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Victoria Police have released their first AMBER Alert in search of missing child Milena Malkic.

Police raise first AMBER Alert to help find Milena

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ATABDH A woman female air passenger reading in the cabin on a relatively empty plane flight Etihad airline. Image shot ...

'Neighbour-free': Airline wants you to pay for its empty seats

33-35 Huntingtower Road, Armadale, sold for $10.8 million last October and will now be demolished.

Wreckers move in on 100-year-old $10.8 million Armadale home

Nigel Gohl

Would-be Liberal pulls out of race after sex book storm

Green with Envy to shut its doors

'End of an era': Another Aussie retailer to shut its doors

The scandal that engulfed former speaker Bronwyn Bishop after she chartered a helicopter has put a dent in the total ...

MPs' overseas travel bill slashed amid expenses crackdown

Minister says all hospitals 'safe' amid cladding probe

Furniture, stamp duty thrown in to help tackle apartment glut

Chinese social media service slapped with video ban

Here to stay: Anti-terror bollards to become permanent fixture

'It's a bit rich': Gonski 2.0 passes forcing states to up school funding

The Eastern Golf Club in Doncaster is being redeveloped for housing.

Heading for a round this weekend? Half state's golf courses in financial stress

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FILE - In a May 4, 2006 file photo, Brendan Dassey, center, is lead out of the Manitowoc County Courthouse following his ...

Another victory for the Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey

Thailand's cheapest beach: Railay Beach, Krabi.

Not Thailand or Bali: The world's cheapest beach named

A big no-no: Donald Trump commits golf etiquette atrocity

What I learnt about homelessness by sleeping rough(ish)

What I learnt about homelessness by sleeping rough(ish)

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Mining magnate hits John Oliver with defamation lawsuit

Darren Simpson has died in hospital.

Colin Fassnidge pays tribute to late chef and 'sparring partner'

Listen to Matt Wade, Ross Gittins, and Jessica Irvine in this new Fairfax Media podcast.

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The great Australian property 'illusion' exposed

Peak season: If you want to fly to Bali this winter, be prepared to pay a lot for the fare.

$1400 return? Why flights to Bali now cost a fortune

The two bags side by side.

Balenciaga's $1457 'shopping bag' sells out

Helen Kapalos at home, pictured last year.

Newsreader Helen Kapalos lists Collingwood pad for sale

Naomi Milgrom has bought a 2.33 hectare property in Byron Bay.

Melbourne's richest woman buys $3m Byron Bay retreat

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have bought a beach house for $13.2 million.

Mila Kunis and husband buy a $13.2 million beach house

Sundowner Hotel

Home of the big Bundy bottle up for grabs in mega pub sale

Newman House in St Kilda West.

Is Sam Newman's old place an underrated architectural gem?

Graham Collins was mayor of Sebastopol three times.

Former mayor of Ballarat suburb guilty of child sex offences

Melbourne terror plotters to spend more time behind bars

Bikie's appeal for bashing German teen overturned by High Court

The Elm's builder says testing is being undertaken to determine if further fire safety measures can be implemented.

At least 12 buildings in Melbourne could be cladding fire traps

EXCLUSIVE
Aisha Dow

Firefighters managed to stop the LPG tanker exploding.

Fatal crash with petrol tanker sparks huge blaze, road closure

The activists tried to storm the back entrance of the Athenaeum club,

'Your bigotry can't pass the net': Protesters to Margaret Court

Potholes are causing wear and tear to vehicles and increasing costs to the community.

Cracking up: Victoria on the road to ruin, maintenance shortfall grows

Consumers may ultimately face a sharp rise in the price of gas.

Gas only a 'short bridge' to a low-carbon future

HSC English exams could be shorter and include multiple choice questions.

Word limits will 'fuel the HSC tutoring industry'

NSW

Alfred Gerard Eravelly was jailed for 13 years.

'International DNA hit' ends in jail for pilot over '96 rape

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Gold Coast's Gary Ablett will have to delay his 300th game.

Ablett's 300th delayed, will miss with calf injury

UPDATED
Luke Michael

Nat Fyfe has been ruled out of the Cats' game with injury.

Freo dealt major blow as Fyfe withdraws from Cats game

Giving back: Port Adelaide ruckman Paddy Ryder (centre) with Paul Vandenbergh (left), Byron Pickett (right) and kids at ...

Paddy Ryder right at home after 200 AFL games

Rohan Connolly

Key Swan Lance Franklin.

Live AFL: Sydney v Essendon

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Hawks head coach Alastair Clarkson chats with Shaun Burgoyne after his stellar performance at the Adelaide Oval.

Clarko urges Hawk ace Burgoyne to play on

Disappointed: Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge says rumours are being spread by those aiming to break the club's resolve.

Beveridge says rumours an attempt to 'tear us apart'

Daniel Cherny

Out of jail: Jeremy Cameron and teammates celebrate the GWS Giants' comeback win last month.

Yes, it's true: More teams are blowing big leads

Luke Michael

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

Sutherland on show in under-18 derby

Jon Pierik

Sally Castle runs her business Shore Strategic for part of the year and spends the rest of the year sailing overseas.

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Connie Munoz doing aquarobics in Sardinia. The 29-year-old works for six months at a PR agency then takes leave without ...

Meet the people who work only a few months a year

Christine Long

'The system is broken. The system is not going to change willingly,' says Richard Walsh.

The men aiming to change the system in which they prosper

Luke Slattery

As prime minister, Bob Hawke promised no child would live in poverty by 1990. He is pictured here one year later.

No child will live in poverty? 30 years on, promise unfulfilled

Michael Koziol

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Education Minister Simon Birmingham was smiling on Friday after successfully negotiating the passage of the government's ...

'It's a bit rich': state governments forced to increase school funding

Matthew Knott

Politicians' overseas travel bill slashed amid expenses crackdown

Eryk Bagshaw

Schools win salves Malcolm Turnbull's winter of discontent

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Michael Sukkar, Greg Hunt and Alan Tudge.

Ministers escape contempt charges after making apology to court

Nino Bucci

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been the driving force behind the pesticides authority's forced move to Armidale.

Joyce's delicate dance in preparation for a post-Brexit world

Amy Remeikis

A US P3 Orion surveillance plane flying over Marawi, in the Philippines, earlier this month. Australia is expected to ...

RAAF spy planes to join Philippines fight against Islamic State

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Federal politicians are getting thousands of dollars in pay rises and tax cuts.

Federal MPs to get pay rises and tax cuts in July 1 bonanza

James Massola

A woman handles a gun at the National Rifle Association annual show in Nashville in 2015.

NRA will hate a new survey on Americans' gun attitudes

ANALYSIS

Chinese social media service slapped with video ban

Kirsty Needham

The students borrowed skirts from their girl friends, changed en route and gave interviews on a Facebook live video.

It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts

Imagine. John Lennon. Album cover The AGE pic supplied for EG 30th June 2004.

Imagine there's no Brexit: Tusk says UK may stay in EU

Steven Swinford and Peter Foster

Illustration: Simon Letch

Call the Finsbury Park attack what it is: right-wing terrorism

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is under fire for suggesting in Parliament that autistic children should not be in ...

Pauline Hanson could learn from my autistic child

COMMENT
Brian Owler

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten pose with parliamentarians. One in three voters ...

Leaders ignore the people at their peril

COMMENT
John Hewson

The Red Rooster listing has failed to take off.

Red Rooster float fails to fly

Patrick Hatch

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Markets Live: 'Alarming trend' - banks under fire

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Passengers can bid for as many as three seats next to their own.

Etihad wants you to pay for its empty seats

Backpackers worked almost three months without a day off on a farm west of Gympie.

Phone users could save $650m better: Vodafone

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Unions start last-ditch bid to save Sunday pay rates

Nick Toscano

$1.2b Circular Quay project attracts China

Kirsty Needham

Macquarie fined $505,000 over 'reckless' trades

Miriam Steffens

'You, me, the motor city': Madonna's advice to Jeff Bezos

St Agnes' XO proves how good Aussie brandy can be.

The underrated spirit you should be drinking tonight

Smart Sipping

George Clooney with the lucrative Casamigos Tequila.

Clooney's $1 billion windfall shows the true power of celebrity

Fine Drinks

Anonymous member of the Un-Rich List of world's poorest 100 citizens, produced by Fund for Peace.

The Un-Rich List you need to read

Georgina Dent

The Rule of 72 makes complex calculations easier to do in your head – without an abacus or calculator.

How to figure out compound growth in your head

Noel Whittaker

The impact of male unemployement affects female partners too.

Unemployment in men wreaks havoc on their female partners

James Adonis

Wei-Jien Tan and Robert Quinn are winning grants for the vital signs monitoring patch.

Prize-winning business inspired by 200 days in a hospital room

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Prince Harry claims 'nobody wants the throne'

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Fact check: Sean Spicer saying things

Margaret Court protest at Liberal Party fundraiser.

Glittery protest at Margaret Court function

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Metro tunnel works set to cause traffic pain

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 23: Roxy Jacenko's arrives home after picking up her husband from jail on June 23, 2017 in ...

Curtis reunites with wife Roxy Jacenko

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Colin Fassnidge has paid tribute to his "sparring partner" Darren Simpson.

'One of the best': Celebrity chef Darren Simpson has died

Ronny Chieng was headhunted for The Daily Show in 2015.

Ronny Chieng on The Daily Show and his comedy bout life at uni

The Good Life
Kylie Northover

Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy will host Triple M's first national drive show.

Radio royalty join Triple M's first national drive show

Nathanael Cooper
6 mins ago

A three-judge panel has determined that Brendan Dassey was coerced into confessing and should be released from prison.

Another victory for the Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey

Sopan Deb

Steve Irwin is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Steve Irwin to be honoured with star on Walk of Fame

Rob Moran

Ron Howard has stepped in to direct the Star Wars spin off about Han Solo after Lucasfilm removed the previous directors ...

Ron Howard Takes Over Han Solo Film

CARA BUCKLEY

Sam Newman is again in the firing line for insensitive and offensive comments.

Calls for Newman to resign over Jenner comments

Kerrie O'Brien and Luke Michael

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee interview everyday Aussies about their incredible tales in True Story.

Hamish and Andy's latest shows there's life in free TV

Hindsight
Debi Enker

Spiderbait (Community Cup photo for EG, June 23)

Dodgy footy, good music: Spiderbait head Community Cup line-up

Sticky Carpet
Martin Boulton

Belinda McClory in Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. at the Malthouse.

Revolt. She said. Revolt Again an electric riot of empowerment

Review
Cameron Woodhead

Tash Sultana will release her debut album next year.

Calling the tune: Tash Sultana radiates shining self-belief

Jenny Valentish

Lorde is currently on her press tour.

Lorde praised on social media for her views on feminism

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

Senator Larissa Waters with her baby Alia, puts forward a motion on lung disease, in the Senate at Parliament House in ...

Why Larissa Waters breastfeeding in parliament still matters

Clementine Ford

Gymnast Aly Raisman and former NHL player Marcel Dionne present onstage during the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft ...

'Look at those legs!': Olympic gymnast's cringeworthy intro

Mary Ward

Pixie waits in the doorway as her father Oliver Curtis boards a jet for his return to Sydney.

'Daddy!' Oliver Curtis' emotional reunion with his children

Amy Croffey

The two bags side by side.

Balenciaga's $1457 'shopping bag' sells out

Nicole Economos

Pauline Hanson

The student who opened my mind about difference

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Clem B in her drag makeup

'Watershed moment,' how Ru Paul made me re-think my femininity

Clem Bastow

Saudi women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif.

'Women should be treated as adults:' Saudi Arabian activist

Heba Kanso

Clockwise from top left: Gado gado, turmeric coconut rice, braised beef, and smoked trevally braised in a mild curry at Kaum.

Bali is turning into a proper food destination. Here's what's hot

Freestyle: Adam Liaw's free-form chicken and mushroom pie.

Adam Liaw's rustic chicken and mushroom farmhouse pie

Can home cooked chicken match the real thing?

KFC to trial home delivery

Some newborn babies can't handle too much commotion.

Eight things you should not do when visiting new parents

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Is it a crime to admit you love co-parenting after divorce?

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I struggled to find a connection with my baby

Thailand's cheapest beach: Railay Beach, Krabi.

Not Thailand or Bali: The world's cheapest beach named

Kylie McLaughlin

Employees remove cockpit window covers from an Embraer SA E195-E2 aircraft during the 53rd International Paris Air Show ...

Photos: The coolest planes (and flying cars) at the Paris Air Show

Crocodile pool at Crocosaurus Cove.

The Traveller quiz: In which Australian city is Crocosaurus Cove?

Mal Chenu

Mario + Rabbids

Mario shooter shouldn't work, but it does

A home WiFi map can help troubleshoot your flaky wireless network.

The best tools for escaping WiFi hell

COMMENT

Smartphone makers will be just like any commodity and Aitken thinks the smartphone cycle is peaking so is also cautious ...

iPhone storage not going as far as it used to? It's not just you

OnePlus 5

OnePlus 5 is a cheap, amazing flagship killer

Kotaku

FreeviewPlus makes it much easier to find something worth watching on free-to-air television.

FreeviewPlus Catch Up TV gets a revamp

COMMENT

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Toyota on track for best month yet

Stephen Ottley

A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda headquarters in Tokyo. Honda recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles ...

Honda halts production after cyber attack

Wires

2017 Subaru XV 2.0i-S.

Driven: The Subaru for hipsters

Peter McKay

2017 Mazda CX-3 Maxx.

Is the Mazda CX-3 still one of the best small SUVs?

Stephen Ottley

2018 Toyota Camry.

Driven: Most exciting Camry yet

Stephen Ottley

2017 Ford Transit Custom automatic.

New Ford Transit Custom reviewed

Drive Staff

Dispute: Steve Smith and his fellow cricketers have received a new pay offer from Cricket Australia.

Cricket Australia issues revised pay offer in last-ditch bid

Chris Barrett and Jon Pierik

TUCSON, AZ - FEBRUARY 12: Jonah Bolden #43 of the UCLA Bruins shoots over Kadeem Allen #5 of the Arizona Wildcats during ...

Philadelphia 76ers coach drafts Aussie Jonah Bolden

1 hr ago

Cricket pitch

Heads, you lose: cricket farce

Greg Baum

Johnathan Thurston's season is over.

Blow for Maroons as Thurston out for the season

UPDATED
Michael Chammas

The Godolphin stable is under investigation.

Godolphin faces an inquiry into strangles case

Chris Roots

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