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Even with the network back in action, Thursday's journey home was less pleasant than usual.

Why our train network melted down yet again

ANALYSIS
Adam Carey

Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg addresses the media during a joint press conference at Parliament ...

States warned 'not to go it alone' on a clean energy target

The thick smoke made the going difficult for police.

Plastics pile up because it isn't worth recycling anymore: expert

Trains

Train fail: Metro to compensate some commuters

UPDATED

Sint Maarten is a popular destination for plane spotters, as the planes fly low over Maho Beach into the airport.

Woman dies after standing too close to departing jet plane

James Hird will be given the opportunity to present this year's Norm Smith Medal.

'I would love to do it': Hird open to presenting AFL Norm Smith medal

UPDATED

'Critical juncture': Aussie dollar leaps over US77¢ hurdle

UPDATED

Couple face trial on neglect charges after elderly mother's death

Hate Donald Trump all you want, but he is no idiot abroad

COMMENT

Re-enactment: Aussie took four hours to tunnel out of Bali jail

First home buyers take over Australian housing market

COMMENT

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 13: Police do a door knock to let residents know of the toxic smoke and suggest evacuation ...

Hundreds evacuated as toxic smoke blankets Melbourne suburb

3 mins ago

This enhanced-colour image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Jason Major using data from the ...

Jupiter's Great Red storm 'so powerful and so beautiful'

Yvette Du Bourdieu struggled before she found a welcoming community.

What no one tells new mums and dads about parenthood

Lorde has given us the best record so far with <i>Melodrama</i>.

The best songs of 2017... so far

COMMENT

On this week's episode of "It All Adds Up" we hear from unemployed 17 year old Bianca Barnard who is looking for work. ...

'You have to wow them': Charts to show your boss to get a payrise

IN DEPTH

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Toxic smoke sparks Dallas evacuation

Peter Gruner, of Gruner's butcher and deli, in St Kilda, who will retire on August 7. His family opened the business in 1958.

'Everything has to end': Loved St Kilda institution to close

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Actor Sophie Turner attends the premiere of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" season 7 at Walt Disney ...

'It feels like a death in the family': GoT stars at premiere

Visitors look toward the Pyramid of the Moon, from a vantage point at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun, during ...

Secret tunnel linked to underworld found under Pyramid of the Moon

If you have a sweet tooth, dark chocolate is one of the healthiest ways to satisfy a midday craving. Studies have shown ...

The foods that contain magnesium - and how they help you

Karen Ristevski with her husband Borce and daughter Sarah.

Police may have had big Ristevski clue for five months

School students are about to get a lot more control. This is why

EXCLUSIVE

Police to re-test forensic evidence in Maria James cold case murder

The scene of the blaze on Thursday morning.

Ash falls on city as a blaze engulfs recycling plant

UPDATED

The exterior of the Inflation night club on King street in Melbourne on Saturday, July, 8, 2017. Two partygoers have ...

Top cop stood down from King St probe - as owner is suing him

The Capital City Trail is a popular cycling route.

Cyclists angry after popular bike track doused in oil

Heavily armed police at the scene in Brougham Avenue, Wyndham Vale last year.

Former kickboxing star offered stranger $2000 to hide in shower

Australian Roger Hussey before the fall on Kata beach, Thailand.

Australian dies while parasailing in Thailand

WA

Environmental groups want plastic straws banned in Queensland.

Push to ban straws, plastic coffee cups, helium balloons

QLD

Former Rebels bikie gang member Ricky Ciano was last seen alive in Penrith in Sydney's west on February 11.

Man found dead in car may have been given 'hot shot'

NSW

Passengers at Sydney Airport.

Immigration moves to outsource visa system

ACT

Sean and Melissa McNeal enrolled Hudson, a mastiff-Akita, in a training program and had him DNA-tested to help get him ...

Dogs being interviewed for apartments in New York - and Australia

Cool walk: Early mornings are the coldest in Melbourne.

Where to live in Melbourne to avoid the cold

Expect the unexpected when you take responsibility for someone else's home and pets.

The good, the bad and the awkward: Life as a house sitter

Here's an idea: Amazon-branded jungle!

Imagine if every company had its own village for employees

Comment

Julie Nance knew she had made a mistake as soon as she closed the front door on her house for the last time.

'Let's move back': Why Julie bought the same house twice

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg.

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Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull and his Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg have used this week's blackout as a chance to ...

The minister who could make or break the government

Matthew Knott

Clementine Ford talks trolling with Daily Life 2016 Woman of the Year, Mariam Veiszadeh.

Speaking out has a cost, and now my family wears it too

Clementine Ford
1 hr ago

Want an upgrade? Dressing nicely is unlikely to help you.

Dress well for upgrade? 10 of the biggest air travel myths

Michael Gebicki

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Daniel Wells runs with the ball away from Ben Kennedy at training.

Pies rush back Wells for Suns clash

Daniel Cherny

Young gun Jack Billings is close to a new deal with the Saints.

Billings close to Saints deal, ignores 'Bont' comparisons

Anthony Colangelo

Jake Carlisle's marking strength has become a key factor in the Saints' defence.

Carey: Carlisle having more influence every week

Wayne Carey

Through and through: Kangaroos coach Brad Scott talks to his players.

Pie in the sky: Scott dismisses Collingwood speculation

Ronny Lerner

Gary Ablett's wish to leave the Suns and end his career as a Cat looks unlikely.

Ablett’s path back to Geelong hits hurdle

Caroline Wilson

Carlton's Ikon Park may be the proposed home of the AFLW.

Tigers, Blues pitch for multimillion dollar upgrades

EXCLUSIVE
Caroline Wilson and Jon Pierik

The Tigers' Ben Griffiths warms up before the match against Collingwood in March.

Griffiths set to return after concussion scares

Scott Spits

AFL footballs

Ins and outs: Teams for AFL round 17

Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg addresses the media during a joint press conference at Parliament ...

Frydenberg warns states not to go it alone on clean energy

Adam Gartrell

The minister who could make or break the government

Matthew Knott

Big tobacco's behind-the-scenes 'astroturf' campaign

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Liberal MP Craig Kelly in Parliament.

'People will die due to renewables': Turnbull government MP

Greens senator Lee Rhiannon was last month excluded from decisions on contentious policies for the foreseeable future.

Greens hope to end infighting with balance of power compromise

The Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas project site in Gladstone, Queensland.

What's really to blame for your rising electricity bills

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Same-sex marriage is on the parliamentary agenda again.

Don't get your tux dry-cleaned for gay marriage just yet

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

FILE - In this 2005 file photo, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview with Japan's Kyodo News in ...

Jailed China critic and Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo dies

BREAKING
Chris Buckley
14 mins ago

Malaysian financier Jho Low at a New York charity event in October 2014.

Playboy billionaire blasts Singapore court on missing millions

Lindsay Murdoch

Bali prison escapees Sayed Mohammad Said and Dimitar Iliev in orange police jumpsuits re-enact their escape from ...

Australian Shaun Davidson took four hours to tunnel out of Bali jail

Jewel Topsfield

Christopher Wray, Donald Trump's nominee for director of the FBI, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination ...

Trump's pick for FBI vows independence

Illustration: Matt Davidson

It isn't the wind, it's the gas. Why power prices are going berserk

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Same-sex marriage is on the parliamentary agenda again.

Don't get your tux dry-cleaned for gay marriage just yet

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Waleed Aly are targeted in the racist campaign.

Why must non-white Australians 'leave' for having an opinion?

COMMENT
Nama Winston

Banks will be forced to defer at least 40 per cent of senior executives' bonuses for four years.

Bonus crackdown could lift base banker pay, Treasury warns

Clancy Yeates

Federer

Every good deal has to have something in it for everybody

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Nathan Tinkler's thoroughbred empire has officially been wound up.

Gerry Harvey wins as Nathan Tinkler's horse empire sold

Colin Kruger, CBD

The currency is being buoyed by strong Chinese trade data as well as dovish comments by US Federal Reserve chief Janet ...

$A bursts through US77¢ to four-month high

UPDATED
Jens Meyer

Fed's Yellen lights up ASX and $A

Myriam Robin

'Wow them': The charts to show your boss to get a payrise

IN DEPTH
Jessica Irvine

Cochlear 'committed' to Australia despite China move

Mathew Dunckley

First home buyers the new kings of housing market

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The ongoing fight to become the next hot cold one has seen some breweries take extreme measures.

Silly suds: Are you game to try these extreme flavoured beers?

Fine Drinks

Moncler combines Alpine elegance with a new, invigorating street style.

Alpine style: The sports brand making puffer jackets cool

Men's Style

New York-based Australian writer Emma Vuletic let her Brooklyn apartment via Airbnb to stave off financial trouble.

'I made up for lost child support with Airbnb'

Emma Vuletic

A number of trends are causing higher volatility for individual shares.

Volatility is the new normal in equities

Marcus Padley

Small business ombudsman Kate Carnell would like to see Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate consider bulk deals for the ...

Ombudsman takes on Australia Post over small business rates

Cara Waters

Garrett Jandegian (left) and Ricky Herbert are the co-founders of alkaline water business Aqualove.

Generation ambition: hard working Millennial entrepreneurs buck the stereotype

Cara Waters

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Jail for man who trained pets to kill

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Bali prisoners re-enact their escape

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Al Gore launches Victoria's green energy plan

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2017's top ten best songs, so far

A demonstrator is taken into custody by U.S. Capitol Police as activists protest against the Republican health care bill ...

World of Photos - July 12, 2017

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Sarah Tiong's devastation at sending Eliza home on MasterChef.

MasterChef's immunity pin play that 'weighed heavily' on Sarah

SPOILERS
Aja Styles

Nicole Kidman at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Kidman, Mendelsohn tipped for Emmy nods as GoT misses out

Broede Carmody

Australian artist Montaigne caused a stir at last year's ARIAs during her 'incomprehensible' acceptance speech for best ...

This could be a costly move by Channel Nine on Ten's turf

Broede Carmody

Edgar Wright (left) and Ansel Elgort on the set of Baby Driver.

Why Baby Driver director was driven by music

Garry Maddox

Tough night: A poor performance from the vast majority of the Blues side in game three.

Stage of Origin final smashed the TV ratings

Broede Carmody

Sophie Turner on the blue carpet for Game Of Thrones season 7.

'It feels like a death in the family': GoT stars at premiere

Michael Idato

Former ABC host and mechanical engineer Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

Prue MacSween cops backlash over Abdel-Magied comments

Rob Moran

Lorde has given us the best record so far with <i>Melodrama</i>.

The 50 best songs of 2017 (so far)

COMMENT
Andrew Murfett

Ansel Elgort, right, and Jamie Foxx in a scene from Baby Driver.

Baby Driver screams 'put down your phone' to iGeneration

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

Dylan Gelula, left, and Brianna Hildebrand give generous, brave and open performances.

First Girl I Loved is a fresh take on the high stakes of youth

Review
Paul Byrnes

A Documenta 14 painting by Senegalese artist El Hadji Sy.

Documenta & Basel: Europe's big art shows have it all back to front

REVIEW
John McDonald

Clementine Ford with her baby son: "He is the cost too."

Speaking out online has a personal cost, and now my family wears it too

Clementine Ford
1 hr ago

"When I did this to the girls, I felt like I was big."

A twisted version of masculinity breeds sexual abusers

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

<i>To the Bone</I> tells the story of a young woman's recovery from anorexia nervosa.

Why we shouldn't be afraid of anorexia film, To the Bone

Winnie Salamon

Actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested for public drunkenness.

'I've hit rock bottom'- LeBeouf apologises for racist rant

Joey Pucino

Malala Yousafzai spent her birthday with girls who had been forced to leave school.

Malala has fun birthday with girls who were forced to leave school

The pantry staples: "I like Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil because they?re Australian; and I always have extra ...

The argument against coconut oil has gone too far

Sarah Berry

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on day ...

Kate Middleton wears Princess Diana's favourite tiara

Annie Brown

Britain's Andy Murray at a press conference after losing his Men's Singles Quarterfinal Match against Sam Querrey of the ...

'First male player,' Andy Murray corrects reporter, wins hearts

Mary Ward

Sushi Shapes. Recipe by Dani Valent, to be used for upcoming story. Images by Julian Kingma, please credit.

Kids in the kitchen: Simple recipes from sushi shapes to basic cakes

Mexican meatballs in spicy macha sauce.

Neil Perry's Mexican meatballs in spicy macha sauce

The good ol' vanilla slice

Top 10 Australian junk foods - what's on your list?

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'Cafe's babycino ban makes no sense'

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The deadly spot we're missing when we apply sunscreen

Facebook: Angela O'Guinn Downs

Teen electrocuted while using mobile phone in bath

Want an upgrade? Dressing nicely is unlikely to help you.

Dress well for upgrade? Ten of the biggest myths about air travel

Michael Gebicki

What the world famous Azure Window in Gozo island, Malta looked like before it collapsed.

Scathing TripAdvisor reviews for attraction ... that no longer exists

Hugh Morris

Bangkok IS street food.

The best thing about visiting Bangkok is about to be destroyed

Ben Groundwater

DNA.

Scientists store a film in DNA for the first time

Mario Kart VR

Mario Kart VR is a real thing from tomorrow

No-one will accept responsibility for breaking the deadlock which is leaving Australians with no home phone or broadband ...

Australian homes caught in a broadband Catch 22

COMMENT

An ankle exoskeleton.

Humans key to great therapeutic robotics

Google has been facing a steady stream of legal challenges across Europe, with many of the disputes focusing on the ...

Google avoids $1.7b bill for back taxes in France

Aston Martin Valkyrie.

F1 for the road: Inside Aston Martin's Valkyrie

David McCowen

HSV VX ClubSport.

What to look for in a used HSV VX Clubsport

David Morley

An alarming number of drivers have admitted to texting behind the wheel.

Top 10 dangerous activities Australian drivers admit to

David McCowen

Suzuki Ignis GL v Kia Picanto.

Head to head: Kia Picanto v Suzuki Ignis

Andrew MacLean

2017 Infiniti Q60 2.0 GT.

Infiniti's BMW 4-Series rival reviewed

Andrew Maclean

2017 Audi SQ5.

Driven: Audi's new petrol-powered hot SUV

Stephen Ottley

Angry missive: Cricket Australia chairman David Peever.

Cricketers hit back at Peever comments

Andrew Wu

Daniel Ricciardo is enjoying success despite engine power issues.

All smiles at Red Bull thanks to Daniel Ricciardo

Mark Fogarty

Toby Smith of the Rebels prepares for a scrum during a Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby training session.

Stirling Mortlock: Damage to rugby union 'an absolute tragedy'

Stirling Mortlock

Floyd Mayweather, left, and Conor McGregor went head-to-head again on Thursday.

McGregor taunts Mayweather ... again

Cricket Australia chairman David Peever.

'Reckless': Cricket Australia chairman weighs in to pay dispute

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