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State budget

Winners and losers: See who benefits and who misses out in Victoria's budget

3 mins ago

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas will deliver a $1.2 billion surplus on Tuesday.

Amid growing need, Pallas saves to spend more

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

A fund for new community projects in growing suburbs like Craigieburn (pictured) has been cut.

Fund for parks, playgrounds in growing suburbs cut in half

Clay Lucas

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Family violence, crime focus of safety budget

54 mins ago

Legionella bacteria.

Legionnaires' disease detected at major hospital

22 mins ago

Small food and grocery suppliers are giving Coles and Woolworths discounts of about 4 per cent of sales to ensure they ...

Woolies stuns market as it races to prepare for Amazon onslaught

COMMENT

Education is a major life spend, says John Velegrinis, CEO of Australian Scholarships Group.

Coalition's $19b backflip cuts funds for 24 schools

BREAKING
14 mins ago

Worst is over: The dairy industry does not expect a quick recovery.

'It's just out of the blue': Towns gutted by diary giant's closure

36 mins ago

Police are seeking witnesses who may have seen a Suburu Impreza on October 24 last year like the vehicle pictured. on

Second murder charge over body found in barrel

56 mins ago

Jenny Scott's doctor decided not to tell her she had lung cancer until she finished her cruise.

Doctor decided not to interrupt holiday with dire diagnosis

More retail pain as bag chains call in administrators

'It was pretty scary': High school feud sparks brawl at Rosebud RSL

1 hr ago

There's a fix for house prices - but Victoria's missed out again

COMMENT
1 hr ago

No respite on housing front from interest rate call

UPDATED

10 essential money lessons in just 10 minutes

eSports is sometimes played in stadiums. Here, teams compete against each other playing 'Counter-Strike: Global ...

Bold bid: Is this $1.2 billion industry the next move for the AFL?

EXCLUSIVE
42 mins ago

Reality check: Our podcasters say the Tigers are not a top-four team.

Podcast: Sorry, Richmond fans - the Tigers aren't a top four team

1 hr ago

As the climate warms, the Arctic village of Qaanaaq, Greenland, has seen its age-old hunting economy evaporate.

It's freezing, dark and their way of life is dying. Why stay?

Kylie Jenner, right, and Donatella Versace.

Met Gala red carpet 2017: Kylie Jenner's fashion faux pas

Men are less likely to seek treatment for depression, and this can intensify the associated problems.

There's far more behind suicidal thoughts than mental health

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AFL and eSports: the unlikely match

Chelsea Gibb as Sally Bowles in the Australian production of Cabaret.

Stop! Stop!: Director halts Cabaret opening night show

Princess Charlotte appears to be thrilled at the prospect of her impending second birthday in this new photo taken by ...

Princess Charlotte turns 2... and it seems she's not amused

If you need to test your running prowess, a half-marathon is a good start.

Do you have what it takes to run a half marathon?

Scientists found 28g of wholegrain - or one bowl of porridge - reduced the risk of death by five per cent.

Never have boring porridge again using these seven toppings

Investors were the hardest hit in the Victorian state budget.

Why investors are property's biggest losers in the state budget

Elevator company Thyssenkrupp has new technology that allows lifts to travel horizontally as well as vertically. Image: ...

Forget architecture, one new technology will change cities forever

Jenna Leo and her partner Mathieu Bertrand are supporting their parents and concerned about whether they will buy in ...

'Sandwich generation': 1 in 5 expect to retire with a mortgage

The winner - the Mashambas Skyscraper.

Take a look at some of this year's best new skyscrapers

Photo: INTRO INRED

Where dangerous chemicals are hiding in your home and how to reduce them

The budget contains $2 million planning money for further widening of the Monash Freeway.

State budget: Small items reveal big plans for roads and stations

19 mins ago

'Menacing' axe-wielding arsonist gets three years lopped off jail term

Daniel Andrews gives $300m Mordialloc bypass the green light

Thalia Bhandari with her daughter Alcina, 4, at their unit that caught fire in View Road, Springvale.

'Get out there's a fire! Quickly, get out!' Candle sparks unit blaze

1 hr ago

The state government wants to spend $1.45 billion on regional rail but needs federal government funding.

Daniel Andrews is verballing the feds...And he should

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Andrew Kelly from Small Batch Roasting Company.

Like nasty burnt coffee: Complaints over roaster's emissions

The balcony on Toorak Road, South Yarra.

Unsafe apartment balconies 'common across Melbourne'

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Kelly Landry arrives at the Downing Centre today during her AVO case against her estranged ...

Landry suspected Bell's links to TV host

NSW

Generic Centrelink sign.

Government 'in denial': Centrelink wait times worsen

1 hr ago

Emergency services are responding to a?small aircraft crash at Caboolture Airfield.

Light aircraft crashes at airport with two on board

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Premier Mark McGowan does not believe there has been an increase in great white shark numbers.

'No body, no parole' laws focus for new Premier

WA
1 hr ago

Heath Ledger records himself with a handycam.

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Heath Ledger records himself with a handycam.

'Cathartic' documentary gives Ledger celluloid immortality

1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talks to media during a press conference on May 2, 2017 in ...

3 things parents need to know about 'Gonski 2.0'

1 hr ago

A masked militant from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, in Gaza.

The New Hamas charter explained

ANALYSIS
Maher Mughrabi
10 mins ago

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David Gonski looks on as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the press at their joint media conference with Simon ...

So,Turnbull gives a Gonski after all

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Turnbull pledges to end 'school funding wars' with $19b injection

BREAKING
Matthew Knott
14 mins ago

'We're not a drain': Universities hit out at fee hikes, funding cuts

Matthew Knott

Senator Sam Dastyari during estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 18 October 2016. fedpol Photo: ...

AEC investigating plane use despite Hanson's claim it has 'no issue'

Treasurer Scott Morrison

Draw it: Can you rate the Coalition's economic performance?

A return to the barricades? Students from the University of Sydney Uni and the University of Technology Sydney protest ...

How to get students howling back to the barricades

COMMENT
Tony Wright
1 hr ago

A new two-tiered fee system is being considered.

Uni reforms show PM does not want a repeat of 2014 horror show

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Former Chinese ambassador to Australia Fu Ying in Canberra in 2005.

Top Chinese diplomat warns of apocalypse on North Korea

Kirsty Needham
32 mins ago

A masked militant from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas, in Gaza.

The New Hamas charter explained

ANALYSIS
Maher Mughrabi
10 mins ago

A man is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas.

University of Texas stabbing: student on murderous spree

A child victim of the chemical attack is treated at a makeshift hospital.

April nerve gas attack in Syria appears to be one in a series

In his remarks announcing a review of citizenship, Malcolm Turnbull observed: "We're not defined by race or religion or ...

How to make good citizens

COMMENT
Tony Walker

Telling the story of his grandfather's obsessions: Author Michael Chabon.

Let some light into VCE reading list

COMMENT
Melinda Houston

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

Real costs of 'missing link' freeway

Andrew Lemon

Chevron

Tax ruling against Chevron could lead to more claims by ATO

Nassim Khadem
1 hr ago

Balancing the bank drag were strong lifts in a number of large-cap listed property trusts.

ASX eases as ANZ spooks investors

Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

Ksenjia Lukich (left) and Jesinta Franklin attend the Aje show at the Art Gallery of NSW on Monday.

Store wars: Aussie label leaves Myer for David Jones

Melissa Singer

RBA governor Philip Lowe is set to give a "household debt, housing prices and resilience" speech on Thursday as the ...

Rate rise 'a distant prospect' as RBA holds steady again

UPDATED
Eryk Bagshaw

Victoria Station and Kate Hill retail chains call in administrators

Patrick Hatch

Banks may keep the ASX from 6000 in May

Myriam Robin

Woolies races to get match fit for Amazon fight

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Why interest rates are unlikely to fall further

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

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This Aussie craft whisky brand is reaching for the stars

Fine Drinks

Food and drink prices fell in the March quarter, reflecting stiff competition across much of the retail sector.

Why interest rates are unlikely to fall further

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

If you use a LIC, you can concentrate your energy on trying to time the market.

The place of LICs in an investment strategy

Marcus Padley

Kate Carnell says the ABA's response to her inquiry is "feeble".

Carnell slams banks' 'feeble' response to small business loans inquiry

Cara Waters

Alex Liberman took on a new job at age 43 as head of UX at On a Roll 21.

The advantages of hiring older workers

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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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Aussie Property Flippers

TV shows highlight a flipping obsession with real estate

COMMENT
Craig Mathieson

Rapper Ja Rule has said the festival was 'not a scam'.

Celebrity music festival was 'closer to Hunger Games': lawsuit

Rob Moran

House Rules host Johanna Griggs.

House Rules smashed in reality TV ratings war

Michael Lallo

Chelsea Gibb as Sally Bowles in the Australian production of Cabaret.

Cabaret was almost a disaster, until Chelsea Gibb swooped in

Broede Carmody

Sandra Sully is one of Ten's most popular anchors - but staff fear its news division will be cut.

Channel Ten staff fear 'major' job losses and cuts to news

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

Barnaby Joyce on Monday night's episode of Q&A.

Barnaby Joyce: Q&A;'s great political satirist

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Callan Smith is only 18 years old and being described as the wonderkid of food.

A new generation of MasterChefs wow the judges

Christine Sams

Mark drops a bombshell, but viewers have already tuned out.

Seven Year Switch's 'bombshell' may come too late for viewers

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Michael Gurr with actor Kate Fitzpatrick in 2004.

'Genius' playwright and speechwriter Michael Gurr dies aged 55

Debbie Cuthbertson, Arts Editor

Almost overshadowed: Chelsea Gibb as Sally Bowles.

Technical debacle accentuates calamitous Cabaret

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

A wheat field, with cypresses early September 1889 (detail).

Van Gogh's beautiful imperfections reveal nature's wonders

REVIEW
Robert Nelson

Maeve Marsden

Sorry, well-meaning celebrities, but I refuse to be 'tolerated'

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden
44 mins ago

On theme and winning the internet ... Rihanna attends the Met Gala in Comme Des Garcons.

Bow down: Rihanna wins the internet with her Met Gala dress

Annie Brown
1 hr ago

Like the sash at the Boxing Day Sales, Rita Ora was irresistible in Marchesa.

Met Gala 2017: These celebrities totally nailed the dress code

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Melissa Singer
51 mins ago

Erin Molan and Anthony Bell were crew members on the super maxi Perpetual Loyal.

Erin Molan denies 'intimate relationship' with Anthony Bell

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Carly Findlay: "Would you really stop someone in the street and pray for them if they look different?"

I am tired of people being scared of my face so I'm putting it on TV

Carly Findlay

Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala.

What's behind Kim Kardashian's new low-key look

Annie Brown

Kylie Jenner walked the Met Gala cream carpet with Donatella Versace.

Faux pas: Kylie Jenner breaks Anna Wintour's rule

Amy Croffey

Clem Bastow

I chose my career over dating because it's too hard to do both

Clem Bastow

Pulling back the years: Do we want to?

The curious case of ageing: why would we want to live forever?

Sarah Berry

Drop the yo-yo, it doesn't help.

Yo-yo dieting isn't just counterproductive - it could put you at risk

Carrie Dennett

Born to eat meat? Not necessarily.

Why do we cling to the idea that meat is central to a healthy diet?

Paula Goodyer

Take your coffee to the next level.

How to take your coffee to the next level

Cornersmith Picklery. For Pete Barrett's foodie hobbies cover story.

Five ways with fermenting

Kylie Kwong's stir fry of five mushrooms with soy and ginger.

Kylie Kwong's stir-fried mushrooms with soy and ginger

Toddler Arthur in hospital after contracting Meningococcal W.

'I'd hate to see this happen to anyone else': mum's warning

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Yes, parental burnout is a real thing

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The note every kid wishes their mum would write

Virgin Australia's new business class cabin on board its Boeing 777.

The new planes, seats and routes that are changing air travel forever

Julietta Jameson and Michael Gebicki

Hudson Yards Observation Desk.

Move over, Empire State: The amazing new buildings of New York

Keith Austin

Travellers often get hooked on the challenge of being somewhere different.

The one foreign word every traveller should know

Ben Groundwater

Andreas Vlachos, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield in England, is one of a growing number of ...

Fighting fake news in crucial election times

Rising up the rich list: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Tech giants making all the rules this week

Jeff Bezos is a mere $US5 billion away from the Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

Learning from the soon-to-be richest man on Earth

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 file photo, handcuffed blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky is escorted by police officers ...

Pokemon Go player faces jail time in Russia

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Theft of Netflix season portends a TV crisis

COMMENT

Renault has updated the Clio for 2017.

Renault cuts prices for updated Clio

David McCowen

2017 Mini Seven special edition.

New Mini Seven special edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport GLX.

What 4WD should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT.

Seven American cars we need in Oz

Stephen Ottley

2016 Subaru Outback.

Which is the best Subaru Outback?

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen T-Roc concept.

Volkswagen teases new T-Roc SUV

Drive Staff

Scene from an ESL (electronic sports) video gaming tournament in California last year.

Footy e-volution: AFL plan to plug into eSports riches

EXCLUSIVE
Anthony Colangelo
42 mins ago

Sydney's Callum Mills was the centre of attention against Carlton.

Kennedy admits Swans failed as Blues bullied Mills

Caroline Wilson
27 mins ago

Reality check: Our podcasters say the Tigers are not a top-four team.

Sorry, Richmond fans - the Tigers aren't a top four team

1 hr ago

Travis Varcoe will miss the Carlton clash.

Magpies lose Varcoe for Carlton clash

Former Hawk Alex Woodward will have to undergo a fourth knee reconstruction.

Former Hawk devastated by need for fourth knee reco

Adelaide's Taylor Walker and Eddie Betts enjoy yet another win – this time against Richmond on Sunday.

Super football. Crows soaring to new heights

Rohan Connolly

Will Sutherland of the CA XI bowls during the tour match between Pakistan and the CA XI at Allan Border Field early this ...

AFL, cricket in tug of war over Cricket Australia boss' son

Sam McClure

Jobe Watson looks dejected after losing to Melbourne on the weekend.

Watson on the slide? Bombers have bigger worries

ANALYSIS
Jon Pierik

Urgent repairs: ground staff replace a piece of turf at Allianz Stadium during a Super Rugby match last season.

FFA loses turf war over A-League grand final

UPDATED
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Opal and Dallas Wings guard Erin Phillips will play a leading role for her club in the upcoming WNBA season.

Massive new reach for WNBA with Twitter to stream games

Roy Ward

Bumper deal: FFA CEO David Gallop has scored a $57.6 million deal from Fox Sports.

A-League clubs reject FFA funding offer

Dominic Bossi

Mike Hussey is adamant the cricket pay model must stay.

Hussey: Cricket's pay model a driving force

Jon Pierik

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (left) and his teammates have a big job ahead of them.

Ingles, Exum and Jazz to play it slow against Warriors

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