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Ex-bikie enforcer Toby Mitchell.

Toby Mitchell's jail term extended, but we can't know why

EXCLUSIVE

David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Illinois, following his arrest on April 20. A Queensland man has since been arrested ...

Qld man arrested, girls freed after police raid on global child porn ring

Anaesthetists have been identified as a high-risk group of medical professionals when it comes to mental health issues.

The 'elephant in the room' affecting medical professionals

A computer screen shows an error message after Britain's National Health Service was hacked.

Australian business hurt in global cyber attack won't be the last: expert

53 mins ago

The AspireAssist system consists of a thin tube implanted in the stomach, connecting to an outside port on the skin of ...

Doctors concerned about stomach-draining device for obesity

1 hr ago

Paramedics treat patrons on the street after a mystery gas was released inside the Perseverance bar.

Police investigate after substance causes chaos in city nightclub

7 mins ago

Three prison officers assaulted at Malmsbury Juvenile Justice Centre

1 hr ago

Australia joins calls for tougher sanctions after North Korea missile test

MP apologises for claims paid firefighters didn't fight Black Saturday

'Naughty' Pope rejects talk of Virgin appearing in Bosnia

Pell 'hijacked' abuse compensation scheme, say senior Catholics

"I said to myself ... you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story."

Behind the sound and fury, Donald Trump's 'Russia thing' will not go away

ANALYSIS
29 mins ago

President Donald Trump, impersonated by Alec Baldwin, and Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy, lock lips on Saturday ...

McCarthy's Spicer and Baldwin's Trump lock lips at last

7 mins ago

Lance Franklin of the Swans with Isacc Heeney and Zak Jones.

Swans' old guard continues resurgence against Roos

2 mins ago

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, MAY 14/17 ISSUE. cr: Stocksy (supplied image, no archiving) Baby names story

The reason why I agonised over naming my daughter

Murphy leads the Blues onto the ground.

Marc Murphy won't pursue action over 'unacceptable' sledging

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Fremantle clinch thriller after siren

Juanita Phillips at home with her children Marcus and Mischa.

Being a single parent forces you to not sweat the small stuff

An Australian streaker has interrupted the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision prankster drapes himself in Australian flag

Singer Salvador Sobral (right), representing Portugal, has won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest.

Portugal wins 2017 Eurovision Song Contest

54 mins ago

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The young Moomba rioters: Restoring faith in justice

Grazia Materia, Steve Parry and their son Orlando at home.

Inside a beautifully restored mid-century home

Lucy Feagins

HotBlack Coffee, a cafe in downtown Toronto, does not provide Wi-Fi.

The cafes risking a backlash to get customers to talk

Oak-floored sitting and dining rooms offer warmth and sophistication.

This colourful Fitzroy home is embedded in history

An uber-chic suite at Sofitel So Bangkok complete with Christian Lacroix cushions

Home suite home: How to get the look of your favourite hotel

Magnolia is the latest of the three buildings that make up the St Boulevard development.

Stairway to heaven: What's next for a famous address

Archi Render owners Alma and Merso Halilagic have had a caveat taken out on their home after being left $150,000 out of ...

'String of bankruptcies' likely to follow after Watersun Homes collapse

Neil Perry restaurant under fire for racist slur

More time to choose to die: time frame could be widened

Moomba rioters run amok at Flinder Street Station. .

New gangs of Victoria: Just one click and they're all here

A man and a woman are in critical condition after a two-car crash near Wangaratta.

Pair left in critical condition after serious highway collision

The Andrews government's flagship transport policy has blown out by almost $1billion

Level crossing removals blow out by almost $1 billion

Melbourne smog

Melbourne's poor air quality prompts health warning

The teenagers were taken to hospital in an unknown condition.

Man arrested after brawl at wedding reception

NSW
1 hr ago

The Star Massage parlour in Sussex Street.

School fights brothel offering 'schoolgirl' service

NSW

Lee Lee and Aimee Szabo at the Fish Lane Festival at South Brisbane.

Businesses use 'mini-festivals' to gentrify city: expert

QLD

Doug Morgan-Thomas s the men's officer at John XXIII College, ANU.

'Toxic masculinity' culture at uni college challenged

ACT

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Big W has close to 2 million customers each week and 21,000 employees.

Troubled discount department store urged to look to Zara and Ikea for inspiration

Madeleine Heffernan

"I said to myself ... you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story."

Behind the noise, Trump's 'Russia thing' will not go away

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
29 mins ago

A roadside memorial on a country road.

Why the surge in deaths on country Victorian roads?

Darren Gray
1 hr ago

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Andrew Mackie of the Cats looks dejected as he walks off at half time of Geelong's game against the Essendon Bombers at ...

More even the comp, more important the effort

Rohan Connolly

Lance Franklin of the Swans with Isacc Heeney and Zak Jones.

Swans' old guard continues resurgence against Roos

Daniel Cherny
2 mins ago

Teammates pile on David Mundy after his after-the-siren goal.

Heartbreak for Richmond as Mundy kills off comeback

Michael Gleeson

Brendon Ah Chee, Charlie Dixon, Sam Powell-Pepper and Ollie Wines celebrate in Shanghai.

Power surge: Port Adelaide claim Shanghai honours

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

AFL footy

As it happened: Super Sunday of AFL

Scott Spits
13 mins ago

Murphy leads the Blues onto the ground.

Murphy won't pursue action over offensive comments

Daniel Cherny

Australia momentarily had a new national anthem when the wrong button was pressed in Shanghai.

Mix-up sees Port song played instead of anthem in Shanghai

Jon Pierik

Angus Brayshaw was taken from the field after receiving a nasty bump.

Groggy Brayshaw taken from ground after heavy bump

Anthony Colangelo
1 hr ago

Kamaia Alexander with her stepfather Andrew Perry, a veteran.

'He had 10 knives and a machete': The truth about veteran suicides

David Wroe

Greens prepared to strike school funding deal with the Coalition

Matthew Knott

'Horrendous politics' to come after 50 per cent tax rate

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Health Minister Greg Hunt on Friday.

Turnbull and Shorten are going for gold in the backflip olympics

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Malcolm Turnbull gets up close to National Heart Foundation mascot Have a Heart at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.

Turnbull's Medicare levy rise push set to stall

Outgoing Secretary of Defence Dennis Richardson at the National Press Club.

Beware Indonesian rise of extremism, outgoing Defence boss warns

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the opening of the Kimberley Process in Perth on Monday.

The chart that shows how low Australia's foreign aid will sink

EXCLUSIVE

Controversial presence: Kim Yong-jae, North Korea's envoy to the Belt and Road Forum.

Xi extols peaceful Belt-Road vision, but North Korea casts a shadow

Kirsty Needham

Then FBI director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill earlier this month.

Behind the sound and fury, Trump's 'Russia thing' will not go away

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
29 mins ago

A Palestinian child holds a placard in support of "our prisoners" next to a painting of Marwan Barghouti in the Lebanese ...

Palestinians' prison hunger strike enters fourth week

Farid Farid

Believers reach out to touch a statue of Our Lady of Fatima after a Mass in her honor at the Metropolitan Cathedral in ...

'Naughty' Pope pours cold water on talk of Bosnia visions

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Turnbull is back in the game

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

The Age's old headquarters on Spencer Street.

Dear The Age, thanks for everything

COMMENT
Martin Flanagan

Kerri-Anne Kennerley, whose husband, John, suffered a spinal cord injury after a fall, at UTS in Sydney. 14th September ...

Kerri-Anne Kennerley should be applauded, not attacked

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted says the bank tax will ultimately hit bank customers, shareholders or bank staff.

Bank tax sets 'terrible precedent', warns Westpac chair Maxsted

Clancy Yeates

SEEK chief Andrew Bassat.

'No joy': Seek boss rues draining newspapers' rivers of gold

Lucy Battersby and Amy Remiekis

"Buying stampede": The shares of Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook, have gained an average 24 per cent in 2017.

If tech's Big Five were a nation, they'd be bigger than Britain now

ANALYSIS
Lu Wang

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Banks and government go to war, and shareholders lose

IN DEPTH
Clancy Yeates

Will ScoMo's big budget give a big economic push?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Spotify, valued at $17.6b, cuts out brokers on way to Wall Street

Maxed out: should CEO salaries be capped?

COMMENT
David O. Friedrichs

When your home is a castle

Paul Sullivan

Good Beer Week has 300-plus events at more than 200 participating venues.

One country is stealing our craft beer thunder

Fine Drinks

Masons menswear will be the latest retail haven targetting stylish men.

Where to find the best underground fashion labels

Men's Style

Jeremy Becker, 23, did his research before buying his first car, a second-hand former fleet vehicle.

No lemons: how to buy a second-hand car

Barbara Drury

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

You can't outsource motherhood, but you can share the load

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Charles Lukasik, owner of Floral Expressions says order gatherer florists are "devastating" for the industry.

Remember this warning about online florists for Mother's Day

Cara Waters

Opposition leader Bill Shorten gave his budget reply on Thursday night.

Shorten leaves small business tax cut up in the air

Cara Waters

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Nightmare Jetstar tarmac wait

1 hr ago

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Eurostreaker! Man moons Eurovision in Aussie flag

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Unknown substance sprayed in Fitzroy club

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Essendon stun Geelong Cats

Scientists from The Australian Museum visit Lord Howe Island to research the current animal populations ahead of a rat ...

Fairfax photos of the week

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks premieres 22 May. Only on Stan.

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Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. Only on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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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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President Donald Trump, impersonated by Alec Baldwin, and Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy, lock lips on Saturday ...

McCarthy's Spicer and Baldwin's Trump kiss on SNL

8 mins ago

Michael Fassbender plays two androids in <i>Alien: Covenant</i>.

Why Fassbender loved shooting Alien: Covenant in Australia

Stephanie Bunbury

George Lazenby as James Bond in <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service</i>.

Why this Aussie turned down a fortune to play James Bond again

Karl Quinn

Julie Andrews, pictured with Anna O'Byrne who plays Eliza Doolittle and Charles Edwards, who plays Henry Higgins.

How did Dame Julie solve a problem like Eliza?

Nathanael Cooper

Our voice: Australia's Isaiah Firebrace came ninth in the Eurovision Song Contest final.

Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest so where did we rank?

Michael Idato
54 mins ago

Nicole Kidman is the undisputed queen of Cannes with four projects screening in the world-renowned festival.

Nicole Kidman emerges as the undisputed queen of Cannes

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

An Australian streaker has interrupted the Eurovision Song Contest.

Aussie flag streaker in Eurovision stage incursion

Michael Idato

Isaiah Firebrace from Australia is introduced during the Final for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Australian Isaiah Firebrace lights up the Eurovision stage in Kiev

Michael Idato

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Win tickets to Cuckoo's Nest and the Jazz Festival

GIVEAWAYS
Kay Stewart

Fiona McFarlane, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize.

Fiona McFarlane wins major international literary award

Linda Morris

Diego Torre as Turridu and Sian Pendry as Lola in Opera Australia's Cavalleria Rusticana.

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci superbly rendered

REVIEW
Barney Zwartz

Chrissy Metz has "hit back at fat shamers", revelling in her "Body Pride"

'Fativist' Chrissy Metz hits back: 'I wear what I want, when I want'

Andrew Hornery

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn at the 2011 Logies.

Karl Stefanovic's two 'priorities' in marriage split

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Clare Rowe with Maggie-Rose 11- white top, Bridgette 10-blue dress, Gracie 8-spotted dress and biological daughter ...

Mothering is a commitment to love, not a biological tie

Cosima Marriner

Beyonce wearing Alice McCall to support her sister Solange's appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Beyonce's preferred playsuit maker is branching out

Jenna Clarke

Anna wears Matin “Angie” dress, $650. Banjo wears “The Island” top, $55, and pull up pant in white cotton drill, $50, ...

How Anna Feller balances motherhood and modelling

Georgie Gordon

I don't like the colour my hairdresser is using.

How to break up with a long-term hairdresser

Jessica Rowe

Stella Channing needs to get about with a crutch to take as much weight as possible off her pelvis.

A healthy baby isn't the only important outcome of birth

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Rosie Wallace campaigns for reproductive rights.

My abortion cost $770 and I'm one of the lucky ones

Amelia Paxman

Finding a good trainer can be as simple as asking a likeminded person for a recommendation.

How to choose the right personal trainer

Jo Hartley

Dropping the ball sometimes is good.

5 ways dropping the ball can actually benefit you

Susie Moore

Four cups of coffee a day pose no health risk, but there are things to keep in mind.

'Safe' not 'good': Four cups of coffee daily may not be healthy

Sarah Berry

Jill Dupleix's berry cheesecake pancakes.

Pancakes of the world

Jill Dupleix

Most Australian's are confused by tipping etiquette, a new study as found.

To tip or not to tip? The top 5 tipping tips

Quick and flavour-packed ... Pork and noodle stir-fry.

Weekly meal planner: mid-May

The Holdermess Family

How to pair wine with each kind of Mother's Day fail

The detrimental effects of smacking your kids.

What five decades of research has confirmed about smacking

Director Jonathan Levine, left, actress Goldie Hawn, actress Amy Schumer and producer Paul Feig attend a special ...

'Monogamy is a very tough order': Goldie Hawn on marriage

Should passengers ask permission to recline their seat?

Airlines should make passengers ask permission to recline: Letters

Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

Not enough annual leave? The best short breaks to take in 2017

Ute Junker

A standard Yotel room, Yotel, Gatwick Airport, London.

Where to find the best airport sleeping pods?

Michael Gebicki

Apple gets almost two-thirds of its revenue from the iPhone, compared with 39 per cent in 2010. However, those sales ...

Apple product line-up balloons under Cook

Browsing Timeline on an iPhone, with help from the Cortana app.

Windows 10 to play nice with iPhones, Android

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Update your Windows systems now. Right now.

Hayley Tsukayama

NetMarble chairman and founder Jun Hyuk Bang owns 24.5 per cent of Netmarble, which at the IPO price gives him a net ...

Slumdog billionaire: From school dropout to $4b gaming boss

Protestors burn flares during a taxi strike in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Uber suffers bloody nose in fight for Europe

Ford

The Breakdown: Autonomous emergency braking

David McCowen

2017 Audi A5 Sportback.

New Audi A5 and S5 Sportback reviewed

Peter McKay

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo's Mercedes C63 rival reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Mazda CX-3 Maxx.

Self-braking now standard on every Mazda SUV

David McCowen

SUV comparison: Mazda CX-5 GT diesel v Subaru Forester 2.0D-L

Can all-wheel drive SUVs go off-road?

Toby Hagon

Renault

New look for Renault Captur

David McCowen

Past and present players are sending support to the #fairshare campaign.

Ashes boycott looms as Australia's cricketers hit back

UPDATED
Claire Siracusa

Not backing down: Australian captain and vice-captain Steve Smith (right) and David Warner.

Who is to blame in ugly pay dispute?

COMMENT
Jon Pierik

Erin Phillips with the inaugural AFLW best and fairest medal.

Erin Phillips retires from WNBA, keeps Opals door open

Roy Ward

Rhys Williams, in Glory colours, tackles Adelaide Utd's Mark Ochieng during the A-League season.

Williams and Deng to boost new-look Victory defence next season

Michael Lynch

Netball - Giants v Melbourne Vixen at AIS Arena. Jo Harten

Giant performance sees Vixens outfoxed

Eamonn Tiernan

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