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Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg (left), Senator Arthur Sinodinos (right) and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who held ...

Cold showers in the dark? Phoney energy crisis ploy

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Lending to speculative property investors has accelerated in recent months while home prices in Sydney and Melbourne - ...

'Intense competition': NAB raises home loan interest rates

46 mins ago

AFL grand

'Hard to believe': AFL chief forgot to ask about twilight grand final

1 hr ago

South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill takes a rare glance at Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg during the tense exchange.

Gatecrashing Premier in public slanging match with federal minister

US President Donald Trump's executive order has been frozen.

Donald Trump hits out at judge over freeze on travel ban

Falls Festival, Lorne, shows the tent in question, where the crowd crush 'stampede' incident happened late last night ...

'Terrified' Falls Festival crowd crush victims launch class action

25 mins ago

Kyrgios drives Djokovic to distraction with second big win

'There was blood everywhere': Granddad baled up with pitchfork

42 mins ago

'The President is clearly wrong': Republicans tire of Trump's nonsense

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
2 mins ago

RBA's next rate rise will hit three times as hard as hikes of the 1990s

ANALYSIS

Woman jailed for killing 'father figure' in cigarette row

43 mins ago

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday ,the day his interview with Fox News went ...

'Let's see whether or not I prove it': Trump based claims on media reports

22 mins ago

Steven Smith prepares to catch the ball during a training session ahead of their third test cricket match against India ...

Good news for Australia in the crucial third Test

Live
1 hr ago

Rich Roll before his transformation.

'I was a ticking timebomb': From alcoholic lawyer to vegan warrior

Fitness

Refuel with water not sport's drinks.

Ten nutrition mistakes even really healthy people make

Scientists have discovered why high intensity exercise for short periods of time is so effective.

Easy ways to fit health and fitness habits into your busy life

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Hawaii judge halts Trump's revised travel ban

The analysis from NAB shows prices have climbed up to nine times higher than gross household incomes in Sydney and ...

Housing 'defying belief' as bank issues warning

Jason Yosar works at a Brisbane public hospital

'My name's Jason. I'm your doctor. This is why I'm running late'

Political satirist Armando Iannucci will open the Sydney Writers' Festival three weeks earlier than usual.

Veep creator Armando Iannucci to open Sydney Writers' Festival

Tired teacher

Dear parents, this is why your child's teacher is so exhausted

The house at 102 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, is expected to sell for up to $5m at auction.

Rare house in Melbourne' CBD set to be turned into offices

Why, after 11 months, Lisa won't let her partner in her home

Melbourne investors say the state government's changes to rental and stamp duty laws will leave them worse off - which ...

'I will exit market': Investors warn of rent rise under new laws

The revamp will be the biggest in the market's 140-year history.

This is Melbourne's best proposed development in 25 years

COMMENT

Move or renovate? That is the question...

Why more Aussie families are moving back in together

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Myki empty? In some parts of Melbourne you face a long walk to top up.

The tram stop that is 20 minutes' walk from nearest myki machine

Another hot night in the city but a cool change is on the way

Brother of Bourke Street accused pleads guilty to more charges

Firefighters at the Spotswood house after the dramatic blaze and rescue.

Father praised after rescuing son in Spotswood house fire

2 mins ago

One man blasted Engie for not closing the power station in a staged fashion over several years.

Hazelwood manager tells residents he 'feels the pain' of closure

A white Hino tray truck similar to this one remains missing.

Thieves steal trucks, excavators in overnight raid on Airport West yard

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Gas supplies? What gas supplies? Victoria hits back at PM's claim

Emergency services are on the scene of a fire at Atkinsons Dam.

One person dies as fire destroys home west of Brisbane

QLD

The ATO has refused freedom of information requests from a website designed to improve access to government.

ATO, Immigration vulnerable to cyber attack, report finds

ACT

Police seized 2.1kg of meth from the scene, including 1.7kg from the spa water.

In hot water: Duo jailed over $2m meth stash in spa

WA

Sandy the purebred desert dingo, as a pup soon after her 2014 rescue, could help answer important questions of science ...

Orphan dingo pup may put Darwin's theory to the test

NSW
1 hr ago

Jay Weatherill called the federal government "a disgrace."

Ugly and graphic illustration of a political system in ruins

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon
12 mins ago

Gatecrashing Premier in slanging match with federal minister

Mark Kenny

'Anarcho-Marxist claptrap': Liberals slam ACTU boss

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Coalition MPs say nuclear power should be on the table as Australia grapples with its energy future.

Put nuclear in the energy mix, Coalition MPs tell PM

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

An expanded Snowy Mountains scheme would include a new series of tunnels.

'Snowy Hydro 2.0': Turnbull announces $2 billion expansion

Attorney-General George Brandis has been forced to deny he is heading to London.

George Brandis denies he's London-bound. Again.

US President Donald Trump has destabilised international politics and his values are out of sync with Australia, Stephen ...

Trump's affront 'should prompt closer ties with Beijing'

Several hundred people march through Harvard University while protesting the travel ban.

Trump condemns travel ban freeze by federal judge in Hawaii

Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), center, leaves the Dutch Parliament following the Dutch elections.

Dutch election: Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders concedes defeat

US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump plans major cuts for State Dept, EPA

Twitter: an ideological battleground.

If you woke up and saw swastikas on Twitter, here's why

Abalone diving.

A boiling-frog moment in my own backyard

COMMENT
Tim Winton

The LNG plant at Gladstone in Queensland.

That sucking sound is Australians being robbed of their own gas

COMMENT
Peter Martin

The scene in Moonee Ponds where Constable Ben Ashmole was shot in the head in July 2015.

When crooks get sentences like these, something is wrong

COMMENT
John Silvester

Lending to speculative property investors has accelerated in recent months while home prices in Sydney and Melbourne - ...

NAB raises variable, investors' home loan rates

46 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX turns red as mood sours

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
10 mins ago

The rescue of Slater and Gordon is on.

Slater and Gordon rescue under way after debt sold: sources

Sarah Danckert
6 mins ago

Janet Yellen and the Federal Open Market Committee have been careful to take the global pulse before acting.

US Fed playing with fire by lifting rates

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

AMP dumps cluster bombs and cigarette stocks in ethics overhaul

Patrick Hatch

Heinz security guard accused of insider-trading on $36b deal

Unemployment rate jumps to 5.9 per cent

UPDATED

Myer's half-year sales slide as stocktake sale disappoints

Catie Low

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Social media helped to send me to a psychiatric ward

COMMENT
Carolyn Cage

Narkomtiazhprom, or the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry.

The futuristic Moscow that never was

Nick Miller

Photograph by Nic Walker
Sunday Life columnist, Kerri Sackville, dinkus

This is my agony-free approach to decision making

Kerri Sackville

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Rich Roll before his transformation.

'I blew it all': How an alcoholic lawyer became a vegan warrior

Fitness
Gary Nunn

Arnold & Son Tourbillon Chronometer No. 36 is a showstopping showpiece.

Seven of the most dazzling new watches coming soon

Watches

Saman Shad and family are going overseas for a year and spending tens of thousands of dollars in savings that they could ...

'We're spending our life savings on a family trip of a lifetime'

COMMENT
Saman Shad

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How would rising interest rates affect property prices?

Noel Whittaker

Designer Cynthia Rowley says "the floodgates opened" when she started looking beyond clothes.

From wetsuits to wallpaper: how Cynthia Rowley built a fashion empire

Cara Waters
1 hr ago

The concept of a career is being shaken to its core.

Workplace skills fading faster than ever

Tony Featherstone

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Trump bites back at Hawaii judge

9 mins ago

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President Trump feuds with Snoop Dogg

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Peak Bieber fever at final Australian show

1 hr ago

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Obscene letters left at WA government officials' doors

People walk beneath snow-covered trees on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall during a winter storm, in the Back Bay ...

World of Photos

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

Stan - Adventure time

Adventure Time Seasons 1-7 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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Hit the road and escape the city

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Arya Stark's character features in the most expensive Game of Thrones death scene to date.

Game of Thrones' most expensive death (it's not the red wedding)

Broede Carmody

MELBOURNE, NEW SOUTH WALES - DECEMBER 21: Artist/photographer Bindi Cole Chocka is seen during lunch with The Age ...

Indigenous artist Bindi Cole Chocka: Leak's cartoon not racist

Kylie Northover

Bliss n Eso have dedicated a new video to Johann Ofner, who died after he was shot in the chest during filming in Brisbane.

Bliss n Eso release tribute to man killed during music video shoot

Rachel Clun

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

Sydney Beliebers get the songs they want, but not a lot more

Bernard Zuel

Political satirist Armando Iannucci will open the Sydney Writers' Festival three weeks earlier than usual.

Veep creator Armando Iannucci to open Sydney Writers' Festival

Broede Carmody

Nikki, 25, is wanting to transform herself into the perfect bikini body for her young family.

New-look Biggest Loser debuts to dreadful ratings

Michael Lallo

Chris Rock is returning to touring stand-up after a nine-year gap.

Chris Rock to tour Australia for first time in nine years

Sarah Thomas

Donald Trump: 'Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.'

Trump's win to get HBO series treatment from Tom Hanks

Rob Moran

Choreographer Graeme Murphy and creative associate Janet Vernon with members of MADE.

Frocks, mature dancers capture Graeme Murphy's heart

Debbie Cuthbertson

Daniil Trifonov – extraordinarily fine pianism, brimful with sensitivity and interpretative craft.

Daniil Trifonov's one-off piano recital an absolute corker

REVIEW
Clive O'Connell

Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley in <i>Lion</i>.

Hit Aussie film Lion to roar again in new, extended version

Garry Maddox

Elizabeth Debicki, ambassador of Longines Golden Slipper.

Elizabeth Debicki on those Cate Blanchett comparisons

Amy Croffey

Mélanie Ségard fulfilled her dream of reading the weather report.

'I'm finally a weather girl!' Woman with Down syndrome fulfils a lifelong dream

Model Lou Kenny starred in the Vogue Runway at the Melbourne Fashion Festival on Wednesday night.

This 58-year-old model is killing it at Melbourne Fashion Festival

Melissa Singer

Kesha: "I am happiest when I'm present in my real life."

Kesha: 'The internet is not a healthy place for me'

Nicole Economos

Emma Watson arrives at the world premiere of "Beauty and the Beast" at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday, March 2, ...

Emma Watson sues over stolen pictures of her trying on outfits

RuPaul (R) and husband, Georges LeBar.

RuPaul secretly married his Australian partner of 23 years

Can't decipher the bio of your latest match? Clem Bastow has compiled a short glossary to help you out.

What it really means when a Tinder bio reads 'Easygoing'

Clem Bastow

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: Beyonce Knowles seen on the streets of Manhattan on October 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo ...

The clues about Beyonce's pregnancy that we all missed

Jenna Clarke

Taryn Brumfitt believes that there has been a shift in the way many people view the "perfect" body; it no longer has to ...

Taryn Brumfitt on stripping down to shape up

Sarah Berry

Refuel with water not sport's drinks.

Ten nutrition mistakes even really healthy people make

Cara Rosenbloom

A yoghurt smoothie for good mental health?

Yoghurt may help some forms of depression, study says

Sarah Berry

Rock Bar at the Ayana Resort Bali.

10 of the world's top hotel bars (worth checking in for)

Mushroom and pea risotto.

Neil Perry's easy-peasy mushroom and pea risotto

Banana and turmeric smoothie at Nalini's Wholesome Streetfood

The superherbs that are said to improve your mood

The eye on the left (his right eye) is shown with the 'glow' that indicated a problem with Jaxson's eye.

The photo that revealed a hidden danger in toddler's eye

Jason Momoa with his two children with Lisa Bonet, Nakoa Wolf, 8, (left) and Lola, 9.

Jason Momoa's photo of daughter with 'naked' rock star causes outrage

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Having less sex? Blame good TV

Switzerland Hike.

Simply stunning: The world's most beautiful walking trail

Keith Austin

Liveable and great to visit: Vienna.

The world's most liveable city for 2017: 20 reasons it's so great

Keith Austin

Goi cuon, or summer rolls, are one of the most popular finger foods.

The seven Vietnamese dishes every traveller needs to try

Julietta Jameson

Leica's M10 consciously evokes its earlier film classics.

M10 stays true to Leica's design philosophy

Jackson Bliton, known by his gamer name Bajheera, live streams both his gaming and his workout regimen from his home in ...

Loving video games to death - literally

You never know when it will come in handy.

The Swiss Army Knife you plug in

The smart Commuter jacket, which was introduced over the weekend at SXSW in Austin, is aimed at those who bike to work.

Google, Levi's smart jacket hints at future

Twitter: an ideological battleground.

If you woke to swastikas on Twitter, here's why

Drive's Hyundai Tucson long-term test car.

Do we need AWD SUVs?

David McCowen
1 hr ago

Audi Australia confirms presence of 'cheat' software used to dupe emissions testing.

Audi raided by German police

Andreas Cremer

Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder.

Top 7 on-screen Ferraris

Dom Tripolone

Citroen C5 Aircross concept sketch.

Citroen tease new C5 Aircross SUV

Drive Staff

2017 Volkswagen Passat 206TSI.

VW Passat R36 successor reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Michael Schumacher is the most successful driver to ever race for Ferrari.

Who are the best Ferrari drivers?

Stephen Ottley

Jarryd Roughead.

Roughead likens Hodge suspension to 'cutting off a head'

Samantha Lane
28 mins ago

AFL grand

Twilight AFL grand final this year edges closer

1 hr ago

Its Giants for the flag in 2017, according to the AFL captains.

Captains expect big things of GWS, Dangerfield in 2017

Ronny Lerner

Not perfect: Trent Cotchin.

Tigers have leadership flaws, but looking to improve: Cotchin

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

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

Listen: Blues skipper joins the team on latest Outer Sanctum episode

Brisbane Lion Hugh McCluggage is likely to be a name you'll hear a lot about in 2017.

'Little knowns' you're bound to know more about by September

Scott Spits

Two-year extension: Orazio Fantasia.

Fantasia re-signs with Essendon

Ronny Lerner

Geelong's leadership group, from left, Scott Selwood, Mitch Duncan, Harry Taylor, Joel Selwood, Patrick Dangerfield, ...

Bartel says 'cut the strings' of 'Dangerwood' dependence

Rohan Connolly

Steven Smith prepares to catch the ball during a training session ahead of their third test cricket match against India ...

India v Australia: Maxwell in, Aussies win toss

Live
Cameron Mee
1 hr ago

Nick Kyrgios has scored his second successive win over Novak Djokovic.

Kyrgios drives Djokovic to distraction with second crushing win

Darren Walton

Sydney FC celebrate with the crowd after winning the round 22 match against Melbourne Victory at Allianz Stadium.

Victory ban brawlers from matches

1 hr ago

Jason Day is back to defend his Arnold Palmer Invitational win this weekend.

Day dreaming ... of winning at Augusta

Mick Fanning of Australia winning heat 7 against Kelly Slater.

Fanning downs Slater in surfing comeback

Warren Barnsley
35 mins ago

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