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Hussein Hatem 10 sits inside his families tent at Khazer Camp 1 home to 38,000 internall displaced Iraqi's who have fled ...

School beheading: 'This will be the last time I see you'

A mass search of the Murray is being conducted on Friday morning.

Mother allegedly tried to drown her two sons in river

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Darren Clover is facing three murder charges over the fatal Footscray fire.

Man on triple murder charge over factory fire refuses to front court

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a fourth straight question time on Thursday in which all 34 opposition questions ...

PM is sinking in a sea of indecision and ambivalence

COMMENT
Michael Gordon
1 hr ago

A collection of eight movie studios want up to 135 pirating sites blocked by Australian internet providers.

Dozens of sites to be blocked by ISPs under plan by movie studios

1 hr ago

Mike Pence's AOL account was hacked while he was Indiana Governor.

Pence hacked while using personal email for state business

Bunnings' expansion plans for Australia reveal Wesfarmers' $705 million purchase of UK hardware outfit Homebase has not ...

Bunnings swoops on Masters sites to drive major expansion

Cold case killer appeals sentence for Michelle Buckingham murder

Karen Ristevski to be laid to rest two weeks after her body found

Mexican cement giant happy to help with Trump wall

'She stuck by the kids': Shot grandmother's son bombed Williams home

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Let the mind games begin: Aussies need to dream big in Test

Dean Jones

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 15: Tony Abbott addresses media for the last time as Prime Minister at Parliament House ...

Looks like men, not women, are too emotional to govern

COMMENT

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Elle McPherson at Industry Beans in Fitzroy.

Why Elle Macpherson is - finally - forging her way in business

A deep blue hole at the world famous Azure Window on Gozo island.

Move over, Mykonos: Europe's most underrated islands

The moment!

'She had no idea': The surprise proposal on the Frankston line

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Venice Beach locals feel pushed out by Snapchat

Virat Kohli is the key to the series for India

Let the mind games begin: Aussies need to dream big in Test

Neil Prakash lead pic 1

'They chop off heads': Aussie behind cruel ISIS punishments

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Barbie's comeback has everything to do with race

The Design Files has become one of Australia's most design blogs.

Ten must-follow Instagram accounts for interior design lovers

An artists impression of the new Prahran High School

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An artists impression of the new Prahran High School

Four-storey school: Prahran High to hit new heights

Henrietta Cook
48 mins ago

Cold case team: L-R: Leading Senior Constable Lee Preston (analyst), Detective Senior Constable Ben Aulich, Detective ...

Million Dollar Murders

John Silvester

Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) and Peggy Olson (Elizabeth Moss) in Severance, the first episode of the final season ...

It's not women who need to change but the world of work

COMMENT
Catherine Fox

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Leonie Stuart with her husband Stephen Phillips.

'She stuck by them': Shot gran's son shot policeman in the face

1 hr ago

Former principal, 70, gets three years' jail for abusing boys at camp

56 mins ago

Bus crashes into North Melbourne take-away shop

The scene of the high-speed crash at Club Laverton.

Chainsaw BMW carjacking: One man charged, one on the run

Baby Louis.

Mum gives birth to baby boy at busy Melbourne intersection

Detectives believe this man may be able to assist with their inquiries.

Man swings machete at kiosk worker over a packet of chips

Angelo Gargasoulas outside court on Thursday.

Angelo Gargasoulas 'threw Thermos' at mum over slow toastie

UPDATED

Canberran Elliot Schultz has designed a Canberra video game, which includes realising the cities iconic bus stops in ...

The local who turned Canberra into a video game

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David Avocado Wolfe.

Petition to stop wellness 'guru' spreading message

WA

Sydney houses flooded as parts of NSW prepare for torrential rain

Houses flooded as severe weather warning issued

NSW

Photos of the Catholic Worker movement members vandalising the Cross of Sacrifice on Ash Wednesday were emailed to Fairfax.

Religious fanatics charged over memorial damage

QLD

A syphilis outbreak in northern Australia has seen notifications of the infection skyrocket in Indigenous communities.

A national sexual health crisis nobody is talking about

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Coalition MP Entsch makes kamikaze penalty rates pledge

James Massola
1 min ago

Australia's first Joint Strike Fighters unveiled

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Summonsed home: DFAT is trying to wrangle 113 Very Important Diplomats back to Australia.

Foreign affairs aghast: Only $1.1m to fly diplomats home?

SKETCH
47 mins ago

Khaled Sharrouf is the only known case of an Australian terrorist being stripped of their citizenship under the laws.

'Sensational beat-up': Ministers at odds on anti-terror laws

Penalty rates: "This is a matter that the Government has not decided."

MPs could lose seats unless PM intervenes on penalties: polls

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 09: Michael Chan (L) and Helen Chan (R) mother and brother of Andrew Chan hold a press ...

Bali 9 family 'disappointed' by quiet death penalty decision

EXCLUSIVE

Jared Kushner met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak at Trump Tower.

Jared Kushner on growing list of Trump officials who met Russian envoy

David Alexander

Not going away: the Russia shadow. President Donald Trump.

The Trump presidency can't seem to shake Russia's shadow

ANALYSIS

Swedish Army personnel take part in the annual gay Pride Parade in Stockholm in 2015.

Sweden brings back the draft amid security worries

Dianne Reeves, of Seattle, holds an upside-down U.S. flag, commonly seen as a sign of distress, and a photo from the ...

A Republican state-level push to criminalise protest

A vote for Senator Pauline Hanson's One Nation is perhaps the most effective protest against both the government and ...

If you're angry, you go to One Nation. Disappointed? Labor.

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Customers, I suggest that every time you go and get your morning coffee, consider the barista and the chef and the ...

I'm a waitress and I don't care about the penalty rate cuts

COMMENT
Claire Thurstans

Katherine Vowles, 26, was conceived using a sperm donation and has spent the past five years trying to learn who her ...

All children deserve to know who their parents are

COMMENT
Xavier Symons

Snapchat co-founders Bobby Murphy, left, and CEO Evan Spiegel, center, ring the opening bell at the New York Stock ...

How can Snap lose so much money yet be worth $45b?

ANALYSIS

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Willoughby has been home to the Nine Network for 50 years.

Goodbye Willoughby: Nine finds a new home

Carolyn Cummins
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Bunnings' expansion plans for Australia reveal Wesfarmers' $705 million purchase of UK hardware outfit Homebase has not ...

Bunnings swoops on Masters sites to drive major expansion

Catie Low

'Are you living in the real world': MP flames NAB boss

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Mario Christodoulou

Robots will take our jobs, expand our 'romantic possibilities'

Colin Kruger, CBD

Cannabis bets take Aussie hedge fund to No.1

Bei Hu

Snap shares frenzy: Kerr's fiancé makes $2.1b in a day

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Starting from scratch: How to build your own property portfolio

Danielle and Daniel Besen reportedly split last year, selling off their multi-million property portfolio.

Vendor of Melbourne's most expensive home buys new $6.5m pad

The Design Files has become one of Australia's most design blogs.

Ten must-follow Instagram accounts for interior design lovers

Knowing the right way to wash, dry and buy bedding is essential for a good night's sleep.

Biggest myths you've been told about the quality of your bedding

Juliette Byrne

Empty nesters: What to expect when you downsize

A well-proportioned sleeve can make tiny hands look normal.

There's something very different about Donald Trump

1 hr ago

La Corniche ticks all boxes.

Big business: The boutique hotels wooing high-flying CEOs

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Beyonce has the same number of minutes in her day as you.

The secret to finding more time

Catherine Robson

Working into your 60s can be financially rewarding.

Should I retire at age 60 or 67?

YOUR QUESTIONS

Founder of Boost Juice Janine Allis speaking at the Sage Summit.

Janine Allis' advice to entrepreneurs: Marry well

Cara Waters
1 hr ago

Father and son team Ben and Bill Stuth run Bill & Ben The Electrical Men.

The rise of the iTradie

Cara Waters

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Bus crashes into North Melbourne cafe

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Glenroy shooting: Neighbour speaks out

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LA locals feel pushed out by Snapchat

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2017 BMW M4 GTS vs BMW S1000 RR video comparison

A blue sky and white clouds are reflected in a street mirror in Frankfurt, Germany,

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Germaine Greer in 1970, at the height of her campaign for women's rights.

Trailblazing feminist Germaine Greer's secrets revealed

Gina McColl

Elle McPherson at Industry Beans in Fitzroy.

Elle Macpherson on business, health and her vegan, digital detox

Melissa Singer

Ed Sheeran had a year off but the new album shows him happy, settled and hit-filled

REVIEW: Ed Sheeran's album will divide and conquer the charts

Bernard Zuel

Martha L. Ruiz and Brian Cullinan from PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Oscars in Los Angeles.

Oscars debacle accountants given bodyguards following threats

Rob Moran

Ryan Corr.

Ryan Corr explains why they made the sequel no one asked for

Karl Quinn

Lorde returns with a pop-focused new single, Green Light.

Watch Lorde's return single filled with heartbreak and dancebeats

COMMENT
Bernard Zuel

Kris Smith was the fourth celebrity voted out of the show.

Kris Smith reveals he walked out on relationship with Minogue

Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin has made a "uge'' impression with his impersonation of Donald Trump.

Baldwin may step in for Trump at White House dinner

Broede Carmody

A set a Meredith was a dream come true for CC Disco!.

After Cobram and Meredith, is Coachella next for CC:Disco!?

Annabel Ross

Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann has won a life-changing literary prize.

Poet Ali Cobby Eckerman receives phone call of a lifetime

Linda Morris

Ali Barter (EG, March 3)

Sticky Carpet: Ali Barter lights up, Tumbleweed join Spiderbait tour

Martin Boulton

Actress Lisa Kudrow was told on the set of Friends she was only appealing once she had make-up on.

Lisa Kudrow was told she wasn't 'f---able' without makeup

Annie Brown

New York comedian Jenn Welch.

Woman tells Tinder matches her dad died and shares the hilarious replies

Lisa Bonos

The "clones".

Here are the 7 'dream partners' I would create from scratch

Kate Iselin

Jane Fonda at the Golden Globes earlier this year.

'I thought it was my fault': Jane Fonda reveals sexual abuse

Why wasn't there as much outrage about the rate of child sexual abuse?

The outrage directed towards Kasey Edwards missed the point

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 25: Actress Naomi Watts, wearing CHANEL, attends the Charles Finch and CHANEL Pre-Oscar ...

Photos: What the Oscars crowd did after the party was over

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

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

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Models wear a creation for Dries Van Noten's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented in Paris, ...

Paris Fashion Week: Why we'll soon all be dressing like Muppets

Olympic diver Greg Louganis.

How Greg Louganis survived and thrived after a HIV diagnosis

Sarah Berry

A good egg: What's the story?

Butter or olive oil? Eggs or no? New nutritional review cuts through the myths

Cara Rosenbloom

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

New intermittent fasting studies reignite debate about its benefits

Sarah Berry

Stop the snack attack

Five tricks to stop late-night snacking

Neil Perry's spaghetti with bottarga.

Neil Perry's simple cherry tomato spaghetti

23 mins ago

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

Is Trump's fast food diet to blame for his issues?

Andrew P Street

Rhianna Truman, 17, with her four month old son.

After pausing cancer treatment to give birth, teen mum is dying

Some kids are raking in up to $40, but the average per pearly white is $2.62.

Kids receiving up to $40 per tooth as Tooth Fairy expectations rise

What happens when a school stops giving out homework?

What happened when a primary school stopped giving homework

A deep blue hole at the world famous Azure Window on Gozo island.

Move over, Mykonos: Europe's most beautiful, underrated islands

David Whitley

This is the world's most visited country, according to the figures. But where is it?

Traveller quiz: Which country gets the most international visitors?

Mal Chenu
23 mins ago

The Alaska Train travelling along the shores of Turnagain Arm near Girdwood.

One of the world's greatest train journeys takes just four hours

Brian Johnston

A flat phone battery might lead to a fine.

Battery life the big issue for mobile phone users

22 mins ago

The AWS outage lasted slightly more than four hours.

Amazon's cloud outage due to human error

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

Artist impression of a habitable planet in the volcanic Hydrogen habitable Zone.

TRAPPIST 1: prospects for life getting better

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What to believe from the Galaxy S8 rumours

Kotaku

Car v Bike: BMW M4 GTS v BMW S1000RR.

Car vs Bike: Which is faster?

Andrew MacLean
48 mins ago

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet revealed

Greg Kable

The go-anywhere image of SUVs has helped them outsell passenger cars in Australia.

SUVs sales overtake passenger cars

David McCowen

2017 Holden Astra sedan prototype.

Prototype drive: Holden Astra sedan

Andrew MacLean

2017 McLaren 570S.

Driving McLaren's baby supercar

David McCowen

2017 Range Rover Velar.

Range Rover Velar revealed

Andrew MacLean

Roarke Smith collides with Brisbane's over Jake Barrett before leaving the field injured.

New year, old story: Injury a 'bitter pill' for Bulldogs

UPDATED
Scott Spits

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan met with the players on Monday.

Done deal? Secret talks end player pay stand-off

EXCLUSIVE
Caroline Wilson and Sam McClure

'Macca' and the 1947 flag.

Carlton reunited with long-lost premiership flag

Ronny Lerner
4 mins ago

Essendon ups prices for Anzac Day match.

Essendon raise Anzac Day match ticket prices

Ronny Lerner

In tune: Jeremy Howe uses his voice.

PieTunes: Buckley gives players an earful on the track

Rohan Connolly

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

For me, being a marquee player is a double-edged sword

COMMENT
Daisy Pearce

Lethlean has been announced Mark Evans' replacement.

New AFL footy boss keen on higher scoring

Daniel Cherny

Dan Hannebery said the grand final loss was devastating.

Swans weren't brave enough in grand final: Hannebery

Ronny Lerner

Danger man: India captain Virat Kohli will be looking to target Australian spinners Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon.

As mind games begin, Australians need to dream big

Dean Jones

Players were visibly upset by the scenes.

Dramatic scenes, teammates in tears as Torres knocked out

In conversation: Matthew Dellavedova and Andrew Bogut.

How Delly played a role in Bogut's move to Cleveland

Mitchell Marsh

'Don't read Facebook comments': How Marsh copes with his critics

Andrew Wu

Abreu described how he sought to destroy his Haitian passport when he boarded a flight to Miami.

MLB star ate part of his fake passport while flying to the US

Cindy Boren

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