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President Donald Trump talks with new Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during a telephone call, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, ...

CNN's Russia story debacle came at the worst possible time

Minister Christopher Pyne during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 15 June 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Pyne apologises over 'damaging and unhelpful' speech

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Ex-cops charged over deadly Hillsborough stadium tragedy

Jockey Michelle Payne

Payne stood down after testing positive to banned substance

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon arrives to learn her fate at the party room meeting in Melbourne.

Greens suspend rogue senator Lee Rhiannon from party room

The company where customers decide what employees get paid

Rape trial hears ADFA cadet's 'romance jumped a few steps'

'It's not uncommon': Waleed Aly defends AFL tribunal involvement

Paedophile priest seen covered in blood on day of mother's slaying

Macquarie launches investigation into investment advice

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28: Sandra Hocking is seen at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg on June 28, 2017 in ...

'If this fails, she'll lose her leg': Australia's looming superbug crisis

Warning: graphic image

Darryl Somers could deliver strong, decisive leadership.

A reality star rules America, so why not PM Darryl Somers?

SATIRE

FILE- In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, Sarah Palin, political commentator and former governor of Alaska, walks on the ...

Sarah Palin sues The New York Times for defamation

Justin Trudeau covers Delta's inflight magazine, Sky.

Trudeau manspreading on magazine cover divides internet

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Play School is moving to a new time, and parents are not happy

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America's most hated man on trial

Eddie McGuire's appearance on Fox Footy?on Friday June 23, 2017 during the Sydney v Essendon match sparked discussion ...

McGuire's sudden weight loss exposes cruel double standard

Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury will play his 250th match on Sunday.

Podcast

Collingwood in 2017: The puzzle that no one can solve

Aussies will pay more to watch Netflix hits like <i>House of Cards</i> each month after the streaming video service ...

Netflix slugs Aussies with price rise alongside GST tax hike

COMMENT

Carey and her ex, James Packer:

Mariah Carey's blunt response about ex James Packer

Junior doctor Doug Tjandra is one of many medical professionals who moved close to work to deal with the long hours of ...

Young doctors lead push into Melbourne's medical hot spots

Residential House in Cairns, Australia (Photoy by Robert Walsh) Vasey Esplanade, Trinity Beach, NSW

Where Melbourne's househunters head in the depths of winter...

Carrie Kennedy recently revamped Nina Proudman's Fitzroy home for Offspring's seventh season.

Nina's home gets a makeover: Behind the scenes on Offspring

TWR 21 June Start Up Stars Tesselate Modular BB Picture Michael Rayner. David Nicolaides, Managing Director of ...

David ditched Holden to create buildings from shipping containers

Nikki Gogan as a contestant on The Bachelor in 2016.

The Bachelor runner-up Nikki Gogan reveals her next career move

Flowers laid outside Box Hill Hospital after Dr Patrick Pritzwald Stegmann died on Tuesday night.

'He saved my life, he's lost his': Patient mourns loss of surgeon

Police launch probe into state MPs over expenses scandal

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Jumping castle boss 'torched competitors in firebombing spree'

A guerilla artist has sewn a coloured cover for a temporary concrete bollard at Southern Cross Station.

'It's beautiful': First concrete bollard gets a colourful makeover

The 18-year-old spent 174 days at Barwon Prison's Grevillea until he was returned to the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre.

Teen killer's sentence moderated for time in adult jail

Surgeon Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann has died.

'Tragedy magnified': Surgeon's death leaves patients at a loss

Robert Whitehead, pictured in 2015, died months into a lengthy prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to 24 sex crime ...

Probe into 'high-level cabal' that protected Puffing Billy paedophile

Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Commander Steven Noakes had died.

Circumstances of Navy man's death still unclear

Samantha Azzopardi pretended to be a 13-year-old Sydney high school student named Harper Hart.

Conwoman posed as foster child for $20k in benefits

NSW

Two Latvian nationals accused of running an online scam have been arrested in Brisbane.

BBQ scammers 'used Google ads to target victims'

QLD

An extension cord runs from the power point to the neighbouring residence.

Disabled man's power stolen with an extension cord

WA

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The reform we need to get more adults to quit smoking

COMMENT
Colin Mendelsohn

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, left, with General Qasem Suleimani of the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.

Election over, Iran attention turns to supreme leader

ANALYSIS

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, meets with ?Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, ...

Persian Gulf rivals converge on Washington to talk Qatar

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Christopher Pyne has apologised unreservedly for his "ill chosen and unwise " speech to a party function last week

Pyne apologises over 'damaging' same-sex marriage speech

Adam Gartrell

Lee Rhiannon suspended from Greens party room

Adam Gartrell

George Brandis clears out 'infuriating' AAT

Michael Koziol

In a move that is set to reignite the university funding battle in Parliament the Chair of the Group of Eight ...

Unis attack cuts after Gonski 2.0 delivers school funding boon

Eryk Bagshaw

Christopher Pyne

Could Pyne's hubris lead to the fall of the Coalition moderates?

ANALYSIS
Latika Bourke

Hard hats on: Bill Shorten says Labor would overrule the workplace umpire if it wins the next federal election

Shorten promises to fully restore weekend penalty rates

Adam Gartrell

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Swearwords for names, no birthdays: how we resisted the census

Peter Martin

A still from the video in which a man identified as Oscar Perez says he is acting against the "criminal government".

'Coup plot': Helicopter attack on Venezuela's Supreme Court

Angela Merkel has voiced support for a free vote on same-sex marriage.

Germany's same-sex marriage debate to begin this week

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Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, head of the Vatican's central bank APSA, resigned suddenly last week.

Vatican chief auditor's abrupt departure a worry for Pell

Desmond O'Grady

Adamant: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir.

Rivals converge on Washington to talk Qatar

Illustration: Matt Davidson

The important questions the census didn't ask

COMMENT
Peter Martin

A police sign asking people to say no to Kwaso, a highly potent home-brewed spirit drink, is displayed outside the ...

Solomon Islands mission was vital in bringing peace

COMMENT
John Howard

Many young Australians are like Tiffany Etheredge who moved home with her parents Denise and David Birch.

The kids are back home: new rules for your shared house

COMMENT
Jenna Price

A joint media investigation has found alarming business practices at Aveo.

'Raise an eyebrow' - calls for probe into Aveo share trading

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

ASIC's push for stronger search warrant powers has been supported by a government review.

ASIC raids aren't a surprise, they should be

Clancy Yeates

The FIFA report is embarrassing for Sir Frank Lowy.

Leaked FIFA report damages Sir Frank

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Hospitality penalty rates are to be cut.

Penalty rate ploy could bring 'chaos'

Anna Patty

Inside Melbourne's secret suburban hydro power system

Darren Gray

Domain breaking into the mortgage broking game

Lucy Battersby

Aveo my goodness - retirement company resists temptation

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Macquarie launches investigation into Cleveland advice

EXCLUSIVE
Cameron Houston

Sleeping on a plane is a struggle between technology and nature.

Still can't fall asleep on a flight? This is what you're doing wrong

High Flyer

Not all shows are created equal, and you might find better fashion off the catwak.

How I blagged my way into the front row at Paris Fashion Week

Men's Style

Colin Campbell is reluctant to take on more risk.

How to make retirement savings last longer than you do

John Collett

Each tax return is now scrutinised by the Tax Office, matching 650 million pieces of data.

The deductions in the Tax Office's sights this year

John Collett

Annabelle Smith has just purchased a Snapchat printer.

Selfie queen prints for Snapchat but small businesses missing out

Cara Waters

Are you a bill nomad searching for discounts?

The bill Nomads are coming for their discounts

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

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Why are glass panels suddenly exploding?

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Mariah Carey's blunt response about James Packer

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Germany set for vote on gay marriage

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Virus hits European computer servers

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Brett and Laurence: Rough diamonds with a removal truck.

Forget focus groups, Common Sense has pulse of nation

COMMENT
Paul Kalina

Dynamic energy: Alison Brie leads a mostly female cast.

Netflix's women's wrestling comedy has a gorgeous Glow

COMMENT
Brad Newsome

Michael Bond, pictured in 2005 with a Paddington Bear toy.

Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond dies

Anita Gates

Hugh Jackman is set to star in the upcoming political drama The Frontrunner.

Hugh Jackman lands role as scandalised US politician

Broede Carmody

Darryl Somers could deliver strong, decisive leadership.

Reality star rules US, so how about Bachelor for PM?

SATIRE
Ben Pobjie

Richard Hammond has spoken out following his horror crash while filming Amazon Prime's The Great Race.

'Oh, I'm going to die': Hammond opens up on horror crash

Rob Moran

A flash mob led by dance artist Alison Plevey protesting against the shift in arts funding in 2015.

Support for public funding of the arts weakens

Hannah Francis

Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, has died.

Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Michael Nyqvist dies

Florence Pugh, the heroine in Lady Macbeth, is married to a brutal landowner.

Heroine's entrapment all too realistically evoked in Lady Macbeth

Review
Jake Wilson

Unlikely: drag queens in the desert riding a bus called Priscilla.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical to return to Australian stages

Hannah Francis

Sword-play at top speed on the back of a motorbike is all in a day's work for the Villainess.

Gore, blimey! Korean thriller The Villainess is bloody good fun

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

It's predominantly mothers who carry the burden of the great school holiday juggling act.

School holidays need to evolve for modern lives

Jacinta Tynan

"If you see your therapist and they think what's happening is OK or your fault, where are you going to go after that?"

How couples' therapy can make family violence worse

Jane Gilmore

Researchers fail to acknowledge the findings might be different if the study were conducted with children in different ...

Most parenting advice is written for the white and middle class

Mark Nielsen

Justin Trudeau covers Delta's inflight magazine, Sky.

Reactions are mixed for Trudeau's manspreading magazine cover

Annie Brown

Wonder woman: Five months pregnant, Alysia Montano runs in the women's 800 Metres at the 2017 USA Track & Field ...

Wonder women or pushing the limits of pregnancy?

Sarah Berry

A recent survey found that one third of the sample were worried about being snapped in the same outfit twice.

How Instagram influences the way we get dressed now

Clare Press

Carey and her ex, James Packer:

Mariah Carey's expletive-laden response about ex James Packer

Amy Croffey

Serena Williams on the cover of August's Vanity Fair.

Serena Williams reveals love story in Vanity Fair cover story

Jill Serjeant

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter.

19 sweet and savoury pumpkin recipes

The original Hong Kong Chicken Rice and Noodle in Singapore.

World's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant coming to Melbourne

Poached eggs at Higher Ground.

Melbourne's top 20 cafes for 2017

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Play School is moving to a new time, and parents are not happy

You can now order the Marvel dics missing from your kids' collections.

There's a new way to complete your Marvel disc collection

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Six reasons parenting does not get easier as kids get older

You'll no longer need to fill out the outgoing passenger card from July 1.

Why you'll no longer need to fill out a departure card from Saturday

Michael Gebicki

The Colosseum would take two years to build and cost $673 million.

Billions: What the world's seven wonders would cost to build today

Gavin Haines

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN REPUBLIC - 2012: View of the Nurzhol Boulevard and President's Palace Acorda

City you've never heard of about to become world's hottest destination

Hugh Morris

The screen shown on computers locked by the new strain of software.

What we know about the new ransomware strike

ARMS

Review: flexy fighter comes out swinging

Aussies will pay more to watch Netflix hits like <i>House of Cards</i> each month after the streaming video service ...

Netflix slugs Aussies with price rise in addition to new tax

COMMENT

There are currently 16 million smartphones being used in Australia.

Your smartphone is making you stupid

Lifehacker

The mini SNES comes with 21 legitimately great games built in.

Nintendo announces mini Super Nintendo

2017 Ferrari 812 Superfast.

Driven: Ferrari's new V12 coupe

Tony Davis

2017 BMW 5-Series Touring.

BMW 5-Series wagon prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Jaguar XE SV Project 8.

New 441kW Jaguar XE revealed

Stephen Ottley

BMW M2 Performance Parts.

New BMW M2 with Performance Parts reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Aston Martin DB11 V8.

Aston's Merc-powered coupe

Andrew MacLean

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR reviewed

David McCowen

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull chats with Bachar Houli at an Eid celebration at Punt Road this week.

AFL appeals Houli's 'manifestly inadequate' penalty

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Sidelined: Ed Curnow

Blues tagger out with bruised larynx

Daniel Cherny

Barry Hall and Brent Staker

The Staker incident: Hall sorry 'a thousand times over'

Luke Michael

Return: Zak Jones is back for the Swans after a one-week ban.

Swans ready for fierce test against injury hit Demons

Andrew Wu

Richmond's Bachar Houli leaves the AFL tribunal after receiving a two-week suspension for striking Jed Lamb.

It's absurd the PM's words helped get Houli's suspension cut

COMMENT

Collingwood skipper Scott Pendlebury will play his 250th match on Sunday.

Collingwood: The puzzle that no one can solve

Podcast

Cale Hooker at training on Wednesday.

No ceiling for Bombers, says Worsfold

Luke Michael

Harley Bennell is yet to play a match with the Dockers.

Lyon: Freo tried to turn Bennell into Superman

The failed bid: Frank Lowy (centre) with then opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull and PM Kevin Rudd in 2009.

A catalyst for Australian soccer to break with the Lowy family?

COMMENT
Michael Lynch

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has tested positive to a banned substance.

Star jockey Michelle Payne tests positive to banned substance

Australian cricketers 'unrealistic' in insisting revenue-sharing is the only way forward, says Malcolm Speed.

Face up to revenue reality: Speed

Greg Baum, Jon Pierik

Serena Williams has asked John McEnroe to show her some respect.

'I've got a solution:' No apology from McEnroe to Serena

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar (left) is presented with the World Cup trophy by former FIFA president ...

Inside the shady world of World Cup bids

Andrew Keh

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