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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: A view of the Springvale Commonwealth Bank branch on November 18, 2016 in Melbourne, ...

Two fight for life after asylum seeker sets fire to bank

Erika Bacon's car was hit by a vehicle driven by a Russian diplomat.

'Rusty and old': Russian diplomats retaliate after road rage incident

Alex Doolan is examined by medical staff after he was forced to retire hurt following a classy knock of 202.

Aussie test hopeful Alex Doolan concussed after hitting double century

21 mins ago

Portrait of Dr Anne Ali.

First Muslim woman in Parliament took Pauline Hanson to lunch

Budding marine biologist Elly Warren, 20, died while she was on a diving trip in Mozambique.

Elly Warren's father convinced she was murdered

Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump shake hands, as Ivaka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner watch.

Why did Ivanka Trump attend meeting with Japanese PM?

Making America hate again: Welcome to the new USA

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Man threatens mother and three children in 'drunken tantrum'

Kimberley Le Lievre

Large section of Northbourne Avenue land goes to tender

Kirsten Lawson

Love struck mother ends up in foreign jail after being scammed

Embarrassing admission over $80k luggage lift for PM's residence

11 mins ago

Father-of-12 Junior Dean ran to save staff and customers.

Hero in the flames: father of 12 entered burning bank to save lives

EXCLUSIVE

Ikea staff Mirela Haritonov, Charlotte Crombag, Dillon Loh and Liliana Oyarzun with Ikea Canberra's birthday cake.

Ikea celebrates one year in Canberra

Actor George Takei was five when his family was imprisoned.

'Forced at gunpoint from our homes': George Takei speaks out

COMMENT

Sanchia

Finding love after the tragedy of the Lindt cafe siege

Michael Pena (left) and Alexander Skarsgard in <i>War on Everyone</i>.

Review: This mess could well be the worst film of 2016

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Body ink bonanza at tattoo expo

10 ways to get started with your organisation station.

The best home hacks to keep your tech stuff organised

Stress

I can't stress enough how important it is to de-stress

Taking guard: Nine no certainty to bid for ...

3:22PM

Soul Singer Sharon Jones dead at 60

3:17PM

Safia review: taking a well-deserved bow

3:03PM

Indigo Slam by Smart Design Studio scores another win at IDEA last night.

Grand slam: What Roger Federer has in common with this house

Allhomes. Canberra. Domain. November 16, 2016.?61 Jaeger Circuit, Bruce.

Charming: There's a sense of magic at Bruce's biggest block

Allhomes. Canberra. Domain. November 17, 2016. 21 Scarborough Street, Red Hill.

A century of residential architecture tells Canberra's story

Allhomes Canberra. Domain. November 16, 2016. A clinic occupied by Genea, an IVF and fertility centre in Deakin, is for sale

Canberra IVF clinic a rare chance to invest in health sector

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

Buy this island paradise and live like Marilyn Monroe

Tom Luxton and Chris Allen, co-owners of Food Van?The One, say management of the West Basin Container Village has "been ...

Westside Container Village businesses furious at government

Canberra's shame: more than 1000 family violence charges laid in the past year

'Extreme' and 'bizarre' refugee ban slammed by whistle blower and support group

Brianna Simpson, 7, and mum Sharon Simpson, are part of family support group Yellow LadyBirds drawing attention to the ...

Pointing out the gendered nature of autism diagnosis

Budget Airline Tigerair is offering fares either way between Melbourne and Canberra from $9 for 24 hours.

Tigerair offers $9 flights between Canberra and Melbourne

The Owen Flats, on Northbourne: The site is now being sold by tender.

Large section of Northbourne Avenue land goes to tender

A man has been fined for assaulting and abusing a Canberra taxi driver.

Community service, fine for man who assaulted taxi driver

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

Diplomats and their dependents in the ACT will now have their licences suspended if they accumulate a certain number of ...

Diplomats lose immunity from road rules

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

If public servants want pay increases above 2 per cent they need to come to the bargaining table.

Public service perks don't pass the pub test

COMMENT

The Immigration Department is set to reveal a new breed of public service super-executive.***afrphotos.com***

Revealed: new breed of public service super-executive

The Department of Human Services' John Murphy.

Public servants the weak link in $1.5 billion welfare reform job

Peter Dutton said Malcolm Fraser made mistakes bringing some people to Australia in the 1970s.

'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

The show must go on: The Changing of the Guard and other regular activities will continue at Buckingham Palace ...

Buckingham Palace to undergo $600 million renovation

Nick Miller

A Turkish girl wears a headband bearing the name of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration in Ankara in ...

Turkey slammed for 'rape amnesty' sexual abuse bill

Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump shake hands, as Ivaka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner watch.

Why did Ivanka attend Trump's meeting with Shinzo Abe?

Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi refuses to use the name Rohingya.

Aung San Suu Kyi under attack as Myanmar denies killing Rohingya

You don't want to know what sort of joke would make Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton laugh this hard. That said: what's ...

Let's count the ways Dutton is wrong about immigrants

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Feminists are at a loss as to how to deal with first lady Melania Trump.

Is she her husband's greatest victim or his biggest enabler?

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Bondnado: Australia's $220 billion debt party is over

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

Shane Heal

Basketball stars caught up in Shane Heal alleged fraud

CROWE AFR 090731 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... Simon Crowe, Founder of fast-growing hamburger chain Grill d. Story by ...

Grill'd in court: inside a big-league bun fight

Since it was floated in 1983, the Australian dollar tends to move up or down in ways that limit inflation pressure and ...

How little Oz rolls with the economic punches

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Workers pay price as charities turn their back

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Food delivery businesses the new retail disrupters

Bringing the bling: jewellery's new carat patch

Co-working spaces are the new office model

The iPod changed how we listened to music.

13 brilliant Apple innovations that changed the world

Culture

The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

The game-changing new cars everyone is talking about

Luxury cars

Men are less likely to seek treatment for depression, and this can intensify the associated problems.

The money problems most likely to affect men

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What type of private pension should we take?

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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Turnbull: Trade must be free and fair

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Obama hopes Trump can stand up to Russia

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US surgeons separate Nigerian conjoined twins

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Voges hit in head by bouncer

Professor Richard Kingsford wades into an Ibis colony in the Macquarie Marshes. A flood has brought a breeding event ...

Thousands of waterbirds flock to Macquarie Marshes

Good Behaviour

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

seinfeld

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

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Not happy Paul, says John Lennon.

Bitter Beatles letter fuels memorabilia boom

Is this the film dud of 2016?

Review: Is this the worst film of 2016?

Paul Byrnes

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 17: Comedian and actor Luke McGregor is seen during lunch with Age journalist Kylie ...

We watched his sexual journey, now Luke McGregor has a partner

Michael Keaton's new shot at Oscar glory

Karl Quinn

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

A Series Of Unfortunate Events Netflix - A Series of Unfortunate Events

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

The National Zoo and Aquarium?has welcomed the birth of four baby?Black and White Ruffed Lemurs who will become part of ...

Baby lemurs to become part of global breeding program

A donation by a homeless man in Canberra to local rescue dog organisation ACT Rescue and Foster (via Dogs on the Run).

Homeless man makes touching donation

Cal Wilson will be in town for A Very Canberra Comedy Festival Christmas on Saturday night at Canberra Theatre.

Canberra Weekender: What's on November 18-20

This is a teeny tiny breaking of beauty chains, because nobody - nobody - should tell women what to do.

Five beauty rules that are crying out to be broken

Natalie Reilly

Michelle Obama walks with Barack Obama wearing Sophie Theallet at an Independence Day barbeque on the South Lawn of the ...

Michelle Obama's go-to designer refuses to dress Melania

Mary Ward

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

Sarah Christian was seven years old when she lost a patch of hair the size of a 20-cent piece.

Think dating is hard? Try navigating it with alopecia

Daisy Dumas

Death is a huge part of life and the more you know about it, the better off you are.

How embracing death can make our lives richer

Daisy Dumas
1 hr ago

Joy Smithers is now focusing on her true passion of ceramics.

Actor Joy Smithers won't use 'fame' to leverage latest project

Nicole Economos

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

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

COMMENT
Mary Ward

Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson will long be remembered after a foundation was set up to assist young women in ...

Lindt cafe siege widower finds new love

Andrew Hornery

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

Adam Liaw's crunchy lamingtons (with rice bubbles).

Perfect match: 32 chocolate and coconut recipes

Anthony Bourdain demonstrating his appetites ahead of his book <i>Appetites</i>.

'Bad boy, coke-snorting, man-slut' no more. What Anthony Bourdain did next

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

10 easy three-ingredient canapes

The toddler needed hospital treatment after ingesting alcohol.

Mother charged after toddler drinks vodka from sippy cup

Allie Casazza with her four children.

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

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

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

The perfect place to try it surfing: Waikiki Beach.

The top five things to do in crazy Waikiki Beach, for young and old

Brian J. Cantwell

The Hume Highway is the fastest transport route between Sydney and Melbourne.

Sydney to Melbourne by road: The nine best stops along the Hume

Penny Watson

Singapore Airlines disappointed a Traveller reader.

Traveller letters: Singapore's service 'completely frustrating'

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

Mathew Hayman now has the Oppy to go with his cobblestone.

Hayman 'Oppy' he didn't give up on Paris-Roubaix

Ellyse Perry of Australia smiles during the women's international series T20 match between the Australian Southern Stars ...

Perry guides Southern Stars to thrilling win in Canberra

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

Du Plessis charged as team mates leap to his defence

Ben Alexander is taking on a leadership role with the Brumbies.

Fatherhood helps Brumbies prop Alexander enjoy pre-season

David Polkinghorne dinkus

A-League team in the ACT is not happening

COMMENT

Bogus: A snippet from the web page.

Bogus site claims to expose 'dirty secret'

Gold medallist Kim Brennan poses with her medal.

ANU gives athletes a chance to shine

Canberra Capitals recruit Kate Gaze.

Capitals keen for WNBL to chase broadcast plan