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Under a Shorten government, Australians will get to decide whether they want Queen Elizabeth to remain Australia's monarch.

Shorten vows to hold republic vote within first term

James Massola
26 mins ago

Hawthorn 2013 premiers.

Hawthorn's $23 million haul wins pokies premiership

30 mins ago

The figures show that the average Australian claims $3041 of deductions on their tax return.

The 10 jobs that claim the most tax deductions in Australia

Bill Gates is the latest billionaire to invest in the freight start-up.

The world's two richest men unite to back Uber rival

Senator Malcolm Roberts.

Senator Roberts' citizenship case set for High Court

56 mins ago

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has gone on a foul-mouthed rant against Reince Prebius and Steve ...

Scaramucci's rant shows White House is a Ponzi scheme of scandal

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Large CBD rally causes major delays for commuters

27 mins ago

Liberals move to extinguish doubts on MP's citizenship

Republicans dealt blow as McCain unexpectedly votes no to key plan

West Coast champ stuns fans with retirement announcement

Consumers 'want too much from internet services'

1 hr ago

John Olsen Archibald

'Just so bad': Archibald Prize decision slammed by former winner and judge

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Pink beats mummy-shamers at their own game

Inside Arlechin, the Grossi family's new bar in Mornane Place.

First sip at Arlechin, the Grossi family's late-night bar

The Carbon Mesa Road, Malibu property.

Mel Gibson lists $21 million medieval Malibu mansion for sale

The Hawthorn and Sydney rivalry is set to add another intense chapter on Friday night footy.

Hawks v Swans: From cellar dwellers to big ticket items

Matildas claim historic win over US

Back to the good old days: Sam Newman wearing nothing but a strategically held football with Eddie McGuire on a 1997 ...

What can I say, but... Thank God for Eddie McGuire

Matt Canavan blames his mum for his citizenship slip-up. You can too! (Your own mum, that is).

COMMENT

Disappointing life incidents you can blame on your mum

Muffins

Six easy one-bowl desserts that are delicious

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek: Nemesis film.

Patrick Stewart says what we've all been thinking about avocados

Victorian Labor MP Khalil Eideh.

Labor MP denied entry to the US made official trip to Syria

UPDATED

Upskirter used cereal as decoy before targeting schoolgirl, court told

Man jailed for 29 years for stabbing murder of Rani Featherston

Red Symons is recovering after a fall.

Red Symons recovering from 'significant brain injury'

Tania Fernandes, with sons Myles, four, and Theodore, five months.

Aussie babies among worst in West for antibiotic use

Shane Charter: "If [D'Amico] wants to solve it, me and him can just get in the ring and solve it like men."

Underworld brawl: Freddie the Bear v Doctor Ageless

The proposal by developer Bill McNee for Toorak Road, South Yarra, opposite the existing railway station there.

Developer and well-known political donor's pitch for South Yarra

Labor's Katy Gallagher has called the cuts "agressive"

Govt defends more than $5 billion in public service cuts

ACT

A faulty pressure gauge at a Qantas hangar in Brisbane has been blamed for the spill.

Qantas to ban toxic foam after Brisbane River spill

QLD

A fallen tree has blocked a road in the South West of WA.

Hundreds of homes lose power after wild weather

WA

Thi Minh Nguyet Vo of Hong Hai Noodle Bar in the Hunter Connection Food Court was fined for unsafe food storage ...

Sydney noodle bar forced to name and shame itself

NSW

More young Australians are staying at home with their parents according to 2016 Census data. Image: 33 Wyndora Avenue, ...

Demand rises for houses that reinvent the humble granny flat

Rugs and stylish chairs go a long way to successfully furnishing a home that belongs to someone else.

Top tips for styling a rental, according to the experts

Rosalind Ross and Mel Gibson arrive at the Oscars.

Mel Gibson lists mansion once owned by David Duchovny for sale

Datum House blends into a row of Victorians in Ascot Vale.

Looks can be deceiving: The Ascot Vale house with a secret

Demand for resort-style homes has never been so high. Image: 54 Beachfront Mirage, Port Douglas.

Capturing luxe holiday style at home has never been so easy

Osama bin Laden is believed to have hidden in the Abbottabad compound for nearly six years. His children were berated if ...

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Osama bin Laden is believed to have hidden in the Abbottabad compound for nearly six years. His children were berated if ...

'Is that your guy?': The final hours of Osama bin Laden

GOOD WEEKEND

State of awe: Monument Valley in Utah.

The 50 highlights of America, state by state

Ben Groundwater

Bernard Tomic has copped criticism for admitting he sometimes goes through the motions in order to collect his pay packet.

Tomic reveals professional sport's awful truth

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

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Lance Franklin

Live: Hawthorn Hawks v Sydney Swans

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Richmond's rise doesn't make sense by the numbers.

The heart of the Richmond revival

COMMENT
Daisy Pearce

Matt Priddis

Eagle Priddis retires despite having contract

UPDATED
Michael Gleeson and Kim Hagdorn

Darcy Moore leaves the field injured against West Coast.

Magpies name Moore, despite last week's neck injury

Anthony Colangelo

Damien Hardwick and Jack Riewoldt

'Tis the AFL season to be jolly well confused

Daniel Cherny, Ronny Lerner and Scott Spits

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley watches as CEO Gary Pert announce his resignation.

Succession plans aren't always a success

Caroline Wilson
49 mins ago

Suns co-captain Steven May will not play against the Tigers this weekend

Co-captain May out for Suns

Nick Riewoldt's future at the Saints has been under scrutiny in recent weeks

Uncertainty over veterans won't hurt us: Saints coach

Daniel Cherny

Under a Shorten government, Australians will get to decide whether they want Queen Elizabeth to remain Australia's monarch.

Bill Shorten vows to hold vote on republic during first term of a Labor government

James Massola
26 mins ago

The Julia Banks eligibility flurry may not be the last such panic

Mark Kenny

Liberals move to extinguish doubts about MPs' Greek ancestry

James Massola

Senator Malcolm Roberts.

Roberts case set for High Court as Pauline's sister poised

Adam Gartrell
56 mins ago

Definitely not an alien: One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.

His Honour Paul Murray finds Malcolm Roberts is not an alien

Tony Wright

Julia Banks won the seat of Chisholm at the 2016 election.

Liberal denies claims she is a Greek citizen - and ineligible to be MP

UPDATED
James Massola

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts during his Thursday night Sky News interview.

Top expert believes Roberts may have been wrongly elected

Donald Trump's team has argued it needs flexibility to pursue a more collaborative diplomacy with Russia.

With new sanctions, Senate forces Trump's hand on Russia

A missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group in Syria in June.

US calls Iranian satellite launch 'provocative'

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference after the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, ...

Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign: sources

Aaron Sanderson a farmer near St Arnaud is busy seeding this year's crops of wheat, barley and canola Thursday 10 May ...

The climate crisis could rapidly become a food crisis

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Trump's support for LGBT rights was always a con

COMMENT
Josephine Tovey

Turnbull has disappointed, Shorten has out-performed expectations.

Shorten, Turnbull: different promises, equally empty

COMMENT
John Hewson

Not only does it make the office reek of tinned tuna, it's just sad.

Lunching 'al desko' isn't just sad, it's bad for you

COMMENT
Erin Stewart

HELP. 010411. AFR. PHOTO LOUIE DOUVIS (SHARPER RESHOOT) GENERIC INTERNET, COMPUTER, HOME OFFICE, NET, WEBSITE, ...

Consumers expect too much from internet - says ombudsman

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Disappointing end to the week.

Freaky Friday sinks ASX ahead of reporting season

Jessica Sier

Hairdresser Melanie Coombes from Bliss Hair Artists in New Lambton.

Already 'paid peanuts': Anger at bid to trim hairdresser penalties

Anna Patty

Bill Gates is the latest billionaire to invest in the freight start-up.

World's two richest men back Uber rival

Australia Post should keep its public service roots: Fahour

Tom McIlroy

Porsche Cayenne SUV caught up in emissions scandal

10 jobs that claim the most tax deductions in Australia

Webjet shares fall on accounting dispute

Champion Craft Beer awards.

Little-known beer named Australia's champion craft brew

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

The Phantom now incorporates cameras that scan the road ahead

Rolls-Royce's $1 million Phantom is a 'new level of Magic Carpet'

Luxury Cars
Toby Hagon

Thousands of Australians who worked in Britain could be eligible for British pensions if they top up National Insurance ...

Thousands can secure a cut-price British pension – if they act now

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Downside to adding grandson's name to house title

George Cochrane

Chef Matt Wilkinson says three robberies in 18 months were the "nail in the coffin" for cash.

Pope Joan bans cash after three robberies

Kate Jones

Part-time work for school kids means sacrificing other pursuits.

Is it bad for high school students to work?

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Rally for Elijah Doughty hits Melbourne CBD

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Republicans threaten to vote 'no' on healthcare

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First human embryos edited in US

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Mitch Cairns wins 2017 Archibald Prize

Fifteen year old Tabarek who is wounded and can no longer walk lies at the feet of her family as they rest for a few ...

Fairfax photos of the week - July 27, 2017

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Mitch Cairns, winner of the 2017 Archibald Prize, with his partner Agatha Gothe-Snape in front of his Matisse-style ...

Mitch Cairns' portrait of Agatha Gothe-Snape wins Archibald

UPDATED
Garry Maddox

Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros performs at this year's Splendour in the Grass.

Sigur Ros hit back at Margaret Court at Melbourne gig

Rob Moran

James Corden

Late-night hosts go off on Trump's trans military ban

Emily Yahr

Matty J and Leah.

Expect The Bachelor's cat fights to only get worse

Broede Carmody

Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail.

Disgraced Dance Moms director reveals prison fears

Red Symons is recovering after a fall.

Red Symons recovering from 'significant brain injury'

Broede Carmody

Briggs (right) with A.B. Original bandmate Dan Rankine.

Aussie joins Simpsons creator's new Netflix show

Rob Moran

Matty Johnson from Channel 10's The Bachelor has addressed accusations of whitewashing on the show.

Matty J addresses The Bachelor so white controversy

Broede Carmody

Scene from the film Roller Dreams by Australian director Kate Hickey, screening at Melbourne International Film Festival ...

Move over, Xanadu: This film is real story of 1980s roller-dancing

MIFF
Jake Wilson

Jude Law's big, beautiful eyes loom with merciless lust and Halina Reijn takes it up to him in <i>Obsession</i>.

Jude Law is the right mix of beauty and blindness for this stage role

REVIEW
Peter Craven

Arundhati Roy's long-awaited second novel, <i>The Ministry of Utmost Happiness</I>, has her back in contention for a ...

Arundhati Roy back on Man Booker long list 20 years after winning

Jason Steger

JK Rowling clapped back at someone who slammed Obama.

J.K. Rowling's response to pro-trans military ban tweet is A-Plus

29 mins ago

Model Taylen Biggs, 3, walks down the runway wearing Lybethras swimwear at a FUNKSHION fashion show.

Pouty kids, free MAC lipstick and other things we're obsessed with

Princess Diana holding Prince William while pregnant with Harry, in a previously unseen photo which features in the new ...

Why Princess Diana is ultimate weekend style goals

Annie Brown

Brigitte Macron, left, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron and singer Rihanna pose for the media after a meeting.

12 life lessons we're taking from RiRi in 2017

Matt Canavan blames his mum for his citizenship slip-up. You can too! (Your own mum, that is).

Life disappointments you can totally blame on your mum

Clem Bastow

Tamsin Cook has learned the techniques to battle nerves.

Swimming Australia's unconventional motivation move

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Berry

Jasmine Alexa's This is Me T-shirt will raise funds for headspace.

The best ways to look and feel good this weekend

Melissa Singer

Rachel Gilbert is holding her second Sydney warehouse sale of the year.

Where to shop local luxe for a whole lot less

Nicole Economos

Accolades: Forty Australian establishments received three stars.

Six wines you've probably never heard of

Bolognese jaffle dish at Arlechin

Late-night bolognese jaffles at the Grossi family's new laneway bar

Shannon Lush's cleaning solutions are human- and wallet-friendly.

How to clean your oven in 4.5 mins with 2 ingredients and pantyhose

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Keepsake of baby's feet revealed a serious issue

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Taking on the City2Surf at 27 weeks pregnant

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Why period undies are a teenage girl's dream

The Airbus A350 can fly for up to 370 minutes on a single engine.

On a wing and a prayer? How far an plane can fly on just one engine

Michael Gebicki

Vistara will give women first preference when it comes to getting window and aisle seats.

If you're a woman, this airline will ensure you don't get a middle seat

Justin Bachman

Tourists crowd the Badaling Great Wall during the National Day holiday in Beijing, China, 3 October 2016. Chinese ...

What they really want: The truth about Chinese tourist revealed

Sally Peck

Splatoon 2

Review: Fun, fish and fashion in Splatoon 2

Don't wait until disaster strikes before you think about how to protect irreplaceable files like precious family photos.

Google Backup & Sync is insurance for your data

COMMENT

Disney

Disney building AI to figure out exactly when you'll laugh

The Nintendo Switch,

How Australians play video games in 2017

Kotaku

The ANU expedition will help solve the mysteries of the underwater continent.

How researchers search for a lost continent

2017 Volkswagen Golf Trendline.

Volkswagen's updated Golf tested

Stephen Ottley

2017 Honda CR-V VTi-LX AWD.

Tested: Honda's all-new CX-5 rival

Andrew Maclean

Tesla Model 3.

Tesla Model 3 price revealed

Stephen Ottley

Porsche Cayenne

Germany bans sale of Porsche Cayenne Diesel

Greg Kable

An illustration of what the next McLaren hypercar, codenamed P15, could look like.

McLaren's plots 'extreme' supercar

Stephen Ottley

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom

Rolls-Royce Phantom revealed

Andrew Chesterton

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has suggested having the pay dispute settled by a third party.

Cricket pay war a turn-off for Indian broadcasters

Jon Pierik
19 mins ago

Tameka Butt scored the only goal of the match in the historic win over the USA.

Hoodoo over: Matildas beat USA for first time

Craig Bellamy says that Melbourne Storm's stripped premiership in 2007 is not erased from memory.

Bellamy stands firm over 2007 grand final result

Roy Ward
15 mins ago

Sent off: Sonny Bill Williams was sent off in the second Test between the All blacks and the Lions.

SBW to miss first Bledisloe Cup match

Commonwealth Games ambassador Patty Mills greets high school students on the Gold Coast.

Mills searches for answers to stopping the Warriors and reaching young readers

Roy Ward

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