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Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for representatives of the gas industry in ...

Turnbull's dramatic intervention to tackle gas prices

Sean Price had a long history of violent and sexual offending but was living in the community.

The cost of keeping our most dangerous criminals off the streets

Donald Trump decision to extend the corporate tax cut to real estate conglomerates like his own will give Democrats a ...

Promoting Trump's resort belongs in impeachment file

COMMENT

Kerry Packer fought hard for Nine to get cricket broadcast rights in the 1970s.

Cricket has flipped on its head and CA is facing a disaster

ANALYSIS

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg.

The tech world just witnessed a robbery led by ruthless Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS

''The central stabilising force in east Asia is China, not Japan'': Paul Keating at the Lowy Institute on Wednesday.

'Glug, glug, glug': Keating sounds warning over South China Sea

Under-siege Coates submits to review amid AOC bullying claims

We should celebrate Yassmin Abdel-Magied, not attack her

COMMENT

Refugees slam Dutton: 'We didn't do anything wrong'

EXCLUSIVE

Coca-Cola drops 'health' drink from Australian shelves

Global giants avoid tax on billions with legal loophole

Vicky Campbell is on the pension, but was somehow upsold a $90 a month phone plan including a tablet she did not know ...

Vicki couldn't afford her $30 phone plan, so Telstra sold her one for $90

EXCLUSIVE

St Kilda's Michael Gardiner celebrates.

A history of undefeated teams facing off before Crows v Tigers

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife Brigitte.

Reactions to Macron's marriage show we're stuck in the past

COMMENT

Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Did Mark Hamill give away The Last Jedi plot twist?

Huffpost special

Men are killing themselves to be 'real men'

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Angela Merkel's awkward answer on feminism

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Scott Pendlebury and Nathan Buckley.

Collingwood and Nathan Buckley under the pump

Valarie and Courtney fight back tears after it's announced they made it into the grand final.

MKR grand final battle revealed as one team crumbles

Sudan, the last remaining norther white rhino, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

'One of a kind': World's most eligible bachelor is now on Tinder

A Credit Suisse index based on interest rate swaps showing an almost 80 per cent chance of a 25 basis point snip some ...

Our rent revolution? More rent bidding apps to launch down under

This five-bedroom Victorian at 68 Drummond Street, Carlton sold for more than $5 million.

This house set a new price record well into the millions for Carlton

A townhouse that was painted in red and white stripes by its owner Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring after a planning dispute ...

Court rules homeowner can keep red and white stripes on her house

PALM SPRINGS, CA - 1954: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait laying on the grass in 1954 in Palm Springs, ...

Marilyn Monroe's LA house has just hit the market

The renovated carriage is located in no ordinary train. We're talking Great Southern Rail's iconic Ghan.

The inside of this train is more glamorous than most restaurants

A floral tribute is laid on a 4WD out the front of the home.

Anzac Day killer chased partner, children to neighbour's home

Crime boss left bikie club days before he was shot outside mosque

Man chases mountain bikers with chainsaw in Dandenongs

100km/h speed sign

Twelve dead in 13 days on Victorian roads in Easter holiday period

David Berry's residents' group is seeking urgent talks with the Level Crossing Removal Authority.

Flooding gives fresh meaning to Blackburn's island station

Bumper-to-bumper traffic on Rosanna Road in Heidelberg on Wednesday.

'Missing link": North East ring road to get $100m in budget

Christmas Island immigration detention centre is run by Serco.

Asylum seeker, 9, gets compo for Christmas Island suffering

A Kiama drone operator has told of his urgent efforts to raise the alarm after a shark made an unexpected appearance in ...

When he realised what his drone was capturing, he ran

NSW

Mohammed Ali Baryalei suggested using a child to transfer money to him in Syria.

'I'm strapped': ISIS recruiter begged man for cash

The image of Dylan Voller in a spit-hood at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre that helped trigger the royal commission.

Guards goaded detainees to assault inmates

The man was alleged to have assaulted the boy with a piñata stick.

Man accused of hitting child with piñata stick

ACT

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Erin, Cassey and *Jennifer have all experienced harassment while working in hospitality.

Sleaze, assault, rape claims: Harassment rife in hospitality

Cory Bernardi announced on Wednesday that his Australian Conservatives movement will merge with Family First

Bernardi wants more mergers after Family First takeover

Matthew Knott

Shale oil threatens to undermine OPEC's hopes of raising oil prices.

Why BHP has decided to sell oil and gas assets

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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Good to go: Mitch Wallis' recovery from a broken leg has been close to perfect.

Bulldog Wallis back after break

Sam McClure

Blues list manager Stephen Silvagni and coach Brendon Bolton.

Carlton on a mission in the US to learn live draft strategy

Scott Pendlebury

Pendlebury: 'My worst game that I've played in 10 years'

Rough patch: Kieren Jack has averaged under 16 possessions a game this season.

Jack to miss at least two games for Swans

James Buckley

Fiery: Toby Greene has already kicked 17 goals this season.

Greene and Shaw told to behave

James Buckley

Nathan Buckley

Is it time for alarm bells? McGuire backs Buckley

Stathi Paxinos

Scott Pendlebury and Nathan Buckley.

Real Footy podcast: Pies and Buckley under the pump

Daniel Talia is a chance to take the field against the Tigers on Sunday.

Crow Talia a chance to play against Tigers

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg and Malcolm Turnbull had a blunt message for representatives of the gas industry in ...

PM intervenes in gas market to tackle surging prices

James Massola

New budget rules allow Treasurer to boost spending on big projects

James Massola

'Australia must build a missile defence shield'

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

A photograph showing an injury allegedly sustained in the Good Friday incident at Manus Island regional processing centre.

'We didn't do anything wrong': refugees hit back at Peter Dutton

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

Cory Bernardi announced on Wednesday that his Australian Conservatives movement will merge with Family First

Bernardi looks for more mergers after Family First takeover

Matthew Knott

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are girt by a national anthem that is almost universally derided.

Girt by derision: a tortured history of our national anthem

COMMENT
Tony Wright

A study of Chevron's and Exxon Mobil's Australian operations concluded that the petroleum resource rent tax regime is broken.

Global gas giants use loophole to avoid tax on billions

Mark Kenny

President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order in Washington on Wednesday.

Trump orders review of national monuments to open land for drilling

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The newly-built Chinese aircraft carrier is transferred from dry dock at a shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning Province, on ...

First 'Made in China' aircraft carrier unveiled

Kirsty Needham

US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mar-a-Lago promotion pulled from official US sites after uproar

A Kayapo paints the face of her daughter during an assembly in Brasilia,on Monday. Indigenous ethnic groups are in the ...

Brazil indigenous protest over land rights turns violent

Wolves at the door for Kelly O'Dwyer? She's said her colleagues have been nothing but supportive during her maternity ...

The push to unseat Kelly O'Dwyer is a new low in our politics

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

On Thursday, Scott Morrison will tell business economists in Sydney of his plans for infrastructure investment borrowing.

Finally, we could have a budget that will do something

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Heath Shaw of the Giants apologised for his slur against Tom Papley.

Yet again, the AFL has let down a minority group

COMMENT
Georgia McCormick

Coles is subject to an enforceable undertaking from the Fair Work Ombudsman regarding its trolley chain service.

Coles' trolley push reduces underpayment of workers

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

Ardent Leisure's new chief executive Simon Kelly.

Ardent's new boss gets $1.5 million sign-on bonus

Sarah Danckert

Nine's new live streaming service doesn't include the cricket due to existing online rights deals.

Cricket's revenue problem is all in its timing

ANALYSIS
Mark Hawthorne

Illustration John Shakespeare

Little's $340m sell out to Japan Post isn't taking Toll

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Timber! Lendlease completes first wooden office

Carolyn Cummins

Clyne to chair 'TripAdvisor for health care'

Clancy Yeates

BHP takes the broom to shale assets

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW

Lucy Cormack

Comfort and variety are the biggest trends in denim right now.

The most uncomfortable trend in menswear is finally over

Men's Style

When do you know you've finally transitioned into adulthood?

When does adulthood begin? Here's five signs you've officially made it

Self

A-REITs have done very well, including ALE Property Group, which owns pubs.

The best-performing asset class of the past five years

John Collett

Make sure your offset account isn't really a redraw facility in disguise. Illustration: Michael Mucci

The fake offset accounts that could make your savings vanish

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

There's a steady stream of would-be childcare educators who don't understand the basics.

No clue in reality: when vocational training falls short

Sylvia Pennington

Physiotherapist Pete Hunt is starting to see a lot of people with neck and back pain related to their mobile.

There's one very good reason your neck's sore

Alexandra Cain

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MKR: Tyson feels the Semi Finals heat

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Trump's wall delayed amid government shutdown threat

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Ivanka Trump defends father's stance on women

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Melbourne crack Warriors in Anzac Day special

A penguin pauses during a swim to check out the crowd celebrating World Penguin Day.

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

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Demme, left, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins all won Oscars in 1992 for their work on 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Acclaimed 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies at 73

Valarie and Courtney fight back tears after it's announced they made it into the grand final.

MKR grand final battle revealed as one team crumbles

Broede Carmody

Jude Law and Diane Keaton in <i>The Young Pope</i>.

The Young Pope is a very human story, says Jude Law

Michael Idato

From English language teacher to writer, Marija Pericic has been named winner of the 2017 Vogel Literary Award for ...

Fake memoir wins richest prize for undiscovered manuscript

Linda Morris

Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Did Mark Hamill give away The Last Jedi plot twist?

Broede Carmody

Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Die Hardy: Tom Hardy chases down motorbike thief in London

Rob Moran

The ABC has said Yassmin Abdel-Magied's personal views do not represent those of the national broadcaster.

ABC stands by Yassmin Abdel-Magied after Anzac Day outrage

Broede Carmody

Disney's mega release date announcement is part of a Hollywood land grab.

Why Disney's 'save the date' spree is the new normal

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Blanc de Blanc at Sydney Opera House Blanc de Blanc will be the resident show in the Spiegeltent at Brisbane Festival ...

Frothy, bubbly, naughty fun in St Kilda triangle's Winter Garden

EXCLUSIVE
Nathanael Cooper

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

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 suffers from arrested development: review

Review
Jake Wilson

Conductor Yu Long took the MSO and Chorus through their paces, emphasising broad strokes in Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.

Warwick Fyfe a standout in MSO's impassioned Carmina Burana

Review
Clive O'Connell

Emma Watson is understandably wary of the role model title.

We get why Emma Watson is afraid of being a role model

Annie Brown

Madeleine Ryan.

How my autism diagnosis helped me drop the act

Madeleine Ryan

Ivanka Trump defended her father's views and record on women.

Ivanka jeered while defending her father's views on women

End of days or exactly what we deserve?

These $600 mud-stained jeans are exactly what we deserve

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Beyonce in a scene from her visual album Lemonade.

Beyoncé creates Formation Scholarships for women

Nicole Economos

In some significant ways, it’s the single people who are doing particularly well.

More people than ever before are single - and that's a good thing

Bella DePaulo

Changing a lightbulb just seems too risky to contemplate.

The one household chore I cannot bring myself to do

Jenna Price

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is sprayed with water during the London Marathon.

Prince Harry sprayed William with water and Kate Middleton loved it

Jenna Clarke

The weather affects whether we want to exercise.

How climate change could affect the way we exercise

Sarah Berry

"Flossing": Easing in and out of a nerve stretch.

Nerve Flossing – the easy method for pain relief?

Elizabeth Clarke

Drinking at home over dinner still counts.

More older Australians are drinking booze in a risky way

Sarah Berry

Antonio Carluccio's version of pasta with shaved truffles, from his book Pasta.

Australian trio open restaurant serving only pasta and truffles in Tokyo

Australians are consuming too much sugar.

Soft drinks feeling the squeeze in the war against sugar

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

Good-mood food: Seven recipes to boost your happiness

Abby Plested's children Houston, 3, and baby Goldie.

'Let them learn': why this mum doesn't believe in baby gates

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

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

Mackenna posted this photo to Twitter.

Husband keeps sick wife company in sweetest way

Air Koryo only offers one dish on board, and no one is quite sure what it is.

'World's worst airline' serves only one dish: A cold, mystery burger

Jonathan Kaiman

COMAC could be the single biggest threat over the coming decades to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus, both in China's ...

China's answer to the Boeing 737 ready, but will anyone fly it?

A hiker walks at Barn Bluff at Cradle Mountain Lake, in Tasmania.

Don't forget: 10 essential things you need to take on any hike

Andrew Bain

NBN's Fixed Wireless towers are delivering metro broadband speeds beyond the major cities.

NBN regional Fixed Wireless trials hit 1Gbps

COMMENT

Hipchat is Atlassian's long-running chat app.

Atlassian's Hipchat hacked for user details

In Silicon Valley, what matters is having the biggest and most engaged network. And because Facebook is that network, ...

Tech world witnesses robbery led by 'ruthless' Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS

usb-c

Is the USB-C standard really that good?

Lifehacker

Concept image of a Joby S2, one of the emerging flying vehicles highlighted by Uber in a new White Paper.

Uber to test flying taxis by 2020

A unique BMW Individual interior trim made from salmon skin.

Is this the most unusual car trim in the world?

David Morley

One of the 600 Chrysler Pacifica people mover modified by Waymo, Google's self-driving car company.

Google expands self-driving fleet

Stephen Ottley

Harley-Davidson Street Rod.

Harley-Davidson's sportiest little Hog reviewed

David Morley

Great Wall's Steed did not fare well in ANCAP's crash test.

New Great Wall ute's two-star crash result

David McCowen

2015 Hyundai i30 Series 2.

What long-distance cruising car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo.

Nismo set to expand

Stephen Ottley

AOC president John Coates is looking to regain ground on his challenger Danni Roche.

AOC furore: where there was fire, there still is

ANALYSIS
Greg Baum

Under the CA offer, Sheffield shield players would no longer share in a percentage of revenue spoils

Australian cricketers 'led up the garden path' in pay fight

EXCLUSIVE

Back on the court: Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova readies for frosty locker room reception

Simon Briggs

Broader view needed: Anne-Marie Corboy believes the next 12 months will be "critical" to netball's future.

Deposed netball director's warning: See the 'big picture'

Linda Pearce

Steve Smith.

Nine urged to call stumps on cricket coverage

Lucy Battersby

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