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Crowded tram stop at the Bourke Street mall.

Why Melbourne tram drivers dread autumn

Robyn leaves the Brisbane District Court after her former partner was jailed.

Robyn's long fight for revenge porn penalties: 'They should do time'

The man is escorted off the American Airlines flight after it landed in Honolulu.

Fighter jets scrambled after passenger 'rushes cockpit'

Lance Franklin

Three wins in a row, suddenly Sydney Swans are back

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Steve Johnson of the Giants celebrates with team mate Jeremy Cameron after kicking the ...

Cry of the Tigers: GWS Giants storm home to defeat Richmond

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Richard Rojas is accused of mowing down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians.

Descent into paranoia preceded Times Square rampage

Donald Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia amid the chaos at home

St Kilda East milk bar owner terrorised by armed robber

Roger Ailes' grotesque sexism is not just a footnote to his life

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Promoters furious with Brazil over Neymar's MCG no-show

More than half of $165m fraud cash won't be recovered

EXCLUSIVE

CNN News anchor Anderson Cooper attends the Turner Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The Theater at Madison Square ...

'If he took a dump on his desk you would defend it': Cooper's Trump outburst

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies handballs whilst being tackled Will Langford of the Hawks ...

Collingwood's big revival in day of comebacks

Live
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Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

Wife of Chris Cornell reveals his final words to her

Corby looks to her lawyers during her trial in July 2005.

Schapelle's life after Bali: A certain kind of freedom

This is a three-bedroom house at 29 Bedford Road in Ringwood.

Melbourne's outer-east becomes perpetual power pocket

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Pippa Middleton waves as she leaves The Goring hotel, in central London April 30, 2011. Her sister, Catherine, Duchess ...

Pippa Middleton's wedding: what you need to know

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A sugar-cane field in El Salvador.

Climate change and kidney disease: the deadly new link

#sadbunny from Twitter @ajamesparker

Sad bunny reunited with owner after being left on train

20 Huntly Street, Moonee Ponds, sold for $970,000.

First-home buyers and their parents stump up millions at auction

Katrina Chandler, now known as Katrina Barter, has bought the Hunters Hill trophy home Bulwarra from Cate Blanchett and ...

Mysterious buyer of Cate Blanchett's home revealed

The 12-level plan for the Queens Parade site in North Fitzroy that was to go to VCAT on Monday. It has now been thrown ...

Minister signals councils may be able to prevent 'too tall' towers

21 Malvern Grove, Caulfield North, sold for $1,479,000.

Auction Results: See what sold near you on Saturday

This is a three-bedroom house at 29 Bedford Road in Ringwood.

Perpetual power pocket but there are surprises in the outer east

Police are at the scene of a chemical incident.

Violent brawl in Wangaratta leaves man fighting for his life

Elderly man escapes home inferno with minor burns in Hampton East

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Suspects face court over alleged homicide of former elite policeman

Police.

Five people hospitalised after multi-car crash on Westgate

Leading Senior Constable Garry Pemberton runs through the 300-degree training simulator.

A major shift in how police plan to stop mass killings

John Silvester

Speeds in Footscray CBD could drop to 30km/h under council plans.

How slow can you go? 30km/h limit planned for Footscray

Hutch Hussein is being sued by a fellow gender advocate.

Labor party president faces lawsuit for 'defamatory campaign'

Police in John Street, Waterloo.

Three boys arrested after boy, 10, stabbed

NSW

Michael James Spence AC is an Australian academic and Anglican priest. Spence began as the 25th Vice-Chancellor and ...

The secret emails Sydney Uni doesn't want you to see

EXCLUSIVE

Koala and the impacts of land clearing for new residential

Injured koalas not returned to the wild: RSPCA

QLD

The fire took nearly three hours to put out.

Ex-Bunnings HQ fire racks up $9m damage

WA

Fomer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton launches Onward Together in New York.

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Fomer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton launches Onward Together in New York.

In Trump age, women emerge determined to run for office

Josephine Tovey

Malcolm Turnbull gives $5 to a homeless man in Melbourne.

Are Australians finding it harder to be generous?

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Actresses Susan Sarandon and Julianne Moore at the Opening Gala of the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes on terrorist alert but Netflix drops the bomb

Stephanie Bunbury

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Callan Ward of the Giants competes for the ball against Shaun Grigg of the Tigers during the ...

GWS Giants storm home to defeat Richmond

James Buckley
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The Saints have the financial capacity to chase some big names, which puts Dustin Martin on the radar.

Stars in sight: Saints have room to splurge in trade period

Jon Pierik

Sydney Swans

Three on the trot: Swans surge back into season

Rohan Connolly

Tasmanian true believers might ask: "So why Gold Coast and not Tasmania?"

In AFL nothing is certain, except Tassie should have a team

Tim Lane

Nathan Buckley and Vincent Van Gogh

Big Week In Art: Van Gogh and Bucks

Jim Pavlidis

No toying around: Lachie Plowman with his Rubik's Cube.

A Blue and his Rubik's Cube

Daniel Cherny

Cat Zac Smith tackles the Bulldogs' Tom Boyd.

Geelong get back to basics, inspired by a working bee

Michael Gleeson

Lance Franklin

Suddenly ... Sydney are back

Rohan Connolly
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The HMAS Canberra was to host the RSL fundraiser.

Two new $1.5 billion warships may have design flaws, navy chiefs say

David Wroe

Seventy terrorism investigations under way across Australia

David Wroe

Doctors throw weight behind same-sex marriage push

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Manus Island

Calculated cruelty on Manus is a reflection on all of us

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Trump's Russia conversation 'within expectations', says Bishop

Fergus Hunter

Both full and part-time workers appear to be putting in fewer hours.

Jobless rate down, but Australians are working fewer hours

Peter Martin

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 20 April 2017. ...

Generational change forces Nats to consider emissions scheme

The scale of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's victory gives the pro-reform camp a strong mandate.

Iranians deliver emphatic victory for President Rouhani

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Julian Assange gestures as he speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador ...

Julian Assange's cat-and-mouse existence still to play out

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

Employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency ...

Hackers' bluff called as ransomware deadline nears

US President Donald Trump waves while walking towards Marine One with wife Melania Trump.

Trump flees as Washington reels

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Jim Pavlidis illustration for Michael Gordon column, Saturday May 20, 2017

This calculated cruelty reflects poorly on all Australians

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

What if humility is a good thing?

Do we really want mediocre men to be confident?

COMMENT
Julia Baird

Jean-Paul Samputu offered the man who murdered his father forgiveness.

How do we stop this from happening again?

COMMENT
Martin Flanagan

Illustration: Simon Bosch

'Not sure it's a great idea': Early struggles for Britain Bunnings

Neil Craven and Catie Low

David Gonski chaired the 2011 government inquiry into school funding.

Gonski 2.0: A sequel worth watching

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Most investors thought Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton.

The Trump punt: the latest fashion in gambling

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

All three major US indexes clocked losses for the week with the Dow and S&P falling 0.4 per cent and Nasdaq off 0.6 per cent.

More Trump turbulence on Wall Street

Ailes' death leaves behind several harassment-related lawsuits

Jena McGregor

Numbers add up for childcare centres

Carolyn Cummins

Macron can lead France to a Napoleonic ascent

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Coming for the tax lawyers – and quantity surveyors?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

10 of the best world whiskies for WWD.

Celebrate World Whisky Day with one of these innovative drams

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This shirt, it’s YSL I got it in Paris which sounds very douche but it’s the nicest thing ever.

Trend setters: The 24 best-dressed men at Fashion Week

Men's Style

Troy Carter was instrumental in the early days of Lady Gaga's success.

Troy Carter overcame 'financial PTSD' to launch Lady Gaga

Catherine Robson

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Nicole helps ... secure deaf couple's future

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat can be an issue at work.

Politics is supposed to be a no-go zone for the workplace

James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, says small businesses are a far more attractive target for scammers than ...

Business scams top $3.8 million: ACCC

Cara Waters

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CCTV: St Kilda East armed robbery

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If Trump 'took a dump on his desk'

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Inside Victoria Police terror tactics

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A man enjoys the autumn sun at Bondi Beach while exercising on the open air gymnasium equipment, on May 17, 2017 in ...

Fairfax photos of the week - May 19, 2017

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Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

'I'm just tired': Last words of Chris Cornell

On his new album, <i>Is This the Life We Really Want?</i>, Roger Waters draws heavily on his rage about contemporary ...

Pink Floyd's Waters drops C-bomb on Trump

Andrew Purcell

Everywhere: Amy Shark's rise has been meteoric.

Amy Shark's epic six-month adventure

Nathanael Cooper

Lauren Child: Children must come to reading out of a sense of pleasure.

Testing may damage kids' love of reading, say authors

Linda Morris

Legal tangle ... Prince on stage during his 1984 Purple Rain tour.

Prince's multi-million dollar estate carved up

The past 10 years have seen the emergence of a feminism that isn't interested in being palatable or popular. ...

Meet the new-wave feminists sick of playing nice

Rachel Hills

Harry Styles channels Elton John on his debut solo album.

Harry Styles' solo debut is actually really good

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario attend the Australian premiere of 'Baywatch' at Hoyts EQ on ...

Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario on body parts and Baywatch

Sarah Thomas

'Not Van Gogh' outside the NGV.

Melbourne's Vincent Van Gogh lookalike becomes a selfie king

A bridge too far: Nancye Hayes (Minnie) and Sue Jones (Liraz) in Minnie and Liraz.

Oddball romantic comedy Minnie and Liraz has a dark edge

Review
Cameron Woodhead

Jean-Michel Basquiat's untitled

Jean-Michel Basquiat painting joins $US100 million-plus club

Robin Pogrebin

Seeing how amaze-bouche Princess Mary of Denmark looks here makes us want to see finger-waves on Duchess Cathy one day ...

Princess Mary remains one of the most underrated style icons

Roger Ailes' treatment of his female employees is being treated as a footnote to the greater story of his corporate ...

Sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes should be more than a footnote

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

UTS students with variations on the name Isabella.

Our parents all gave us the name Isabella, should we thank them?

Jenna Price

One more sleep ... Pippa Middleton and James Matthews will marry on Saturday morning, London time.

Pippa Middleton's wedding: what you need to know

Melissa Singer

InStyle editor Laura Brown, designer/buyer Yasmin Sewell, and Vogue fashion editor Christine Centenera after speaking at ...

The real 'influencers' came home to roost at Fashion Week

Jenna Clarke

Pamela Anderson attends the Global Gift Gala 2017 at Hotel George V on May 16, 2017 in Paris, France.

Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange

Jill Serjeant

Co-founder of Etre Cecile, Yasmin Sewell.

Yasmin Sewell wants Myer and David Jones to be more 'kick ass'

Jenna Clarke

"Other people's comments, though meant to soothe, might feel like coldhearted jabs."

5 things I hated hearing when I got divorced (but were all true)

Leah Spellman

Confusion over healthy food leads to a big spend-up on junk.

Healthy eating is cheaper, but we're spending big on junk

Sarah Berry

Tuck into water with lemon before your morning coffee.

5 ways to jump-start a healthy morning

Jessi Roti

Sylvia Keays.

The struggle to make people take gut health seriously

Sarah Berry

Magic: Adam Liaw's bitter caramel and cocoa custard layer cake.

Magic caramel and chocolate custard cake - separates on its own

Adam Liaw

Incredible hunk: Aged parmigiano reggiano is rich in umami - and sometimes 'cheese crystals'.

What are those weird, crunchy bits in cheese?

Dust bakery in Sydney mills flour on site.

Low GI, high fibre and less gluten: Why it's OK to eat this real bread

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Mesmerising video of baby being 'unwrapped' after birth

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The reason girls are getting their period earlier

Daniel Neman

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Parents, keep cotton buds out of your kids' ears

Sherilyn Fenn and Kyle MacLachlan in the original Twin Peaks.

Behind the scenes Twin Peaks: on the secret set

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Kylie McLaughlin

The baggage carousel, often a source of frustration for travellers.

Letters: Why does everyone stand so close to the baggage carousel?

Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger's Nest),a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple in the ...

Why this is the ultimate trophy destination

Anthony Dennis

Facebook is the world's fifth-most-valuable company by market value.

How Facebook moved from flop to supremacy

A new documentary shows that it wasn't the size or scale of the asteroid's impact that ended the dinosaurs, but where ...

Dinosaurs 'minutes away' from surviving

The tech industry's huge investments in AI might be cause for alarm, because they are not balanced by anywhere near that ...

Google, not the government, is building the future

Farhad Manjoo

The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is vying for a place in Australian homes.

What Aussies can expect from the Google Home smart speaker

COMMENT

Getting ransom money in Bitcoin is easiest for cyber-crooks, but it isn't the most secure.

Why bitcoin may soon fall out of crims' favour

The new Honda Civic Type R is due to arrive in October.

New Honda Civic Type R now available to order

Dom Tripolone

The 2017 Mini Countryman Cooper is finally a family-friendly proposition.

2017 Mini Countryman Cooper road test review

David McCowen

2018 Hyundai i30N preview drive.

Is the new Hyundai i30N better than a Golf GTI?

Andrew MacLean

Michelin was the first tyre maker to commit to sustainably sourced rubber.

GM switches to sustainable sourced tyres

Drive Staff

2017 Mercedes-Benz E220d All-Terrain.

Mercedes-Benz's SUV alternative reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Renault Kangoo Z.E. using the dynamic wireless electric vehicle charging road.

Renault's ambitious plan for EV charging

Drive Staff

Brazil's Neymar will not be travelling to Australia.

Promoters furious with Brazil over Neymar's MCG no-show

Michael Lynch

Unstoppable: LeBron James led the Cavaliers to a big victory over the Celtics.

LeBron and Cavs run riot over Celtics in NBA mismatch

Philip O'Connor

Success story: Socceroos' captain Mile Jedinak.

Grass is sometimes greener, but offshore pitfalls abound

David Luiz (centre) has splashed out on his teammates after their EPL title win.

Luiz spends $1.75m on golden car keys for Chelsea teammates

Daniel Ricciardo talks with Red Bull race engineer Simon Rennie.

Ricciardo's Red Bull team 'a bit in no-man's land'

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