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The question facing the Prime Minister is whether he will try to control the debate, or risk events running on without him.

Marriage debate spins out of Turnbull's control

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Emma Hunt.

Revealed: Worst Victorian university for sexual harassment

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Dramatic video footage has emerged of the moments after a man pulled out a knife and stabbed two men on a tram in ...

Footage emerges of tram stabbing rampage in Footscray

Liberal MP Trevor Evans with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

LNP establishment hits out at gay MP linked to marriage revolt

Latika Bourke
26 mins ago

Decision soon? Richmond's Dustin Martin.

'It's in Dustin's court': Decision likely before the finals, says agent

Domino's Pizza's new menu will include a new "Premium Range".

Domino's pizzas to get more expensive, smaller as new menu revealed

Australia's strong denial it was rushed into terror raids by British warning

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'Depraved' Victorian real estate agent jailed over child porn images

Fire exit: Fourth brigade chief quits as crisis deepens

The four Liberals and six steps for a gay marriage revolt

Dry July: Australia smashes daytime temperature records

Fiona Murray with her donated liver.

Surgeons were so shocked by the discovery 'they wanted it for the museum'

Heston Blumenthal has openly stated his ADHD has been a source of creativity in his career.

How ADHD is the secret to success for these overachievers

Nicole Kidman is back home to premiere her latest project, Top of the Lake: China Girl

Drop the act: Kidman's push to use Australian accent

Richard Roxburgh revealed that the ABC had been making a Bali bombing miniseries that never made it to air.

Was this the best Australian miniseries never made?

Kendall Jenner attends the Harper's Bazaar 150th Anniversary Party in New York.

Kendall Jenner raises eyebrows in blouse by Aussie brand

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Melbourne's road rage hotspots revealed

Earning his stripes: Richmond's star midfielder has boosted his value this season, but the Tigers face a tough run to ...

Big AFL names on the move? The writing's on the wall for Dusty

Twitter users were ready to have a laugh at Scaramucci's quick departure.

Twitter loving the 'things longer than Scaramucci's term' game

Who will be the next Doctor? Peter Capaldi

What Dr Who did next: Capaldi goes in search of a new role

The proposal has angered Telstra, with the telco having spent billions on its mobile network in regional areas, using it ...

Four signs your partner is cheating on you

Patricia Piccinini's sculpture Graham (foreground) and old master paintings at the Castlemaine Art Museum, which will ...

Shock and anger at closure of Castlemaine gallery

Accused Bourke Street killer fails to front court, again

Adam Cooper

Safety concerns halt rollout of Victoria Police holsters

The damage to Ms Slater's teeth.

'Losing control': Cyclists targeted by bike path oil slick vandal

An Australian Bushmaster during a training exercise.

'Bring it to Victoria': Andrews' pitch for $5b combat contract

Highpoint has about 470 stores, including Myer, David Jones and international retailers Apple, Zara and Samsung.

Billionaire family sells $680m stake in shopping mall

Rowena Gray with her children (from left) Emily, 9, Natalie, 4, and Rebecca, 6, holding toys they received in a ...

Want toys with that? Experts warn against unhealthy eating habits

A tree blocks the road in Katrine Way, Hamersley after gales on Monday morning.

Tornado hits Perth as wild weather wreaks havoc

UPDATED

Residents are battling Brisbane City Council and Queensland Police over the management of feral cats in Coopers Plains

Police and council crack down on feral cat feeders

QLD

Artist's impression of a rectangular ANZ Stadium.

Reduced capacity ANZ Stadium would hurt Sydney

NSW

New polling suggests very strong support in Canberra for tighter rules about how much money people can lose at a time.

Canberrans back pokies reform as ACT Labor slumps

ACT

Private and secure backyards are places where people can retreat from the relentless pressures and intensity of city life.

Our vanishing backyards leaving us vulnerable to city stress

Comment

Sir Andrew Davis, Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The MSO's Sir Andrew Davis on why winter in Melbourne isn't so bad

Embarking on a kitchen renovation is a big decision.

How much will it cost? Common renovation questions answered

The striking home provides a mediterranean climate for the plants growing inside.

Looking for somewhere warm? Why not wrap a home in a greenhouse?

Exposed to the elements on Phillip Island, the house is "still" inside.

Sorry Rome, this Phillip Island house was (pretty much) built in a day

Childcare starts to look less expensive when you consider all the financial factors.

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Childcare starts to look less expensive when you consider all the financial factors.

Two things most parents get wrong about childcare costs

COMMENT

Chris Pemberton spends his commuting time listening to audio books.

You spend $1142 on your body, but what about your mind?

Lucy Cormack

Tropea, a beach town in Calabria, Italy.

10 countries true travellers should have already visited

Ben Groundwater

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Coalition MPs Dean Smith, Trent Zimmerman, Tim Wilson, Trevor Evans and Warren Entsch.

The four Liberals and six steps for a same-sex marriage revolt

Michael Koziol

Marriage debate spins beyond Malcolm Turnbull's control

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Australia denies it was rushed into raids by British travel warning

David Wroe
1 hr ago

The question facing the Prime Minister is whether he will try to control the debate, or risk events running on without him.

PM lashes out at media as ministers push to halt marriage uprising

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt comforts a student during a protest held outside the university's chancellory in ...

'We should all be shocked': uni leader comforts students

Eryk Bagshaw
59 mins ago

Critics say Senator Sam Dastyari received a very favourable airing on Australian Story.

'An infomercial': ABC under fire over Sam Dastyari episode

One in five students at the University of Technology, Deakin University in Victoria and Flinders University were ...

Sexual assault disgrace: unis fail in their core mission

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra receives roses from supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court ...

Thai activist abducted in Laos as tensions rise in Thailand

Lindsay Murdoch

Anthony Scaramucci has been removed as White House communications director.

Scaramucci was too-Trump for Donald Trump

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Andrew Little, outgoing leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.

NZ Opposition Leader quits amid poor polls

Renal surgery. Organ theft fears have ignited crowd violence in Cambodia.

Cambodian mob trashes police station over child kidney robbing fears

Lindsay Murdoch

Illustration: Andrew Dyson.

Trump is increasingly irrelevant, unpredictable and cruel

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Sorry Boris, but we don't need Little Britain anymore

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Hayley New has had a 12-pack of soap thrown at her head while working in retail.

A 12-pack of soap aimed at my head... just another day at work

COMMENT
Hayley New

There is business support for introducing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia to force major companies to report on modern ...

Businesses unaware of slavery in supply chains, inquiry told

Nassim Khadem

Domino's Pizza's new menu will include a new "Premium Range".

Domino's pizzas more expensive in image revamp

Mario Christodoulou

Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis at the Rio AGM in Sydney this year.

Analysts forecasting Rio Tinto interim net profit of more than $US4 billion

Darren Gray

Australia's horticulture industry wants to lift cherry exports by 340 per cent by 2020-21.

Horticulture industry sets ambitious export targets to drive growth

Darren Gray

ASX jumps as earnings season kicks off

Jessica Sier

NBN says telcos selling too many voice-only speeds

Lucy Battersby

Iron ore jump a short-term treat

Jessica Sier

RBA holds rates steady at record low 1.5%

Peter Martin

The Blancpain tribute to Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec.

10 timeless new watches that will never go out of style

Watches
Bani McSpedden

Shannon Bennett and 12 staff from his Vue de Monde restaurant created the exclusive Stella Artois Sensorium.

How Shannon Bennett helped Stella get its groove back

Food and Drink

Childcare starts to look less expensive when you consider all the financial factors.

The two things most parents get wrong about childcare costs

COMMENT
Melissa Browne

Like any race, it's who's ahead at the finish that matters to investors.

Aussie shares only fifth-best investment over 10 years

John Collett

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell says such enterprises need somewhere to go if they feel aggrieved by their ...

The missing link in CEC's collapse is access to justice

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

There's a limit for depreciation purposes on the cost of cars.

The two tax limits on the value of cars

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Two men stabbed on Footscray tram

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Smelly water oozes into Niagara Falls

A late arrival makes her way quickly through the parking area under Ohio University's Convocation Center before the ...

Universities brace for sexual assault report

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Melbourne's road rage hotspots revealed

Illustration: Simon Letch

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Nicole Kidman is back home to premiere her latest project, Top of the Lake: China Girl

Nicole Kidman wants to use her Aussie accent more

Jenna Clarke

"I guess it was super norm not really seeing yourself on screen": Roxie Vuong.

New push for diversity on Australian television

Garry Maddox

Richard Roxburgh revealed that the ABC had been making a Bali bombing miniseries that never made it to air.

Was this the best Australian miniseries never made?

Karl Quinn

Zara Larsson isn't afraid to speak her mind.

Zara Larsson's complicated relationship with hip-hop

Broede Carmody

Karl Stefanovic has a hit on his hands with reality transformation show, <i>This Time Next Year</i>.

Karl Stefanovic smashes rivals to claim No. 1 spot

Michael Lallo

Toby Wallace plays Kane in Stan's upcoming Romper Stomper reboot.

Skinheads, dystopias, Will & Grace: Stan's summer slate

Rob Moran

Journalist Greg Sheridan says Australia needs to preserve its relationship with the US, no matter how unpredictable.

Q&A panel tackles Trump's dysfunction, as the Mooch falls

Neil McMahon

Mother of dragon that didn't go very well, now did it? Daenerys' frosty greeting to Jon Snow.

Game of Thrones recap: 'Ice and Fire' finally brought together

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

Art consultant Louise Smith and friends who want to save the Castlemaine Art Museum.

Anger at sudden closure of Castlemaine Art Museum

Carolyn Webb

Zoy Frangos, left, and Rob Mills.

Jesus Christ Superstar's leading stars not so super

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Radiance, which screens at MIFF, was directed by Naomi Kawase.

Naomi Kawase on her new film Radiance

MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL
Stephanie Bunbury

Luke Lazarus, left, convicted of sexual assault, outside his father's nightclub.

Lazarus case highlights need for thorough sex education

COMMENT
Ruby Schwartz

Kendall Jenner frees the nipple again, this time in a Bec and Bridge red blouse.

Kendall Jenner raises eyebrows in blouse by Aussie brand

Amy Croffey

End Rape on Campus founder Sharna Bremner.

What campus assault victims need to hear today

COMMENT

Cynthia and Brittany Daniel as Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield in the Sweet Valley High TV show.

Sweet Valley: It's Elizabeth's world now, tell the Jessicas

Annie Brown

Beauty companies see you kontouring like Kimmy ... don't pretend they don't.

Blame Kim K for this new trend from make-up companies

Natalie Reilly

Serena Williams during the women's singles final at the 2017 Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne.

'I would be one of them': Serena Williams' powerful essay

Twitter users were ready to have a laugh at Scaramucci's quick departure.

Social media is having a lot of fun with Anthony Scaramucci today

Kym Ellery at the launch of her second Specsavers collection at her Ellery boutique in Paddington on Thursday.

Kym Ellery would dress Brigitte Macron, but not Melania Trump

Amy Croffey

Good food. Adam Liaw food shoot. 3. Macaroni, bolognese and cheese. Photo: Edwina Pickles. 17th March 2014.

The trick to stop your macaroni cheese from going lumpy

Tagliolini, roasted capsicum and scorpion fish at Lumi.

This year's hot food: Australia's best third-wave Italian restaurants

Manti, Armenian-style pasta dumplings at Shukah in Windsor.

Buttered hummus and Armenian dumplings hit Chapel Street

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Mums' workload equals 2.5 full-time jobs

Photo: GoFundMe

Newborn twins orphaned after parents die two weeks apart

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Doctor takes break from giving birth to deliver another woman's baby

Tropea, a beach town in Calabria, Italy.

The 10 countries every true traveller should have already visited

Ben Groundwater

What started as an unusual bright spot on the horizon grew into a huge balloon.

Pilot captures amazing images over China from cockpit, but what is it?

People walk on the "Europabruecke", that is supposed to be the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge with a ...

Don't look down: World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens

iPhone leak

Apple leaks own iPhone 8 details

Snap, the maker of the Snapchat app for sending fun, disappearing photos and videos, has already seen its value decline ...

Snap shares slide as insiders sell

Vodafone's mobile fallback aims to save the day when your NBN installation doesn't go according to plan.

Vodafone sells mobile fallback to homes trapped in NBN limbo

COMMENT

The latest version of the Surface Pro.

How Microsoft became the surprise innovator

COMMENT

While there's a mobile in almost every pocket, Australians are hanging onto their landlines.

When will Aussies retire home phones?

COMMENT

2018 Subaru Levorg.

New Levorg STI Sport revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Maserati Alfieri concept is set to hit production with an electric powertrain.

Maserati to go hybrid

Stephen Ottley

Holden Colorado space cab.

Which is the best Holden Colorado?

Stephen Ottley

2017 Peugeot 3008.

Details: Peugeot's CX-5 rival

Stephen Ottley

2007 Toyota Kluger KX-R.

What seven-seat SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

BMW's X5 SUV has been hit by the Takata airbag recalls.

BMW, Mazda recall 76,000 cars in Takata expansion

David McCowen

Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield put them team before himself in deciding against an appeal.

Dangerfield's 'selfless act' will set the standard for teammates: Ling

Sam McClure

Corey McKernan

Not winning the Brownlow was good for me: McKernan

Ronny Lerner

Decision soon? Richmond's Dustin Martin.

Martin contract: Decision likely before finals, says agent

Jon Pierik

Luke Hodge.

Hawks veteran Hodge guilty of striking

Brett Deledio will debut for the Giants' first grade team in Canberra this weekend.

Brett Deledio set to make Giants debut in Canberra

Caden Helmers

Decision soon? Richmond's Dustin Martin.

Podcast: Big AFL names on the move?

Jarryd Roughead will play his 250th game this week against the Tigers.

New perspective helps Roughead appreciate footy more

Ronny Lerner

Nick Riewoldt is shattered after 2009 grand final loss to Geelong.

'Don't be weak': No one dealt better with adversity

Caroline Wilson

Australian cricket players and administrators are unable to nail a pay deal.

Cricket pay dispute on the edge

Andrew Wu, Chris Barrett

Champion Australian hurdler Sally Pearson feels as fit and as strong as she ever has.

'I really, really want a medal,' says fit, fast Pearson

Michael Gleeson

Daniel Ricciardo of Australia

Ricciardo moves on from stoush with Verstappen

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook is the NBA MVP

Melbourne United, NBL clubs to take on NBA sides in US

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Roy Ward

Javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Roberts has been earmarked as a rising star.

Australia's next-gen athletes prepare for next step up

Michael Gleeson

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