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A huge flag-shaped painting featuring the late North Korean President Kim Il Sung is decorated over a podium where ...

China masses troops on border as nuclear fears grow

The court case also heard <i>New Idea</i>, published by Seven subsidiary Pacific Magazines, sent Mercedes Corby (right, ...

Corby prepares to be deported to Australia within weeks

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Australia rates high for wage taxation compared with its developed world counterparts.

Tax on some Australian families second highest in developed world

The confidential information related to children who had faced difficulties at school.

Student details published in education blunder

EXCLUSIVE

Woman at beach

Why Australian women are ageing up to 20 years faster than US women

News corp

News Corp 'to axe photographers as part of bid to save $40m'

UPDATED

'Arrogant': Union and officials cop $590k fine after workers walk off

Ablett flags plans to retire from footy or return to Victoria

What the census tells us about Melbourne housing

Family doubts mental-health defence of murder accused

Funding stripped from two large private colleges

Maxing Spratt and her partner defended her Facebook comments on Tuesday.

'I've got part-Aboriginal in me': Fan denies Betts 'ape' post was racist

41 mins ago

Could Gary Ablett make his way back to Geelong?

How the Cats could get their favourite son back

30 mins ago

Rove McManus performed for two nights only at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Review: Rove's long absence from stand-up is telling in this show

The man dragged from the overbooked United Airlines flight.

Dragging doctor from plane was a colossal mistake

COMMENT

The central regions of the Great Barrier Reef have been hardest hit this year.

Plan to pump cold water into Reef sounds odd, but it just might work

Kintsugi repaired bowl

Turning waste into beauty, the Japanese way

Bill Gates

Here's what successful people read every morning

Susan and Bob

I wrote my boyfriend's obituary - and left myself out

Author Liane Moriarty, second from left, with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and producer Bruno Papandrea.

Big Little Lies' author confirms plans for season two

EXCLUSIVE

Jordan.

The world's best destinations, month by month

Mansion: This stunning house at 161 Church Street, Brighton, passed in on a vendor bid of $5.8 million.

Discounted 'no bid' Brighton mansion sells for more than $6m

If potential buyers have a target of $50,000 for a deposit in Sydney, by the time they get to the eighth year the ...

Government aim to help first-home buyers enter market 'ASAP'

Scott Morrison's reform package includes a focus on renters.

Government finally admits what we already knew about property

Comment

The Casa degli Atellani also has four self-service apartments, which are available for rent.

Spend the night at Leonardo da Vinci's house

"Our job is to make the vendor money": Sara Chamberlain from The Real Estate Stylist.

Selling a property? This could be your secret weapon

Jimmy Kalia, a father of two, was hit by a car in Albion.

'Why didn't he stop?': Wife makes emotional plea over hit-and-run

Taiwanese business leaders in fatal bus crash on Great Ocean Road

The Australian students bypassing local unis for an ivy league deal

Mr Wulf behind the bar at his business, which he says is being hurt by the Metro rail tunnel construction works.

Publican claims Metro tunnel is destroying business

A third of police who work on flexible work arrangement say they have been bullied.

Bullying of part-timers pushing women out of police force

Wild windy weather hits St Kilda Beach on Monday morning.

'Hyperventilating': Woman trapped in car in floodwaters

The salesman posted a vulgar message on Facebook during work hours.

Crude Facebook post no reason to sack worker, commission rules

Police would get extra powers to search people during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games under a new bill under consideration.

Push for greater police powers for Gold Coast Games

QLD

Spanish company Talgo is proposing to run its state-of-the-art trains (pictured) between Canberra and Sydney.

Canberra to Sydney high-speed train gathers steam

ACT

Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn addresses a counter-terror media conference.

Catherine Burn removed as top counter-terror cop

NSW

Mr McDonald's lawyer said the case showed the "other side of the methamphetamine equation."

Family supports dad who tried to kill son

WA

Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has a trust.

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Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has a trust.

Australia dodges international crackdown on trusts

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met with India's Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani in New Delhi on Monday.

Adani mine edges closer after Turnbull's India visit

Mark Kenny

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

The barista with a Masters is a complex problem

COMMENT

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Graduation day.

Funding stripped from two of Australia's largest colleges

Tax on some Australian families second highest in developed world

Eryk Bagshaw

Axe hovers over 'hopeless' work-for-the-dole program

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Former prime minister Tony Abbott at the Big Trout in Adaminaby during the Pollie Pedal.

Cut immigration to reduce housing pressures, says Tony Abbott

Fergus Hunter

Sydney University senior lecturer Tim Anderson.

'Syria hoax': Sydney University at centre of pro-Assad push

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has now seen the Young Nats defy national party policy on a key issue for the second time ...

Joyce 'surprised' by Young Nats' support for emissions scheme

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is received by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a ceremonial welcome at the ...

Turnbull kills off Abbott's India free trade deal, for now

An F/A-18 fighter prepares to take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at an unidentified location ...

North Korea tensions: Reports of Chinese troops on border

Kirsty Needham

A masked man holds an anti-Ahok sign during a protest against Jakarta's Christian Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama.

Emotions high as Ahok's blasphemy trial postponed

Jewel Topsfield

Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, right, wife Nor Mahmudah Ahmad and an unidentified child pose in front of an Islamic State ...

Senior Malaysian IS recruiter now on US most-wanted list

Lindsay Murdoch

United States' Ambassador United Nations and current Security Council President Nikki Haley opens a Security Council ...

On Syria, Trump has a different message each day

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Trump's action was not foreign policy doctrine, just impulsiveness

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

The average retired renter spends one-third of their income on housing.

Housing crisis even worse for the old

COMMENT
Jenna Price

US President Donald Trump was dining with Chinese President Xi Jinping when a naval destroyer launched the first of ...

China took a very different message from Trump's Syria attack

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

The CFMEU and ten of its officials have been fined $590,800 on construction sites in Melbourne and Geelong

CFMEU and officials fined $590,800 for industrial action

Anna Patty

There are a series of encouraging aspects that might be drawing the attention of international shareholder advocates.

Activism may explain the ASX's recent run

Jessica Sier

News corp

News Corp guts photography departments amid job cuts

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

Banks had "a bit of support" in Tuesday's ASX trading session.

Banks lift ASX to another high

Myriam Robin

Supermarkets set to pass rising costs on to customers: Citi

Madeleine Heffernan

Hardware disaster continues to haunt Woolies

UPDATED
Georgia Wilkins

Aussie dollar takes a dip but avoids a dive

Myriam Robin

Overheating housing market threatens to end good times

COMMENT

Snoring doesn't just keep your other half awake, it can also be detrimental to your own health.

Sweet dreams: A two-minute exercise can stop snoring

Self

Losing fat without exercise: Sounds way too good to be true, right?

The 'magic' way to lose body fat without exercise

Fitness

It pays to shop around for petrol before the Easter road trip.

Where to fill up the car before Easter road trip

Money
John Collett

In money management, as in rugby league, practising basic moves can leave you free to think about what makes you exceptional.

How to become exceptional

Melissa Browne

Anthony Svirskis, chief executive of Tribe and founder Jules Lund in London.

Jules Lund takes Tribe international with $5 million in funding

Cara Waters

Business travel does not include driving from home to work and return, or any travel for private purposes.

Is it worth keeping a logbook for my car?

Max Newnham

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China tops global executions

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A rough week for newsreaders

Kintsugi repaired bowl

'Regret of waste'? There's a word for that

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Census: The 'typical' Australian for 2016

A man dressed as the Pope jumps into a pool of mud as competitors take part in the annual McVities Mud Madness 8km cross ...

World of Photos

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

Advertiser

Author Liane Moriarty, second from left, with Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and producer Bruno Papandrea.

Big Little Lies' Liane Moriarty confirms plans for season two

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Thomas

Natasha Exelby, at the moment she realised she was on air on Saturday night.

Natasha Exelby 'not sacked' from ABC, and even gets new gig

Broede Carmody

Rove McManus performed for two nights only at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Rove's long absence from stand-up is telling in uninspired show

Cameron Woodhead

Cate Blanchett as Thor's foe, Hela.

Cate Blanchett turns supervillain in the first look at Thor: Ragnarok

Rob Moran

Ron and Patricia Fellows told the Q&A panel that they would look into some form of euthanasia instead of going into an ...

One word from Q&A audience summed up emotional debate

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Milanka's face on learning Chris' oldest date was 50 pretty much said it all.

First Dates' Milanka opens up on mid-date bombshell

Rob Moran

Jessica Adamson and Mark Soderstrom from 7 News Adelaide.

Seven News presenter Jessica Adamson drops f-bomb live on air

Rob Moran

Natasha Exelby, at the moment she realised she was on air on Saturday night.

Journalists put their bloopers out in solidarity with Exelby

Broede Carmody

No, no Nanette: Hannah Gadsby has had enough.

Review: Hannah Gadsby's Nanette a funny, frank, fierce swansong

Comedy Festival
Debbie Cuthbertson

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

Review: Joel Creasey's crown slips in Poser

COMEDY FESTIVAL
Nathanael Cooper

Rove McManus performed for two nights only at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Review: Rove's long absence from stand-up is painfully clear

COMEDY FESTIVAL
Cameron Woodhead

Emma Stone was very generous in her reply to the teenager who invited her to his school prom.

The awkward position that Emma Stone should never have been put into

Annie Brown

Women still assume the lions' share of the housework, according to last year's census.

Census data highlights the depressing housework gender gap

Leah Ruppanner

Drawing on other data, the long-term trend from the mid '90s onwards is bad news for gender equality.

Is my belief that 'things will be better for my daughters' a delusion?

Kasey Edwards

Pepper

Can robot children be the answer for lonely couples?

Rieko Kawachi

Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive to ...

Prince George, Princess Charlotte to be in aunt Pippa's wedding

Maria Puente

One way to avoid grease (and also not wash your hair) is to just wash the front and dry just that section.

What happened when I cut back washing my hair to just once a week

Natalie Reilly

Lara Trump models the new MAGA cap.

Trump brings out 'Make America Great Again' caps in pastel colours

Mary Ward

Jenna Price submits her Masters in 2013.

On my 60th birthday, this is what I wish I knew 30 years ago

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Our outdoor lifestyles have a downside.

Why Aussie women are ageing up to 20 years faster than US women

Sarah Berry

Letting go can be hard: Sometimes it just requires a little reframing of our stuff.

Six reasons why it's hard to let go

Paula Goodyer

Savour the good parts of life to shift the focus.

Get happy: Four well-being workouts

JULIE SCELFO

Tandoor-charred paneer marinated in beetroot at Piquancy.

Move over butter chicken, Babu Ji pair open new-style Indian

The Easter egg taste test

Chocolate taste test: We reveal Australia's best Easter eggs

One of Dani Valent's Thermomix dishes.

Future of food: Kitchen gadgets you don't yet know you need

Naomi Facey with husband Neil Bolton and baby Emilia

How a hand in a birth canal for 90 minutes saved baby Emilia's life

Jak's mum says bullies pushed her son and he hit his head on a metal pole.

Mum's plea to parents after son hospitalised by bullies

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The downside of dads being 'mates' with their sons

The 'Stagger Seat' offers three inches of more width space.

New 'stagger seat' design makes middle the best place to sit

Soo Kim

Best for March: Jordan.

Where to go, when: The world's best destinations, month by month

Ute Junker

The Ultimate Abyss, the tallest slide at sea: Harmony of the Seas.

Biggest, most luxurious: The world's 10 coolest new cruise ships

Brian Johnston

The OLED screen can display the time, date, and steps walked.

Hands on: Fitbit Alta HR revamps wearables

<i>Minecraft</i> has sold over 121 million copies worldwide.

Microsoft's Minecraft to launch its own currency

NBN's NG-PON2 fibre trials promise to benefit all NBN users, not just those relying on fibre to the premises.

NBN paves way for 10Gbps to the home with fibre trials

Samsung already has Citibank's Mastercard and Visa credit card holders on board, as well as American Express.

Westpac gets on board with Samsung Pay

Gizmodo

Facebook has said it will tweak its News Feed ranking algorithm to deemphasise fake news and make it easier for users to ...

Facebook, Google battle for ad dominance

2017 Jaguar XE R-Sport.

Jaguar's Mercedes C-Class rival reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Kia Sportage Si Premium.

Kia adds new Sportage and Cerato models

Dom Tripolone

The LDV D90 SUV will launch in Australia.

Meet China's answer to the Ford Everest

Dom Tripolone

Land Rover Discovery Sport SE SD4

New Land Rover Discovery Sport reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2017 Bentley Bentayga Diesel.

World's most luxurious SUV reviewed

David Morley

2014 Nissan Pathfinder.

What used seven-seat family car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Eddie Betts and Paddy Ryder.

Crows, Port rivals unite against fresh racism furore

UPDATED
Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson

Adam Goodes calls out racism.

Shame file: Footy's worst racism incidents

All smiles: Gary Ablett and Tom Lynch after the win over Hawthorn.

Retire or move: Ablett keeps his options open for 2018

Nathan Buckley

Elliott close to return as Buckley enjoys fat fit list

Ronny Lerner

Pies coach Nathan Buckley wants the rules left alone for three years.

Buckley wants a more black-and-white ruck rule

Ronny Lerner

Method in the madness: The Hawks and coach Alastair Clarkson would again be aiming to be flag contenders in the next few ...

Hawks gunning to 'beat the system': Ling

Sam McClure

Jack Watts has been praised for his efforts against the Cats.

Jones hails Watts' work after Gawn injury

Kids can be brutal as Luke Hodge has discovered.

Hodge's son mocks Hawthorn's disastrous start

Glenn Maxwell had a smashing game in the IPL.

Maxwell in smashing form in IPL

Making the hard decisions: Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne and CEO Bill Pulver.

Force and Rebels made to wait as ARU backs down

Tom Decent

San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills.

Australians in the hot seat as NBA gets set for play-offs

Melbourne Rebel players face an uncertain future.

Melbourne Rebels have been hung out to dry by Australian Rugby Union

COMMENT
Roy Ward

Opening up: Former Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri.

Ranieri breaks silence: I was stabbed in the back

James Ducker

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