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FlexiGroup,founder by Andrew Abercrombie, has bought Fisher & Paykel Finance.

Rich Lister's fight for 'fair share' of mountain view

Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya has enjoyed a high-flying lifestyle since the fatal crash.

Heir to $27b fortune due in court over death dumps jet, disappears

Lindsay Murdoch

Min Bahadur Sherchan died of a suspected heart attack.

Man, 85, dies on Everest in world record attempt

Eliud Kipchoge after crossing the finish line at Monza

Kenyan runs fastest ever marathon, but denied official record

Val Jellay appeared in a number of Australian television series, including <i>The Flying Doctors</i>, <i>Neighbours</i> ...

Flying Doctors star Val Jellay dies from pneumonia, aged 89

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Michael Barlow of the Suns catches during the round seven AFL match between the Gold ...

Ablett injury scare as Suns skin Cats

Melbourne Storm player caught up in alleged cocaine sale after Test

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The smart money was always on a Coates victory

ANALYSIS

Police plea for help to find missing 12yo boy

New battle ground set as DJs moves on Myer's home turf, and staff

Clarko's confession: 'I got carried away with the emotion'

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron thumbs up as he addresses his supporters at his election day ...

Email leak a 'frightening' last-minute twist in French election

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Lachie Hunter of the Bulldogs celebrates after kicking a goal during the round seven AFL ...

Dogs come from behind to defeat Tigers in a thriller

Adele, is that you?

Superstar unrecognisable in 29th birthday celebration snaps

Stephen Fry attends the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at Royal Albert Hall.

Stephen Fry in blasphemy probe by Irish police after God comment

Nathan Buckley will be under the pump

Same old story for Buckley's Pies: too many passengers

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Search for the world's rarest insect

Julie Davey had a series of strokes that she's still recovering from 2 years later. Her husband Peter had to give up ...

The phone call that left this couple destitute

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Caleb Schwab was killed while riding the Verruckt, a water slide that's billed as the world's largest in Kansas.

Family of boy, 10, killed on US waterslide receives $27 million

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

42 Elinda Place, Reservoir

The suburbs where every house sold at auction in April

The Richmond home at 118 Somerset Street was once inhabited by squatters.

Tiny Richmond dump once home to squatters sells for $1.2 million

Cameron and Elli Wash on the balcony of their Fairlight apartment. Photo: Eve Wilson. Production: Lucy Feagins / The ...

First home, modest budget: How Elli and Cameron made it work

Sorrento beach house renovation by Matt Rawlins of Figureground Architecture.

Known as 'the toilet block', this is now a stunning beach house

Laws around developers' obligations to owners corporations are much more relaxed in Victoria.

'Abuse that needs to be stopped': Judge slams developers' powers

Missing teen Erin Norman

Police appeal for help to locate missing teenager

Don't be fooled, it's going to be a bleak weekend

Centrelink phone call leaves couple destitute

Emma-Kate McGrath

Tributes flow for woman who died from meningococcal disease

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Claims of bribery and deceptive conduct in council election probe

Stage one of the Southbank Boulevard project

City council to build a little breathing space for Southbank

The man was charged after he was spotted on CCTV offering drugs to two men.

'Angy, embittered' ex-husband denies stabbing murder

The man was locked inside a petrol station overnight after he allegedly threatened the store person with a knife

Bizarre Perth crime rampage leads to store being burned

WA

Police have charged a teenager over an alleged attempted carjacking.

Boy poses as another prisoner to trick police

QLD

Two brothers, aged nine and 12, were killed while travelling in the four-wheel drive.

Two children killed in crash with B-Double near Dubbo

NSW

Brian Crickitt with his new wife Julie Crickitt.

Sydney GP jailed for murdering wife to be with lover

NSW

No.1 pick Andrew McGrath has slotted straight into the Bombers' defence.

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No.1 pick Andrew McGrath has slotted straight into the Bombers' defence.

Why this year's crop of AFL kids is more ready than ever

Daisy Pearce

Prayuth Chan-Ocha, Thailand's Prime Minister.

Thailand buys $530m submarine from China, a move 'opposed by most Thais'

Lindsay Murdoch

Damian McGenity fears Ireland's peace agreement is threatened by a "hard" Brexit.

Ireland's peace agreement threatened by 'hard' Brexit

Nick Miller

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Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull on Friday.

'We really love Australia': Trump, Turnbull hang up on 'testy' call

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Abbott predicts Turnbull could dump Gonski 2.0 education plan

Court voids Peter Dutton's Syrian refugee refusal

Health Minister Greg Hunt is under pressure to lift the freeze on Medicare rebates.

Medicare levy rise may fund GP rebate changes

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

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

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull riding the Gold Coast light rail.

Malcolm in a muddle in 'marvellous Melbourne'

Mark Hawthorne

Macron meets with supporters during an election campaign event in Rodez on Friday.

France fights to keep Macron email hack from distorting election

Dozens were killed.

School bus crash kills 35 in Tanzania

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

Trump to demand US allies do more to fight terrorists

North Korea has accused the CIA of orchestrating a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un.

North Korea accuses CIA of plot to kill Kim Jong-un

Ivanka Trump, despite having no official White House role, has been a major behind-the-scenes player in her father's ...

Where's Ivanka Trump when we need her?

Gail Collins

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has revealed the government's media reforms policy.

Media reforms that should have been delivered 10 years ago

COMMENT
Greg Hywood

Queuing up to spend $50 on an evening of average food and rude strangers.

Outrage, betrayal: just another night at the movies

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

David Jones moves to poach Myer staff.

DJs and Myer battling it out for top staff

Mark Hawthorne

Planning rules at Mount Buller limit buildings to four storeys or 15 metres, whichever is lower.

Rich Lister's fight for 'fair share' of mountain view

Melbourne art company Creature Technology has a new home.

Deal delivers artistic outfit some Creature comfort

Mark Zuckerberg at his desk at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. No one at the company has a private office.

Zuckerberg realises dangers of social-media revolution

Farhad Manjoo

S&P 500 sets record close on jobs, energy sector rebound

'We are very bearish' - iron ore slump robs Scott Morrison

Jasmine Ng

The seller of this property bought it for $7.5m - now it's tripled

Woodside lashes energy, tax and immigration policies

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

Danica Hampton is Head of Investment Specialists at Citi Wealth

It's bonds to the rescue as the needle points up for interest rates

COMMENT
Danica Hampton

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

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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Two children killed in shocking crash

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Lost at sea on a surfboard for 32 hours

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White House backtracks on Trump's Australian health care comments

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Turnbull announces gambling ad restrictions

Sydney Firsts centre Bob Fulton looks aggrieved that his airborne attempted tackle is too late to stop Country half-back ...

Rewind - City vs Country

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Mlbourne Comedy Festival - Ruby Wax brings her new one-woman show to the stage. Based on her number-one best seller ?A ...

'He's revolting': Ruby Wax on that 'horrible' Trump interview

Kylie Northover

<i>The Simpsons</i> debuted in 1989. It was was named the best TV show of all time by <i>Time</i> magazine 10 years later.

How The Simpsons changed the way we talk, laugh and think

Casting JonBen?t Images from Kitty Green's Netflix documentary Casting JonBenet, an unconventional look at the murder of ...

Casting JonBenet is ambitious, frustrating and brilliant

Karl Quinn

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister in a scene from the upcoming seventh season ...

HBO is developing not one, but four Game of Thrones spin-offs

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in <i>It</i>.

Superheroes, evil clowns: the 10 upcoming movies you should see

Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC.

Cliff Richard, BBC seek court settlement over raids coverage

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: American filmmaker and visual artist David Lynch talks to curator Jose Da Silva at GOMA ...

Why David Lynch says he will never make another movie

Creator, writer and star Michaela Coel in Chewing Gum.

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

Craig Mathieson

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

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday.

Justin Trudeau and the force of his Star Wars socks

Vanessa Friedman

Anna Wintour received the honour for services to fashion and journalism.

Vogue editor Anna Wintour made a dame by Britain's queen

A wedding shot by Sandra Henri, the founder of Less Stuff - More Meaning.

Are sustainable weddings the next big thing?

Clare Press

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

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

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

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

Neil Perry's Moroccan-style chicken pie. Serve with rice or cous cous and a salad.

Moroccan-style chicken pie (with filo)

Neil Perry

Aim for glossy milk before pouring.

World Latte Art Champion shares his milk steaming tips

Neil Perry Recipe - Poached Strawberries , honey labneh and spiced buscuits.

25 delicious biscuit, shortbread and cookie recipes

Turkish Airlines cabin crew pose with newborn Kadiju.

How is nationality decided when babies are born on flights?

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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

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

Uber faces criminal probe over sneaky 'greyball' software

Dan Levine and Joseph Menn

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

Instagram is one of the best ways to interact with car fanatics around the globe.

Top 10 Instagrammers to follow if you love cars

Alessandra Melville

2017 Audi R8 Spyder.

New Audi R8 Spyder price revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Mercedes-Benz 280SL "Pagoda" is a classic car that could earn you money.

The cars that could make you money

David McCowen

McLaren has revealed more details of its upcoming three-seat BP23 limited edition hypercar

McLaren's three-seater headed to Oz

Tony Davis

An Australian Toyota owner was seriously hurt when the airbag in her Rav4 malfunctioned.

Australian drivers still at risk from Takata airbags

David McCowen

2017 Honda CR-V.

New Honda CR-V revealed

Stephen Ottley

Nathan Buckley is under fresh scrutiny

Same old story for Buckley's Pies: Too many passengers

Jarrad Waite booted six goals against the Crows

Kangaroos end fancied Crows' unbeaten start

Taking flight: Brad Sheppard celebrates an Eagles goal

Eagles shed flat track bully tag to shock Power

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Tom Boyd of the Bulldogs warms up prior to the round seven AFL match between the Western ...

Saturday night footy: Western Bulldogs v Richmond

Dale Thomas (right) had the last laugh aganst his old team

Blues spoil Magpies' anniversary party

It was a miserable night for Giant Adam Kennedy, who appeared to seriously injure his knee.

Fears confirmed as popular Giants defender tears ACL

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Jack Steven and Koby Stevens epitomised St Kilda's fanatical tackling with this attack on Josh Kelly

Fast-finishing Saints stun Giants in Friday night upset

No.1 pick Andrew McGrath has slotted straight into the Bombers' defence.

Why the kids are more ready than ever

Daisy Pearce

Mwai Kumwenda of the Vixens clashes with the Firebirds defence

Vixens win physical clash with Firebirds

Fabian Coulthard with Roger Penske at Barbagallo Raceway

Indy's king's big tick for Alonso

Eliud Kipchoge after crossing the finish line at Monza

Kipchoge runs fastest ever marathon, but denied record

Mark Bendeich

John Coates fronts the media after his re-election to the top of the AOC board.

The smart money was always on Coates

ANALYSIS
Mark Hawthorne

NZ captain Jesse Bromwich runs on to the field before the Anzac Test.

Kiwis players Bromwich, Proctor allegedly bought cocaine after Test

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Stephen Jeffery

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