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Angelo Gargasoulas on his way to court.

Angelo Gargasoulas 'attacked mother over sandwich'

21 mins ago

US President Donald Trump weaves his magic on investors

As Trump spoke, few noticed road kill in the aisles

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Attorney-General Jeff Sessions is reportedly behind the order to rescind anti-discrimination protections for transgender ...

US Attorney General met Russian envoy during campaign

1 hr ago

George Christensen and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Christensen berates boss Barnaby Joyce, ministers

44 mins ago

stockmarket

Why small sharemarket investors are about to be left behind

Caleb Jakobsson has pleaded guilty over the hit-run death.

Monkey-bike killer pleads guilty over hit-run death of mother

'Blackmail': Former Neighbours star dragged into $211m lawsuit

Trump's tribute to a Navy SEAL shows his cynicism

COMMENT
Paul Waldman

You might think your coffee cup is being recycled. You're wrong

'Budget-conscious mums', Woolies force Coles prices lower

Why a massive shed is about to be plonked on the City Square

Lying on resumes is a widespread problem.

Six seconds: That's how long you have to impress with your resume

Emma Watson attends UK launch event for Beauty And The Beast.

Emma Watson labelled a hypocrite over topless photos

COMMENT
33 mins ago

The business class cabin on the Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER.

Five ways you can get upgraded on your next flight

"He will do whatever it takes to help his team win so I respect that": LeBron James on Andrew Bogut.

LeBron James welcomes Andrew Bogut to Cavs

laptop in bed

Not getting enough sleep? Here's a three-step plan to help

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Oprah hints at a run for president

Crown's 90-storey tower (centre) will feature a rooftop viewing area.

Crown skyscraper viewing deck will be a '$35m public benefit'

Chefs aren’t immune to collecting unhelpful kitchen gadgets.

It's not just you! Chefs have a bunch of useless gadgets too

Relaxed but still reading: experts say students should have a summer break from learning and assessment but reading ...

Scientists have worked out just how much pee could be in your pool ...

Coochiemudlo Island, Queensland

Island life or city commute: Our isles with the best of both worlds

Yusuf Abbas, 51, at his home in the suburbs of East Mosul. Yusuf and his wife saw Ausralian ISIS member Neil Prakash

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Yusuf Abbas, 51, at his home in the suburbs of East Mosul. Yusuf and his wife saw Ausralian ISIS member Neil Prakash

Australian seen supervising IS medieval punishments

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Bachelard

Senator Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has become a protest party, according to Professor Ian McAllister.

Angry, you go to One Nation. Disappointed, you go to Labor

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Created in a laboratory, Laura (Dafne Keen) may represent the next generation of X-Men.

Logan gives us something we should be excited about

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

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The Age, News, 02/03/2017, photo by Justin McManus. Fire at abandoned factory in Footscray. Three people believed to ...

Three die in suspicious blaze at abandoned Footscray factory

UPDATED

Crab army flock to Blairgowrie before moulting moment

Long-term leases to give renters a chance to 'put down roots'

A discrepancy in the way the GST applies to "scrap gold" versus gold bullion has been exploited.

'It should have gone to schools': ATO in hot seat over $700m rort

Ebony Murner and her fiance Matthew Filmer.

'A mess': Builder collapse leaves pregnant woman, fiance in lurch

James Gandolfini as mob boss Tony Soprano in the ground-breaking HBO drama <i>The Sopranos</i>.

Underworld boss's demand for respect is 'like The Sopranos'

The judge said the offender had admitted responsibility early and was remorseful.

Bizarre pursuit: Dad follows road rules in police chase, court hears

Heather Croxon died in hospital after a crash in Chatswood.

Blogger dies days after horrorific footpath accident

NSW

A flatmate recounted how he tried to revive Kyhesha-Lee Joughin after noticing her lips were turning blue and tried to ...

As his daughter died, father 'wanted coffee'

QLD

Catholic Archbishop Christopher Prowse says it was a mistake not to tell the principal of Malkara School about the past ...

'He clearly doesn't get it': Call for archbishop to quit

ACT

Detectives raided the man's home on Monday.

Child-exploitation material: School teacher charged

WA

George Christensen and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

George Christensen berates Barnaby Joyce over 18C

Michael Koziol
44 mins ago

'Do you agree with the cuts?' PM dodges penalties questions

Fergus Hunter

Centrelink monitors welfare complaints on social media

Eryk Bagshaw
56 mins ago

Minister Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 2 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

'Is this a joke?' Cormann rejects Dutton rumours

Live
Stephanie Peatling
27 mins ago

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating at his book launch. 25 November 2016. The Age NEWS. Photo: Eddie Jim.

Two decades of wasted foreign policy: Paul Keating

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Tasmanian senator Eric Abetz

'Protect existing rates': Abetz intervenes on penalties decision

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Treasurer Scott Morrison says it is not clear what position he will take over the extra revenue.

Budget battle: Treasurer won't commit to saving mining windfall

Attorney-General Jeff Sessions.

US Attorney General met Russian envoy during presidential campaign

1 hr ago

US President Donald Trump weaves his magic on investors

As Trump saluted political civility he farewelled conservativism

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.

'Rotten to the core': police back on duty in Duterte's drug war

Lindsay Murdoch

Mind the skunk weed - it's risky, say health experts.

Regulate cannabis potency to reduce psychosis risk, experts say

Dan Andrews and Tim Pallas speak their mind on state MPs (Telmo Languiller and Don Nardella) exploiting loopholes in ...

Our politicians can't be trusted to do the right thing without rules

COMMENT
Josh Gordon

PIC JIM RICE.02.07.2110. PIC SHOWS.piggy bank , Generic saving , investment property , mortgage , home loan , home loans ...

My simple fix to make high-earning investors pay $240m more tax

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Mr Turnbull, will you rely on "alternative facts" from sources that suit your purpose or play into the power-hungry ...

An open letter to Turnbull from a swinging voter

COMMENT
Bronwyn Thomas

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is cracking down on unrealistic valuations in financial reports.

More banks in ASIC's crosshairs over lending practices

Mario Christodoulou
23 mins ago

The Dow stampeded past 21,000 points overnight.

Markets Live: ASX rides Wall St's wave

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Having lost a motza since Donald Trump's rise, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim still has moderate words for the US President: ...

Slim pickings: The man who lost $20 billion on Trump's rise

31 mins ago

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.

Yahoo CEO pays high price for data breach

47 mins ago

Lots at steak as Paul Holmes a Court takes on cattle exporter

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

More women managers result in higher pay for men

Anna Patty

Economy's great comeback may not be so great after all

ANALYSIS

Department stores face uncertain future as sales shrink

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

379 Albion Street, Brunswick

'Almost diabolical': Warnings on state govt's fix for renters

Agents may lose commissions if they have found to have underquoted.

Developers shock with multimillion-dollar bid for block of land

The Blott House is a Robin Boyd original.

Fears this famed Melbourne house will sell to developers

Life is less lonely and chores are no longer an unrelenting hellride that takes up an entire Sunday.

The surprising thing I learnt living in a sharehouse in my 30s

The view from one of Ballan's landmarks, the Roundhouse.

'Sick of living on top of others': Why this town's a hit for city folk

M.J. Bale has embraced a more stylish past.

The biggest men's suit trend of the year is almost criminal

Men's Style

Lane or path? A cycleway in Sydney's CBD.

Confusion and anger: Why this bicycle lane law should change

On Your Bike

Construction is a high-paid industry with a high gender pay gap.

The best-paid jobs have the biggest gender pay gaps

Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
7 mins ago

Core plus satellite could be a winning investment strategy.

The new investment strategy that's better than index funds

John Collett

Furloughs are coming to a business near you.

New job status: the almost full-time worker

Tony Featherstone

'Surprised we're still working together': Tom Sanceau and Bonnie Shearston remain business partners despite their ...

Why you shouldn't go into business with your sweetheart

Katherine Feeney

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Deadly fire shocks Footscray

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Three dead in Footscray factory fire

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Man pistol whipped and killed over parking spot

1 hr ago

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Watersun Homes goes into administration

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption, near the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy.

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as Beast in Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty and Beast to make Disney history with gay moment

Broede Carmody

Variety cover

Moonlight dealt second blow with controversial Variety cover

Rob Moran

Bialik (Amy) and Parsons (Sheldon) on The Big Bang Theory.

Big Bang Theory's millionaire cast agree to pay cut

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Alec Baldwin is co-writing a satirical Donald Trump memoir.

Alec Baldwin's plan to make books great again

Broede Carmody

Your 'cardboard' coffee cup will almost certainly end up in landfill: Craig Reucassel draws attention to the 1 billion ...

This is how much waste our obsession with coffee creates

Michael Lallo

It's official: Matty Johnson is Australia's next Bachelor.

The Bachelor 2017: Matty J confirmed as the next Bachelor

Broede Carmody

Never-before-seen visuals of the snow leopard on Planet Earth II has helped the series become one of the most talked ...

Controversial Snow Leopard 'rape' scene airs in Australia

ANALYSIS
Aja Styles

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

Academy dumps accountants responsible for Oscars bungle

Broede Carmody

Laura Kinney (Dafne Keen) has a lot in common with Logan (Hugh Jackman) and they're both good at killing.

Hugh Jackman takes a ton of punishment in Logan

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

Jessica Chastain's character in <i>Miss Sloane</i> is dedicated to her very important job.

Vapid thriller Sloane was meant for the Hillary era

REVIEW
Jake Wilson
33 mins ago

Anna (Emma Thompson) turns on her husband, Otto, after their son is killed in the war.

Alone in Berlin a gripping depiction of quiet resistance

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

Emma Watson in the March 2017 issue of Vanity Fair, photographed by Tim Walker for Vanity Fair.

Everybody needs to calm down over Emma Watson's 'topless' photo

COMMENT
Annie Brown
33 mins ago

Casey Affleck accepts the Oscar for best actor for his performance in <i>Machester by the Sea</i>.

Casey Affleck's obscure response to Oscar backlash

Mary Ward

Bride

Why do women really change their name after marriage?

Clementine Ford

Gigi Hadid on the cover of <i>Vogue Arabia</i>.

Gigi Hadid stuns on cover of first ever Vogue Arabia

Mary Ward

Hallie Biden supporting her late husband, Attorney General Beau Biden, in 2002.

Beau Biden's widow finds love with his brother

Jenna Clarke

Apps such as Good on You give power back to the consumers.

This app will save you from fashion horror stories

Clare Press

Oprah Winfrey said she previously thought she lacked the experience to be president.

Donald Trump made Oprah rethink White House bid

"Respectful, loving space": Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry at a party in January 2016.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are taking 'space' from each other

Jenna Clarke

You don't have to abstain from food completely when you fast.

New intermittent fasting studies reignite debate about its benefits

Sarah Berry

Friendship and sociability impact our health.

It's healthy to stay sociable

Linda Blair

Growth and success require change and support helps the process.

Why seeing a psychologist is not just for the mentally ill

Sarah Berry

Donald Trump likes his steak very, very, very well-done.

The Donald Trump Diet, or Eat Yourself Furious!

Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

Chefs aren’t immune to collecting unhelpful kitchen gadgets.

Chefs confess: What is the most useless gadget in your kitchen?

Adam Liaw's meatball lasagne.

Online food swapping: Fancy a home-made lasagne?

Baby Landon

'If I'd given him just one bottle he'd still be alive'

What happens when a school stops giving out homework?

What happened when a primary school stopped giving homework

Stanley Wood sustained serious injuries after his croc shoe became caught in an escalator.

Mum's warning about Crocs shoes after son's horrific escalator injury

The business class cabin on the Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER.

Five ways you can get upgraded on your next flight

Michael Gebicki

Passengers are rescued from the Airbus 320 US Airways plane in the Hudson River in New York on January 15, 2009.

The crashed plane from 'Sully' is now a major tourist attraction

John Bordsen

Beach of Koh Laoliang in Thailand.

This island is home to the perfect beach, and it's crowd-free

Louise Southerden

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.

Mayer loses bonus in wake of Yahoo breach

47 mins ago

Twitter now lets you ignore 'egg' accounts

1 hr ago

Moving from portable to home console and back again is as easy as dropping the Switfch into its dock, or lifting it out.

Review: Hybrid console Nintendo Switch is simple, but smart

Time is running short for Australian TiVos as Hybrid TV prepares to pull the plug,

Death warrant for Australian TiVos

COMMENT

Just over 350,000 units were sold in 2016, according to SuperData Research - a long way from Zuckerberg's late 2014 goal ...

Oculus cuts virtual reality headset price

2017 Range Rover Velar.

Range Rover Velar revealed

Andrew MacLean

Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo 2017 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo.

Porsche reveals Panamera wagon

Stephen Ottley

The Tickford Enhanced Ford Mustang features a variety of performance upgrades.

Tickford Mustang reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen Golf GTI with Oettinger body kit.

VW to offer GTI and R body kits

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen Coupe Sport GTE concept previews the look of the new Arteon.

VW takes aim at Mercedes, BMW

Stephen Ottley

2018 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

Mitsubishi's Eclipse Cross revealed

Andrew MacLean

Daisy Pearce has her own version of a carbon emissions offset strategy.

Being an AFLW marquee player is a double-edged sword

COMMENT
Daisy Pearce

Dan Hannebery said the grand final loss was devastating.

Swans weren't brave enough in grand final: Hannebery

Ronny Lerner

Outgoing ASADA chief Ben McDevitt.

McDevitt cleared over false evidence allegations

Roy Masters

How do you measure football success? Tigers coach Damien Hardwick.

Hardwick's tenure at Richmond: When is the right time to go?

Michael Gleeson

Jake Carlisle has yet to settle with Essendon.

Carlisle yet to lodge compensation claim with Bombers

Caroline Wilson

Opposing AFLW captains Steph Chiocci of the Magpies and Lauren Arnell of the Blues.

Outer Sanctum episode five: Chelsea Roffey, the Governor and more!

Boom time: AFLW figures have been good.

Booming AFLW set to stay free for fans in 2018

Samantha Lane

Lachie Neale broke the record for possessions in a season, but missed out on a spot in the All-Australian side.

Neale, Logue primed for Pies but Bennell, Johnson miss

Kim Hagdorn

Australia's Matt Renshaw did well on his debut in India.

Warner's simple advice for young opener Renshaw

Causing a stir: Amar'e Stoudemire.

Ex-NBA star: 'I'd shower across the street' to avoid gay teammate

Victor Mather

Heated: Daniel Georgievski and Alex Brosque argue during the last Big Blue.

This 'dogfight' could decide the A-League title race

Michael Lynch

Powering through: Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios through to third round in Acapulco

"I'm one of the best fighters in the world, I don't feel I should be cheated out of my lifestyle" – Mark Hunt.

Right now, it pays to cheat: Hunt blasts UFC opponent

Matt Bungard

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