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Kristina Photios has quit the Liberal Party over a lack of action on climate change.

Depth of turmoil revealed: Why Kristina quit Libs

EXCLUSIVE

Stephen Conroy was in charge of overseeing online gambling laws during his time as minister for the digital economy in ...

Conroy's gamble perfectly explains voter mistrust

COMMENT

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - APRIL 05: Dr Ken Henry, AC Chairman of NAB speaking at the AFR Banking and Wealth Summit ...

NAB chairman blasts 'truly bad' pollies, outs 'elephant in the room'

Injured people receive treatment outside a hospital in the quake-devastated area.

Grim work at the heart of killer earthquake as toll passes 100

Jewel Topsfield

Mike Baird has sought advice about stripping MPs convicted on criminal charges of their superannuation

Next week presents Baird's next big test

COMMENT

Tribute: White roses with the faces of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Conspiracy theory fuelled threat against dad of murdered child

1 hr ago

Sydney's skyline to change with $500m hotel tower

Carolyn Cummins

Janie died after her boyfriend gave her 3 MDMA caps at a party

The real motive behind Dick Smith's alliance with One Nation

COMMENT

'Not the official party line': MP suggests shooting at migrants

There's an easy way to scrap the lockout laws

COMMENT

Tori Bellentina worked at lingerie store Honey Birdette. Honey Birdette markets itself as empowering women but has been ...

'I felt constantly watched': Staff speak out against Australian lingerie chain

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 14: David Warner and Steve Smith of Australia look on as rain delays the start of play ...

Smith, Warner wined and dined at 'private dinner' ahead of pay war

Russell Crowe stars as Johnny in the 1990 film The Crossing.

Russell Crowe was 'an arrogant little pisspot'

Christmas offer

The handwritten note that struck a nerve with hurting Londoners

Josh Thomas in last night's emotional Please Like Me.

'Extraordinary, I'm gutted': Josh Thomas in tears at response

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Wodonga drug dealer proposes outside court

Ashley Graham is delighted Barbie is 'keeping up with the times' and introducing different body shapes.

Designers 'flatly refused' to dress model for Vogue cover

It is possible to budget for small extravagances.

How to choose better clothes and justify a pair of $600 shoes

Liam

How Twitter helped Martyn rescue his mum from Christmas anguish

Sia

Sia announces split from husband in brief statement

Giovanni Mancuso (centre) leaves court after being sentenced.

Bondi neighbour claimed to be 'cleaning' before chlorine attack

Melanie Kembrey

Man returns home to find property in pieces after demolition blunder

Ombudsman was biased in favour of Scipione, Kaldas claims

A protester locks on to a gate that is part of Santos' Narrabri CSG project.

Activists hope energy giant's latest move an admission of defeat

St Vincent's Clinical Director of Alcohol & Drug Services Professor Nadine Ezard says the laws had dropped assaults.

'Conveyor-belt of carnage': Baird begged to reconsider changes

A report has revealed that surgical equipment was left in 20 patients in one year in NSW.

Surgical equipment left inside 20 patients in one year, report shows

Harriet Alexander

Self-styled "Coffs Coast Pedo Hunter" Cameron East.

Vigilante mission started after a night on Tinder

The Age, News, 08/12/2016, picture by Justin McManus. Refugee Lulu Jemimah who may be sent back to Uganda because her ...

Simple paperwork oversight means Lulu must return to Uganda

VIC

Vision of teenage boys being assaulted, stripped naked, shackled and tear-gassed at Darwin's Don Dale detention centre ...

Royal commission rejects 'melodramatic' bid to block evidence

Police are confident of making an arrest after a woman was killed in Townsville.

Man hands himself into police after grisly Queensland killing

QLD

Dying with Dignity Victoria's Dr Rodney Syme: "I'm very pleased with the announcement."

'I'm very pleased': Landmark euthanasia legislation nears

VIC

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the Coalition would not implement an emissions trading scheme.

Government killed carbon scheme despite dynamite bill advice

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Morton

There's nothing illegal about Conroy's new job. But it smells bad

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

The R word: Talk of recession 'alarmist', say Turnbull, Morrison

Tom McIlroy

The funding announcement will deliver some immediate certainty but not the longer term security providers had been ...

PM gives reprieve for family violence, homelessness services

Kristina Photios has quit the Liberal Party over a lack of action on climate change.

Liberal powerbroker's wife quits party over conservatives

EXCLUSIVE

Tom Keneally has been a vocal defender of parallel import restrictions.

Labor to oppose cheaper book imports, backing Australian authors

The Hazelwood power station in Victoria.

In a post-fact world, Turnbull has sided with the wingnut fringe

COMMENT

Injured people receive treatment outside a hospital in the quake-devastated area.

Grim work at the heart of Aceh's killer earthquake

Jewel Topsfield

Bana al-Abed has become the Anne Frank of the Syrian civil war.

Bana Alabed, from Aleppo, gains sympathy and doubts

Sufia Begum, a Rohingya who recently crossed over to Bangladesh, cries on December 2 as she describes her experiences in ...

'No one there to save us': Rohingyas accuse Myanmar military

Fayza Makeen holds a portrait of her hiusband Magdy Makeen, who died in police custody, at their home in the Cairo ...

Death of street trader puts spotlight back on police brutality

It's fun to stay out late – or at least it used to be. It's also more fun if you don't overdo it.

There's an easy way to scrap Sydney's lockout laws

COMMENT
Dom Knight

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Turnbull will never have credible climate change policy

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Say what you like about his policies: the man has a strong hat game.

Dick Smith has gone from beloved entrepreneur to just another lobbyist

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

Why would a company need higher standards unless its previous standards were too low?

Woolworths may have acted legally, that doesn't make it right

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Tabcorp chief David Attenborough

House prices are too high ... just ask CEOs

Colin Kruger, CBD

US President-elect Donald Trump will struggle to make America great again by shunning migrants.

America will never be 'great again' without migrants

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Iron ore prices have surged on thanks in large part to a Chinese policy error.

China oversight sends Aussie miners' skyrocketing

Media experts weigh in on News Corp's APN buyout

Owner of CIMIC fined $400,000 for insider trading

Henry blasts 'truly bad' politicians and our 'fiscal mess'

Rio chief: 'I would love to have more diamonds'

A DA for the demolition of 200 Marion Street had been approved by Canterbury Bankstown council.

Wrong house knocked down in demolition mix-up

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

Mulled wine can bring a festive bouquet.

Five ways to get your home smelling like Christmas

2015 Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse. 3 November 2015. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim. Chris and Rebecca ...

Rebecca and Chris Judd sell multi-million dollar townhouse

Simone De Pettri didn't realise that when she used an agent comparison site to check commissions, she was locking her ...

'It's so cheeky': How agent referral sites actually work

Tesla Supercharger stations.

Australia's east coast to become a Tesla Supercharger highway

Cars

There is a class divide in the way society fights drug addiction.

How drug laws are catching up to high-flying professionals

Culture
Liam Pieper

Christmas should be a time of fun not stress.

Seven ways to have a champagne Christmas on a beer budget

There's no Smart Money, there's just competent and different levels of dumb, just like in the Jim Carrey movie Dumb and ...

Dumb and dumber: the truth about the sharemarket

Christo Hall preaches against to-do lists.

Why you can ditch the to-do list

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Bursting the bubble on the economy has unintended psychological results.

Surprising outcome of an economic downturn

James Adonis

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Barnaby tops a bad week for politics

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Ben Cousins out of jail

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More than 100 dead in Aceh quake

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AT&T; - Time Warner merger hearing

Michael Leunig

A touch of Leunig humour for Christmas

Good Behaviour

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

younger

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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FILE - This is a Sept. 30, 1972 file photo of the members of the rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer,Greg Lake, left ...

British prog rock musician Greg Lake dies of cancer

21 mins ago

George Ogilvie, who cast Russell Crowe in his first feature film recalls the crew thought he was 'an arrogant little ...

Russell Crowe was 'an arrogant little pisspot', says director

Peter Munro

Jennifer Aniston makes her ruthless CEO's frustrations appear real.

Office Christmas Party ranks among all-time clumsy comedies

Jake Wilson

Josh Thomas in last night's emotional Please Like Me.

Thomas tears up as fans praise 'devastatingly raw' Please Like Me

Rob Moran

Mel Gibson twice asked Sunrise's Edwina Bartholomew who she was.

'Who are you?': Sunrise star's awkward run-in with Mel

Ebony Bowden

Johnny Depp, pictured on February 20, 2016, previously had a tattoo of the word "SLIM", a nickname for Heard on his ...

Will Hollywood finally stop hiring Johnny Depp?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Daryl Somers' new show, <i>You're Back in the Room</i>.

Here it is: The best - and worst - TV of the year

Melinda Houston

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

Steve Gadd

A player so good that they call him 'God'

John Shand

David Hallberg will make his comeback in Sydney.

The agony of 'world's most beautiful male ballet dancer'

Elissa Blake

Intensity in shadows - Ryan Adams

Buttering up the audience with a song on the spot

Bernard Zuel

Ford is right that more men should endeavour to understand what it's like to be a woman, but will penetrative sex do that?

Should all men be penetrated? Not for the reasons given by Tom Ford

Clementine Ford

Ashley Graham at the Glamour Woman of the Year Live Summit 2016.

Designers 'flatly refused' to dress Ashley Graham for Vogue cover

Nicole Economos

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 06: Cara Delevingne walks the runway during "Chanel Collection des Metiers d'Art 2016/17 : ...

Chanel entices Cara Delevingne back to modelling

Christmas gift guide

Who should get Christmas presents ... and who shouldn't

Jenna Price

All the gendered expectations that straight people take for granted must be rethought.

When I date women, we don't argue about housework

Breena Kerr

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

adult dance

How adult dance classes helped me reclaim my body after birth

Sarah McKenzie

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

Contributing to the world around us can change our biology.

The surprising power of purpose

Sarah Berry

Running into better health.

Get a fitness check in your checkup

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Limit your options and create mental space.

How I cured my decision fatigue

Helen Russell

Neil Perry's Asian-inspired Christmas lunch.

Neil Perry's Asian-inspired barbecue Christmas feast

Adriano Zumbo's macaron rocky road.

Adriano Zumbo's 'Macaroni Road' macaron rocky road recipe

Stracciatella with beets and tomatoes at Kindred in Sydney.

'Hipster cheese' and other cheese trends making Australia grate again

Justin Ross and son Cooper at a baseball game.

Dad who left son to die in hot car gets life with no parole

Should parents be graded on their commitment to their child's education.

The school 'grading' parents on their performance

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

'Sick' Madeleine McCann merchandise pulled from sale

BAY4GD The Yungas Road, Road of Death, Road down to The Yungas, lowlands of the Beni region, Bolivia, South America

The 8 most beautiful places in the world are also the most dangerous

Neil Gladstone

If you detest seat recliners, try to get a bulkhead seat since there's no seat in front to recline.

Can't afford to fly business? Where the best seats in economy are

Michael Gebicki

Aircraft manufacturers have struggled to deal with the issue of overweight passengers.

What it’s like to fly as an overweight passenger

Google Home. Cute. Knows everything.

Review: Google's Home is where the heart is

The recently-released $US100 Pebble 2 tracks activity, sleep and heart rate, is water resistant, allows for interaction ...

Smartwatch pioneer Pebble shuts down

Donald Trump favours Twitter.

Australian Twitter in 2016: Trump, tragedy and teen heart-throbs

Tim Biggs

Rocio Camacho-Morales, a PhD candidate at the Australian National University.?Here she adjusts the laser equipment in ...

New glasses will one day let you see in the dark

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

Some iPhones are randomly shutting down

2016 Mercedes-AMG GLC 43.

Mercedes' Macan rival reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Updated Toyota 86.

Toyota commits to 86 successor

David McCowen

GENERIC -

Paris
France
Avenue des Champs-Elysees
Arc de Triomphe
Traffic
Night
Street
City
Vacations
Europe
Arch
Place ...

Major cities ban diesel engines

David McCowen

Skoda Fabia hatch.

What classy city car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

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

New Commodore revealed

David McCowen

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.

Mercedes E-Class Coupe revealed

Greg Kable

Wined and dined: Skipper Steve Smith and dedputy David Warner.

CA wines and dines Smith and Warner ahead of pay war

Chris Barrett

Injury setback: Robbie Farah.

Farah tears biceps at Souths training

Adam Pengilly

Ready to rumble: Paul Gallen and Junior Paulo at the weigh-in.

Gallen begins mind games ahead of footy fight night

Adrian Proszenko

Invitation to TV: FFA CEO David Gallop wants to know what broadcasters are thinking.

TV networks to sway A-League expansion

Dominic Bossi

Ready to roll: Kurtley Beale.

Beale to make Wasps debut on $1.3m deal

Western Sydney boys: Wallabies Israel Folau and Will Skelton.

Calls to bring Super Rugby to western Sydney

Georgina Robinson

Josh Hazlewood celebrates as Australia seize the Chappell/Hadlee trophy.

McGrath's high praise for Hazlewood

Andrew Wu

Andrew Bogut ought to call out the bogus.

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

COMMENT
Greg Baum

The red card change is expected to come into effect next October.

MCC set to introduce red cards in cricket

Nick Hoult

David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon celebrate a wicket.

'Leadership group' a Lehmann staple

Chris Barrett, Andrew Wu

The Christmas Day concept is only in its early stages.

Christmas Day BBL match moves a step closer

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