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A victim of the Springvale fire.

Smoke, fire and mayhem amid mad rush to flee bank

Australian Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs during an estimates hearing at Parliament House in ...

Taking on government 'clearly not a good career move': Triggs

33 mins ago

Pretty pleased with himself: Greg Norman has been having regular chats with President-elect Donald Trump.

Go on Greg, tell us - how did you see Trump's win coming all along?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Mark Zuckerberg hasn't let a broken arm - he fell off his bike - get in the way of his project to turn himself from nerd ...

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

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Chatree gold mine general manager Brennan Lang at the project?s huge tailings dam, which he says is operated to high ...

Aussie miners struck gold in Thailand, then the military intervened

Lindsay Murdoch

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

South Africa skipper charged with ball tampering

Recount granted in Orange byelection after record 34 per cent swing

Ex-Lib leader slams Dutton for cheap shots at Malcolm Fraser

Former union official charged for alleged fraud of $870,000

Sydney's biggest win since the Olympics

Matt Wade

'I am not guilty': basketball legend charged with fraud

Large houses or mcmansions in Cairnlea Picture Pat Scala Tuesday the 19th of April 2011

How beauty gave way to Australian McMansions

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

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

We watched his sexual journey, now he has an announcement

Possible farewell: Coach Tony Popovic has repeatedly been linked with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

Wanderers furious over controversial decision

49 mins ago

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

Blazing love story at the centre of groundbreaking music video

BATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 23: James O'Connor of RC Toulon in action during the European Rugby Champions Cup match between ...

Forgotten Wallaby is yearning to represent Australia again

EXCLUSIVE

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Commonwealth bank fire leaves dozens injured, six critical

Hillary Clinton addresses the Children's Defense Fund's Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum in Washington, ...

Women are loving Hillary Clinton's post-election look

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

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

Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metallica go Wiggles: Metal legends play Enter Sandman on kids toys

IPAs come with a stronger hops flavour.

Hop to it: The beers you should be drinking this summer

Ben Conan, who continues to ride to work in the city, but who has stopped riding around Manly because of blitzes and ...

'It's alarming': Why there are fewer cyclists on Sydney's roads

Jacob Saulwick

'Single biggest reform': Baird tackles child protection

Rachel Browne

In a year of bad decisions, this was one of Baird's worst

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Liz Jackson was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2014.

Liz Jackson tackles toughest story yet: her battle with Parkinson's

Craig Mathieson

Cherie Vize was a budding artist.

Killer 'imprisoned in his body with catastrophic injuries' for life

Brothers for Life gang founder Bassam Hamzy.

Love letters used 'to pass on messages to gang members'

Rachel Olding

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

Brother of slain crime figure charged after gun found in home

Police speak with man at the back of the Commonwealth Bank branch.

CCTV shows man with container moments before Comm Bank fire

1 hr ago

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

Minister pledges to take family on ride when theme park reopens

QLD
1 hr ago

Pasquale "Percy" Lanciana was arrested for the 1994 Richmond "road gang" heist.

One-time kickboxing champ arrested over $2.4m Armaguard heist

The man was using a blue Melbourne bike share bicycle.

Teenage cyclist left for dead on Melbourne road

VIC
10 mins ago

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

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 pleads not guilty in Thai murder trial

Lindsay Murdoch
25 mins ago

Colonise or perish: Professor Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking tells humanity to colonise another planet or perish

Alcor

False hope isn't the answer for those scared of dying

COMMENT
Amy Corderoy

Fine modernism makes contemporary ostentation seem sad and lost by comparison.

How we moved from beauty to the McMansion

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

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

Workaholics rejoice – it won't make you miserable.

Why just about everyone's happy when bond yields soar

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

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

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

ASX slips for the week as Trump trade loses steam

Whyalla wipeout: Who's paying to mop up?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Basketball champ Shane Heal charged with fraud

Myer stages a revival that proves critics wrong

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Watch out tradies, the taxman is coming after you

ormerly known as Trump Place, the three apartment towers at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard, Upper West Side, ...

Manhattan apartment residents dump Trump branding

The make-shift boat with a note inside was relatively intact after crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Mysterious houseboat washes up after trip across Atlantic

Lorraine McIlvenna is unhappy with the development of Prospect, including a granny flat (left) in touching distance of ...

Blacktown residents angry about increase in granny flats

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

Buy this island paradise and live like Marilyn Monroe

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

Six common share-house dwellers and how to handle them

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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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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Khawaja hits Shield ton first day back

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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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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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

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

33 mins ago

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

Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah (second from right) with artists Mathew Cooper, Sarah Contos and Kate Beckett who ...

Carriageworks' visitor numbers outstrip rival arts institutions

Andrew Taylor

Artist Penny Ryan and her hearts.

Heart breaking: the toll of Australia's offshore detention regime

Peter Munro

Artist Mulga fires up young imaginations during a workshop for primary school students at Liverpool Library.

Writers go west to fire up young imaginations

Linda Morris

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

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

10 easy three-ingredient canapes

Go-to dish: Kurobuta pork belly, pickled green tomatoes and beach banana.

Review: After 40 years does Sails on Lavender Bay still stand up?

How to make garlic naan (Blue Ducks' recipe).

Three Blue Ducks on how to make garlic naan on the barbecue

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

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'

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

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

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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 with ball tampering

Andrew Wu

Uncertain future: Tony Popovic is weighing up a gigantic offer.

The $7million offer on the table for Tony Popovic

Dominic Bossi
38 mins ago

Ankle injury: Quade Cooper didn't train this week, but may well play.

Cooper under injury cloud but Cheika confident he'll start

Tom Decent
23 mins ago

Pretty pleased with himself: Greg Norman has been having regular chats with President-elect Donald Trump.

What are the world's leader thinking? Just ask Sharkie

Peter FitzSimons

New South Wales Minister for Sport, Stuart Ayres.

Parramatta stadium on track despite asbestos finds

Georgina Robinson

Bowing out gracefully: Peter Senior.

Australian golf legend quits Open mid-round

Adam Pengilly

Possible farewell: Coach Tony Popovic has repeatedly been linked with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

Wanderers furious over controversial decision

Dominic Bossi
49 mins 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

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 over South Africa

Caden Helmers

Happier times: Australia's Test team celebrate their series win over New Zealand and No.1 Test ranking in Christchurch.

What has gone wrong in Australian cricket?

Andrew Wu

Will Test stars such as David Warner get a decent preparation for the Ashes?

Test stars not guaranteed of ideal Ashes warm-up

Jon Pierik

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