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Pauline Hanson raised the issue of cattle exports at the regional and rural affairs committee.

One Nation investigated over $106k private plane

19 mins ago

Metro Trains

Selling struggling bus network could save $1 billion

Same-sex marriage supporters cheer after the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage outside the ...

Our dumbest argument against gay marriage has just been ruined

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Lisa Bridgett's mobile phone has been credited with saving her life.

Mobile phone 'saved woman's life' in Manchester blast

1 hr ago

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Multiple car smashes cause traffic delays on major roads

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Melbourne weather: Friday, dry day, but rain due on the weekend

1 hr ago

'This is why people don't like banks:' ASIC chief

Wage battle breaks out on Victoria's massive gas and oil fields

Scam targets NAB online banking customers

UPDATED

Cigarette 'safety' measure actually increases cancer risk

Amid all the Lindt siege excuses, one piece of honesty

COMMENT

In this image taken from NATO TV, Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, second right, appears to be pushed by US ...

Trump pushes past PM after chilly reception at NATO meeting

Margaret Court at the Australian Open arena named after her.

Does Melbourne want an arena named after Margaret Court?

COMMENT

Jupiter's south pole, photographed from the Juno spacecraft, showing swirling cyclones of ammonia gas.

Juno mission reveals a much more complex Jupiter than we imagined

56 mins ago

President Donald Trump shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the US Embassy in Brussels.

Macron out-Trumps Trump in the great handshake duel

Why you should take some time out to 'waste time'

Want to be more productive? Take some time out to 'waste time'

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Manchester mourners break into Oasis song

Fans enjoying Falls Festival in 2016, could be sharing that experience around the world soon.

Selling you a big ticket to the musical future

From left, Jeff Varner, Sarah Lacina, Zeke Smith and Debbie Wanner at a so-called tribal council on Survivor.

Survivor's Zeke Smith on life after he was outed on the show

Gary Ablett

AFL teams: Cloke dumped, Ablett and Riewoldt injured

UPDATED

How to win the office fridge war

How to win the office fridge war

Was the worst house in the street: 7 Alfred Place, Williamstown.

Was worst house in the street, now it'll get double purchase price

Getting rid of your belongings is kind of like going through a break-up.

Are you decluttering or giving up on unfulfilled dreams?

Have your avo and eat it too at 822 Tagigan Road, Goomboorian.

How to get smashed avo and eat it too: Buy your own avocado farm

Malcolm Watkins, right, and Peter Kerr have loved their low-maintenance coastal home.

How one Melbourne couple found their 'real beach home'

The Up-Cycle House.

Young owner turns $200,000 home into 'learning experiment'

Actress Rebel Wilson leaves the Supreme Court on Wednesday in Melbourne.

Wilson 'was dumped from voicing panda love interest after article'

Cardinal Pell decision 'imminent', police chief says

'Terrible policy': Premier apologises for racist gold rush tax

Russell Berry's life support was switched off on Thursday, five days after the Wangaratta brawl.

Man's life support switched off after bloody brawl

Police at the scene in Hoppers Crossing.

'Single shot' fired as driver allegedly tries to run down police officer

Curtin House has had a designer dress its scaffolding.

Melbourne's ugly scaffolding set for a makeover

Police

Motorcyclist killed in Ivanhoe takes road toll to 100

Jenny Munro and delegates address the media after walking out of the First Nations National Convention at Uluru.

Despite walkout, Uluru recognition deal expected

'Evil 8" accused Alfred John Impicciatore is believed to be travelling to the eastern states with 40-yea-old Rachel Galvin.

'Evil 8' accused may be heading to eastern states

WA

The scooter was travelling along Coronation Drive's centre lane.

He couldn't believe what he saw outside his window

QLD

Dave Callan, who managers a physiotherapy practice in Avalon, says it can be hard to get physiotherapists to work out of ...

After six months, owner still can't fill position

NSW

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Single parent's dream job in limbo after college collapse

Timna Jacks

Newlyweds Natalie Croker and DJs ambassador Adam Goodes.

Adam Goodes: same man but new goals

Greg Baum

Our transport system needs to evolve to cater for population growth and more efficient movement of people and goods.

Are we choosing the right transport projects?

COMMENT

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Seconds out: Charlie Dixon.

Port call time out on shot-clock blame game

Daniel Cherny
40 mins ago

GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - MAY 25: Patrick Dangerfield of the Cats celebrates the win on the final siren during the round ten ...

Dangerfield's late winner gets Cats the spoils

Daniel Cherny

No doubt Sydney can be a force once more and that's why Kurt Tippett is such a crucial weapon.

Time for this man to shine if Swans are to fly into September

Wayne Carey

Gary Ablett

Teams: Cloke dropped, Ablett, Riewoldt injured

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Nic Naitnaui is not a fan of the breakfast cereal.

Dude, where's my car? The prize Naitanui found hard to swallow

Brendan Foster

Swan Dan Hannebery.

Cheers, cheers the red and the white. Hannebery lifts beer ban

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure

Nicky Winmar survived a heart attack five years ago.

Heart and soul: Winmar on his second chance at life

Scott Spits

Stewart Crameri

Blow for Bulldogs as surgery ends Crameri's season

UPDATED
Scott Spits

A sea of flowers at Martin Place formed a makeshift memorial in the days after the siege.

Monis was the murderer but face it, our system failed too

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Growth forecast flattens as Australia nears finishing line

Peter Martin

Electoral Commission confirms One Nation investigation

Fergus Hunter
19 mins ago

Bill Shorten said he would lobby the government to establish a commission on violence and neglect in the disability ...

Labor pledges royal commission on disability abuse

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has endured several fiery Senate hearings.

'Like bloody children': Triggs showdown descends into farce

Jenny Munro and delegates address the media after walking out of the First Nations National Convention at Uluru.

Uluru convention set to agree on recognition, despite walkout

"One down, many to go": Peter Dutton welcomed the axing of Yassmin Abdel-Magied's program.

'One down': Dutton calls for ABC purge after Abdel-Magied axing

US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Trump vows to find Manchester bombing evidence leakers

Nick Miller

Police activity at an address in Elsmore Road, in connection with the concert blast at the Manchester Arena, in ...

UK police: possibly suspicious items found in Wigan

1 hr ago

People hold miniature American flags during a naturalization ceremony in San Diego, California, US.

Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump's travel ban

Police officers carry the coffin of their colleague Sergeant Gilang Imam Adinata who was killed in Wednesday's
bombings ...

Jakarta suicide bombing linked to IS: police

Jewel Topsfield

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

In my imagination, my daughter was in Manchester that night too

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Quadrant editor Keith Windschuttle has issued an "unreserved" apology to the ABC over a controversial article.

This is truly a low point in Australia's online flame war

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Curbing short-lived pollutants will not only give short-term relief from rapid warming, but will also score a major ...

This is too important to leave to our short-sighted politicians

COMMENT
John Hewson

Opec's clout has diminished, with the oil price slumping despite its output cut.

Oil plunges even as Opec extends production cuts - here's why

Stanley Reed

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX flat in speculative free-for-all

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Illustration John Shakespeare

The $US600 million happy ending for Ansell boss

Colin Kruger, CBD

'At its core, AMP is an advice business,' Mr Meller said.

AMP to expand financial advice business under turnaround strategy

Georgia Wilkins

Home is where the art is

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Wage battle breaks out on Bass Strait oil fields

Nick Toscano

Scam targets NAB customers with fake website

UPDATED
Emily Woods

Businesses estimate skills shortage of 54,000 jobs

Anna Patty

The point of activewear is to be active in them, not head out for a coffee.

Gentlemen: please stop wearing your activewear everywhere

Style Advice
1 hr ago

50 of the most exciting young winemakers in Australia.

50 young Aussie winemakers who are shaking up the industry

Fine Drinks

A psychologist helped the writer understand that her partner's behaviour was financial abuse.

'My ex-boyfriend left me broke'

FIRST PERSON
Anonymous

Super funds are on track to deliver a bumper return.

A good financial year for super fund members is almost a certainty

John Collett

Father guilt does exist, just nowhere near as much.

Mother guilt: A woman's work is never done

James Adonis

Opendoor just might epitomise the 'fat' start-up.

Expensive, risky and ambitious: the rise of the 'fat' start-up

Farhad Manjoo

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Manchester victim: 'I have holes in my legs'

1 hr ago

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Four arrested in million-dollar meth seizure

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Queen comforts Manchester child victims

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Trump shoves Montenegro Prime Minister

Illustration Alan Moir

Best of Fairfax cartoons, May 25

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Jimmy Barnes won the biography award at the Australian Book Industry Awards on Thursday.

Working class man Jimmy Barnes wins book award

Linda Morris
54 mins ago

From left, Jeff Varner, Sarah Lacina, Zeke Smith and Debbie Wanner at a so-called tribal council on Survivor.

Survivor's Zeke Smith on life after he was outed on the show

Joey Pucino

Ellen DeGeneres is returning to stand-up after 15 years.

Netflix lures Ellen DeGeneres back to stand-up

Rob Moran

Gable Tostee after being cleared of charges in October 2016.

Gable Tostee back on Tinder, doing media rounds

Rob Moran

Luke, Leia and Han in 1977's original Star Wars: A New Hope.

40 years of Star Wars: Our original review from 1977

Flashback
Colin Bennett

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a first-look image from season seven of <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

GoT7 trailer: Enemies to the east, enemies to the west

Broede Carmody

Panned: Many fans took issue with the ABC's wacky coverage.

'Cringey' ABC2 Liverpool match coverage slammed

The ABC said the axing of Abdel-Magied's program was unrelated to controversy surrounding the host.

ABC axes Abdel-Magied program one month after controversy

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Melbourne artist Maree Clarke with her photographic hologram Made from Memory (Nan's House).

Indigenous Triennial Defying Empire paints vivid living history

Debbie Cuthbertson

Supersense curator and artistic associate Sophia Brous.

Are you ecstatic? Supersense festival returns to Arts Centre

Debbie Cuthbertson

Casey Bennetto hosted the Eurovision Song Contest party at Bella Union, performed in Swingin Bella Christmas and wrote ...

Carlton's Bella Union to close after 12 years at Trades Hall

Debbie Cuthbertson

The Manchester bombing was an attack on girls, and on LGBTIQ, because Ariana Grande is a gay icon.

Terror attacks on kids are nothing new, and Manchester won't be the last

Ruby Hamad

The infamous male romper from RompHim has stormed the globe.

5 revolutionary new concepts in gender-bending clothing, inspired by the 'RompHim'

SATIRE
Clem Bastow

(From left) Ivanka and Melania Trump with President Donald Trump and Pope Francis. They adhered to the Vatican's strict ...

Sorry, but Melania Trump's official outfits were by-the-book

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Rihanna acknowledges applause at the end of her ready-to-wear collection for Fenty as part of Paris Fashion Week.

How Rihanna became a bona fide fashion star

Vanessa Friedmann

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 24: Meghan Markle attends the 2015 NBC New York Summer Press Day at Four Seasons Hotel New York on ...

Meghan Markle's friend defends her credentials on US talk show

Jenna Clarke

Dad? Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella at The Mummy premiere at State Theatre on Monday in Sydney.

Why are Tom Cruise's love interests 20 years his junior?

COMMENT
Amy Croffey

Anna Heinrich and Tim Robards.

Unpopular opinion: Maybe The Bachelor... works?

Mary Ward

Young girls are unlike any other audience in music, writes Clem Bastow.

Pop concerts are a rite of passage that cannot be stopped

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Staying healthy when breaking fast can minimise risk of health complications for diabetics.

Is Ramadan fasting a health risk for some?

Sarah Berry

Condoning self-hate hurts us all.

'Fat-hating culture': Overweight people told to take advice from anorexics

Sarah Berry

Snacking isn't bad, it just depends what yo're snacking on.

Is snacking just a guilty pleasure?

Victoria Lambert
1 hr ago

Neil Perry's pork hokkien noodles with black bean.

27 speedy stir-fries including Neil Perry's black bean ramen noodles

Pair Dan Lepard's pumpkin olive bread with pumpkin soup.

Watch how to make this pumpkin pull-apart that's perfect with soup

Meng Fei, the host of If You Are the One, has decided that Melbourne is his true match... for his first Australian ...

Cult dating show TV host Meng Fei opens noodle store in Melbourne

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The new advice on when to start giving juice to young children

Joel, Henry and their son Ben.

Airline apologises after making gay dad 'feel like a criminal'

Marvel Hero Super Discs from Woolworths are selling for up to $400 on Ebay.

Woolworths' latest promotion leaves parents scrambling

Virgin said it would tailor its food and beverage selection to the time of day and the duration of flights, varying from ...

How to make your plane food taste better - and it's not by adding salt

Gavin Haines

A cutting edge tool can help you decide when to book.

New cutting edge tool can help you find cheap flights

Michael Gebicki

The rooftop swimming pool.

Outdoor pool for $15: Best way to kill time on a layover in Asia

Michael Gebicki

Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at Harvard University.

What Zuckerberg told Harvard grads

30 mins ago

DJI is the world's leading maker of drones, but most of the gadgets in its existing lineup cost $US1000 or more and are ...

The $859 drone that flies from your hand

Jupiter's south pole, photographed from the Juno spacecraft, showing swirling cyclones of ammonia gas.

Juno mission reveals a much more complex Jupiter than we imagined

56 mins ago

xbox

Xbox launches Netflix-style service for games

Kotaku

Shooooooryuken!

Review: Street Fighter II is back, yet again

2017 BMW 8-Series concept.

BMW 8-Series returns

Greg Kable
1 hr ago

Tickford has added tyre and wheel upgrades to its personalisation packages.

Tickford reveals more mods for Mustang

Andrew MacLean

2017 Audi TT RS.

Audi's Porsche Cayman rival driven

Drive Staff

RadioApp on CarPlay

RadioApp launches on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Dom Tripolone

2017 Maserati Levante S in Dubai

Can a luxury SUV go off-road?

David McCowen

2017 LDV G10 automatic van.

This could be the best Chinese vehicle to date

Mark Short
8 mins ago

Margaret Court at the Australian Open arena named after her.

Boycott Qantas? How about renaming Margaret Court Arena?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

"The game of golf, it is what it is. I know deep down the ball wasn't quite where it should be and, you know, I wouldn't ...

Honest Ernie Els overrules his own eagle

1 hr ago

Hall of famer: Homer Simpson and his magic bat.

Homer Simpson to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Matt Bungard

Former ACTU secretary Greg Combet has been called in to assist Australia's top cricketers.

Former PM calls for 'common sense' in cricket's pay dispute

UPDATED
Jon Pierik

See of red: Liverpool fans sing before kick-off.

ABC, Sydney FC blow chances to impress in Liverpool farce

Michael Lynch

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