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The fiery aftermath of the plane crash at DFO Essendon.

No engine failure in Essendon plane crash: investigator

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Senator Pauline Hanson in the Senate at Parliament House on Tuesday 28 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Hanson issues challenge: show me anything racist I've said

Live

The TGA has upheld its decision to ban the use of nicotine in electronic cigarettes.

Why doctors are calling the e-cigarette ban 'flawed and unethical'

You have three months to maximise your tax position for this financial year.

Tax hacks that could help you come July 1

Has Sean Spicer finally reached breaking point?

'Stop shaking your head': Sean Spicer loses his cool with reporter

1 hr ago

Former Labor leader Mark Latham is under fire over comments on Sky News.

'Sad bully': Latham savaged for calling schoolboy 'gay'

1 hr ago

Nearly 2400 vying for 120 blocks in new Gungahlin suburb

Premier hits out at 'appalling' actions of locals during cyclone

Bananas are ok, but some veggie prices set to soar after cyclone

First Lady Melania Trump has become a 'virtual shut-in'

Plane overturned at airport as town hit hard by Cyclone Debbie

Live
10 mins ago

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a listening session with the Fraternal Order of Police in the Roosevelt Room ...

Trump's extraordinary effort to stop 'explosive' evidence being heard

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Climbing stairs involves bouts of high-intensity activity lasting one or more minutes and is a simple form of HIIT.

'Earth-shattering' study reveals the best exercise for anti-ageing

The iOS 10.3 update brings along a new file system.

Apple just gave you some extra storage space on your iPhone

Makaia Carr's online photos were stolen and used to set up an online relationship.

'I'm not even anyone': Woman's life stolen to set up relationship

Mulligans Flat Woodland
Sanctuary.

Did you know one of Canberra’s greenest suburbs is in Gungahlin?

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Scottish parliament in for new referendum

Attractive young woman working out indoors. Side view portrait of beautiful model doing yoga exercise on blue mat. ...

Getting to the core: More than one way to activate your abs

Don't be hangry: The foods you need to help you stay happy

'Rent now, pay forever'? Radio Rentals faces ...

2:04PM

Luckless Redbacks keep in hunt

2:04PM

Young woman in court over $1.3 million Macquarie ...

2:04PM

Over 1.5kms of road surface on Wentworth Avenue, including gutters and kerbs, has been repaired or upgraded since 2013.

Wentworth Ave upgrades complete

11 mins ago

Tuggeranong pond to be drained as part of $80 million project

'I've been asked that three times': Real-life princess channels Elsa

Boxing gloves boxing glove sporting equipment gear boxer generic.
Picture by ISTOCK

Youth detention inmates taught to box before brutal assault

Lin Dennien was last seen in Bruce on Sunday morning, March 26.

Have you seen Lin? Police need your help

A new study has probed how subtle changes in diet can help relieve the symptoms of asthma.

'Tip of a new paradigm': Radical asthma treatment unveiled

Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre. The tip has been blamed by locals as the source of a terrible smell which ...

Complaints down but Tuggeranong tip still on the nose

Greg Gibbins died in hospital after being stabbed on the Central Coast.

'Protective' brother stabbed footballer to death

NSW
26 mins ago

Jason Headland with his children.

Father's guilty plea over murder of young children

WA
21 mins ago

Wind and rain lashes Airlie Beach as Cyclone Debbie blows in on Tuesday.

Cyclone Debbie's destruction, in pictures

QLD

Rain and damaging winds are forecast for Sydney for Thursday.

Sydney weather warning as cyclone runs into cold front

NSW
1 hr ago

Veterans' Affairs Minister Dan Tehan said public disclosure measures were aimed at strengthening privacy protections for ...

Privacy win for veterans as government scraps DVA disclosure changes

On the hunt: Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson.

APS department on lookout for phantom contractors

Department of Immigration and Border Protection secretary Michael Pezzulo and Australian Border Force commissioner Roman ...

Immigration bosses slammed over $250 million office plan

Former Labor leader Mark Latham is under fire over comments on Sky News.

Mark Latham behaving like a 'sad' bully: Bill Shorten

Heath Aston
1 hr ago

China syndrome: Turnbull turns on a dime over extradition

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

How did the government get China treaty so wrong?

Inside Story
James Massola

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 27 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Hanson pushes 18C change, cites 'thought police' for success

Live
Stephanie Peatling

Minister for International Development Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.

'Aid is not charity': Minister says taxpayers expect value

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Peter Harris from the Productivity Commission says the recommendation isn't against industry funds or against retail funds.

Unions sidelined in radical overhaul of superannuation

Peter Martin

Treasurer Scott Morrison virtually instructed the Productivity Commission to come against the present cozy super system.

How the Productivity Commission will take on the funds

COMMENT

A young protester shouts slogans at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St Petersburg on Sunday.

The genie of youth threatening Putin's 'managed democracy'

ANALYSIS
Helen Womack

People hold onto a rope as they wade through flood waters to safety in Lima, Peru, at the start of this month's storms.

Peru's brutal season of floods leaves scores dead, 700,000 homeless

1 hr ago

A young Somali girl displaced by the drought wears a pair of mock spectacles cut out from a cardboard box of antibiotics ...

The people suffering from our attachment to flat-screen TVs and iPads

1 hr ago

Tuesday's protests saw three police officers injured and 35 protesters arrested questioned.

French-Chinese outraged at Paris police killing of father at home

Everything parents do to help their kids afford seemingly unaffordable house prices helps keep those prices high.

The Bank of Mum and Dad is keeping house prices high

COMMENT
Ross Gittins
1 hr ago

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

Tony Shepherd says baby boomers taking up age pensions will sink the budget.

Baby boomers are the entitled ones? Look who's talking

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Radio Rentals is alleged to have ripped off its customers.

'Rent now, pay forever'? Radio Rentals faces class action

Marty Silk
2 mins ago

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Markets Live: ANZ hits 19-month high

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

The current gender pay gap of 17 per cent costs the nation $93 billion each year, equivalent to 8.5 per cent of annual ...

Equal pay for men and women? Now bosses have to prove it

Liz Alderman
1 hr ago

Sydney Airport is on the hunt for a new chief executive after Kerrie Mather decided to retire after 15 years running the ...

Sydney Airport CEO resigns as Badgerys Creek decision looms

Matt O'Sullivan

How to lose thousands by trying to save tens

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Hazelwood's closure couldn't come at a worse time

Perry Williams

Tomato, capsicum prices could rise after Cyclone Debbie

Patrick Hatch

'Virtual lawyers' providing cut-price legal services

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

The Land Development Agency's map of Gungahlin suburb Taylor.

More than 2000 vie for 126 blocks in new Gungahlin suburb

Scratch marks, water bowls and even a cat house left out: these are the things real estate agents say are a dead ...

Busted: How landlords know if you're hiding a pet in your rental

Mulligans Flat Woodland
Sanctuary, where Eastern Bettongs have successfully been reintroduced after becoming extinct on ...

Did you know one of Canberra's greenest suburbs is in Gungahlin?

The owner of a 30th floor apartment in Trump Tower which was available on Airbnb faces a penalty of $1,310.

Owner of apartment in Trump Tower fined for Airbnb listing

For very little outlay of cash, these ideas could help you maximise your home's value.

The most cost-effective ways to increase your home's value

Poole at Mooloolaba Beach in the Sunshine Coast.

Get ripped: What to takes to get the body of an ironman

Fitness
18 mins ago

Joel Creasey - it's fine if you don't think he's funny, just tell him he looks nice.

Creasey's closet: 'I love throwing people under the bus'

Men's Style

You don't want to be under-insured when travelling as you can get caught with new expenses when things go wrong.

How to lose thousands by trying to save tens

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Retiree renters are unlikely to be able to afford a comfortable retirement.

Renters need $1 million for comfortable retirement

ANALYSIS
John Collett

Yve Lavine is a freelance photographer and enjoys being able to pick and choose the jobs she wants.

It's official, self-employed people are happier

Louis White

Aodhan MacCathmhaoil, co-founder of Waster.

Meet the business raising penalty rates

Alexandra Cain

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Cyclone snow covers beach

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Cyclone Debbie: Social media lashes TV reporters

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Australia joins in UN nuclear talks protest

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Grant Denyer cheats death in rally crash

A dinosaur statue stands outside a store off the highway in Terlingua, Texas.

World of Photos

STAN - better call saul

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

Stan - Imposters

Liar. Lover. Con artist - Imposters, new series premiering exclusively on Stan

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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TV Week Gold Logie nominees L-R: Grant Denyer, Rodger Corser, Samuel Johnson, Jessica Marais, Peter Helliar, Waleed Aly.

Stop complaining, it's actually your job to fix Logies 'bias'

COMMENT
Michael Lallo
1 hr ago

A feel good approach does not translate into ratings, which is unfortunate for Biggest Loser trainer Shannan Ponton,

The Biggest Loser: Transformed crashes to new ratings low

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo
13 mins ago

Spotify has revealed that Drake has become the first artist to hit 10 billion streams.

Streaming has officially taken over as the future of music

ANALYSIS
Bernard Zuel

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in the 1978 film <i>Grease</i>.

Olivia Newton-John hints at reprising iconic role 40 years on

Broede Carmody

Melissa McCarthy in character as Sean Spicer.

Melissa McCarthy reveals secrets behind Sean Spicer impression

Broede Carmody

The Lego Batman movie hits cinemas in February 2017.

Trump's treasury secretary faces ethics probe over Lego Batman

David Lawder

Married at First Sight Australia 2017. Vanessa.

MAFS's Vanessa dumps nicest guy as Nadia learns more about hers

Karl Quinn

Former Seven newsreader Talitha Cummins claims she was unfairly sacked by her network.

Newsreader sues Seven over alleged maternity leave sacking

Michael Lallo

The Grapest 5K run has red and white (wine) rewards at the end.

The wine tasting fun run coming to Canberra

Ladies in Black is on at Canberra Theatre Centre until Sunday.

Seven things to do in Canberra this weekend

Owner Alicia Ingram and manager Mitch Liehr in the new Bourbon Street Kitchen, in front of the mural by street artist Byrd.

Bourbon Street Kitchen opens in Canberra

Alec Baldwin was only human when Tina Fey, when he appeared on SNL, and claims he 'fell in love' with her.

Alec Baldwin makes 30 Rock dreams come true, 'fell in love' with Tina Fey

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

Singleness is a bus stop where you wait to get on the coach of love; you don't settle in there for the long haul, as ...

Why do we still see being single as a problem?

Kerri Sackville

Don't question Alicia Keys' makeup choices. Her The Voice co-coach Adam Levine found out the hard way.

Don't question Alicia Keys' choices, Adam Levine found out the hard way

Amy Croffey
57 mins ago

US actress Jane Fonda arrives at the 52nd Golden Camera film & TV awards 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday March 4, ...

Jane Fonda's business idea for Trump is a hilarious burn

Helena Andrews-Dyer

Makaia Carr's online photos were stolen and used to set up an online relationship.

Blogger's life stolen in bizarre catfishing love scam

Henry Cooke

Nicola Stevens (left) with her partner on the coral carpet at the inaugural AFLW W Awards.

Stars of the AFLW shine at W Awards

Melissa Singer

Olivia Clement and her mother.

How my mum's breast cancer battle shaped my body image

Olivia Clement

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, right, and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sit during their meeting in ...

British tabloid didn't think its 'legs' front page was sexist

Latika Bourke

Climbing stairs involves bouts of high-intensity activity lasting one or more minutes and is a simple form of HIIT.

'Earth-shattering' study reveals the best exercise for anti-ageing

Sarah Berry

There was a real problem, despite what the doctors said.

Doctors called me a too-busy mum - wrong

Melissa Banigan

Textures and aromas enhance the eating experience.

Smell your food and ditch iced water to eat healthily

Sarah Knapton

Grilled tomato, garlic and shallot dip.

Spring onion, shallot or eschalot? And what part to use?

Restaurant critic Jay Rayner.

The 10 worst restaurant habits... Feared critic lays down the law

Jay Rayner

Simple five-mushroom fettuccini.

29 mouth-watering mushroom recipes, from pasta to pizza and more

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Did these parents make a huge mistake on holidays with baby?

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5 things not to say to a mum suffering from anxiety

Love What Matters - Victoria Baldwin

Why this family photo is not what it appears to be

Okinawa: Per head of population, there are more centenarians on Okinawa than anywhere else.

Why people on this island live longer than anyone else

Michael Gebicki

Sydney's overseas equivalent: San Francisco.

Sydney is ... San Fran: Nine overseas cities just like Australia

Ben Groundwater

Visitors take to the water off Azura Quilalea.

One of the world's most stunning countries is one of the least visited

Sue Williams

Artist's rendering of Samsung's Galaxy S8.

Surprises in store for Samsung Galaxy S8

COMMENT

Privacy advocates called the House vote "a tremendous setback for America".

Internet privacy laws voted out in US

1 hr ago

The iOS 10.3 update brings along a new file system.

Apple gifts iPhone users extra storage with iOS 10.3 update

Mobile phone user

The best phone plans with rollover data

Lifehacker

Australian families are no longer fighting it out for a spot on the couch, as we look for entertainment elsewhere.

Decline in broadcast TV has Aussies tuning out

2017 Toyota HiLux with TRD accessories 2017 Toyota HiLux with TRD accessories. EMBARGO - 9:30am 29/03/2017

New Toyota HiLux TRD targets Ford Ranger Wildtrak

Stephen Ottley

2017 Audi RS3 sedan.

Why Audi's new RS3 sedan is unsurprising

David Morley

Head-to-head: Mercedes-Benz GLC 250 Coupe vs BMW X4 xDrive20i.

Who makes the best coupe-style SUV?

Stephen Ottley

2017 Ssangyong Rexton.

Can a new SUV revive Ssangyong?

Dom Tripolone

The Mercedes-Benz EQ electric car concept was revealed at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Chery and Mercedes enter trademark war

Drive Staff

MG has committed to its Australian return on the back of the new MG GS compact SUV.

MG 'here to stay' in Australia

David McCowen

England head coach Eddie Jones.

Eddie Jones' plan to save Australian rugby

Series over: Steve Smith shakes hands with Indian counterpart Virat Kohli after the fourth Test.

'Won't hear me say that again': friendships lost in spiteful series

Beyond doubt: Mathew Leckie celebrates scoring the second goal for Austrlalia in Sydney on Tuesday night.

Ugly, scrappy, but Socceroos' win priceless in the grand scheme

1 min ago

Phillips with best and fairest medal.

Phillips named AFLW's best and fairest

Sia Soliola.

Soliola back into Raiders starting side

Joey Leilua scores a try.

Mullins backs 'Leipana' to excel against Parramatta's rep stars

Brumbies player Kyle Godwin taking part in a paint throwing photoshoot for the season Guide. Photo Jay Cronan. Contact ...

Godwin feels for former Force teammates amid Rugby uncertainty

Canberra trainer Mattew Dale and Fell Swoop.

Fell Swoop secures perfect barrier draw ahead of TJ Smith Stakes