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Springvale arson suspect explainer: Who are the Rohingya?
![Rohingya refugees from Myanmar at shelters in Aceh Province, Indonesia, in January.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/i/n/8/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssz9m.png/1479515401451.jpg)
The man who allegedly set fire to a Commonwealth Bank branch in Springvale on Friday morning is an asylum seeker from Myanmar, according to federal government sources.
Springvale Commonwealth Bank fire: What we know so far
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Nearly 30 people have been injured, six seriously burnt, in a fire at the Commonwealth Bank in Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east.
Love-scam victim in jail after AFP tip-off
![Yoshe Ann Taylor has been imprisoned in Cambodia for her role in attempting to smuggle 2.2kg of heroin to Australia in 2013.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/d/l/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsrp9d.png/1479514814299.jpg)
The Police Judicial prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh was once a camp used by the Khmer Rouge to interrogate, torture and ultimately murder its victims.
Why did Ivanka Trump attend her father's meeting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe?
![Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump shake hands, as Ivaka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner watch.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/z/3/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssyde.png/1479514805891.jpg)
Questions are being asked about Ivanka Trump's presence in her father's first meeting with a foreign leader.
Frankston woman caught drug driving with a toddler and baby in the car
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Police have caught a woman driving under the influence of of the drug "ice" with a toddler and a baby in the car.
How hatred dims America's lamp of freedom
![Pamela Ramsey Taylor wrote of Michelle Obama: "I'm tired of seeing an ape in heels."](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/5/d/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsrjpx.png/1479513759647.jpg)
There have been hundreds of hate crimes since election night, and there are fears the pain is only just beginning.
Zombie nurses, eyeballs, Pokemons and cats: six amazing tattooed people from the Melbourne expo
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It seemed like a good idea to go to the huge tattoo show and try and meet some people with an eye for the unusual.
From the horrific to the heroic, man enters burning bank to save lives
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When Junior Dean stepped out of the Springvale post office and saw severely burnt, screaming people running out from the bank across the road, he didn't hesitate.
Why Wallabies star is sleeping on a mattress on the floor
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"As soon as my cast was off, I wanted to go to Fiji and I just rocked up and helped wherever I could."
Man killed in Hampton Park dirt-bike fall
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A man has been killed after being thrown from his dirt bike in Melbourne's south-east on Friday night.
Here are Goldman Sachs' top trade ideas for 2017
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Wondering how to invest in a year marked by US president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, China's attempts to keep growth both high and sustainable, and the continued rise of populism in Europe?
Man dead, two injured on Qld roads
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Pedestrian killed in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Stocks slip as Wall Street waits
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The three major indexes closed higher for the second week on Friday, but investors are still waiting for positive signs from a Trump agenda.
Suicide prompts review of 'work to death' principle
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Japanese advertising giant Dentsu is considering dropping a principle set by a former president encouraging staff to stick to a goal even to the point of death after a 24-year-old employee committed suicide because of overwork.
Search resumes for possible passenger after helicopter crash in far north Queensland
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Police unsure whether missing man was on-board helicopter during crash.
AFL draft 2016: club-by-club guide, part two
![AFL draft prospect Jack Bowes.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/y/d/0/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsson1.png/1479509655449.jpg)
The second of a three-part series ahead of next week's AFL national draft.
Catholic Church doubles sex abuse compensation but suppresses independent report
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The Catholic Church has pledged to double potential compensation payments for child sex abuse survivors to $150,000
Trump agrees to pay $US25 million to settle Trump University lawsuit
![Then reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him in 2005 at the announcement the ...](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/y/6/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssy5p.png/1479508382108.jpg)
The New York attorney general announced the settlement Friday, 10 days before a jury was set to hear one of the cases.
The eight things Sydneysiders should fear most
![SHD. News. The Sydney Swans flag flies over the Harbour Bridge on the day of the AFL Grand Final, Sydney Swans vs ...](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/t/9/l/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gss2r0.png/1479507814213.jpg)
Sydney has emerged as an economic powerhouse but rapid population growth and sweeping technological changes have left the city vulnerable to complex threats. A risk assessment has for the first time identified the eight shocks most likely to paralyse the city. Matt Wade reports
Springvale arson asylum seeker suspect yet to be interviewed
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The man suspected of setting fire to a Melbourne bank, leaving 27 people injured, is believed to be an asylum seeker who came to Australia by boat.
Donald Trump picks Alabama's Jeff Sessions for attorney general
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President-elect Donald Trump has settled on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Joyce sending Murray to 'certain slow death', says South Australia
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The Federal Government had consigning the mighty Murray to a "certain slow death" by reneging on a promise to increase environmental water flows, South Australia's environment minister Ian Hunter said on Friday morning.
Aung San Suu Kyi criticised as Myanmar denies killing Rohingya Muslims
![Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi refuses to use the name Rohingya.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/d/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssxdb.png/1479514149876.jpg)
Myanmar's government on Friday rejected accusations by minority Rohingya Muslims that the military has killed residents fleeing the conflict in the north-west of the country.
Elly Warren's father convinced she was murdered
![Budding marine biologist Elly Warren, 20, died while she was on a diving trip in Mozambique.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/m/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssxmq.png/1479502012406.jpg)
The father of a Melbourne woman who died in Mozambique last week says he is "absolutely certain" his daughter was murdered by suffocation.
Why just about everyone's happy when bond yields soar
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Bond yields are climbing because of a feeling things are about to get better.
Four charged over violent home invasion in Sydney's inner west
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Four men have been charged after they allegedly broke into an apartment in Sydney's inner west and attacked the resident with metal poles in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Copper extends slide
![Since hitting a 17-month high above $US6000 on November 11, copper has dropped nearly 10 per cent.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/2/y/w/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssxgj.png/1479493761319.jpg)
​Copper clocked its biggest weekly fall in a month as the US dollar soared to a 14-year high.
Miners drag on European stocks
![The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.6 per cent, trimming its weekly gain to 0.6 per cent.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/z/f/c/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssxd6.png/1479493133449.jpg)
Commodity producers fell as Mario Draghi indicated the region's economy still needs stimulus.
Aleppo faces a winter without food and medical supplies: UN
![Smoke rising and fires still burning after airstrikes hit the Al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo on Friday.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/b/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssxbj.png/1479487811491.jpg)
Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-government forces as they tried to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo on Friday as warplanes continued to bombard the area.
Iron ore resets lower after surge
![Iron ore is retreating from the highest since 2014 as authorities in China raised trading charges to quell the spike in ...](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/d/z/o/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssx9a.png/1479485580715.jpg)
Iron ore just capped the biggest weekly drop in six months.
Malaysia arrests pro-democracy leader ahead of anti-Razak rally
![Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, earlier this week.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/8/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssx7s.png/1479484287632.jpg)
Malaysian police arrested the head of the pro-democracy group Bersih and several opposition leaders on Friday, widening a crackdown on government critics.
UK woman charged in Dubai after reporting her own rape
![Dubai has established a glitzy reputation as a holiday and stopover destination.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/5/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssx5k.png/1479481693681.jpg)
The family of a British woman arrested in Dubai for reporting her own rape has launched an online appeal, urging the public and the UK government to help negotiate her release.
Three days of mourning in Mozambique after explosion kills dozens
![An injured man is carried in a blanket in the town of Caphiridzange, Mozambique after the tanker exploded.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/4/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssx4m.png/1479479917355.jpg)
The Mozambican government on Friday decreed three days of mourning after the explosion of a fuel tanker killed 56 people.
Buckingham Palace to undergo $600 million renovation
![The show must go on: The Changing of the Guard and other regular activities will continue at Buckingham Palace ...](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/x/3/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssx2y.png/1479478836349.jpg)
Buckingham Palace is going to get a $600 million refit to replace pipes, wires and plumbing more than half a century old.
Boy who 'kept mum's face above the water' wins ambulance commendation
![Shelley Richardson with son Heath McDonald and his ambulance commendation.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/s/i/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gss5j6.png/1479473913750.jpg)
Shelley Richardson owes her life to her 10-year-old son Heath McDonald, who on Friday was awarded a joint ACT/NSW Ambulance Service Commendation for his bravery and actions when Shelley almost drowned.
Man charged with West Melbourne hit-run that felled teen cyclist
![The man was using a blue Melbourne bike share bicycle.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/1/6/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gss19c.png/1479472466629.jpg)
An 18-year-old cyclist from country Victoria is fighting for his life after he was struck by a four-wheel-drive in a hit-and-run in West Melbourne in the early hours of Friday morning.
Cooper under injury cloud but Cheika confident he'll start against France
![Ankle injury: Quade Cooper didn't train this week, but may well play.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/s/0/d/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsswrl.png/1479471682358.jpg)
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is confident Quade Cooper will be fit to play against France despite not training this week as the Australian five-eighth prepares to undergo a late fitness test on the day of the match.
Australian Bagnato pleads not guilty in Thai murder trial
![Antonio Bagnato after his arrest in Cambodia in December over the kidnapping and murder of Hell's Angel biker Wayne ...](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/g/4/8/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gss00v.png/1479471808094.jpg)
Antonio Bagnato, 26, fled after Australian organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Wayne Rodney Schneider was kidnapped and killed last year.
Taking on government 'clearly not a good career move': Triggs
![Outgoing Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs in February.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/w/r/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsswqs.png/1479471075501.jpg)
The outgoing Human Rights Commission president spoke at a conference in Sydney on Friday.
Former SAS trooper breaks down telling Senate inquiry of brother's attempted suicide
![Former SAS trooper Evan Donaldson shows a Senate inquiry a photograph of his brother Andrew in a coma.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/v/7/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssulf.png/1479470373011.png)
A former SAS trooper has broken down during a Senate inquiry as he told of his brother's attempted suicide and levelled allegations of impropriety at the Australian Defence Force.
After-hours doctor claims rise by 1200% in ACT
![Doctors have spoken out about a rise in urgent after-hours home doctor visits in the ACT.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/j/8/f/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsh2kf.png/1479469526967.jpg)
Home doctor visits in the ACT have gone up almost 1200 per cent in just three years.
Hunt's new plan for CSIRO
![Science Minister Greg Hunt speaking in August.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/l/a/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gss95u.png/1479469257424.jpg)
Greg Hunt pulls Larry Marshall into line with new directive.
Canberra's 'unacceptable' shame: more than 1000 family violence charges laid in the past year
![On average ACT Policing attend eight to 12 incidents of family violence every day.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/4/t/q/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssbnr.png/1479469112402.jpg)
One murder. One attempted murder. Almost 50 death threats.
Brisbane bird expert witnesses 'big evolutionary change' in crows
![Crows at Griffith University have built their nest in the building, rather than in the surrounding trees.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/m/7/n/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsshs1.png/1479468945341.jpg)
A Queensland bird expert believes he may have witnessed the start of an evolutionary change in the nesting behaviours of crows after one pair's "terrible attempt" outside his office.
'Extreme' and 'bizarre' refugee ban slammed by whistle blower and support group
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Jane would often envision the futures of the refugees she worked to protect on Nauru if they were to settle in Australia.
Man dead after scuba diving incident off Great Barrier Reef
![Agincourt Reef on the outskirts of the Great Barrier Reef.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/d/f/g/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gsskth.png/1479469275633.jpg)
Police are responding to reports a scuba diver has died off the Great Barrier Reef.
Bond yields a bad sign for expensive ASX
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Rising bond yields are placing expensive bond proxy shares under threat.
After a decade of Cole Classics, 76-year-old has no plans to stop
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As she gears up for her 11th Cole Classic, 76-year-old Sue Wiles says she plans to keep doing the annual Manly to Shelley ocean swim "until I drop off the twig".
Two elections and a wedding
![The Sex Party's Steve Bailey and wife Angela Johnstone on their recent wedding day in Canberra.](/web/20161119003117im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/s/g/x/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gssgre.png/1479468015270.jpg)
Two weddings and an election - it's been a big year for the Sex Party's Steven Bailey