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George Christensen crossed the floor and voted with Labor on penalty rates on Tuesday night.

Rebel backbencher delivers Turnbull penalty rates blow

James Massola
1 hr ago

The driver is filmed pulling out from a car space on Sydney Road.

'Get off your f***ing phone': cyclist abuses driver in Brunswick

4 mins ago

Judy and Isabel Stephens.

Mother, daughter would have had 'strength in final hours'

Rosalind Croucher just confirmed as new human rights commission president, replacing Gillian Triggs. Tuesday 20th June ...

Knives out within the hour for new human rights boss

1 hr ago

Police

Elderly lady attacks sex offender, saving younger victim

AFL players have agreed to a $1.84 billion pay deal

A $100,000 minimum wage? AFL players 'win' massive payrise

1 hr ago

RAAF halts air strikes over Syria after Russia threat

Horror smash: One dead, 12 injured after 'taxi T-bones mini bus'

UPDATED

Turnbull ministers delete tweets attacking Victorian judges

'They could take a lot of people out': Concern over speed changes

1 hr ago

Turnbull moves to lower power prices, considers new coal plant

Changes to Victoria's adoption laws could give single people the same rights as married couples.

I was five the night I found out I was a bastard

COMMENT

Tiger Woods is seeking help for his use of painkillers.

Tiger Woods seeks help to manage Xanax drug use following arrest

BMW Australia CEO Marc Werner acknowledges well-heeled Australians may not immediately warm to the new range.

BMW states the future of the auto industry is electric

Cars

Jackalope Hotel on the Mornington Peninsula.

Vine dining: Australia's best winery restaurants in 2017

Jaeger O'Meara of the Hawks has a new injury blow.

Major injury blows for Hawthorn and Melbourne

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Moody's downgrades Big Four

Phoebe Handsjuk.

Phoebe's Fall podcast wins gold award at NY Radio Festival

Johnny Depp's financial woes in 2009 have been laid bare in court.

'You want me to sell some art?': Depp's money woes exposed

Australian scientists discover it takes a few years for children to out-think our hairier cousins.

At what age will my child out-smart a chimpanzee?

Get yourself 20 Bintang beers.

The suburbs with our most-travelled residents revealed

Do your research when pricing what you're selling.

Trying to sell your furniture online? You're doing it wrong

The problem might not be the vacuum cleaner, but what you're asking it to do.

Have you bought the wrong vacuum cleaner for your house?

Property Council Victoria director Sally Capp: Doesn't drink coffee but is a real Melburnian.

From the Pies to property: Sally Capp's trip to the top

Renters have shared their horror stories as part of the Make Renting Fair campaign.

'I don't like to be a bother ... but my little one got sick and I left'

Google's Waymo self-driving prototype.

Buildings that won't exist when self-driving cars rule the road

Sean Paul Murphy, the man accused of leading police on a chase through the city.

Jail for drug dealer who bit police, led CBD chase

'Disgusting man': Repeat child abuser gets more jail time

Cultural tourism and creative industries boost economy

A study has identified Melbourne's most hazardous spots for pedestrians.

The spots in Melbourne that irk pedestrians the most - and why

More charges have been laid against former union leader Kathy Jackson.

Former union leader Kathy Jackson faces 164 criminal charges

Former Woolworths employee Darcy was being paid sub-award wages due to an EBA negotiated by the Shoppies.

'Shoppies' union face Senate probe over wages scandal

A senior MFB official used 'calculated deception' to employ her two sons at the organisation.

Senior MFB official 'used deception' to employ both her sons

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says the state government still believes the big answer to housing affordability is to ...

Budget 'envy of Western world' as surpluses hit $12b

ANALYSIS

Two deep gauges were made into the tree's trunk.

'Majestic' 70-year-old flame tree targeted by vandal

WA

ANU faces losing thousands of dollars a day if case over The Gods' cafe delays Union Court works.

ANU v The Gods: Uni could face $1.1 million loss

ACT

All of Brisbane's 26 ferry terminals must be wheelchair and pram accessible by 2022.

Feud delays crucial ferry terminal upgrade

QLD

A missile is fired from Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria.

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An Iraqi Army soldier walks past a destroyed building in al-Shifa, the last district of west Mosul under Islamic State ...

Could Iran and US be heading for an undeclared war?

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Former train tagger Ashley Goudie with year six students at Brighton Beach Primary School.

The former train tagger teaching graffiti in schools

Carolyn Webb

Changes to Victoria's adoption laws could give single people the same rights as married couples.

I was five the night I found out I was a bastard

COMMENT
Jon Dowlack

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In this photo released by the US Air Force, a plane flies over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria ...

RAAF halts air strikes over Syria after Russia threat

David Wroe

'A bizarre act of snobbery': Labor opposes citizenship changes

Michael Koziol

Blow to Turnbull as MP George Christensen crosses the floor, votes with Labor on penalty rates

James Massola
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, flanked by Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and Resources Minister ...

Turnbull moves to force down power prices

James Massola

Archbishop Denis Hart wants to meet with Malcolm Turnbull to discuss Catholic School funding.

Archbishop intervenes in schools war, asks to meet PM

James Massola
1 hr ago

Rosalind Croucher just confirmed as new human rights commission president, replacing Gillian Triggs. Tuesday 20th June ...

Croucher takes on poisoned chalice of human rights roles

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has offered concessions to the Catholic school sector

Government buckles and offers concessions to Catholic schools

Matthew Knott

An explosion near a mosque as Philippine Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected locations of militants in Marawi city.

Indonesia cracks down on terrorism with new laws and joint patrols

Jewel Topsfield

Mourners at the funeral service for Dalzinia Kioniau who drowned after spending hours in the water.

13 children drown after rescue 'delayed over helicopter bill'

Nick O'Malley

Shaun Davidson waiting to be transferred to Kerobokan jail in Bali after being charged with possessing another person's ...

Shaun Davidson 'didn't want to return to Australia'

Jewel Topsfield
40 mins ago

EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (left) and British Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis in Brussels.

Talks close door on 'soft' Brexit

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

The international left is lumbered with too many daydreamers

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Illustration: Dionne Gain

'Caliphate' closer than we thought

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

ABC radio presenter Red Symons asked ABC podcaster Beverley Wang whether she was "yellow".

Memo Red and Mia: we're not all white, thin and middle class

COMMENT
Matt Holden

John Varley, a director of mining giant Rio Tinto, has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by the UK Serious ...

Rio Tinto director John Varley faces fraud charge

Darren Gray
9 mins ago

Former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston resigned last week.

Senate committee calls for ATO review amid $130m tax fraud case

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Local investors shunned the party, driving the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index down 0.8 per cent to close at the day's low ...

Unloved banks weigh on ASX

Jens Meyer and Patrick Commins

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How to make money by giving it away

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Westpac latest to lift interest-only home loans

Clancy Yeates

Obtaining life insurance could soon be as easy as sending a selfie

John Collett

Jobs, housing still a worry for Reserve Bank

Tabcorp's $11b merger with Tatts Group gets green light

UPDATED
Nick Toscano

These are not the plaids you’re looking for: Guests seen arriving at St Mark's Church for the Wedding of Pippa Middleton ...

Wedding crashers: Why do men men dress so badly on the big day

Men's Style

There is a world of wine out there, don't be confined by tradition.

You've been matching your food and wine all wrong

Fine Drinks

Lifespan estimates from selfies are being trialed by US life insurers.

Obtaining life insurance could soon be as easy as sending a selfie

John Collett

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has done a good job but there are better investment opportunities out there.

Qantas hits the highs … of 2006

Scott Phillips

David Fastuca, Sandra McLeod, and Ross Fastuca.

How two entrepreneurs decided to let go of the reins

David Fastuca

A trucking company seeks advice in the instance of being sued.

Tips to your protect your assets from attack

Max Newnham

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Rescue too expensive for drowning children

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Campaign for construction workers brings city to standstill

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Government hopeful on Gonski

Federal Politics

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Turnbull reveals new gas policy

Federal Politics

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 18: Dancers prepare to perform during a traditional Festas Juninas (June Festivals) party ...

World of Photos - June 20, 2017

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Shannon Purser as Stranger Things fave, Barb Holland.

Stranger Things producer confirms no #JusticeForBarb

Rob Moran

Johnny Depp's financial woes have been laid bare in court.

'You want me to sell some art?': Depp's money woes exposed

Broede Carmody

Gal Gadot was paid $300,000 for Wonder Woman.

Even Wonder Woman isn't immune from the gender pay gap

Broede Carmody

Rapper YG performing in Los Angeles last year.

Rapper backpedals after underage topless request at Aussie gigs

Rob Moran

Jane Goodall appeared on Monday night's Q&A with the help of a furry friend, Mr H.

Q&A: Grillers in the mist as fog clears on pollies and primates

Neil McMahon

George Miller, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy at Fury Road's premiere at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in 2015.

Mad Max star confirms feud between Hardy and Theron

Rob Moran

Robyn Nevin as Mrs Higgins, left, with Anna O'Byrne as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

Where are the Aussies? Local blokes struggle to make a mark

Nathanael Cooper

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

Embattled Triple J Unearthed winners lose band member

Broede Carmody

The National Gallery of Australia launch their new exhibition Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial ...

NGA's Indigenous art show Defying Empire strong on politics

REVIEW
Sasha Grishin

Please find MPavilion 2017 design renders by Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten of OMA - embargoed until 20 June 2017. Image ...

Rem Koolhaas' MPavilion design uses cityscape as a stage

Debbie Cuthbertson

Ako Kondo (centre) performs as Princess Aurora during a dress rehearsal of David McAllister's production of The Sleeping ...

Leads breathe life into luxurious production of Sleeping Beauty

Review
Jordan Vincent

The myth about internet trolling is that it's somehow "virtual".

'I reached in and touched something hairy'- when trolling goes offline

Ginger Gorman

Beyonce poses in the press room with the awards for best music video for Formation and Lemonade at the Grammy Awards in ...

The most talked-about moments in Beyonce's pregnancy

Amy B Wang

Roxy Jacenko with her?daughter, Pixie. Photo:?Instagram

Roxy's daughter counting sleeps until dad's return from 'China'

Melissa Singer

If we want to change outcomes for boys and men, we should listen to the most typical male DV survivors, writes ...

The male victims of domestic violence we need to listen to

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Michelle Obama arms don't come easy.

'Take care of ourselves first:' the MO behind Mobama's bootcamps

Annie Brown

Vocal supporter of social rights: Lily Allen.

'Radicalised by British media': Lily Allen slams tabloids in wake of attack

Adele popped by the Chelsea fire station to say thank you to the firefighters who attended the Grenfell Tower blaze.

'Cup of tea and cuddles' - Adele visits Grenfell Tower firefighters

Annie Brown

Beyonce revealed the new clip on Instagram today.

What to buy a new mother who isn't Beyonce

Natalie Reilly

Green lentils with cherry tomatoes and marinated feta.

The 'superfoods' that don't break the bank

Paula Goodyer

Can a humble raisin hold some answers to the way we eat?

How a common meditation technique can help you eat more healthfully

Jae Berman

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

Vegetarian diet twice as effective for weight-loss

Sarah Berry

Ezard at Levantine Hill Estate.

Vine dining: Australia's best winery restaurants

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

Declutter: 9 kitchen items you can get rid of immediately

A shared platter from Tamil Feasts is served up at CERES' restaurant in Melbourne.

Asylum seekers share Sri Lankan food culture at Tamil Feasts dinners

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Why parents are paying $100 for a single baby dummy

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Boy hospitalised after fidget spinner mishap

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'Potato chips better than raisins', dentist claims

Indonesia is one of the most popular destinations for Australians.

Jet setters: Suburb with Australia's best-travelled residents revealed

Kylie McLaughlin

Sometimes being on your own overseas isn't suck a great thing.

I can't believe what just happened: When travelling solo sucks

Ben Groundwater

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Baby born mid-air given free flights for life by airline

Hugh Morris

Donald Trump speaks as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella listen.

Tech CEOs meet Trump on government overhaul

Cheetah

Terrifying robot cheetah getting a new owner

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

The Xbox One X is being touted by Microsoft as the most powerful console ever created.

The coolest gaming gear at E3 2017

Gizmodo

People in a manic episode have reduced impulse control, which makes them less likely to take time to accept spell-check ...

Can your iPhone tell if you're depressed?

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI.

Volkswagen mulls performance SUV

Dom Tripolone

Honda has teased its upcoming 10th generation Accord sedan via a design sketch.

New Honda Accord teased

Dom Tripolone

2017 Toyota Yaris SX.

New Toyota Yaris reviewed

David McCowen

2011 Hyundai i40 Tourer.

What used wagon should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Toyota 86 Limited Edition.

Limited edition Toyota 86 revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

More Civic Type R variants coming

Drive Staff

North Melbourne is keen to lure Richmond star Dustin Martin

AFL clubs set to splurge big on stars as new pay deal confirmed

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Lance Franklin of the Swans tussles with Alex Rance after Franklin's hit on Connor Menadue.

Behind the closed doors of the MRP

Sam McClure

Jaeger O'Meara of the Hawks has a new injury blow.

Hawks' O'Meara suffers new injury, Dees' Jones also injured

Michael Gleeson

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has brokered an amicable player pay deal, while cricket struggles to resolve its impasse.

Money talks, the rest is lip service

Greg Baum

The reigning premiers have had a difficult season.

Why the Bulldogs' slump isn't a hangover

Veteran Gary Ablett is hungry for more AFL success.

300 up, but Gary Ablett craves more success

Andrew Stafford

Wanted man: Will Sutherland is in demand from footy and cricket.

Recruiters eye Sutherland's Vic Metro debut

Jon Pierik

Success story: Joel Hamling (left) with Fletcher Roberts after the Bulldogs' 2016 grand final victory.

Premiership Bulldog signs new contract

Jon Pierik

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland should be more involved in the pay dispute, says Brendon Julian.

Players not impressed with Cricket Australia's latest pay dispute move

Andrew Wu, Jon Pierik

Tim Cahill prepares to come on during the FIFA Confederations Cup match against Germany.

Cahill, Ange back Socceroos bounce back

Australian Megan Anderson will finally get the chance to win a UFC title.

Anderson to become first Aussie woman to fight for UFC tritle

Tiger Woods is seeking help for his use of painkillers.

Woods seeks professional help to manage painkiller use

Better than 2014: Blues coach Laurie Daley says it's the best NSW team he's coached, but warned ''we've done nothing yet''.

This is the best NSW team I've coached, says Daley

Michael Chammas

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