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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the Turnbull government does not necessarily agree with every element of the ...

Total recall: Bishop summons envoys back to Australia

Sheets of ice adrift along the Antarctic coast.

'The old record was obliterated': A stunning reversal in Antarctica

Donald Trump has blamed his predecessor for the protests.

Trump blames Obama for organising protests against his presidency

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Sara Connor after hearing prosecutors request a sentence of eight years for her at Denpasar District Court on Tuesday, ...

Australian woman has 'lost all hope' of seeing her children grow up

Victorian households with solar panels will receive more for the power they feed into the grid.

Payday for Victorians with solar panels as tariff set to double

March 1

Trump, for once, has done the media a favour

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

Property owners in limbo, 90 jobs to go as home builder collapses

Three shark sightings reported in three days at Melbourne beaches

'I won't pay back money': Labor MP defies Premier

PM warms up to his unwinnable fight over penalty rates

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Drones strapped with grenades are a 'sign of desperation' from IS

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Donor-conceived woman Katherine Vowles at her home in Melbourne.

Sperm donors, like Katherine's father, to have identities revealed

Full advantage: Against the odds, it was Australia who took advantage of the bad wicket.

India's decision to doctor pitch for first Test has backfired - again

1 hr ago

After the two PwC partners who oversee the voting came onstage, the La La Land producers announced that Moonlight was in ...

'Thank god Denzel was there': Kimmel lets rip on Oscars blunder

'That's what I though AFL footballers did': Dane Swan on his off-field antics during I'm A Celebrity Australia.

Dane Swan says AFL 'top dogs' make 'too much money'

Answers to those questions you've always had about flying

Answers to those questions you've always had about flying

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High-tech terror plot foiled

Casey Affleck accepts the Best Actor award for Manchester by the Sea from Brie Larson.

Brie Larson did not clap when presenting to Casey Affleck

Bruce Armstrong Sculptures at NGV Australia supplied photo from NGV ?27/2/2017?Argentinian artist Alexandra Kehayoglou ...

Smellbourne: Artist to recreate the smell of a city for NGV Triennial

The most amount of time you should leave between sheet washes is two weeks.

New spin: Sorry, you've been washing your sheets all wrong

17 Spring Road, Malvern, was the most expensive property to sell at auction over the weekend.

Melbourne's priciest weekend auction all over in less than 60 seconds

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The Age, News, 28/02/2017, picture by Justin McManus. Prof. Johnson Mak from the Hudson Insitute at Deakin Uni and Dr ...

'Clever' protein could stop HIV in its tracks, scientists find

Bridie Smith

The cost of living means most people need to work if they can.

It's worth working even when the juggle is a struggle

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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Australia's emissions jump as coal-fired power ramps up

Peter Hannam

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Dr Hassan Alkazali was the subject of 17 complaints when he worked in Kinglake.

Doctor who pestered patient for sex stripped of registration

Police appeal for help after shots fired into Melton house

Man to face murder trial after court hears how witness kept quiet

Nghi Le appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Alleged siege gunman accused of supplying lethal drug cocktail

Anjie Roberts with her daughter Bella.

'The biggest part of me is missing': Bella's mum mourns princess

Builder Andrew McMahon pleaded guilty to one charge of intending to destroy property by arson.

Five years' jail for builder who burnt down Dane Swan's pub

The man police wish to speak to over the stolen Mercedes-Benz.

Valet staff hand brazen thief keys to Mercedes-Benz

The property in Young, NSW, being searched by the Australian Federal Police on Tuesday.

Electrician accused of designing weapons for IS

NSW

Labor says it will move on abortion reform in the next term of Parliament.

Abortion reform on hold after MP withdraws bills

QLD

Lily Chen's self-branded wine she was giving residents in Mirrabooka, the seat she hopes to win off Labor at the state ...

Liberal hopeful gives free wine to potential voters

WA

Hostages flee from the Lindt cafe in Martin Place during the early hours of December 16, 2014.

Dossier on Monis was not handed to NSW police

NSW

F/A18F Super Hornet at the Australian International Air Show at Avalon.

Revealed: Australia's new multibillion-dollar attack aircraft

All ambassadors to return to Australia to help shape foreign policy reset

Amy Remeikis

Turnbull lines up Shorten amid penalty rate fallout

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Bottles of Australia and held a morning tea for local businesses in Hume, ...

Inquiry gives PM an 'out' on race hate law changes

Ahmed Fahour outgoing MD and CEO of Australia Post appears before Senate estimates.

Outgoing Australia Post boss slams Hanson over religion innuendo

George Christensen has resigned as the National Party Chief Whip at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 February ...

George Christensen will miss his whip now he's quitting as whip

COMMENT

Bill Shorten has written to every crossbencher to garner support for Labor's campaign against penalty rate cuts.

Business groups cancel penalty rates council-of-war meeting

A member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an IS drone in Mosul.

IS' extensive use of drones a 'sign of desperation'

Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Donald Trump and Nigel Farage: sidestepping protocol, Trump recommended his buddy as UK ambassador to Washington.

Farage's knighthood bid thwarted amid UKIP turmoil

The Facebook page of Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese suspect in the death of Kim Jong-nam.

Malaysia to charge two suspects with murder of Kim Jong-nam

Former Thai Police General and Palace Grand Chamberlain Jumpol Manmai in a photo from his Facebook page.

Thai palace removes 'extremely evil' official

Illustraton: Dionne Gain

Hard lessons: The sad truth about education

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

March 1

Trump, for once, has done the media a favour

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

Australia is on the cusp of rolling out a program which will not only improve our ability to detect changes on the ...

End of the Pap smear is good news for women

Deborah Bateson

Bosch

CommInsure probe has failed to get to the heart of the problem

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Less than half of the female respondents felt that their organisation is meritocratic.

More women passed for promotions, told they need 'confidence'

Nassim Khadem

Shareholder Jan Cameron at the Bellamy's extraordinary general meeting in Melbourne

Black Princess gets her board

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

Spotless Group chief executive Martin Sheppard.

Sheppard faces more mopping up at Spotless

Colin Kruger, CBD

Jobs under threat from gas price pressure

Brian Robins

Australia Post grilled on allegations of rorting injury claims for bonuses

Nick Toscano

Historic Galbally & O'Bryan legal offices up for grabs

Nicole Lindsay

Watersun Homes goes into administration

Simon Johanson

Shopfronts along Warburton Highway face away from the river, but sell everything for a dip in it.

And the winner is La La Land ... Melbourne's version, at least

Deputy lord mayor Arron Wood knows the attraction Docklands can have for retirees like Rhonda and Gary Hudaks.

Bush to balcony: The regional Victorians switching to the city

Yes, you should do a bit of pre-clean cleaning.

Nine things your cleaner really wants you to know

Cheap residential land is still available in Australia, but you might have to travel for it.

Where to buy land for 18 cents a square metre

Young professionals with a sense of adventure are making the switch to Darwin.

The tropical city that's become a 'frontier for young people'

A floating cabin?

Off-grid goals: Where to go where no one can find you

Lifestyle

Moving rural has some surprising advantages.

The surprising way you can fast-track your career

Success

The Commonwealth Bank was one of the only stocks in the Mums and Dads Index to deliver an outstanding result.

Results season a damp squib for small investors

John Collett

Credit cards have higher annual fees than in the past.

5 credit card clawbacks that hit money model citizens

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

The Moody Space Centre is in the process of securing its Australian launch licence.

Australia's first rocket launcher prepares for lift-off

Alexandra Cain

Small businesses should only purchase items that they need for the business.

The tax breaks you might be missing out on

Louis White

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George Christensen resigns as whip

Brie Larson at Golden Globes

Oscars 2017: Brie Larson doesn't clap

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Reaper Drone makes appearance at Avalon

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Homeless target Melbourne Lord Mayor

Donald Trump goes pop

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Andre Holland as Kevin and Trevante Rhodes as Black on Moonlight.

Moonlight won the best picture Oscar, but is it any good?

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Dane Swan on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

Dane Swan reveals AFL life and run-ins with bosses and bouncers

Aja Styles

Jimmy Kimmel on his late night TV comedy explaining the crazy Oscars finish.

Kimmel roasts crazy Oscars finish (and reveals set collapse)

Bill Keveney

Martha L. Ruiz and Brian Cullinan from PricewaterhouseCoopers arrive at the Oscars.

Accountant responsible for Oscar mix-up 'very upset': PWC boss

Michael Idato

Jordan Horowitz, producer of La La Land, shows the envelope revealing Moonlight as the true winner of best picture.

How La La Land's Jordan Horowitz became the Oscar's humble hero

Rob Moran

President Donald Trump has blamed a focus on politics.

Trump blames Oscars 'sad' ending on Hollywood's focus on politics

Michael Idato

And the winner isn't: Faye Dunaway, left, and Warren Beatty present the award for best picture to the wrong film.

Wrong winners and awkward moments: history of Oscar gaffes

Michael Idato

Producers Jeremy Kleiner, left, and Adele Romanski and director Barry Jenkins pose after <i>Moonlight</i> was awarded ...

What did Moonlight's director say after the Oscars gaffe?

Michael Idato

Alexandra Kehayoglou with her previous work, No Longer Creek.

Smellbourne: Artist mimics scent of Melbourne for NGV Triennial

Hannah Francis

Nick Simpson-Deeks (Chris) and Brooke Satchwell (Sandra) in <i>The Play That Goes Wrong</i>.

Audience falls for slapstick in The Play That Goes Wrong

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Christopher Purves in imperious form as Saul.

Christopher Purves' mad king Saul flips out in Barrie Kosky opera

Steve Dow

The partners of men caught with child abuse material get little support, and are often shamed as if they committed the ...

The women left behind when men are caught with child porn

Jenna Price

Caro Daur, left, with her DIY bum bag.

The bum bag might have made a return, just not as you'd expect it

Annie Brown

Communicating with your partner during intimacy is also a strong predictor of orgasm, the study found.

How the 'orgasm gap' can be solved for straight women

Heidi Stevens

A model wears a creation part of the Moschino women's Fall-Winter 2017-18 collection, that was presented in Milan, ...

Milan fashion week takes a bizarre turn thanks to Moschino

Annie Brown

Emma Stone arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan ...

Photos: Emma Stone's nod to the pyjamas as party attire trend

Scarlett

Johansson calls out Seacrest for 'ridiculous' question

Amy Croffey

Diane Kruger is seen in Soho on February 24, 2017 in New York City.

Street style: Diane Kruger perfects the trans-seasonal outfit

Emma Roberts arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard ...

The Oscars red carpet brought old Hollywood glamour back

Melissa Singer

Run for good health not for weight loss.

Why is exercise useless for weight loss?

Sarah Berry

The Annie Effect tells about the experiences that lead Annie Crawford to create Can Too.

The Annie Effect: How one woman got people moving

Paula Goodyer

Exercise: It's important for all of us, regardless of our weight.

Exercise to reduce your cancer risk, regardless of your weight

Sarah Berry

Jill Dupleix's cherry cheesecake pancakes.

Crepes, blinis, pikelets, flapjacks: A guide to pancakes of the world

O'Connell's Centenary Hotel

O'Connell's Centenary Hotel: So British, it would have voted Brexit

Chickpea biryani.

Anjum Anand's Indian vegetarian biryani, burgers and more

Aisha Modu breastfed her granddaughter to keep her alive after fleeing insurgents.

Grandma saves baby's life by breastfeeding after mum's death

Image via: dax.holt / Facebook

'Dad grows a lot of weed': little girl's hilarious confession

Marley Oster sustained a serious neck injury when her hat cord became caught in the slippery dip.

Mum shares warning about school hat after daughter's near miss

Female pilot Eser Aksan Erdogan's glamorous life has become an Instagram hit.

Female pilot's glamorous lifestyle becomes Instagram hit

Natalie Paris

Attending a live sex show is something a lot of tourists do when visiting Amsterdam.

Why I won't be going back to sex shows, coffee shops in Amsterdam

Ben Groundwater

Performers from the Uniao da Ilha samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Photos: Rio explodes in colour as Carnival climaxes

The company expects to begin rolling out the service in the first half of 2018.

NBN reveals first fibre-to-the-curb suburbs

Dual rear facing cameras by Leica sit on the back of the Huawei P10.

MWC:Huawei's P10 lands in a flourish of colours

The game's look is an interesting mix of primitive and sci-fi.

Review: Horizon Zero Dawn is a beautiful post-apocalypse

The Xperia XZ Premium has a lot going on.

Chrome phone has a super slow-mo camera

The LG is covered front and back with a new kind of Gorilla Glass.

Hands on with LG's newly-announced G6

2017 Haval H6.

China's newest SUV revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Hack Rod team is using artificial intelligence to design cars.

How AI could design your next car

David McCowen

2017 Citroen C4 Cactus.

What stylish small car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Ford Escape.

Ford's new CX-5 rival reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Hyundai Ioniq.

Hyundai's Prius rival reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Porsche 911 R

Porsche owner looks to make $800,000 in a month

David McCowen

Gold Coast Suns

Seeing red: Koch's China ultimatum to Suns

Chill pill: Hill tries to evade Eagle Jamie Cripps in the pre-season match he almost missed due to an allergic reaction.

Docker Brad Hill in ice-bath scare

New Gold Coast chief executive Mark Evans.

AFL moves to try to get Gold Coast back on track

ANALYSIS
Caroline Wilson

Before and after: Demon Mitch Hannan loses teeth at training.

Watts falls ill as Demons leave it all on the track

Simon Lethlean is highly regarded in AFL circles.

Lethlean set to move up as Evans heads to Gold Coast

Caroline Wilson

Ready for action: Marcus Bontempelli.

Bulldog Bont back for pre-season

Jon Pierik

Classy: Dayne Beams is the new Brisbane skipper.

Beams the new Lion king

Caroline Wilson

Locked in: Jonathon Patton believes he is "capable of anything".

Giants star Patton joins Cameron in committing until 2020

Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic vs Daniel Evans at the Hisense Arena. Day 5 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in ...

How Kyrgios can send Tomic's ranking into freefall

Darren Walton

Andrew Bogut is reportedly considering his options.

Bogut to talk with four NBA clubs: report

Serena Williams stuns neighbourhood tennis players with walk-up challenge.

'Can I play?' Strolling Williams stuns local amateurs

Daniel Ricciardo logged 50 laps.

Hamilton quickest on first F1 test day, Ricciardo has car trouble

Keeping an eye on developments: Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez.

The $49 million offer that would have changed Arsenal forever

Matt Law

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