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Former Premier Jeff Kennett says the Victorian branch is not in a panic about One Nation.

'No one would recognise him': Kennett's epic burn

1 hr ago

Senator Matthew Canavan arrives at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 3 July 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Minister accuses ABC of running 'fake news' in bizarre radio interview

12 mins ago

The van apparently rammed the building before exploding.

Van attack not motivated by politics, religion, police say

1 hr ago

2015 was a light year for IPO volume, but it's expected to pick up pace 2016.

Relying on employers to do the right thing clearly is not working

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Macquarie Bank is raising alarm in Britain over its proposed takeover of the UK's Green Investment Bank.

'Worst kind of company': Alarm in UK over takeover

EXCLUSIVE
Latika Bourke

"This relationship finished some years ago and I apologised at the time, and am still trying to make amends": Seven boss ...

Seven launches inquiry into chief executive's affair with staffer

Fury as NAB's internet and phone banking crash before Christmas

1 hr ago

Trump abandons key election slogan after succumbing to pressure

Cormann's 'ludicrous' domestic violence claim trashed

Most popular petrol could be phased out within two years

Barbaro's execution uncovered 'highly sophisticated' crew

Trump

Trump critic appeared on TV, then was sent a tweet which sparked a seizure

The security guard could well have the safest pair of hands in South Australia.

Security guard stars with casually amazing BBL catch

1 hr ago

Family Break Finder have assembled a list of tourism slogans.

Every country in the world's tourism slogan, mapped

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ride in a carriage during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London.

Royal Christmas plans on hold as Queen and Prince Philip fall ill

Top view image of leafy green mix of kale, spinach, baby beetroot leaves and garlic over rustic wooden background Kale ...

How leafy greens may protect the brain from aging

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Cop pulls over student to tie necktie

Want to be the first on your block to have a rate rise? A tracker loan might be for you.

Report reveals how long it will take to save for a first home

Actresses Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps attend a special screening Of "Manchester By The Sea".

The love of your life doesn't have to be a man, Williams says

BAGSHOT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Eddie Jones, the England head coach looks on during the England training session held at ...

World Cup or bust as Jones reveals when he'll quit England job

Star trails around the south celestial pole above the Australian Astronomical Observatory in the Warrumbungle National ...

Hidden supercluster of galaxies pulling the Milky Way along

Anika, 2, plays in a water feature in Sydney.

Cryptosporidium outbreak at pools, splash parks

Kate Aubusson
1 hr ago

Record number of new Sydney homes may not stop rate hikes

EXCLUSIVE

Guard commits sex offence on lost girl, 3, at shopping centre: police

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 21: Generic pictures of Christmas shopping on December 21, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. ...

Sydney Now: Trading hours extended to meet Christmas rush

Charges are expected to be upgraded against Mohammed Khazma over the alleged bashing.

'We're heartbroken,' says family of baby bashing accused

EXCLUSIVE

A 28-year-old Perth woman suffered serious burns.

'Fireball came out of where the candle was sitting'

Isabelle Lagace, 28,(right) has pleaded guilty to importing cocaine. Her travel companion Melina Roberce, 22, (left) ...

Sobbing Canadian ordered to stand trial

Some of the youths pictured at the party.

Home owner shattered as house trashed by out-of-control party

WA

The injured grandmother in hospital on Wednesday.

Woman arrested after 93-year-old grandma bashed in 'feral' attack

VIC
1 hr ago

Australian Federal Police released images of Aubree Leigh Best and her father, Jordan Best, in a bid to find the ...

Court takes rare step in search for missing toddler Aubree

QLD

A WA coroner has indicated he is unlikely to find a doctor's failings contributed to the death of a nurse who complained ...

Food poisoning surge: One dead, six hospitalised in Victoria

VIC

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matthew Canavan.

Cabinet minister accuses ABC of 'fake news' in bizarre interview

Stephanie Peatling
12 mins ago

ACT Police cast doubt on Christian Lobby's explosion theory

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Government considers banning Australia's most popular petrol

Matthew Knott

The van that drove into the Australian Christian Lobby's headquarters and exploded in Canberra.

Car explodes outside Australian Christian Lobby headquarters

55 mins ago

Liberal senator Cory Bernardi.

'Do Turnbull a favour': Bernardi urged to defect from Liberal Party

Latika Bourke

Danica Weeks, whose husband was aboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, in Sydney. 6th March 2015 Photo: ...

MH370 widow condemns decision to halt search

A security fence is proposed blocking access to the roof.

Architects demand new Parliament fence plan be put on ice

Lara was born with microcephaly in a hospital in Brazil. When indications mounted that the increase in microcephaly was ...

Year of shocking surprises: major global events of 2016

Lia Timson

Peter Navarro, centre, has been picked for a trade advisory role.

Trump picks 'Death by China' author for trade advisory role

31 mins ago

An Aston Martin luxury handbag.

'Compulsion to have expensive handbags' lands woman in prison

The German Flag waves at half-mast in Breitscheidtplatz where a truck ploughed through a Christmas market on December 20.

Berlin Christmas market truck attack: What we know

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

The brutal images that have defined 2016 for Indigenous Australia

COMMENT
Karly Warner and Ruth Barson
33 mins ago

Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have various options should Sydney ...

Turnbull is right to get tough over Badgerys Creek

EDITORIAL

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on a train in Sydney's west.

It's nice Turnbull catches trains; it would be nicer if he built them

COMMENT
Jacob Saulwick

Despite the occasional talk, the politicians aren't prepared to do what's necessary to fix the problem.

'Tis the season to complain about superannuation

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Futures trading suggests a pause today in the ASX's already generous Santa rally.

Markets Live: Banking on Santa

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
39 mins ago

Hedge fund tsar Carl Icahn has been touted by Donald Trump as a potential US Treasury secretary.

The billionaire investor advising Trump on Wall Street regulation

40 mins ago

Caltex snaps up Kiwi petrol independent Gull New Zealand

Caltex dives into Kiwi market with $324m Gull acquisition

1 hr ago

Seven board launches independent probe into sex scandal

Fears over cost of paid family violence leave 'ludicrous'

Alarm in Britain over Macquarie Bank's proposed takeover

EXCLUSIVE

Looking back at 2016: After a rocky start, ASX ends on high

ANALYSIS

In Sydney, couples spent an average of 8.4 years raising the $214,600 required for a deposit on a median-priced house.

Eight years to save deposit for first home in Sydney

The front lawn of 36 Madrers Avenue, Kogarah, which is lit up this year to raise money for charity.

Where to find the best Christmas light displays across Sydney

The Greendo units are made to replicate the landscape of Takamatsu, Japan.

Is it a rolling hill or is it a home? Japan's architectural experiment

Here are the paint trends to look out for in the new year.

The paint trends you'll be seeing everywhere in 2017

The one reason my mother won't sell the family home ... Christmas.

The one reason my mother won't sell the family home

If you only buy one bottle of whisky this Christmas, make it this one

Fine Drinks
14 mins ago

You won't find any of these fantasy gifts in Santa's sack.

Wish list: Six fantasy gifts any cyclist would dream of

On Your Bike

Almost one in 10 Australian workers is underemployed.

The truth behind the official jobless figures

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Aged care is destined to have increasing demand, but there may be oversupply.

The hidden danger of investing in aged care

COMMENT
Graham Witcomb

Small business owners make the mistake of coming back to work too soon.

You don't want to think about 2017 yet but you should

Gabrielle Dolan (centre) warns against the use of business jargon.

The worst business buzzwords of 2016

Alexandra Cain

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Western Aleppo evacuees arrive in Syria

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Will Cory Bernardi split from the Liberals?

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Germany cleans up as manhunt begins

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Trump: 'You've known my plans' on immigration

Illustration Matt Davidson

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Dec 22

1 hr ago

Good Behaviour

Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming only on Stan.

1 hr ago

The choice - Stan

Young love, marriage and family. The Choice based on the noval by Nicholas Sparks now Streaming.

1 hr ago

Meghan Markle opens up about racial abuse online

Mary Ward

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wes Anderson teases Isle Of Dogs on Edward Norton's Crowd Rise.

Wes Anderson's next film to star Bryan Cranston, Yoko Ono as dogs

Rob Moran

It wasn't meant to be Donald Trump in office, says Alec Baldwin as he continues his spoof on SNL with Kate McKinnon as ...

Baldwin will continue to play Trump for pocket change

Baz Lurhmann, The Get Down.

60 Minutes debacle to Please Like Me: 10 things TV taught us in 2016

Debi Enker

YouTube star Adam Saleh who claims he was kicked off a Delta Airlines flight for speaking Arabic.

YouTube stars 'removed from flight for speaking Arabic'

Jonah Engel Bromwich
1 hr ago

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in <i>Allied</i>.

Allied defies the conventions of the sexy spy genre: review

Jake Wilson

Art meets life: Boyd Holbrook, Steve Murphy, Javier Pena and Pablo Pascal.

Agent behind Netflix's Narcos tells of real terror on Escobar hunt

Nick Galvin

Sansa Stark with half-brother Jon Snow in <i>Game of Thrones'</i> season 6 finale.

Sansa Stark 'ruthless' in new season of GoT, says Turner

Ebony Bowden

Richard Marx, big-haired pop balladeer to real-life action hero.

Popstar Richard Marx was there when drama unfolded on plane

Rob Moran

Cate Blanchett with Husband Andrew Upton at the Sydney Theatre Company Thursday 12th September 2013.Photo: Danielle Smith

Cate Blanchett's plans shredded by City of Sydney

Andrew Taylor

Antony (Christopher Stollery) and Cleopatra (Camila Ah Kin)

Marathon effort in the park is a toga-free zone

Jason Blake

Arts. Young indigenous actor/playwright Katie Beckett with her father Uncle Les Beckett. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken ...

Kate's tribute to 'embarrassing, loving' dad

Elissa Blake

Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus' family.

Liam Hemsworth is all of us at the in-laws' for Christmas

1 hr ago

In the company of women, there's "more likely to be reciprocity and mutual respect, and a willingness to search for ...

What it's like when you don't have a girl gang

I had to prioritise my own safety, too.

Months after our Tinder date, he threatened to commit suicide

Ariel Henley

A throwback to 90s make-up was all the rage.

Our verdict on Sephora's top makeup products of the year

Stephanie Darling

Lena Dunham arrives at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Lena Dunham gives a very Lena Dunham apology

Mariam Veiszadeh, Daily Life 2016 Woman of the Year.

Mariam Veiszadeh's 'deeply unfair' troll attack

Daisy Dumas

Melbourne band Camp Cope

Triple J listeners snub women again, but who's really to blame?

COMMENT
Somayra Ismailjee

"As the canvas of my body has become increasingly colourful, so too have the interactions with the general, curious ...

Things everyone who gets tattoos is asked

Clem Bastow

One theory is that the difficulty in gaining release for a woman attracts her to a partner who is capable of providing it.

The female orgasm: a way to create social control?

Sarah Berry

Pomegranate: A sweet relief from sugar?

My answer to the holiday sugar glut: Pomegranates

Casey Seidenberg

Eat fruit like a monkey... or something.

It's not the holidays until you read about avoiding weight gain

Vicky Hallett

Sydney's best steak frites.

Where to find Sydney's best steak frites

Christmas dinner disasters are more common than you think.

The worst Christmas kitchen injuries

Rachel Khoo's pimped up pavlova: Coconut, lime and mango pavlova roulade.

A new spin on pav: Rachel Khoo's mango meringue roulade recipe

1 hr ago

James, two, knows how to please the crowd.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's baby name revealed

Nick Cannon created a 'Cannon Candy Room' for his children.

Mariah Carey's ex-husband builds a 'candy room' for the kids

1 hr ago

Prince Harry has opened up about the death of his mother, and his charity work, in a new interview.

Prince Harry opens up about mother's death: 'It was a lot of buried emotion'

Family Break Finder have assembled a list of tourism slogans.

Every country in the world's tourism slogan, mapped

Ellen Creager

North Korea's Koryo Air has been named the world's worst airline.

Unfriendly skies: The world's worst airlines named

Oliver Smith

Scary: The 'invisible' footbridge.

China's most terrifying idea yet: An 'invisible' glass bridge and hotel

Soo Kim
1 hr ago

Mario

Mario sets app records, but price a sore point

Twitter

Does anyone still work at Twitter?

Firewatch

Our picks for the 10 best video games of 2016

The original 12-inch MacBook took a thin one-port design over the alternative thicker, more capable version. For its ...

Apple has turned its back on Mac loyalists

Mark Gurman

xbox

Christmas tech gift guide: under $1000

2017 Subaru Impreza hatch.

Driven: Subaru's all-new Impreza

Andrew MacLean

Porsche 911 Turbo S

Is this the best car in the world?

Andrew MacLean

The Ford Mustang failed to live up to its hype according to much of the Drive's staff.

The biggest letdowns of 2016

The Drive Team

BMW i8

Fully driverless BMW due in 2021

Dom Tripolone

2017 Skoda Octavia RS.

New go-fast Skoda wagon revealed

Drive Staff

The Ram 2500's towing numbers are even more impressive than its size.

Hits and Misses: Biggest Surprise

The Team Drive

BAGSHOT, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 29: Eddie Jones, the England head coach looks on during the England training session held at ...

Jones reveals his coaching future

Integrity concern: Andre Russell of the Thunder wields the colourful bat against the Sixers at Spotless Stadium.

Cricket Australia bans Andre Russell's black and pink bat

James Buckley

High earner: Craig Bellamy.

Why Bennett and Bellamy won't be as far ahead of rivals now

Adam Pengilly

Long comeback: Petra Kvitova.

More bad news for Kvitova

Record chance: Wild Oats XI

Record beckons for Wild Oats XI

James Buckley
52 mins ago

Mark Hunt will fight Alastair Overeem in UFC 209.

Mark Hunt set for Alistair Overeem fight

John Grant is refusing to back down.

Grant unlikely to survive another 12 months

Roy Masters

"Great player": Nick Kyrgios received high praise from Roger Federer.

Federer questions Kyrgios: 'How much does he want it?'

Leading men: The fitness and form of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will be major considerations.

Starc and Hazlewood to play Boxing Day, SCG Tests

Andrew Wu

Free to play: Faf du Plessis.

Faf du Plessis loses ball-tampering appeal

Bigger stage: Austin Waugh plays square in the family way.

Young Waugh to play in BBL curtain-raiser

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