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The emails in question were to customers migrating to Australia who had recently opened NAB accounts.

NAB sends 60,000 customers' details to wrong address

1 hr ago

Ms Dhu being loaded into the back of a police van.

'Inhumane': Shocking footage of Ms Dhu's final moments alive

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Special Reports Perry at his computer, generic, crash, stockmarket, office, melt down, fired, computer, messy work ...

Tax Office's IT crowd spent big, then suffered major crash

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

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

Drug dealer tried to prostitute wife, daughter to pay cop

1 hr ago

Police made the arrests on the Princes Highway at Noble Park.

Police arrest two after dramatic Princes Highway pursuit

54 mins ago

The judge said the offender had admitted responsibility early and was remorseful.

Man who racially abused PSO, and train passenger avoids jail

56 mins ago

Landmark ruling: $100m payday for $1-an-hour staff

1 hr ago

Teen in critical condition after fall from ride-on mower

BREAKING
25 mins ago

Werribee train delays after death on tracks

1 hr ago

MP pays five-figure sum to student over Q&A 'smear'

The Christmas car-park rage that has hit Melbourne

Peter Handscomb achieves his maiden Test century at the Gabba

Test newcomer Peter Handscomb out for 105 as Australian wickets tumble

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Yoga pants ... They are an assault on manners

COMMENT

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Airbus unveils new cabin with beds, cafes and showers

FILE -- 1994 file picture of Michael Hutchence, the late singer and songwriter for Australian rock group INXS, taken ...

Michael Hutchence's unheard solo music to be released

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Restart your collection: Yowies are on the way back

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AI beer: taste testing robot brew

Touched On is a card game based on Melbourne's public transport network.

Forget Monopoly, Touched On is just the ticket for Melburnians

Phoebe Handsjuk was found dead in the chute at a St Kilda road apartment building in 2010.

Death in a garbage chute: Phoebe's Fall prompts law review

Glen Waverley will be the busiest auction suburb on the weekend, including 45 Knights Drive.

Record rush to sell as house auctions come to an end this weekend

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Sally Little with her daughters (L-R) Caitlin, Emma, Sarah and Sam.

Hard act to follow: Caitlin's secret VCE weapon

17 mins ago

Do you own one of the 14 lost paintings that shocked Melbourne?

She was found near dead in the Punt Road Hungry Jacks toilet

Police at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville.

Teens locked up in adult prison 'have size and strength of men'

The plan for Richmond's Nylex site.

Developer behind the Nylex site has fresh plan to keep iconic silos

The Ferrari Daytona was found burnt out at Langwarrin on November 7 last year.

Pair plead guilty to stealing, torching Dodi Fayed's $2m Ferrari

Youth crime has dropped by almost 50 per cent since 2008.

His mother probably smoked while pregnant. Maybe she drank, too

Then-NSW Fisheries Minister Obeid in 2001.

'Someone has to get paid': rise and fall of Eddie Obeid

NSW

Michael Hook, Coen Kentwell and Felicity Pallett were killed in the crash.

Jail for drink driver who killed three, went home to bed

WA

An internal police investigation is underway after a police weapon was allegedly fired during one of two chases on Hume ...

Police allegedly fired shot in Hume Highway chase

ACT

An image of a fatberg at Sunnybank.

Fatbergs, and how we are making them worse

QLD

The home ownership inquiry, commissioned by Joe Hockey in April 2015, has a long and tortured history.

'It's laughable': Coalition slammed for housing affordability probe that proposes no changes

1 hr ago

Labor frontbencher Terri Butler settles defamation suit

Majority support in Parliament for a republic, movement claims

EXCLUSIVE

ATO officials were unable to use their computers after a crash brought internal and external systems to a halt.

Tax Office's IT crowd spent big, then suffered major crash

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Christopher Pyne in Paris on Thursday.

Pyne denies angling for Defence job and hits out at 'liar' colleague

Latika Bourke

Attorney-General George Brandis has previously come under fire for appointments he has made.

Brandis names former Liberal MPs for $200,000 tribunal role

Four weapons installations shown in one of the satellite images released by CSIS.

Bishop accuses China of fuelling 'tension and mistrust'

Commuters use the notes to express their feelings in the Union Square subway station, New York.

New York 'wailing wall' offers therapy after Trump shock

Samantha Lane

A Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Su-30 fighter, right, flies along with a H-6K bomber as they take part in a ...

China holds first live-fire drills with aircraft carrier, warships

1 hr ago

Zulay Pulgar rests with her son Emmanuel, after standing in line to buy cement to resell. She gave one of her seven ...

Venezuela's crisis is forcing some parents to give children away

1 hr ago

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a 21st Century Cures Act signing ceremony in the South Court Auditorium of the ...

US will respond to Russian hacking: Obama

Illustration Andrew Dyson

Praying for a 'messiah' like Trump won't get us out of the mire

COMMENT
John Hewson

Anyone who has struggled with their mental health knows that when you are in a dark place, the last thing you are ...

For some families, this time of year is about survival, not celebration

COMMENT
Gab Doquile

The cast and crew of Rogue One at the premiere in Hollywood.

Rogue One doesn't offer much joy, but Star Wars fans will enjoy it anyway

COMMENT
Ann Hornaday

Chairman David Gonski sees growing disillusionment and disdain for politicians and business.

Australia must follow Trump's tax cuts: ANZ's Gonski

1 hr ago

Santa and kids cool off in a City Square moat on Sunday.

ASX Santa rally runs out of puff

10 mins ago

The emails in question were to customers migrating to Australia who had recently opened NAB accounts.

NAB sends 60,000 customers' account details to wrong email

1 hr ago

Tyson Duval-Comrie worked in packaging for $1.77 an hour.

$100m payday for $1-an-hour staff with disabilities

1 hr ago

'Enough is enough' in executive pay bonanza

Mayne Pharma shares dive on US price fixing lawsuit

54 mins ago

Curtis loses appeal against insider trading conviction

ACCC walks away from Woolworths cash-demand case

Two neighbouring shops on Rathdowne Street, Carlton North, had been in the same family for more than 50 years. They sold ...

The suburban shopping strip hotter than its busy tourist neighbour

Artist's impression of a 25-storey tower which has been approved for 9-11 Prospect Street, Box Hill.

Chinese builder buys Box Hill tower site for more than $16m

Artists transform streetscapes with giant murals

You have a million things to do before you leave for a trip, so it's very easy to let some important to-dos slip through ...

Heading off on holiday? Good for you ... but have you done this?

My dream home is going to be amazing.

The neighbours will probably complain about my dream home...

Danny Katz

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As used by leading Aussie distiller Archie Rose, this deluxe cocktail kit ...

Holiday cheers: 27 boozy gift ideas for a very merry Christmas

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23 mins ago

There are some trends we hope don't make it into the new year.

What were we thinking? Nine shocker trends to kiss goodbye

Men's Style

Kyle Frost and Amy Miller planned exactly how much they would spend on their three-week trip to the US and Mexico – and ...

How to budget daily spend for your holiday

The lies we tell ourselves are the most dangerous of all.

The lies we tell ourselves about investment

Cutting corners in a workplace can lead to injuries.

Corner-cutters at work: a profile of the main culprit

James Adonis

"We completely reverse engineered the business rather than just overlaying a digital strategy" – Adam Laurie of Digital360.

Data pros bought a waste water plant to prove their point

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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MYEFO: budget deficit to deteriorate

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Airbus' radical new cabin concept

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CCTV captures Melbourne CBD bashing suspect

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Car bursts into flames near freeway

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In '80s-era <i>Home and Away</i>, even the guys had shoulder pads.

How Home and Away became the great Aussie soap opera

Michael Lallo

Dane Swan at lunch with Karl Quinn at The Smith in Prahran.

Party drugs and musicals: The Dane Swan you've never met

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Check out this new material by Michael Hutchence

Leonardo DiCaprio with Growing Pains stars Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron.

Leonardo DiCaprio pens touching tribute to Alan Thicke

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers.

'Creepy' twist in Passengers leads to unexpected backlash

Will Smith and Helen Mirren in <i>Collateral Beauty</i>.

Will Smith's latest, Collateral Beauty, is ripped apart by critics

Rob Moran

Harry Styles playing a British soldier in his on-screen debut in <i>Dunkirk</i>.

One Direction's Harry Styles makes his big screen debut

Ebony Bowden

Was that the end for Josh Thomas' <i>Please Like Me</i>?

Have we seen the last of Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Rob Moran

Members of the Melbourne Drone Orchestra, featuring 18 guitarists who use feedback, tones and volume to maximum effect.

Melbourne Drone Orchestra's wall of sound passes pain threshold

Annabel Ross

Senior curator of Indigenous art Judith Ryan with batik banners by artists including Emily Kame Kngwarreye in <i>Who's ...

Who's afraid of colour? Not these Aboriginal women artists, curators

Debbie Cuthbertson

The Australian Ballet's storytime ballet: The Nutcracker dressed rehearsal at the Arts Centre. 14 December 2016. The Age ...

Australian Ballet's Nutcracker for kids is quality Christmas fun

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Can someone please tell Beyonce Vogue says cleavage is "over"?

2016's not all bad! 16 excellent moments of the year that was

Dom Knight

Chrissy Teigen, right, poses with her 8-month-old daughter Luna and a couple of other familiar faces.

Chrissy Teigen's solution to Legend missing Santa photos

Nicole Economos

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are the Hollywood pair most revered for their red carpet appearances, that is until their ...

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively make public debut with family

Amy Croffey

Jay Newton-Small started a business writing anecdote-filled profiles of dementia patients after her father got ...

Former journalist's 'weird' idea is transforming patient care

Emma Stone gives us three solid looks this week by sticking to her winning red-carpet formula - two parts great colour ...

This is Emma Stone's year, and she's dressed for it

"The couple of minutes of joy gained from my children was scant compensation for the forty-plus minutes that the parent ...

The pride and pain of attending school Christmas concerts

Ben Pobjie

Artist Julia Kaye.

This artist has created a cult following with her cute comics

Doctors caution against following celebrities like Pete Evan for health advice.

The real reason we consult Google before visiting the doctor

Natalie Reilly

Breathing affects the way we feel.

How breathing affects our brain

Sarah Berry

Bad fat and good food? People are confused.

It's time to get over our fear of dietary fat

Carrie Dennett

It's surprising that a demographic so conscious of appearance is failing the tooth-care test.

Young women have the worst dental hygiene

Aldi's Turducken

The Aldi Christmas food taste test

Jill Dupleix's Nutella pancake stack.

Australia's most searched recipes for 2016 are...

Eggplants.

Is eggplant the new avocado?

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Ryan Reynolds thanks Blake Lively, gives first look at their kids

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner at an Oscars party in March. In June, the couple announced their intention to divorce.

Ben Affleck calls Jennifer Garner 'world's greatest mum'

1 hr ago

Mum's genius Santa hack to remind her kids to behave.

Mum's genius Santa hack for getting her kids to behave

The underground tunnel is efficient but bleak.

There's a good reason to avoid the world's longest train tunnel

Keith Austin

The concept could allow for radical new designs including sleeping compartments.

Airbus unveils new cabin design with beds, cafes and showers

Justin Bachman

Blue lagoons at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.

Traveller quiz: Which country is known as the land of fire and ice?

Mal Chenu

VPN-related searches on Google skyrocketed last year after new website-blocking measures were approved, and again this ...

Pirate Bay block won't stop VPN-savvy Aussies

Tim Biggs
46 mins ago

As long as you're running, old foes like goombas and koopas won't stop Mario this time. He vaults right over them.

Super Mario Run is elegant and addictive

Tim Biggs

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and founder of Facebook: "extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth".

Facebook rolls out anti fake news measures to select newsfeeds

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Every Star Wars video game ever, ranked

Kotaku

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Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

The Mazda CX-9 is a great everyday family car.

Hits and Misses: Best Daily Driver

The Drive Team

BMW Australia will introduce a limited-edition M4 to celebrate victory in the European DTM championship.

BMW's M4 DTM on the way to Australia

David McCowen

2016 Volvo XC90

New Volvo XC90 hybrid reviewed

David McCowen

Holden has launched a micro site for a trio of limited edition Commodores due to revealed in January

Swansong Commodores confirmed

Andrew MacLean

Volkswagen has produced a new Polo 'beats' special edition.

New VW Polo Beats reviewed

David McCowen

Toyota will build a Yaris hot hatch following its WRC experience.

Toyota confirms GTI rival

David McCowen

Australian batsman Steve Smith signals to the crowd after reaching a half century during play on day one of the first ...

Australia v Pakistan, first Test, day two

Live
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Still swinging: Brad Haddin of the Sixers.

Big Bash League manipulates us – and we love it

Malcolm Knox

Shania-Lee Swart.

Opener scores all team's runs amid flock of ducks

Banned: Bruno Andres Doglioli shoulder charges referee Maria Beatrice Benvenuti.

Ban for rugby player who violently tackled female referee

Winning combination: Bart Cummings with Saintly.

Cummings family mourns Saintly, the 'horse Bart built'

UPDATED

Grace Harris

Paid maternity leave a workplace right for cricketers: Grace Harris

Larissa Nicholson

David Moodie.

Integrity probe finds Moodie disclosed information and misled RVL

Michael Lynch
1 hr ago

Steve Smith

Livin' on the edge: Smith hits ton after Pakistan miss nick

Happy to be at Essendon: James Stewart.

Son of a Magpie's tough choice: Carlton or Essendon?

Sam McClure

Contract extension: Cyril Rioli has re-committed to the Hawks

Hawks star Cyril Rioli extends contract

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

From Uganda to Simonds Stadium has been a "pretty surreal" journey, says Simpson.

Cats' father-son draft call reaches Uganda

Rohan Connolly

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Caleb Daniel of the Western Bulldogs and Isaac Heeney of the Sydney Swans chase the ...

Swans tie up Heeney for long haul

Heritier Lumumba.

Lumumba situation 'dragging on' as Demons hunt major sponsor

Daniel Cherny

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