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Former Bomber Dean Wallis.

Ex-Bomber's 'late-night threats' in alleged blackmail

Underworld figure Mick Gatto.

Gatto says 'senior Bomber' asked for help to 'sort out' drug saga

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Police.

Backpacker attacked with hammer as another was raped, court hears

Last week Tesla Motors sued Sterling Anderson.

Tesla claims they can fix Australia's energy problems in 100 days

Stephen Gutierrez in a photo from his firm's website.

Lawyer's pants burst into flames in front of jury - in an arson case

Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes said the need to understand, adapt and be part of the new economy was critical.

Atlassian co-founder's dire warning for those who drive for a living

Boy escapes suspected kidnapping from Melbourne bus stop

'Get used to it': Chinese navy conducts exercises in Australia's backyard

Revealed: Morrison's plan to fight housing affordability crisis

EXCLUSIVE

'Doxing' is the new hacking, and its chaos is spreading far and wide

COMMENT

Cold callers sold couple enough printer ink to last 1700 years

Bleaching near Port Douglas last month as sea temperatures exceed coral thresholds.

It's not just the Great Barrier Reef under threat

Tough task: Gold Coast’s Gary Ablett moves in on Bulldog Stewart Crameri on Thursday night.

49 points down against the Suns? The Doggies were just warming up

Virat Kohli (left) made up for his lack of runs with his talking game in the field.

Cricket Australia can still act on Kohli with rarely used power

Farewell to the jungle - and Grant: Lisa Curry declares she is divorced.

I'm A Celebrity ... and I'm divorced, says Lisa Curry

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has been roasted on social media for her International Women's Day pledge.

#humblebrag: Trudeau's wife's 'shameful' Women's Day post

COMMENT

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Police officers in hot water over surf trip

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his periscope webcast on Thursday.

Trump ally Nigel Farage visits embassy where Assange lives

The connection between Milchan and the Packer family goes back to the 1990s.

Packer recruited to fund Israeli PM's lifestyle: Haaretz

The Dromedary Hotel is for sale in Central Tilba.

What it's really like to live in one of Australia's tiniest villages

HSBC boss walks employee down the aisle when her parents won't

Boss walks employee down the aisle when her parents won't

Former speaker Telmo Languiller is taking sick leave from parliament for one month.

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Former speaker Telmo Languiller is taking sick leave from parliament for one month.

Former Speaker takes sick leave from parliament

Richard Willingham

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters as he campaigns for his party in the Uttar Pradesh state ...

Deciding India's destiny: All roads lead to this state of 220m

Amrit Dhillon

Sydney Rains: 050616: SMH News: June 5 2016: After months of little rain, storm cells lash the East Coast of Australia ...

Companies duck for cover on climate change

Peter Hannam

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Brandon Robinson spend 6½ years in jail before being eligible for parole.

Man, 19, jailed for a decade for killing fellow teen over girlfriend

Akon Guode faces deportation after serving jail term, court told

Chetcuti Verbunt murder accused points finger at associate

A surfer at Corsair Rock.

Surfing safari: police used counter-terror boat for surf trip

Police linked arms on the steps of Parliament to keep the taxi protesters at bay.

Workers stage mass protest march in Melbourne

Rents are rising and many Melburnians face the prospect of never buying their own house.

Melbourne is in a rental crisis (I know, I'm looking for a place)

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Man charged with sexual assualt of teen at train station

Outgoing Climate Institute chief John Connor.

Climate Institute to shut due to lack of support

The threatening letter send to several WA Liberal MPs.

Liberal candidates receive death threats at home

WA

Guns, SIM cards, mobile phones, drugs and cash were among items seized during raids on Thursday.

Police smash ice syndicate in rural NSW

NSW

Police.

Backpackers were 'scared they were going to die'

Treasurer Scott Morrison will discuss the affordable housing proposal with his state and territory counterparts.

Morrison considers new way to put millions into housing

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Politics as we know it should change

COMMENT
Stephanie Peatling

Chinese naval ships close to Australia? 'Get used to it'

David Wroe

Turnbull has been a strong voice of national cohesion, as any Australian leader should be.

Deal to ban foreign political donations breaks down

The Honorable Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister speaking at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Hilton ...

PM calls energy crisis talks amid gas shortage blackout warnings

The sector unanimously criticised the changes at a Senate committee hearing in Parliament on Thursday.

'We won't rob Peter': childcare industry rejects cash

Labor MPs Kate Ellis and Anthony Albanese during the ALP National Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre on ...

Kate Ellis to quit frontbench, force Bill Shorten to reshuffle

This frame grab from a video provided by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), shows fighters from the SDF running during ...

Air strikes kill 23 civilians near Raqqa: monitoring group

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for the media with his traditional red dispatch box outside ...

Britain's budget driving blind into oncoming Brexit

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

Eight migrants from Somalia cross into Canada illegally from the US on February 26, walking down a train track into the ...

Mounting numbers of migrants and refugees flee US for Canada

The goddess of war Sekhmet at the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt.

Trove of statues of war goddess Sekhmet found in Luxor

Illustration Matt Davidson

Why the Frankston line gets royal treatment and everyone else pays for it

COMMENT
Adam Carey

Going up - in some places: housing in Sydney.

The risk is greater than the GFC if we can't fix the housing crisis

COMMENT
John Hewson

Pauline Hanson is risking sensible debate about how to raise immunisation levels.

A prayer for silent majority

COMMENT
Sarah Gill

During the 2015-16 financial year, tourist expenditure totalled around $130 billion.

Tourists providing a much-needed boost to retail sales

Catie Low

James Packer is expected to buy back Crown's half-share of the Packer family's rural estate, Ellerston.

The thriller starring a spy boss, a PM and James Packer

Colin Kruger, CBD

Mark twain

The man Snapchat should thank for its success

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

oil refinery

Eight companies polluting as much as the entire US

Jessica Shankleman

Silence on ideas boom 'is sad'

Elizabeth Knight

Rio Tinto chairman, Jan du Plessis, set to step down

UPDATED
Brian Robins

Batteries could fix Australia's energy problem in 100 days: Tesla

Adam Morton

Airbnb mulling expansion in long-term home rentals: sources

Olivia Zaleski

The apartment in Trump had been available to rent since at least last September - long after the building that helped ...

Welcome, Airbnb guest! Your neighbours are the Trumps

Tania Lenon and Penny Petridis (right) of renovation and building maintenance business Female Tradie.

Fed up with dodgy tradies, Wendy beats them at their own game

14-16 Buckland Street, Chippendale

Rags to riches as blue-collar 'burbs become hot property

Rip off

This estate agent can't hold a licence so why can he train others?

Erica Dibden at ABC Cheese Factory, home of Tilba Real Dairy, Central Tilba.

My isolated home: I live in one of Australia's smallest villages

Bell & Ross BR03-Horograph.

New faces: The latest trend in luxury watches is really simple

Watches

Emirates A380's new on-board bar.

In-flight bars are getting even bigger and swankier

First Class

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How does Centrelink assess my personal loan?

Noel Whittaker

Investing in shares is easier and cheaper than ever.

Why more women should invest in the sharemarket

Scott Phillips

Allen Liao has chosen a simple and classic design for the glasses.

Never lose your glasses again

Cara Waters

Recruiting someone for your own business is extremely daunting.

Hiring your first employee: Daunting and unpredictable

James Adonis

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CCTV: Frankston hairdresser robbed three times in one morning

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Women on company boards

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'Media takes Trump tweets too literally'

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Malta's Azure Window collapses

Signs at The Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh Railway Precinct, Eveleigh.

Historic Eveleigh railway yard in Sydney under threat

Stan - Underground

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STAN - American Gothic

Gripping murder mystery American Gothic - all episodes now streaming on Stan

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Australian hiphop duo A.B. Original have won the Australian Music Prize. They are Trials, a Ngarrindjeri man, and ...

AB Original win top music prize for timely, angry protest album

Bernard Zuel

Farewell to the jungle - and Grant: Lisa Curry declares she is divorced.

I'm divorced, says Lisa Curry, as Steve Price leaves the jungle

Christine Sams

Bill Henson with some of the works in the NGV exhibition.

Photographer Bill Henson's nudes back on major gallery walls

Hannah Francis

Arts News. US actor, comedian and singer Josh Gad in Sydney to celebrate the release of Disneys Beauty and the Beast. ...

Beauty and the Beast's Josh Gad on outrage over the gay LeFou

Sarah Thomas

Fake Ryan Gosling, Munich cook Ludwig Lehner, accepts his award.

Gosling-gate: is this the best TV prank ever?

Rob Moran

Jonesy

Married At First Sight contestant goes into hiding after backlash

Rob Moran

Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in The Force Awakens, at the European Premiere in London.

Disney screens first fragment of next Star Wars film, The Last Jedi

Michael Idato

Love Actually scene first hit cinemas 13 years ago.

Love Actually's reboot is bringing back the famous cue card scene

Broede Carmody

Paul Harris, host of Film Buff's Forecast, in 2013.

Death in Brunswick: Film Buff's Forecast to go after 36 years on air

Karl Quinn

Gemma Arterton in National Theatre Live's <i>Saint Joan</i>.

Saint Joan's Gemma Arterton a heroine of riveting authority

REVIEW
Peter Craven

THE AGE. NEWS. MELBOURNE. NGV. Generic National Gallery of Victoria. Picture by Paul Harris. Monday 9 Febuary 20045 ...

Claims NGV security guards paid cash in hand prompts probe

Debbie Cuthbertson

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has been roasted on social media for her International Women's Day pledge.

Justin Trudeau's wife's social media post sparks major backlash

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

"Ask yourself this – what do YOU want? Think long and hard."

A domestic violence survivor's letter to her 16-year-old self

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Kristen Stewart attends the 'Personal Shopper' photocall during the 69th annual Cannes Film ...

Kristen Stewart debuts radical new buzz cut

Zosia Mamet speaks onstage during The Anthology Film Archives Benefit and Auction on March 2, 2017 in New York City.

Girls actress opens up about emotionally abusive ex

Eat, drink and be Meryl ... seems like a solid life motto to us.

Internet has a field day with International Women's Day joke

Annie Brown

This was never going to end well.

An IWD tweet from Donald Trump was never going to go well

Mary Ward

Scarlett Johansson arriving at the recent Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Scarlett Johansson files for divorce, wants primary custody

Christie D'zurilla

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 19: Ruby Rose poses at the xXx: 'Return Of Xander Cage' Sydney Fan Event on November 19, ...

Ruby Rose, the cockroach, and the publicist

Andrew Hornery

Moderation: Processed meat, too much salt and too few vegies are linked with cardiometabolic death.

Death by diet: Cardio deaths linked to food

Sarah Berry

Support your body to optimise your chances.

The secrets of fertility over 40

Cass Chapman

Journal: Tello wrote down what she ate because research shows tracking helps.

Prescription for weight-loss: Doctor takes her own advice

Pepperoni pizza omelette.

Michelin-starred pub chef lost 70kg with these comfort food recipes

Soft drinks: even one a week is too much.

Sip soft drink more than once a week? You need to read this

Hoyt's oregano product was found by Choice to contain 11 per cent oregano leaves.

Spice merchants slapped with $11k fine over fake oregano

I'm just so, so tired ...

Confessions of an exhausted mum

Jake's note explained why his sister took the butterfly wind chime.

Young thief leaves heartbreaking note for homeowner

The boy doesn't like it when teachers accidentally use his first name.

'Should I let my six-year-old change his rather unusual name?'

Switzerland: Not just about chocolate and cheese.

The best country in the world, according to rest of the world

Kylie McLaughlin

Qatar Airways' new business class seat, the 'QSuite'.

Qatar unveils revolutionary new business class suites

Craig Platt

There are certain situations when booking your travels online just doesn't cut it.

Who needs a travel agent these days? You do, in these situations

Michael Gebicki

The rising dependence on cameras is changing the way we communicate.

Snap bets on cultural supremacy of camera

When asked about onions, Google can't tell the difference between the truth and an obvious falsehood. What else is it ...

Google algorithm lying to you about onions

COMMENT

CIA

The rise of doxing: how to keep your secrets safe

COMMENT

The Panasonic FZ2500, a great all-rounder.

A camera perfect for the serious amateur

Download traffic will inevitably grow, particularly as demand for streaming services increases.

Telcos feed growing appetite for downloads

Gemballa Avalanche.

Eight wildest cars from Geneva

Andrew MacLean

Mitsubishi Tritons sold from 2010 were some of the most well-rounded dual-cab utes on the market.

What used 4x4 dual-cab ute should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

The New Opel Insignia Grand Sport is presented during the press day at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show in ...

The real stars of the Geneva show

Stephen Ottley

Renault Zoe e-sport concept revealed at the 2017 Geneva motor show.

Renault reveals 340kW electric hot hatch

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai Motor today unveiled its updated Sonata model, showing the flagship sedan for the first time at the ...

New Hyundai Sonata revealed

Dom Tripolone

Holden has unveiled its successor to the Australian-made Commodore.

Holden targets premium brands with new Commodore

Stephen Ottley

Birds of a feather: Eagles' Sam Mitchell shares a moment with Demons' Jordan Lewis.

Sam Mitchell's all smiles as West Coast down Melbourne

Tough task: Gold Coast’s Gary Ablett moves in on Bulldog Stewart Crameri on Thursday night.

Bulldogs bite after slow start against Suns

Rohan Connolly

Former Bomber Dean Wallis.

Blackmail probe after former Bomber's 'late-night threats'

Michael Gleeson

High expectation: Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli is second-favourite to win the Brownlow Medal this year.

It's never too early for Brownlow Medal intrigue

Scott Spits

As long as he's playing well, Martin's got time to weigh the Tigers 'terrific offer'.

Tigers give Martin 'as long as he likes' on contract

Daniel Cherny

Most players along the way have faced more obstacles than received assistance.

Bash and crash of AFLW is big part of why I love it

Daisy Pearce

Setback: Jordan de Goey.

De Goey injury adds to Collingwood's woes

Daniel Cherny

Hungry: Nat Fyfe is back "fitter" and "stronger".

Fyfe was jealous of Dangerfield in 2016

Big hitter: Marcus Stoinis scored his maiden international century in an ODI against New Zealand last month.

Stoinis bolts in under horses-for-courses Test team policy

Andrew Wu

Sunil Gavaskar

Shocked Gavaskar slams ICC for Smith decision

Rob Forsaith

The hero: Sergi Roberto celebrates scoring Barca's sixth goal - the winner.

Barca pull off incredible six-goal Champions League comeback

Rabble: The Rebels performances this season have been shambolic.

Melbourne Rebels, an opportunity lost

Stathi Paxinos

Fightback: India's Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the first-innings dismissal of Steve Smith in Bangalore.

Australia are back where they began; behind the eight ball

Greg Baum

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