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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their meeting in Florida on April 7.

Phone call from China puts Trump on notice

The abandoned building site at 1 Queen St, Blackburn.

Watersun collapse: Fears major apartment builder now in trouble

Aisha Dow
1 hr ago

Stera Gutnik at the Federal Court.

Gutnick's wife paid $285k to work 'a few hours a day'

Police inside the Patterson Lakes home on Sunday night.

Beloved neighbour mourned: 'A beautiful lady'

Dismissed from office: Former Manus Island MP Ronny Knight appeared on Radio National on Monday.

Dutton's political attacker has scandal of his own

EXCLUSIVE
1 min ago

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Terror suspect planned to kill seven Australians a month, court hears

Andrews vows to change law to recover $98,000 from deputy speaker

NZ leader says citizenship changes 'disappointing'

15 mins ago

Boom in property market has already peaked: UBS

Former West Coast Eagle jailed for armed robbery

Marsh, Siddle dumped from Cricket Australia contract list

Uber's Travis Kalanick and Tim Cook

When Uber tried to trick Apple, Tim Cook delivered the ultimate threat

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: Jesse Hogan of the Demons is congratulated by Dom Tyson after kicking a goal during the ...

Hogan has Melbourne on the move in close ANZAC clash

Live

Are the two (annoying) hastaggers, David and Betty actually among the best cooks of the MKR competition?

Are David and Betty the dark horses of MKR?

COMMENT
37 mins ago

Amber Heard and Elon Musk both tweeted about their dinner on the Gold Coast.

Why Elon Musk posted this intimate photo with Amber Heard

59 mins ago

It takes work to keep the spark alive in a relationship.

Doing this in the bedroom means your relationship is doomed

Life on Mars

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie ... and quits acting?

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Senator Derryn Hinch on Paynes Road a dirt road near the corner of the Western Highway in Rockbank. He is there to ...

The suburb soon to be as big as Canberra ... but still has dirt roads

Far-right leader and candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen.

What you need to know about Marine Le Pen Emmanuel Macron

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Anzac Day 2017: What’s open, what’s closed and what's on in Melbourne

The Brunswick home is as impeccably furnished as it is designed.

What architects are likely to do to your house this year

When my friend and I moved into our first apartment, nothing seemed more "adult" than buying kitchenware.

Why there is zero shame in being an Ikea-loving 30-something

George Kapiniaris

DIY disaster: 'A bookshelf that I built just fell apart by itself'

The dilapidated Geelong building has finally sold and there are plans to turn it into a luxury hotel.

State government to decide fate of derelict building

To keep a table looking great, use a fresh, slightly damp (not wet) cotton cloth to wipe daily spills away, then buff ...

Habits that are probably ruining your dining room table

The man police wish to speak to over a theft from the Chemist Warehouse in St Albans.

Alleged crook drops mobile phone at crime scene ... then calls it

Man shaken after his property sprayed with bullets

Man jailed for abuse of sisters in the 1980s

1 hr ago

Vicki Howard (pictured with her daughter Gail Mann) was attacked by an addict.

The scars of the people who live in the street with no taps

Rocco Arico was arrested in 2015 and convicted of drug trafficking, extortion and weapons offences in 2016 and 2017.

Police hunt riches: Jailed kingpin faces a $10 million loss

EXCLUSIVE

Coles

Coles headquarters evacuated after car park fire

Police.

Drug clampdown nets 20 arrests but infuriates nightclub owners

The boy was stopped by Highway Patrol on Saturday.

Boy, 12, arrested on solo drive from NSW to Perth

WA

John Coates is up for re-election at the AOC.

AOC board to hold crisis meeting this week

Police.

Man released after baby boy dies in Wagga

NSW

Flowers left by a mourner at the beach.

Tributes flow in for shark attack victim Laeticia Brouwer

WA

Cyclists are overwhelmingly the ones who get injured or killed in crashes involving bikes.

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Cyclists are overwhelmingly the ones who get injured or killed in crashes involving bikes.

Licensing cyclists isn't the answer

COMMENT
Matt Holden
27 mins ago

Protestors and local Labor MP Martin Foley on the rooftop of the St Kilda Sea Baths on Sunday.

Roof row over St Kilda Sea Baths plan

Clay Lucas

Stereotypical ideas of a "gay life" are rapidly changing.

The side effect of gay marriage that will improve lives

COMMENT
Joel Meares

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: Connor Menadue of the Tigers is tackled by Neville Jetta and Sam Frost of the Demons ...

Plenty of heat in Tiger-Demon tussle

Live
Jon Pierik

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson.

Alastair Clarkson in need of wise counsel

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson
1 hr ago

Darcy Moore sings the club song with former teammate Travis Cloke after a win in 2016.

Statistics show Moore plays best with Cox, not Cloke

Anthony Colangelo

The Cats' Patrick Dangerfield handballs as Saints Jack Steven and Luke Dunstan apply the pressure in round five.

Cats' unblemished start matter of nips, tucks, not major surgery

Rohan Connolly

Wayne Carey is unhappy with Alastair Clarkson's latest criticism of him.

Carey and Clarkson: a history of the fiery footy feud

Anthony Colangelo

Roo-ing their misses: North Melbourne have faded late in games this year.

Fading Saints and Roos defend fitness

Daniel Cherny

Back to basics: Hawks Ben McEvoy says the players stuck to their roles in Sunday's win against West Coast.

Hawks 'KISS' their way back to winning form: McEvoy

Michael Gleeson

Luke Breust says a top-eight finish is still within Hawthorn's reach.

Hawks can make finals: Luke Breust

North Korean soldiers carrying rockets march during a military parade to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim ...

North Korea highlights US marines in Darwin to warn of nuclear war

There is an upside to North Korea's threat against Australia

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

'You are 268th in the queue': Citizenship changes spark chaos

Michael Koziol
7 mins ago

AFR 12TH JUNE 2015 AFR National Infrustructure Summit at the Swissotel.speaker Bill English deputy prime minister of New ...

NZ hits out at 'disappointing' citizenship changes

Fergus Hunter
15 mins ago

Australian Attorney General George Brandis, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Central Commission ...

'Highly unusual': China extradition statement released after pressure

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says he was briefed by senior sources on Manus Island.

'Ridiculous': Manus MP lashes Dutton over brawl explanation

Attorney-General George Brandis said Australia is committed to preventing torture and other mistreatment in places of ...

Turnbull government to reverse community legal centre cuts

EXCLUSIVE

A portrait of Lance-Corporal Vivian George Taylor rests against his gravestone as it awaits rededication at the ...

Lost Digger's identity solved by military sleuth

Nick Miller

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves to supporters.

French election results leave big questions for Europe

COMMENT
Nick Miller

President Donald Trump is still popular with Republicans, polls show.

Trump voters aren't disappointed in him. Quite the opposite

ANALYSIS

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota

CNN anchor alleges Fox News ex-CEO Roger Ailes also harassed her

The workplace is not the diverse and inclusive place pushed by the rhetoric.

Job ageism exists and is thriving

COMMENT
Charmaine Weeks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un: Under his watch, North Korea has been aggressively pursuing a decades-long goal of ...

Of course North Korea wants nukes. We should learn to live with it

COMMENT
Tom Switzer

Not all the rich are selfish, greedy, rotten people.

Before you start hating the rich, get your facts straight

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

Sarah Wilson's latest book deals with anxiety.

Struggling with anxiety helped Sarah build her business

Cara Waters

The majority of online shoppers in the workplace spend up to one hour a week surfing their favourite stores.

One thing Australians waste two hours at work on every week

Lucy Cormack

Amber Heard and Elon Musk both tweeted about their dinner on the Gold Coast.

Why Elon Musk posted an intimate photo with his girlfriend

Rachel Clun
59 mins ago

Travis Kalanick is driven to the point that he must win at whatever he puts his mind to and at whatever cost.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick plays with fire

Mike Isaac

Cut-price water dilutes Coca-Cola's value

Madeleine Heffernan
56 mins ago

ASX cheers France, but miners play spoilers

Jessica Sier

Tax promise will test Donald Trump's credibility

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Gutnick's wife paid $285,000 to work 'a few hours a day'

Mark Hawthorne

- 125 S, la prima vettura costruita dalla Ferrari nel 1947.
- Nella foto la vettura replica realizzata nel 1987 dalla ...

70 years of triumphs and disasters at Ferrari

Luxury Cars

It takes work to keep the spark alive in a relationship.

If you're doing this in the bedroom, your relationship is doomed

Life on Mars

Ride to riches: a windfall can be the basis for wealth creation, if you don't fritter it away.

How to put a financial windfall to good use

John Collett

Spaceship founders Paul Bennetts, Andrew Sellen, Dave Kuhn and Kaushik Sen.

Super funds own $45b in bank shares, $13b in tech stocks

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Unroll.me apologised, not for its actions, but for the fact users were upset.

Unroll.me's classic non-apology not good enough

COMMENT
Cara Waters

A budget measure announced last year that was meant to apply from July 1, 2016 has still not been passed.

The tax loophole for optimistic small businesses

Max Newnham

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CCTV: Watervale Shopping Centre ram-raided

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Warrandyte war memorial vandalised

SAT NEWS - Fiona de Jong - Queens Park

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - APRIL 21: Former AOC CEO Fiona de Jong on April 21, ...

Bullying allegations within Austalian Olympic Committee

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie

Samuel Johnson wins gold Logie ... and quits acting?

Illustration by Jim Pavlidis.

Best of Fairfax cartoons, April 24

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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Boy George and his buttons.

Confected catfights between the blokes to be The Voice's theme

Nathanael Cooper

Are the two (annoying) hastaggers, David and Betty actually among the best cooks of the MKR competition?

Are David and Betty the dark horses of MKR?

COMMENT
Aja Styles
37 mins ago

Chris Pratt, left, and Dave Bautista in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 suffers from arrested development

review
Jake Wilson

<i>House of Bond</i> stars Adrienne Pickering and Ben Mingay as Eileen and Alan Bond.

House of Bond is a glossy insight into style over substance

Sarah Thomas

Samuel Johnson is focusing on his fundraising efforts over showbiz, despite his Gold Logie win.

Johnson admits he has to 'eat my words' over Gold Logie win

Rob Moran

Sophie Monk

Is Monk the perfect match or a desperate move from Ten?

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Carrie Bickmore arrives at the Logies.

Molly and Kerri-Anne deliver show-stopping Logies moments

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Hamish and Andy are returning to TV.

Hamish and Andy reveal first look at new TV series True Story

Rob Moran

Kate Atkinson, Catherine McClements and Katherine Tonkin in Joanna Murray-Smith's <i>Three Little Words</i>.

Joanna Murray-Smith's Three Little Words a theatrical misstep

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Hannah Gadsby hit back at MICF founding patron Barry Humphries, who called transgender women 'mutilated men'.

Hannah Gadsby ends stand-up career on a high with Barry Award

Hannah Francis

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry.

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry deliver poetry, genius on road home

REVIEW
Michael Dwyer

Yael Stone speaking to Fairfax Media at the Logies about her pneumonia diagnosis.

Orange is the New Black star attends Logies with pneumonia

Amy Croffey

Ten days after meeting, Mark proposed.

The journey into parenthood with IVF has left me feeling uneasy

COMMENT
Mark Nethercote

Chelsea Clinton attends Variety's Power of Women: New York Presented by Lifetime, at Cipriani Midtown on Friday, April ...

Chelsea Clinton's clapback to SNL comedian was a lesson in class

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Carrie Bickmore arrives at the 59th Annual Logie Awards at Crown Palladium on April 23, ...

Best dressed: This was Carrie Bickmore's best red carpet yet

Melissa Singer

Jason Sudeikis and Anne Hathaway in Colossal.

Does 'Colossal' deserve praise for its depiction of domestic violence?

Clem Bastow

Kim Kardashian gave insight into how celebrity women are defined by how they look.

The outrage over Kim's tweet masked an important point

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

Rihanna has been slammed for fan art on Instagram featuring the Queen wearing some of the singer's iconic looks, ...

Rihanna photoshops Queen's face onto her body

Amber Sherlock at the 59th Annual Logie Awards in a white gown by

Logies: Amber Sherlock 'couldn't shy away from' wearing white

Amy Croffey

Menopause: it's never too late to get moving.

Powering up - why women should get in training for menopause

Paula Goodyer

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Why athletes should treat the brain like a muscle

Amanda Loudin

The markings relate to key points typically used in a motion lab.

This Australian design could 'revolutionise' the way we train

Sarah Berry

Matcha Mylkbar lattes.

Will you try the charcoal latte?

Sam Bailey

Eating out: There's no need to stay home with your budding gourmand.

You can dine out with kids. Here's how to make it work for everyone.

Becky Krystal

A saucy duo: Grilled lamb with romesco sauce.

Weekly meal planner: Quick Autumn dinners (and Anzacs)

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'Am I unreasonable?': woman shocked by cafe nappy change

This mum's method of managing her feuding siblings has divided the internet.

Mum shares unusual way to manage feuding kids

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Dad's hack takes pain out of swimming lessons

Jetstar business class cabin on the 787 Dreamliner.

Flight test: Jetstar Dreamliner's cheap business class

Craig Platt

Australia's famous giant beers? The Simpsons writers seemed a little confused when the family visited Australia.

'Knifey-spooney': The Simpsons' 10 funniest travel moments

Oliver Smith

Frying Pan Tower is accessible only by boat or helicopter.

Middle of nowhere: Hotel lets you get away from it all, literally

Soo Kim

A Google spokeswoman said the company's goal had always been to quickly give people the best search results.

A Google gold mine below the search bar

Travis Kalanick is driven to the point that he must win at whatever he puts his mind to and at whatever cost.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick plays with fire

Telstra's EasyCall 4 keeps things simple for those who only need a basic phone.

Hands on Telstra EasyCall 4 mobile phone

COMMENT

gizmodo

Protecting your desktop from nasty software

Gizmodo

The companies, backing a lawsuit brought against the ban by Washington state, argued that Trump's order created ...

Apple hires Google satellite executives

Apple has kitted out a Lexus RX450h with computer game controls.

Apple's unconventional idea

Drive staff

The 2017 Suzuki Swift will arrive in June.

Suzuki Swift coming soon

Drive staff

The car features somewhat derivative styling.

Driven: MG's Mazda CX-3 rival

Andrew MacLean

2017 Citroen C5 Aircross.

How Citroen-Peugeot plans to grow

Stephen Ottley

2017 Volkswagen Golf R.

New Golf GTI and R revealed

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen has had a US$2.8b fine handed down by a Detroit court.

VW hit with $3.7b fine

Brent Snavely

Bolter: Hilton Cartwright.

Stanlake contract raises eyebrows

Daniel Cherny

John Coates is up for re-election at the AOC.

AOC board to hold crisis meeting this week

Greg Baum

Anzac captains: Storm teammates Cameron Smith and Jesse Bromwich captain the Kangaroos and the Kiwis respectively

'Don't think I'd be man enough to go to war': Storm players on Anzac Day

Roy Ward

Australian Joe Ingles (left) had a huge game for Utah Jazz.

Ingles stars for Utah Jazz against LA Clippers

Two-time Grand Slam winner Ilie Nastase has been suspended by the ITF.

Suspended Nastase unrepentant after verbal abuse allegations

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