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Industry data shows 42 drug companies spent $286 million on 117,000 events over four years.

Drug industry spends $72m a year 'educating' doctors

Pubs and clubs industries say the 10-year pokies licence periods have restricted their ability to get funding

Victoria's pubs, clubs win pokies jackpot with overhaul of laws

US President Donald Trump talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit on Saturday.

G20 climate statement stalls as US insists on fossil fuel clause

The vendors of 1088 Toorak Road, Camberwell failed to sell their house at their reserve price.

Attempt to make $1m in year on Camberwell knockdown fails

Activists gather in front of Uruguayan Congress in support of the legalisation of marijuana in 2013.

In Uruguay, the government is now your pot dealer

Glaxo scientists have spent more than a decade tinkering with chemical compounds to fight the rise of superbugs that ...

Warning of gonorrhoea superbug linked to drop in condom use

Video clears Venus Williams of blame in fatal car crash

Meet the man media moguls get to make problems go away

Cricket is excelling at a 'self-indulgent civil war'

Tim Lane

Aveo's residents are happy? Probably, perhaps, maybe?

Adele Ferguson

Spin cycle: How Trump and Putin's G20 accounts differ

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Inflation night club Police shooting video still images Channel 7 news

Nightclub owner says shot man did not point gun at police

Nathan Buckley

Buckley concedes loss to Dons was 'tipping point'

Mattek-Sands suffered an acute knee injury on the 'slippery' courts at Wimbledon.

'It's not flat': horror fall brings Wimbledon grass woes into focus

Alexa, 11, was taken ill with gastro during an outbreak on the Pacific Eden.

What to blame for your stomach bug? Not the last thing you ate

Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Big (Chris Noth) is their lavish New York apartment in 'Sex and the City 2'.

Carrie and Mr Big not a real-life match: Sex and the City creator

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Bombers belt Pies

Australian women's captain Meg Lanning will play in the WBBL.

Lanning lauded by legends: the greatest we have ever seen

Happiness.

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It's an age old question: Can money buy happiness?

DO NOT USE HUffPOST Soba noodles with beef, carrots, onions and sweet peppers. Top view

Making sugar-free stir fry is surprisingly easy

DO NOT USE HUffpost

How to take care of your skin on a long haul flight

A high-rise in Box Hill, a suburb which has become an activity centre.

Ten ideas for dealing with the city's rapid population growth

Melbourne's dreams of a new airport (again)

Private school explosion in fringe suburbs as state struggles to keep up with demand

A police incident at Southern Cross has caused evening peak-hour chaos, with major delays across most of the Metro ...

Commuter chaos: Train spotter causes major peak-hour delays

Pic shows a set up shot of a person in the driver seat of a car with their mobile phone in hand - to illustrate the ...

'Just madness': Drivers caught watching porn instead of road

The CFA will become a solely volunteer operation under the new arrangements.

MFB chief executive departs without explanation

A pre-school aged girl is recovering in hospital after her hand was caught in a juicer.

Pre-schooler rushed to hospital after hand stuck in juicer

Detail of the monster-headed child biting the nipple causing blood to flow.

Is this painting in a Sydney flat the work of a genius?

INVESTIGATION

Heritage meets renewable at Byron Bay's new North Beach Train Station.

Byron Bay to get world's first solar-powered train

NSW

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

Govt to block land use along high-speed rail corridor

ACT

Police are looking into the possibility of a series of sexual assaults, involving young women staying out late at night ...

Uber driver charged with sexual assault

QLD

The vendors of 1088 Toorak Road, Camberwell failed to sell their house at their reserve price.

Seller's attempt to make $1 million in a year on Camberwell dump fails

Nadine Bygotte and her son Caden Beck live in an apartment block in South Yarra.

Huge rise in the number of families living in Melbourne high rises

Wedge Island

‘Party island’ for sale for less than the cost of a Sydney studio

11A John Street, Ashfield NSW. Images supplied for Domain by Raine & Horne Ashfield - June 2017.

Auction Results: See what sold near you on Saturday

Point of difference: The pool area at Palladium Tower apartments in Southbank.

Taking vertical villages to the next level in Southbank

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has Malcolm Turnbull in a difficult position.

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has Malcolm Turnbull in a difficult position.

Sometimes the silent treatment is the only way

Annabel Crabb

Religion is a set of power relationships; strictures and structures that have no necessary connection to belief. ...

Free Christ from the Christian churches

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

119324D Jim Dine Various martial moves 2009 colour lithograph on 4 sheets (a) 91.8 x 66.1 cm (image and sheet) (b) 91.8 ...

The artist who just gave $3.5m worth of works to the NGV

Stephanie Bunbury

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Nick Riewoldt

Live AFL: Saints thump Richmond in lopsided contest

Hawks v Giants

Langford's tumbling snap secures a draw

Jon Pierik

Reason to shout: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti and James Stewart of the Bombers.

Resurgent Dons send Buckley further into mire

Daniel Cherny

Gary Rohan of the Swans

Sydney Swans belt Suns by 67 points at SCG

Rob Forsaith
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Alastair Clarkson

Hawks' draw: Missed it by that much, laments Clarkson

Jon Pierik

Nathan Buckley

Buckley concedes loss to Dons was 'tipping point'

Daniel Cherny

Shellshocked: The Bulldogs walk off the field after a thumping at Adelaide Oval.

'I am shattered': Beveridge admits Dogs have regressed

Ashley Porter

Taylor Walker

MRP will look at Walker over Johannisen push

Daniel Cherny

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after a press conference in Hamburg, Germany for the G20.

Missile shield an option as North Korea crisis deepens, PM suggests

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Labor could win bid to unseat minister: experts

Adam Gartrell

Massive Tesla battery won't prevent blackouts, say experts

Michael Koziol

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media while in Hamburg, Germany for the G20 summit.

Australia should consider missile defence to counter Korea: Rudd

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

The five Liberal candidates vying for the WA Senate vacancy as they appear on their nomination forms. From left to ...

No woman in sight: Five male nominees to fill Lib Senate role

Latika Bourke

Tony Abbott believes he won his election on carbon pricing, rather than simply because the voters had had enough of ...

Climate change: Now it's personal

John Hewson

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is ready to return to Australia at a moment's notice.

Malcolm and the Barnaby and Tony Emergency Express

SKETCH
Tony Wright

President Donald Trump, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the G20 summit.

At the G20, big-ticket items see Trump in majority of one

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Four-year-old Rosmaida Bibi, who suffers from severe malnutrition, with her mother Hamida Begum's lap. She cannot grow ...

Myanmar urged to grant Rohingya citizenship

Activists gather in front of Uruguayan Congress as the Senate in support of the legalization of marijuana outside the ...

In Uruguay, the government is your pot dealer

A boy drinks fresh milk at the cattle camps that have popped up on the outskirts of Bentiu in South Sudan.

'We have become the most vulnerable people on Earth'

Michael Bachelard, Kate Geraghty

Illustration: Joe Benke

Dear G20 leaders, humanitarian model no longer works

COMMENT
Tim Costello

We need to rescue Christ from the Christian Church.

Free Christ from the Christian Church

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Helen Pitt with the marks her surgeon made ahead of having her skin cancer removed.

Getting my skin cancer removed cut to the heart

COMMENT
Helen Pitt

The trend to increased inequality of income and wealth is worse in the US than other advanced economies.

'Toxic mix': is the American Dream now a nightmare?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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

Probably, perhaps, maybe? the bizarre survey Aveo refers to

Adele Ferguson

What it lacks in nimbleness, it may have in scale: Volkswagen plans to delivering its first battery cars in 2020.

'We can stop Tesla': VW has big electric car dreams

Murdah has changed his mind about raising cattle in Indonesia

How Australia is helping to fatten Indonesian cows

Jewel Topsfield

'Disappointed, annoyed customers' - Domino's dangerous tactic

Madeleine Heffernan

Pubs, clubs win pokies jackpot in regulation change

Nick Toscano

Retail challenges on the cards

Carolyn Cummins

No Kwickie for you: ASIC thwarts tech start up's plans

Sarah Danckert

Enjoy a cold frothy one without the chill.

13 of the best beers you should be drinking right now

Fine Drinks

The Porsche Design RFF 135 Mega Yacht is just one of the outrageous items up for grabs.

There is an 'eBay for the rich' and you can't afford anything on it

Luxury

Sophie Gilliatt (left) and Katherine Westwood now employ 30 people and turn over $5 million a year.

How the Dinner Ladies found the recipe for financial independence

Georgina Dent

Underpayment or non payment of super is likely to become a bigger problem because of the growth in part-time, casual and ...

Locations where workers are ripped-off on super revealed

John Collett

Nathan Dawes and Dane Westerweller from LDrivo launched their learner driver app this week.

The learner driver app which could be a lifesaver on the roads

Cara Waters

Nine cognitive skills have the greatest impact on leadership performance.

Nine ways to think like a leader

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Hawks submit GWS to second straight draw

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Merkel's 'epic' eye roll for Putin

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G20: Trump, Putin differ on North Korea

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Swans soar as Suns go to sleep

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Nyereka Maliyah 20yrs with her baby Dictor Geng 1yrs who is ill and being treated at the CARE Stabalization point at ...

'We have become the most vulnerable people on Earth'

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Bill Cosby, seen arriving at the Montgomery County Courthouse last month, will again face trial for sexual assault.

Bill Cosby to be retried on sexual assault charges

Will Shane Watson's heroics figure on television this summer?

Nine's (and Ten's) summer of no cricket: preparing for the worst

Karl Quinn

Sophie Cookson as Sidney and Naomi Watts as Diane/Jean.

Naomi Watts' Gypsy, and the perils and power of lying

Karl Quinn

Sofia Coppola holds the Oscar she won for best original screenplay for 'Lost in Translation' with her father, Francis ...

'I'm really nerdy' The Beguiled director Sofia Coppola confesses

Film
Stephanie Bunbury

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones.

Game of Thrones star says 'no flirting' cost her roles

Rob Moran

Offred (Elisabeth Moss) in The Handmaid's Tale.

The Handmaid's Tale: this year's most chilling show

Free to air
Melinda Houston

"It's a part of our history": filmmaker Sarah Barton.

For this filmmaker, disability rights is both political and personal

Garry Maddox

Author Roxane Gay

And now, the book that landed Mia Freedman in so much trouble

Review
Jo Case

Jim Dine, Various martial moves 2009 (detail)

Artist gives $3.5m worth of works to NGV. 'It's in Melbourne, right?'

Stephanie Bunbury

"I had a pretty OK girlhood ... But then, when I was 18, I didn't feel like moving towards womanhood." Kurt Pimblett

Tracking the transgender journey, from her to him to Hir

Lenny Ann Low

An artist's impression of the five-star hotel.

Mona's five-star hotel, plans to move Mona Foma to Launceston

Hannah Francis

Mates Taylor Swift and Lorde attend the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Lorde again forced to confirm she is still friends with Taylor Swift

Jenna Clarke

Malala Yousafzai waves to the crowd at a press conference at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as a ...

'I am excited for my future': Malala finishes high school

Daniel Victor

Actress Emma Stone poses at the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Diane Keaton, at Dolby Theatre on Thursday, ...

Emma Stone's male co-stars took pay cuts so she'd have equal pay

Brooke Metz

Taylor Schilling arrives at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Why Taylor Schilling feels liberated as an anti-hero

Jane Mulkerrins

If you don't like it, be honest but include a suggestion to resolve it.

Could moderate complaining be beneficial to health?

Jo Hartley

A model walks the runway during the Proenza Schouler Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show.

All the spellbinding beauty looks of couture week

Stephanie Darling

Jho Low's luxury superyacht Equanimity.

What we know about Miranda Kerr and that billionaire

Andrew Hornery

Madonna performs onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo ...

Double standards and derision: our attitudes towards age and beauty

Michelle Smith

Rachel Khoo's chocolate brownie pots.

29 decadent chocolate recipes like these choc brownie pudding pots

Pork belly, carrots and red shallots braised in red master stock (eggs optional).

Kylie Kwong's slow braised pork belly plus eggplant stir-fry

Neil Perry's tart lemon tart!

Weekly meal planner - July

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Which type of Facebook user are you?

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Kids with smartphones twice as likely to get hair lice

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Woman gives best ever response to cheating husband

A 'secret button' is rumoured to give passengers in the aisle a little more room.

The secret button that gives you extra space on a plane

Gavin Haines

Should there be extra costs for passengers weighing over a specified limit?

Letters: Overweight passengers, it's not 'fat shaming', it's physics

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Cheeky new tourism campaign mocking Australia's icons goes viral

Kylie McLaughlin

Many Australians aren't satisfied with their home broadband, yet they're reluctant to shop around.

Aussies can't get no broadband satisfaction

COMMENT

An investigation found the virus and had no impact on camera accuracy.

WannaCry speed camera fines will stand

Microsoft is dropping many sales people as it pushes further into cloud services.

Microsoft sheds thousands of employees globally

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Josh Jenkins of the Crows (R) celebrates a goal during the round 15 AFL match between ...

Why the Adelaide Crows bought an esports team

Kotaku

Pokemon GO hype may have peaked last year, but for many the game goes on.

Loyal fanbase keeping Pokemon GO alive

COMMENT

The restrictions and requirements placed on learner drivers vary widely from state to state.

Which state is the hardest on young drivers?

Alessandra Melville

2017 Skoda Superb Sportline.

Updated Skoda Superb revealed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class teaser.

Mercedes-Benz teases new X-Class ute

Drive Staff

Constable Ashley Knowles with a roadside drug testing swap which saliva is tested on before being tested for traces of ...

What is Australia doing about drug driving?

Alessandra Melville

2014 Audi RS5.

The dangers with a used Audi V8 performance car

David Morley

Volvo badge

France flags petrol and diesel ban as Volvo commits to electric cars

David McCowen

The Australian team walk off the ground.

Player-management stoush is just not cricket

Tim Lane

Mattek-Sands suffered an acute knee injury on the 'slippery' courts at Wimbledon.

A week without rain has players griping about court conditions

Chuck Culpepper

"There was a clear opportunity for the players and the ACA to place themselves above the mire of a pay dispute." John ...

Buchanan: Cricketers made 'wrong' call not to tour

Jon Pierik

Sharing the spoils: Opposing captains Kieran Read and Sam Warburton lift the trophy following a drawn series.

Referee decisive as All Blacks and Lions draw epic Test

Marc Hinton
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Romelu Lukaku.

Manchester United agree $128 million deal for Lukaku

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