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Same-sex marriage enjoys support in the community but the Coalition has struggled to deal with the issue internally.

Hopes low of a same-sex marriage conscience vote

Live
1 hr ago

Tony Abbott

Resignation is the only option for MPs who are afraid of debate

ANALYSIS

An error at a data centre has left some Woolworths customers with incorrect transactions on their accounts.

Processing error: Woolies customers cop second lot of charges

28 mins ago

Sam Kanizay, 16, was bitten by some sort of critter at Brighton Beach while soaking his legs after a footy match.

Bitten teen's dad films sea fleas devouring raw steak

UPDATED
18 mins ago

Tourists crowd the streets of Dubrovnik.

'Go home': Uprising against tourists in Europe hotspots spreads

An image of the proposed North East Link tunnel, released by the government.

Proposals for North East Link revealed, could cost $23b

1 hr ago

Melbourne family sells its Art Series Hotels group for $52m

26 mins ago

Couple more downpours could still arrive for afternoon commute

UPDATED
57 mins ago

There's one obvious thing missing from the rental equation

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'So devastating': Refugee on Manus Island found dead

1 hr ago

Love triangle probe after man faces court on murder charge

UPDATED

AFL Football . St.kilda players hit the St.Kilda seabaths and the beach for recovery after their wi over Collingwood ...

Footballers told to avoid Melbourne's beaches amid sea fleas threat

59 mins ago

Ruffle up ... Jesinta Franklin perfects the new romantic trend in Macgraw.

Trend alert: Loud and proud and the '80s are back for summer

Ben Brown hit the turf head first in a tackle from Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

Chris Judd: Tackling the hard questions on tackling

Vague offers of help are genuinely not helpful.

Why is your boss really emailing you outside work hours?

Woman doing push-ups in gym

How much exercise is too much?

06.08.17 The Age Dandenong Booking 0000000 Photo shows 16 year old Sam Kanizay who was bitten by some sort of critter at ...

Warning, graphic images: 'Something ate Sam's legs'

Reni Eddo-Lodge is appearing at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.

As a four-year-old, I believed I would turn white one day

Modern sex dolls have evolved into robots with a silicon skin.

The rise of sex robots is very real - and we should be worried

Serena Williams' baby shower came with a 1950s theme.

Serena Williams had the most iconic baby shower theme

Cynthia Nixon arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in New York. ...

Sex and the City star's tilt at politics sets fans abuzz

Frank De Dood has been jailed for two years.

Victim gets justice, another priest gets two years in prison

1 hr ago

Baseball bats, hammers: 'Gang of seven' on robbery spree

Tipping point: Illegal dumping swamps the waste industry

Renee Wijesinghe with four-month-old Charlie, who was a breech baby.

Doctor shortage may force those with breech babies into caesareans

An aerial shot from 2014 of the Stawell tyre dump, which holds around nine million tyres.

Toxic dump of 9 million used tyres in state's west a huge fire risk

The government's higher education package would apply a new "efficiency dividend" to universities, increase student fees ...

Victorian universities about to lose millions

EXCLUSIVE

Police and SES officers at the site of a man's death near Tottenham railway station in West Footscray.

Man stabbed to death in West Footscray

Darren Shand told the court he stared at the listening device in disbelief.

Bug found in All Blacks' Sydney hotel room

NSW

Skipper Oliver Galea received a deep gash on his forehead and others were knocked unconscious after the whale hit the ...

Whale slams into boat injuring passengers

QLD

Lara and Mark Dawson were tragically killed as the family travelled to Broome for a holiday.

Road train driver charged over fatal crash in the Pilbara

WA

NSW has some of the highest fines in the world for cycling offences.

Cycling fines soar with harsher penalties in NSW

NSW

Windy Beach was more popular in NSW than any other state.

Looking to repaint? The most popular colours in your state

Could a landlord bond be a win-win?

Tenants have to pay a bond so why shouldn't landlords too?

Comment

Virgin Group Billionaire Richard Branson owns a refurbished houseboat moored at Little Venice in West London.

Richard Branson renting out his houseboat for $1500 a week

A customer sits inside one of the Breathe salt rooms at The Wellery on the second floor of the Saks Fifth Avenue ...

Department store swaps Armani for salt rooms and bootcamp

The penthouse was completely gutted.

Couple transforms Amsterdam brothel into penthouse apartment

The German NGO migrant rescue boat has been put under preventive seizure as Italian authorities investigate what they ...

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The German NGO migrant rescue boat has been put under preventive seizure as Italian authorities investigate what they ...

Aid group in Mediterranean fear far-right hacker attack

Nick Miller

Betty Cuthbert near her Mandurah home south of Perth.

How Betty Cuthbert won the Olympic 400m

Peter FitzSimons

Australian teens have done well in an OECD measure of financial literacy.

Financial literacy 101: Forget the numbers

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

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Same-sex marriage enjoys support in the community but the Coalition has struggled to deal with the issue internally.

Liberal Party meets to decide position on gay marriage

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Hopes high breakthrough HIV drug will be subsidised

Adam Gartrell
41 mins ago

Resignation the honourable course of action for MPs afraid of debate

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

An aerial view of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

Refugee on Manus Island found dead

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

A concerted effort is being made to move all jurisdictions to online settlement in the next two years.

'It used to be a dream, a million dollars. Now it's nothing'

Peter Hartcher

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has failed to impress voters in marginal seats in Sydney and Melbourne.

'If he just had guts': focus groups savage PM as a do-nothing leader

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

The checks will include a look at mental health and lifestyle.

Turnbull and Shorten have reason to fear this stunning discontent

Tony Wright

The German NGO migrant rescue boat has been put under preventive seizure as Italian authorities investigate what they ...

Aid group in the Med fear far-right hacker attack

Nick Miller

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, attend a briefing at the ...

Justice department backs down on prosecuting reporters over leaks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Pressure builds on Netanyahu as former staffer agrees to testify in graft probe

US President Donald Trump continues to call the Mueller investigation a "witch hunt".

Trump campaign Russia probe 'not a fishing expedition'

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

Crisis in high school economics a threat to national wellbeing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten: pushing for four-year terms might be opportunist, but that doesn't mean it is a bad idea.

Four-year terms another petty distraction from real issues

COMMENT
Tony Walker

At the moment Australia's domestic air passengers aren't required to show photo identification to check in and board an ...

Photo ID checks for domestic passengers are literally a waste of time

COMMENT
Anthony Bergin

An error at a data centre has left some Woolworths customers with incorrect transactions on their accounts.

Woolies error charges customers again for old transactions

Lucy Cormack
29 mins ago

More records on Wall St sets the scene for an upbeat ASX start.

Markets Live: CBA joins ASX rally

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Bars and restaurants have views of Darling Harbour and across the water to the CBD skyline.

Final touches going on Sydney's first new luxury hotel in 17 years

Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

The Mantra acquisition includes The Blackman Melbourne hotel on St Kilda Road.

Art Series Hotels sells to Mantra for $52 million

Simon Johanson
26 mins ago

CBA talks down potential fine as bank mulls bonuses

Clancy Yeates

Sydney, Melbourne property prices edge higher

Job ads climb for fifth month to highest since 2011

Are debt levels 'pushing China to meltdown?'

Patrick Commins

Lekker's Damsko was inspired by Dutch canal boats.

Dutch bike brand Lekker just released the ultimate party boat

Handsome Things
1 hr ago

Tom Ford has released a highly succesful line of male oriented products including concealers and bronzers.

Are you man enough for this controversial grooming trend?

Grooming

Pre-existing conditions make buying adequate life insurance and income protection prohibitively expensive.

I sought help for mental health. Now insurers are exacting revenge

Georgina Dent

Medical bills in the US can be steep, so ensure you have adequate travel insurance.

The $693 hotel bill that stuffed up my unrelated insurance claim

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Kimberley Turner founded Aerosafe Risk Management when she was 18.

Risky business: from Black Hawk down to rising star

Cara Waters

Pat Mackle has found a buyer for Avant Card.

Postcard queen Pat Mackle finds buyers for Avant Card

Nina Hendy

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AFL plays of round 20

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Pence slams suggestion he'll run in 2020

Marine bites

Did sea lice attack a teenager's legs?

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China urges North Korea to stop missile tests

Surfers brave the large and heavy sets of waves coming onto Bondi Beach, on August 2, 2017, Sydney. Photo:Jessica Hromas

Fairfax photos of the week - August 3, 2017

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Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming.

Looking grim: Today hosts make acting debut in Sharknado 5

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 16: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld performs onstage as Baby Buggy celebrates 15 years with "An Evening ...

Review: Seinfeld barely wastes a word with slick stand-up

Martin Boulton

A rare breed: Film director Jocelyn Moorhouse.

What's wrong with this picture? Australia's gender gap reveal

Karl Quinn

Taylor Swift claims Colorado radio host David Mueller groped her in June 2013.

Taylor Swift set to testify in groping case against radio host

Jeremy Clarkson has a point to prove with his Amazon show. If he can keep the car on the road.

Jeremy Clarkson in hospital with pneumonia

Bolling has been suspended while Fox News investigates a report that he sent at least three female colleagues a lewd ...

Fox News suspends another host following lewd texts

Paul Farhi

Mark H, or Tarzan as he is known, got dysentery soon after being evicted from Australian Survivor.

Tarzan got dysentery after being evicted from Survivor

Aja Styles

This year's Bachelorette Sophie Monk and Bachelor Matty Johnson.

Matty J and Sophie Monk get downgraded Bachelor mansion

Amy Croffey

David Hallberg in Melbourne this week.

David Hallberg's 'dark days' in Melbourne pay off for Australian Ballet

Hannah Francis

You're Not Alone: "A piece best seen unguarded."

Your'e Not Alone is not your typical night out at the theatre

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

The child actors are a revelation, hardening from moments of intimate flow into an uncanny, defiant kind of negative ...

Looking Glass delivers theatre in the key of anxiety

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Actors Anna Faris, left, and Chris Pratt pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Guardians of ...

The internet is not handling this major Hollywood split well

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

The Mediterranean diet is better for the hearts of some.

The Mediterranean diet only works for the wealthy

Sarah Berry

There's one problem with the email response test approach: it doesn't work. It's a disaster.

This might be why your boss emails you outside work hours

Kasey Edwards

That meme about relationships being a series of emails apologising for not replying was very relevant.

'Hope you're well!' What we really mean when we say this

Natalie Reilly

Taking to Instagram while on holiday, Hilary Duff said she has no time for body shamers who point out 'celeb flaws' in ...

Hilary Duff shuts down shamers with perfect 'flaws' comeback

Aaron Carter in late 2015. The pop star makes rare appearances for music performances.

'Doesn't bring me shame': Aaron Carter comes out as bisexual

Nicole Economos

Reni Eddo-Lodge is appearing at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.

As a four-year-old, I believed I would turn white one day

Reni Eddo-Lodge

In medicine, gender impacts how, when and why a person accesses medical care, and the outcomes of that access.

How medicine stopped treating women as 'small men'

Deb Colville

Comfort food: Pappardelle with duck ragout and porcini mushrooms.

Tipo 00's pappardelle ragout

Chicken kapitan with fragrant rice.

Weekly meal plan: Neil Perry's chicken curry and paleo fish patties

What's the secret behind creamy cafe-style scrambled eggs?

What's the secret behind creamy cafe-style scrambled eggs?

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'My mum doesn't seem that interested in my baby'

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Rock your baby to sleep with the sounds of Justin Timberlake

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Is it okay to reprimand a stranger's child?

Tourists crowd the streets of Dubrovnik.

'Go home': Anger boils over as tourists overrun Europe's hotspots

Virgin Australia's latest business class seat is cleverly designed.

Flight test: Crew get flirty on Virgin Australia's new international route

Craig Platt

Oktoberfest is the most popular beer festival in the world, but it's not the Germans who love beer the most.

Not Aussies: The countries that drink the most beer revealed

Oliver Smith

LinkedIn first started testing the service last month.

LinkedIn's Tinder for mentors sounds creepy

Australians can't hang up on their home phones when the mobile networks are still full of black spots even in the cities.

Fix for mobile coverage needed before NBN

COMMENT

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Review: Tacoma is a multi-layered sci-fi masterpiece

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Galaxy Note 8: what we think we know so far

Gizmodo

A previous partial lunar eclipse in Sacramento, California.

Stargazers preparing for lunar eclipse on Tuesday

Mazda has announced an expanded partnership with Toyota.

Toyota and Mazda join forces

Drive Staff

2017 Peugeot 208 Active.

Peugeot cuts 208 and 2008 prices

Dom Tripolone

2017 Hyundai i30 SR.

What small car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Mercedes-Benz is developing its first AMG-only Australian dealership in Sydney.

Australia's first AMG-only dealer set to open

Stephen Ottley

Icy roads can be danger during winter, but many modern cars feature slippery road warnings.

Five best winter car comforts

Alessandra Melville

2018 Jaguar XF Sportbrake.

Jaguar reveals prices for new SUV alternative

Dom Tripolone

Ben Brown hit the turf head first in a tackle from Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

Tackling the hard questions on tackling

Chris Judd

Koby Stevens and his St Kilda teammates have been told to avoid Brighton beach due to the sea lice threat.

Saints told to avoid Melbourne beaches amid sea fleas threat

Anthony Colangelo
59 mins ago

Jack Steele went head-to-head with Luke Shuey and beat him comprehensively.

Steele's Shuey shutdown crucial in Saints win

Anthony Colangelo

Jake Lever's future is up in the air at Adelaide.

Crows unperturbed over Lever uncertainty

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Four Points: Cinderella story, Dusty, Bucks, Jobe and more

Jon Pierik

Game plan: Damien Hardwick addresses his side at half time.

'Rivals thankful' as Tigers end Hawks hopes

Daniel Cherny

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley with Robbie Gray after the massive loss to Adelaide.

'We got bashed up ... smashed in every area': Hinkley

Ashley Porter

Magpie Brodie Grundy's controversial tackle on North Melbourne's Ben Brown during their round 20 clash on Saturday night.

Laws committee set to tackle the tackle

Daniel Cherny

Australia's Morgan Mitchell was despondent after her run in London.

Powerful emotions as Marschall vaults to final, Mitchell bereft

Michael Gleeson

Jessica Trengove finished ninth in the marathon at the world athletics championships.

Lucky No.9, as Trengove delivers Australia's best marathon result

Michael Gleeson

Betty Cuthbert after winning the 400 metres at the Tokyo Olympics.

Golden comeback: How Cuthbert won the Olympic 400 metres

Peter FitzSimons

Melbourne Storm player Tohu Harris has struggled with injuries this year.

Bromwich backs Storm stars to return as finals approach

Roy Ward

Australia's Adam Scott is keen to bounce back in the US PGA Championship this week.

Day, Scott aim to bounce back at US PGA Championship

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