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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is given a tour of gravesites by the Governor of Oro Province Gary Juffa (left) and Lt ...

The heavy question weighing on Turnbull

Michael Gordon

President Donald Trump receives a briefing on the Syria military strike from his National Security team after the strike ...

White House releases defining photo of Trump in Florida 'war room'

Protesters against the US strike at a Stop the War Coalition demonstration opposite Downing Street, London, on Friday.

America and Russia 'one step from combat' after Syria strikes

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Bobby Calf photographs courtesy of the Animals Australia the voice of animals web site showing the alleged mistreatment ...

More than 40 calves 'set alight' in shocking cruelty case

1 hr ago

WHO experts took part in autopsies on victims of the chemical attack in a hospital in Adana, Turkey, on Wednesday.

Autopsies 'confirm chemical weapons used' in Syria

Rodney Phillips was given a minimum of six years and two months.

Four years for shooting a cop? Our gun laws shoot us in the foot

John Silvester

A nation's agony is written on Niman's young face

INTERACTIVE
Matt Wade

Canberra looks to rein in $22b tax deductible work expenses

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Winx wins Queen Elizabeth Stakes to notch 17th consecutive win

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Second arrest reported over deadly truck attack in Sweden

UPDATE

'We don't want war on Syria!!': Trump supporters furious

A reader's photo of clouds covering Melbourne's bayside suburbs.

Flood warnings as giant storm set to lash city

UPDATE
37 mins ago

Dr Donna Urquhart NHMRC research Fellow and ultra-runner at Half Moon Bay.

How Donna learned to run through the pain barrier

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - APRIL 03: Steve Johnson of the Giants celebrates kicking a goal during the ...

Giant Stevie Johnson kicks 500 career goals

Live
12 mins ago

The brown, brick offices on the corner of Batman and King streets, West Melbourne.

Is this brown brick office block worth saving?

S-Town producer Brian Reed interviews a Woodstock, Alabama native.

Fifteen podcasts to stream now you've finished S-Town

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Girl 'living with monkeys' rescued

Third Day OF Red Cross Australia in Somaliland. Photo: Peter Caton.

INTERACTIVE

A nation's agony is written on Niman's young face

The modern strain of mindfulness has its DNA in Buddhism. Illustration by Georgia Perry/Jacky Winter Group.

Is mindfulness really all it's cracked up to be?

A hormone found in platypus venom could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes in humans.PHOTO Credit: Adelaide ...

The animals made homeless in the floods

The rear of the home used to film Kath and Kim in Patterson Lakes.

You think Australia has a property bubble? Take another look

COMMENT

Period design features at 374 Montague Street, Albert Park, have been carefully maintained.

Why we can't get enough of Melbourne's terrace homes

There's nothing quite like fresh produce for Indira Naidoo.

Time to grow up: Indira Naidoo on how to create a vertical garden

Traditionally the expectation when we have children is that we'll pick up and move to a quarter-acre block in the 'burbs.

What should come first? The house or the kids?

The luxurious pool at 661 Chapel Street.

Cellars, saunas, libraries: Do residents really want this?

Art puts an individual stamp on your home.

A beginner's guide to starting your own art collection

The Bandidos' clubhouse in Brunswick.

Brunswick bikie clubhouse shooting a 'targeted' attack: police

6 mins ago

Cyclist, 27, fighting for life after hit-run on Mornington Peninsula

Man under police guard after crash in allegedly stolen car

Heavily-armed police outside the Dandenong North property in March.

Alleged gunman nabbed after a month on the run faces 30 charges

Despite warnings of worsening Tullamarine traffic, the Andrews government has made no commitment to a rail line to the ...

Labor talks down Melbourne airport rail as PM pledges cash

An image from CCTV footage of the early stages of the riot inside the Grevillea unit of Barwon prison.

CCTV footage shows youth riot inside prison unit

One rural CFA Station has come under hot water.

Firefighters seriously hurt after jumping out of burning B&B

One of the accused teenagers arrives in Queanbeyan after being extradited from the ACT.

Teens accused of crime rampage extradited to NSW

ACT
Stephen Jeffery
1 hr ago

Jane Towers, right, was killed in the crash at Berry. Her daughter, Khloe, is in hospital.

Mother, son killed in crash, dad lost in floods

NSW
Kerrie O'Connor

Premier Mark McGowan.

It's official: WA's economy is a basket case

UPDATED

Police are hunting a gunman after a random attack on a Caboolture road.

Driver shot in road rage attack

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The young and the righteous.

Meet conservatism's new, telegenic talking heads

Jane Cadzow

The sausage sandwich in question.

The rare joy Turnbull's sausage snub deprived us of

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

The Australian Red Cross Emergency Response Manager Jess Lees, 29. Second Day OF Red Cross Australia in Somaliland. ...

'You can imagine what my parents thought'

Matt Wade

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Jack Viney.

AFL Live: Saturday footy

Live
Ronny Lerner
12 mins ago

Giant run: Jeremy Cameron celebrates a goal against the Kangaroos at Blundstone Arena.

Giants win soured by injuries

Daniel Cherny
9 mins ago

Magpies celebrate the win.

Pies show enormous grit, but issues remain

ANALYSIS
Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 07: Lance Franklin of the Swans looks on during the round three AFL match between the Sydney ...

Swans battling history in must-win game against West Coast

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson

Clarkson confused by holding the ball

Daniel Cherny

Josh Kelly. The Giants have managed to keep most players they wanted.

How the Giants have become the new Sydney Swans

Caroline Wilson

Carlton's Patrick Cripps

Blues pick Cripps and Rowe after injuries

Night to forget: Lance Franklin competes for the ball against Ben Reid.

Agony for Swans as Magpies hold on to spoil Buddy's 250th

James Buckley

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to the Bomana War Cemetery during his three day visit to Papua New Guinea.

Assad must be punished for war crimes: Turnbull

Michael Gordon

Russia must act, says PM as Australia welcomes missile attack

David Wroe

Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Turnbull 'knew in advance' of US plan to strike Syria

David Wroe

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he will need to find similar savings from elsewhere in the higher education ...

Turnbull kills off high-fee course plan

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Bernie Fraser says Australia is approaching a "danger point" where the gap between rich and poor becomes so vast it will ...

Former RBA governor warns of 'danger point' in inequality

EXCLUSIVE

Malcolm Turnbull has denied consistent poor polling is a metric for a leadership challenge.

Turnbull says poll woes no trigger for a leadership challenge

A young Chinese couple take a photo in Dali, a city of 1 million that saw 24 million people visit last year.

Chinese tourist spot shut down to rescue sewage-filled lake

Kirsty Needham

Abdulhamid al-Youssef holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun ...

Chemical attack survivor in two minds about US intervention

Farid Farid

Facing possible jail time for blasphemy: Jakarta's governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama.

Jakarta police call for Ahok's blasphemy trial to be delayed

Jewel Topsfield

The scene shortly after a truck crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday.

Truck driven into people on crowded Stockholm street

Georgina Mitchell, Lynette Eyb

"You should never agree to do something which is wrong to get something which is right."

A looming test of how far we have come

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Nick Xenophon is as wily a politician as you'll find anywhere.

Xenophon-Cormann horse-trade took 20 conversations

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Charlton Heston as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epic.

What Passover means to a twice-a-year Jew

COMMENT
Danny Katz

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Court backs Macquarie in contentious UK bank deal

Dasha Afanasieva

"There was no reason not to pay out," says Nicholas Bishop, who had been diagnosed with a serious lung condition and ...

Cherry picking or opportunism: insurer tricks take their toll

INVESTIGATION
Mario Christodoulou

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Australia has $1 trillion in foreign debt. Isn't that a worry?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

A government inquiry pushed by Treasurer Scott Morrison is examining work-related tax deductions.

$22b cost of tax deductions to be tackled in budget

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Warning on wages sends chills down the spines of private equity

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

$A hits three-month low as iron ore plunges

Timothy Moore

Rupert Murdoch wins EU nod for $19b Sky takeover

Milk production at 20-year lows as farmers head for the exit

Brian Robins

Room temperature isn't quite the same as it is in Europe.

We're 'anaesthetising' our wine - here's how to drink better

Fine Drinks

Think more Billy Crudup in Almost Famous, less Greg Brady.

Back to the future: How to rock this season's biggest menswear trend

Stitched Up

Despite the criticism, DHA has many happy investors.

Investing in defence housing: do the numbers stack up?

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How to avoid retiring with insufficient super

COMMENT
Georgina Dent

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is calling for an investigation into the loans ...

Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans

Cara Waters

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.

James Adonis

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Collingwood defeat Swans in one-point thriller

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PM has grave doubts about Assad's future role

54 mins ago

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US strikes on Syria draw mixed response

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Do ultrarunners feel less pain?

Murray Wilkinson with his cattle dogs, at the Easter Show in Sydney. 4th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Fairfax photos of the week - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

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

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. Only 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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Carrie Fisher in her best known role as Princess Leia

Carrie Fisher to appear in final Star Wars, three years after death

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Hugo Weaving as Alex and Susie Porter as Gina.

Seven types of terrific: The Australian TV show you must see

Karl Quinn

Garrance Marillier stars as vet science student Justine in Julia Ducournau's French horror film Raw.

Vegetarian-turned cannibal flick Raw redefines the horror film

Karl Quinn

Actor Bill Nighy attends the premiere of "Their Finest" at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in New York. ...

Bill Nighy goes from 'laughably low expectations' to Finest hour

Garry Maddox

Kristen Stewart in <i>Personal Shopper</i>.

Kristen Stewart stripped bare in new film Personal Shopper

Craig Mathieson

A former Saturday Night Live cast member said Trump ''didn't get the jokes'' either in 2015.

Trump 'struggled to read' while preparing to host SNL

Broede Carmody

Jai Courtney was honoured with the Breakthrough award, which recognises up and coming talent.

Jai Courtney laughs off one-person box office pull for Man Down

Rob Moran

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

Seven and Sunrise newsreader settle unfair dismissal claim

Rhys Muldoon picked France Soir, where he describes the wine list as 'incredible'.

'There was a sort of madness there': When Rhys Muldoon lived at the Gatwick

Kylie Northover

Plans for 600 Collins Street by Zaha Hadid Architects is one of a number of striking developments potentially reshaping ...

Can 'starchitecture' save Melbourne's skyline?

Ray Edgar

James Veitch turns the tables on the internet scam artists.

James Veitch gets revenge on web scammers in Dot Con

COMEDY FESTIVAL
Craig Platt

I have a lot of male friends, none of whom appear to be desperately pining over me, putting their entire lives on hold ...

I am a real human woman, and, yes, I have actual male friends

Alyssa Rosenberg

Julie Snook, Amber Sherlock and Sandy Rae during that infamous clip.

Julie Snook on #jacketgate: 'I would have reacted differently five years ago'

Jenna Clarke

Emma Watson arrives at the world premiere of Beauty and the Beast at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.

MTV Awards merge 'best actor' and 'best actress' categories

Chanel’s perfectly blended Blanc White at the last Autumn/Winter 2017 shows.

Customised nail polish is the latest must-try beauty trend

Stephanie Darling

Yoga for back pain: it depends.

Now featuring dogs and beer, has yoga jumped the shark?

Karen Heller

A day after they tied the knot, Stefanovic shared a picture dancing with Jeffreys. The candid picture was simply ...

Pap who caused grief for Sam Armytage bogged car at Stefanovic-Jeffreys wedding

Andrew Hornery

Selena Gomez looks shiny yet stylish in this orange Oscar de la Renta cocktail dress. It's very pretty and all, but it's ...

Orange you glad to see Selena Gomez?

A fear of driving is more common than you may think.

Anxiety about driving has almost stopped me doing things I love

Jennifer Morton

Family fun without sugar: it's possible, Shenker says.

Could you raise a sugar-free family?

Sophie Ellis

A University of Queensland report estimates that rates of depression had increased 18.4 per cent in the past 10 years.

Let's talk about changing these depression statistics for World Health Day

Sarah Berry

Adrenal fatigue? It may be a question of meaning.

Is adrenal fatigue real? Forget the label and treat the stress.

Christy Brissette

Adam Liaw's hot cross choux creams.

19 gorgeously indulgent Easter desserts

The DASH diet can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

The DASH diet is proven to work so why hasn't it caught on?

Neil Perry's chocolate mousse.

6 ingredient chocolate mousse

Neil Perry

Image Source: Carrie Hall

Birth notice: mum, baby and midwife's hair all doing well

The young girl was found in January and is still unable to speak.

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

Kimber Walker has an all-consuming love for Costco and has the party photos to prove it.

Is this the most unusual kids' party theme ever?

Tired? A Qantas Boeing 747-400.

Traveller letters: Qantas jumbo jets are tired, smell of mothballs

Have you ever seen a better-looking sandwich?

What made the banh mi the world's best sandwich

Peter Barrett

Jackalope is designed along a black theme. A lot of black.

Victoria's gobsmacking new hotel is downright sexy

Julietta Jameson

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

NBN

Homes without internet are stuck in regulatory limbo

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Turner

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, pauses while speaking at the ...

'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it

Spencer Soper

City SUV comparison: Toyota C-HR, Suzuki Vitara, Holden Trax, Honda HR-V.

New Toyota C-HR v Honda HR-V v Holden Trax v Suzuki Vitara

Toby Hagon

2018 Subaru Outback.

Updated Subaru Outback revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2018 Mitsubishi ASX.

New Mitsubishi ASX city SUV revealed

Drive Staff

Audi SQ7.

The luxury SUV that feels like a performance car

Stephen Ottley

Land Rover has updated its Discovery Sport SUV.

Land Rover's stylish entry-level SUV reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Volkswagen Golf R. EMBARGO: 11pm 10/11/2016

New Volkswagen Golf R details revealed

Drive Staff

17th straight: Winx won again in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick.

Winx wins 17th consecutive win in Queen Elizabeth Stakes

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Adam Scott: Within striking distance after the second round.

Scott now 'in position' to push for a second green jacket

Evin Priest

Offensive comment: Steve O'Keefe.

O'Keefe fined $20,000 for offensive comments to woman

Marquee moment: Tim Cahill celebrates heading City in front at AAMI Park.

Cahill nods home to lift City over Reds

Michael Lynch

Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a backhand in his match against Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final of the Miami Open.

Reinvention: Winding the clock forward, not back

Greg Baum

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