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Donald Trump

Shocked diners see Trump's security meeting

Critics were quick to point out the typo in US President Donald Trump's inauguration poster.

Oops: Trump poster pulled from sale over embarrassing typo

President Donald Trump, right, extends his hand to Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a meeting in the Oval ...

Trump meets Trudeau, social media has an absolute ball

Garbage on the shore of Zumbi beach in Rio de Janeiro, June 27, 2016. Recent tests revealed a veritable petri dish of ...

Even 10,000m beneath the surface, ocean trenches are polluted

Police are appealing for help to catch the offender.

Woman sexually assaulted while waiting for Uber car

8 mins ago

"Evil does in fact die:" Charping's daughter did not hold back in the obituary.

'Evil does in fact die': Daughter's incredibly brutal obituary

1 hr ago

Fairfax appoints Chris Janz head of metro

1 hr ago

Honey Birdette scandal: New claims of ex-staffer being whipped

1 hr ago

On Q&A, Jacqui Lambie gives two-bob watches a bad name

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

'Dumb policy': Xenophon blocks Turnbull's $4b bill

Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder to step down in retail shake-up

A poached egg on avocado toast: totally possible in a work kitchen.

How to nail work lunches every day ... even when you have no spare time

The one thing I now do at the start of every trip

The ancient Greeks described several different types of love. Following the Greeks, the sociologist and activist John ...

There are six styles of love, which one are you?

Shane Watson has admitted he never came to grips with the decision review system.

'In the end I just gave up': Shane Watson opens up on DRS woes

Ice Wars

The ABC's 'Ice Wars' is exploiting vulnerable addicts

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Mis-translation: Tanzanian guide twists tourist's video message

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight is back.

John Oliver's back with a plan to enter Trump's info-stream

Tim Worner outside Channel 7 at the height of the Amber Harrison affair.

'Untenable': Worner must step down from Swans board

Trying to find housemates is a tiring and often tragic experience.

So, nudity ... And other stuff I wish I'd asked my housemates

Trash dove

Trash dove: The floppy purple mystery flocking to your Facebook feed

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Love buying new things? Chances are you support offshore processing of asylum seekers.

What your spending habits say about your politics

Inga Ting
30 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison is playing hardball.

Er… What's this about a locked box and a jam jar, Scott?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Young woman indoor using technology Young women uses mobile phone

Put your phone down and talk to your children

COMMENT
Clare Boyd-Macrae

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A long-leaved box tree in the Upper Goulburn State Forest after it was stripped of burls.

Burl bandits saw off trees' valuable gnarly knobs

Mean girls terrorise teen with razor, steal her shoes

Mobs snatch mobiles: Youths strike twice in 6 weeks, White Night fear

The Grevillea unit at Barwon Prison.

Police investigate teen riot at Barwon Prison's Grevillea unit

The Corkman Irish pub in Carlton, built in 1857, as it was last October.

Cowboy developers fight order to rebuild Corkman hotel

Local residents protest against the youth detention centre planned for Werribee South.

Anger rages: Thousands protest over plans for new Werribee jail

Wayne Brown, who was killed by his brother in their parents' Cranbourne home in 2016.

'Who stabbed you?' police ask. 'My f---ing brother' he says, dying

Police at the crime scene in Pine Street, Yennora, in western Sydney.

Body at factory site with suspected gunshot wound

NSW

A Walking Wounded volunteer rows to raise money

War veterans' group stripped of charity status

QLD

The federal government's child support payment system is emerging as the scene of the latest Commonwealth tech wreck.

Child Support 'tech wreck' costing us $100k a day

ACT

The footage was filmed in the yard of a Rottnest chalet.

Charges laid over quokka kicking on Rottnest Island

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Paralympics co-captain Kurt Fearnley.

Political opportunism: Paralympian rips into Coalition over NDIS move

Live
Stephanie Peatling
27 mins ago

PM 'saddened and disappointed' by lack of progress on child mortality

Fergus Hunter
31 mins ago

Ex-minister privately pushed for bank royal commission

Latika Bourke

Neither side of politics has come to grips with needs-based school funding, according to Gonski Review panelist Ken Boston.

'On a path to nowhere': Gonski architect blasts school funding failure

Matthew Knott
19 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 13 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Memo to Scott Morrison: there ain't no jam jars

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Senator Glenn Lazarus Senator David Leyonhjelm and Senator Nick Xenophon addressed the National Press Club in Canberra ...

Xenophon blocks $4 billion omnibus bill

Fergus Hunter, Tom McIlroy

Steve Ciobo says One Nation is more economically responsible than Labor.

One Nation 'more economically responsible than Labor': Minister

Michael Koziol

An armed police officer stands guard as the festive stalls remain closed at Berlin Christmas market in Berlin, Germany ...

'Spectre of fear' falls over Europe: poll

Nick Miller
1 hr ago

A Rohingya refugee family Muhammad Rofiq, mother Hamidah and their children in a refugee camp in Medan, North Sumatra, ...

Rohingya sentenced to death while atrocities continue

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Donald Trump

Trump's meeting on North Korean missile launch shared on Facebook

Steven Mnuchin, Treasury secretary nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump.

US Senate confirms Mnuchin as Treasury secretary

59 mins ago

Valentine's Day: a capitalist spectacle so obscene it makes Black Friday look like a roadside honesty box.

Valentine's Day: love as public, competitive sport

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Coles has been working hard to crack down on self-service checkout theft.

It's no wonder we view Coles as a faceless food factory that it's OK to rip off

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Hot showers cool you down more than cold ones.

Why cold showers don't cool you down when you're hot

COMMENT

Former Masters stores will be relaunched as homeware retail outlets.

Signs down, lights out on Masters. Now the rebirth

Simon Johanson
4 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX higher as profits roll in

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Media baron Rupert Murdoch (left) has longstanding ties with President Donald Trump, and his daughter, Ivanka (right)

When power and print embrace

COMMENT
Jim Rutenberg
44 mins ago

Managers reportedly manipulated injury rate data to secure bonuses.

Australia Post staff accused of manipulating injury rates

1 hr ago

Trump's wall might salvage worst deal in Australian history

Colin Kruger, CBD

Animal spirits stirring: Business confidence unexpectedly soars

Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Wesfarmers elevates Scott as Goyder successor

Catie Low

Australia has an underemployment problem

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Renovated by Sydney's Infinite Design, Mosman Houseboat is a most unusual dwelling.

The incredible renovation that comes with its own beach

Trying to find housemates is a tiring and often tragic experience.

Six questions I wish I asked my housemates before I moved in

The Furphy water cart is one of the many items being auctioned in Hay on February 18. Photo: Supplied

The small-town auction likely to draw buyers from four states

The Stephenson family have transformed a historic gaol into boutique accommodation.

We live in a gaol: one of Australia's most unusual renovations

A general view of Bellair Street in Kensington

The inner-city suburb with genuine village-like character

Supplied

Meet the world's most expensive, powerful and outrageous SUV

Cars
27 mins ago

Don't ruin Valentine's Day with another pair of jocks.

The drool-worthy gift guide for men who hate Valentine's Day

Handsome Things

Adore Beauty founder Kate Morris decided that "the interests of the company are best served by being independent again".

Adore Beauty sells stake to Woolworths then buys it back

Cara Waters

Ryan Nelson (left) and Ryan Touliatos of Brewquets use Instagram to get their message across.

Nothing says Valentine's Day like a bouquet of beer

Cara Waters

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Body found in search for German tourists

Rudd

Rudd: Turnbull 'no Robinson Crusoe'

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200,000 to evacuate from dam area

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Trump and Trudeau start Oval Office meeting

A mural of a Sunderland football hero, Raich Carter adorns the wall of the Blue Bell Pub in Hendon, his former home ...

World of Photos

Stan - Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock now streaming, Only on Stan.

Stan - Grimbsby

Sacha Baron Cohen stars in hilarious action comedy Grimsby - now streaming

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

In a display of regal brilliance, a heavily pregnant Beyonce performs at the Grammys.

Pregnant Beyonce shows up in Melbourne carpark

Broede Carmody
8 mins ago

Solange and Beyonce at yesterday's Grammys.

Solange leads backlash following Beyonce's Album of the Year loss

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

MKR's new villains, Matt and Alyse.

MKR's newest villain accused of sexism after nasty remarks

Rob Moran

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight is back.

John Oliver's back with a plan to enter President Trump's info-stream

Steve Johnson

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie was involved in a heated exchange with Yassmin Abdel-Magied on Q&A on Monday night.

Q&A; recap: Jacqui Lambie gives two bob watches a bad name

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Carol Lloyd performs with Railroad Gin in 1974.

A Matter of Time singer Carol Lloyd dies

Tony Moore

Surprise: Cheryl's Scottish and Andrew is Is caomh leam thu (I like you).

Married At First Sight turns into First Dates Australia

Aja Styles

Adele collects the Grammy for Song of the Year for <i>Hello</i>.

Black lives matter; English ones matter, and win, more

Bernard Zuel

Fatal attraction: newcomer Samantha Robinson in The Love Witch.

The Love Witch: I cast a spell on you ... and now you've died

MOVIES
Hannah Francis

Guy Pearce in the short film, Lorne.

Guy Pearce is a dishevelled loner in Flickerfest short film

Rob Moran

2017 Perth International Arts Festival's free opening weekend event, Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, was a hit.

Projections dancing through trees steal show at Perth Festival

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

If you can't be bothered with Date Night beauty, we've got your back.

The lazy person's guide to Date Night beauty

Natalie Reilly

Hugh Jackman had his sixth skin cancer removed from his face.

Hugh Jackman has sixth skin cancer removed

Amy Croffey

Emily Ratajkowski will not stand for casual slut shaming.

Emily Ratajkowski defends Melania Trump against "hooker" comment

Annie Brown
1 hr ago

Actually, Valentine's Day is a good time to reflect on "happy ever afters".

Bad dates are a reminder to celebrate single life on Valentine's Day

COMMENT
Kathy Lette

The ancient Greeks described several different types of love. Following the Greeks, the sociologist and activist John ...

There are six styles of love, which one are you?

Rachel Grieve

President Donald Trump, right, extends his hand to Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a meeting in the Oval ...

How the Internet reacted when Trump met Trudeau

Mary Ward

SPECTRUM. Film Stills. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in Before Sunrise. Supplied

Why people always remember their first date outfit

Melissa Singer

In a display of regal brilliance, a heavily pregnant Beyonce performs at the Grammys.

The Baftas and Grammys: A tale of two red carpets

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

An experiment in human potential: Rich Roll.

From 'couch potato' to one of the world's fittest men

Sarah Berry

Is running backward good exercise?

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, reacts after setting a record for distance cycled in one hour.

Lessons on ageing well, from a 105-year-old cyclist

Gretchen Reynolds

Internationally acclaimed chefs including #1 Massimo Bottura
head Down Under.

World's 50 Best Restaurants: meet the top chefs heading to Australia

A good pantry should include the building blocks to an almost infinite number of dishes.

Cooking for one: How to stock a single person's pantry

20 mins ago

Herb butter roast chicken with summer vegetables.

Rachel Khoo's herb butter roast chicken with summer vegetables

Jamie Oliver cooking with his six-month-old baby, River.

Photo of Jamie Oliver cooking while holding baby prompts backlash

Oldest siblings are the smartest - science says so.

Study finds firstborns are smarter - and there's a logical reason why

Expat life

10 best countries to raise your children in

Sasso Barisano, topped by Matera's cathedral.

Before Rome and Athens: Italy's 9000-year-old city

Andrew Bain

The one thing I now do at the start of every trip

Ben Groundwater

Qantas Boeing 747-400 has 36 premium economy seats.

Flight test: There's a reason why Qantas premium is in high demand

Alison Stewart

This render from graphic designer Thadeu Brandão visualises one of the most persistent rumours: that the new iPhone ...

Speculation mounting over 'iPhone X'

43 mins ago

Roger Pocock and his team discovered a gene in worms that triggers a feeling of fullness.

How worm brain could help tackle obesity

Apple's iPhone isn't thew sure yet it used to be for many consumers.

Aussie phone loyalty is wavering in Apple v Samsung fight

39 mins ago

Be sure that your dreams of romance don't turn into a nightmare this Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day: beware lonely hearts scammers

Samsung said it retrieved 96 per cent of the more than three million Note 7s it had sold and activated.

Who owns your phone: you or its manufacturer?

Aston Martin Vanquish S.

Driven: Aston Martin Vanquish S

David McCowen

2017 Mini Countryman.

New Mini Countryman priced under $40k

Drive

Maserati's Alfieri concept car, a prototype of which was shown at the Geneva car show in 2014.

Alfieri sports car could go hybrid

Jez Spinks

2017 BMW Range Day. Duneira Estate, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia. Thursday 9th February 2017. World Copyright: BMW ...

New BMW 740e reviewed

Drive Staff

2017 Maserati Levante.

Driven: Maserati Levante

Jez Spinks

BMW Australia has confirmed the X2 is coming to local showrooms

BMW confirms X2, X7 SUVs for Oz

Drive Staff

Reigning captain David Mundy and Nathan Fyfe are expected to be a two-horse race to be Fremantle's skipper in 2017 on ...

Dockers boss positive he can keep high-priced Fyfe

Kim Hagdorn

Carlton coach Brendon Bolton addresses his players during a training session.

How coach Bolton made Carlton a new club

Sam McClure

Gary Ablett still has his speed, which is a good sign according to Rodney Eade.

Gary Ablett can return to his best, says Suns coach Eade

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

Rising star: Tayla Harris celebrates a goal.

Harris, Mithen nominated for AFLW Rising Star award

AFL's gambling ads a concern for Cats star Taylor

Shane Watson.

'In the end I just gave up': Watson opens up on his DRS woes

Making a point: Sergio Aguero.

Aguero makes striking comeback as City go second

Disappointing result: Victory failed to take three points in Newcastle.

Kevin Muscat left to lament listless Victory performance

ANALYSIS
Michael Lynch

Lisa De Vanna of Canberra (right) has been cited.

De Vanna charged by FFA nine days after off-the-ball incident

Showcase: Winx is paraded in the Theatre of the Horse prior to the Apollo Stakes.

Tradies, suits, celebs flock to watch Winx demolish them, again

Andrew Webster

Spain's Rafael Nadal (right) with his uncle Toni Nadal (left) as Carlos Moya looks on.

Nadal's uncle Toni to quit as star's coach after 2017 season

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 12: Boxer Jeff Horn poses for a photo on January 12, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo ...

Doubt over Manny Pacquiao - Jeff Horn fight

Phil Lutton

Shaun Marsh has Justin Langer's backing to bat at No.6.

Langer backs Shaun Marsh for No.6 spot in Test team

Andrew Drummond

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