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Ora Holt, who was killed by her partner Greg Floyd on Anzac Day.

Woman shot dead by husband died to save kids: sister

US President Donald Trump, pictured on April 27, said he thought the job 'would be easier'.

Trump says he thought being president would be easier than this

Ron Walker (right) with Derryn Hinch in 2016.

Elder statesman lashes IOC over interference with battle over Coates

Former deputy speaker Don Nardella.

Former deputy speaker to repay $98,000 'second residence' claim

EXCLUSIVE

Senol Kocabiyik was hit in the head with Eclipse mints tins.

Shopkeeper left bloodied after youths rob CBD kiosk

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A forensic officer takes photographs of knives on the ground near a brown rucksack at a pedestrian crossing by the ...

Terror plot foiled: Woman shot, six arrested in London raids

'It does not need fixing': Paul Keating slams Queen Vic Market plan

Driver seriously injured after airbag blows up in her face

We can't 'hold back the tide' on house prices: Watchdog

'Wimps': Westpac panned for ruling out Adani funding

Fifth person dies following Stockholm truck attack

Under fire for an Anzac Day Facebook post: ABC presenter and youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

The hypocrisy that lies behind vitriol thrown at Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Clementine Ford

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 28: Jeremy Cameron of the Giants is congratulated by team mates after kicking a goal during ...

AFL: Giants show they are the greater Western

1 hr ago

Sydney man Grant Taylor has offered to house swap with a Melbournian.

Melbourne, you have no idea how good you have it: a Sydneysider

According to a writ filed in the Victorian Supreme Court, Rebel Wilson says her reputation and credit has suffered, and ...

Rebel Wilson to give evidence in magazine defamation case

Seven year old girl reading next to her dog (Shih Tzu)

Why girls' advantage in literacy starts before they go to school

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sass & bide has a 75 per cent off sale this weekend.

Hold the phone: sass & bide is having its biggest Melbourne sale

Jennifer was 18 when she first started working in bars.

Assault, threats of rape: Horror stories from hospitality workers

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Expert tips on how to stay healthy-ish when travelling

56 Braid Hill Road, Macleod, sold for close to Melbourne's median house price.

These three Melbourne suburbs are so average that they're unique

Joinging the replica Muuto dots: Australians may love a cheap knock-off, but local designers are calling for greater ...

Imitation not sincerest form of flattery, say ripped-off designers

How to choose the right white paint by Darren Palmer 'Images and extract from HomeSpace by Darren Palmer (Murdoch Books, ...

Million-dollar question: What is the right white to paint with?

High rental yields could mask the property's scarcity value.

The worst investment advice property experts have ever had

WE-Life, pictured here on a tablet, will be installed in the West End development making it the first fully ...

New technology to 'transform apartment living as we know it'

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Daniel Andrews: "The previous government ... took away the emergency department."

Will this fix Victoria's ice crisis?

Benjamin Preiss

Man charged with murder after police find body near Lake Eppalock

Melissa Cunningham

'Schoolboys': Shorten allies face court over election-day vandalism

Fifteen people have been shot, one fatally, at a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Barwon Prison locked down after prisoner stabbing

Collins Street's new location in Ghana.

Google Maps has shifted Collins Street to the middle of Africa

UPDATED

According to Premier Daniel Andrews, the metropolitan and country fire services have a continuing problem with their culture.

CFA and MFB still have a problem with respect for women: Andrews

Michael Ron David Kadar, pictured in an Israeli court, was arrested after allegedly threatening schools, airlines, ...

'Do you want a day off?': Teen sent bomb hoax to spoil exams

Professor Ian Hickie said mental health services are poorly co-ordinated, and has called for the defunding of ...

'Mental health needs reform, not just money'

Catholic bishops have been warned about the risks if they start charging Catholic schools rent

Furore over plan to charge Catholic schools rent

EXCLUSIVE

Anne Aly has hit back at fake Anzac Day claims.

'Offensive': MP Aly responds to Anzac Day snub claims

WA

Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman says robots will remove the need for labourers on some farms within five years.

Robots will wipe out backpacker jobs in five years?

QLD

Traders including Dr Berhan Ahmed (far left) say drug users are scaring customers away from the Little Africa precinct.

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Traders including Dr Berhan Ahmed (far left) say drug users are scaring customers away from the Little Africa precinct.

The problem within Footscray’s ‘Little Africa’

Aisha Dow

Specialist criminal defence lawyer Rob Stary: 'I don't impose a penalty. I don't judge. I don't prosecute. I defend.'

Meet 'terrorist lawyer' Rob Stary: 'I don't judge. I defend'

Konrad Marshall

Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates.

The sports battle that tops anything else on the field

Greg Baum

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St Kilda went close to beating Hawthorn at their Launceston fortress last year.

Six Pointers: Footy in Canberra on a Friday night. Really?

Ronny Lerner

Essendon's Tom Bellchambers.

Bellchambers makes long-awaited comeback

Jon Pierik

AFL chief Gillon McLachlan.

Breakthrough: AFL, players see end to pay dispute

EXCLUSIVE

Pumped-up: Giant Jonathon Patton celebrates a goal in Canberra on Friday night against the Western Bulldogs.

Giants show they are the greater Western

James Buckley
1 hr ago

Brad Scott

Scott's admission set to be a game-changer

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 24: Reece Conca, Daniel Rioli and David Astbury of the Tigers sing the song in the rooms ...

Small forwards the new big thing, says Hardwick

Ronny Lerner

Keeping it light: High performers put pressure on themselves, Nathan Buckley said.

Bring on the heat: Buckley cool as spotlight intensifies on Pies

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The Gorgon Gas Project in Western Australia.

Gas tax review confirms nation faces decade wait for revenue

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston
1 hr ago

Police reveal they have illegally accessed journalist metadata

Michael Koziol

Dutton comments could raise Manus tensions: police chief

Michael Gordon

Donald Trump's heated phone call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in January made headlines around the world.

How does Turnbull solve a problem like Donald Trump?

ANALYSIS
Judith Ireland

Resources Minister Matthew Canavan has suggested Queenslanders avoid banking with Westpac after the bank ruled out ...

Westpac's anti-coal stance exposes a Coalition out of touch

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Sydney University senior lecturer Tim Anderson.

Uni lecturer used Anzac Day to accuse Diggers of murder

President Donald Trump

Turnbull downplays need for shield as Trump sends warning

1 hr ago

Kim Jong-un at a "combined fire demonstration" held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army.

Korean crisis at risk of getting 'out of control', China tells Russia

Kirsty Needham

A billboard welcomes Pope Francis at St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt.

Pope Francis to meet 'controversial' cleric in tense Cairo

Farid Farid

Rounded up male residents from the Tondo slum prepare to be transported to a police station in the continuing "war on drugs".

Philippine dozen held behind bookshelf in police's secret jail

Lindsay Murdoch

"Dark Sith Lord": Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin a 'dark Sith Lord' as Russia spreads fake news

Nick Miller

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Turnbull's 'tough' migration stance is just vanity

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 6: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews with Treasurer Tim Pallas meeting first home buyers ...

This budget will be make or break for Premier Daniel Andrews

COMMENT
Josh Gordon

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Australia is at the mercy of the whims of two mad men

COMMENT
John Hewson

Illustration: Simon Bosch

How high is too high for Australia's cannabis stocks?

Patrick Hatch

Pizza Hut franchisees are hoping to take the company for $80 million.

Pizza Hut set for the courts over cut-price pizzas

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

There's no such thing as 'good' debt and 'bad' debt.

Why it's silly to debate 'good' versus 'bad' debt

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Joseph Gutnick outside the Federal Court in Melbourne.

Inside Joe Gutnick's byzantine business affairs

Sarah Danckert

Network Ten 'un-investible', according to analysts

Lucy Battersby

'Culture' hampering probes into financial crimes

Georgia Wilkins

'We can't hold back the tide' on house prices, says bank watchdog

Clancy Yeates

Westpac branded 'wimps' over coal pledge

Peter Hannam

Shooting tequila with salt and lemon is not the way to do it.

Wait, you're officially drinking this the wrong way

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Rug up: 15 wild winter woollens that will crush casual Friday

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First home buyers in many states get grants or stamp duty exemptions.

Is it time to fix your mortgage interest rate?

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Noel Whittaker.

Get rich by focusing on process not outcome

Noel Whittaker

Tattoos can result in reverse discrimination.

Tattoos can be good for your career

James Adonis

CBA says its changes will give small business customers more control to avoid defaulting.

CBA removes controversial loan clause

Clancy Yeates

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Police hunt men over Seaford, Laverton sexual assaults

North Korean propaganda video.

White House 'attacked' in North Korea video

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Melbourne teen arrested over school bomb hoax

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AFP's metadata mea culpa

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Author Paula Hawkins.

Girl on the Train follow-up is equally thrilling and dark

Sue Turnbull

Samara Weaving.

From Summer Bay to Hollywood via 'lesbian' thriller Bad Girl

Karl Quinn

Robyn Nevin at Il Bacaro.

When Robyn Nevin met Julie Andrews

Jason Steger

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

George Miller reveals plans for at least two more Mad Max sequels

Rob Moran

Lena Headey in a scene from Game of Thrones. The series has been one of the most popular borrowed from ACT libraries in ...

Game of Thrones stars to become TV's highest paid actors ever

Rob Moran

Perth actress Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker in <i>13 Reasons Why</i>.

Controversial Netflix drama on cusp of securing second season

Broede Carmody

Bert Newton.

Bert Newton in hospital with complications from pneumonia

Kerrie O'Brien

Donald Trump and his bedtime reading matter.

The Simpsons tackles the first 100 days of Trump

Sarah Thomas

Big Blue Lavender Bay leaving court.

Big Blue: Convictions quashed over alleged Whiteley art fraud

Liam Mannix

Emily Goddard with some of the props and costumes used in the play.

Ancestor inspires play about Hobart's female convict 'hellhole'

Hannah Francis

Hani Abdile has a gift for subverting derogatory labels such as 'boat people' in poems with a hip-hop rhythm.

Exhibitions reveal compelling stories from Syria, detention centres

REVIEW
Penny Webb

Under fire for an Anzac Day Facebook post: ABC presenter and youth activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

Clementine Ford: The hypocrisy behind the vitriolic reaction to Yassmin Abdel-Magied

IKEA responds to Balenciaga

IKEA claps back to Balenciaga over new $2800 plastic bag

Brigitte with her husband Emmanual Macron.

Brigitte Trogneux doesn't dress like a typical French woman, and it should be celebrated

Annie Brown

Lena Dunham arrives to Variety's Power of Women New York luncheon on April 21, 2017 in New York City.

Street style: 10 points to Gryffindor if you recognise this Polyjuice-drinking celeb

Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams in a scene from the film Get Out.

Why 'Get Out' was extra terrifying for me

Bish Marzook

Yassmin Abdel-Magied posted on her Facebook page: "Lest. We. Forget. (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine)."

The hysteria cannot be separated from racism

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend 2017 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April ...

The double-dating opportunities at the Time 100 Gala are off the chain

Kim Kardashian appeared on the Ellen show on April 27, 2016.

Kim Kardashian says Paris robbery was 'meant to happen'

Caitlin Gibson

Craving protein? It might be in your guts.

Listen to your gut - it can tell you what you need to eat

Sarah Berry

Man Kaur of India celebrates after competing in the 85-year-olds age group 100m sprint at the World Masters Games.

'Winning makes her happy': She's 101 and still competing

Cindy Boren

The cause of heart attacks is complex.

Notion saturated fat clogs arteries 'plain wrong'

Evelyn Lewin

The Mediterranean diet fixes 'the balance of 'good' cholesterol (HDL) to overall (or total) cholesterol in the blood', ...

'Saturated fat not cause of heart disease': cardiologists

Energy load: A large kale smoothie can contain 2500 kilojoules.

People think juice is good for them - they're wrong

COMMENT

Jill Dupleix's simple flourless chocolate and almond souffles.

Do not fear the souffle: Try this flourless chocolate, almond spin

Jill Dupleix

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The hilarious song lyrics every mum will sing along to

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If your kids haven't asked for one of these yet, they will soon

Let it go... again!

Frozen 2 release date announced - don't say we didn't warn you!

Claims that Jetstar is "the world's worst airline" are overblown.

'World's worst airline': Jetstar angry over survey claims

COMMENT
Craig Platt

Navagio Bay is one of the most popular spots to visit on the Greek island of Zakynthos.

The six most beautiful beaches you've never heard of

The colourful Bourbon Street is a tourist highlight. But which city is it in?

Traveller quiz: In which US city will you find the famous Bourbon St?

Mal Chenu

It stands up like a regular all-in-one PC if that's what you prefer.

For Microsoft, Surface loses but Windows wins

Neither side of politics can claim the moral high ground when it comes to bending the truth.

War on fake news lost as phrase gets corrupted

Reviewers have been praising of the wall-to-wall glass screen.

Samsung Galaxy S8: The good and the bad - so far

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch ticks over the millions

Kotaku

A concept Airbus A3 from Uber's flying cars plan.

Don't expect to catch a flying taxi soon

2017 Mazda CX-5

Mazda reveals CX-8

Stephen Ottley

2017 Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda Kodiaq price revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Porsche 911 GT3.

Is this the ultimate Porsche 911?

Greg Kable

2017 Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport.

New Mazda CX-5 reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Casey Stoner has been approached by Ducati as a test rider for 2016.

VW eyes possible sale of Ducati

2017 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid.

Driven: BMW 530e plug-in hybrid

Jonathan Hawley

Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates.

Olympics were our ego incarnate. Would change restore the lustre?

Greg Baum

Steve Smith supports the players association's rejection of CA's offer.

Players dig in over pay dispute, rejecting Cricket Australia offer

Jon Pierik

"I came to this world naked and I will depart naked. When you die, you take nothing no matter how much you have": Manny ...

The day Pacquiao gave a man $100 to shine his Louis Vuitton shoes

Andrew Webster

John Coates at the Ski & Snowboard Awards in Melbourne on Thursday

IOC will drop Coates if he loses AOC fight

Michael Bachelard

Cancer check: Jockey Kerrin McEvoy returns on Almandin after wining the Melbourne Cup

McEvoy has spots cut out after skin cancer check

Chris Roots
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