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SMH. Still Portraits of Independant Senator Nick Xenophon as part of the Politicains for the Instagram Fairfax ...

Revealed: real story behind a national security leak

INVESTIGATION

James Packer

Mariah Carey, Macau and giant tax bill: James Packer's year to forget

IN DEPTH

Banned: Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova was banned last year for two years for doping and stripped of two years' ...

Sport competitions 'unknowingly hijacked' by Russian doping

Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview" Donald Trump was the anchor for the reality TV series The Apprentice from its ...

Trump will reportedly keep producer job on Celebrity Apprentice

Confused: The latest PISA result showed the Australian school student reading score dropped from 512 to 503 between 2012 ...

How falling school standards are costing Australia billions

EXCLUSIVE

That Steve Smith catch.

The reaction to Smith's catch proves cultural cringe is alive and well

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

'Pedo Hunter': Vigilante mission started after a night on Tinder

PM, premiers clash topping off 'disastrous week' for Coalition

Summer snow falls in Victoria. Could it be a white Christmas?

Police 'searched for a body' near busy Melbourne highway

'Drastic overkill': Tough new Adler shotgun classification

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has chosen the course of a timid survivalism.

The one reason Malcolm Turnbull still has his job

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, DEC 10/16 ISSUE. Naomi Klein, photographed for Good Weekend in Sydney by Tim Bauer, November ...

Are Naomi Klein's ideas too radical to be useful?

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: David Warner of Australia celebrates making a century during game three of the One ...

Warner does it again as Aussies complete whitewash against Kiwis

Miranda Kerr keeps her skin party-ready.

'I only got 200 likes,' she said. I wanted to scream... but I couldn't

COMMENT

Santa Claus

This is why I decided not to out Santa

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Spectacular skydiving record set in northern Victoria

At wedddings, we wonder do they love each other enough? Will the memory of that love (if not the love itself) sustain ...

The winery behind Aldi's prize-winning $5 wine

Get your passports ready for 2017's best cities to travel.

These are the 17 cities you need to visit in 2017

The demand and borrowing power of those already active have done enough to inflate Sydney and Melbourne prices.

Panic hits buyers in Melbourne auction avalanche

Giraffes

Giraffes face 'silent extinction' as worldwide population plunges

Victoria's poor quality houses are "hot boxes" that easily let in and trap heat.

Victoria's houses so bad they could 'cook' people inside, experts warn

291 George Street, Fitzroy

The oh-so-Melbourne house that is hiding several secrets...

Lou Sweeney

Hawthorn 29 Shakespeare Grove

Next one out: how the reputation of Melbourne suburbs changed

Trimming overhead branches and clearing debris and leaves from gutters will help to fire-proof your home.

'The best chance of surviving': is your home bushfire safe?

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42 Richmond Terrace, Richmond.

Open for inspection: what to see this weekend

The Grevillea wing of the Barwon prison pictured after it opened.

Children were held in 'isolation' at adult prison, minister admits

Trains return to normal after person struck, killed in City Loop

Has the bell tolled for priests who run Victorian schools?

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'Machete-wielding man' runs through Melbourne school yard

Police at the scene on Nelson place in Williamstown.

Woman charged with murder over Williamstown stabbing

The 2014 Carols By Candlelight at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Silent night: Calls for interpreters at Carols by Candlelight ignored

The Age, News 07/12/2016, picture by Justin McManus. St. Micaels Primary school at Springbank will close this friday. ...

School that went from slates to iPads closes after 146 years

The flag at half mast above the entrance at Dreamworld on October 28, 2016.

Dreamworld to reopen with 'respectful' focus

QLD

GUITAR 040126 BRW PICTURE BY JESSICA SHAPIRO/afrphotos.com Generic guitar, music, strum, string, instrument, arts, ...

The plan to breathe life into Sydney's fading nightlife

NSW

CSIRO Research Projects Officer Alan Landford has discovered a Queensland based Bladder Cicada, or Cystosoma saundersii, ...

The big, fat Queenslander bugging scientists

ACT

Police batter open a door in Beeliar.

The police 'ride along' that I never expected

COMMENT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during the COAG press conference at Parliament House.

PM and premiers clash over climate, infrastructure and family violence

James Massola

The senator, the staffer and real story behind the national security leak

INVESTIGATION
David Wroe

We won't follow Trump lead on Taiwan, free trade, says PM

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Michelle Guthrie, pictured at Senate estimates, had endured a difficult first year as ABC Managing Director.

'Brutal': Michelle Guthrie's bruising first year atop the ABC

Matthew Knott

"Political decision based on fear": Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie, pictured at the Canberra International Clay ...

Nationals riled after states agree to tough Adler shotgun classification

Michael Koziol

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

'Some people want to get rid of Malcolm, no matter what'

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says he will question Treasury secretary John Fraser over the report.

Labor attacks 'treasury' report discrediting economic stimulus

Peter Martin

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 03: Protesters gather and occupy major streets in the city center for a rally against ...

South Korea parliament votes to impeach president

Kanga Kong

Egyptian explosives experts look for evidence at the site of the bomb explosion in Cairo.

Six policemen killed in Cairo car bomb

A table and flag warn motorists of cracks in the road in Trienggadang, Aceh.

Spectre of Boxing Day tsunami haunts Aceh as 23,000 displaced

Jewel Topsfield

HAYAMA, KANAGAWA-KEN, JAPAN - 2008/05/03: Sake or Japanese rice wine has become a popular drink outside of Japan and has ...

Homemade rice wine kills 15 at funerals

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

Malcolm Turnbull, losing battles without putting up a fight

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Miranda Kerr is popular on Instagram but you don't have to be a celebrity to make money from the platform - you just ...

There's only one 'like' I'm worried about getting

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

The weather might not be as reliable - but Melbourne and Victoria look to be leading the way in gender equality.

Why I'm considering moving to Melbourne - and it's not the lockout

COMMENT
Anne Summers

A tumultuous year for James Packer.

Packer's year to forget: Mimi, Macau and giant tax bill

IN DEPTH

The national financial planning register is worse than useless.

Foxes in charge of the hen house

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The fairytale ride ended last week after Bellamy's Australia announced a "business update" that wiped more than $500 ...

How life for milk's market darling turned sour

EXCLUSIVE

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Recession? Look out your window

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Knowing they're being exploited, young workers feel powerless

The Facebook scam damaging Australian retail reputations

Australia eyes home-delivery takeoff

Shopping centres of the future not far away

Luke Beveridge, senior coach of the Bulldogs and captain Robert Murphy embrace.

Heroes and villains: 26 of the year's most memorable men

Culture

Prohibition Bathtub Cut Gin is one of the 20 best Aussie spirits of 2016.

Top tipples: 20 new Aussie spirits every home bar needs

Smart Sipping

Wasting money to upsize your pension payments doesn't make good financial sense.

Straight talk on the age pension

COMMENT
Noel Whittaker

The kids were assigned assets, such as shares in Blackmores or Facebook, or a commercial property and asked to research them.

Bad Santa and Banqer – teaching school kids about money

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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Pope offers prayers for the abandoned

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Jay Weatherill ramps up carbon rhetoric

COAG

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Hillary Clinton warns of fake news

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Justin Timberlake surprises Sydney school

Kiara Robinson worked at Outback Steakhouse in Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, where she was underpaid. 4th October 2016 ...

The great student swindle

Stan - Mozart

Brand new season of Mozart in the Jungle - exclusively premieres tomorrow on Stan.

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Caroline Jones on the set of Australian Story earlier this year.

'Legend' Caroline Jones to leave Australian Story

Karl Quinn

Timberlake told student Fergus Lupton his song should be "on the radio now".

The day Justin Timberlake surprised Newtown students

Rob Moran

Madonna flexes on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden.

Madonna tells James Corden she tongue-kissed Michael Jackson

Rob Moran

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' on set

Peter Munro

Eddie McGuire's <i>Hot Seat</i>, also known as <i>Millionaire Hot Seat</i> has been on air on Nine since 2009. The ...

Nine's plan to revive Eddie McGuire's flagging Hot Seat

Ebony Bowden

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

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

Inside the ateliers of the House of Dior, 2012

National Gallery of Victoria to stage Dior retrospective in 2017

Melissa Singer

The Versailles exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia . Photo by Karleen Minney.

Royal oui: National Gallery of Australia storms Versailles

Jil Hogan

Sara Bosch, Jack May (centre) and Alex Gibson during a preview of Blow-Up, a one-night music and art festival to be held ...

Blow-Up Festival a giant inflatable party in Brunswick back yard

Annabel Ross

Actress Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb in 2013.

Why the fight over Sofia Vergara's frozen embryos is no joke

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Eat your greens ... or wear them on a dress.

It's the colour of 2017. But how do you wear it?

Melissa Singer

Public debate about the difficulties and costs of managing work and family is still solely centred on women.

We need to start talking about working dads

Jane Gilmore

Lady Gaga performs Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Lady Gaga reveals mental trauma inflicted by concert tour

Nicole Economos

Nicki Minaj and Anna Wintour attend the Carolina Herrera Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at ...

Gimme a 'P': how pompoms bounced back into fashion

Melissa Singer

Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick have become parents to a new baby boy.

Mick Jagger becomes a dad again at 73

Real or fake Christmas tree?

Why we chose a fake tree over a real tree this year

Jura Koncius

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

What Tom Ford got wrong about women and sex

Clementine Ford

Contributing to the world around us can change our biology.

The trait that trumps happiness and is an antidote to loneliness

Sarah Berry

A comfortable relationship? Bring it.

8 times when being mediocre is more than just OK

Jeremy Glass

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Dan Lepard's pistachio almond butter biscuits.

Edible Christmas gifts: Recipes for shortbread, mince pies and more

Neil Perry's Asian-inspired Christmas lunch.

Neil Perry's Asian-inspired barbecue Christmas feast

Buttermilk hotcake with shards of blueberry 'leather'.

Barry cafe's fluffy hotcakes cross the river to High Street

Tammy Van Dyke is suing Abbott Northwestern Hospital after the mix-up.

Mum sues hospital after stranger breastfed her baby

Anthony Mayse was left in tears after being fat-shamed by Santa.

Santa sacked after 'fat shaming' 9-year-old boy

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

The school 'grading' parents on their performance

View of La Paz, Bolivia.

These are the 17 cities you need to visit in 2017

Ben Groundwater

The Premium Economy offering from Qantas.

World's biggest long haul airline to roll out premium economy

View from the top: Turquoise lagoon with saltwater channels and white sandy beach.

Twenty reasons to visit this heavenly French paradise

Sheriden Rhodes

Don't miss out on this summer's sporting action due to terrible digital television reception.

Don't let your TV ruin summer sports

COMMENT

US President-elect Donald Trump has lifted stock markets with a pro-growth agenda.

What we talked about on Facebook in 2016

A 99-million-year-old piece of amber with a feathered dinosaur tail trapped inside.

Dinosaur tail feathers found encased in amber at a market

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2016's most-watched video game trailers

Kotaku

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

Christmas tech gift guide: under $1000

2016 Lexus LC 500

Lexus' new sporty coupe reviewed

David McCowen

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio will battle it out with the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-AMG C63.

Alfa reveals local Giulia range

Dom Tripolone

Apple iCar: The company is working hard on joining the car industry.

The secrets of the Apple iCar

Greg Kable

2016 Mercedes-AMG GLC 43.

Mercedes' Macan rival reviewed

Stephen Ottley

David McCowen driving his Renault Megane in Challenge Bathurst 2016.

How you can race at Bathurst

David McCowen

BMW’s vision for the next century is a sporting sedan dubbed, you guessed it: the VISION NEXT 100.

BMW takes responsibility for driverless cars

Andrew MacLean

Prolific: David Warner celebrates his century at the MCG.

Warner stars as Aussies complete whitewash in front of poor crowd

Andrew Wu

Bobo of Sydney FC scores a goal from the spot.

Late penalty saves 10-man Sydney

Michael Lynch

Not all Australian cricketers are hanging out to play Tests.

Test cricket? Couldn't be bothered

Michael Clarke talks to Australian chairman of selectors John Inverarity (right), Australian coach Mickey Arthur ...

'It was hard': How Arthur made peace with sacking

Andrew Wu

TV star: Melbourne City's Tim Cahill is a popular player.

A-League may have found the secret to success on TV

Dominic Bossi

Harry Kewell: "You have to enjoy the good times ... "

Injuries and tearful nights alone: Kewell reveals his worst fears

Back in town: Glenn Maxwell.

Maxwell to return via club cricket

Daniel Cherny

It is believed at least two of Chris Waller's staff have admitted to using the drug.

Trainer cops hefty penalty for ice inquiry

Giants winger Lachie Whitfield.

Whitfield affair: GWS hearing postponed

Caroline Wilson

Ray Gunston from the AFL addresses the media on Friday.

My son is a Gun: AFL executive tries to build bridge with players

UPDATED

Kennedy at Swans training on Friday.

Kennedy era dawns in major Swans reshuffle

New North Melbourne captain Jack Ziebell is keen to "do everything right".

No talk of a 'rebuild' at North Melbourne: Ziebell

The AFLW Competition's top draft picks.

AFLW fixture revealed: old rivalry is new again

Stathi Paxinos

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