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Interest rates on some riskier loans are still cheaper than a year ago despite a series of rate hikes, data shows.

The housing crackdown that wasn't

1 hr ago

Several roads have been blocked in Wangaratta by police.

Man holed up in house with woman after shots fired

47 mins ago

Aniello Vinciguerra is walked through Darwin Airport by two police officers after his arrest in December, 2014.

ATM cracker's road trip exposes him as global fugitive

16 mins ago

Son and father Paul (left) and Grant Holland (right) marched in the alternative Anzac Day parade near the Shrine of ...

Shunned marchers defiant: 'They're going to need handcuffs'

Don Nardella will be forced to give back money.

Forget new laws, make Nardella pay this way: Former speaker

53 mins ago

Former President Barack Obama smiles as he hosts a conversation on civic engagement on Monday.

Obama steps back into public life trying to avoid one word

America carries out first back-to-back executions since 2000

'You will be shaken': Dumped Fox star breaks his silence

If Coates loses AOC presidency Australia loses voice on world stage

COMMENT
Roy Masters

'Sincere, apologetic': Carey and Clarkson settle feud

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure
5 mins ago

Villers-Bretonneux remembers: 'We ran, we gasped our way through this hell'

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Joe Daniher of the Bombers is congratulated by Zach Merrett of the Bombers after ...

Impressive last quarter drives Dons to win close Anzac clash

Live

The car as it narrowly misses the Anzac Day marchers in Elmore.

'It was horrifying': Car narrowly avoids Anzac Day marchers

A mystery Australian collector paid $855,000 for these four stamps at auction last week.

The four Indian stamps that cost an Australian $850,000

57 mins ago

Topshop has released a pair of clear plastic 'jeans', which cost about $100.

Dear Topshop, $100 clear plastic jeans, really?

COMMENT

Lettuce growing in the garden

The food scraps that magically regrow themselves

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Shunned descendants hold separate Anzac remembrance march

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Injury to Jake Spencer has left Melbourne with a parlous ruck situation.

Ruckless, luckless Demons need to be inventive, Goodwin says

Gallipoli

Explore the story of Gallipoli, more than a century on

Tamsin and daughter Martha in their vegetable garden.

'The hills were so green, I cried': Tamsin's triumphant treechange

“City shapers” can hold contradictory opinions on urban consolidation.

Vested interests behind 'city shapers' often subvert good policies

COMMENT

This small street front property in Brunswick has fetched $1.2 million at auction.

Tiny Brunswick shed sells at auction for $1.2 million

Disused silos in Sheep Hills, Victoria.

Street art that brightens up commercial buildings around the world

The waterline at Miami, Florida.

The nightmare scenario for Florida's coastal homeowners

Andrew Tebby says he has a great sense of pride in joining the Anzac march.

Damp commemoration for Diggers fallen and living

1 hr ago

Rain soaks Anzac Day services after Geelong cops a deluge

Good Samaritans' golden touch restores vandalised war memorial

Yambuk's only local-born veteran, Mick Cain, officiates at the village's first dawn service.

The village of Yambuk finally hoists its own flag for Anzac Day

Tony Wright

Fleur Tiller, right in white cap, was hard at work relaxing on a naughty day off with friends at Rosebud.

Day before Anzac Day: Did you take Monday off? You weren't alone

David Laird, convener of the WW I 7th Battalion association, will march in the alternative parade with the banner from ...

Shunned from march: 'A promise we made to the last of the Anzacs'

weather

A rainy remembrance morn is likely to lead to a wet Anzac march

John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee.

Coates hits back at 'vindictive' campaign

A large number of police cars descended on Coogee.

Wild Coogee night: Brawling teens surround cops

NSW

Canon Garland was the Anglican parish priest at Kangaroo Point and Red Hill.

Meet the priest who created Anzac Day as we know it

QLD

Craig Hudson managed to capture the shark circling his boat

'That thing is massive': Shark filmed circling

WA

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How autism helps me accept the person beneath the act

Madeleine Ryan
1 hr ago

Flash and dazzle: House of Bond.

House of Bond boils Alan Bond down to basics

COMMENT
Debi Enker

Ahok is interviewed by one of the schoolchildren.

Jakarta governor invokes Finding Nemo in trial defence

Jewel Topsfield
38 mins ago

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Dyson Heppell of the Bombers handballs whilst being tackled by Steele Sidebottom of the ...

Bombers finish stronger to win Anzac Day honours

Live
Scott Spits

Yellow and black: Richmond players belt out the song on Anzac Eve.

How good are Richmond, really?

ANALYSIS
Jon Pierik
47 mins ago

carey

Clarkson fronts Carey - to apologise

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure
6 mins ago

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

It's a different world on the three-quarter-time ladder

Daniel Cherny

Injury to Jake Spencer has left Melbourne with a parlous ruck situation.

Ruckless & luckless, the Demons need to be inventive: Goodwin

Michael Gleeson

It was a massive crowd at the MCG for the Anzac Day eve clash between Melbourne and Richmond.

AFL on track for second-highest attended round in history

Ronny Lerner

Big game hunter: Tigers coach Damien Harwick says his side are playing 'good footy'.

'No ceiling' for unbeaten Tigers, says Hardwick

Jon Pierik

It was Jack Riewoldt's night, the Tiger forward kicking six goals.

Jack's night at the 'G as Tigers continue unbeaten run

Michael Gleeson
10 mins ago

A North Korean defector unleashes a coloured liquid protest on a poster of Kim Jong-un during a rally in Seoul. Kim Hwa ...

There are no easy answers for a nuclear North Korea

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Turnbull makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bianca Hall

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

Kirsty Needham

Australian Army officer Captain Yikang Feng at Taji Military Complex, Iraq.

From Shanghai to Baghdad: Captain Feng's Anzac journey

North Korean soldiers look out of a military vehicle as they are paraded on the Kim Il-sung Square during a military ...

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

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

PM Malcolm Turnbull.

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

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

PNG politician critical of Dutton was dismissed as MP

EXCLUSIVE

North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing North Korean leader Kim ...

Kim Jong-un marks army's anniversary with subdued fireworks

Kirsty Needham
8 mins ago

Heart

President stands accused in death of a boy called Heart

Lindsay Murdoch

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves to supporters.

Russian hackers who targeted Clinton appear to attack Macron

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn attends a rally in Whitchurch in the Cardiff North constituency in Wales on April 21.

UK Labour facing election wipeout - if polls are right

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

Interest rates on some riskier loans are still cheaper than a year ago despite a series of rate hikes, data shows.

Crackdown? What crackdown? The truth about home loan rates

Georgia Wilkins
1 hr ago

Aldi Home Deliveries has been registered to the corporate regulator - but not by Aldi.

Aldi Home Deliveries is here ... but not as you would expect

Madeleine Heffernan
1 hr ago

Would a cut to licence fees save commercial networks?

Would you pay to watch free-to-air TV?

ANALYSIS
Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Bill O'Reilly has said he is "sad" that he's not on TV anymore.

'I am sad I am not on television anymore': O'Reilly breaks silence

Why is Trump 'looking very carefully' at Australia?

The biggest bet in town: who wins the $11b war for Tatts?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

How a lost street food recipe made Hiroe a millionaire

Wall Street jumps on French election results

Longines Heritage 1945.

10 new vintage-style watches that will never go out of fashion

Watches

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

Looking back at 70 years of triumphs and disasters at Ferrari

Luxury Cars

As BrickX chief executive, Anthony Millet heads a fintech start-up that offers a different way to invest in residential ...

How to protect yourself from housing bubble downside

ANALYSIS
Melissa Browne

After getting a refund, Conal Hanna is no longer grieving for his actual cash, just his pride in his budgetary acumen.

I spent three years paying someone else's tolls

FIRST PERSON
Conal Hanna

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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A very hungry caterpillar could rid the world of plastic bags

18 mins ago

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Car's near miss at Elmore ANZAC parade

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Descendants hold separate Anzac remembrance march

1 hr ago

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Le Pen quits National Front presidency

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Thousands attend Anzac dawn services

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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Elton John fell ill after his recent South American tour.

'Violently ill': Elton John fights 'potentially deadly' infection

Busby Marou.

Busby Marou new song plays at Anzac AFL clash

Bernard Zuel

Molly Meldrum gifts Samuel Johnson with a golden Stetson.

'I profusely apologise if I upset anyone': Meldrum apologises

Rob Moran

House of Bond stars Adrienne Pickering and Ben Mingay.

Alan Bond's family condemn 'shameful' Channel Nine biopic

Broede Carmody

Erin Moran suffered a huge fall from grace after playing Joanie Cunningham.

Happy Days star's death not likely to be drug related autopsy finds

Germaine Greer takes aim at the 'odd' new citizenship test

Neil McMahon

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

The face behind the mask: what was found beneath the layers of black paint.

Does a Sidney Nolan self-portrait lie beneath Ned Kelly's mask?

Debbie Cuthbertson, Arts Editor

Tour de force: Kate Mulvany in <i>Richard 3</i>.

Kate Mulvany a masterfully villainous prince in Richard 3

review
Cameron Woodhead

Luisa Hastings Edge in The Rabble's production <i>Joan</i>.

The Rabble's Joan an unnverving take on Maid of Orleans

Cameron Woodhead

"My friend believed that had she given birth to daughters, rather than sons, her life would be complete."

There is nothing harmless about sex selection

Cat Rodie

Topshop has released a pair of clear plastic 'jeans', which cost about $100.

The most disappointing thing about Topshop's $100 clear plastic 'jeans'

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order reinstating the gag rule prohibiting receivers of aid from discussing ...

Trump's global policy on women's health should be called 'pro-death'

COMMENT
Nicholas Kristof

Stephen Belafonte and former Spice Girl Mel B.

Mel B's 'abusive' husband Stephen Belafonte granted visitation

Amy Croffey

Cabbage and cartooning with friends on the home-school porch.

Home-schooling my kids in Vanuatu has been a learning curve

Rachael Mogan McIntosh

Serena Williams won the Australian Open in January, and has regained her world number one title.

'I can't wait for you to join the players box': Serena's letter to unborn child

Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

Sheryl Sandberg: 'I felt like a ghost' after my husband's death

Alia E. Dastagir

Abigail Breslin.

The three reasons why this Abigail Breslin did not report her rape

Mary Ward

Drinking at home over dinner still counts.

More older Australians are drinking booze in a risky way

Sarah Berry

Healthier, happier and more productive?

The Swedish six-hour workday could help you live longer

Thomas Heath

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

Powering up - why women should get in training for menopause

Paula Goodyer

The Happy Kitchen's sesame seared tuna with crunchy Asian slaw.

Good-mood food: Seven recipes to boost your happiness

Neil Perry's bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, basil, olives and feta.

The Mediterranean diet is healthy. But is it actually Mediterranean?

Keep them fresh: Adam Liaw's spring greens salad.

Freeze the miso, rinse the chicken? Take our food safety quiz

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

Bradley Herbst, dressed in his daily costumes, with daughter Sydney.

Dad's social media deal with teen gets job done in hilarious way

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

Mum shares unusual way to manage feuding kids

Berkeley River Lodge was built in 2012 and is open for eight months of the year.

No Wi-Fi, phones, or roads: Aussie hotel at the edge of the world

Louise Southerden

Silver Muse, the newest luxury cruise ship from Silversea.

New, ultra-luxury cruise ship takes to the sea for the first time

Brian Johnston

Half of the world's aircraft are expected to be equipped for Wi-Fi within the next six years.

How Wi-Fi actually works on planes and why only some airlines have it

Hazel Plush
1 hr ago

The Kitty Hawk Flyer is one of several prototypes being designed by Kitty Hawk, a start-up based in Mountain View, ...

Silicon Valley takes on dream of the flying car

The Galaxy S8 started shipping last week, but some people who pre-ordered in South Korea complained about the display. ...

Samsung to roll out fixes for Galaxy S8

Like Telstra Wholesale, NBN also denies there is a deadlock.

ACCC fails to break Telstra, NBN broadband deadlock

EXCLUSIVE

Amazon announces new products or services all the time that don't go anywhere. But the potential is intriguing.

Amazon takes on Apple, Google as digital master

Telstra only shut down its twenty year old 2G GSM network last year.

Future of Australia's mobile network

Holden Commodore VFII SS-V Redline Ute.

Two up: The best two-seat cars

Stephen Ottley

Few cars can match what HSV's Tourer offers.

Quick spin: HSV Tourer LSA

David McCowen

Honda Civic TypeR Nurburgring Time Attack
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Honda's supercar-beating hatch

David McCowen

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

Strong voice for Australia: John Coates.

If Coates loses job, Australia loses voice on world stage

COMMENT
Roy Masters

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan drives to the net against Milwaukee Bucks forward Thon Maker.

Dellavedova, Maker face NBA play-offs elimination

11 mins ago

Brian Lara has suggested getting rid of draws in Test cricket.

Every Test match should have a winner: Lara

John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee.

Coates hits back at 'vindictive' campaign

Brisbane Roar players have a difficult schedule this week.

Victory's opponents aim to tame the travel factor

Michael Lynch

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