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President Donald Trump listens during a news conference NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the East Room of the ...

The tweet that revealed Trump's foreign policy

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

The AMA found Victoria failed to meet targets on emergency department wait lists.

Last resort: Violent patients put into comas to protect staff

An image from the Coles 'I'm free' ads.

Coles winds back ad campaign after staff sexually harassed

9 mins ago

Qantas passengers were left shaken and injured after a "shaker stick" warning occurred on their flight.

'I thought I was dying': Qantas passenger's horror

Artists' Impression shows Moonee Ponds 30 storeys only shows the lower levels of the building the minister has just ...

'Won't be happy': 30-storey apartment tower wins approval

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

Cashed up: Our top suburbs for high tax deductions

'I don't shake hands with liars': How Coates' Olympic fight got ugly

It's gloves off in Coalition's war of words against One Nation

Something doesn't add up about the ABS's 'typical' Australian

Teen parents found after going missing with three-day-old baby

5 mins ago

Most psychologically ill-equipped president in US history: Evans

Corby looks to her lawyers during her trial in July, 2005.

With tears in her eyes she heard her date of freedom. Then she had a question

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 17: Majak Daw of the Kangaroos throws a ball gridiron style during a North Melbourne ...

This was supposed to be the season Majak made his mark

ROHAN CONNOLLY

Shoshanna calls time on her friendship with Hanna, Marnie and Jessa in the second-last ever episode of Girls.

The truth about female friendship that isn't often spoken about

Michelangelo's statue of David can be found in which city?

Traveller quiz: In which city can you visit Michelangelo’s David?

There will always be blokes who don't pull their weight, but that doesn't mean women should pull it for them

When it comes to housework, I've decided to drop the ball

COMMENT

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The Furry Facts of turbulence

Could Gary Ablett make his way back to Geelong?

Podcast

How the Cats could get their favourite son back

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Jaeger O'Meara of the Hawks handballs during the round one AFL match between the ...

AFL teams: Boom Hawks recruit to miss Easter Monday clash

Hot Cross Scones at the Hotel Windsor.

What's open in Melbourne over the Easter long weekend

Speculation about the sale of Hoyts has been answered.

Hoyts needs to lift its game if it wants our money

COMMENT

Open-plan offices make workers stressed and hostile.

The workplace trend that's not so good for employees

Do we really need a floor so clean we could eat off it?

My friend vacuums her letterbox: People with an obsession to clean

Save yourself some heartache and dollars by avoiding these regrettable decorating disasters.

The biggest home decor mistakes you can make

The Burke and Wills statue had stood at the corner of Swanston and Collins streets for many years.

Closing City Square: The change downtown Melbourne needed

COMMENT

Judy Thanh Truc (also known as Judy Nguyen) has been named as the business development manager at a newly-created firm.

Why 'hard working' agent facing fraud charges was hired again

EXCLUSIVE

The car on fire on the Eastern Freeway.

Car bursts into flames on Eastern Freeway

Sixth case of Legionnaires' disease linked to CBD

Archibald painter's street art removed by Melbourne City Council

CCTV of a man police want to speak to over an armed robbery in Taylors Lakes.

Police hunt armed man who robbed Taylors Lakes service station

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Woman sexually assaulted on ground after walking to her car

1 hr ago

Stephen Bailey (left) is lead into the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Thursday.

Carlton great's grandson not guilty of mother's murder

SuitJet will use existing bus lanes.

Infringements rise for driving in bus lane on Freeway

The woman became separated from her partner in the Royal National Park.

Police find body at bottom of cliff in search for woman

NSW

Fish Co Down Under proprieter John Fragopoulos inspects some wild caught king prawns in his cooler room. Photo: ...

Disease outbreak causes Easter prawn shortage

ACT

Police are investigating the death of the baby boy.

Man 'stabbed in neck with sword' by flatmate

QLD

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has been sanctioned for a minor breach to the local government regulations.

Move to investigate media 'blacklist' blocked

WA

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Cars, buses and motorcycles sit in congested traffic in the business district in Jakarta.

Indonesia's capital is so congested, it might move

Jewel Topsfield
43 mins ago

Ruck duo: Jake Spencer trains with Max Gawn.

Fan Rant: Open letter to Demons ruckman Jake Spencer

Richard Willingham
21 mins ago

An emaciated Somali boy is weighed next to his distraught mother.

Not shirking the hard questions

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Alex Lavelle

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X-factor: Magpie Jamie Elliott.

Magpie Elliott to play first AFL game in 589 days

Scott Spits
1 hr ago

Lance Franklin tries to find clear air amid a formation of Eagles.

AFL live: West Coast v Sydney

Live
45 mins ago

Adelaide forward Eddie Betts, who was racially abused at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

Lifetime bans for racially abusive fans on the cards

Caroline Wilson

O'Meara will miss the game with knee soreness.

AFL round four selection - ins and outs

1 hr ago

Power forward Travis Cloke.

One year on, Dogs life not bad for Travis Cloke

Scott Spits
15 mins ago

Dustin Martin could have nine Brownlow votes after three rounds

It's time Tigers paid Dusty the superstar money he deserves

wayne carey

This season has not progressed as expected for Majak Daw.

Daw still searching for key role

Rohan Connolly

Ruck duo: Jake Spencer trains with Max Gawn.

Fan Rant: 'Dear Jake, please don't stuff this up'

Richard Willingham
21 mins ago

"We have raised our concerns directly with the Russian government": Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Bishop reproaches Russia over Chechnya's 'mass arrests' of gays

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Turnbull government expected to kill off superannuation for housing

James Massola

Government takes gloves off in war of words against One Nation

Amy Remeikis

Former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans has some choice words for President Donald Trump.

'Most psychologically ill-equipped president in US history'

Fergus Hunter

Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce: "They're just trying to be smart alecs by sending across this ridiculous little ...

'Duck pond' claims under fire as Adani coal row deepens

Heath Aston
6 mins ago

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said Tony Abbott shouldn't have raised a NSW Liberal Party matter at a ...

Christopher Pyne lashes colleagues for public budget disunity

A picture of the Abbot Point coal loading facility showing coal water run-off moving north-west into the wetlands and ...

Adani coal project boast may scupper $1billion loan

EXCLUSIVE

Myra Lynne Williams listening to her sentence being read in the Denpasar District Court on Thursday.

NZ woman jailed for 2.5 years in Bali for 0.43g of methamphetamine

Jewel Topsfield
33 mins ago

A South Korean protester holds a mask of US President Donald Trump and a Korean Peninsula map during a rally against US ...

China would guarantee security if N Korea gave up nuclear weapons

Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after his first-ever interview with South Korean ...

Defence in jeopardy after Kim Jong-nam murder suspects leave

Lindsay Murdoch

Hardline chief strategist Steve Bannon appears to be losing his grip over Trump, amid widespread reports of repeated ...

Bannon's war with Trump's son-in-law could be fatal

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

US President Donald Trump: "I can't tell you how good I feel about this."

Whatever you think about Trump, at least someone did something

COMMENT
Julie Szego

The established parties, which receive large sums of public money to finance their campaigns, are controlled by ...

For many in Parliament, political ethics is an amusing oxymoron

COMMENT
Tony Fitzgerald

The importance of our firefighters' role cannot be underestimated.

Victoria's fire services must change for the sake of the community

COMMENT
David O'Byrne

In China, where United bills itself as a top carrier, tens of millions of people have read or shared a report that the ...

Lessons learned from the United Airlines debacle

COMMENT
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Multi-millionaire Randy Work complained his ''special contribution'' to the creation of the couple's fortune had not ...

'Genius' fund manager loses $297 million divorce fight

SCF Group is one of Australia's largest shipping container companies.

Receivers appointed to parent of shipping container giant

Sarah Danckert

The incident happened about 110 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong.

Qantas safety scare that injured 15 deemed 'serious and unusual'

Patrick Hatch

Samsung drags heels on voice assistant Bixby

Hayley Tsukayama

Fortescue shares dive as iron ore price slide deepens

Brian Robins

Telstra continues to drop as TPG reveals mobile plans

Lucy Battersby

ASX tumbles on iron ore falls

Myriam Robin

The TAG Heuer Autavia

16 super-fancy new watches that are surprisingly good value

Watches

The hallways in the Jackalope could easily be a set in a Hollywood neo-noir film.

Surreal estate: Inside Australia's coolest new design hotel

Lifestyle

Costco has grabbed a 1 per cent share of the grocery business.

The real foe for Coles and Woolies: Aldi, Amazon... or Costco?

THE MOTLEY FOOL
Scott Phillips

Illustration: John Shakespeare

How to earn extra income without losing the age pension

Noel Whittaker

Pie Face has been sold to United Petroleum.

Service station owner buys troubled Pie Face

Cara Waters

Inevitably downsized interstate offices become an afterthought for corporate HQ.

Centralisation gone mad: the folly of corporate HQ empire building

Tony Featherstone

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Elderly man robbed at ATM in Prahran

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Nurse held hostage in Royal Melbourne Hospital 'siege'

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Native Americans worry as Trump wall looms

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Ordinary North Koreans unfazed by Trump

A broken water container lyes on a dried up river bed.

Running on empty: famine in east Africa

INTERACTIVE

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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Bob Odenkirk returns as dodgy lawyer Jimmy McGill, and sad sack Gene, in the third season of <i>Better Call Saul</I>.

Better call Saul's Bob Odenkirk on being likeable and real

Bernard Zuel

Sylvester Stallone hasn't confirmed he has had surgery of any sort, but he was sporting a rather taught look at the 2016 ...

Stallone sues film studio over unpaid `Demolition Man' profits

Edvard Pettersson

Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in <i>Doctor Who</i>.

Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who set to traumatise fans in finale

Nick Miller

Baffling and bizarre: Lisa Wilkinson has not been nominated for a Gold Logie.

Where the hell is Lisa Wilkinson's Gold Logie?

Debi Enker

Gal Gadot in costume as Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot reveals her secret superpower

Broede Carmody

Classic comic performance: Michael Caton in <i>The Castle</i>.

'This is going straight to the pool room': The Castle turns 20

Garry Maddox

Lorde's new album is set during a single house party.

Lorde reaches peak Millennial with upcoming concept album

Rob Moran

Caught out: <i>Today Show</i> newsreader Alicia Loxley presents an old news story found on the internet.

Today Show rehashes Sydney racist bus video four years later

Aja Styles

<i>Personal Shopper</i>: Stewart seems to battle the camera rather than embrace it.

Kristen Stewart's most interesting film yet ★★★★

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

Risky business: Joshua Ladgrove's character Neal Portenza.

Review: Neal Portenza's unexpectedly original, absurdist comedy

COMEDY FESTIVAL
Anne-Marie Peard

The villainous Cipher (Charlize Theron) blackmails Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) into submission in <i>The Fate of the ...

The Fate of the Furious is a total fizzer

REVIEW
Jake Wilson

Ola with her mother, Salwa Haydar.

Daughters proudly accept honour for their murdered mother

Jenna Price

There will always be blokes who don't pull their weight, but that doesn't mean women should pull it for them.

When it comes to housework, I've decided to drop the ball

Cat Rodie

Shoshanna calls time on her friendship with Hanna, Marnie and Jessa in the second-last ever episode of Girls.

The truth about female friendship that isn't often spoken about

Katherine Allan

Diane Kruger is seen at Cinema Fiamma on April 6, 2017 in Rome, Italy.

Diane Kruger is our inter-seasonal style inspiration

Mandy Moore (right) shared this throwback snap with "goofy brothers" Kyle and Scott on Instagram to celebrate National ...

TBT: Mandy Moore and her brothers are the goofiest gang in town

Retro fun

Melbourne suffragist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale appears as today's Google doodle.

Melbourne suffragist Henrietta Dugdale featured by Google

In this March 22, 2017 photo, the Charging Bull and Fearless Girl statues are shown on Lower Broadway in New York.

Wall Street's Charging Bull sculptor wants Fearless Girl gone

Gina Cherelus and Barbara Goldberg

"'Spoon Theory' was intended for the chronically ill and its appropriation erases the concerns of a marginalised group," ...

Why the woman was right to call 'BS' on Q&A

Naomi Chainey

Devil of a bun? Nope.

Could your hot cross bun be giving you dementia? Uh, no

Sarah Berry

Joe Gagnon will be running six marathons in six continents in six days.

'We all can do more than we think we can'

Sarah Berry

No more sleepless nights?

Sleep is the new status symbol

PENELOPE GREEN

Lukumades' doughnuts come topped with crushed Oreos, gelato or melted chocolate.

New- and old-school Greek doughnuts at Lukumades

Pan-fried whiting with burnt butter.

40 fish recipes for Good Friday

Hot Cross Scones at the Hotel Windsor.

What's open in Melbourne over the Easter long weekend

River definitely enjoyed her Nutella treat.

'Food police' attack star over daughter's treat

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Boy take YouTube driving lesson to drive to McDonald's

This x-ray image shows how easily a grape can block a child's airways.

'Just cut the damn grapes': mum's plea after son's close call

This is the situation you are trying to avoid.

Avoid this: How to end up with an empty seat next to you on a flight

Michael Gebicki

Michelangelo's statue of David can be found in which city?

The Traveller quiz: In which city can you visit Michelangelo’s David?

Mal Chenu

Old town Dubrovnik, Croatia.

The secrets behind the world's greatest holidays revealed

Sue Williams

The Marley turntable makes listening to vinyl a joint venture.

Vinyl gets another spin around Australia

A long time coming, but worth the wait.

HP seeks hybrid superiority with Elite X3

It's not worth watching a futuristic movie like <i>Ghost in the Shell</i> in an ancient cinema.

Hoyts needs to lift its game if it wants our money

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Bixby AI assistant was unveiled in New York in March.

Samsung drags heels on voice assistant Bixby

2017 Genesis GV80 concept.

Is this the death of headlights?

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen has teased its new I.D. Crossover Concept ahead of the 2017 Shanghai motor show.

Volkswagen teases new electric SUV

Dom Tripolone

2017 Subaru Ascent.

Subaru shows off Kluger rival

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai's Genesis division is planning a two-door sports car

Genesis Gran Turismo coming

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota FT-4X Concept.

Toyota unveil FJ Cruiser successor

David McCowen

2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

Dodge reveals 1043Nm Challenger

David McCowen

Sticking to the plan: Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat isn't going to deviate from what has secured his side second ...

Frantic finals football the last thing Muscat wants Victory to play

Michael Lynch

Multi-talented: Monique Conti is part of the first AFL Women's academy.

Conti eyes professional AFL and basketball career

Anthony Colangelo

McGahan 'cleared the air' with his players.

Rebels admit the worst, it may be over

Roy Ward

Taking it to the track: Grand Prix fans celebrate after the race at the Albert Park circuit.

Australian Grand Prix chief says Melbourne has what Liberty wants

Andrew Tate

Owner Lloyd Williams celebrates winning the Melbourne Cup with Almandin.

Can Lloyd Williams win the Epsom Derby?

Michael Lynch

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