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Melbourne's economy grew by 4.4 per cent while that of regional Victoria shrank by 1 per cent.

Melbourne rides high, rest of state goes backwards

The truck rolled over at Blackburn Road on-ramp causing traffic chaos on the Monash Freeway.

Monash mayhem: Truck flips, scatters 42 tonnes of rubbish over on-ramp

1 hr ago

Bill English, New Zealand's deputy prime minster and finance minister.

John Key's heir apparent has a problem: He's just not John Key

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Police detain a man after car chase through Dandenong.

High-speed Porsche chase through the city's east: Man arrested

1 min ago

<em>Last Tango in Paris' </em>rape scene using a baguette and butter was never consented to by actress Maria Schneider.

'That is false!' Last Tango director slams 'misunderstanding'

One million dollars travels very differently across the city.

Looking for a house in Melbourne? Here's what $1 million will get you

How criminals are scamming Airbnb users

Esther Han

How a fake news story led to a shooting in a US pizza shop

'One of the dumbest things I've ever heard': MPs' fury over climate

1 hr ago

Police killers to spend life behind bars, parole to be scrapped

1 hr ago

A cop shot a man in the back but jury could not reach a verdict

The sinkhole swallowed two cars, leaving one woman dead.

'No way they were going to survive': Woman dies as US sinkhole swallows cars

3 mins ago

Security check point at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

I got stuck at the airport for 11 hours. It. Was. Awesome

My daughter's sparsely furnished little virtual store had transformed into a megamall.

How my 5-year-old racked up a $720 iTunes bill - in one day

1 hr ago

Alec Baldwin has made a "uge'' impression with his impersonation of Donald Trump.

There's nothing decent about Baldwin's SNL parodies of Trump

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Real estate agents playing vendors for mugs

Question time was adjourned due to the protest.

The 'look at me' narcissistic politics of the left

"It really frustrates me that my own 'no' isn't enough." Danielle, bartender.

It was a helpline but that didn't stop the dirty calls

Avoid last minute hassles with a little help from the style experts.

What Australia's most stylish have on their Christmas lists

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The sweet truth about a tax on sugar

Former policeman Brendan Nolan (in checked shirt and striped tie) outside court in October.

Corrupt cop was 'a good crook catcher'

Delays on Tulla to become 'untenable' without rail link

EXCLUSIVE
Josh Gordon

'I told you to get out of here': 'Bashed to death over parking spot'

There are concerns over federal funding for access to public dental spots.

Thousands in need of critical dental treatment may not get it

Former soldier released.

Women to get equal share of senior state jobs - but not yet

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

Teen offenders to be hit with curfews, electronic monitoring

Members of the Somers community who were against the construction of a pathway.

Win for the little guys! Beachside community triumphs over council

A group of campers were reportedly struck by lightning on the summit of Mount Warning on Tuesday morning.

Camper dies after being struck by lightning

NSW

The student was told to go home due to his haircut.

'Too short': Mum's outrage as son sent home over haircut

WA

Departing Digital Transformation Office chief Paul Shetler says the public service has a culture of "blame aversion".

Departing digital chief fires parting shot at APS

ACT

Cleveland's new Toondah Harbour latest concept plans by the Walker Group, December 2016.

Rare Russian bird puts brakes on $1.3 billion project

QLD

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaking at the NSW Liberal Party State Council meeting in October.

Turnbull says he's never supported a carbon tax

Tom McIlroy
12 mins ago

Coalition conservatives furious over climate review

James Massola
1 hr ago

ABC stars speak out as tensions over program changes escalate

EXCLUSIVE

Water-boarding is simulated by protesters outside the US Justice Department in 2007. The forthcoming report on CIA ...

Torture of enemy fighters acceptable, say one in four Australians

Mutuma Ruteere says Australia is not unique among western democracies in grappling with popular support for parties with ...

UN expert says Australians (and their leaders) have big racism problem

A scene from the <i>Four Corners</i> program, at the Don Dale Detention Centre.

Darwin youth prison a scene of 'disrepair and despair'

Final approval has been given for the Adani mine.

'It’s not critical': Adani says it doesn't need $1b government loan

Matthew Heimbach, a US extremist, is influenced by Russia and Vladimir Putin.

US racists, extremists hail Vladimir Putin, Russia as inspiration

Thousands of supporters and well wishers across India had prayed for the recovery of Jayalalithaa.

Revered female Indian politician dies, raising mass suicide fears

1 hr ago

Edgar Maddison Welch surrenders to police.)

Gunman motivated by 'pizzagate' fake news arrested

Former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson has been invited to join Mr Trump's cabinet.

Trump chooses Ben Carson to lead US housing, urban policy

Stumped for gift ideas? You can use maths to maximise your Christmas haul, according to a new book.

How to exploit ‘game theory’ to stuff your stocking this Christmas

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Question time was adjourned due to the protest.

The 'look at me' narcissistic politics of the left

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has plans to reshape the organisation.

Don't like all that change at the ABC? Better get used to it

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Amazon go

'Just walk out': Amazon's physical store to ditch checkouts

1 hr ago

Shares should enjoy a bounce this morning ahead of the RBA's rates decision.

Markets Live: ASX bounces back

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
16 mins ago

Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks at the Bloomberg Washington Summit in Washington, ...

With politicians scared, rates are the answer to housing bubbles

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Origin intends to float its upstream oil and gas business and list it on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Origin Energy spins off oil, gas business

50 mins ago

Bellamy's Organic bosses picked the right moment to sell

Colin Kruger, CBD

Li Ka-shing might need local partner for $7.3 billion bid

CBA's compensation bill rises as new victims emerge

Three graphs that show retailers expect a bountiful Christmas

One million dollars travels very differently across the city.

How far could $1m get you in Melbourne at a weekend auction?

There are few things more relaxing than sinking into a spa after a long day.

A slice of paradise: The most beautiful spas in Australia

Hello House.

Hello Melbourne: the house that greets people as they walk by

Avoid last minute hassles with a little help from the style experts.

What Australia's most stylish have on their Christmas lists

Judd at 26 weeks pregnant with her twins.

Bec and Chris Judd's Prahran townhouse fails to sell - again

Office Christmas parties can be a chance to look back at the year.

How important is the Christmas party in your office?

Work

Men's style trends 2016.

Seven men's trends of 2016 that aren't going anywhere

Style trends

Treasurer Scott Morrison has cooked up a policy of genuine merit.

Morrison's greatest achievement to date

Jessica Irvine
26 mins ago

Walmart might be many times the size of the next largest retailer in the US, but it still has well under half of the ...

Monopolies and oligopolies beware, tech is out to get you

58 mins ago

Moshe Hogeg attends at a Sirin Labs launch.

Startup hype master faces toughest test yet

Gabrielle Coppola
1 hr ago

Christy Hind, co-owner of Maggie Moo.

How Christie manages to have a longer summer holiday

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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First Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbor

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Trump names Ben Carson to key post

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Oakland fire death toll rises to 36

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Samsung washing machine bursts into flames

Andrew Dyson

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Dec 6

1 hr ago

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

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Season 2 of Blunt Talk now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Samuel Johnson received acclaim as Molly Meldrum in Molly.

Samuel Johnson shuns campaign to score him a Gold Logie

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Sticky Fingers frontman Dylan Frost has revealed he is struggling with alcohol addition and bipolar schizophrenia.

Sticky Fingers frontman accused of racial abuse

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

Ben Mendelsohn portrays Director Krennic in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Mendelsohn's Emmy speech: "I would have dedicated it to mum."

Michael Idato
19 mins ago

<em>Last Tango in Paris' </em>rape scene using a baguette and butter was never consented to by actress Maria Schneider.

Bertolucci responds to Last Tango in Paris rape scene backlash

Alec Baldwin has made a "uge'' impression with his impersonation of Donald Trump.

There's nothing decent about Baldwin's SNL parodies of Trump

COMMENT
Ben Pobjie

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 05: Kitty Flanagan and Tom Gleeson during the 6th AACTA Awards Presented by Foxtel | ...

Gibson may have last laugh after AACTAs' awkward joke

Garry Maddox

Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis in <i>The Mummy</i>.

Tom Cruise on why The Mummy is bringing a new kind of monster

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Thomas

Australian electronic music pioneers The Avalanches will be playing for American owners at this year's Falls Festival ...

Splendour In The Grass and Falls festivals now American-owned

Bernard Zuel

Wayne Duncan of Daddy Cool performs on stage in concert ahead of The Beach Boys at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne on ...

Daddy Cool bass player Wayne Duncan dies, aged 72

Martin Boulton

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 03: Portrait of Eamonn Hennessy, owner of Buck Mulligans, a new bookshop that sells ...

Whiskey and literature - a perfect recipe for a bookshop

Jason Steger

Real teenage conversations and real teenage actors in F.

Riot Stage's F. a close-to-the-bone portrayal of millennials

Cameron Woodhead

An attendee holds a "Women For Trump" sign during an election night party for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the ...

Tumblr documenting the moment Trump voters realise they made a mistake

Jenny Noyes

I feel burnt out from life. Alone time is one of the things that can help.

It's time we stop 'limping' to the end-of-year finish line

Kerri Sackville

Mariam Veiszadeh is Daily Life's 2016 Woman of the Year

Daily Life 2016 Woman of the Year: Mariam Veiszadeh

Daisy Dumas

Kendall Jenner lead the faux-fringe charge last year, with a complimenting top-knot at the American Music Awards.

How to rock a faux fringe just in time for the party season

Stephanie Darling

Hefty age gap: Marlon Brando, 48, and Maria Schneider, 19 star in Bernardo Bertolucci's film <em>Last Tango in Paris</em>.

Hollywood is rife with 'non consensual' scenes

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

The Goop Gift store.

Goop's pop-up store is everything you imagined and more

Mary Ward

The bush is here to stay.

What you can really expect to change after a labiaplasty

Kylie Minogue is seen on December 2, 2016 in Paris, France.

Celebrity street style

Bond with your idol by ... drinking sugar?

Shamed: the junk food ads judged to mislead children the most

Sarah Berry

Nothing to hide: Being upfront about your eating history.

My best trick for staying fit? Telling everyone I used to be fat

Mike Riggs

Food is nothing to be afraid of.

Pleasure is good: How French children are taught to eat well

Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz's Christmas centrepiece: Porchetta, served with chimichurri (top).

Porteno's Christmas porchetta with chimichurri

Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz

Ate One Ate occupies the space that one housed four shops.

Just Open: Ate One Ate, Hawthorn

Nola James
1 hr ago

Go-to dish: Cilbur (egg with smoked yoghurt and chicken crackling).

Eat Out: Take the biggest trip of your dining year

Gemima Cody

Big risers of 2016: Harley (<i>Suicide Squad</i>), Tyreese (<i>Walking Dead</i>), Ivanka Trump, Dustin (<i>Stranger ...

Top baby names for 2016: old favourites, new additions

Coca-Cola took out two categories in the Shame awards for marketing unhealthy food and drinks to children.

Coca-cola takes out Shame awards for marketing to children

Brandy Vela's family said the teen was the victim of cyberbullying.

Bullied teen commits suicide in front of family

People relax in the Blue Lagoon, a natural geothermal field which gets its color from the white silica mud and blue algae.

The 8 tourist attractions that are worth braving crowds for

Playa Ancon, Cuba.

The destinations with a lot to lose from a Trump presidency

Ben Groundwater

Security check point at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

I got stuck at the airport for 11 hours and it was awesome

Amelia Rayno

Amazon go

Amazon's grocery store has no checkouts

1 hr ago

Trusted Contacts lets you exchange location information with loved ones.

Google app shares your location with loved ones

1 hr ago

Clockwise from top left: Meeting new water Pokemon Popplio; a powerful Totem version of Alolan Raticate; exploring a ...

Review: A new dawn for the series in Pokemon Sun and Moon

As the copper phone network goes from bad to worse, decent broadband is still years away for many Australians.

Do you have an NBN plan B?

COMMENT

The competition watchdog has denied a bid by Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and National Australia Bank to collectively ...

Apple gets vocal on self-driving cars

2016 Toyota HiLux.

Toyota HiLux set to be best-seller

Andrew MacLean

Audi has begun recalling more than 6000 cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal.

Audi recalls 6000 cars

Stephen Ottley
1 hr ago

Volkswagen has been given clearance to repair most of the remaining diesel cars affected by its emission scandal

VW to recall more than 60k cars

Andrew MacLean

2018 Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV has begun public testing

Rolls-Royce SUV revealed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Toyota Camry

All-new Toyota Camry teased

Andrew MacLean

Police found the Porsche Macan, similar to the one pictured, burnt out a short distance from where it was taken.

Cheapest new Porsche in 30 years

Andrew MacLean

'Time to unlock the hidden honey badger': Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo hungry to unlock 'hidden honey badger'

Emma Kearney is a teacher at Mt Alexander College, and is playing with the Western Bulldogs in women???s footy game on ...

'Threatened by AFL': Cricket bosses try to ring-fence players

Larissa Nicholson
1 hr ago

Leicester, in blue, has found the going much tougher this season in the English Premier League.

Leicester's fall from grace was inevitable. It's in the stats

Jason Burt
29 mins ago

Bat will beat ball: Glenn Maxwell is backing Australia's batsmen to prevail at the World T20.

Who named Maxwell 'The Big Show'? One guess

Nine's cricket commentary team at the WACA earlier this year: (from left) Shane Warne, Ian Healy, Michael Clarke, Mark ...

Even Kiwis have had enough of our TV cricket commentary

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Hamish Bidwell

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing a chance to score during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between ...

Ronaldo subjected to homophobic slurs during El Clasico

Oliver Brown

Briefing the board: Australia's high-performance manager Pat Howard has some explaining to do.

Test failings on agenda as CA board meets

Chris Barrett

Jon Holland of Victoria bowls during day three of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Tasmania at the ...

Vic spinner Holland leaves Tassie flat

Kid gloves needed: Jarryd Roughead at training on Monday.

Go easy on Roughead, urges Ramanauskas

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Port initially believed Impey was the only person in the car.

Impey fined and banned one game after car accident

10 mins ago

Susan Alberti celebrates the Bulldogs' premiership with with Jordan Roughead.

Warm tributes for a retiring footy pioneer

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 05: Michael Hurley of the Bombers looks in the mirror after having his beard shaved off ...

Fresh-look Hurley says Jobe's shaken off Brownlow blues

Pragmatic Pies: Gary Pert and Geoff Walsh.

Unhappy past forgotten, Walsh adds to Collingwood intrigue

Caroline Wilson

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