSW branch secretary of the National Union of Workers, Derrick Belan.

Former NSW NUW union staff face $870,000 in fraud charges

1 hr ago

Traders are betting a Trump presidency will quicken the pace of interest-rate increases.

ASX slips for the week as Trump trade loses steam

29 mins ago

Whyalla wipeout: Who's paying to mop up?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Basketball champ Shane Heal charged with fraud

1 hr ago

Myer stages a revival that proves critics wrong

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Watch out tradies, the taxman is coming after you

Several Canadian residents said they had spotted the boat last year in Newfoundland

Mysterious houseboat washes up on Irish shore after crossing Atlantic

Tavistock House at 383 Flinders lane

One of the CBD's oldest buildings nets owner $7.9m at auction

Tavern Island in Norwalk, Connecticut has hosted numerous celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe and Barbara Streisand, ...

Buy this island paradise and live like Marilyn Monroe

Horses are welcome at this villa on 10 acres in the Gold Coast hinterland with open fireplace, hot tub on the deck and a ...

Australia's most popular pet-friendly Airbnb listings

Fancy your own mechanic in your house? BYO classic cars.

Is this Melbourne's biggest and best man cave?

The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

10 game-changing new cars that everyone's talking about

Luxury cars

IPAs come with a stronger hops flavour.

The unstoppable rise of Australia's new favourite beer

Fine Drinks

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What type of private pension should we take?

The Aussie dollar is trending lower, but not enough to boost manufacturing.

Trump win could still bring higher interest rates

Matt Schneider says Optika employs a high ratio of employees with autism or Asperger's syndrome who, with unconventional ...

Secrets from Australia's top innovators

Kate Jones

An envelope of cash for a business venture could be an investment in your child's future.

The best $5000 you could spend on your kid's future?

Tony Featherstone

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Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis

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India hit by banknote switch

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Toranga Zoo celebrates Echidna birth

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Dutton's critical comments

Federal Politics

The moon rises above Ben Buckler point at Bondi, Sydney, a day after the official supermoon which was obscured by ...

Fairfax photos of the week - November 17, 2016

Good Behaviour

Michelle Dockery as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming on Stan.

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Every single episode of Seinfeld now streaming. Only on Stan.

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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Meryl Streep's move to the small screen has scored her a massive payday.

Meryl Streep to earn $1 million+ per episode for new TV series

Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metallica get their Wiggles on, rocking out on kids instruments

Neil Patrick Harris plays the evil Count Olaf, guardian of the orphaned Baudelaire children.

Lemony Snicket's series trailer shows whimsy and doom

Actress Shelley Duvall on Dr Phil.

Dr Phil slammed for exploiting Shelley Duvall's mental illness

Leonard Cohen in concert at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, 2009.

For Leonard Cohen, the end came with a fall in the night

BEN SISARIO

Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis).

Miss Fisher the action hero: Producers plans for the big screen

Ebony Bowden

Suranne Jones in <i>Doctor Foster:</i> Hell has no fury.

Is this one of TV's most perfect opening episodes?

Bridget McManus

Rob Mills is keen to get back to television after several years starring in musicals.

Rob Mills pivots away from musicals and into Ramsay Street

Ebony Bowden

An accomplished musician, Bailey frequently rocks out on stage.

Bill Bailey's Absurd flights of fancy make for impressive show

REVIEW
Craig Platt

Bessie Holland and?Elaine Crombie?in Blaque Showgirls.

Blaque Showgirls embraces sheer silliness and some raw truths

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Alex Lahey performs with the EG AllStars during the 2016 The Age Music Victoria Awards, at 170 Russell, Melbourne. ...

Alex Lahey scores major win at The Age Music Victoria Awards

Martin Boulton

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

Sexual assault is a campus, not just a college, problem

COMMENT
Mary Ward

What's wrong with my upper lip anyway?

The beauty up-sell that went too far

Celeste Barber

Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso's relationship was rekindled on the set of On Your Side.

Why the Veronicas latest video is groundbreaking

Nicole Economos

THE GOOD: Hailee Steinfeld = making Keith Haring-inspired yellow sequins look effortless since 2016. The 19-year-old ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Cathy Freeman.

'I'm ready to face this': Cathy Freeman opens up

Daisy Dumas

"Everything in India just seems more. Louder. Brighter. Busier." And more unequal, writes Ruby Hamad. Here, West ...

What a trip to India taught me about my own privilege

Ruby Hamad

HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 27: Paris Hilton attends amfAR's Inspiration Gala Los Angeles at Milk Studios on October 27, ...

Paris Hilton voted Trump: "He's actually very sweet"

Mary Ward

Moving out of home can be daunting

5 things your parents didn't tell you before you left home

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A pizza from Al Taglio.

Why pizza is a health food

Sarah Berry

Makda Haji.

The extraordinary story of one runner

Sarah Berry

Walk before you run... or after.

Not getting enough out of running races? Walk.

Vicky Hallett

Shane Delia of Melbourne's Biggie Smalls kebab shop.

Shane Delia sets lawyers on Gold Coast food truck Biggie Smallz

1 hr ago

Three ingredient canapes for summer entertaining. Styling: Sharnee Rawson and Neela Shearer.

10 easy three-ingredient canapes

Egg roll with avocado, roast corn salsa, corn chips, jalapenos and lime aioli at Good Egg, South Melbourne.

Egg cafe: Here's something for Melbourne to be eggcited about

Chrissy Tiegen

Chrissy Tiegen gets real about weight loss

Staff writers

Allie Casazza with her four children.

How giving away most of her kids' toys helped one mum gain control of her life

Ariane Beeston

Audrey Nicole's daughter pictured with her dad's girlfriend.

Mum's uplifting post on the "other woman" in her daughter's life

A barbecue at Los Angeles' famous Venice Beach is one of the Airbnb experiences on offer.

Airbnb is about to change the way you travel, again

Sarah Theeboom

China Eastern Airlines will begin a non-stop service between Sydney and Kunming on November 24, 2016.

$1000 return to Europe: Chinese airlines' cheap flights for Aussies

Michael Gebicki

Spicy Homemade Cajun Jambalaya with Sausage and Shrimp

The Traveller quiz: In which US state do you eat gumbo?

Mal Chenu

The Mini is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Mini NES is more than just a nostalgic novelty

Tim Biggs

David Irvine, former head of both ASIO and ASIS, said savings from offshore storage could be dwarfed by the liabilities ...

Former spy boss' advice on Mumbai cyber breach

David Ellery

Amazon granted Aussies access to Prime Video just in time to watch The Grand Tour.

Amazon Prime Video arrives in Australia just in time

COMMENT

earthvr

Google Earth in virtual reality looks incredible

Kotaku

Twice the GPU power, bumped up CPU, same PS4 games.

Review: PlayStation 4 gets powered up

Tim Biggs

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

Porsche is set to offer a manual gearbox again on its 911 GT3 road racer

Manual returns to Porsche 911 GT3

Andrew MacLean

The Mazda MX-5 returns to defend its Best Convertible crown, but faces some stiff competition from some iconic models, ...

What is the best convertible?

Andrew MacLean

Subaru has unveiled the VIZIV-7 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) concept at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Subaru Viziv-7 ...

Subaru concept to target Kluger

David McCowen

Jeep? Compass Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Compass.

New Jeep Compass revealed

Peter McKay

Tesla's latest car is incredibly quick.

Tesla Model S to go even faster

David McCowen

Charged: Faf du Plessis seen rubbing the ball with a lolly in his mouth.

Du Plessis charged as team mates leap to his defence

Andrew Wu
47 mins ago

Committed: Usain Bolt will take part in the Nitro Athletic series for the next three years.

Bolt to run in Australia for next three years

Michael Gleeson

Tough times in Hobart for the Australians.

'Even my dog couldn't look me in the eye': Dean Jones knows how the Australian team feels

Dean Jones

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Peter Handscomb of the Bushrangers celebrates scoring his double century during day two ...

Handscomb to headline Test changes as Lyon's future in doubt

Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

Afternoon craft: James Nitties picked up seven shots on Friday.

Nitties, Fox take different roads to Open pole position

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

The Socceroos found the going tough in Thailand.

Socceroo slip not the end of the world

Michael Lynch

Bowing out gracefully: Peter Senior.

'This is it'. Senior quits golf mid-round at Australian Open

1 hr ago

Fighting back: David Pocock has spent his own money defending his reputation against online slurs.

Bogus site claims to expose Wallaby skipper's 'dirty secret'

Georgina Robinson

Contender for Essendon's pick 1: Hugh McCluggage has class, creates space and kicks goals from the midfield.

The draft: Club-by-club guide

Emma Quayle

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Jake Melksham handballs during a Melbourne Demons AFL pre-season training session at ...

Life's labours - good and bad - get Melksham out of his hole

Larissa Nicholson

Ben Jarman could still be picked up by Adelaide as a father-son rookie selection.

Crows opt against nominating Jarman

Daniel Cherny

Stephen Dank.

Appeals chairman allows oral testimony at Dank hearing

Jon Pierik

David Myers: "I watched a couple of games early in the season and just found it really difficult."

'Weird' year for Bomber Myers, on many fronts

Rohan Connolly

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