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This 2006 photo by the St. Clair County, Illinois Sheriff's Deparment shows James T. Hodgkinson.

Gunman dead after shooting attack on Republicans

Josephine Tovey
1 hr ago

Steve Scalise, the majority whip of the US House of Representatives, was shot at a baseball field in Virginia when a ...

Congressman's love of baseball prevented 'nightmare' massacre

Paul McGeough
22 mins ago

Ten needed a new $250 million loan, but its billionaire shareholders moved away from backing it.

Is Ten putting up the white flag part of a bigger plan?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Six locations have been identified as locations for ventilation stacks.

Six new exhaust stacks planned for land near Sydney schools, shops

EXCLUSIVE

Smoke rises from Grenfell Tower in west London.

Faulty fridge may have sparked deadly blaze at London tower

Latika Bourke

Huang Xiangmo with former prime minister Tony Abbott. Photo: Supplied

ASIO warned Abbott about money man hit by China donations scandal

EXCLUSIVE

This is how you can outsmart your internet provider

'Are you happy to marry my brother?': Claims teen agreed to marriage

Turnbull ministers face charges, hauled before court, over remarks

Man found dead at foot of Sydney cliff 'racked with guilt', partner says

Cladding linked to deadly fires may have been on tower

EXCLUSIVE

Charred cladding and flames seen at the building on Wednesday.

'Warnings fell on deaf ears': Death toll doubles in London tower inferno

Live

Natural dag: Muriel's Wedding, The Musical star Maggie McKenna.

Kath and Kim star's daughter clinches lead role as Muriel

Roger Federer and Tommy Haas

Federer loses to his lowest ranked opponent since 1999

30 mins ago

In the the W-League, just completed, you can stand on the sidelines of a suburban ground – maybe in Fawkner – metres ...

PM, please tell us you're kidding about the women's World Cup?

Peter FitzSimons

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

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Pakistan thrashes England in Champions Trophy

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 02: Floyd Mayweather Jr. reacts after the 12th round against Manny Pacquiao in their welterweight ...

It's on: Mayweather to fight UFC star McGregor

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and David Panton at the Midwinter Ball at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Sparkles and whips help pollies party at Midwinter Ball

Tense time: The French stare down New Zealand team as they perform the haka.

France responds to haka with epic 80-second staredown

Reconstruction of Progura gallinacea next to a grey kangaroo.

Giant flying turkeys once roamed Australia

The same family owned Elaine in Point Piper for 126 years before it sold in April 2017.

The Sydney properties among the world's top trophy homes

Make sure the extension has some consistency with the rest of the house.

The popular renovation that can decrease your home's value

If you had 80 supercars you might spend millions on a garage, too.

A $37m garage: The crazy prices people pay for parking space

I live in an echo chamber and it's slowly, but steadily, driving me mad.

Why open-plan living is slowly and steadily driving me mad

FIRB fees are making some Chinese buyers more cautious.

Are Chinese investors starting to turn their backs on Australia?

Emman Sharobeem arrives at the corruption hearing.

'Why should I pay?': Taxpayers shell out for renovations

Michael Evans

Children and parents flee football training as man shot in 'targeted attack'

James Lemon
1 hr ago

'Real heroes': Super wealthy asked to donate $100m to Sydney project

The rules for community input on proposed liquor licenses are being reviewed.

Community input on liquor licences to be reviewed

Sean Nicholls

David Renshaw is sueing NSW lotteries. Pic nick Moir 13 June 2017

Heated exchange over Oz Lotto draw 188 cost man $3.3m: court

An express passenger train, similar to this one, has hit a car, killing the female driver.

'It was like a bomb': Train crashes into car, killing woman and dog

Nearly 56 per cent of commencing bachelor degree students were admitted based on criteria other than ATAR in 2015.

Why more than half of new uni students don't need an ATAR

Police have released an image of this man who's suspected of attacking Andrew Bolt

Police release image of Andrew Bolt attack suspect

VIC

The pair were caught on CCTV footage "snooping around", Mr Coe said. / The CCTV footage of the pair was more than an ...

After viewing footage the boat owner knew something was awry

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Man jailed over $10k in cash, drugs found in cylinders

ACT

Mike Tancred has issued an apology to Fiona de Jong.

AOC media boss admits to intimidating phone call, apologises

Former prime minister Paul Keating played a crucial role shaping the final Sydney Modern expansion plans backed by the ...

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Former prime minister Paul Keating played a crucial role shaping the final Sydney Modern expansion plans backed by the ...

How Keating kept alive bid to demolish Cahill Expressway

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Andrea Fitzpatrick, 32, says it is realistic for women to expect to have less in their super than their male counterpart.

The $200,000 gap between Andrea and her husband

Lucy Cormack

Rear factor: If you see some glitter, say something.

Australians must open their eyes to glitter-based violence

SATIRE
Andrew P Street

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "enough is enough" on the ideological debates over climate change.

Turnbull feels climate heat as Abbott steps up demands

James Massola

Greens ratchet up pressure on major parties for corruption probe

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

'No admissions', Dutton insists, after $90m Manus settlement

Michael Koziol

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed Labor for the payout.

Despite what Dutton says, the Manus Island payout is momentous

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Social Services Minister Christian Porter.

PM's $1billion plan to scrap carbon tax compo dead on arrival

EXCLUSIVE

Rosalind Croucher, head of the Australian Law Reform Commission, is tipped to replace Gillian Triggs.

Croucher tipped to replace Triggs as Human Rights boss

EXCLUSIVE

Planet Earth as viewed from space.

Remember the ozone hole? Today's coal apologists don't

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Fires continued to rage into the day on Wednesday.

Building safety under the spotlight after deadly blaze

Nick Miller

The US Capitol

Tougher Russia sanctions measure moves ahead in US

A Somali man sits next to the remains of his partially destroyed fuel shop near the scene of a suicide car bomb attack ...

At least 20 held hostage in Mogadishu

1 hr ago

Tourist attractions on the shores of Erhai Lake in Yunnan province have been shut down in order to control pollution.

China scores a win in fight against lake pollution

Kirsty Needham

Illustration John Shakespeare

How Finkel would keep the lights on, and why Abbott's not so keen

COMMENT
Peter Martin

More than 50 per cent of older workers feel discriminated against because of their age, sending them on a demoralising ...

Building a better bridge to retirement

COMMENT
Conrad Liveris

Mia Freedman has come under fire for her comments about Roxane Gay.

An open letter to Mia Freedman

COMMENT
Sonia Henry

It's hazy for Channel Ten as the network announces it is entering voluntary administration.

The secret deal that sealed Network Ten's fate

Lucy Battersby

US Fed chair Janet Yellen.

8@eight: ASX to slide lower at open

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50 mins ago

Street side cafe employees light a candle, after a power failure, in Simferopol, Crimea, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. Russia's ...

Summer blackouts warning with energy supplies under threat

Brian Robins

Ten needed a new $250 million loan, but its billionaire shareholders moved away from backing it.

Billionaires may have a grand plan for Ten

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Ardent board concerns 'utter nonsense'

Carolyn Cummins

Murdoch fingerprints are all over Ten's body

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Disclosure on way as Aldi signs up to tax code

US Fed raises rates, Wall Street slips

Jonathan Spicer

Don't get sucked intoyour colleagues' dramas.

Office politics are unavoidable, but know how to come out on top

Advice
41 mins ago

Trying to buy online is more hassle that it's worth.

Cart empty: Why it's time to pull the plug on online shopping

Luxury

Gabriella Munoz will travel to Mexico to try to find her biological family, along with husband Cesar Albarran-Torres, ...

'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'

Gabriella Munoz

There is no reset of the cost base once you move into a property that originally started out as a rental.

What's the capital gains tax on a rental property turned home?

Noel Whittaker

Students do not need years in a university lecture hall being force-fed so much information.

Employers must break the mindset that young people have a degree

Tony Featherstone

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

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Four killed in UPS shooting

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Pakistan thrashes England in Champions Trophy

54 mins ago

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GOP shooter: 'Destroy Trump & Co'

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Grim search for victims of London fire

55 mins ago

Illustration John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons June 15

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

New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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YouTube star Austin Jones has been charged with two counts of producting childhood pornography.

YouTube star charged with child porn offences

Avi Selk
1 hr ago

Peter Helliar mocks Ten's problems on The Project.

The Project pokes fun at Network Ten's financial woes

Rob Moran
57 mins ago

Aidan Turner as Poldark: His love life is of great interest to fans.

Turner's torso has made Poldark the sexiest man on TV

Louise Schwartzkoff

Popular Ten programs such as The Project will continue unchanged. For now.

What does Ten's crisis mean for viewers?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

Anita Pallenberg walks the runway at the Pam Hogg show at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer ...

Actress and Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg dies at 73

Broad City will bleep out the US President's name in season four.

Broad City to bleep out Trump's name: 'No airtime for this orange'

Broede Carmody

Justin Bieber has admitted he doesn't know the lyrics to Spanish-language smash hit Despacito.

'I don't even know it': Bieber doesn't know his own song

Broede Carmody

Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg, a young Israeli who becomes lost in the Amazon.

MIFF kicks off with Harry Potter lost in Jungle

Karl Quinn

Natural dag: Muriel's Wedding, The Musical star Maggie McKenna.

Muriel's Wedding has its new leading dag

Nick Galvin

Will Small , Margo Ward and John Kirkman. All attended a conference to help them engage with funding groups for their ...

How to win money and influence people

Peter Munro

Caitlin Burley impresses in <i>Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore</I>.

Ancient Greek tragedy goes for spin in 'burbs

Jason Blake

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and David Panton at the Midwinter Ball at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Sparkles and whips help pollies party at Midwinter Ball

Jenna Clarke

Once someone in the partnership feels unloved or unrecognised, the relationship is under threat to outside forces.

A dozen signs your relationship is in trouble

Bella Elwood-Clayton

Warning: Former editor Mia Freedman.

Mamamia's treatment of Roxane Gay was cruel, but not unusual

COMMENT
Maeve Marsden

Food consumption and weight gain is presented to many pregnant women as a simple choice. It isn't.

The insulting advice that pregnant women don't need to hear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Spot the difference.

Medieval medical advice, or 21st century wellness tip?

Clem Bastow

Watch out Kylie, Kim Kardashian is launching a make-up line

Nicole Economos

Oprah Winfrey said she previously thought she lacked the experience to be president.

Five women who should run for office now that Oprah is out

Emily Heil

Valerie Taylor with Madison Stewart.

This Australian movie will shake our convenience lifestyle

Clare Press

Grinder: Demi Moore said she lost two teeth as a result of stress.

Can stress make you lose your teeth?

Sarah Berry
1 hr ago

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

Sarah Berry

Pause and experience pleasure.

The one word that can instantly change your mood

Susie Moore
56 mins ago

'Without butter, everything is boring': Marco Pierre White.

Marco Pierre White: "Why I gave back my three Michelin stars"

Speedy spaghetti with prawns.

Light comfort food: Spaghetti with prawns and lemon pepper butter

Adam Liaw

Roast cabbage with porcini and caramelised onion butter.

Cabbage gets an amazing flavour makeover with this roast dish

Adam Liaw

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The most mysterious Whitehouse tweet since covfefe

Sexy Chest one-piece suit in pink, dark or tan. Plus others in the one-piece range.

Swimsuit promises to give women the 'dad bod' they never wanted

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Ben Groundwater

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Steve McKenna

OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 11: Festival goers enjoy Day 4 of Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park on August 11, ...

Bucket list: Nine festivals you need to get to, at least once in your life

Katrina Lobley

Genuine Lepin Star Wart blocks on sale at Shanghai's famed fake markets.

Geek Pilgrimage: Shanghai fake markets

COMMENT

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft confirms Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2

Super Mario Odyssey worlds feature a range of different graphical styles, but all will feature creatures and objects for ...

The best 5 things Nintendo just announced at E3

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Foxtel targets 17 more pirate sites in Australia

Lifehacker

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

2017 Toyota C-HR.

New Toyota C-HR Koba reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

Aston

Aston Martin says goodbye to Vantage with Le Mans tribute

David McCowen
1 hr ago

2018 Range Rover Evoque with Si4 Ingenium petrol engine.

New power for Land Rover

Stephen Ottley

Next Generation Honda Accord will ditch its naturally aspirated engines.

Details: New Honda Accord

Drive Staff

Hyundai plans SUV expansion

Toby Hagon

2017 Toyota Prado Altitude.

New Toyota Prado Altitude reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Outstanding: Andrew Fifita after his man-of-the-match performance in Origin I.

NRL's 'ninth-best prop' should push Sharks for $1m pay day

Andrew Webster

Really? Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the announcement in Canberra of the 2023 bid for the Women's World Cup in ...

PM, please tell us you're kidding about the women's World Cup

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Free Foxtel? The RLPA demands that have enraged NRL clubs

Roy Masters

Roger Federer and Tommy Haas

Roger Federer loses to lowest-ranked opponent since 1999

30 mins ago

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

It's on: Mayweather to fight UFC star McGregor

BREAKING
18 mins ago

Disappointed: England batsman Joe Root.

England's shock loss continues major ODI trophy drought

Scyld Berry
27 mins ago

All-rounder: Pat Cummins attempts a runout while playing for the Sydney Thunder.

Ten turmoil: the $60 million question for the Big Bash League

Andrew Wu

Liz Ellis.

Back to the future for top netball coaches

Liz Ellis

Backing his mate: Luke Brooks says Mitchell Moses needs time to settle at Parramatta.

'Moses needs time': Brooks backs housemate to fire

Adam Pengilly

Alex McKinnon.

McKinnon says he wants to meet 'forgiven' McLean

Scott Bailey

Promises: John Grant told the clubs they would get $13 million per annum.

Clubs to ask NRL to show them the money at crucial meeting

Adrian Proszenko

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