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The federal government spent a record amount on digital advertising in Australia last financial year, second only to television advertising.

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Melburnians will have to hang on until Friday evening for meaningful relief from the humid and hot conditions that have gripped the city this week.

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The Australian company behind red-light traffic cameras, Redflex, has escaped severe penalties in the US after striking a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice over its part in a corruption scandal. 

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Twenty-six couples are waiting to find out if the sperm used to fertilise their eggs at a reproductive technology clinic might have come from the wrong men.

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Swimmers at the south coast might want to take extra care in the ocean after more than a dozen sharks have been spotted on the NSW south coast in the past 48 hours. 

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A number of cases have shown career oblivion often follows corporate whistleblowing.

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'Abandoned' homeless camps will be the target of a new street clean-up operation in Melbourne, the city's lord mayor Robert Doyle said.

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Police had earlier released an alleged drunk 24-year-old driver after questioning him, pending further investigation after he failed to negotiate a turn and hit a parked car before striking the little boy.

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Has James Packer jumped the gun scrapping the international ambitions of his gaming empire Crown Resorts this month and selling out of Macau?

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An angry shopper has vented their frustration at someone's double-park at a busy shopping centre on Wednesday, piling trolleys against the driver's door and leaving a note that called them as "asshole".

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Since Tesla released Version 8.0 of its Autopilot system this winter, CEO Elon Musk has touted its lifesaving potential. Today, dashcam footage from the Netherlands showed just how powerful the new safety feature can be.

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A new $440 million 6-star hotel planned for the Gold Coast is just the latest win for Queensland's tourism industry, with $13 billion in infrastructure in the pipeline.

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The emerging popularity of T20 cricket and the Brisbane Heat has seen the first-ever sell-out crowd at The Gabba in 10 years since Ricky Ponting's team began their Ashes rout at The Gabba in 2006.

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David Bowie, Prince and Gene Wilder will be the main stars of Sydney's New Year's Eve firework display in a tribute to them and other entertainment stars who passed away this year.

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Police have released CCTV of a van after a 67-year-old grandfather was hit and killed in Sydney's south-west on Wednesday.

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Labor has joined calls for Centrelink's automated welfare debt recovery processes to be halted, amid reports low-income Australians are wrongly receiving letters of demand for thousands of dollars in possible over payments.

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Donald Trump and US chief diplomat John Kerry have taken explosively different tacks on Israel, further fuelling a war of words over the country's future.

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Final Fantasy XV feels like a logical evolution for series fans, but isn't militantly inaccessible for newcomers.

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Police say they have smashed a major drug smuggling syndicate smuggling cocaine via Sydney's iconic fish markets.

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Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred on Wednesday night on the South Coast after an 18-year-old man was involved in an altercation.

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A 15-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car in Perth's southern suburbs on Wednesday night.

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Another head has rolled following the state's beleaguered train operator, Queensland Rail.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man in relation to a suspicious fire in Melbourne's south-east on Wednesday.

• Live

A search has resumed for a man who vanished in far north Queensland on Boxing Day.

Just for a few days over Christmas, Robbie Farah didn't care about his torn biceps and the countdown clock to the grudge match to kick-off the NRL season. And thought about what it would be like to drive a hygiene van his charity is planning to use to shower Sydney's homeless.

• COMMENT

There is not a stakeholder in the English game who does not crave to see the All Blacks at Twickenham.

A woman who headed a one-time tech darling that specialised in software for one-page resumes is insisting she will not have to draft up her own CV.

In a year when populists won power across Europe and the US, the world's wealthiest people are ending 2016 with $330 billion more than they had at the start.

With so many real conflicts and tragedy, it's a good thing politeness is making a comeback.

When it comes to the most-read Sydney Morning Herald stories of 2016, nothing could trump Donald Trump

Why 2017 will be better for your team.

A second West Australian has become a millionaire overnight this week after picking up $1 million in Wednesday's lotto draw.

A 45-year-old Campbell man will face court next year after he allegedly struck a female police constable with his sedan on Thursday outside a Queanbeyan club.

If you're looking for a somewhat chilled way to spend the big night in Melbourne, here are some ideas.

Shares dipped in early trading as investors trim their holdings in the major banks and a host of listed trusts trade without the rights to their distributions.

Brainteasers have become a weekly feature of The Age's Melbourne Express blog this year. Here are our picks of the five best of 2016.

How did you go with the Melbourne Express brainteasers? 

A jury of photojournalism professionals from around the world will judge the 2017 contest, which celebrates the best in visual journalism.

The first of two men charged with the savage rape of a woman at South Brisbane in 2011 has briefly appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Betting on the greenback has become a no-brainer since the Trump election. Reason enough to go against the grain, says AMP portfolio manager Nader Naeimi.

The government could better target injury prevention programs for cyclists by collecting more data, says a population health worker.

Quoting a poem by the founder of Communist China Mao Zedong, China's government said on Wednesday that the efforts by Hong Kong and Taiwan independence supporters to link up were doomed to fail, as they would be dashed to the ground like flies.

In a rare press conference billed as Trump's plan for the US economy and job creation, there were plenty of announcements.

England rugby coach Eddie Jones paid tribute on Thursday to the way his all-conquering players developed in 2016 when they swept all before them to win 13 successive matches.

A man found unconscious in the water at Byron Bay on Wednesday has become the eighth to drown in NSW since Christmas.

A climber who fell 10 metres down a cliff at Mount Arapiles in western Victoria on Wednesday has been rescued. 

All Blacks prop Charlie Faumuina will quit New Zealand rugby to join French club Toulouse from the start of the next European season.

Congratulations to Lachlan Fox, of the Mornington Peninsula, today's winner of the Clique Summer Herald photo competition.