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The Reserve Bank has been positive on the economy and at the same time wary of the risks to financial stability posed by ...

Why things could get a lot worse for homeowners

ANALYSIS
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President Donald Trump

This White House dinner shows why Trump couldn't do deal

ANALYSIS

The Reject Shop is being sued over the alleged mouse find.

Mother sues after daughter 'finds mouse in SpongeBob biscuits'

1 hr ago

Vacant blocks such as 54 Albany Road, Toorak, are often owned by the next door neighbour.

The trend emerging in Melbourne's most prestigious postcode

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Market rebound adds $140 billion to super funds

The man was escorted off the plane by police in Perth.

'Everyone was cranky': 'Drunk' passenger causes flight to U-turn

55 mins ago

Man says he drowned partner in bath in alleged 'suicide pact'

1 hr ago

Australia's great over-reaction to the RBA minutes

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

New rules no 'excuse to hit customers', Treasurer warns banks

Brother of Bourke St accused in court over assault on woman

Fireworks link to Justine Damond's shooting as cops 'refuse to talk'

Justine Damond, left, pictured with her fiance Don and Don's son Zach.

Justine grabbed my phone and put in a date - I forgot about it, until this week

COMMENT
Jacinta Tynan

Sue Neill-Fraser on the day of the 'murder'.

60 Minutes boss lashes out at arch-rival over 'murder' probe

The new £10 note, featuring Jane Austen.

Jane Austen takes pride of place on new £10 note

13 mins ago

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad breaches community standards, the ASB has found.

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad banned by Standards Bureau

The NHMRC has banned IVF clinics from offering gender selection.

Looking for an IVF clinic? These are the questions you need to ask

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California fire burns through 8000 hectares

Gillon McLachlan, AFL chief executive, at the media conference after two executive resignations on 14 July.

'It's a disaster for the AFL, whichever way you look at it'

Being serious about weightloss means make a commitment to get moving.

10 exercises to help you lose weight (and keep it off)

Buddha bowls

Eight ways to eat quinoa for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Bullied

How to tell if you're being bullied at work

Facing court over road tolls can be 'humiliating', 'ridiculous' and 'leaves you very exposed'.

'It's just about killed my marriage': How road fines take their toll

Ty Vickery unwittingly pays for horses, his own wedding gifts

EXCLUSIVE

'You left us too soon': Family pays tribute to slain woman

Victoria's desalination plant could be boosted to 200 gigalitres a year.

Dwindling water storages could trigger desal plant order

Fentanyl is used in millions of operations each year.

Hospitals forced to ration 'critical' painkiller fentanyl

Rick Irwin

Coach who groped woman free to talk on 'healthy masculinity'

Deer Park man The Phong Vuong, who was found dead at his Erin Square home on June 26.

Second man appears in court over dressmaker's murder

Northbound tolls on the Sydney Harbour Bridge would help pay for the two new tunnels.

Harbour Bridge tolls set to soar to pay for new tunnel

NSW

New technology will be trialled in Brisbane as part of a crackdown on shoplifting.

New tech trial takes aim at shoplifters

QLD

Asbestos taskforce head Andrew Kefford: A special case was made for an inner south Fluffy property because of the need ...

Special deal for inner south Fluffy owners

ACT

Shawn Newton and Rebecca Jane Gascoigne.

Police manhunt searches bushland in Perth's north

WA

The Reserve Bank has been positive on the economy and at the same time wary of the risks to financial stability posed by ...

Get ready for Australia's dark days of mortgage stress

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

St Georges Road, Toorak where it is believed Melbourne's biggest sale has taken place.

Toorak mansion could set Victorian record after $40m offer

Lowe Guardians has teamed up with designers at Studio Bark to create The Shed.

Pod-like 'Shed' offers housing solution in abandoned buildings

39 mins ago

Sunshine Lantern Festival in Sunshine, Victoria.

There's nothing corny about this sunny Melbourne suburb

Having a baby in the house means all the time management plans in the world are undermined.

What I've learned working at home with a baby

Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

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Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

What flying was really like in the '80s

The RBA has pegged 3.5 per cent as the new normal for the official cash rate.

Homeowners unprepared for dark days of debt stress

ANALYSIS
Chris Kohler
1 hr ago

Blond teenage girl during the cold season in the city. 18 years old Italian female model.

Turnbull's attack on privacy matters to women like me

Elizabeth Duck-Chong

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Patrick Dangerfield is rated a '40 per cent' chance to play against Adelaide.

Dangerfield a '40 per cent' chance to play against the Crows

UPDATED
38 mins ago

Jack Viney at training this week.

Viney to step back quickly from foot injury

Michael Gleeson
1 hr ago

Eddie McGuire is adamant he will be there to rebuild Collingwood

McGuire adamant he will stay 'in the tough times'

Jobe Watson has made leadership easier for Dyson Heppell at Essendon.

Irishman McKenna closing in on new contract with Bombers

UPDATED
Jon Pierik and Patrick Bartley
1 hr ago

Jayden Hunt lines up for a monster goal.

Monster torp from Melbourne's Jayden Hunt was into the wind

Sam McClure

Gillon McLachlan, AFL chief executive, at the media conference after two executive resignations on 14 July.

A disaster for the AFL

The Big V in action in 2008.

Scuttled: $10,000 bonus for AFL State of Origin

Jon Pierik

The Swans are returning to their standing as the kings of defence after their poor start to the year.

Swans defence again best in the business

Andrew Wu

Scott Ludlam (right) and Larissa Waters (left) served as co-deputies to Greens leader Richard Di Natale.

Greens leader says senators should not pay back $3 million in salaries

Amy Remeikis

MPs scramble as question marks hover over more than 20

Amy Remeikis

Doubts over Turnbull's new home affairs ministry

David Wroe

Former WA Liberal MP Michael Sutherland.

'Bunch of cockroaches': Liberal's attack on local activists

Australia following in the UK's footsteps: Mr Turnbull said the changes were largely modelled on Britain's Home Office ...

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

ANALYSIS
James Massola
1 hr ago

Forced to resign: Larissa Waters left Canada before she had even turned one.

The absurd rule that forced the shock resignation of two Greens

ANALYSIS

Peter Dutton faces a major test in implementing the national security changes.

Home affairs details reassuring but questions remain

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Peter Dutton will become the Minister for Home Affairs.

UK Home Office a curious model for Australia's super-ministry

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

People walk past a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday.

Project to map locations of North Korean mass killings

President Donald Trump

Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed discussion at G20

UPDATED

Emmanuel Macron and France have displaced the US at the top of the soft power index.

Macron trumps Trump in new soft power index

Nick Miller

Illustration: Simon Letch

History's pendulum is swinging against neoliberalism

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Illustration: Andrew Dyson.

When Trump chooses between country and family, family wins

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

Having a degree is increasingly becoming the prerequisite to even getting a look-in at a job interview, but the problem ...

Who ultimately pays for university daze?

COMMENT
Nicholas Stuart

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to nation's super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Investors eye the 'unquestionably strong' requirements.

Markets Live: Banks in $14b relief rally

Live
Jens Meyer

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This Audi ad likened women to used cars. It didn't go well.

Amy B Wang
53 mins ago

Banks will need to re-engineer their IT systems to become more software controlled and data driven.

New rules no 'excuse to hit customers', ScoMo tells banks

Clancy Yeates

Pharma Bro vowed to make fund manager's family homeless

47 mins ago

Who is going to inherit 7-Eleven after death of recluse?

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

BHP lifts iron ore output, books hefty charge for mine strike

Darren Gray

Sydney street where shops pay $20,000 just to rent a metre

Carolyn Cummins

Being serious about weightloss means make a commitment to get moving.

10 of the easiest exercises to help you lose weight (and keep it off)

Boot Camp

Mercedes-Benz X-Class is targetting everyone from tradies to grey nomads.

Mercedes-Benz targets the tradie dollar with new luxury ute

Cars

Australian near the top in global rankings of retiree wellbeing

Australia near top in global retiree wellbeing

John Collett
44 mins ago

Super funds added $140 billion to the national nest egg, with an average 10.4 per cent performance for balanced options.

Sharemarket rebound adds $140b to super funds

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Energy price rises have put small businesses into a precarious position, says Kate Carnell.

Small business gouged and hung out to dry in Australia's energy crisis

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

Ashley Newland is the creator of the Scrubba stealth pack.

What Ashley did next

Alexandra Cain

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Pig's head dropped outside Muslim school

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Grenfell warning for Australia

Federal Politics
3 mins ago

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Man removed from plane

Perth

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Sexist Audi ad draws ire

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 17: Yukiko Inui of Japan competes during the Synchronised Swimming Solo Free, preliminary round ...

World of Photos - July 19, 2017

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Foxtel was given $30 million over four years in this year's federal budget to promote underrepresented sports on television.

Foxtel's $30 million government handout questioned

Broede Carmody
11 mins ago

Tom Hardy as Spitfire pilot Farrier in Dunkirk.

Dunkirk is an assault on the senses (and Harry Styles fares OK)

Jake Wilson

Sunday Night has re-examined one of Australia's most baffling crimes, but the boss of arch-rival 60 Minutes isn't happy ...

60 Minutes boss lashes out at arch-rival Sunday Night

Broede Carmody

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad breaches community standards, the ASB has found.

Delta Goodrem's Apple ad banned by Standards Bureau

Rob Moran

Utopia

Politics is the television gift that keeps giving

COMMENT
Melinda Houston

<i>Australian Ninja Warrior </i>has continued to smash TV ratings.

Ninja Warriors weren't screened for 'drug enhancements'

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Netflix shows like Stranger Things have become must-watch viewing for a global audience.

Netflix officially goes global as non-US subscriptions take over

Michael Idato

MasterChef Australia 2017's final five.

Elimination: A dark horse has emerged on MasterChef

COMMENT
Aja Styles

CDH entered his portrait of Stu, a 'street father' who?was displaced from Hosier Lane last year,into the 2017 Archibald ...

Street artists snub Hosier Lane over homeless eviction

Hannah Francis

Brave New World: Australia 1930s (Unknown, Evening dress c. 1935)

Review: Back to the future in NGV's Brave New World

Robert Nelson

Bernadette Byrne from the Little Death Club, showing at 2017 Provocare winter arts festival in and around Chapel Street.

Chapel Street has a brand new winter arts festival

Sonia Harford

Zoe Foster Blake and her husband, Hamish Blake, last year.

Zoe Foster Blake and Hamish welcome baby girl

Jenna Clarke
34 mins ago

Justine Damond (left) with friend Eloise King. The pair ran mentoring workshops together through Soul Sessions in Sydney.

We only met twice, but Justine Damond changed my life

Jacinta Tynan

Madonna performs during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Washington.

Court stops auction of Madonna's Tupac break-up letter, underpants

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Singer R. Kelly attends the Brooklyn Nets vs the Atlanta Hawks at The Barclays Center on ...

What you need to know about the R. Kelly 'cult' allegations

The problem with start-ups in Australia and elsewhere is this: Bro culture.

There's a major problem for women in start-up culture: Bros

Kasey Edwards

'When we talk about size we shouldn't be using terms such as plus size' ... model Stefania Ferrario, one of the faces of ...

Face of fashion week: 'Don't call me plus-size. I'm a size 12'

Melissa Singer

We shouldn't let the government chip away at our rights, writes Elizabeth Duck-Chong.

For women like me Turnbull's attack on privacy is matter of urgency

Elizabeth Duck-Chong

Jodie Whittaker will replace Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

I too used to think the Doctor had to be a man

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Hall of fame: Laksa King's seafood laksa.

Rockin' the suburbs: Melbourne's top 20 cheap eats for 2017

Mushroom and pea risotto.

35 not-boring rice recipes that will become go-to dishes

40 mins ago

Steaks at Hawksmoor.

What makes the perfect steak?

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Face-to-face bullying still more common than online bullying

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Could a dusty house be making you fat?

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It's time to recognise how cool girls really are

Flying rules were a little more relaxed in the 1980s, when comedy classic Flying High was released.

Smoking or non-smoking? What flying was really like in the '80s

St. Petersburg, FL, USA - April 6, 2016: The exterior of the Salvador Dali Museum viewed from Tampa Bay. The museum ...

Ten unpopular US cities with a single incredible attraction

David Whitley

Travel writer

'F*** off to Afghanistan': Why people hate travel writers so much

Ben Groundwater

Glass 2.0

The much-ridiculed Google Glass is back

Stairs proved to be the K5's nemesis.

How the security robot ended up in a fountain

Designer Benjamin Geskin visualises the Galaxy Note 8 based on the latest leaks.

Is releasing a new Samsung Galaxy Note playing with fire?

Hub

RIP USB: these are the ports you need in 2017

Lifehacker

The upcoming Atari box is modeled on the iconic Atari VCS, complete with a wood grain front.

Atari shows off a new 'modern' games console

2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class.

New Mercedes X-Class to be Oz's most powerful dual-cab

Drive Staff

Porsche may phase out diesel in favour of EV and hybrid models.

Porsche may ditch diesel

Reuters

A leaked image of the 2018 Buick Regal GS, which will share its V6 engine with the new Holden Commodore.

First look: Range-topping Holden Commodore

Stephen Ottley

An image of the 'Speeding. No one thinks big of you' campaign.

How effective are road safety campaigns?

Alessandra Melville

Everty aims to put electric car owners in touch with charging points around the city.

Sydney startup aims to be AirBnB of electric cars

David McCowen

2017 Kia Sorento GT-Line.

Revamped Kia Sorento reviewed

David McCowen

The Manly Sea Eagles Head Office as investigators from the NRL integrity unit are inside.

NRL team descend on Manly HQ over alleged salary cap breaches

Kate McClymont
1 hr ago

Andrew Bogut: Plans to push on to the Tokyo Olympics.

Bogut central to Boomers' Tokyo charge: Lemanis

Mourinho wants to lead United for next 15 years

1 hr ago

Formidable: Australian batters Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.

Unemployment looms for Australia's women cricketers at Cup's end

James Buckley

Michael Matthews has won stage 16 of the Tour de France.

Aussie accuses Tour rival of being 'unsportsmanlike'

Rupert Guinness

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