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Roberta Williams.

Revealed: ATO's secret deal with crime family

EXCLUSIVE

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is set for another fight with the federal government over infrastructure funding.

State budget to reveal $8.3 billion election warchest

Former Labor leader, Mark Latham's critique of "identity politics" and the modern Labor Party stirred the crowd to ...

'You can't kick me out': Latham's latest star turn at libertarian love-in

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: Ted Thyer rides on the Darebin Yarra Trail, an $18m bike trail running along the ...

New $18m bike path inaccessible to suburb it passes through

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Fathers of newborns failing to take up paid leave scheme

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was washed off rocks at Bushranger Bay.

Man critical after seven people washed off rocks near Cape Schanck

Britain expecting a battle as EU sets out tough Brexit demands

Woman allegedly set alight by fiance improves in hospital

'Rubbish': National Liberals leader weighs into sexism row

Airport rail link plan to receive $10 million in state budget

Australian-born IS fighter uses 8-year-old son in terror video

For the true believers, Donald Trump can do no wrong, and 100 days in office have done nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.

'He's bringing God back': Trump's true believers celebrate first 100 days

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Brandon Ellis of the Tigers handballs during the round six AFL match between the ...

Tigers no match for brilliant, creative Crows

1 hr ago

In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Scarlett Johansson appears in a scene from, "Ghost in the Shell." (Jasin ...

Filmmakers have never been so busy rebooting our favourites

End of empire: Sydney and Hawthorn have been usurped.

Swans and Hawks: Rebuilding from the rubble of fallen empires

56 mins ago

Tough day at work: businesswoman having a splitting headache. EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, APRIL 30/17 ISSUE. for ...

Migraines are misunderstood, with no known cure

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Collingwood upset Geelong

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President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum on April 28 in ...

After 100 days, Trump remains a bully and a charlatan

Knock it off: six months ago, Kent St Bar manager Rose Gaumann started a campaign to encourage bar patrons to alert ...

How inner Melbourne pubs are fighting back against sleaze

Jennifer was 18 when she first started working in bars.

Assault, threats of rape: Horror stories from hospitality workers

Julia and Sasha's guest bedroom from The Block 2016.

Plush bed heads trend as timber headboards make an exit

Designed by starchitect Zaha Hadid, D'Leedon is made up of seven skyscrapers, arranged in a flower pattern.

Zaha Hadid's Singapore development 'D'Leedon' in full bloom

Winning bidders looking stressed at a Surry Hills auction in Sydney: Make sure you can afford a property before you bid ...

Why home loan pre-approval matters for auction bidders

The Parkville Store cafe in Parkville.

The Melbourne suburb with a sense of inbuilt grandeur

This Nicholson Street, South Yarra, house sold to a neighbour.

Grim find leads South Yarra family to auction purchase

Charlotte Knightly, lives across the road from where the woman was injured.

'We heard screaming': Residents warned after woman's balcony fall

49 mins ago

Blood, drugs, fights a blight on Footscray's 'Little Africa'

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

A view of the City Loop.

Woman on scooter rescued in City Loop

Police interview Matthew Johnson after the murder of Carl Williams.

How Victoria's prison gangs are flexing their muscles on the outside

John Silvester

Hyland's homeopathic teething tablets and gel on sale in Melbourne.

Homeopathic teething tablets recalled after link to baby deaths in the US

Safe Steps chief executive Annette Gillespie

Woman locked in cupboard for four days by partner

A sustained drop in income is resulting in 'dispirited' doctors.

Why it may become harder to find a family GP

Sydney solicitor Albert-Edris Truong has been struck off the roll of lawyers.

Solicitor struck off for 'borrowing' clients' money

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Man barred from suing anyone in Queensland

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Nurses demand blood tests for lead contamination

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Gemma Lloyd was bullied in the workplace by an older man when she was 19. She's now director of her own business Diverse ...

Workplace bullies leave a trail of destruction

Ginger Gorman

"I spent years feeling guilty about not finding motherhood totally and utterly fulfilling": Kasey Edwards.

Why mothers should work - and not feel guilty about it

Kasey Edwards

A Syrian girl at the refugee camp in al-Marj.

Over a million Syrian refugees trapped in Lebanese limbo

Sandra Hall

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Up for grabs: Trent Cotchin of the Tigers attempts a mark.

Tigers tamed by the brilliant, creative Crows

Ashley Porter
1 hr ago

Work in progress: Coach John Worsfold says Joe Daniher continues to work on improving his kicking.

Worsfold not disappointed despite Daniher's goalkicking woes

Daniel Cherny

End of empire: Sydney and Hawthorn have been usurped.

Swans and Hawks: Rebuilding from the rubble of fallen empires

Rohan Connolly
56 mins ago

Winning feeling: Scott Pendlebury and Adam Treloar celebrate a goal in the Magpies' win over the Cats.

Hungry Pies catch Cats napping

Michael Gleeson

Jeff Garlett and Nathan Jones celebrate a goal.

Dees' third-quarter blitz breaks tired Bombers

Daniel Cherny

Thrashed: It was another long walk off the ground for the Hawks after Saturday's big loss to St Kilda in Launceston.

Effort OK, attitude is not, say Hawks

Daniel Cherny

Worth the wait: Koby Stevens made 28 disposals and kicked two goals in his much-awaited Saints debut.

'I've never been so sick in my life': Saint's salmonella scare

Daniel Cherny

Gary Rohan of the Swans lies injured at the MCG after a collision with Blues defender Sam Rowe.

Rohan cleared of serious injury after sickening fall

James Buckley

The Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo.

After flashy announcement, here's what's next for Snowy expansion

Chris Hammer

Scott Morrison bows to pressure from colleagues, orders GST review

Adam Gartrell

One Nation under fresh scrutiny over possible electoral breaches

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

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Fathers of newborns failing to take up paid leave scheme

Amy Remeikis

Where royalty-based taxes are based on revenue, the PRRT is a profit-based tax.

Gas tax review confirms nation faces decade wait for revenue

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin.

Police reveal they have illegally accessed journalist metadata

Michael Koziol

Police commander David Yapu says only the behaviour of military personnel is being investogated.

Dutton comments could raise Manus tensions: police chief

Michael Gordon

Dave and Ruth Carl at Donald Trump's 100 Days rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Trump's true believers still celebrating after 100 days of office

Josephine Tovey

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the conclusion of the 30th ASEAN Leaders' Summit in Manila.

Duterte to Trump: Show restraint, Kim wants to end the world

Lindsay Murdoch

British Prime Minister Theresa May on the campaign trail in the Scottish town of Banchory on Saturday.

One voice: EU united on tough terms for Brexit talks

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-i-Islami, speaks in Mihtarlam, the capital of Laghman province, marking his ...

Infamous Afghan warlord returns home with plea to Taliban

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Testing for 'Aussie values' gets awfully tricky awfully quickly

COMMENT
Julie Szego

It won't be so bad...

Let's celebrate the good news. Ageing is getting better

COMMENT
Peter Martin

John Coates, who apologised last week.

Words can hurt. And words can heal, too

COMMENT
Philip Wollen

The market expects solid profit growth when half-year results from ANZ, NAB and Westpac are delivered in May.

Big four bank profits to top $15 billion for first half

Clancy Yeates

Rod Sims, chair of the ACCC

ACCC seeks strengthening of market power laws

Madeleine Heffernan
33 mins ago

US President Donald Trump has both played down and embraced the significance of the 100-day period.

'Trump bump' lifts stocks, giving President a win for first 100 days

MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

After failing to raise rates all year, the market would be more shocked if the US Federal Reserve failed to tighten ...

US Fed's low-and-slow strategy tested by business-spending pick-up

Craig Torres

Pizza Hut set for the courts over its cut-price pizzas

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

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

Patrick Hatch

The basic economics Scott Morrison can't grasp

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Diamond Joe's business life stacked up in sad, neat binders

Sarah Danckert

The Alpha Romeo Giulia is one of many modern classics.

Money makers: 13 new cars that will make you richer

Cars

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

Wait, you're officially drinking this the wrong way

Fine Drinks

Nicolas Butcher,Olivia O'Neill, Lucinda Chismon, Matthew Slate.

Good savings all about the little things

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

How money changes your brain, behaviour and beliefs

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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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Collingwood upset Geelong

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Reid's Guest House in Ballarat to get a facelift

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Melbourne into eight with victory over Essendon

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One Nation risks being deregistered

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The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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"I'm constantly confusing people. But I think everything is really confusing": Nevo Zisin.

'I look in the mirror and see I'm neither male or female'

Linda Morris

Dame Carol Kidu argues the point with police at Paga Hill in May 2012, as seen in <i>The Opposition</i>.

The 'student film' that ended up in court gets its day on screen

Karl Quinn

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

House Rules judge on what he got wrong about Australia

Nathanael Cooper

The Big Bang Theory - cast shot. (Supplied by Channel Nine, 2014.)

Rejoice! All of Big Bang Theory cast on board for new seasons

The painting Big Blue Lavender Bay is taken from court.

Brush with notoriety: what now for 'Whiteley' paintings?

Analysis
Gabriella Coslovich

'You get appreciated and remembered, sometimes booed, hated, reviled': Oliver Stone.

Director Oliver Stone on his newest film subject: Putin

EXCLUSIVE
Garry Maddox

Harry Styles is on his way to Australia in November Photo: SNL

Harry Styles to tour Australia in November, but few will see him

Lenny Ann Low

Classic 90's sitcom Roseanne is being revived

'Roseanne' being revived with original cast

Joe Otterson

The painting Big Blue Lavender Bay is taken from 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

Is this making anyone else feel hungry? Rihanna interpreted the 2015 Met Gala theme, "China: Through The Looking Glass", ...

Top 10 stand-outs moments from the Met Gala through the years

Calvin Klein sweater, $100. H&M skirt, $60. Burberry boots, $1695.

Update your wardrobe for winter with these stylish pieces

Georgie Gordon and Penny McCarthy

Little did Tracey Spicer know what was waiting for her at work after having her second child.

Being 'not hot enough' brought out the fighter in me

Tracey Spicer

My daughters are aged eight and six and both desperately want to earn pocket money.

Dear Jess: Should I give my kids pocket money for doing chores?

Jessica Rowe

Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth opens up about knowing she'd found the one

Jane Cornwell

A publicity shot for Samantha Bee's show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Bee just held her 'Not the White House ...

Samantha Bee toasts journalists, mocks Trump at her parody event

Sopan Deb

Topshop's plastic knee jeans.

From plastic to fake mud, the most absurd jeans of the year

Roxy Jacenko at her In Conversation with... business seminar on Friday at The Westin, Sydney.

Roxy Jacenko keeps people guessing about her marriage

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Bronnie Ware was forced to admit that her resistance to conventional medicine was working against her.

When the 'natural' approach to healing backfires

Sarah Berry

Walk it out, shake it off.

4 ways to detach from work and finally enjoy your downtime

Susie Moore

Craving protein? It might be in your guts.

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

Sarah Berry

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

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

COMMENT

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Weekly meal planner: From pork belly to chilli fried eggs

The most sugary yoghurts contain as much sugar as ice- cream.

The yoghurt with more sugar than ice-cream

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Guess what? The birth of our baby is not about you

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The note every kids wishes their mum would write

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

Have vegetarians become the sacred cows of air travel?

Traveller letters: Special meal? Get over yourselves, vegetarians

Dream Sling claims that travellers can now sleep comfortably sleep anywhere, even in the middle seat.

One of the biggest problems with the middle seat has been solved

Soo Kim

There's a wild side to Europe.

The 10 wild parts of Europe that should be on your bucket list

Ute Junker

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

HSV's GTSR W1 is the ultimate Aussie V8.

Final Aussie muscle car reviewed

David McCowen

Neighbours star Carla Bonner poses with her Renault Megane RS.

Star and Car, Carla Bonner, actress

Owen Thomson

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance Edition 1.

VW reveal three door Golf GTI

Dom Tripolone

Terrafugia

The Breakdown: Flying cars

David McCowen

The driver received serious facial injuries as a result of the smash.

Australian injured by Takata airbag

David McCowen

Ferrari GT4CLusso at Targa Tasmania.

Targa Tasmania in a Ferrari

Andrew MacLean

Full flight: Besart Berisha after scoring in the semi-final against the Roar.

Berisha on target as Victory march into final

Michael Lynch
1 hr ago

Melbourne Victory players acknowledge their fans after their semi-final match win against Brisbane Roar on Sunday.

Muscat says Melbourne can stop Sydney, Aloisi agrees

Michael Lynch
49 mins ago

Romelda Aiken and Sharni Layton contest the ball.

Magpies edge Firebirds, top four beckons

WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Paul Vaughan of the Dragons looks dejected after a Strom try during the round nine NRL ...

Storm surge, Dragons feel the heat after hammering

Mitch Jennings

Relaxed: Cameron Smith on the 18th hole at TPC Louisiana.

Cameron Smith closes in on maiden PGA Tour win

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