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Roberta Williams was declared bankrupt by the Federal Court last November.

Seven paid Roberta Williams $100k for Carl's diaries

Minister Greg Hunt during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Senior ministers silent amid fears of a political crisis

1 hr ago

President Donald Trump announcing he is pulling the US out of the Paris climate accord.

Australia is in no position to mock Trump over climate snub

COMMENT

Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle the blaze.

At least 57 killed as Portugal forest blaze rages on

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Security guard with conviction licenced due to admin bungle: police

A junior footy game in Frankston South was called off after a player was seriously injured.

Game abandoned after under-19s AFL player collapses on the field

Eurosceptic MPs threaten to challenge May over Brexit plans

Sailors found dead as US destroyer reaches Japanese port

Australian bull rider 'improving' after horrific rodeo incident

16 mins ago

'Slow speeds': NBN users five times more likely to complain

Frydenberg blames 'mindless' state policies for high power prices

Werribee milk bar owner Mary Lakkis.

'I thought I was going to die': Terrifying knifepoint robbery in city's west

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 18: Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist authors Emily Maguire, Ryan O'Neill, Josephine ...

Miles Franklin shortlist names five contenders for $60,000 award

A group of campers were reportedly struck by lightning on the summit of Mount Warning on Tuesday morning.

A tree change seems like a great idea until ...

COMMENT

Dog days: Mitch Hannan celebrates with teammates as the Dogs move up the fifth on the AFL ladder.

Demons prove a Bugg-bear for struggling Dogs

Ikea recipe sheets

Ikea's new life hack: easier to put together than that bookshelf

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Melbourne smash the Bulldogs

There's an assumption parents will want at least a child of each gender, so why the scorn for those who feel disappointed?

The women who regret becoming mothers

Mamamia founder and publisher Mia Freedman.

Comment

How Mia Freedman's Bad Feminist moment went so wrong

Good Food, Short BlackReporter: Ardyn Bernoth. Interiors and food shots of Comida, a new restaurant in Bondi replacing ...

The best - and worst - supermarket pasta sauces

A photo of a three member family. They are sitting by the beach and enjoy the end of the summer day str11-mamaholiday

Money can buy happiness - if you spend it on these things

James Tutton on the upstairs landing of his Coburg home.

Inside the stunning renovation of a Victorian mansion

Decorating School co-founder Emma Blomfield recommends picking a jewel colour and layering it in different shades.

The colour palette making a comeback after years of pastels

North Carlton House by Foomann Architects.

The social trend behind the rise of backyard buildings

Pip and Nic Aplin can't afford to buy the type of property they want in Sydney.

Like a phoenix, Nimbin goes from dippy hippy to hippy chic

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 08: Glen Waverley neighbours (L-R) Doug McKenzie, Hao Shu and Chuanchuang Rong pose for a ...

If a neighbour's build goes bad, where do you go for help?

Trevor Brown lives in a share house in Reservoir, after spending nearly six years living in a van.

Home ownership in Victoria falls due to soaring house prices

EXCLUSIVE

Frydenberg lashes states over rising power prices

Erratic truckie nabbed almost three times the legal limit

Police at the scene of a stabbing in Preston on Saturday.

Man critical after woman allegedly stabs him in Preston

Video still shows Vasko Ristevski emerging from the scrub during filming of Nine's A Current Affair.

Brother-in-law filmed near site where Karen Ristevski was found

The wall separating the public housing (left) from private apartments and their exclusive garden at the Carlton ...

Developers, government win out in 'social mix' public housing: research

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

Thar she blows: Whales spotted in the bay off Williamstown

Brooke Ledner, banned from practising psychology for a year in June for having an inappropriate relationship with a ...

Therapist banned after sex with former patient

NSW

This glowing red bacteria is a close relative of tuberculosis used in research to help find drugs that can treat the ...

Bacteria holds key to new cure for tuberculosis

QLD

Firefighting efforts in Lambrigg Street were captured overnight by locals.

'Deliberate': House, cars set alight on 'quiet' street

ACT

Uber driver Francisco Javier Trejos, captured in a police surveillance photo, was importing cocaine from South America.

Colombian nationals busted for cocaine ring

NSW

Only 37 per cent of Australians now believe the US has an overall positive influence on world affairs, 23 percentage ...

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Only 37 per cent of Australians now believe the US has an overall positive influence on world affairs, 23 percentage ...

The worrying trend most Australians can agree on

Matt Wade
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Aldi Rizal, then aged two, gained notoriety in for his smoking. He was mistakenly called "Ardi" in the original stories.

'Smoking baby' kicked his habit but battle against tobacco rages on

Jewel Topsfield

Manal al-Sharif, an activist for women?s rights in Saudi Arabia, in Central Park during a tour for her new memoir, in ...

The Saudi woman who dared to drive change

Somini Sengupta

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Dog days: Mitch Hannan celebrates with teammates as the Dogs move up the fifth on the AFL ladder.

Demons prove a Bugg-bear for struggling Dogs

Daniel Cherny

Lin Jong of the Bulldogs

Bulldog Lin Jong hurts knee

Daniel Cherny

All of a sudden, in this ridiculously even AFL season, Nathan Buckley's coaching future at Collingwood doesn't look so ...

Thrills and spills, but no crisis

Rohan Connolly
17 mins ago

Lance Franklin wrestles with Alex Rance after his bump on Connor Menadue sparked a melee.

'More shoulder than head': Tiger testimony may help Franklin

Anthony Colangelo
16 mins ago

Heath Shaw: a fascinating player to watch.

Heath Shaw: The surprising side of a former 'rat pack' member

Timothy Boyle

Gold Coast's Michael Barlow is taken from the field with a leg injury.

Bad break: Season over for Michael Barlow

The Giants' Josh Kelly is crucial to the success of the expansion club.

Kelly, Hopper injuries extend Giants' injury woes

Anthony Colangelo

Lachie Hunter of the Bulldogs celebrates.

Can struggling Bulldogs bark up the right tree?

COMMENT
Jon Pierik

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

Government in secret bid to secure Gonski deal

EXCLUSIVE

Ministers silent as Hinch backs trio's court attack

Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

How teacher unions are holding progress on school funding hostage

COMMENT
Matthew Knott

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is understood to be under consideration to lead a British-style Home Office.

Coalition brawl over British-style Home Office deepens

David Wroe

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg .

'Mindless' state policies pushing up power prices: Frydenberg

Stephanie Peatling

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

The damaged bow of the ACX Crystal, a Philippines-registered cargo ship which collided with the USS Fitzgerald.

Sailors found dead as US destroyer reaches port

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson puts on his glasses before reading a statement about Qatar at the State Department in ...

Tillerson cancels Mexico trip to focus on Qatar crisis

British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Theresa May faces threat of 'stalking horse' over Brexit

Ana Brnabic, nominated as Serbia's prime minister-designate.

Serbian president chooses gay, female prime minister

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Trump's climate snub: hold the outrage, we're just as bad

COMMENT
Sarah Gill

Hauled before the Victorian Supreme Court: Michael Sukkar, Greg Hunt and Alan Tudge.

Why the Coalition attack on Victorian judges was out of line

COMMENT
Farrah Tomazin

Malia Obama seems to back her father's policy decision.

The unsung group narrowing the gender pay gap

Matt Wade
Matt Wade

Wall Street where the financial crisis began almost 10 years ago.

Ten years since the GFC, world suffers 'debt overhang'

Nassim Khadem

Institutions that don't take deposits, that fund themselves on the wholesale market such as Pepper Money and Liberty ...

Home loan crackdown and the Law of Unintended Consequences

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

CBS wanted to help Network Ten get through its financial difficulties and had already agreed to cut the cost of its ...

Network Ten staff told not to order anything

Lucy Battersby

Frank Lowy, now Sir Frank.

Listening to the BBC while hiding from Nazis leads to a knighthood

Deborah Snow

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $18 billion

The fear that drives billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes

Damien Murphy

Cleanskin king represents new face of BHP

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Strong jobs growth takes interest rate cuts off table

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

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

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

Graduate teachers can struggle to find full-time permanent work.

Graduate teacher's plan for prosperity

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

High-income earners could wind up in breach of the $25,000 annual contributions gap by accident, if they have a generous ...

The trap for high income earners with a cushy super package

Daryl Dixon

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

One way tech startups founded by women are different

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

How your job is killing you

James Adonis

Ginger Gorman's troll.

Interview with a troll

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Melbourne smash the Bulldogs

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Whales arrive in Port Phillip Bay

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Indonesia's 'smoking baby' on how he quit

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

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House Rules host Joh Griggs got teary watching the post-cyclone reveal.

House Rules host teary over post-Cyclone Debbie reveal

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

Slaughterhouse workers who share the same dreams: Géza Morcsányi and Alexandra Borbély in the idiosyncratic romance ...

Slaughterhouse romance is surprise winner of film festival

Garry Maddox
1 min ago

Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist authors Emily Maguire, Ryan O'Neill, Josephine Wilson, Philip Salom and Mark O'Flynn.

Miles Franklin shortlist names five contenders for $60,000 award

Jason Steger

Hermann Nitsch and a team of performers staged their controversial 'action'.

Dark Mofo: Nitsch's arty Hobart bloodbath not cowed by protest

Hannah Francis

Stephen Furst, pictured in 1986, died of complications from diabetes, his family said.

Stephen Furst from Animal House dies at age 63

Lynn Elber

Jeffery Deaver

Who Bone Collector author wants to star as Rhyme for new novel

BOOKS
Karen Hardy

Wil Anderson hits the target in Fire at Wil.

Wil Anderson arrested after being 'disruptive' on board a flight

Kieran Gair

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Patty Jenkins' blockbuster. Joss Whedon has described it as "amazing".

Avengers director under fire for sexist Wonder Woman script

The Haunting is based on ghost stories by Charles Dickens.

Dickens' ghosts tread the boards with a few missteps

Cameron Woodhead

Participants in a Hermann Nitsch performance art piece at Burgtheater in 2005.

Dark Mofo: Nitsch's arty Hobart bloodbath not cowed by protest

Hannah Francis

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ??? JUNE 08: Architect Peter McIntyre is seen during lunch with Age journalist Lindy Percival at ...

Architect Peter McIntyre slams 'disastrous' McMansions

LUNCH WITH
Lindy Percival

A heavily pregnant Beyonce performing at the Grammy Awards earlier this year.

'Thrilled' - Beyonce gives birth to twins: reports

Desks might look cluttered to an outsider, that "mess" is usually a system the worker understands

How to embrace the 'good' kind of clutter

Evelyn Lewin

Ginger Gorman

Me and my troll: A disturbing cat and mouse game

Ginger Gorman

There's an assumption parents will want at least a child of each gender, so why the scorn for those who feel disappointed?

'A terrible mistake' - the women who regret motherhood

Dilvin Yasa

I have my hands full with my grandchildren.

Dear Jess: How do I balance grannie duties with living my life?

Jessica Rowe

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Here's what I'm letting go of, now I'm turning 50

Joanne Fedler

Oliver Curtis and Roxy Jacenko arriving at court last June for his insider trading trial.

Roxy Jacenko's promise to Oliver Curtis in doubt

Amy Croffey

Karl Stefanovic left midway through Today to catch a flight to Bora Bora to holiday with his BFF, James Packer.

Karl Stefanovic's on-air disappearing act shocks family

Amy Croffey

Jeremy Hopkins.

My day on a plate: Jeremy Hopkins

A vegetarian diet can be beneficial for weight-loss and health.

Vegetarian diet twice as effective for weight-loss

Sarah Berry

Roxanne Gay.

Roxane Gay's brave memoir illuminates struggle with eating and her body

Jim Higgins

Neil Perry's rendang of beef.

Neil Perry's beef rendang

Creamy with flavour: Garganelli with cream and prosciutto.

Weekly meal planner - mid June warming recipes

Sesame, date and banana cake with tahini cream cheese icing and caramelised banana.

Yotam Ottolenghi's banana cake and cookie recipes

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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

The space race: Overhead locker storage can be a source of tension between passengers.

Traveller letters: Airlines need to crack down on overhead bin hogs

Indian woman eating banana leaf rice, overhead view on wooden dining table. SatJun17cover-WorldFood - Ben Groundwater ...

The eight cities with the world's best local dishes

Ben Groundwater

Documentation, proof of purchase, images, video, medical and police reports all help build your case for a travel ...

More travel insurance claims than ever being rejected: What to do

Michael Gebicki

Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey is insane in the best way

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

NBN begins Fibre to the Curb trials

COMMENT

This city beneath a statue of Genesha appears identically in the game's art, trailer and early tech demo.

First look at the incredibly ambitious Beyond Good and Evil 2

Solar paint samples painted on glass.

Paint makes clean fuel out of sunshine and air

An impression of China's Micius quantum satellite.

China's leap towards a global quantum internet

2018 Volkswagen Polo.

New Volkswagen Polo revealed

Greg Kable

Toyota goes to Le Mans as pre-race favourites.

Seven things you need to know about this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hour

David McCowen

eSports represent a growing industry.

Why eSports is the future

David McCowen

Audi RS 3 LMS Audi RS3 LMS.

Driven: Audi's 'affordable' race car

Peter McKay

Hyundai won't be joining the likes of Mercedes-AMG in Formula One.

Hyundai rules out F1

Toby Hagon

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

David Warner has been a strong voice for the players in the dispute

Warner says Smith could do more on pay front

Daniel Cherny

Ange Postecoglou greeted by Joachim Loew of Germany during an international friendly in 2015.

Ange plans to beat Germans at their own game

Ben McKay
3 mins ago

Podium standings (from left) Scott McLaughlin, Fabian Coulthard, and Nick Percat in Darwin.

Kiwi duo dominate in Darwin

Mark Fogarty
6 mins ago

Winning combination: Lightning captain Geva Mentor holds the Super Netball trophy

Wood slays grand final demons, now a Diamonds fancy

Liz Ellis

Nick Kyrgios of Australia

Kyrgios relishing a return to grass - and Mum's cooking

Ian McCullough

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