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Missing Eddie McGuire from the AFLW inaugural match between Colligwood and Carton Football Club.

AFLW: Eddie McGuire misses Pies' historic debut

A man holds a placard during a gathering in Paris to protest US President Donald Trump's recent travel ban.

US Federal judge slaps restraining order on Trump's travel ban

1 hr ago

Mr Sharpe has been enjoying internet memes created in his honour

'Mate I've got 78,000 viewers': Boxing fan defies Foxtel

1 hr ago

Eric Abetz spoke to Money News

Conservative MPs warn PM over same-sex marriage 'betrayal'

1 hr ago

Choose the sunscreen that matches your needs.

90 cents to $20: Is your sunscreen brand burning you?

Donald Trump: there is light amid the darkness.

Why Trump has me seeing the world in a better light

COMMENT

'Vulnerable' man who fled Manus for Fiji could face charges

1 hr ago

Retailers pay the price for cheapest women's clothing on record

Trump says 'fake news media' lied about Turnbull call

Prime Minister who? Sean Spicer does it again

Liberal fundraising body bankrolls Family First, Lib Dems

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

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Grassfire threatens houses in Melbourne's north-west

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35 mins ago

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 03: Australian boxer Anthony Mundine looks on after his cruiserweight bout with Danny ...

'I was robbed': Anthony Mundine says Danny Green didn't beat him

Huangguoshu Waterfalls in the Guizhou province, China.

Six amazing places in China you've never heard of

Victorious captain Lauren Arnell thanks fans after the match.

AFLW: Blues, Magpies clash a TV ratings winner

1 hr ago

Navigating social media isn't as easy as it seems.

The app that measures how much time you spend on social media

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Key Trump aide cites 'massacre' that never happened

(From left) Moana Hope, Katie Brennan and Ebony Marinoff at the announcement of their pay deal on Thursday.

Everything you need to know about the AFLW teams

Darcy Vescio of the Blues (middle) sings the team song after the game.

The best moments of an unforgettable night

John Symond has decided to stay put despite an offer of more than $100m for his Point Piper home.

Aussie John keeps $100m mansion after all

EXCLUSIVE

What it's like to wear hijab in the Trump era

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is hoping US President Donald Trump sticks to his word on the 1250 refugees.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is hoping US President Donald Trump sticks to his word on the 1250 refugees.

Turnbull desperately hoping that history doesn't repeat

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Beyonce shows off her baby bump in an Instagram post announcing her pregnancy.

Beyonce's twins: Another birther plot nipped in the bud

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

The Book of Mormon's stereotypes of everyday members and missionaries are spot on.

What The Book of Mormon is like for a lapsed Mormon

Adrian Lowe

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John Symond has decided to stay put despite an offer of more than $100m for his Point Piper home.

Aussie John pulls his $100 million mansion off the market

EXCLUSIVE

The growing appeal of Pauline Hanson's One Nation has left the Queensland LNP with a dilemma

Please explain: Pauline Hanson's Gold Coast property fails to settle

Victoria Davis poses for a photo with her husband Demian Gibbins and children Tristan and Evangeline at their cafe and ...

Suburb v city: The best place to raise kids in Melbourne?

5 Howitt Street, Glen Iris.

Open for inspection: what to see this weekend

Both charged: Truc Thanh Le Nguyen (also known as Judy Nguyen), right and her husband Tri Duc Ngo (also known as Joseph Ngo).

Ex-LJ Hooker agent 'swiped $60k at a time from accounts'

It's a sell-out: 24,500 people watched Carlton thump Collingwood in the first AFLW match at Princes Park.

AFL forced to rethink women's venues after bumper crowd

Summer fails to sizzle but Saturday a day for the beach

Neelima Choahan

Police hunting killer of man found in car park follow a trail of blood

UPDATED

A jet-skier at Port Melbourne beach gets a bit close to a swimmer.

L-plates for jet-skis? Children can ride with a piece of paper

55 mins ago

A scene from the Ambulance Victoria video.

'I was crying when I saw it': Bourke Street paramedics say thanks

Blues fans show their support

AFL apologises to fans locked out of AFLW game

The boy is believed to have been pulled from the pool during school swimming lessons.

Boy fights for life after nearly drowning at swimming lessons

One of the 16-year-old boys, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was filmed abusing police as he sat handcuffed ...

Sydney teen tried to join IS on family holiday

EXCLUSIVE

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: A man is searched by police officers during raids in Punchbowl on June 9, 2016 in Sydney, ...

Arrested man 'part of multi-million dollar cocaine run'

NSW

The school bus engulfed in flames.

Heroic prefect, driver save kids from bus fire

WA

Tigerair apologised to customers after cancelling flights between Australia and Bali permanently, effective immediately.

Tigerair ends flights between Australia and Bali

UPDATED

A model wears a 'Tuck Frump' shirt on the organisation's website.

Turnbull staffer suspended over 'Tuck Frump' Facebook post

Scramble to repair US-Australian alliance after Trump tweets

James Massola

'No one of that era is completely exonerated', says ex-RSL councillor

David Wroe

Liberal MPs are pushing to abandon the party's plebiscite policy in favour of a free vote in Parliament.

Liberals move on same-sex marriage challenge to PM

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

"I make no apology for making sure that those who didn't need it, who got it, pay the money back": Deputy Prime Minister ...

Joyce flies to Queensland to shut down controversy

Amy Remeikis

Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari has been returned to Papua New Guinea against his will.

'No humanity': police end man's desperate bid for freedom

EXCLUSIVE

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 16: NBN CEO Bill Morrow delivers a speech during the company FYR media presentation on August ...

Little-known bureaucrats cash in on pay cheques

Tom McIlroy

Armed police surround the Louvre on Friday morning.

Louvre attack suspect a recently-arrived Egyptian on tourist visa

Residents say they were evicted despite a "political contract".

The real reason many poor Jakartans oppose their governor

Jewel Topsfield

70-year-old Sevanta Shantaram Kedar's family was too poor to send her to school when she was growing up.

At a school for grandmas, women reclaim their dignity

Amrit Dhillon

US President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington on his first day ...

Trump wants religion and politics to mix

Publicly shaming Trump could have catastrophic results.

How to deal with a narcissist like Trump

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Former Labor Government Foreign Minister Bob Carr said the nature of the phone call showed that "under President Trump ...

Just settle these refugees in Australia - end of story

COMMENT
Azadeh Dastyari

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Our fight to the death with nature is not one we can win

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

ASX

'General glumness' to keep shares flat, say economists

NewSat director Adrian Ballintine.

NewSat boss, chairman slapped with $270 million lawsuit

EXCLUSIVE

"Whether a large company with existing links to China or a mum-and-dad run exporter operating out of a garage, Alibaba ...

Chinese e-commerce giant opens Australian HQ

1 hr ago

Economic survey

'Australia a one-trick pony'

EXCLUSIVE

Mining's economic contribution not as big as you might think

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Discount addiction: 'There will be more casualties'

Seven director's departure raises questions

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Coffee king shows it's easy going green

Camping is as much about luxury as it is getting away.

Putting the glam in camping: How to go five star under the stars

Luxury

Kaiju Krush! Tropical Pale is a break away from traditional beers.

10 of the best new Aussie beers you need in your esky

Fine Drinks

Are you covered?

Is insurance in super pointless with a pre-existing condition?

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Ensuring you are paid compulsory super can take a back seat to take-home pay and other entitlements.

Not everyone gets paid their compulsory super. But it's easily fixed

Daryl Dixon

Margherita Boemo of Sprint Gas in Campbellfield. Her business has been affected by Telstra outage.

Telstra outage stings small businesses for 'thousands'

Eight-year-old Alexandra Shaw in the factory behind Salvios Dancing Shoes, in Randwick, with Phil Salvio toiling in the ...

Lessons I learned from being small business editor

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Danny Green beats Anthony Mundine

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Ambulance Victoria thanks the public after Bourke Street

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Amendment to camping law comes under fire

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Shocking racist attack in suburban Melbourne

2SM Sports commentator Reg Grundy, pictured in January 1953. SUN NEWS Picture by LAURIE SHEA Radio broadcasting hhollins ...

Rewind - When they were young

Stan - Billions

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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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Last laugh: Steve Price is spilling the beans on his feud with John Laws.

Steve Price, John Laws and the day their feud turned ugly

Josh Thomas in <i>Please Like Me</i>.

In spite of the ABC, Josh Thomas' Please Like Me wooed the world

Karl Quinn

Manu Feildel with fellow <i>My Kitchen Rules</i> judge Pete Evans.

MKR's Manu reveals his MasterChef devastation

Religious experience: <i>South Park</i> creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker at Melbourne's Princess Theatre.

Book of Mormon's Trey Parker and Matt Stone shun Trump

Debbie Cuthbertson

Kate Mulvany during rehearsals for <i>Richard III</i>.

Kate Mulvany plays Shakespeare's greatest villain, Richard III

Kate Mulvany

Liam Neeson says working with Martin Scorsese can be "f---ing terrifying''.

Why Martin Scorsese terrified Liam Neeson

Stephanie Bunbury

The Book of Mormon's stereotypes of everyday members and missionaries are spot on.

What it's like to see The Book of Mormon as a lapsed Mormon

Adrian Lowe

Was that the end for Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Josh Thomas calls time on ABC series Please Like Me

Ebony Bowden

Bruce Springsteen wheeled out the hayseed novelty tune <i>Don't Hang Up</i> at AAMI Park.

Springsteen had just the song to mock Trump-Turnbull call

REVIEW
Michael Dwyer

Religious experience: <i>South Park</i> creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker at Melbourne's Princess Theatre.

The Book of Mormon creators shun Trump as musical opens

Debbie Cuthbertson

Pioneers: (from left) Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae.

The remarkable story of the women putting people into space

Sarah Thomas

Brie Larson shows Donald Trump how she "dresses like a woman".

Twitter shows Trump how to #dresslikeawoman

Mary Ward

Actress Lola Kirke received death threats after showing off her armpit hair at the Golden Globes last month.

Why more Australian women are growing armpit, leg hair in February

Jenna Clarke

Beyonce shows off her baby bump in an Instagram post announcing her pregnancy.

All hail the queen of keeping a secret

Elahe Izadi

Katy Tur remained unaffected in the face of personal attacks and constant taunting from Trump.

The women who have bravely stood up to Donald Trump

COMMENT
Arielle De Bono

Top model and BFF of many a millionaire, Karlie Kloss, was in town for David Jones this week.

Karlie Kloss is a role model for social climbers

Jenna Clarke

Splitsville: Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse.

Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse split

Groomed for power: Stephen Bannon is said to be the only person exempt from Trump's dress code.

Women, we can't rest until we can all dress like Steve Bannon

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Emma Roberts has been a big fan of adopting the Twiggy technique.

Why it will be worth mastering eye dots this year

Stephanie Darling

Celebrate the little wins.

8 ways training for a triathlon made me a better dater

Alicia M. Cohn

A little light can help you to sleep deeper.

How nature can help us sleep better

Sarah Berry

Five minutes to a better day.

A morning routine to set you up for a super productive day

Susie Moore

Korean spice-rubbed chicken.

54 chicken fillet recipes that actually taste amazing

The interior of Lee Ho Fook bar.

New York? Hong Kong? No, Lee Ho Fook's bar is very Melbourne

Daniel Lewis

It's a wrap - Slow cooked lamb with garlic yoghurt and wholemeal milkbread.

Slow-cooked lamb with garlic yoghurt and milkbread

Adam Liaw

Gayathiri Bose and her breast pump.

Airport staff order mum to squeeze her breasts to prove she's lactating

Your kids are watching you more closely than you realise.

Check yourself on these 8 things before your kid becomes a teen

"To be blunt, I like one of my children more than the other," one mum admits on an online forum.

Mum admits she has a favourite child - and she's not the only one

CommSec estimates that car prices are at their most affordable since 1987, while women's clothing is the cheapest in 27 ...

Traveller letters: Rental company's tyre claims complete nonsense

Huangguoshu Waterfalls in the Guizhou province, China.

Six incredible places in China you've never heard of

Brian Johnston

Overwater villas at Lux South Ari Atoll.

Truly awesome: Every luxury holiday should be like this

Luke Slattery

Evan Spiegel, left, chief executive of Snap, and Bobby Murphy, senior vice president of engineering, each own 227 ...

Who are the new Snapchat billionaires?

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is distancing himself from the Trump administration.

Uber CEO quits Trump advisory group

The Oculus Rift has put Facebook at the forefront of the virtual reality boom.

Oculus lift: Facebook loses $653 million VR verdict

Here's how the future of Australia's 4G will go

Kotaku

MasterCard Identity Check will let Australians shop with a smile.

MasterCard 'Selfie Pay' coming to Australia

COMMENT

2017 Audi Q2 Launch Edition.

New Audi Q2 prices revealed

Drive Staff

The Mazda3 was the top-selling car in January.

Strong start to 2017 new car sales

Stephen Ottley

Leena Gade.

Bentley's 'First Lady of Le Mans'

David McCowen

2017 Holden Trax.

New Holden Trax prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV sold out

Jonathan Hawley

2017 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack Wolfsburg Edition.

New VW Passat Alltrack Wolfsburg Edition

Dom Tripolone

Davis Cup

Aussies sweep Davis Cup tie 3-0

Linda Pearce
50 mins ago

Robbed: Anthony Mundine does not believe he lost the fight against Danny Green.

'I was robbed': Mundine speaks after loss to Green

Absolute schocker: Unless he successfully appeals, Kevin Pietersen will have to pay a $5000 fine.

Pietersen fined $5K for BBL umpire comments

Super extreme drink driving: Aussie golfer Steven Bowditch.

'Super extreme' drink driving gets Aussie golfer arrested in Arizona

Usain Bolt in Melbourne on Friday.

Usain Bolt's early start could be a golden finish

Mr Sharpe has been enjoying internet memes created in his honour

Man streams Mundine v Green fight through Facebook page

Jacob Saulwick
1 hr ago

Former runner John Steffensen, right, was instrumental in getting Usain Bolt to Australia.

If only I'd tried, says Bolt - or played cricket

Greg Baum

City's Tim Cahill celebrates after scoring in round two against Victory.

City, Victory both look to rekindle form in derby clash

Michael Lynch

It's a sell-out: 24,500 people watched Carlton thump Collingwood in the first AFLW match at Princes Park.

AFL forced to reassess women's venues

Daniel Cherny

Darcy Vescio of the Blues (middle) sings the team song after the game.

The best moments of an unforgettable night

Daniel Cherny

Testing times: AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan.

AFL heading into uncharted territory with industrial dispute

Caroline Wilson

Neither here nor there: the half-open Etihad Stadium roof during Saturday's game.

AFL acts on Etihad safety concerns

Daniel Cherny

The Blues' Darcy Vescio was the star of the night.

AFLW: Crowds flood in, Blues take the honours

Larissa Nicholson

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