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Apartments next to Cheltenham railway station that could be affected.

No skyrail: Rail under road for two key level crossings

6 mins ago

Christopher Howell from Trinity Grammar publication 'The Grammarian' July 2013.

Fresh sex abuse claims rock exclusive private school

A tornado left behind a trail of damage in Bentleigh East on Sunday.

A tornado, snow and buckets of rain... It's summer in Victoria

37 mins ago

Thieves in the underground car park in Riversdale Road, Hawthorn.

Underground car park targeted by brazen thieves

Dr Penelope Boston with gypsum crystals from Naica Cave in Mexico.

The Mexican caves that could hold clues to alien life

1 hr ago

Mercedes Corby, right, visiting her sister Schapelle in a Bali jail in 2005.

Mercedes Corby to oppose AVO taken out by friend, court told

22 mins ago

Mounting opposition to city's high-rise retirement village

Case of a vintage seller: Love of fine wine may have been his undoing

EXCLUSIVE
58 mins ago

Wrong way on highway: 4WD's run of terror ends with innocent dead

WA

Trump's mental state remains the stuff of debate

ANALYSIS

Kids won't leave? The huge cost of generation stay-at-home

Ann Maree Mulders with her husband Christian.

Ann woke, feeling unwell. Then 11 centimetres changed her life

Photograph by William Meppem (GW, aug 27) Neil Perry recipe : Silken tofu stir fried with black vinegar and mustard ...

Super-healthy weekdays, decadent weekends: 5:2 plan

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An aerial view of Molokini Island.

One of the most spectacular spots on Earth, above and below

Every Sunday, chop, blend and freeze smoothies to drink through the week.

Hot health hacks: 20 new ways to get fit fast

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How to tell which foods are safe to eat when they're mouldy

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T20: stunning final ball finish

A prospective tenant left without inspecting this rental property after seeing dozens lined up to view a Brunswick house ...

For more of us, renting for life will become the norm

Losing the plot: Tully, aka Asher Keddie, makes the wrong call on MKR.

Did strategic scoring play a part in that MKR shock result?

Massive test ahead: almost 1400 homes likely to go under the hammer next weekend.

Strong auction market unfolding as super Saturday looms

ANALYSIS

School shoes

How to handle back-to-school stress

US President Donald Trump told a rally in Florida that something had happened in Sweden, but no one's quite sure what.

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US President Donald Trump told a rally in Florida that something had happened in Sweden, but no one's quite sure what.

'Sweden? Terror attack?' Shock at Trump's latest remarks

52 mins ago

Iris Isaacs, a jeweller and Lauriston mum is running jewellery making session at the school with other parents. 17th ...

'We enrol the family': How schools try to win over parents

Henrietta Cook

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

'The time is now': Kevin Rudd reveals his 'deepest fear'

Latika Bourke

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Police at the crime scene.

Cyclist shot on tourist trail in Victoria's north-east

Shivers: It was Melbourne's coldest February day since 2005

White Night: 12 hours of traipsing amid an ocean of people

Taxi drivers angry at deregulation within the industry were out in force on the Bolte Bridge last Monday.

'Desperate times': Taxi convoy heads north for more protests

The death of her cousin helped compel Nicole Warr to become a community health worker.

'He shouldn't have died that way': On the front line of the heroin war

More than 20 people were treated after overdosing at Electric Parade.

More than 20 drug overdoses at Electric Parade dance party

Alleged organised crime figure Rocco Arico (left) at the funeral of murdered gangland lawyer Joe "Pino" Acquaro at at St ...

The criminal underbelly beneath Brunswick's gentrified veneer

Salim Mehajer outside Downing Centre courts complex in November.

Tax Office eyes Mehajer's $4 million windfall

EXCLUSIVE
24 mins ago

Mongrel punter: Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson.

'I'll be a mongrel': Public service boss bares teeth

ACT

Just sun, sand and a sea... of cars at Leighton.

Sun, sand and a sea of cars at Perth beaches

WA

1st CHOICE LIQUOR STORE Monday May 23 2005 AFR Photo by Gabriele Charotte GENERIC opening of the first First Choice ...

Alcohol laws need reform: public health expert

QLD

Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg.

Green bank could fund coal under Turnbull rule changes

Adam Gartrell

Malcolm Turnbull claims credit for credit card interest rate cuts

Adam Gartrell

Nationals MPs stand by party whip George Christensen

Matthew Knott

Former prime minster Kevin Rudd says the time has come to recognise Palestine.

Kevin Rudd calls for Australia to recognise Palestine

EXCLUSIVE
Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

'Red card, not red carpet': Opposition to Israeli PM's visit

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A flies in formation with a US Air Force F-35 and F-16 during trial flights from Luke ...

Joint Strike Fighter head defends $17b purchase despite delays

EXCLUSIVE

Australian Border Force

Federal court allows asylum seekers to keep mobile phones

A man in Seoul, South Korea watches a broadcast of Kim Jong-un after North Korea's most recent ballistic missile test.

China sends a message to Donald Trump with North Korea coal ban

Dr Penelope Boston with gypsum crystals from Naica Cave in Mexico.

The Mexican caves that could hold clues to alien life

1 hr ago

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham

Lindsay Graham says 2017 is all about hitting back at Russia

Police stand around a detained animal right activists during protests outside the Santamaria bullring where the first ...

Fatal explosion near Bogota bullring, scores injured

Treasurer Scott Morrison appears to understand that options for politically palatable spending cuts have all but evaporated.

The bloody fight to the budget death starts now

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Home ownership rates among young Australians are falling.

Debate over home ownership misses point

COMMENT

A prospective tenant left without inspecting this rental property after seeing dozens lined up to view a Brunswick house ...

More and more of us will rent a home, not own it

COMMENT
Mark O’Brien

There has been speculation recently that Mark Zuckerberg harbours poltical ambitions.

Zuckerberg's Facebook plan is bigger than politics

COMMENT

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Markets Live: Investors dump Brambles, Worley

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Global investors take positions in the Australian dollar when they want to take a bet on global growth, says currency ...

'Overvalued:' Doubts over the Aussie dollar's domination

Myriam Robin

"We need to look towards ways we can also give consumers more value for the premiums they pay.": NIB boss Mark Fitzgibbon.

NIB cashes in on Medibank's woes

Brian Robins
1 min ago

How Shorten is wedging Turnbull at our expense

Ross Gittins

BlueScope shares at record levels on buyback, profit surge

Brian Robins
29 mins ago

Amazon 'tsunami' about to hit Australia's retailers

Sue Mitchell

'That bus has gone': EU sees no Brexit U-turn now

1 hr ago

7 St Ninians Road, Brighton

Headed to the bulldozer: $5.68 million for old golden mile house

Massive test ahead: almost 1400 homes likely to go under the hammer next weekend.

Strong auction market unfolding as super Saturday looms

ANALYSIS

Styling your home on a budget doesn't have to be difficult.

More dash than cash: 20 stylish homewares for under $20

Photograph Simon O'Dwyer. The Age Newspaper. 250416. Photograph Shows. Generic photograph of Melbourne skyline from ...

Lord mayor: Great cities like Melbourne are designed for people

COMMENT
Robert Doyle

Weatherman Tim Bailey

'A haircut Trump would've given back': Weatherman's first home

Many miracle cures for hair loss come with a price.

Bald facts: The unfortunate truths about hair loss treatments

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23 mins ago

Working offices will become mobile, and more accessible.

High-speed internet is coming to Australia, there's just one catch

Management

Pockets of Melbourne have an apartment glut.

Nicole helps… keep an apartment buyer safe

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Young Australians often struggle to buy a home without financial help from their parents.

How to help adult children buy a home

Daryl Dixon

Roslyn Campbell says being a social entrepreneur has taken a toll on her health.

The lives and lies of social entrepreneurs

Cara Waters

Fibre optic cables from the NBN waiting to connected.

How businesses are making do in long wait for NBN

Paul Wallbank

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SpaceX launches capsule to space station

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Iraqi forces move to retake west Mosul

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Keira opens up about cult upbringing

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Australia falls to Sri Lanka on final ball

Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Feb 20

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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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Yassmin Abdel-Magied on Q&A.

Alt-right group petition demands Yassmin Abdel-Magied be sacked

Rob Moran
36 mins ago

Carsson Kressley is prepared to get a jungle makeover by joining Australia's I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of ...

Carson Kressley replaces Jay Laga'aia on I'm A Celebrity

Christine Sams

Keira Maguire clashed with three different camp mates on Sunday night.

Is Keira Maguire the most disliked I'm A Celeb contestant ever?

Ebony Bowden
30 mins ago

Paul Hogan (Josh Lawson) and Linda Kozlowski (Laura Gordon) in Hoges.

Missed opportunity: If only Hoges had gone rogue

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Losing the plot: Tully, aka Asher Keddie, makes the wrong call on MKR.

Did strategic scoring play a part in that MKR shock result?

COMMENT
Aja Styles

New Avatar sequels worth the wait, says Sam Worthington

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Liane Moriarty, second from left, with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and producer Bruno Papandrea.

Big Little Lies author urges readers to give TV series a chance

Linda Morris

MKR judges Colin Fassnidge and Darren Robertson.

Joining MKR as the mystery judge is ...

Staff writer

Melbournians gaze up at The Night Garden projected onto the State Library during the fifth annual White Night.

The verdict: The best and worst of Melbourne's White Night party

White Night Melbourne, which began in 2013, is back for a fifth year.

White Night Melbourne 2017: Live coverage of the city's all-night party

Debbie Cuthbertson

The vertical pole work in One Beautiful Thing is fascinating to watch.

Circa's Indian project One Beautiful Thing fails to gel

Review
Jordan Beth Vincent

Clementine Ford

What I'd like to ask those who defend vile 'humour'

Clementine Ford

The fear of never finding fulfilling work is crippling.

Heartbreak of being rejected from your dream job

Emma Hardy

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Forget everything you have read about how to wear stripes

Melissa Singer

An image provided by Star TV on February 15 of closed circuit television from Kuala Lumpur airport shows the woman ...

LOL, no. T-shirt designer hopes to cash in on assassination

US President Donald Trump and his second-youngest offspring, Tiffany Trump.

Tiffany Trump snubbed at NYFW

THE GOSS
Amy Croffey

Julia Morris is known for her comedian and television work.

Julia Morris reveals anger issues

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Chelsea Clinton speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, July ...

Chelsea Clinton burns Donald Trump with Tweet

1 hr ago

French-Polish film director Roman Polanski is seen during a press conference at the Bonarowski Palace Hotel on October ...

Roman Polanski's victim doesn't want people to boycott on her behalf

Annie Brown
1 hr ago

What dads do matters too.

Your sperm may be as good as your father's diet

Sarah Berry

Problem solved? Not so fast food.

School lunchboxes: why kids deserve better

Paula Goodyer

Vitamins: pissing away your money?

Benefits of multivitamins questioned

Sarah Wiedersehn

Turmeric and chickpea curry

Chickpeas on Wednesday + pizza on Saturday = the 5:2 meal planner

1 hr ago

Sausage ragu from Karen Martini's New Kitchen cookbook.

'There's no such thing as spaghetti bolognese.' And making handmade ham in Italy

Beef Bourguignon is more of a simple, home-style dish than Michelin-star fare.

'Workmen's cafe' awarded a Michelin star - by mistake

David Chazan
1 hr ago

Can craving salty or sweet suggest gender?

How your body reacts when pregnant with a girl versus a boy

Not my kids!

I'm sick of looking after your children when you leave them alone

Should parents be rewarded for their kids' good behaviour?

Restaurant offers discounts to patrons with well-behaved kids

Cassie De Pecol, first woman to visit every country in the world.

27-year-old becomes world's first woman to visit every country

46 mins ago

An aerial view of Molokini Island.

One of the most spectacular spots on Earth, above and below

Steve Meacham

How much oxygen do plane emergency masks contain?

The truth about oxygen masks on planes

Oliver Smith

Notebooks and water don't mix, so it's important to keep your data safe.

The importance of a plan B for your tech

COMMENT

Social media is increasingly playing a role in job searches.

Facebook wants to help you find a job

Rumours about the iPhone 8, or iPhone X, include inductive charging and an unprecedented price.

Why an AMOLED iPhone is an exciting prospect

XIANGYANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14: An unmanned aerial vehicle, operated by a technician, spews fire to remove a piece of ...

Fire-spewing drone sent to clean power lines

Gizmodo

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How to make a new woolly mammoth

The hardtop Mazda MX-5 RF adds to the convertible model's appeal.

Mazda's new hard-top MX-5 reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Jaguar customers will soon be able to pay for fuel without leaving their car.

Jaguar unveils in-car fuel payment

David McCowen

Subaru Impreza v Mazda3 v Holden Astra v Toyota Corolla.

Which is the best small car? Impreza v 3 v Corolla v Astra

Stephen Ottley

The ACCC has moved on insurance products that provide little benefit to consumers.

ACCC moves on commissions for car dealers

David McCowen

2017 Porsche 911 Targa 4S.

Eight questions: Porsche 911 Targa 4S

Stephen Ottley

The 2017 Ferrari 812 Superfast.

Eight things you need to know about the new Ferrari 812 Superfast

David McCowen

Once in a lifetime injury: Sam Day of the Suns is taken from the field.

Day to miss most of season with 'once in a lifetime' injury

1 hr ago

Sydney's best: Callum Mills gets the ball away at Coffs Harbour International Stadium.

New-look North edge wasteful Swans in sweltering Coffs Harbour

James Buckley

Erin Phillips kicked the winner for Adelaide.

Classy Crows beat Blues to top AFLW ladder, remain undefeated

Former banned Bombers Stewart Crameri and Jake Melksham in the thick of the action.

Ex-teammates helped calm 'agitated' Melksham

Daniel Cherny

Finally back in action: Brendon Goddard says the returning Bombers are relieved to have a game under their belts.

First match more a mental test than physical, says Goddard

Val Febbo

Jordan Roughead and Max Gawn in action. Roughead later hurt his knee.

Bulldog Roughead goes down with knee injury

Daniel Cherny

Dee crush: Alyssa Mifsud of the Demons is enjoys a goal with teammates on Saturday night.

Dogs' AFLW flag hopes in tatters after loss to Dees

Daniel Cherny

Sarah D'Arcy of the Magpies gets a kick away.

More Pies pain, as Lion kicks brilliant goal in AFLW thriller

Taking a break: Mitchell Starc.

Taking a break: Starc gives up $1m pay day

Jon Pierik

Match winner: Asela Gunaratne was again the man of the match.

Sri Lanka claim miracle last-ball win to seal T20 series against Australia

Daniel Cherny

Sunday stroll: Harry Kane led Spurs to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Fulham.

Kane and Zlatan step up as Spurs, United go through in FA Cup

On target: Besart Berisha bagged a double as Victory ended the Mariners' recent run of wins.

Victory keep faint premiership hopes alive

Dominic Bossi

Nathan Lyon apparently had plenty to say in the field.

Unhappy Lyon got lippy in tour match: India A batsman

Rob Forsaith
1 hr ago

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