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Dylan Voller called for rehabilitation instead of detention.

Don Dale victim's compelling Q&A moment

Five-year-old Mohannad Ali lies on a hospital bed in Abs, Yemen, in December. His two-year-old cousin died of hunger.

'Stop reproducing': It may rival the 1984 famine - why the hate?

Former AFL Players Manager Ricky Nixon in the Court of Appeal successfully overturned an attempt by Kim Duthie to stop ...

Research rort? Ricky Nixon paid $153,000 grant in R&D scheme

EXCLUSIVE

The Royal Women's Hospital has been placed on heightened alert by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.

Move to sack Royal Women's doctor over baby deaths

Groundstaff next to the engine of Air Asia X flight D7207 after it was diverted to Brisbane Airport.

Another AirAsia flight turned back after suspected bird strike

Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg is among those also in the running.

Border Force boss on leave amid 'investigation'

Mother loses her last son to IS after he shared horrific story in report

Michael Bachelard

'Deeply ashamed': Teary AFL diversity chief apologises for punch

UPDATED

Aveo shares slump after consumer watchdog announces investigation

Solar panels become victim of Melbourne's wintry blast

Mystery surrounds death of man in expensive suit in park

Photo of an airplane just before landing. Runway lights can be seen in the foreground.

$7bn bid for major airport to serve city's south-east

EXCLUSIVE

Down and out: Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios' Wimbledon campaign over in less than an hour

Morry Fishman, founder of Miss Louise, died over the weekend from a heart attack while on a business trip in Italy.

Melbourne's 'Mr Shoes' dies on trip to Italy

Jeff Horn took several blows to the head from Manny Pacquiao throughout the ninth round.

Every hard punch depletes Horn's brain cells. They're never replaced

COMMENT

There's a queue of would-be owners keen to shell out upwards of $645,700 for the 911 GT2 RS.

This $645K beast is Porsche's most powerful car ever

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Indian PM plays Darth Vadar theme at corruption speech

A Domino's employee took action after missing out on the driver-of-the-year award.

Domino's driver takes action over prize

Katy Perry greeting fans at Myer's Sydney City store on Friday.

Seven denies misleading viewers over Katy Perry

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The social cost of Bangkok saying bye to pad thai

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Hair-twirling, nail-biting ... what our everyday habits mean

First-home buyers are vying for houses in middle ring suburbs.

How first-home buyers really fared at weekend auctions

Van lifers with a strong social media presence are turning their lifestyle into a living.

#VanLife: Young Aussies using social media to get paid to travel

Jill Garner at the Tanderrum bridge, in Birrarung Marr; one of the projects she has advised on.

Meet the woman whose job you probably didn't know existed

Truc Thanh Le Nguyen (also known as Judy Nguyen), right, and her husband Tri Duc Ngo (also known as Joseph Ngo).

Ex-agent admits to misappropriating clients' money

The house has been in the same family for 40 years.

Barilla pasta heir selling historic home for $95 million

A female cyclist is dead after she was hit by a truck.

Female cyclist dies after being hit by a truck in Brighton

Heyfield mill jobs remain concern despite government buy-out

Melbourne now as clogged as Sydney, and north-east is worst

EXCLUSIVE

The burnt Grenfell Tower in London.

Flammable cladding in Melbourne? Ted Baillieu to lead urgent probe

EXCLUSIVE

The stabbing victim is receiving treatment to wounds on his chest and leg.

Man stabbed repeatedly in Brunswick East road rage attack

The fire broke out in the kitchen of the burger bar on the ground floor of the building.

Cafe fire in Coburg one of three big blazes across city overnight

No bail: Aaron James playing football for North Bendigo.

Ex-AFL footballer allegedly caught with ice in Wangaratta

A picture of a cell inside the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre

The 'living hell' of youth detention in the ACT

EXCLUSIVE

New research says the most popular public high schools are highly segregated.

The 'good' public schools that are only for the rich

EXCLUSIVE

Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced a planned national firearms amnesty on Wednesday morning to target the large ...

Police roll out 'welcome mat' for gun amnesty

WA

Businesses who think creatively about recruiting will be the big winners in future according to HorizonOne director ...

The Canberra job that starts with six weeks paid leave

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

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

'We are not rich': Unis reject claims they are rolling in cash

Annie Parker co-ordinated the statement calling out sexual harassment in the Australian tech community.

Call for end to 'predatory behaviour' in Aussie start-ups

The SNES mini contains 20 of the most fondly-remembered games of all time.

Nintendo seems determined to limit access to classic games

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

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Five-year-old Mohannad Ali lies on a hospital bed in Abs, Yemen, in December. His two-year-old cousin died of hunger.

'Stop reproducing': The ignorant attitudes in face of an African crisis

Adam Gartrell

Warning of 'significant damage' to economy if PRRT is replaced

Eryk Bagshaw

Unis reject claims they are rolling in cash

Matthew Knott

Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg is among those also in the running.

Border Force boss on leave after 'investigation'

Adam Gartrell

Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament in February.

Tony Abbott launches latest criticism of Liberal leadership

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon.

'She is the odd person out': Greens senators hit out at Lee Rhiannon

Many Liberal MPs feel slighted by their Prime Minister.

Why Australia needs Malcolm Turnbull to survive

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Sana Abdul Amir tends to her son, 18-year-old Abdulrahman Abdulaaly, at the Athba Field Hospital near Mosul, Iraq.

In field hospital, Mosul teenager succumbs to burns

Michael Bachelard

HAMBURG, GERMANY - JULY 02: Protesters dressed like the G20-leaders return backstage from their appearance during a ...

G20 protests as Merkel worries about economic inclusion, Trump

A Ken Marschall painting of the Titanic on the ocean floor.

Planned Titanic rights sale petrifies archaeologists

A Malian police officer stationed on an armoured personnel vehicle outside Campement Kangaba, Bamako.

France and African nations launch anti-terror Sahel force

Illustration: Matt Davidson.

Cory Bernardi now has a foothold in Victorian state politics

COMMENT
Farrah Tomazin

High-rise buildings along Elizabeth Street and Franklin Street dominate the view from Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.

Tall storey: The Aussie icon disappearing from our inner cities

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Things will never be the same after Christopher Pyne's apology.

An event of breathtaking enormity has just occurred

COMMENT

Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood (left) and chairman Nick Falloon.

Spooked Fairfax predators abandon their prey

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

It is still a man's world in corporate Australia. But companies that set and measure gender diversity targets are more ...

'What gets measured, gets done': How companies get female boards

Nassim Khadem

NAB is predicting a national wheat crop of 23.3 million tonnes.

Severe dry in June lowers forecasts for wheat crop

Darren Gray

Alande Mustafa Safi in front of the site of a proposed new airport near Koo Wee Rup.

Backing secured for major airport serving Melbourne's south-east

EXCLUSIVE
Patrick Hatch

Aveo shares slump after ACCC announces investigation

Nassim Khadem

Bid for paid domestic violence leave rejected

Anna Patty

Call for end to 'predatory behaviour' in Australian start-ups

Cara Waters

ASX's new year off to a soft start as confidence wanes

Jessica Sier

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday where he was spotted in Star Wars socks.

How Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's politics go below the belt

Men's Style

PEA - or phenylethylamine - can turn us into irrational creatures of instinct.

How I got hooked on the world's most popular drug

Life on Mars

Gary and Beancaa Stanley have made huge savings on their electricity bills by installing solar panels and batteries.

How to fight back against rising energy costs

John Collett

Fear of poverty is a real psychological condition.

Being rich doesn't prevent debilitating fear of poverty

Nina Hendy

UrbanYou founders Elke Keeley and Noga Edelstein landed $1 million in two weeks after completing the Springboard program.

UrbanYou gets $1m investment to control quality in gig economy

Cara Waters

Annie Parker has co-ordinated a statement calling out sexual harassment in the Australian tech community.

Call for end to 'predatory behaviour' in Australian start-ups

Cara Waters

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Pacquiao v Horn: Journalist calls out sexist behaviour

Tour de France stage 2 crash.

Tour de France: Richie Porte caught in stage two crash

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Trump tweets CNN parody smackdown

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St Kilda edge Freo in thriller

Yolanda Lowatta and Kaine Sultan-Babij from Bangarra Dance Theatre will be in a production of "Bennelong" at the Sydney ...

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Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland in Feud: Bette and Joan.

Oscar-winning actress sues over 'bitchy' depiction in Feud

The two rappers at the Tidal launch in 2015.

Kanye pulls out of Tidal days after Jay-Z diss track

Rob Moran

Katy Perry greeting fans at Myer's Sydney City store on Friday.

Seven denies misleading viewers over Katy Perry on Sunrise

Broede Carmody

Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in Doctor Who.

Doctor Who takes a heartbreaking final bow

Michael Idato

Judah Kelly has been crowned the winner of The Voice 2017.

'I've had my dark times': Voice winner Judah Kelly opens up

Broede Carmody

The iconic 1987 wedding of Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene (Kylie Minogue).

Celebrating Scott and Charlene's 30th wedding anniversary

Michael Idato

Jay-Z's new album called 4:44 features a song about his gay mother.

Jay-Z raps mum's lesbianism and his infidelity on new album

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Cinematographer Ari Wegner poses for a photo on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Lady Macbeth's Ari Wegner, and new breed of women shooters

Karl Quinn

Ahn Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija with Okja.

Will Bong Joon-ho's Okja become Netflix's first blockbuster film?

Film
Elissa Blake

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

Crafty decoration of Melbourne's anti-terror bollards catches on

Hannah Francis

Heart is a Wasteland is a two-hander.

Heart is a Wasteland a heartfelt tale of love and music in the outback

Stage
Kerrie O'Brien

Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls and Bella Hadid at Miu Miu's Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week show on Sunday.

The best-dressed celebrities - and the dreamiest clothes - at Couture Week

Knowledge about the effects of consuming the placenta for mother and child is still evolving.

Newborn hospitalised in US after ingesting placenta via breastmilk

Carolyn Tate worried about giving her 12-year-old a smartphone – but found surprising benefits.

Eggplant emojis and IRL stories: a new sex ed app for teens

Madison Iszler

"When we praise girls for looking pretty, what they can hear is, 'I'm of value to others only when I look a certain way'."

This is why I don't tell my daughters that they are beautiful

Kasey Edwards

"Just like any addiction, this compulsive need to feel guilt and shame might explain why so many women like to confess ...

Anyone who's sent a 'shame text' knows this feeling

Natalie Reilly

Junk food: it's no longer a special occasion, it's the norm.

How junk food became the new normal

Paula Goodyer

James Packer on the Arctic P in the South Pacific last week. Model Rose Ashton can be seen in the background to the left.

James Packer didn't want his picture taken on holiday with Karl Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

The Afghanistan FIRST Global team.

US denies visas for Afghanistan's all-girl robotics team

Amanda Erickson

Taiyaki - sweet fish-shaped waffle.

How to eat in Tokyo like it's your last week on earth

Slow cooked ocean trout with witlof from restaurant Waku Ghin.

Tetsuya's Singapore restaurant receives two Michelin stars

Neil Perry's penne with zucchini and butte.

Butter penne and winter warmers with early July's weekly meal plan

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Do we judge other mums to feel better about ourselves?

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5 ways to get your kids to cut their screentime these holidays

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It's okay to not love every stage of parenting

Royal Air Maroc economy class.

Flight test: At last, a low-cost price for a full service flight

Kristie Kellahan

How much are those rice paper rolls worth? An Australian was charged $40,000 for a meal in Ho Chi Minh City.

Rip off: Aussie tourist charged $40,000 for meal in Vietnam

Shelley Island off North Carolina just formed, but won't last long.

Introducing the world's newest island

Hugh Morris

The new Fitbit smartwatch will be a step up from the fitness-focused Blaze.

Fitbit's smartwatch plans start to look dire

If you want to use Facebook's Find WiFi, the social media giant insists on tracking your every move.

Facebook's 'Find WiFi' goes global

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

Nintendo will make mini SNES hard to find, and that's a shame

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

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Airbnb to launch luxury tier for the super rich

Gizmodo

The model O-R3 autonomous security robot manufactured by Singapore-based Otsaw Digital.

Dubai's latest cops are robocars, aerial drones

2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Mercedes updates C-Class range

Dom Tripolone

The 2018 Maserati GranTurismo at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Goodwood in the new Maserati GranTurismo

Peter McKay

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

New Honda Civic Type R reviewed

Jonathan Hawley

Lexus is planning to offer a diesel variant of its big LX SUV.

Lexus LX diesel on the cards for Australia

Toby Hagon

Subaru's Forester is a compelling compact SUV.

Which is the best Subaru Forester?

David McCowen

Porsche's new 911 GT2 RS is its most extreme car yet.

Nine reasons Porsche's 911 GT2 RS is special

David McCowen

AFL Multicultural Development Officer Ali Fahour (left) with then Prime Minister John Howard in 2007.

AFL diversity chief red-carded for punch; victim has no memory

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Swans players wrestle with Tomas Bugg

It's time for red cards in the AFL

COMMENT
Chris Judd

Tomas Bugg go to the tribunal for knocking out Callum Mills.

Bugg expected to enter guilty plea

Anthony Colangelo and Daniel Cherny

The Bombers make their way from the ground after the Round 15 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and Brisbane Lions ...

Bombers limp effort selfish and unacceptable

Michael Gleeson

Jack Viney suffered an injury during the game against the Swans.

Viney out in latest Demons injury blow

Anthony Colangelo

Joel Selwood of the Cats comes off the ground after he was knocked against Fremantle.

Selwood a chance to return from concussion

Anthony Colangelo

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 20: Magpies head coach Nathan Buckley walks off after speaking to his players during the ...

Buckley's chance: The Pies are done

Michael Gleeson

Tom Rockliff celebrates Sunday's win over Essendon with coach Chris Fagan.

Rockliff's contract in flux, lauds 'super' Lion cubs

Anthony Colangelo

Cricket Australia high performance manager Pat Howard speaks with the media in 2016.

CA stick by polarising comments made at MCG meeting

Daniel Cherny

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Richie Benaud, Tony Greig and Michael Slater talk during the Channel Nine 2010/11 ...

Former Australian Test batsmen in public spat over cricket pay saga

Rob Forsaith

Floyd Mayweather might be more of a daydream match-up for Jeff Horn.

Horn camp doubles down on Mayweather talk

Phil Lutton

Talk a big game: Kokkinakis has turned to Philippoussis for added inspiration and grasscourt intellect.

Philippoussis joins Team Kokkinakis

Darren Walton

Jersey boys: Chris Froome and Team Sky have come under fire for 'bubble pads' on the upper arms of their jerseys, ...

Tour rivals accuse Team Sky of sporting 'illegal' jerseys

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