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Gerry Harvey says Australia's high rates of corporate and personal income tax risk a capital flight.

I know how long it takes: Gerry Harvey warns on Amazon

The Football Club Band. Triple J Unearthed winners strongly deny sexual assault allegations. From left : Adriano ...

Triple J Unearthed winners deny sex assault allegations

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An London Fire Brigade officer inside the charred Grenfell Tower.

Minister admits that Grenfell Tower cladding was 'banned'

ABC Radio host Red Symons.

Red Symons apologises in the wake of 'very racist' interview

"I'm not convinced": Liberal senator Chris Back says he can't support the schools funding package in its current form.

Lib senator threatens to torpedo Gonski 2.0 schools funding package

20 mins ago

No one seems to know if US President Donald Trump is under investigation.

Is Trump under investigation? He says yes. His lawyer says no

21 mins ago

The worrying trend that most Australians can agree on

Having a baby was Ambika's dream. Then, her feelings changed

Car crash on West Gate after ram-raid bid to nick booze, smokes

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Big brain drain: Why our brightest are leaving the public service

Good Samaritan dies crossing road to help broken-down driver

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Plan to stop Melbourne from becoming Australia's 'most unliveable city'

An A380 over Sydney. Airbus says its tweaked design will add a further 80 seats to the world's largest passenger plane.

Airbus unveils upgraded A380plus at the Paris Air Show

7 mins ago

Midfield strength: Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has plenty of talent to call on against Saudi Arabia.

Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglou gets grumpy in Russia

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

After Ryan's book was published, condolences for his wife flowed

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The new acreage to be planted out would run to around 3000 hectares in total.

The foods everyone should keep in their pantry

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Trump's personal lawyer contradicts president

Offenders are largely left alone with their thoughts and in the full knowledge of the community's hatred for them and ...

Can a child sexual offender really ever be cured?

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

Katherine wears Dion Lee “Contour Tie” dress, $1590, from David Jones.

How an Australian actress became the star of 13 Reasons Why

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during his annual televised call-in show in Moscow on Thursday, June 15, 2017. ...

Putin interview a missed opportunity for America

More than attractive at $299,000 is period pretty 36 McLean Street, Morwell.

Power off, powered up: Why one of our cheapest regions appeals again

Actually owning a home is considered something for the wealthy, according to 63 per cent of Australians surveyed.

Owning a home just for the wealthy, two-thirds of Australians believe

3 Johnson Street Hawthorn was bought for $1.35 million in 2015. On Saturday, it sold for $2,053,000.

Owner makes $700,000 selling Hawthorn cottage after two years

Mark Vincent.

Singer Mark Vincent managed to buy his first home at 22

James Tutton on the upstairs landing of his Coburg home.

Inside the stunning renovation of a Victorian mansion

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

Roberta Williams' massive payout for Carl's prison diaries

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

After a phone call. two bushwalkers feared missing in the Otways

Setback: Gail King (right) says halting the physiotherapy has cost her daughter Jess (left) months of treatment.

Jessica King's bitter-sweet win over the NDIS's funding refusal

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'Admin error' could have seen convicted man access firearms

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

The bomb squad at the scene of a terror stand-off in Brighton earlier this month.

'Nothing is off the table': State push for new terror laws

Police officer David Luke Cottrell was sacked after sending tip offs about car crashes to a tow truck driver.

'Lazy' police officer sacked over $1000 'agreement'

NSW
44 mins ago

The Gold Coast has been identified as a hotspot for drivers distracted by their phones according to new data from the ...

Fears drivers are getting sneakier with their phones

QLD

One car was peppered with seven rounds of bullets.

Cars peppered with bullets: man arrested

UPDATED
1 hr ago

KS Cleaning was paid nearly $3 million from five businesses in this period and declared no tax.

Cleaner convicted for $250,000 tax fraud

ACT
James Hall

Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

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Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Nicole Kidman is almost 50. Now we finally understand her

Natalie Reilly

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

'Smoking baby' kicked habit but tobacco battle rages on

Jewel Topsfield

Year 10 Merici College student Jade Esler has funded her flying lessons through cupcake sales.

Australia's youngest pilot enjoys sweet taste of success

Emily Baker

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Committed: Bulldog Lin Jong goes in hard against Melbourne's Tomas Bugg.

Dogs battle for belief as injury woes worsen

Daniel Cherny

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

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

Picken pockets: Melbourne's Bernie Vince gets dispossessed.

The Last Word on round 13

Rohan Connolly

Mid-season report

Giants live up to their top billing

Mid-season report
Andrew Wu

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 Bulldogs

Daniel Cherny

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

"I'm not convinced": Liberal senator Chris Back says he can't support the schools funding package in its current form.

Liberal senator threatens to cross the floor over schools funding

Michael Koziol
20 mins ago

Shorten push for cladding inquiry after Grenfell Tower fire

Adam Gartrell

'Mindless' state policies pushing up power prices: Frydenberg

Stephanie Peatling

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull .

Turnbull government faces internal dissent over Gonski 2.0

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Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

The sun rises on the last day of the Hazelwood power station's operation.

Court challenge launched against Turnbull's building code

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

Ministers silent as Hinch backs trio's attack on courts

Australian Education Union campaigners showcasing the union's "I Give a Gonski" campaign

How teacher unions are holding progress on school funding hostage

COMMENT
Matthew Knott

Drone video shows burnt cars on the road between Pedrogao Grande and Figeiro Dos Vinhos, Portugal, after a forest fire ...

Dozens killed in Portugal's worst forest blaze

35 mins ago

Emmanuel Macron poses for a selfie after voting in the final round of parliamentary elections. The new French president ...

Macron set for huge parliamentary majority after second round

1 hr ago

An London Fire Brigade officer inside the charred Grenfell Tower.

British government admits Grenfell Tower cladding 'banned'

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

Missing sailors found dead as US destroyer reaches port

Women are still under-represented on boards. Illustration: Jamie Brown.

Loosen up, men and cut old boardroom ties

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

President John F. Kennedy and his daughter, Caroline: "Ask not ..."

We should demand better of our politicians

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

The mother of Nick Hao, the 36-year-old man murdered by Yacqub Khayre in Brighton, fronts the media.

Overreaction is exactly what terrorists seek

COMMENT

RBA governor Philip Lowe: "It is likely that growth over the next couple of years will be a bit stronger than it has ...

Economy to pick up speed after sluggish start to year: RBA

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Markets Live: ASX to wobble higher

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Nicholas Moore, the CEO of Macquarie Group, which is mulling whether to move offshore.

How did Macquarie chief keep a straight face?

Colin Kruger, CBD

ANU Professor Bruce Chapman, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Photo taken from: ...

Should athletes have to repay what we have invested in them?

Eryk Bagshaw

'I know how long it takes': Gerry Harvey's Amazon warning

Madeleine Heffernan

Echoes of waterfront as workers left in the cold to negotiate

Anna Patty

Gold tipped to hit $US2000 an ounce, time to be afraid?

Darren Gray

8@eight: Scatty action on the ASX

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Chris Weston

Stepping back from your career can be a shock.

How I went from alpha male to beta bloke (and couldn't be happier)

Life on Mars

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

Perth has quietly become Australia's coolest city

Lifestyle

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

Reaching out to the world from the countryside.

From public servant to running a global business from the country

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Natasha Morgan's business takes over the role of housesitters.

Threats to home security open business doors

Kate Jones

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Portugal forest fire kills at least 62

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Car smashes through shop in Newport robbery

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Good Samaritan killed in fatal crash

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Fears flammable cladding may be widespread

Illustration: Matt Golding

Best of Fairfax cartoons June 19

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The Football Club Band. Triple J Unearthed winners strongly deny sexual assault allegations. From left : Adriano ...

Triple J Unearthed winners reject sexual assault allegations

Broede Carmody
15 mins ago

ABC Radio host Red Symons.

Red Symons apologises over 'very racist' interview

Broede Carmody

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

House Rules host teary over post-Cyclone Debbie reveal

Aja Styles

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

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
26 mins ago

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

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

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
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We spend a lot of time telling girls to speak up and make their voices heard. But what happens when they grow up and act ...

While girls are encouraged to speak up, for women it's a different story

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards
1 hr ago

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

Beyonce's dad posts proud granddad message on Twitter

Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Nicole Kidman turns 50 tomorrow, and now we finally understand her

Natalie Reilly

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

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'A terrible mistake' - the women who regret motherhood

Dilvin Yasa

I have my hands full with my grandchildren.

Dear Jess: How do I balance grandma 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

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

Vegetarian diet twice as effective for weight-loss

Sarah Berry

Jeremy Hopkins.

My day on a plate: Jeremy Hopkins

Roxanne Gay.

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

Jim Higgins

Free up valuable kitchen real estate and toss out useless gadgets.

Declutter: 9 kitchen items you can get rid of immediately

43 mins ago

Chicken and Udon Noodle salad with Chilli and Sichuan Pepper.

Weekly meal planner - including Neil Perry's chicken noodle salad

37 mins ago

Smoked Petuna ocean trout, devilled egg and fennel pickle served at Wilson and Market Brasserie in South Yarra.

First look: Paul Wilson's brasserie at Prahan Market opens this week

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What to do when your child says 'I hate you'

An Airbus A380 aircraft, manufactured by a unit of European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS), is seen performing ...

Airbus unveils new, larger A380plus superjumbo at Parish Air Show

7 mins ago

The Istanbul Suite.

Most luxurious train suites on Earth get the one thing they're missing

Adrian Bridge

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

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 Hyundai Kona.

Hyundai want go-fast Kona SUV

Toby Hagon

2018 Volkswagen Polo.

New Volkswagen Polo revealed

Greg Kable

2017 Audi A5 Coupe.

Audi's new stylish coupe reviewed

Stephen Ottley

eSports represent a growing industry.

Why eSports is the future of motorsport

David McCowen

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

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou was not a happy camper on Sunday in Sochi.

Is Ange Australian sport's version of Kanye?

Elation for Pakistan.

Pakistan devastate India to win Champions Trophy

Ed Osmond

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed celebrates after winning the ICC Champions Trophy Final ...

Pakistan party flows onto south London streets

Jonathan Liew
1 hr ago

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

Warner says Smith could do more on pay front

Daniel Cherny

Tough times: Wallabies fans watch on during the loss to Scotland.

Wallabies fan's impassioned plea after Scotland loss

Matt Bungard

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