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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

The banks aren't the risk, consumers are warns RBA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at celebrations to mark the 85th anniversary of the country's army.

Beijing reacts after North Korea blasts 'ego-driven' China

Kirsty Needham

Australia had the backing of the World Health Organisation, and many other countries have since announced similar ...

Australia wins landmark tobacco packaging case, reports

Malcolm Turnbull walks towards New York's Ted Weiss Federal Building with FBI Assistant Director, William F. Sweeney.

Malcolm Turnbull's big day out in the Big Apple

Paul McGeough
59 mins ago

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, applauds while standing next to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from ...

Trump celebrates as US House votes to repeal Obamacare

16 mins ago

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Lord's Cricket Ground on May 3.

Buckingham Palace meeting: Prince Philip steps down from duties

Family of boy, 10, killed on waterslide receives $27m

Abbott predicts Turnbull could dump Gonski 2.0 funding plan

Big Trump or Little Trump - which one will Turnbull meet?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Teacher at prestigious private school on child porn charges

Young woman dies suddenly from meningococcal disease

Delta airlines passenger Brian Schear remonstrates with staff after being told he would have to nurse his toddler ...

Family kicked off Delta flight, threatened with jail over toddler's seat

35 mins ago

Emmanuel Macron, candidate for the French presidential elections and his wife Brigitte Macron.

The little social 'revenge' that delights many French women

Donald Trump's strategist Steve Bannon poses with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

White House plans accidentally revealed in Steve Bannon photo

Prince Philip, very much alive, at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on Wednesday.

The Sun incorrectly reports Prince Philip's death

The Hawks will be without Rioli.

AFL teams round 7: all the ins and outs

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Prince Philip: 'I can't stand up much'

Cassandra Sainsbury was allegedly caught with 5.8kg of cocaine.

'A ghost': Cassandra Sainsbury's lawyer in search for rogue guide

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In texts, the man embellished himself as a rugged country man. The writer later found this image was another man's car, ...

The photograph that revealed just how much my lover had lied

With EasyJet, like other budget airlines, you tend to get what you pay for.

Budget airlines aim to do one thing, so stop whingeing about them

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban could upsize their Milson's Point home.

Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban mull expansion of Sydney home

You've made the decision to sell, but do you leave your home as it is or do some renovation?

Things you should never do when preparing a home for sale

An artists' impression of the planned housing.

$4m project to help homeless on ice as residents fight it in VCAT

Other new guidelines introduced are expected to push unprofessional companies from the market.

Clean up your act or go to jail: India's property developers on notice

Springvale Road at Glen Waverley has been rated Melbourne's 'most dangerous' by AAMI.

New to Australia? Good luck! The sad reality for recent arrivals

Stage one of the Southbank Boulevard project

City council to build a little breathing space for Southbank

Labor steps in to prevent shut down at Loy Yang power plant

Three hurt as car crashes into Westfield Geelong shopping centre

Premier Daniel Andrews says the process is under way to fill 600 positions in the recently announced Ballarat GovHub.

Hundreds of public service jobs move to Ballarat

Police outside the Cecil Street apartment block in Fitzroy.

Man charged with murder over Fitzroy death

The scene of the blaze in Thomastown.

Worker found safe after Thomastown fire

G.E.L. Motors in North Geelong where a police gun has gone off in a holster during a scuffle.

Man charged after police officer's gun fires in holster

Deborah Gough

The fire at Widgiewa Road at Carwoola on Friday, February 17.

Bushfire class action launched claiming $15m

ACT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) met India's Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani during a visit to ...

Adani sediment '8 times more than allowed'

QLD

The driver of this crane broke his leg when it toppled at a building site in Taree.

Toppling crane causes driver to tumble close to cab

NSW

Gregory John Hudson was found dead inside a residence in Varsity Lakes.

Dead man found bound, naked after drug binge: court

WA

'Don't have to be best friends': Donald Trump will meet with Malcolm Turnbull in New York.

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'Don't have to be best friends': Donald Trump will meet with Malcolm Turnbull in New York.

Big Trump, little Trump: How will the PM be received?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Former seaweed farmer Albert Ngguse.

Indonesia launches $2.6 billion lawsuit over WA oil spill

Jewel Topsfield

Should we accept that 43 universities, in a population of 24 million, is the right number?

Does Australia have too many universities?

COMMENT: Tony Featherstone

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott answers questions from Mandurah Catholic College students.

Abbott predicts Turnbull could dump Gonski 2.0 education plan

Malcolm in a muddle in 'marvellous Melbourne'

Mark Hawthorne

Protesters target Education Minister at Press Club speech

Tom McIlroy

Acting Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in ...

Labor coy over its own schools' cash plan

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has taken aim at political leaders.

Tony Abbott claims 'cultural cowardice' in politics at heart of voter discontent

James Chessell

FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Treasury Department in ...

Big Trump, little Trump: How will the PM be received?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Treasurer Scott Morrison

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

INTERACTIVE

FILE - In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Treasury Department in ...

The big question ahead of meeting between Trump and Turnbull

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Barack Obama has made a last-minute intervention in the French presidential election in support of Emmanuel Macron.

Obama backs Macron for French presidency

The incident with Dr David Dao made global headlines..

Chicago official tells hearing 'sorry' for passenger removal

Pope Francis and Donald Trump will meet later this month, according to reports.

Trump to meet Pope Francis at Vatican on May 24, senior sources

Major-General John Cantwell hands the gold-plated assault rifle to then War Memorial executive Nola Anderson in 2007.

Why does the War Memorial display booty from an illegal war?

COMMENT
Toni Hassan

Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia two years ago.

Why we need to talk about the death penalty ... again

COMMENT
Sarah Gill

A feeling of wonder and intrigue does draw some locals down into MONA’s gallery.

Where MONA fits into Hobart, a divided city

COMMENT
Kate Isabel Booth

Stanford University was part of the American reinvention.

University howler shows Birmingham just needs a dog

Comment
Harold Mitchell

Nab has unveiled a lift in profit.

NAB to push on costs as growth hard to find

Mathew Dunckley

Rote Island seaweed farmer Nikodemus Manefa with his crop. Seaweed farmers say the Montara spill devastated their ...

Indonesia launches $2.6 billion lawsuit over WA oil spill

Jewel Topsfield

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned of rising house prices.

The banks aren't the risk, consumers are, warns RBA

ASX sinks on metals meltdown

Patrick Commins

'No sugar coating' Holden is facing tough road ahead

Mark Hawthorne

Government prevents power plant shut down

Rio Tinto watching for Chinese iron ore revival

For the founder of MWC, launching a watch company was as simple as quitting one job and starting a new one.

The little Aussie watch company taking on the luxury giants

Watches

Airbnb is targeting business travellers.

Hotel chains should be nervous about Airbnb's new function

Business Travel

Adelaide-based wealth adviser Louise Pfeiffer, 39, has chosen a career and business that will maximise her ability to ...

Meet the 'effective altruists' who earn to give

Lindy Alexander

Telstra's share price is under pressure as mobile competition increases.

Telstra's a tough call for its one million shareholders

John Collett

Should we accept that 43 universities, in a population of 24 million, is the right number?

Does Australia have too many universities?

COMMENT: Tony Featherstone

CocoVivo in Panama is one of the world's most beautiful and remote coworking spaces.

The world's five most exotic co-working spaces

Elissa Doherty

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'146-year-old man' laid to rest in Indonesia

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Drop in iPhone sales hits share price

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2017 Kia Picanto first drive video review

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Violence flares in Venezuela

Conservator and restorer Valerie Kaufmann poses with a wax-work head of Admiral Horatio Nelson in a CT scanner before it ...

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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The 10 best TV shows of the year (so far) - and what's still to come

Craig Mathieson

Jordan Peele on the set of Get Out.

Get Out director's surprise fanboy moment with Steven Spielberg

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

The Last Resort

Nine has higher hopes for latest foray into relationship reality TV

Stephen Colbert has sparked outrage with his latest anti-Trump monologue.

#FireColbert goes viral following late night host's Trump takedown

Rob Moran

Carrie Fisher's last hurrah is being held back by ABC.

ABC's catastrophic failure to release Carrie Fisher's last hurrah

COMMENT
Paul Kalina

Em Rusciano, co-host of 2DayFM's breakfast show.

Em Rusciano bounces back after 'I can't do this' on-air moment

Broede Carmody

Political satirist Armando Iannucci opened the Sydney Writers' Festival Tuesday night.

Thick of It, Veep writer says pollies have stolen his best lines

Linda Morris

Hollywood has narrowly avoided a writers strike similar to one in 2007 in which picketers marched outside the entrance ...

Studios and writers finalise deal minutes after strike deadline

Michael Idato

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

FILE - In this April 23, 2017 file photo, French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife ...

'Why can't we marry younger men?' ask French voters

Mary Jordan

Brad Pitt has told GQ Style magazine he quit drinking after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce.

Brad Pitt says he quit drinking, in therapy after split with Angelina

Despite progress and good intentions, many obstacles to equality remain.

What does a female-friendly workplace actually look like?

Sue Williams

Ivanka Trump at a meeting on the America business climate in the White House last month.

To relax, Ivanka Trump watches her kids sleep

Maria Puente

Rihanna and Mary J Blige

Met Gala 2017: What the stars wore to the after-parties

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was photographed topless while enjoying a private holiday in France in 2012.

Trial begins over topless photos of Duchess of Cambridge

Maeve Marsden

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

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden

Prince Harry will visit Sydney and Singapore in June.

Prince Harry is coming back to Australia in June

Jenna Clarke

Committed or addicted? Just because a behaviour is "healthy" doesn't always mean we have a healthy approach to it.

Extreme health: When exercise becomes addiction

Sarah Berry

Pulling back the years: Do we want to?

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

Sarah Berry

You may be a night owl naturally but you can reprogram your body clock.

Being a night owl could be genetic

Evelyn Lewin

Will induction edge out gas?

Gas v induction cooktops, what wins?

Be sure you don't make these common kitchen cleaning mistakes.

Cleaning mistakes that make your food taste terrible

Creamy with flavour: Garganelli with cream and prosciutto.

Neil Perry's version of pasta with cream and prosciutto

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Midwife fined after having affair with dad-to-be

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Stay-at-home parents need work life balance too

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Banning kids from social media could actually hurt them

With EasyJet, like other budget airlines, you tend to get what you pay for.

Budget airlines aim to do just one thing, so stop whinging about them

Ben Groundwater

One in 10 US travellers admit having sex in an airport, a survey claims.

Mile-high club? No, travellers are having sex somewhere else

Fredrick Kunkle

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

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the network hopes to cut down on the response time between when someone reports a ...

Facebook hiring 3000 to monitor live video violence

Hayley Tsukayama

Get used to Apple's less-turbocharged future. The tech giant still generates more profits than any other company, and it ...

Apple shifts out of fast lane, perhaps for good

COMMENT

The spate of global cyber espionage has unfolded largely under the public radar.

Entering 'golden age of espionage' for hackers

The Surface Laptop's affordable price, portability and features could appeal to a far broader audience-including Mac ...

Apple can't ignore Microsoft's slick, new Surface Laptop

The Apple Watch: a rare miss for the company.

Where will the Apple Watch be in 2020?

Lifehacker

Jaguar's F-Type is now hitting the used market.

Is a second-hand Jaguar F-Type a bargain buy?

David Morley

The last locally built cars roll off Holden assembly lines in October.

Holden: Not building cars yields 'strong profitability'

David McCowen

Drivers are regularly caught out by a lack of road rule knowledge.

Top 10 Road Rules you never knew existed

Alessandra Melville

2017 Kia Stinger.

Kia: No Supercars until 2020

Stephen Ottley

2017 Volkswagen Golf.

New Volkswagen Golf prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

SOCHI, RUSSIA - APRIL 30: Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Sahara Force India F1 Team VJM10 on track during the ...

Report: Brabham supercar in the works

Stephen Ottley

Dion Prestia joins fellow recruit Toby Nankervis on the sidelines

Tigers decimated, while Dons rest weary Watson

On the edge: Toby Greene accepted a two-match ban for this hit on Caleb Daniel.

On the edge or over it? Giants take unsociable football to new levels

Wayne Carey

AFL football boss Simon Lethlean

AFL makes no apologies for hard-line stance on 'deliberate' calls

Cyril Rioli will be back for the Hawks.

AFL teams round 7: all the ins and outs

Jesse Hogan is keen to return to the field

Hogan poised for return against Hawks

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Huggers: Joe Daniher and Steele Sidebottom share a joke on Anzac Day

Essendon teammate defends serial hugger Joe Daniher

Jordan De Goey has served his six-week suspension

Magpies forgive De Goey for pre-season porky

Intel Extreme Masters, a global circuit of eSports tournaments.

Gamers back AFL's entry to eSports scene

Anthony Colangelo

Kevin Muscat is not happy about the condition of the Allianz Stadium pitch

Pitch complaints may be Victory excuse, says ex-Sydney FC skipper

Wimbledon keeps Sharapova guessing on her wildcard entry.

Wimbledon keeps Sharapova guessing on wildcard entry

Back on the winners' list: Bernard Tomic wins two in a row at the Istanbul Open.

Breaking back: Tomic's rare back-to-back clay double

Victory huddle: Melbourne Vixens after their win over the Lightning last weekend.

Vixens starting to have that championship look about them

Liz Ellis

Melbourne Victory's Besart Berisha makes the PFA team of the year.

Team of year shows Victory way to upset Sydney coronation

Michael Lynch

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