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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election ...

UK election shock: May loses grip on power as hung parliament confirmed

Live
1 hr ago

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

May rolled the dice on an unnecessary election

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
1 hr ago

MUST CREDIT: Sunday Night London attack survivor Candice Hedge, 34, talks about surviving the attack. She had her throat ...

London attack victim signs exclusive deal with Channel Seven

37 mins ago

Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has presented his electricity market report to the COAG leaders meeting in Hobart on Friday.

'This is catastrophic': Is this Australia's big goodbye to Paris?

ANALYSIS

The Ravenhall tip has been approved for expansion.

'Big stink': Massive expansion of tip approved after battle

13 mins ago

House prices fell nationally for the first time in 18 months in May, led by a 1.3 per cent drop in Sydney and 1.7 per ...

Housing loans fall to a two year low after crackdown

30 mins ago

The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned of power shortfalls as soon as next summer.

Households could save up to $1000 a decade under energy plan

1 hr ago

Gen, 26, spotted a gap in the market and became a millionaire

54 mins ago

Comey inflicts signficant damage on Trump - with anger

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
25 mins ago

Secret recordings of Hanson 'justified in the public interest'

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made the same miscalculation

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Jail sentences for terror-related offences 'too lenient'

Lawyer Marc Kasowitz and senior aides convinced Donald Trump to lie low and stay away from Twitter while James Comey ...

'Stay cool': The plan that kept Trump away from Twitter

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in happier times.

'Things irritate me': Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's feud continues

1 hr ago

Dads are more likely to sing to their daughters and play rough with their sons.

Startling difference in how fathers interact with daughters and sons

747-8I First Flight Takeoff
K65201-02 Boeing jumbo

The fastest passenger planes in the sky revealed

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

'Magical': Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

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Trump 'completely vindicated' by Comey

Classic combo: A quick braised pea number with poached egg at Pinbone in Kensington.

Five-minute meals from Australia's top chefs

Ditch the traditional suit in favour for separate pieces.

Men's Style

The right and wrong way to dress on casual Fridays

Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel during a Senate Estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra last week.

Today is D-Day for our energy plan: What you need to know

ANALYSIS

Gal Gadot arrives at the world premiere of <i>Wonder Woman</i> in Los Angeles.

Not all women see Wonder Woman as their feminist hero

COMMENT

Eager buyers pushed Australian house prices 7.7 per cent higher over the past year.

Australia jumps 17 places in global house price index

Collette Dinnigan's name was synonymous with feminine silhouettes and exquisite designs featuring French lace and ...

'I was thrilled': What designer Collette Dinnigan did next

The Little Dragon cabin has a ladder to an upper level, and solar-powered lights.

Dragon-inspired cabin with scale-like shingles touring countryside

Airbnb: is hosting more trouble than it's worth?

I'm an Airbnb host and I'm falling out of love with Airbnb

COMMENT

504 Orrong Road, Armadale.

The 1930s Armadale 'castle' reinvented for a modern family

Friends and family said Ashley Phillips was a car enthusiast.

Couple face court over Preston body in bin murder

4 mins ago

'It's unjustified': Homeschoolers furious over crackdown

EXCLUSIVE

Teacher who told incest stories to keep his registration

Rebel Wilson arrives at the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday.

Wilson's character smeared by legal team, says actor's barrister

UPDATED

Police arrest five teenage girls in Aurora Lane near Southern Cross Station on Thursday afternoon.

Teen girls arrested after violent robbery at Southern Cross Station

A priest is under fire for using confessional booths for primary school students, despite calls from the Archbishop of ...

Catholic schools told to stop kids' confessions behind closed doors

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Apartments may be built over Eastern Freeway

A man has been arrested after allegedly damaging 22 cars while fleeing police in Kangaroo Point.?

Driver hits 22 parked cars while fleeing police

QLD

People thought fructose in itself was worse than other types of sugar, but that is not the case.

Study myth-busts debate over good and bad sugar

ACT

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller.

Police to have more power to shoot terrorists

NSW

Mandurah Forum's first job fair attracted hundreds of eager job-hunters.

1000 fight for 100 jobs at new shopping centre

WA

Lawyer Marc Kasowitz and senior aides convinced Donald Trump to lie low and stay away from Twitter while James Comey ...

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Lawyer Marc Kasowitz and senior aides convinced Donald Trump to lie low and stay away from Twitter while James Comey ...

Trump's tweets are no longer quirky - they're dangerous

COMMENT
Anne Summers
1 hr ago

Emergency crews at the scene of the Sydney Hilton bombing in 1978.

Terror is an old story, even in Australia

Tony Wright

On Anh's Brush with Fame, actor Jack Charles recalls falling in love as a young man.

Jack Charles recognised mid-burglary by home owner

Michael Lallo

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Kickstarter: Lance Franklin had three goals in the win.

Swans reset season, hammering Dogs in crucial win

James Buckley

Nathan Lovett-Murray with daughter Harmony in January 2016.

Ex-Bomber says drugs program harmed his daughter: report

The AFL has confirmed there will be increased security at the football this weekend.

McLachlan confirms increased security presence at footy

GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - MAY 25: Joel Selwood of the Cats celebrates the win with fans during the round ten AFL match ...

Selwood 'the best leader in the competition'

COMMENT
Wayne Carey

Hawthorn have again lost patience with Ty Vickery.

Vickery again on the outer

Daniel Cherny

Schache was chased by several Victorian clubs, including Richmond.

Brisbane Lions just love Schache

ANALYSIS
Daniel Cherny

AFL teams

AFL teams interactive: All the ins and outs

Football could return to Windy Hill if Essendon get an AFLW team.

Bombers hopeful of Windy Hill games if they get AFLW licence

21 mins ago

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Australia should adopt this delightful but awful UK tradition

Judith Ireland
1 hr ago

Households could save up to $1000 over a decade under energy plan

James Massola
1 hr ago

Behind left-wing Antifa movement that attacked Andrew Bolt

Michael Koziol

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election ...

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made same miscalculation

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

The Finkel review of the electricity sector will promise a new clean energy target to put downward pressure on prices.

Finkel climate review promises lower power bills

James Massola

"Hello?" says a slightly panicked voice on the phone.

Sketch: Donald Trump calls Jeremy Corbyn, gets his JCs mixed

SKETCH

Chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel.

The man who could bring peace to Australia's climate wars

Stephanie Peatling

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

May rolled the dice on an unnecessary election

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
1 hr ago

TOKYO - DECEMBER 23: (L-R) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet the well-wishers gathered to celebrate the ...

Path now clear for Emperor Akihito's abdication

Elaine Lies

Al Jazeera network 'under cyber attack'

Emily Tamkin

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee.

'Lies, plain and simple': Comey testifies in senate probe

Illustration Andrew Dyson

Saying 'enough is enough' is to misunderstand terrorism totally

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Treasurer Scott Morrison Treasurer Scott Morrison admits we can't be complacent about growth.

Coalition kicks the can down Struggle Street

COMMENT
John Hewson

Bayside suburbs have the lowest vaccination rates.

The decision not to vaccinate is inherently anti-social

COMMENT
Catherine Williams

Westpac said is welcomed the ban imposed on its former planner.

Former Westpac planner cops five-year ban

Clancy Yeates

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Markets Live: UK cliffhanger sparks wobbles

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Senator Pauline Hanson

Airing secret Hanson recordings 'justified in the public interest'

Lucy Battersby

The bank said the cut would benefit 80 per cent of its owner-occupier customers, who were paying principal and interest.

ANZ, Suncorp target investors with rate hike

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Aussie shoppers can charge their Tesla for free while they shop

Carolyn Cummins

Families should brace for $660 electricity bill increase

Esther Han

Deutsche Bank says privacy laws won't let it spill beans on Trump

Seven years after deadly oil spill, analysts let BP off the hook

Keep backseat passengers entertained with their own TV screens.

The hottest luxury upgrades your car needs this snow season

Cars
1 hr ago

Craigellachie Distillery has become infamously known as the "bad boy of Speyside".

Why the 'bad boy of Speyside' is the world's best single malt

Fine Drinks

The Acorns app rounds up each purchase you make and stores it in an investment portfolio for you.

Noel Whittaker's verdict after a year of using micro-investment app Acorns

Noel Whittaker

Active funds have higher fees, so they need to consistently outperform the market to earn their keep.

Index funds v actively managed funds

Daryl Dixon

Do you have expectations of lunches, drinks and water cooler gossip?

Friendships at work: are you indifferent?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Gen George, founder of casual work start-up OneShift.

Gen George sells OneShift to Programmed

Cara Waters
54 mins ago

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Rogic launches missile

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Brighton siege: victim named

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Swans find form in GF rematch

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Women of colour call for inclusion

Portrait of Faezeh Jalali who is an acclaimed Indian playright, director and actress in India. She is in Sydney with a ...

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Sofia Boutella revisits Boris Karloff's menacing Mummy in the new Universal thriller.

The Mummy: a female-empowering horror-laden thriller

Sarah Thomas

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in happier times.

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's feud continues

Joey Pucino
1 hr ago

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

Rob Moran

Like several well-known musicians, Lorde is a synesthete.

Lorde, Harry Styles announce Australian tour dates

Bernard Zuel

Who can forget Kanye West taking the microphone from Taylor Swift as she accepted an MTV award in 2009?

Taylor Swift cried 'hysterically' at 2009 MTV awards

Broede Carmody

The Killers are reportedly coming to Melbourne to perform at the 2017 AFL Grand Final.

The Killers 'locked in' for 2017 AFL grand final

Broede Carmody

Game of Thrones fans can access the series through Foxtel Now for just $15.

'Foxtel Now' is smoke and mirrors; and a smart move

Comment
Craig Mathieson

Jill Singer has died at the age of 60.

Award-winning journalist Jill Singer dead at 60

UPDATED
Broede Carmody

Maggie Rogers is in control of her songs and her life.

Who needs Pharrell Williams? Not electro-pop artist Maggie Rogers

Bernard Zuel

Steve Toltz's tragi-comic bromance wins Australia's only humour writing prize.

Steve Toltz' tragicomic bromance Quicksand wins humour prize

Linda Morris

Mick Thomas: "I'm very touched by how people take the songs to heart."

Mick Thomas: sentimental as anything

Craig Mathieson

Even if someone is only on a dating site to have casual sex, that doesn't mean they're consenting to receive explicit ...

'I could've lost my job': Tinder users taking it too far

Lauren Ingram

Gal Gadot arrives at the world premiere of <i>Wonder Woman</i> in Los Angeles.

The women being left out of the feel-good superhero moment

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Dads are more likely to sing to their daughters and play rough with their sons.

Startling difference in how fathers treat daughters and sons

Ariana Eunjung Cha

Prince Harry meets defence veteran swimmers after touring the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, where the Invictus ...

This trip shows Prince Harry is his mother's son

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

A little chocolate may not be bad for your heart.

Coming out takes guts, and I had to leave some family behind

COMMENT
Dale Sheridan

"I've always had short hair," Mili told Nebraska NBC affiliate WOWT. "I didn't like my hair long."

Girl kicked out of soccer league after being mistaken for a boy

Heidi Stevens

Nicole Kidman encourages Kit Harrington to propose to Rose Leslie.

Nicole Kidman makes Game of Thrones star squirm

Amy Croffey

Clementine Ford

The message that laughing at rape jokes sends to women

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Excess weight during pregnancy increases health risks to the mother and baby.

The big problem facing half of all pregnant women

Sarah Berry

Man who pedal stationary bikes, cyclette

Boost your workouts with caffeine, even if you chug coffee daily

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Relief from back pain does not come in the form of an app.

The 'false message' given to people suffering back pain

Sarah Berry

The signature biryani is slow-cooked for 90 minutes (chicken pictured, also available with goat, lamb or as a vegan version).

Mother's Biryani is a real deal cheap eats discovery

Learning the 'why' behind the 'how' of baking will boost your confidence in the kitchen, Anneka Manning says.

How to make a perfect sponge cake

Meatballs with fontina mash.

Luke Mangan's meatballs with cheesy mash

Baby Ezra surprised his mum during a shopping trip.

She didn't know she was pregnant, then gave birth in supermarket

Jessica Simpson and 5-year-old Maxwell.

Jessica Simpson and daughter in bikini photo furore

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What I want you to know about my 'gifted' son

747-8I First Flight Takeoff
K65201-02 Boeing jumbo

The fastest airline plane in the sky revealed

Hugh Morris

Where will you find the Elgin Marbles?

The quiz: Where will you find the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles?

Mal Chenu

Village Weggis, lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Pilatus mountain and Swiss Alps in the background near famous Lucerne ...

Achingly beautiful: A must-do trip in this spectacular Europe spot

Keith Austin

A self-driving car guided by Project Apollo, on the test
track at CES Asia in Shanghai.

Baidu prepares China's self-driving car hope

16 mins ago

Shadow Creator's Halomini augmented reality headset looks like Microsoft's HoloLens but falls far short of the mark.

AR headsets still very much works in progress

COMMENT

E3 2017

E3 2017: The Australian gamer's one-stop guide

MVC

Why these games are vanishing from iOS

Kotaku

If all you want is Game of Thrones you can get it for $15 per month, but if you want everything the service has to offer ...

Foxtel Now: everything you need to know

2017 Kia Stinger

The best new cars still to come in 2017

David McCowen

2017 BMW 530e.

BMW not charging premium for hybrid tech

Andrew MacLean

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT.

Jeep's V8-powered track-ready SUV reviewed

Toby Hagon

2018 Holden Commodore Supercar

Holden reveals next-gen Commodore racer

Andrew MacLean

Honda NeuV driverless car concept was displayed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Honda wants to usurp Tesla, Mercedes-Benz

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

Peugeot has previously talked about developing a dual-cab ute based on the Toyota HiLux. (Digital Illustration).

Peugeot plans to build dual-cab ute, drop performance cars

Drive Staff

Mile Jedinak of Australia and Taiseer Al Jassam of Saudi Arabia compete for the ball

Saudis apologise for minute's silence snub

UPDATED
Michael Lynch

Juric celebrates after scoring his second goal.

World Cup destiny remains in Socceroos' hands

Michael Lynch

Women are to be included in a joint MOU for the first time, having previously been paid separately by CA.

Chiefs get the big bucks over women

Adam Collins

One of a kind: Nick Kyrgios.

McEnroe open to coaching 'wacky' Kyrgios

Draining win: Simona Halep.

Halep sets up final clash with Ostapenko

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