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George Calombaris told staff last week that ''I am so sorry we have messed up''.

Former staff claim Calombaris empire ignored penalties

US President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, after the US launched the air strike in Syria.

The ball, and the missiles, are in your court, Mr President

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Stormy skies above La Trobe Street on Sunday.

Power blackouts, snow falls across state as cold snap set to continue

Donald Donald at the weekend. Despite bluster, he still has the same limited set of policy options for dealing with ...

US navy strike group sails toward Korean peninsula

The scene outside the Tanta church immediately after the explosion.

Palm Sunday explosion kills at least 21 people in Egyptian church

BREAKING
3 mins ago

On the board: Matthew Kreuzer of Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs among Blues celebrating first win on the season.

'A satisfying win': Blues down Bombers in a wet and wild battle

'Would you consider...': Reporter's question stumps Beveridge

Anti-Adani mine protesters disrupt Westpac's party

'I think there's sharks out here': WA pro surfing event halted

Syria continues airstrikes against rebels despite US barrage

Fix for housing affordability? Learn from this city

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

Swiss-born Daniel Humm in the kitchen of his restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

'Make it nice': How a Swiss school dropout became the world's best chef

Big leap: Gary Ablett and the Suns stepped it up a gear to put new pressure on Hawks coach Alistair Clarkson (inset).

Hawks bottom out after shock loss to Suns

Talking tactics: An animated Lleyton Hewitt mentors Kyrgios.

Davis Cup fervour transforms Kyrgios into Hewitt's leading man

Max Gawn will see a surgeon on Monday.

Gawn hamstring injury worse than first thought

Have you ever seen a better-looking sandwich?

What made the banh mi the world's best sandwich

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AFL plays of round three

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?

Can 'starchitects' save Melbourne's skyline?

The cast of <i>Desperate Housewives</i> lived in which suburban street?

Sixteen biggest TV feuds and fall-outs

On a quiet strip, a stroll from at least two of Melbourne's more prestigious private schools, 16 Mount Street, Kew ...

House of the Week: Marvellous mini manor in Kew

Hobsons Bay Yacht Club.

Melbourne's oasis: busy weekends, surprisingly tranquil mid-week

Peter Matti, right, with his brother, Frank Matti. They bought the Rosanna IGA six months ago and say the feel of the ...

Does a big supermarket ruin a suburb? These locals say yes

Melbourne couple Julia and Sasha, who renovated one of the top floor apartments.

The Block's Julia and Sasha renovate a weatherboard cottage

Van Haus Interior Design Studio.

How to create the perfect dining room for a winning dinner party

Police have released this image of a man who is fighting for his life after being mown down and left for dead in a hit ...

Police release image of hit run pedestrian left for dead

A teacher bonding with a struggling student? Or something more?

EXCLUSIVE

Hydro dreamer damned if he does

Breath-testing device

Car impounded after man blows more than five times alcohol limit

Two 13-year-old boys have been cautioned over a series of recent fires in Ballarat.

Teens charged with string of offences involving stolen cars

Vishal Mahant who was killed after allegedly being hit by a truck in Dandenong on Friday night.

Family identify 19-year-old killed by truck while getting into car

Police investigate the scene of the collision in Richmond

Cyclist in hospital after collision with car in Richmond

Operation QUEENSLAND ASSIST 17:?The Australian Defence Force (ADF) continues to assist the people and communities of ...

Climate challenges mount up in 'disaster alley'

Zeeshan Akbar, 29, died in an attack at Queanbeyan.

Teenagers charged with Queanbeyan murder

ACT

The Dutch backpacker had only been in Australia for a few weeks before she was allegedly attacked in a Surry Hills laneway.

Dutch backpacker 'raped in Surry Hills laneway'

NSW

Premier Mark McGowan.

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

UPDATED

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signalled a strengthening relationship with India ahead of his first official visit.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signalled a strengthening relationship with India ahead of his first official visit.

India Australia's next big education export market

Eryk Bagshaw
56 mins ago

Images from the film Screenagers

A guide to overcoming our obsession with screens

Garry Maddox

Swiss-born Daniel Humm in the kitchen of his restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

How Daniel Humm became the World's Best Chef

Cara Waters

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Pumped: Sam Kerridge of the Blues celebrates the match sealing goal.

Win for Sticks, the jumper and Carlton's heart

Michael Gleeson, Daniel Cherny
57 mins ago

Griffin Logue of the Dockers during the round-three AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Western Bulldogs.

Playing the kids a path out of peril

Rohan Connolly

Big leap: Gary Ablett and the Suns stepped it up a gear to put new pressure on Hawks coach Alistair Clarkson (inset).

Hawks bottom out after shock loss

Jon Pierik

Pressure points: Dons coach John Worsfold during the downpour at the MCG.

Loss highlights key issues, says Dons coach

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

On the board: Matthew Kreuzer of Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs among Blues celebrating first win on the season.

Blues down Bombers in big wet

Michael Gleeson

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 08: Lachie Neale of the Dockers and Lin Jong of the Bulldogs contest for the ball during the ...

Not satisfied: Luke Beveridge wants more bite

Brad Elborough

Jarryn Geary of the Saints

Saints see off scare from Lions to post opening victory

Warwick Green

Max Gawn will see a surgeon on Monday.

Gawn gone for much longer

Daniel Cherny

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a doorstop interview after his visit to the Bomana War ...

Tight-lipped: PM places longer timeline on closure of Manus

Michael Gordon

Syria, Kokoda and the 'hinge of fate': Question on PM's mind

Assad must be punished for war crimes: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull says Russia has a 'solemn obligation' to rein in its 'client' Syria.

Russia must act, says PM as Australia welcomes missile attack

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the flightdeck of a C-17 Globemaster during a visit to the Middle East.

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

President Donald Trump is urging unity in the attempt to contains threats from North Korea

US navy strike group sails toward Korean peninsula

Protesters threw petrol bombs during a protest in Caracas on Saturday.

Venezuelans riot after opposition leader banned from office

US President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, after the US launched the air strike in Syria.

Middle East waits for Trump's next move after Syria air strikes

COMMENT
Maher Mughrabi

An officer stands guard as police cordon off a large area in Oslo around a subway station on a busy commercial street ...

Oslo police detonate 'bomb-like device', suspect in custody

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The challenges of deepening our ties with India

Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny

The sausage sandwich in question.

The rare joy Turnbull's sausage snub deprived us of

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Can preschoolers be sexist? When is it that children are aware of gender differences – and what makes them act on it?

Four-year-olds can't be sexist, but they can learn the behaviour

COMMENT
Kimberley Norris

The Aussie dropped below US75¢ in the wake of iron ore's collapse. The spot price of iron ore shed 6.8 per cent to ...

ASX poised to climb a wall of worry

Timothy Moore
48 mins ago

Our phones are vital tools that we need to get the job done.

I'm Not Texting. I'm Taking Notes.

JONAH STILLMAN

Protesters from Stop Adani Sydney gathered outside Westpac's 200th birthday celebrations in Sydney on Saturday night.

Anti-Adani mine protesters disrupt Westpac's birthday party

Lucy Battersby

Chin-scratcher: RBA governor Philip Lowe is caught between worries around the economy and overheated property markets.

Why the RBA will be sweating on this week's jobs data

Patrick Commins

Guys love to shop, and want bargains: retail veteran

Madeleine Heffernan

Cyclone Debbie coal disruption set to ease

Brian Robins

Google accused of underpaying female workers

AP

Why we need to worry about the level of household debt

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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

Mortgage rates are on the rise and borrowers don't want to get in above their heads

How to avoid squeeze of rising mortgage rates

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The $300m GST grab hardly anyone knows about

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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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Weather timelapse: Sunday Melbourne storms

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Panda Qifu lands on her child's head

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Should you ask Peter Dinklage for a selfie?

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Dockers upset defending premiers

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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Kristen Stewart stars in a horror film without any of the genre's conventions.

Kristen Stewart stripped bare in new film Personal Shopper

Craig Mathieson

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

Rhys Muldoon: St Kilda grimmer and scarier than Kings Cross

Kylie Northover

Joanna Murray-Smith's Three Little Words raises existential questions about life and love.

Why the ripple effect of a break-up can be catastrophic

Kerrie O'Brien

Carrie Fisher in her best known role as Princess Leia

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

Karl Quinn

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

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

Can 'starchitecture' save Melbourne's skyline?

Ray Edgar

<b>Dr Blake</b>: behind the camera

WIN tickets to Yirramboi Festival, Dr Blake exhibition, and movies

GIVEAWAYS

James Veitch turns the tables on the internet scam artists.

James Veitch gets revenge on web scammers in Dot Con

COMEDY FESTIVAL
Craig Platt

Daenerys, mother of dragons, knows that power of a bold shoulder and a well-cut suit.

The GoT winter fashion is coming, and it's on point.

gallery
Annie Brown

Kim Ross as a baby with her adoptive mother, Doreen Adams.

'Unreal' - the family secret that everybody but Kim Ross knew

Katherine Feeney

The Kings: Jalen, Milly (the dog), Kobe, Lisa and Harrison with pictures of Noah and Aaron

Under 50 and widowed: How five women are moving through their grief

Nicole Madigan

Royal engagement rumours: Is Prince Harry preparing to propose to Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle's latest move sparks royal engagement rumours

Things aren't always as they seem.

My 'perfect' fashion friend reminds me that the grass isn't always greener

Wendy Squires

Lizzie Buttrose denies causing a furore during her guest appearance on Sunday night's episode of The Real Housewives of ...

Lizzie Buttrose's run-in with the Real Housewives of Sydney

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance in the Pepsi ad.

Kendall Jenner: Is she 'complicit' or not in Pepsi ad fiasco?

Maria Puente

Neither Salim Mehajer nor his younger sister Mary would respond to Fairfax Media about their charity ball on Sunday in ...

Mary and Salim Mehajer quiet about charity ball with $15k seats

The Goss
Amy Croffey

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

Chocolate and almond Easter cake

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?

Rachel Khoo's roast chicken

Easter Weekly Meal Planner

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'My name gave me social anxiety - don't do it to your kids'

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Four myths about only children - and why they're wrong

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

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

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

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Jeep's supercar SUV revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD

Quick Spin: Ford's four-wheel drive that isn't...

Mark Short

Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ designo diamantwei? bright Leder Exklusiv Nappa AMG schwarz designo diamond white bright AMG ...

New Mercedes E63 prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

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

Team captain Lleyton Hewitt, top, celebrates with Nick Kyrgios of Australia after he won his match against Sam Querrey ...

Cup star Kyrgios now Hewitt's leading man

Phil Lutton

Meet and greet: Race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates his win in Shanghai.

Hamilton finds winning formula in Chinese GP

11 mins ago

James Maloney of the Sharks argues with Storm players.

Sharks take down the Storm in grand final rematch

Roy Ward

Australian surfer Jack Freestone was beaten in the semi at Margaret River

'I think there's sharks out here': WA surfing event halted

Adam Scott: Within striking distance after the second round.

Scott three shots back after third round

Evin Priest

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