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Police on the scene of the siege in Epping.

Woman, children held hostage in Epping siege

BREAKING
1 min ago

Abuse survivor Manny Waks.

Chilling confrontation over child abuse caught on video

The Department of Communications is exploring options to force streaming services to create more local content.

Netflix may be forced to make more Australian shows

36 mins ago

Malcolm Turnbull is alleged to have said he didn't join the Labor party because it would not accept his business success

'Why on earth?' What ex-minister said about Malcolm Turnbull

1 hr ago

ABC Radio host Red Symons.

'What's the deal with Asians?': ABC in damage control over Symons

1 hr ago

AFL runner

Has Nick Maxwell brought about the extinction of runners?

Why solar power will kill coal faster than you think

Twenty Mercedes owners could bring key Ristevski clue

UPDATED
1 hr ago

US to notify Manus Island detainees about their fate in weeks

Off the record? Why this is all a confected nonsense

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Cartwright, Agar included in Test squad for Bangladesh

Leo and Miranda

The $US1b scandal that links DiCaprio, an Oscar, Miranda and diamonds

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman's sword trick has inspired a social media movement

It's a style thing: the secret to drinking white in winter is choosing the right one.

Can you drink white wine in winter?

Back in February, Beyonce debuted her baby bump in an Instagram post.

Obama might have just revealed the sex of Beyonce's twins

Yoko Ono at the MCA in 2013 for her exhibition, War is Over.

Yoko Ono to receive credit as songwriter of Imagine

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Whales arrive in Port Phillip Bay

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: A general view of the yellow bike-sharing bicycles in the city on June 15, 2017 in ...

Why unchained yellow bicycles are popping up in CBD

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Scott Selwood of the Cats dives for the ball against Nathan Vardy of the Eagles during the ...

Cats coach wants some luck on forward line after Eagles loss

Sixteen-year-old travel blogger Zac George became the youngest person ever to buy his own ticket and fly in Etihad’s ...

Aussie teen youngest ever to fly world's most luxurious airline class

Scampi, kimchi, mushroom and shiso with crispy coconut crepes served at Eleven Bridge.

Top Sydney chef heading south to Mornington Peninsula

What are the five best ways for plucky non-millionaires to get a seat on the exciting not-poverty train?

Can't afford a house? Save more money! What great advice ... or not

COMMENT

Sydney and Melbourne markets will both experience price falls over the next couple of years, according to CoreLogic.

Melbourne's winter auction market still strong for sellers

ANALYSIS

Villa Kampffmeyer, Potsdam, Berlin.

Inside the $34 million villa nestled among German palaces

Cat Rodie was criticised by her landlord over her weight, parenting skills and having her washing drying on the rack.

'You're very fat': I was fat-shamed during a home inspection

The property at Pindock Mews, Maida Vale.

You thought Australia was bad: Derelict London house at $4.2m

Thar she blows: A whale looks at a boat near Williamstown on Friday.

Thar she blows: Whales spotted in the bay off Williamstown

Teen carjacker gets three years for 'appalling' thefts

Police car a write-off after ramming in Melton

Tracy-Ann with her 16-year-old son Charlton, who has ADHD, at Mt Lilydale Mercy College.

A mother's hard work gives her son a chance at school

Facing a possible $1m fine, disgraced blogger has again failed to turn up to court for her own case.

Facing possible $1m fine, Belle Gibson 'thumbs nose' at court

All outbound lanes on Doncaster Road, Balwyn, remain closed.

Pedestrian fighting for her life after being struck by car in Balwyn

Aggravated burglary will be treated like rape and murder in the consideration of bail.

The Melbourne suburbs where burglaries are most violent

Imran Athar Khan, 20, was shot a number of times in a Villawood park in Sydney's west.

Gunman caught on CCTV fleeing after shooting in park

NSW

A man has died at a beach near Yeppoon after he was hit by a snapped tow strap.

Man killed by snapped strap while trying to tow

QLD

Luna, the Labrador.

'Animal lover' avoids jail for fatal stabbing of Luna

WA

In a world first, Dr Ben Tang and co-researchers have developed a blood test to predict which flu patients will develop ...

'No one could tell who could die': World first flu test

Ben Mendelsohn.

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GOOD WEEKEND
Michael Bodey

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, JUNE 18/17 ISSUE. Katherine Langford photographed for Sunday Life by Simon Lekias in June, ...

Katherine Langford: I'm lucky for the platform to talk issues

Cosima Marriner

Daniel Radcliffe in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

20 years of Harry Potter: five writers rate his impact

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Deliberations: Live trading of selections on draft night has taken another step.

Live trading on AFL draft night moves a step closer

Jon Pierik

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Scott Selwood of the Cats dives for the ball against Nathan Vardy of the Eagles during the ...

Cats coach wants some luck on forward line after Eagles loss

A round of applause for Damien Hardwick, coach of the season so far.

Coach of the year can take Tigers deep into September

Wayne Carey

Eagle Nathan Vardy and Rhys Stanley of the Cats contest the ruck on Thursday night.

Eagles back in the eight after beating Cats

Brad Elborough

AFL runner

AFL runners on the verge of extinction

Richmond would love to lock away rampaging midfielder Dustin Martin.

Dusty not signed yet: Tigers fans caught by tale ... again

Luke Michael

Daniel Wells

Magpies set to miss finals for a fourth year

Rohan Connolly

Lachlan Hansen

Six pointers: Plenty to play for in round 13

Ronny Lerner

Simon Birmingham has a two-pronged strategy over Gonski 2.0.

Government in secret bid to secure Gonski deal

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

How teacher unions are holding progress on school funding hostage

COMMENT
Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

Coalition brawl over British-style Home Office deepens

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Refugees at Manus Island will learn their fate soon.

US to notify Manus Island detainees within six weeks

Colin Packham

Veteran journalist Michael Gordon observes Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Farewell to Michael, a giant of journalism and a decent man

Tony Wright

Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump aboard the USS Intrepid in May.

Off the record? This is all a confected nonsense

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Former prime minister Tony Abbott.

Far from protecting his reputation, Tony Abbott is trashing it

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Jessica Urbano has been missing since the Grenfell Tower fire.

'Run down the stairs as fast as you can': Mum's last words to Jessica

Nick Miller
1 hr ago

Paramedics transport a person injured in the explosion outside a kindergarten in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on ...

'Death' and 'disaster': suspect named in kindergarten blast

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i>, a film about rampant fraud and corruption.

Leonardo DiCaprio hands Oscar gift over to the law

Lindsay Murdoch

Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer.

Pence hires lawyer to have his back on Russia inquiries

Ashley Parker
56 mins ago

Illustration Andrew Dyson

Government paid to avoid having its dirty secrets exposed

COMMENT
Eva Orner

Electricity prices would rise the highest under a 'business as usual approach', according to modelling for the Finkel Review.

Politicians must see bigger picture over power supplies

COMMENT
John Hewson

McDonald's restaurants in France are offering cutlery with some of their burgers, along with table service.

Who eats a burger with a knife and fork? The French, of course

COMMENT
Matt Holden

'It's not a fear of failure. It's not a fear of being unable to do it': Mike Cannon-Brookes .

The fear that drives billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes

Damien Murphy
1 hr ago

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ASX has strongest week in two months

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Ken MacKenzie represents the new face of BHP: heavy on performance and strong shareholder returns.

Cleanskin king represents new face of BHP

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Good for the planet: Green energy such as solar power is getting cheaper.

Solar power will kill coal much faster than you think

Financial adviser bans on the rise but ASIC wants more powers

Georgia Wilkins

Who should get my cash? Amazon boss Jeff Bezos asks Twitter

'Not a major bank': Macquarie asks to be excluded from levy

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates
59 mins ago

Origin to lift electricity prices by 16 per cent

Esther Han

The Alex is just one of seven new boutique hotels to open in Perth.

How Perth quietly became Australia's coolest city

Lifestyle
Elizabeth Clarke
1 hr ago

Toby Jones and Mikey Nolan of Double Rainbouu say many of their deals are signed after hours.

The high school dropout who became our hottest export

Men's Style

A weak pound and stronger Australian dollar make a holiday to Britain cheaper.

Pound's weakness puts travellers to Britain in the box seat

John Collett

If you love to knit, you could have a side hustle selling cute beanies.

Five side hustles, for love or money

Catherine Robson

Women need to see themselves in leadership to stay at a company, the study found.

One way tech startups founded by women are different

1 hr ago

A new study has revealed the types of jobs that lead to early death.

How your job is killing you

James Adonis
1 hr ago

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Siege in Cooper Street, Epping

52 mins ago

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Adam West tribute: Bat signal lights up LA

1 hr ago

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Does Melbourne have a distinctive smell?

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Red Symons' controversial interview

SMH News story by Rachel Olding. Story: First court appearance for ATO tax fraud people - Michael Cranston, Lauren ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 16, 2017

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ABC Radio host Red Symons.

ABC in damage control after Symons' 'racist' comments

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Daniel Radcliffe in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

20 years of Harry Potter: rating the boy wizard's impact

Yoko Ono at the MCA in 2013 for her exhibition, War is Over.

Yoko Ono set to receive credit as songwriter of Imagine

Samantha Schmidt

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor is better known by her stage name Lorde.

Lorde's new album, Melodrama, is brilliant

Bernard Zuel

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Australian actress Rebel Wilson smiles out the front of the Victorian Supreme Courton ...

'I had to take a stand': Rebel Wilson set for big payday

UPDATED

Sandra Sully is rumoured to be the likely host of a national bulletin on Ten.

Channel Ten in crisis: 'People are in tears'

Michael Lallo

Behrouz Boochani

The smartphone movie that had to be filmed in secret

Karl Quinn

TKate McKinnon, left, and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Rough Night."

Despite Scar-Jo, Rough Night is rough indeed

Jake Wilson

Joanna Murray-Smith's plays have been staged around the world.

MTC raises $4.6m for five-year suite of new Australian plays

Debbie Cuthbertson

From left, Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith, of the xx, in New York, Sept. 24, 2016. The British indie-rock ...

Jamie xx and Olafur Eliasson join forces for Melbourne Festival

Debbie Cuthbertson

RMIT's makeover includes plenty of avenues for natural light.

Open House Melbourne unveils RMIT's swish makeover

Hannah Francis

Mariam Veiszadeh is a lawyer and Muslim community activist.

Miriam, Maria, Mary... how do you say your name?

COMMENT
Mariam Veiszadeh

Articles and blogs fed into my worries - not to mention the online "mummy boards" at pregnancy and fertility websites.

How I overcame my fear of having an IVF baby

Amy Klein

Geoffrey Edelsten has congratulated ex-wife Brynne on her 'engagement.' Pictured here together in November 2012.

Geoffrey Edelsten surprised by ex Brynne's 'engagement'

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman's sword trick inspires movement among women online

Nicole Economos

Back in February, Beyonce debuted her baby bump in a spectacular Instagram post.

Bey watch: Obama might have just revealed the sex of Beyonce's twins

Annie Brown

My hopes were high. Like, John Hughes-level high.

Clementine Ford: Tales from a tenth grade loser

The conditions in the factories producing Ivanka Trump's clothing have been called into question.

What Ivanka and Gwyneth get wrong about work/life balance

Annie Brown

Kylie Jenner rocks a neutral palette.

A deep dive into Kylie Jenner's new make-up range

Stephanie Darling

Reflecting on the ephemeral nature of life can bring our priorities into perspective.

The 'unexpectedly positive' experience of dying

Sarah Berry

The Vitali bra: offering emotional support?

Could 'wellbeing' bra help you stay calm?

Jo Hartley

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

Can stress make you lose your teeth?

Sarah Berry

Scampi, kimchi, mushroom and shiso with crispy coconut crepes served at Eleven Bridge.

Top Sydney chef heading south to Mornington Peninsula

Exclusive

This roasted broccoli is the perfect side dish to any meal.

It's easy to eat your greens. Just add three ingredients

Adam Liaw

Avocado dessert recipes to go with?Washington Post story for Good Food. avocado and coconut ice-cream; chocolate dipped ...

Adios smashed avo: Sweet avocado recipes from cookies to iced coffee

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Babies worse than bad body odour for fellow travellers

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Why I think birthday party goody bags should be banned

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Four ways parents can help a bullied child

Sixteen-year-old travel blogger Zac George became the youngest person ever to buy his own ticket and fly in Etihad’s ...

Aussie teen the youngest ever to fly world's most luxurious airline class

Julietta Jameson

Bibimbap is from which country?

Traveller quiz: Where does kimchi and bibimbap come from?

Mal Chenu

The exterior of Hyatt Place.

Australia's first Hyatt Place business hotel opens in Melbourne

Julietta Jameson

Super Mario Odyssey

Hands on with Super Mario Odyssey

NBN chief executive Bill Morrow unveiled fibre to the curb plans back in 2016.

NBN begins Fibre to the Curb trials

COMMENT

Solar paint samples painted on glass.

The paint that makes clean fuel out of sunshine and thin air

An impression of China's Micius quantum satellite.

China's leap towards a global quantum internet

Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths suggests using computational logic to decide when to get off the dating treadmill.

The formula for when to stop swiping on Tinder

Range-topping dual cab ute comparison: Toyota HiLux TRD, Ford Ranger Wildtrak, Nissan Navara ST-X.

What's the best range-topping ute?

David McCowen

2017 Lexus CT200h.

New Lexus CT200h revealed

Drive Staff

Audi's RS3 sedan is a giant-killer in a compact package.

Driving Audi's sports car killer

Peter McKay

Jaguar and Land Rover have invested $25million into US ride-sharing business, Lyft

Jaguar invests in Uber rival

Andrew MacLean

2017 Hyundai Kona.

Hyundai Kona first impressions

Toby Hagon

2017 Holden Astra sedan.

New Holden Astra Sedan reviewed

Drive Staff

Bad hand: Samantha Stosur's injury is set to keep her out of Wimbledon.

Stosur out of Wimbledon with hand injury

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Hilton Cartwright in January.

Cartwright, Agar included in Test squad

Fast start: Marc Leishman of Australia.

Off the leash: Aussie in contention at US Open

UPDATED

Departing: Melbourne Rebels head coach Tony McGahan.

Rebels coach to depart after a season of struggle

UPDATED
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Day eyeing US Open fightback after first round shocker

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