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A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen ...

Second cyber-attack wave 'could be worse than first'

Patrick Cronin died in April last year.

Murder charge dropped against man accused of killing teen footballer

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Joanna Howe, Associate Professor University of Adelaide Law School.

No pickers and packers, so growers leave vegetables to rot

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has given the budget a lukewarm endorsement.

Tony Abbott gives the budget his lukewarm approval

1 hr ago

Life will remain tough for the majority of Australian renters.

How renters were short-changed by the Federal Budget

COMMENT
Emma Power

Does the cost outweigh the benefits of living in Sydney?

You couldn't pay me to move to Sydney. This is why

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

The perils of avocado. Never has a fruit caused so many problems

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Accused drug mule Cassie Sainsbury 'likes attention': prison guard

1 hr ago

The penny has dropped. Another leadership change is unthinkable

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

James Packer made two decisions to ensure he'd be richer than his dad

Universities fear 'catastrophic' funding cuts under new targets

Jeremy Becker, 23, lives in Coffs Harbour and works at Coles. He recently bought a second-hand car. Money feature.

Buying a second-hand car? Here's how to dodge the lemons

Thomas Danel was in tears after Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix, and then met his idol.

Little Thomas' pain: Six-year-old sobs as F1 hero crashes out

11 mins ago

Rory Sloane was quiet by his standards and Bernie Vince had a win against his former club in his 200th AFL game.

Want to talk about the footy? Chat live with Rohan Connolly

44 mins ago

Brian Nankervis at his Melbourne home in 2014.

Brian Nankervis took a wrong turn after lunch, bought a house

US President Donald Trump.

Why Twitter isn't banning Donald Trump

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Top cyclists smash into parked motorbike in Giro d'Italia

Leg room is surprisingly generous in economy-class seats onboard Cathay Pacific A350-900 aircraft.

Flying economy, where leg room is surprisingly generous

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Start gently and build up slowly.

You don't need to do high-intensity exercise to lose weight

Dolphins are very intelligent - all cetaceans are - and have a great empathy with human beings. They have even been ...

Scientists set a deadline for understanding the language of dolphins

George Jones Eatery is a part of the new trendy guard in Pascoe Vale.

Bell Street bingo: Which northern suburb will be next to get hip?

Negotiated: 66 Claremont Avenue, Malvern passed in for $5,025,000 on Saturday, selling after the auction.

Growing number of big ticket homes passing in at auction

Topiary is back, and landscape gardeners are taking it to creative new places.

The '80s backyard trend that's retuning with a vengeance

Edmund Hillary's Hut with it's new colour scheme. Photo: Antarctic Heritage Trust

The award-winning paint job that almost no-one will see

1 hr ago

Happy first-home buyer couple Josh Iezzi and Amy Appleby take possession of their Tootgarook property on Monday.

Hop to it: A little speck on the city's outskirts starting to soar

Shadow emergency services minister Brad Battin has apologised for his comments.

Five-hour delay: Fireys rage after Liberal MP's Black Saturday claim

Drink-driving husband and wife busted hours apart

'String of bankruptcies' likely to follow after Watersun collapse

Ex-bikie enforcer Toby Mitchell.

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

EXCLUSIVE

A roadside memorial on a country road.

Why the surge in deaths on country Victorian roads?

An unknown substance has been sprayed on the dancefloor of a Melbourne club.

Police probe after mystery substance sprayed on dancefloor

Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre.

Three prison officers assaulted at Malmsbury Juvenile Justice Centre

Police at the scene of a homicide investigation at Florida Street, Sylvania.

Woman found dead in her bed, covered in her own blood

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Allan Tennent became the first Coast Guard member to receive the Queensland Volunteer of the Year Award.

The man who has rescued 6000 people at sea

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6.20am on Sunday morning.

Photographers capture burn-off haze over Perth

WA

Homeschooled: Michelle Allen of Queanbeyan and her sons Xander, 9, and Alex, 11.

Home schooling increases by 122% in Canberra

Emily Baker

I'm more likely to say to myself a version of, "I might be able to do this."

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I'm more likely to say to myself a version of, "I might be able to do this."

I thought I had 'anger issues' – but the real culprit was anxiety

Natalie Reilly

2 Broke Girls slammed for racist Aboriginal joke

Which of your fave US shows are coming back?

Rob Moran
32 mins ago

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WannaCrypt: What you need to know about the global attack

Tim Biggs
1 hr ago

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Budget delivers much-needed government boost

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Poll results: Don't pop the champagne just yet, Malcolm

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

Soldiers fired bullets into Manus Island centre, PNG police admit

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
27 mins ago

An unidentified Afghan man leans against a chainlink fence of a refugee camp after arriving with other asylum seekers on ...

'The system here is broken': Secret recording revealed

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a division in the House of Representatives on Wednesday 10 May 2017. fedpol ...

Tony Abbott gives the May budget his lukewarm approval

1 hr ago

Scott Morrison is not among the most popular politicians.

An unpopular politician has found a way to be very popular indeed

ANALYSIS
Peter Hartcher

Conservatives will complain that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's formula is one of over-correction.

'Middle ground' budget gives the Coalition something to build on

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Nearly 30 prisoners attacked two prison guards during a mass jail break at Buimo prison in Lae, Papua New Guinea. ...

17 prisoners shot dead in PNG jail break

27 mins ago

"It does seem like we have an upheaval, a crisis almost every day": Senator Susan Collins,

Republican senators have 'a lot less fear of' Donald Trump

1 hr ago

An Ivory Coast troop provides security before the arrival of incumbent President Alassane Ouattara at his election rally ...

Ivory Coast army to re-establish order after mutiny

New French President Emmanuel Macron observes a minute of silence during a a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Emmanuel Macron takes power, vows to overcome division

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Why the bank levy is a good idea, not just a populist tax grab

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

What workplace mistakes can derail your career in a major way?

How Sam Dastyari can make a real difference to Australian media

COMMENT
Tony Walker

Life will remain tough for the majority of Australian renters.

Budget offers no help for renters

COMMENT
Emma Power

Australians lost $59 million to investment scams in 2016.

The scams that netted $300m from Australians last year

Lucy Cormack

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Markets Live: Are the banks oversold?

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Patrick Commins
13 mins ago

Is there talk of annual bonuses, or performance bonuses, among your colleagues - but you've never received one yourself? ...

14 signs that you're underpaid

59 mins ago

The value of total housing finance, however, rose 0.9 per cent to $33.18 billion in the month.

Home loan approvals fell 0.5% in March

12 mins ago

Qantas gets credit rating bump on market dominance, loyalty

Patrick Hatch

TPG Capital makes new $2.7b offer for Fairfax Media

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Liberals paying for Labor's bigger government, as usual

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

No workers: Australia's vegetable supplies left to rot

Anna Patty

Does the cost outweigh the benefits of living in Sydney?

Sorry, but you couldn't pay me to move to Sydney

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

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

One country is stealing our craft beer thunder

Fine Drinks

If the bank levy drives up mortgage costs, home owners should consider refinancing.

Bank levy means home owners should shop around

Mark Bouris

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

Tizzie Hall is in the business of getting babies to sleep.

The art and business of baby sleep whispering

Cara Waters

Helen D'Silva runs her psychology practice as a sole trader.

Doing it all on your own

Louis White

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Putin the pianist: Can he really play?

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Fire fighters battle blaze at Footscray shop

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Swans make it two in a row

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Cyclists smash into motorbike in Giro d'Italia

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

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This Oct. 1, 2016 photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin portraying Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ...

Saturday Night Live rides ratings high thanks to Trump gags

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

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

Why Fassbender loved shooting Alien: Covenant in Australia

Stephanie Bunbury

Netflix TV series The Crown.

BAFTAs 2017: BBC drama topples Netflix's crown

Broede Carmody

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

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

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

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

Abortion, domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, homosexuality, teen suicide – it’s all here.

An updated Awakening shimmers between the past and the future

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Tracey Moffatt at the Venice Biennale

Australian photographer Tracey Moffatt wows Venice with My Horizon

John McDonald

La Mama Theatre's The Yellow Wave.

Yellow Wave a subversive commentary on colonial Australia

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Street style at fashion week, day one.

The street style not to miss at Sydney fashion week

3 mins ago

It's OK to cry in front of children.

Should we cry in front of our children?

Jacinta Tynan

Photo taken by my Instagram (and regular) husband.

I wore my pyjamas to fashion week, it was a great life choice

Annie Brown
1 hr ago

The Bachelor Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski announce they are expecting a baby on Mother's Day.

Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski drop baby news on Instagram

Amy Croffey

Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Confusingly, Kylo Ren is the fastest growing baby name

Annie Brown

Todd Spiewak (left) and Jim Parsons (right) attends the 2016 GLSEN Respect Awards in October last year.

Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons marries long-time partner

Annie Brown

There was nothing dramatic about the onset of our itch.

How we survived our seven year itch

Helen Russell

Akubra for Dion Lee was on show at Fashion Week in Sydney on Sunday.

Dion Lee opened Fashion Week in the most Australian way

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Jenna Clarke
52 mins ago

Start gently and build up slowly.

You don't need to do high-intensity exercise to lose weight

Paula Goodyer

Neil Laybourn (L) and Jonny Benjamin.

The simple words that convinced a suicidal man to keep living

Colby Itkowitz

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

Pan fried chicken with fregola.

Weekly meal planner: Simple autumnal fare

Go easy on the oil and swap white rice for brown.

Healthy tricks for fried rice fans

Yotam Ottolenghi's feta and herb filo tart.

Meat-free Monday: Make Yotam Ottolenghi's feta filo pie

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

Leg room is surprisingly generous in economy-class seats onboard Cathay Pacific A350-900 aircraft.

Flying economy, where leg room is surprisingly generous

Tim Richards

Don't feel bad about taking your hotel toiletries with you.

The shameful truth about what happens to your hotel toiletries

Gavin Haines
49 mins ago

A gluten free meal on ANA.

Man orders gluten free meal, is given a banana (with cutlery)

Gavin Haines

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

Massive cyber attack earns crims only $35k

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

Australian business hit in global cyber attack

Friday's cyber attack ripped computers worldwide.

British researcher finds a 'kill switch' for global cyber attack

While we mostly jumped ship to Apple three years ago, there's a single reason we still run a PC for work as well.

NBN: Customers sold 'unattainable speeds'

Gizmodo

Telstra's Frontier Gateway keeps you online when your home broadband is on the fritz.

Hands on: Telstra Frontier Gateway

COMMENT

Head on: ANCAP crashed a 1998 Toyota Corolla with its 2015 cousin.

New vs old crash test highlights safety risks

David McCowen

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Which is the best Toyota Yaris?

Andrew MacLean

Hyundai has been busted testing its new i30N at Bathurst.

Busted: Hyundai caught testing new i30N at Bathurst

David McCowen

Honda is expecting big results from the new Civic hatch.

Honda targeting record sales for Civic

David McCowen

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo's Mercedes C63 rival reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Ford

The Breakdown: Autonomous emergency braking

David McCowen

Rory Sloane was quiet by his standards and Bernie Vince had a win against his former club in his 200th AFL game.

Live: Last Word on round eight

Rohan Connolly
45 mins ago

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

It's a matter of wait and see for Richmond's Trent Cotchin.

Cotchin headlines players awaiting MRP verdicts

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

Heartbreak for Richmond as Mundy kills off comeback

Michael Gleeson

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

Swans' old guard continues resurgence against Roos

Daniel Cherny

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

Power surge: Port Adelaide claim Shanghai honours

Jon Pierik

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

All players, including national captains Steve Smith and Meg Lanning, support ACA's move, says Alistair Nicholson.

'The players want it done, they want to play the Ashes'

Anthony Colangelo
1 hr ago

Nick Kyrgios has been without a coach for two years.

Former world No.4 set to coach Kyrgios

South Korea's Si Woo Kim celebrates on the 18th green after winning The Players Championship.

Kim shatters Scott's record with Players win

Thirsty work: Lewis Hamilton earns another Formula One in spectacular fashion, losing almost two kilograms of fluids in ...

Hamilton loses two kilos in gruelling F1 win

Oliver Brown

San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills (right) with guard Danny Green.

Spurs 'rattled' after giving up 25-point lead in loss to Warriors

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