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Stock photos for HSC exams. Year 11 students at Concord High School posing for a photo, Sydney. 13th October 2016 Photo: ...

VCE results 'leaked' days early, but are scores real?

The plane, a short-haul ATR-42 airliner, belongs to Pakistan International Airlines.

Airliner was 'on fire before it hit the ground': official

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ThoughtWorks consultant was told by a male client that she was in the job due to her looks, not her smarts.

'Her role on the project was just to be an ornament'

A former Camberwell Grammar teacher has been given the green light to teach after playing strip poker with students on a ...

Elite Melbourne school teacher 'played strip poker with students'

Anywhere between 200 and 400 millimetres is expected to fall on the south-east on Friday.

Prepare to be blown away: Victoria braces for damaging winds

A big pack of Cadbury’s Cherry Ripe says the serving size is 18 grams - three times larger than the single bar.

Confused? How one Cherry Ripe could throw you off track

What if there was a recession in Australia and no one noticed?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Cancel order! Attack shows Trump's willingness to take on corporate US

Paddle Pop's 15-second ad dumped after complaint

'Shows a lack of spine': PM U-turn will force up prices, advisor says

Fight to save Indonesians trapped under buildings as dozen killed

Bana al-Abed, a seven-year-old Syrian girl who has amassed more than 200,000 Twitter followers.

'We are sure the army is capturing us now': Seven-year-old girl says goodbye

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Mel Gibson poses in the media room after winning the AACTA Award for Best Direction for ...

After a decade in exile, a story of redemption for Gibson at AACTAs

Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': Donald Trump

Donald Trump named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year'

Former AFL player Warwick Capper with both a mullet and DIY bleach.

Mullets to man buns: 11 haircuts men should never get

Grooming

DO NOT USE huffpost

Celebrities should shut up about politics, says Mark Wahlberg

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2016: Year in review

US President-elect Donald Trump has a complex about his double chin.

The biggest stories of 2016 – our top writers give their verdict

Actress Lena Dunham at the Glamour Live Summit 2016.

Lena Dunham's reply to being asked if she is pregnant

Some home buyers are grouping together as friends and family to purchase their first property.

The trend catching on among first-home buyers

Beyonce, aged 10

Beyonce as you have never seen her: A star in the making, aged 10

An artist's impression of the proposed apartment tower.

Apartment tower cut down to give hospital 24-hour chopper access

'Manifestly inadequate': Appeal likely over teen terror sentence

Local council boss quits $400k job amid corruption controversy

heroin

'Heroin rectangle': Within seven blocks, 20 people die each year

Sacked maintenance workers on the picket line outside the Carlton & United Breweries in Abbotsford.

Time for a guilt-free VB: CUB workers will return to work

Flowerdale residents Brenton and Lyn Gunter. "It was just a blame game," she says.

Black Saturday survivors to get $700m pre-Christmas payout

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Anti-corruption agency charges former Ballarat Council employee

Megan Haines, 49, will be sentenced on December 16 for giving two nursing home patients lethal injections of insulin.

'Dog act': Inmates taunt 'granny killer' nurse

NSW

The fire burning near Cocklebiddy on Tuesday.

Road across the Nullabor closed due to bushfire

WA

Retired journalist Don Abey with National Library of Australia reference librarian Sonja Barfoed holding a folder ...

The missing plastic bag that contained a life's work

ACT

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the Adani mine and rail project just needs to be built.

State's renewable energy target is 'mad', Joyce says

QLD

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Sydney Fish Markets on Wednesday.

Government accused of forcing up power prices through climate backdown

Adam Morton

MPs demand secret fence plans for Parliament be made public

Michael Koziol

Frydenberg trumpets endangered Green Army program in newsletter

Heath Aston

Former senator Stephen Conroy is the executive director of a new gambling lobby group.

Labor powerbroker Conroy joins new gambling lobby

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership stands on a reactionary plinth of hostiles who will ensure that he does it ...

Courage goes AWOL on climate policy

ANALYSIS

Liberal backbench MP Craig Kelly.

Plan B? Coalition MP suggests US refugee deal in doubt

One Nation senator Rod Culleton departs the High Court as his case is adjourned in Canberra.

One Nation senator fights 'hidden constitution' for political life

Damage from the quake could stretch as far as 67km from the epicentre.

Nearly 100 dead after earthquake hits northern Indonesia

Jewel Topsfield

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel proposes partial burqa ban ahead of German election

Nick Miller

Fire rises following a Syrian government air strike that hit rebel positions in eastern Aleppo on Monday.

Syrian troops enter Aleppo's Old City, poised for biggest win

Larry Laughlin, a retired business owner and conservative who relishes hyperpartisan news stories, at home in Ham Lake, ...

The real risk from fake news: more readers shrugging at the truth

Illustration: Matt Davidson

We have a bigger education problem than being bad at maths

COMMENT
Kelsey Munro

Illustration John Shakespeare

What if there was a recession in Australia and no one noticed?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Opposition leader Matthew Guy says the list of 50 level crossings to be removed 'should be revised'.

What exactly has the Victorian Coalition done to appeal to voters?

COMMENT
Josh Gordon

ThoughtWorks consultant was told by a male client that she was in the job due to her looks, not her smarts.

'Her role on the project was just to be an ornament'

Jeff Kennett has slammed the government's performance over the question of a banking tribunal.

Jeff Kennett lashes federal government over banking tribunal

YouTube makes $US1 billion case that it's good for music industry

The worse-than-expected gross domestic product reading is just the latest in a series of data readings that indicate the ...

Shares and bonds see GDP shock differently

The 47 kids toys deemed too dangerous for Christmas

How one Cherry Ripe could throw you off track

Bunnings boss quits for 'personal' reasons, says Wesfarmers chief

GDP dive more than a 'wake-up call', says Treasurer Morrison

What Melbourne summer dreams are made of.

Back off: Brighton's message to would-be beach box investors

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle - special events will be asked to stage 1am shows and other major retailers and restaurants ...

Plenty now live in the CBD, but now we need to think about this...

COMMENT
Robert Doyle

Cater to the various age groups' needs and suggest activities but don't worry if they just want to chill out at home.

Hosting holiday guests? 12 essentials before they arrive

Never underestimate the power of grey.

If black is the new black, here's why grey is the new white

"Indoor plants add life to any room", says Richard Brunton.

Creative ways to style indoor plants in your home

The man bun was good while it lasted. Which was longer than it should have.

Mullets to man buns: 11 haircuts men should never get

Grooming

The temptation to overdo it during Silly Season can be a slippery slope.

The alarming cost of having three extra drinks this silly season

Boot Camp

For personal trainer Vicki Lanini, beating credit card debt made her financially fit.

The best way to borrow money and pay off debt

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Is it worth it for young workers to pay extra super?

Rachel Service knows what burnout looks like.

What's the difference between burnout and stress?

Regional Online Heroes 2016 at the Google HQ offices in Pyrmont, followed by dinner at The Gantry Restaurant, Pier One ...

How a small family software company from regional Queensland won a tech prize

Indo quake

Many feared dead after 6.4 quake hits Indonesia

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Dangerfield: No players, no game

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Jessica Silva wins appeal

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No carbon tax or emissions trading

Carbon

A tow boat travels along the Ohio River just before sunrise near Paducah.

World of Photos

Good Behaviour

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

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Younger Season 3 fast tracked from the U.S. every Thursday.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Mel Gibson wins the AACTA Award for best direction for Hacksaw Ridge during the 6th AACTA Awards in Sydney, Australia.

Praise for Mel: 'I've never seen a crew or a cast so enamoured'

Garry Maddox

Stephen Fry stepped down in February after 13 years of hosting BBC quiz show <i>QI</i>.

Before quitting QI, Stephen Fry needed 'a vodka and lie down'

Ebony Bowden

2DayFM's breakfast show Rove McManus and Sam Frost.

Radio ratings wars in 2017: Who's safe, who's on shaky ground

Ebony Bowden

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Netflix's <i>Stranger Things</i>.

Netflix to debut 50 original new shows but is that a good thing?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Peter Bradshaw as Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones.

His watch is ended: Game of Thrones actor dies

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Coldplay playing at Suncorp Stadium on December 6, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. ...

First Aussie show: Real Coldplay emerges away from the fireworks

Cameron Atfield

Beyonce received nine nominations for Lemonade.

Beyonce makes Grammys history, with Aussie hopefuls

Michael Idato

Robin Bailey is joining Tripe M Breakfast in 2017.

Robin Bailey joins rival after being cut by 97.3FM

Rachel Clun

Taking out the trash: Evie stomps on Kellyanne during a Melbourne City Wrestling bout.

'I love punching my friends in the face': the art of wrestling

Annabel Ross

Australian Tapestry Workshop director Antonia Syme with Brook Andrew's 'Catching Breath' at the Australian Tapestry Workshop.

Inside the Australian Tapestry Workshop and its wonderful creations

Penny Webb

Celia Pacquola, Rodger Corser, The Beautiful Lie

Comedian Celia Pacquola wins AACTA gong for dramatic role

Garry Maddox

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher at the 6th AACTA Awards in Sydney on Wednesday.

Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen confused by protest

Amy Croffey

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Jessica Mauboy arrives ahead of the 6th AACTA Awards Presented by Foxtel at The Star on ...

Jess Mauboy's Duchess of Cambridge moment

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Dami In arrives ahead of the 6th AACTA Awards Presented by Foxtel at The Star on ...

Best and most creatively dressed at the AACTAs

Jenna Clarke

The red carpet sausage fest at the AACTAs.

Women storm AACTAs red carpet in sausage suits

Jenny Noyes

A model wears an outfit by Misha Collection, one of the new labels that will show on the 2017 Melbourne Fashion Festival ...

Do fashion festivals actually help sell clothes?

Melissa Singer

Actress Lena Dunham at the Glamour Live Summit 2016.

Lena Dunham's perfect response to being asked if she is pregnant

Nicole Economos

"Our relationship was an IOU exchange that only went one way."

My boyfriend didn't want to be a rapist, but he was

Michelle Jones*

Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple releases the anti-Trump Christmas Carol we need

Mary Ward

The experimental nature of "bro science" is potentially deadly, doctors warn.

The deadly risk of bro science: bodybuilder injects coconut oil

Sarah Berry

Born to move? We sure are.

Born to move? We sure are

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Protein fix? Where it comes from makes a difference.

Can you get too much protein? Yes, and it's not hard

RONI CARYN RABIN

Iced gingerbread biscuits.

How to win Christmas with these 28 easy cooking hacks

Cheese platter

Guess what? Salt in cheese might not be bad for you

Dan Lepard's spicy chestnut ginger Christmas biscuits.

Don't wait until Christmas to make these spicy chestnut ginger biscuits

Molly Landis after and before the accident.

'A guardian angel was watching over me': mum's lucky escape

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

Police are investigating new leads in the search for Madeleine McCann.

'Sick' Madeleine McCann merchandise pulled from sale

Swimming in the Dead sea, Ein Bokek, Israel.

Six countries that are surprisingly easy to visit

Ben Groundwater

Biz class.

Revealed: World's best airlines for first, business and economy cabins

Soo Kim

The new lightweight Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 has been designed with features said to reduce jet lag.

Cathay's surprise Australian base for A350, world's newest plane

Annie Dang

How much of your waking life is spent staring at a screen?

Smartphone addiction: parents as bad as kids

Samsung may not have to hand over its entire profit for phones judged to have infringed Apple's patents.

Samsung scores win in Apple patent fight

Apple says the issue only affects a small number of 6s units made in September and October 2015.

Some iPhones are randomly shutting down

The back side of the new Google Pixel smartphone.

Eight reasons Pixel is better than iPhone

Lifehacker

Gift guide presented by Microsoft. All content and recommendations made by Fairfax Media unless otherwise noted.

Christmas tech gift guide: under $1000

2018 Holden Commodore. EMBARGO: 10.01AM 7/12/2016

New Commodore revealed

David McCowen

2017 Honda Civic Type R prototype.

Honda aiming for sub-$50k Type R

E 220 d 4 MATIC All-Terrain; Farbe: citrinbraun; Leder: Leder beige E 220 d 4 MATIC All-Terrain; Paint: citrine brown; ...

Mercedes' new high-riding wagon

Jonathan Hawley

2017 Mazda CX-5. EMBARGO: 3PM 16/11/16

Mazda reveals (some) Oz specs for new-gen CX-5

Peter McKay

2016 Great Wall Steed.

China's newest ute reviewed

Mark Short

2016 Audi A4 Allroad.

Audi's SUV alternative reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Andrew Bogut ought to call out the bogus.

The truth is out there Mr Bogut, you just have to look

Greg Baum

Burnt: Melissa Breen will not take part in the nitro series.

Burnt by Athletics Australia, Breen opts out of Nitro

Michael Gleeson

Ready to rattle: Pakistan will be seeing this as their best opportunity to win their first series on these shores after ...

Why Pakistan can knock off Australia

Andrew Wu

Competitors at the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation national finals on the Gold Coast in November

For cheerleading it's all about the (Olympic) rings

Kevin Muscat

Victory to clock up kilometres in January

Boxer Garth Wood with trainer Johnny Lewis in 2013.

Johnny Lewis set to join greats in boxing Hall of Fame

Douglas Whyte did everything expected of him, says Scales Of Justice trainer Lindsey Smith.

Whyte goes the extra mile to front stewards

Patrick Bartley

Azhar Ali (left) and Misbah-ul-Haq

Australia v Pakistan: Meet the tourists to take on Australia

Daniel Cherny

Frustrated: Patrick Dangerfield has not ruled out strike action by AFL players.

Pre-season strike action is a possibility: Dangerfield

Sam McClure

1999 Brownlow winner Shane Crawford

Past greats to present 2012 Brownlows

Daniel Cherny

Marcus Bontempelli and the Dogs enjoyed a stellar season.

Bulldogs slash debt in premiership year

Daniel Cherny

Grant Thomas

What's in a name for the AFL pre-season competition?

Stathi Paxinos

Ben Cousins will appear in Armadale Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Cousins' bail delayed for court to hear ex-partner's story

Heather McNeill

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