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Crash

'Once in a lifetime trip': Family pay tribute to two victims of plane crash

Live
1 hr ago

The site of the plane crash at DFO Essendon.

'Desperately sad day': Five people killed in Essendon plane crash

Benjamin Preiss, Liam Mannix, Emily Woods, Timna Jacks
14 mins ago

A light plane crashed into Shops at the DFO outlet adjacent to Essendon Airport while performing an emergencey landing. ...

DFO peak-hour plane crash: What we know so far

Staff reporters
1 hr ago

A view from the tarmac at Essendon Airport after the plane crash.

Tullamarine and Calder freeways reopen in time for evening peak

Adam Carey

Karen Ristevski, seen here with her husband Borce and daughter Sarah.

Police arrive at the home of missing mother

BREAKING
10 mins ago

Consumers are pressuring companies to take a stand against the Trump administration.

Scramble to fix Donald Trump's diplomacy crapshoot

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Attorney-General George Brandis on the ABC's Q&A on Monday night.

Q&A's big problems: 'Gotcha' moments designed to embarrass

COMMENT

Evening express

Here's the news of the day you might of missed

22 mins ago

Bernard Arnault

Where the world's wealthiest invest their billions

A resurgent iron ore price has buoyed earnings at BHP.

BHP hikes payout, slashes debt as earnings surge

29 mins ago

'Woman scorned': Amber Harrison plotted to take down Seven boss

13 mins ago

Forensic testing on Macedon body to take another day

UPDATED
34 mins ago

'He had my shorts on': Court told of alleged killer's clothes swap

34 mins ago

Premier rejects Coroner's call for a safe injecting room

45 mins ago

'Get high-paid job': Prices out of reach for many in MP's electorate

Max Quartermain, operator of Corporate and Leisure Aviation.

'Champion bloke': Doomed charter flight pilot named

UPDATED
24 mins ago

Retailers have been forced to discount autumn and winter stock amid above-average temperatures.

Shop to the max: Another offshore retailer arrives in Oz

45 mins ago

Karl Stefanovic's kids found out about Jasmine Yarbrough by pictures of them kissing.

'Shocked': How Karl Stefanovic's family heard about his new love

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Chris and Grant, the gay couple on Seven's reality series <i>Bride & Prejudice</I>.

Bride & Prejudice's Chris reveals homophobic mum has shock past

1 hr ago

Autism

Doctors may now be able to predict autism before age one

The moment the light plane came down over Essendon Fields DFO.

Plane crash: how it unfolded

The centre bounce is putting increasing physical and mental strains on umpires, a says AFLUA chief Peter Howe.

Bang! AFL umpires step up 'ban the bounce' push

David Attenborough will host a sequel to his acclaimed documentary series Blue Planet

David Attenborough to host Blue Planet II, at 90

Vego Taco

Gordon Ramsay rates home-made food on Twitter ... It's not pretty

Melbourne's Floating BnB is regularly booked out.

Melbourne's floating Airbnb: Is this our most unusual place to stay?

Treasurer Scott Morrison has finally admitted the possibility that we had a revenue as well as an expenditure problem.

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Treasurer Scott Morrison has finally admitted the possibility that we had a revenue as well as an expenditure problem.

I've been Trumped – very embarrassing

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger speak together.

Confronting talk when rapists speak out against their crime

Jane Gilmore

Australian Institute of Company Directors boss Elizabeth Proust

Big business backs four-year parliamentary term plan

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

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Suspected members of the Apex gang in the CBD.

Has the Apex gang been mortally wounded?

'I swallowed a chicken bone and became a quadriplegic'

Werribee school locks gates amid rumours of youth gang threats

1 hr ago

Opposition to the Werribee South juvenile prison is strong in Tim Pallas' electorate.

When is your local MP not that local? When he's the Treasurer

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 19: Rosa Zull is among more than 1000 Victorian people diagnosed with Ross River Virus ...

'How am I going to get through the day?' Ross River fever victim

Rem Koolhaas.

Dutch architects to design Melbourne's next MPavilion

Robert Charles Best, among Australia's worst paedophiles, continues to have his legal defence funded by the Catholic ...

'It just blows me away': Judge's shock at church aid to paedophile

Oxley's Tim Smith-Brown.

'My son did not deserve to die for traffic offences'

ACT

A woman has died in a house fire in Paringa Place in Bangor.

Woman dies in house fire after rescue bid fails

NSW

Parents at the school have begun pulling their children from class.

School parent fury over boy who 'raped' 8-year-old

WA

A man was shot after using an ATM at a Brisbane shopping centre.

Shooting victim drives home after attack at ATM

QLD

Sir Angus Houston addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.

Defence spend would break the budget if we go it alone: Houston

Mark Kenny
40 mins ago

Six years of childcare? The total cost came as a shock

COMMENT
Stephanie Peatling

Carbon tax relief only fleeting as high prices force energy rethink

Mark Kenny

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-OCTOBER 11, 2012: Photo of Ahmed Fahour MD Australia Post , announcing the company's annual results ...

Coalition's red tape repeal allowed Australia Post to hide huge salary

EXCLUSIVE

The Minister assisting the Treasurer Michael Sukkar on Sky News.

A 'highly paid job' is 'first step' to buying a home, says MP

Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government will accept a negotiated outcome with the Senate crossbench.

Young Libs seek public service job cuts and commission of audit

Penalty rates

Sunday penalty cuts would threaten Coalition in marginals

EXCLUSIVE

Milo Yiannopoulos holds a sign as he speaks at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder, Colorado.

Milo Yiannopoulos' underage sex talk too much for US conservatives

1 hr ago

Women who fled fighting in nearby Leer in recent months, queue for food aid at a food distribution made by the World ...

UN declares famine in South Sudan

1 hr ago

A Canadian Forces Griffon helicopter comes in for a landing near the Mosul dam on Monday.

Difficult battle for western Mosul could displace 400,000 civilians

Old Town in Stockholm,

The truth about Sweden, refugees and crime

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

A resurgent iron ore price has buoyed earnings at BHP.

BHP hikes payout, slashes debt as earnings surge

Brian Robins
29 mins ago

The benchmark ASX200 finished down 0.1 per cent to 5791.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ended down 0.1 per cent 5,835.4.

Healthcare stocks drag ASX lower despite iron ore strength

Myriam Robin
40 mins ago

Bernard Arnault

Where the world's wealthiest invest their billions

Tim Worner and Amber Harrison.

'This is war': Harrison promised to 'destroy' Seven boss

Michaela Whitbourn
13 mins ago

'Ikea effect': Aldi seeks grocery guinea pigs

Madeleine Heffernan

'Irreversible damage': Silence costly for CEOs in Trump era

Half-year company results 'so far, so good'

Patrick Commins

RBA sees rising resource exports, waning drag from mine-boom end

1 hr ago

Court documents say Meriton did not wish problem guests to receive special offers for its accommodation.

Staff 'fudged guest details to protect own KPIs', court told

Shopping online isn't always as straightforward as the real thing.

The biggest online decor shopping mistakes and how to avoid them

Liberal MP Michael Sukkar in his electorate of Deakin in the outer east of Melbourne.

Prices out of reach for many in 'get high-paid job' MP's own seat

More than 18 per cent of all Australians use Airbnb.

Airbnb and Stayz pose capital gains tax risk for sellers

A guide to the best kitchen layouts, according to experts in the field.

The best layouts to consider when designing your kitchen

Sponsored Content

The superyacht life.

Billion dollar boats: 10 of the world's most extreme superyachts

Luxury
1 hr ago

Fascia stretch techniques target more than just muscle groups.

The one stretching technique every runner should know

Long Run

The rental market is competitive in the capital cities.

Why Generation Rent also needs to be heard in housing affordability debate

Jessica Irvine

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon, at Parliament House, is helping lead the charge to make Australians ''money smart''.

The one thing pollies agree on is money – that is, ours

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

David Lambourn and his son Aaran Lambourn are the fifth and sixth generation of their family to work in a butcher's shop ...

The little butcher's shop with a long history

Cara Waters

Kate Carnell says the opposition needs to back the company tax cut for small business.

Why small business needs the company tax cut

Kate Carnell

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US military 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil'

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Angelina Jolie raises son as 'proud' Cambodian

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MKR: Curry paste scandal

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Pence brings EU a message of partnership

Children make soap bubbles at sunset in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

World of Photos - February 21, 2017

Stan - Billions

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Stan - Underground

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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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Chris and Grant, the gay couple on Seven's reality series <i>Bride & Prejudice</I>.

Bride & Prejudice's Chris reveals homophobic mum has shock past

Sarah Thomas
1 hr ago

Josh Thomson, Jesse Mulligan, and Kanoa Lloyd from The Project NZ.

The Project NZ: A frightening trip into a TV bizarro world

Rob Moran

Katy Perry performs at last week's Grammys.

Awkward live mic feed of Katy Perry’s Grammys gig leaks

Rob Moran

George Brandis on Q&A.

Q&A questioner quietly fillets Humphrey B. Brandis on live TV

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Drake was the world's most streamed artist of 2016.

Drake questions Grammys win: 'It just doesn't feel right'

Broede Carmody

Sir Elton John will play regional stadiums in Queensland in 2017, skipping the state capital.

Sir Elton John skips Brisbane to play regional Queensland

Felicity Caldwell

David Attenborough will host a sequel to his acclaimed documentary series Blue Planet

Still going: David Attenborough, 90, to host Blue Planet II

Nazeem Hussain's tears over Lindt terror threat not dividing Australians.

Nazeem Hussain's tears over Lindt cafe terror attack

Aja Styles

Daniil Trifonov, one of the most in-demand pianists of the new generation, practices on a piano he chose after trying ...

'Demonic' piano virtuoso Daniil Trifonov practices underwater

Barney Zwartz

American dancer David Hallberg is the Australian Ballet's first international guest in residence.

Ballet superstar Hallberg to call Australia home for a little longer

Sonia Harford

Rem Koolhaas.

Koolhaas and Gianotten to design Melbourne's next MPavilion

Debbie Cuthbertson

Malcolm Roberts and Cory Bernardi: both highly deserving of a petition calling for them to be sacked.

10 people more deserving of being sacked than Abdel-Magied

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Shari-Lea Hitchcock leaves Waverley Court on Tuesday.

Pratt lover "deprived of glucose" during alleged police attack

Jenna Clarke

According to research from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), although most people start online dating with ...

Your dream partner isn't the person you're messaging: study

Mary Ward

Karl Stefanovic's kids found out about Jasmine Yarbrough by pictures of them kissing.

Stefanovic's family 'shocked' to learn of his new girlfriend

EXCLUSIVE
Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Transgender model on cover of Vogue Paris

Where Vogue went wrong with celebrating transgender beauty

COMMENT
Elizabeth Duck-Chong

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Kim Kardashian arrives at the 57th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 8, 2015 ...

Speaking about robbery for TV was 'therapeutic,' says Kim's mother

Amy Croffey
10 mins ago

Octavia Spencer, from left, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae pose in the press room with the award for outstanding ...

Why I'm letting my daughter watch the Oscars red carpet

The actress had been picked up from her home by a car sent by a production house to take her to the studio for dubbing ...

Actress abducted from her car and assaulted for hours

Anuradha Nagaraj

A banana may be good for your immune system during or after intense or long exercise.

Eat carbs to support your immune system during exercise

Sarah Berry

Cannibalism: More common than we realise and not black and white.

Could cannibalism be 'perfectly natural'? This scientist thinks so

Sarah Kaplan

Problem solved? Not so fast food.

School lunchboxes: why kids deserve better

Paula Goodyer

Roasted pumpkin in massaman curry.

Bang Bang at the Caulfield Rifle Club hits its target

Go-to dish: the margherita pizza at SPQR Italian restaurant in Melbourne.

Melbourne's best pizza: The top 10 pizza joints in town

Rigatoni with eggplant, capsicum and bocconcini.

Easy mid-week dinner: Rigatoni with eggplant, capsicum and bocconcini

Adam Liaw

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dontforgetdads/" target="_Blank">@dontforgetdads</a> Our #dontforgetdads shirt is ...

The Instagram account celebrating dads: 'I don't babysit. I parent.'

Sex without the chance of becoming pregnant - Yes.

7 reasons why getting a vasectomy is a good idea

Cafe date for Mental Health Day

Should we let kids take 'mental health days' off school?

The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Bucket list: The seven greatest wonders of travel named

Customers are increasingly relying on their own tablets and smartphones for entertainment on airlines.

Airlines are scrapping seatback TV screens and it's your fault

Christopher Mele

Views along the South Australian coastline on the Yorke Peninsula, with two women on walking trail

The spectacular Australian peninsula that no one knows about

Andrew Bain

An artist's impression of the Sky Muster II satellite.

What the NBN satellite shutdown means for you

Snap has been on a hiring spree.

Snap looks beyond app to hardware

Aloy prepares to jump to a longneck robot, which can provide geographical data.

The mysteries of one of 2017's most anticipated video games

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

Mexican caves could hold clues to alien life

Uber

Uber launches 'urgent' harassment probe

Aston Martin Vantage S Red Bull Racing Edition.

Daniel Ricciardo's new car revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline.

Skoda Kodiaq to arrive early

Andrew MacLean

Chinese car maker, Geely, is expected to make a bid for struggling Malaysian car maker Lotus.

Geely to takeover Proton and Lotus

Norihiko Shirouzu

2017 BMW i3 94Ah.

Eight things you need to know about the BMW i3 BEV

Stephen Ottley

The Roborace series for self-driving cars is underway.

First driverless race ends in smash

David McCowen

2017 Chevrolet Bolt.

GM and Lyft planning world's largest driverless car trial

Paul Lienert

Umpires are sick of back and shoulder injuries from the bounces, not to mention criticism.

Seriously, does anyone remember a great bounce?

COMMENT
Rohan Connolly
1 hr ago

The centre bounce is putting increasing physical and mental strains on umpires, a says AFLUA chief Peter Howe.

Ban the bounce: Umpires say physical, mental stress too much

EXCLUSIVE
Rohan Connolly

Jordan Roughead has been sidelined for two months.

Bulldogs lose Roughead for months to rare injury

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

Jack Watts was not picked to face the Bulldogs.

Watts doesn't have an attitude problem: Gawn

Ronny Lerner

Return to footy: Jake Carlisle.

Carlisle, Ryder set for returns - against each other

Ronny Lerner

Sidelined: St Kilda's Leigh Montagna will be ready to play in round one.

Saints footy is back but injury sidelines Montagna

Jon Pierik

He's back: everyone was happy to see Jarryd Roughead back on the park

Five things to like about week one of the pre-season

Jon Pierik

$1.2 million man?: Fremantle Docker Nat Fyfe.

Fancy Fyfe? You'll need $1.2 million a year, Freo tell Victorians

Sam McClure

Tucking in: Wayne Shaw eats a pie in the dug-out during the game.

'Roly-Poly Goalie' eats a pie in the dugout during Arsenal clash

Richard Shute

New engine: Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo's Red Bull team excited by new engine

Setting out with a point to prove: Matthew Wade.

Thankless task: India poses biggest challenge of Wade's career

Andrew Wu

Catchy is one of several of David Hayes' horses to draw wide in the Blue Diamond Stakes.

Hayes reeling from horror Blue Diamond Stakes draw

Patrick Bartley

A section of the tifo featuring a likeness of Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold performing a sex act.

'F--- off with your pandering': RBB slams FFA over censure

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