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Victoria Racing Committee chairman Michael Burn and lord mayor Robert Doyle hold the Melbourne Cup.

VRC chairman resigns, citing conflict of interest

31 mins ago

One of the private-hire taxis linked to 13CABS.

Taxi industry puts illegal cabs on road as Uber bites

1 hr ago

Traffic. heavy traffic jams on the Monash freeway caused by roadworks. Melbourne Age. news. photo by Angela Wylie. ...

Build it and they will drive: Toll road to cut train passengers

The Gatwick Hotel is on Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

The Block in 'serious negotiations' over sale of Gatwick Hotel

1 hr ago

Mr Rahmani was granted bail to a drug rehabilitation clinic.

Man caught with sex worker, gun, drugs begs for wife's forgiveness

1 hr ago

The object iis baffling experts and members of the public.

Another mystery object, 100m long, washes up on NZ beach

Turnbull has a chance to succeed where so many have failed

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Russia's revenge? Clinton blames hacking for loss

Tyson was paid $1.77 an hour. He will now share in a $100m payout

The $60b reason Victoria's roads and rail can't cope

End-of-the-world-as-we-know-it whiff to Trump's cabinet picks

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Maria Claudia Lutz and Fernando Manrique with their children,
Martin and Elisa.

'All of us knew straight away, he's killed them'

Run out

One of the closest run-outs in the history of cricket

Live
33 mins ago

Hatchimal

The last places to buy Australia's most-wanted Christmas toys

28 mins ago

Mainstream publicity on Apex-like gangs acts as recruiting drives for kids looking to "belong" to something.

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Jump in nasty young criminals has caught everyone by surprise

JOHN SILVESTER

Bathing box 85, Dendy beach, Brighton

Brighton icon sells for as much as a family home

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Woman trapped in Frankston drain

It's beginning to feel a lot like...shopping madness!

Festive frenzy: Christmas shopping trading hours

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

Parris Goebel (front) and her hip-hop dance squad (right to left), Kirsten Dodgen, Althea Strydom, Kyra Aoake and Kaea ...

2 billion YouTube hits: The Kiwi dancer who broke the internet

It's christmas on the beach. Kids wearing santa hats having fun on beach - laughing and screaming in water.

What to do with the kids: Melbourne school holiday guide

Bathing box 85, Dendy beach, Brighton

House or beach box? Brighton icon fetches price of a family home

Miranda Kerr seen out in Manhattan after a photo shoot at Spring Studios.

Kerr will need to find somewhere else to spend Christmas

Real estate agents will be forced to advertise prices with a range of 10 per cent under new laws next year.

New bans on some real estate ads in bid to quash underquoting

1 hr ago

Cuadra san Cristobal is considered one of Barragan's masterpieces.

Own an architecturally important home? Good luck selling it

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

Emergency services work to free the woman's arm.

Woman trapped in drain after trying to save friend's phone

The Christmas crime police couldn't stomach

Police hunt man who groped passenger on bus

The man was charged with armed robbery and other associated offences.

Police charge man, 59, over jewellery store robbery

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

Hard act to follow: Caitlin's secret VCE weapon

A woman has died and nine others are injured after a multi-vehicle smash at Runnymede.

Fatal smash injures four children in horror start to Christmas holidays

MFB

Smoke from huge Laverton fire seen from Melbourne CBD

Four people were on board at the time of the landing.

Passengers rescued after emergency landing

NSW

Peter Dutton has complained about "political correctness gone mad", but the school in question has been quite pro-Christmas.

'Politically correct' school not shunning carols

QLD

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

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

Dutton wrong on refugees' citizenship, court finds

Michael Gordon

Australia poised to ignore protests and ratify China extradition treaty

Philip Wen

One opportunity for a fresh start for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looms in an area former prime minister Tony Abbott ...

Turnbull's chance for a fresh start

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten are both trying to come to grips with the fact that ...

How to be an outsider when you're already an insider

COMMENT
James Massola

Greens leader Richard Di Natale wants Labor to join with his party to push for a federal ICAC-style body.

MPs say Obeid sentence supports case for federal ICAC

James Massola

Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour

We can't rely on being Asia's quarry: Australia Post chief

A Chinese Navy frigate and a Russian Navy ship take part in a joint naval drill in the South China Sea.

Tensions rise as Chinese warship seizes US drone

Hillary Clinton says Russian President Vladimir Putin has a "personal beef" with her.

Clinton blames Russian hacking for loss as Obama vows response

President-elect Donald Trump has been a purveyor of conspiracy theories for years, Holthaus writes.

Trump's 17 cabinet picks all wealthier than one-third of US

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Hologram wife Azuma Hikari.

A hologram wife for Japan's legion of lonely hearts

Julian Ryall

Jim Pavlidis illustration for Michael Gordon column, Saturday December 17, 2016

This is Turnbull's chance for a fresh start

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Saad Al-Kassab, from Syrian refugee to gardening job to dux.

Saad fled from hell on earth to become college dux in Melbourne

COMMENT
Martin Flanagan

Make time to indulge in some relaxing activities to help you stay sane this festive season.

Carpark rage, dizzying debt... it's starting to feel a lot like Christmas

COMMENT
Denise Cullen

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Float flops: the no-good, the bad and the ugly of IPOs

IN DEPTH
Sarah Danckert

It's wrong to think that part-time jobs are inferior to full-time jobs.

Employment is growing. So is unemployment. Huh?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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Katie Page
CEO Harvey Norman
First woman appointed to the board of the National Rugby ...

The industry dominated by women - except at the top

IN DEPTH
Catie Low

Col Fullagar is principal of Integrity Resolutions and also volunteers as a firefighter.

From firefighting to the life insurance frying pan

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Why Packer's Crown is cashing in its chips at Macau

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Fake news is sickening, don't make the cure worse than the disease

COMMENT
Margaret Sullivan

Star Wars, cricket books and drones: Christmas 2016 shapes up

SurfStitch strikes back against ex-CEO, Coastalcoms

<b>Archie Rose Copper Cocktail Kit</b><br>
As used by leading Aussie distiller Archie Rose, this deluxe cocktail kit ...

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

Fine Drinks

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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Aussies eye victory as Pakistan collapse

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Aleppo: A timeline

1 hr ago

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MYEFO: budget deficit to deteriorate

Budget

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Wild car chase ends in arrest

Outside view of the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney on 13 September 1966. SMH NEWS Picture by R.L. STEWART Sheraton Sofitel ...

Rewind - The Wentworth Hotel turns 50

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

seinfeld

Every single episode of Seinfeld 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

Advertiser

Netflix's new sci-fi drama The OA has been released on the platform without any pomp and ceremony.

Triple weird: the first word on Netflix's new cryptic drama

12 mins ago

Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in Rogue One.

Star Wars' Rogue One the year's official box office hit

Catfished: Scammed digital dater just wants to know why

Karl Quinn

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone make the musical sexy again

Tim Finn is about to have two shows at the Sydney Festival.

Tim Finn's sell-out musical heads to the Sydney Festival

Toby Creswell

Levi Miller and Phoenix in <i>Red Dog: True Blue</i>.

The eight month search for Red Dog with the X factor

Garry Maddox

Lisa Gormley and Dan Ewing play Heath and Bianca in <i>Home and Away: Revenge</i>.

How Home and Away became the great Aussie soap opera

Michael Lallo

Dane Swan doesn’t regret putting family and friends before football.

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

Keyword: AMM-Email Date created: Thu, 29. November 2012 9:39 PM Date imported: Mon, 14. November 2016 4:48 PM Country: ...

Not so silent night: How to have a rock'n'roll Christmas

Annabel Ross

Some of the The Melbourne Drone Orchestra that features 18 guitarists, they use feedback, tones and volume to maximum ...

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

Melanie Chisholm opened up to Fairfax Media.

Melanie C on raising her very own Spice Girl

Amy Croffey

Liam Mendes, 22, the self-styled paparazzo who took photos of Samantha Armytage going about her business on a Bondi ...

The 22yo pap who took Sam Armytage 'granny pants' pictures

Andrew Hornery

Hailey Baldwin in Sydney last week.

Hailey Baldwin shares baking tips (but not for cakes)

Stephanie Darling

Diane von Furstenberg attends the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 6, 2016 in New York City.

Diane von Furstenberg is open to dressing Melania Trump

Sarah Polus

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

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Be armed and know your allies in the Christmas shopping war

Benjamin Law

Beyonce and Lemonade - a combination that made 2016 all the perkier.

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

Dom Knight

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

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

Pete Evans whole-baked whiting.

39 gluten-free/dairy-free/paleo recipes for allergy-ridden guests

Aldi's Turducken

The Aldi Christmas food taste test

Neil Perry is launching Melbourne's second Sake Jr diner at St Collins Lane.

Neil Perry to open Rockpool Bar in Melbourne

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Mum sparks controversy by holidaying while her baby was sleep trained

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'

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

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

Cityscape of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.

Forget Venice: Europe's best cities that aren't overrun with tourists

Tim Richards

Traveller letters: Beware in Barcelona train stations

Vinicunca Mountain (Rainbow Mountain) Peruvian Andes. The climb to get here is a challenge but well worth it to stand ...

The Big Picture competition: Readers' top travel photos

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

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

star wars

Every Star Wars video game ever, ranked

Kotaku

surface

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 be 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

Pink ball fever: Josh Hazlewood celebrates another wicket on day two.

Live: Warner and Renshaw fall cheaply

Live
James Buckley
34 mins ago

Victoria Racing Committee chairman Michael Burn and lord mayor Robert Doyle hold the Melbourne Cup.

VRC chairman resigns, citing conflict of interest

Michael Lynch
32 mins ago

Living in fear: Pakistan has been criticised by former coach Mohsin Khan for capitulating in the first innings.

Pakistan 'feared' Australia before a ball was bowled: former coach

Phil Lutton

Missed stumping: Matthew Wade can't catch the ball, missing a stumping against Pakistan.

The missed stumping that could cost Matthew Wade his Test spot

Jamie Dowling.

'We don't want to see him die': How a suicide attempt shattered a league family

Roy Masters

Peter Handscomb of Australia celebrates his hundred.

Handscomb is as handsome does

Patrick Bartley

Patrick Bartley: How I became entangled in the cobalt saga

COMMENT

Sold: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone sold the sport to Liberty Media this year.

Formula One is a castle built on sand, and Ecclestone is to blame

COMMENT
Oliver Brown

Happy to be at Essendon: James Stewart.

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

Sam McClure

Garry Lyon: Back on the airwaves in the new year.

SEN reveals its men-only footy line-up

Larissa Nicholson

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

Hawks star Cyril Rioli extends contract

Daniel Cherny

Sam 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

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