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The carjacking victim in his hospital bed.

New father critical after carjacking in city's east

27 mins ago

The measles rash on the face of a child.

Health warning after measles outbreak in Melbourne's west

33 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a suspension of standing orders at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 ...

ALP's historic win leaves PM exposed on two fronts

ANALYSIS

An effigy of Myanmar's State Counsellor and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who the military see as their ...

Suu Kyi goes missing as bullet ends Myanmar's democracy dream

A man subdued by police and arrested after a fight in Collins Street.Photo.

Man charged with assaulting police after fight in Collins Street

40 mins ago

PM Malcolm Turnbull spoke to the Tesla CEO for an hour on Sunday.

PM and Elon Musk 'pick each other's brains' over energy storage

Youths using public festivals as fighting 'playground'

Labour Day 2017 guide: What's open and what's on in Melbourne

Orange is the new gold: Prison stocks soaring in Trump's America

Dutch thwart Turkish ministers as row over referendum heats up

Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dead after long illness

Pauline Hanson is surrounded by supporters at the One Nation after party at the Melville Bowling Club tonight after the ...

Under pressure of failure, Hanson has lost the plot

COMMENT
21 mins ago

Photo shared by Alexis Kaloyanides

'Douchebags like this are why we need feminism'

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Being obese or overweight is becoming the new normal

WINNER Birdman Rally 2017: Samuel Johnson, who raised $25,293 for his charity Love Your Sister Foundation. Photo credit: ...

Actor Samuel Johnson wins 2017 Birdman Rally

36 mins ago

Long queues: A Moveable Feast.

Diners furious after celebrity chef's pop-up dinner fail

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Flights and flops: best of Moomba's birdman event

Bethan McElwee (left) and her husband Johnny McElwee (right) spend time with their 6 month old daughter Aviana in their ...

Aviana seemed healthy - until they noticed a flat spot

Donald Trump

ANALYSIS

How Donald Trump gave the 'old media' a new lease of life

Under the proposed model, a portion of the uplift in land value will be harvested for use in the provision of ...

Calls to slug Victoria's property developers for right to build

Chocolate to treat period pain? Yes please.

This is what it takes to be a professional chocolate taster

Young parents these days have little alternative but to pay strangers to perform that most precious of services, caring ...

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Parents left in the dark over the quality of childcare

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine
1 hr ago

Police patrol Moomba.

More police needed in suburbs to thwart CBD violence: Police union

Benjamin Preiss

Kilmore East station master Colin Mans with the double line block signalling system.

End of the line nears for Seymour's 150-year-old train signals

Adam Carey

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Rob Mills: Maximalism is a chance for people to have interiors that convey their personality.

Move over minimalism: Maximalism stages a comeback in interiors

One example of a tiny house: Diogene, by Renzo Piano, measures just 2.3 by 3 metres.

Would your relationship survive living in a tiny house?

The Springfield development on the corner of Springfield Avenue and Orrong Road, Toorak.

Move over mansions, this is now hot property in Toorak

An unnamed Essendon footballer paid $155,000 over reserve for 11 Ascot Street, Ascot Vale.

Footballer pays $155,000 over reserve for Ascot Vale terrace

Janie Miller is part of the growing number of people who unexpectedly find themselves in housing stress, but don't ...

'The crisis in housing affordability has spread to the middle class'

Planning Minister Richard Wynne (middle) with the McMahon family - Claire, Steve and son Joseph - in Mentone.

Leafy suburbs forced to squeeze in more homes under planning blueprint

Violent carjacking leaves man unconscious

Seasonal workers told if they join a union they'll get no work

EXCLUSIVE

Arzu Baglar

'Most dangerous point': Mum mourned, call for bike funding

Man charged over Airport West shooting.

Man charged over shots fired into Airport West house

The man appeared to be aged in his 30s.

Police release image of man who assaulted young woman

A man was flown to Melbourne after a rock-climbing accident at Mt Arapiles.

Man critical after rock-climbing fall at Mount Arapiles

Malcolm Turnbull shares a beer with the Betoota Advocate.

Shorten's in WA, but where's PM? Having a beer...

WA

<i>Gogglebox Australia</I>'s Anastasia and Faye are celebrated for their ordinariness.

The nobodies taking over small screen from stars

NSW

Coral, left, and Karen at the Ice Cream Festival.

Why we're screaming for an ice-cream festival

QLD

There's been a rise in the number of intoxicated people being taken off Canberra's streets and locked away to sober up.

Police take more drunk people off streets to sober up

ACT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull points the finger in the wake of poor polling on Monday.

Labor's historic win in the west leaves PM exposed on two fronts

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

Pauline is about to begin her third TV cross when Ashby steps in

Matthew Knott

Liberal MPs, marriage equality, a couple of beers - and a Bible

Ebony Bowden

"A mistake": One Nation's leader Pauline Hanson says many people "do not understand the preference system".

'Mob have worked her out': Pollies stick the boot into One Nation

Fergus Hunter

Labor leader Mark McGowan is within striking distance of becoming WA's next premier.

The Premier of 'Dullsville': meet new WA Premier Mark McGowan

Matthew Knott

Chloe Shorten during a visit to the Gladstone Ports Corporation's Auckland Point Terminal in June 2016.

Labor spends $60,000 on image makeover for Bill, Chloe Shorten

EXCLUSIVE
Latika Bourke

Peter Slipper departs the ACT Magistrates Court in Canberra on Wednesday 4 December 2013. Photo: Andrew Meares

Official Slipper portrait sitting in Parliament House basement

EXCLUSIVE
Fergus Hunter

Protesters sing and chant outside the Dutch consulate in Istanbul after Turkey's foreign minister was turned away from ...

Riots as Dutch eject Turkish minister over referendum rally

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens as US President Donald Trump speaks.

How President Twitter gave 'old media' new lease of life

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

The 2013 <i>Time</i> magazine cover on which Wirathu was dubbed "The Face of Buddhist Terror".

Extremist monk gagged by Myanmar's Buddhist authorities

Lindsay Murdoch

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters raise cutouts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate winning seats ...

Landslide win for PM Modi's party in India's largest state

Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Is Bill Shorten playing smart or just being shonky?

COMMENT
Michael Short

Now you can dwell in a favourite cafe all Saturday morning, safe in the knowledge that the fruit and veg shopping is a ...

The missing voice in the Sunday penalty rates argument

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

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For Andrews, history has come back to bite him

COMMENT
Farrah Tomazin

The end of iron ore's stellar run? Among those flagging potential weakness are JPMorgan, the head of the RBA and even ...

No longer red-hot: Could iron ore prices halve this year?

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

The truth about getting investment

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

JD Sports has arrived in GPT Group's Melbourne Central mall on its expansion path in Australia.

Global sports brands race to enter Australia

Carolyn Cummins

The worse the news for immigrants and their lawyers, the better it has been for the two prison operators.

Orange is the new gold: Prison stocks soar in Trump's America

Jeff Sommer

Wall Street's defiant girl sends a blunt message to Aussie boards

Nassim Khadem

Domino's side order: Do you want some money with that?

INVESTIGATION
Adele Ferguson

Nissan, Ford, BMW sue supplier over deadly airbags

'No one is yawning anymore': Oil price drop triggers stampede

Secret dream machines of the Geneva Motor Show.

Geneva gems: The secret supercars you've never heard of

Cars

Blackman's brewery single batch.

Eight refreshing beers with a surprisingly healthy ingredient

Fine Drinks

Barbara Leonard with her husband David who had a stroke and has home care.

More choice for elderly to receive aged care at home

Bina Brown

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Readers ask when they should retire. This is my answer

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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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Remembering Number 96: when TV 'lost its virginity'

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Man critical after Box Hill carjacking

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Brawls erupt at Moomba festival

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Mark McGowan wins WA Election

The Age, News. Cirque Du Soleil on Port Melbourne Beach for story by Caroline Webb.Pic Simon Schluter 9 March 2017. .

Fairfax photos of the week - March 9, 2017

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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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Alec Baldwin mocking President Trump, alongside SNL regular Kenan Thompson.

Baldwin returns to SNL in Independence Day spoof

Aja Styles
56 mins ago

Cartoonist Murray Ball at his desk at his Gisborne home.

Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dead

Megan Hunt

Courtney says MKR edited down her verbal tiff with Josh, who accused her of 'dominating' her husband Duncan.

MKR enemies Court and Josh set to 'fight for the rest of the season'

Broede Carmody

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson sparked a week of headlines following her controversial remarks to <i>Insiders</i> host ...

'Most unfashionable rock star': How Insiders beat Sunrise, Today

Michael Lallo

Footage shows the giant gorilla statue going up in flames at the Vietnamese movie premiere.

Hot start for King Kong as giant gorilla statue bursts into flames

Sarah Muller

Aisholpan is a 13-year-old Kazakh girl in western Mongolia who learns the ancient art of eagle hunting from her father ...

The movie every dad should see with his daughter

Karl Quinn

Emma Watson stars as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast in Disney's new live-action version.

On the set of Disney's $400m Beauty and the Beast gamble

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

The Age, News, 08/03/2017, picture by Justin McManus. Revival in the production and sales of cassette tapes. Nate Nott ...

Not a wind up: Cassettes are back, to stay

Bernard Zuel

Carrillo Gantner in trademark bowtie.

Anglo-Saxon Australia is history, says arts patron Carrillo Gantner

Lindy Percival

William Eggleston in his home town of Memphis, Tennessee, in 2016.

The man who shot Memphis

Andrew Purcell

Justin Bieber didn't crack a smile until the fourth song at Etihad.

Review: Justin Bieber looked bored but the fans didn't mind

Marika Dobbin-Thomas

The Fearless Girl.

'Douchebags like this are why we need feminism'

Amal Clooney.

Amal Clooney gave a powerful speech at UN. Some only saw her baby bump.

Samantha Schmidt
1 hr ago

Actor Liv Hewson, for story on 21 year olds in Australia today by Melissa Singer. February 9, 2017.

What were you doing by 21? Chances are, not this much...

Melissa Singer

Killing Kittens founder Emma Sayle (right) describes herself as an 'old-school romantic'.

The sex parties where women make all the rules

THE GOSS
Amy Croffey

Looking smart: Chloe Shorten listens as her husband, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, addresses the media in Logan, ...

Why modern politicians should hire glam squads

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

Josh Gad in Sydney for the Beauty and the Beast premiere.

'I don't need that controversy:' Disney's first gay character on marriage equality

Amy Croffey

Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins.

Emma Watkins: My life on the road with The Wiggles

Dani Wright

The decision as to whether to have a procedure or not is personal.

When breast cancer hits, is a double mastectomy a good idea?

Elli Jacobs

Sarah Berry

When my life spun out of control, I stopped eating

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Amanda Erratt.

My day on a plate: Amanda Erratt

Sarah Wilson

Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful

Sarah Berry

Wood-roasted baby octopus. Neil Perry recipe for Good Weekend and Good Food.

The Mediterranean diet Weekly meal planner

Pastry nests with poached pears, feta and saffron cream (left) and pomegranate and rose granita.

Yotam Ottolenghi baking recipes: In defence of sugar

Yotam Ottolenghi

Kylie Kwong's everyday fried rice.

Kylie Kwong's everyday fried rice recipe (she's been making it since she was six)

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Kind stranger pays for toddler's plane ticket - and it wasn't cheap

Meteorologist Patrick Ellis' broadcast received an unexpected guest.

Boy crashes weather report, forecasts farts

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE PREMIUM RATES APPLY) Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen attend New ...

All grown up: Mary-Kate Olsen on life as a stepmum

Machu Picchu, Incas ruins in the peruvian Andes at Cuzco Peru

Life-changing: The world's top 10 most uplifting journeys

Brian Johnston

Passengers at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago wait to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration.

Traveller letters: Unless you want to be treated like this, don't visit US

Spend your days in and around the water at Holiday Inn Kandooma.

Finally, an island escape in paradise that's not just for couples

Sheriden Rhodes

iiNet has accepted TPG's revised offer.

Optus threatens to cut customers over NBN

EXCLUSIVE

Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes: "They [Tesla] could change the energy conversation in this country with a single deal."

Tech billionaires nut out energy plan on Twitter

<i>Snipperclips</i> is an unconventional but engrossing puzzle game that embodies the Switch motto of playing anywhere ...

Five Nintendo Switch games to play once you've finished Zelda

Steam

ACCC, game company Valve still going at it

Kotaku

Optus says "No". What are your pay TV options once you're booted off Optus HFC cable?

Optus killing you pay TV? Some alternatives

COMMENT

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.

Driven: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe

Jonathan Hawley

2017 Mini Countryman S.

2017 Mini Countryman reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Kia Stinger

New Kia Stinger inspired by Maserati

Drive Staff

Ssangyong has unveiled the XAVL, a seven-seat SUV concept.

Ssangyong takes aim at Santa Fe

David McCowen

Gemballa Avalanche.

Eight wildest cars from the Geneva motor show

Andrew MacLean

A unified Nissan and Mitsubishi would be one of the largest automotive groups in the world.

Mitsubishi reveals future plans under Nissan control

Stephen Ottley

Adele performs at Domain Stadium.

How Adele could have an impact on round one of the AFL season

Michael Gleeson

Moana Hope had a good game against the Giants.

Hope shines in Pies' first home-ground win

Larissa Nicholson

Reminder for the critics: Moana Hope.

Pies set AFLW record score in big win over Giants

Larissa Nicholson

Injury concerns: Matthew Leuenberger.

McKernan puts his hand up as Dons swamped by Cats

Daniel Cherny
13 mins ago

Power rookie: Brett Eddy.

Rookie fires as Port beat Hawthorn in AFL trial match

Kate Sheahan wants to go around again in 2018.

Magpies' Kate Sheahan hopes to play AFLW in 2018

Larissa Nicholson

Stephen Coniglio was injured just days after becoming vice-captain of the GWS Giants

Giants await injury news on key pair

James Buckley

Magpie Jeremy Howe this week.

Jeremy Howe's family heartbreak

Michael Gleeson

The FFA Cup has motivated NPL clubs to form a national second division.

National second division is kicking off with or without FFA

Michael Cockerill

David Warner isn't concerned about the new bat rules.

Smaller bats won't affect big hits, says David Warner

Chance to play: Glenn Maxwell may come into the Australian team for the third Test.

Wade's warning for third Test hopeful Maxwell

Andrew Wu
44 mins ago

The only competitor to better Scotty James's first-run score was James himself.

Australian wins snowboard gold

Caitlin Thwaites scored 46 of 47 attempts.

Magpies get big Super Netball win over Thunderbirds

Linda Pearce

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