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Lobster with a 'mobster': Guy's lavish dinner with alleged Mafia boss

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Richard Willingham

China is responsible for between 12 and 25 per cent of all office transactions by value in Australia over the past two ...

That whoosh? It's the Great Chinese Property Pullback

COMMENT

Oppostion Leader Mathew Guy.

Matthew Guy denies that he knew 'cousin Tony' would be at dinner

Same sex marriage

Govt to skip parliament and ask ABS to run same-sex marriage vote

Live

Marcus Rowley was fatally attacked just weeks after his cousin was found dead.

Train-station kill accused is 'mentally unwell', court hears

36 mins ago

Concerns have been raised about rulings by the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Teachers' watchdog under review after controversial rulings

EXCLUSIVE

Rodney Eade has been sacked as Gold Coast coach.

Gold Coast Suns appoint new coach after firing Rodney Eade

UPDATED
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Flesh-eating sea fleas enter the great Aussie wildlife folklore

COMMENT
1 hr ago

I didn't speak up when a masseur crossed the line. I wish I had have

What really ate Sam: Scientist solves flesh-eating critter mystery

'I question whether my party will ever do right thing': Abbott's sister

CBA dumps short-term bonuses for execs as investors call for action

UPDATED

The big test is, of course, on auction day.

Think that house you saw might be overpriced? This could be why

Pan-fried pork belly with spring onion.

Adam Liaw's pan-fried pork belly with spring onion recipe

At any gym, you'd be hard put to find someone who doesn't have ink of some sort.

How tattoos could be ruining your workout

Karl Stefanovic gets fired up on the Today show.

'Complete BS': TV stars go postal on gay marriage plebiscite

Tale

Why some women support sexism (yep, you read that right)

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Karl Stefanovic: Plebiscite 'complete BS'

Frank Madafferi is taken into custody after being charged with conspiracy to murder in 2009.

Mafia, mountains and the art of biting your tongue

He put his what where? Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) have a Sex and the City moment.

SPOILERS

Game of Thrones finally heats up in Spoils of War

A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter’s northern polar region dominates this Jovian cloudscape, courtesy of ...

NASA's new image of Jupiter's 'Little Red Spot' is incredible

Melbourne

I was told to go to where I came from. Errr, that'd be Melbourne

21/7/17 Portrait of Tanille Mizzi. Tanille's mother Samantha (pictured) was murdered in 94 and is the subject of a cold ...

Gone for 20 years: What happened to Samantha and Amanda?

Don't drag my family into it: Lord mayor slams paint-bombers

Turning Melbourne into a 20-minute city sounds good, but how?

Analysis

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

Options for North East Link revealed: it could cost up to $23b

Heavy snowfall has sparked avalanches on the Victorian Alpine region, with emergency services issuing a stern warning to ...

Avalanche threat: Warning to steer clear of remote Alpine areas

Frank De Dood has been jailed for two years.

Victim gets justice, another priest gets 20 months in prison

Minister for Women Fiona Richardson will take leave to deal with illness

Illness forces Minister for Women to take leave

John Ibrahim, the 'King of Kings Cross'. Photo: Louie Douvis

Police carry out dawn raids across suburban Sydney

UPDATED
1 hr ago

A total of 10 red fire ant nests have been found for the first time in the Somerset Regional Council area.

Red fire ants break through containment lines

QLD

CPSU National Secretary Nadine Flood.

'Total crackdown' APS social media guide sparks fury

ACT

An MV-22 Osprey pictured at the RAAF Base in Townsville.

Wreckage of US Marines Corp heli-plane found off Qld

The big test is, of course, on auction day.

Think that house you saw may be overpriced? This might be why

20 King Street is selling cheap as it is zoned for commercial use.

Something missing in Prahran's cheapest two-bedder

Josh and Elyse created a vast and impressive first room.

Easy bathroom tips and tricks – and things to steer clear of

Plan Melbourne talks of “two cities” – the well-serviced, unaffordable central city, and underserviced middle and outer ...

How we can turn Melbourne into a 20-minute city

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

Writer and director Judd Apatow poses as he arrives for the Just for Laughs awards show at the annual comedy festival in ...

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Writer and director Judd Apatow poses as he arrives for the Just for Laughs awards show at the annual comedy festival in ...

Judd Apatow is not a feminist, but he is bad at vocab

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

Ezrah puts his skills to the test.

The 12-year-old tattoo whiz kid who has inked his mum and his maths teacher

1 hr ago

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Amid the housing woes, any wonder voter faith is dipping?

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

It's over: 'Rebel' Liberal MPs back away from plan to cross floor

Matthew Knott

'I question whether my party will ever do the right thing': Forster

The surprising politician who voters trust the most

EXCLUSIVE

Same sex marriage

Malcolm Turnbull unveils his new plan for marriage plebiscite

Live

The Turnbull government will look to hold a public vote in some form by November.

Government to hold marriage vote by November

Michael Koziol
49 mins ago

Malcolm Turnbull.

The shadow of Tony Abbott hangs over Malcolm Turnbull

ANALYSIS

Gilead's Truvada antiretroviral treats people living with HIV.

'It has stoppped making me fear sex': high hope drug will be listed

French President Emmanuel Macro.

Macron's honeymoon comes to a halt

Adam Nossiter

The Kra canal could mean big business.

Thailand's Kra canal plan would link Indian, Pacific oceans

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

US president Donald Trump.

A Russian bot: Trump's biggest fan

FILE - This combination of file photos shows Kim Jong Nam, left, exiled half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong ...

'Direct challenge': North Korea hits back at $1 billion UN sanctions

Kirsty Needham

Illustration: Andrew Dyson.

Turnbull's Trump call would be funny if it wasn't such a tragedy

COMMENT
Sarah Gill

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Old guard beware: Australia's protest vote is ready to blow

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

The VHH is a way for Victoria to future-proof its citizens against heart disease for the next five decades.

Funding debate aside, this is why we need a new heart hospital

COMMENT
Sarah Newton

The run of upbeat surveys holds out hope for a bounce in economic activity after bad weather kept growth to just 0.3 per ...

Business confidence back to pre-GFC levels

43 mins ago

Banks will again be the focus for investors as the CBA controversy rolls on.

Markets Live: Wave of selling hits ASX

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

China is responsible for between 12 and 25 per cent of all office transactions by value in Australia over the past two ...

That whoosh? It's the Great Chinese Property Pullback

COMMENT

"The overriding consideration of the board was the collective accountability of senior management for the overall ...

CBA dumps short-term bonuses for execs this year

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates

Motorists tip $2.1b into Transurban coffers

Patrick Hatch

Why $US100 billion in cash is bad news for Warren Buffett

Australia has a $66 billion sleeping problem

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

In 'limbo': business groups slam citizenship changes

Nassim Khadem

Ben Smith, who was sentenced for killing cyclist Steve Jarvie.

The anti-cycling Facebook post that ended up in court

On Your Bike
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A running plan can help develop both your strength and endurance.

A simple trick for becoming a better, fitter, runner

The Long Run

Major banks often pay savers significantly less than the market leader through their term deposits.

Term deposit interest rates dwindle to record lows

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

A2Milk is up more than 630 per cent since listing in March 2015.

Investing in an IPO? More than half will have negative returns

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Brewer James O'Shea, entrepreneur Michael Burton and James Rule.

Pub with no beer? Not any more

Cara Waters

To pay or not to pay GST.

Deciphering the different GST classifications

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Netflix in bed with cable

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Florida sinkhole swallows two homes

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Karl Stefanovic: Plebiscite 'complete BS'

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Police conduct dawn raids across Sydney

Toxic State: What lies beneath There are thousands of toxic sites across NSW. The Environmental Protection Authority ...

Toxic State (part 2): meet the illegal asbestos dumpers

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Sunrise producer Michael Pell with co-host Samantha Armytage.

Network Ten boss slams Sunrise poaching reports

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Karl Stefanovic gets fired up on the Today show.

TV stars go postal on gay marriage plebiscite

Rob Moran

Masterful acting, but not the accent: Elisabeth Moss as Detective Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake: China Girl.

Moss' Australian accent still 'woeful' in Top of the Lake sequel

Broede Carmody

He put his what where? Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) have a Sex and the City moment.

Game of Thrones finally heats up in Spoils of War

Spoilers
Karl Quinn

Cate Blanchett is set to play Lucille Ball in a new movie penned by Aaron Sorkin.

Cate Blanchett to play iconic comedian in new Amazon film

Michael Idato

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

Today hosts Karl and Lisa make Hollywood debut in Sharknado 5

Rob Moran

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld may dress immaculately for shows but remains as relaxed as ever on stage.

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

Untamed desires: Ruth Ramas.

The strangest film at MIFF this year

MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL
Stephanie Bunbury

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

MSO brings hard-edged grace to There Will Be Blood score

REVIEW
David Estcourt

David Hallberg in Melbourne this week.

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

Hannah Francis

'It is never OK for anyone, even a health professional, to touch without consent and a plausible explanation of their ...

I didn't speak up during massage, but I wish I had

Jennifer Morton

Let's stop trivialising our kids' schoolyard experiences, writes Cat Rodie.

The lesson about consent my six-year-old taught me

COMMENT
Cat Rodie

Writer and director Judd Apatow poses as he arrives for the Just for Laughs awards show at the annual comedy festival in ...

Judd Apatow is not a feminist, but he might need a dictionary

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

The scene outside the federal court on Monday, August 7, 2017, in Denver, Colorado.

Taylor Swift watches over jury selection for assault trial

Keith Coffman

Sold-out: The Lush Kitchen fidget spinner.

The beauty fidget spinner that sold out in one hour

Natalie Reilly

The problem with the This Girl Can campaign is that the male gaze remains dominant, internalised as self-perception.

We must rethink campaigns that rework the 'sex sells' approach

Laura McVey and Paul Harrison

Feeling awe makes us more generous and humble, reduces stress and creates a sense of timelessness.

How awe influences humans

Sarah Berry

The Bachelor's Richie Strahan and Alex Nation at a party in Sydney last year.

The Bachelor's Richie Strahan and Alex Nation 'split'

Amy Croffey

Pan-fried pork belly with spring onion.

Adam Liaw's pan-fried pork belly with spring onion recipe

Boss move: Use fingers for nigiri.

How to eat like a boss: The ultimate guide to dining out dos and don'ts

CHE's empanadas come with traditional and creative fillings.

CHE brings South American street food to Fitzroy

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The calculator that works out how much sleep parents have lost

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The scientific reason newborns smell so lovely

Ezrah puts his skills to the test.

Tattoo whiz kid has inked his mum and his maths teacher

1 hr ago

Symi, Greece. The Greek Islands are a good spot to visit during Europe's quiet season.

Avoid the tourist backlash: World's best places to go in off-season

David Whitley
1 hr ago

Delta is the world's third-largest airline and the one with the oldest fleet.

Airline with the oldest planes in the sky revealed

Gavin Haines

Tourists crowd the streets of Dubrovnik.

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

Both current and former Google employees have spoken up to reject an anonymous engineer's manifesto.

Google workers slam anti-diversity memo

Frozen Free Fall s one of 42 Disney apps named in the lawsuit.

These Disney apps may be spying on your kids

Tacoma

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

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

2017 Porsche 911 GTS.

Is the new Porsche 911 GTS the ultimate performance car?

Andrew Maclean

Mazda is working on groundbreaking engine technology for future models.

Mazda to introduce sparkless petrol engine

David McCowen

Mexican-built examples of the new Kia Rio feature minimal safety gear.

Safety experts take aim at carmakers' double standards

David McCowen

Porsche has recalled the Cayenne to address diesel emissions issues.

Porsche recalls Cayenne to address diesel emissions

David McCowen

2017 Holden Trax

What is the ideal Holden Trax model?

Andrew Maclean

Mazda has announced an expanded partnership with Toyota.

Toyota and Mazda join forces

Drive Staff

Rodney Eade has been sacked as Gold Coast coach.

Solomon to lead Suns for rest of the season after Eade sacked

UPDATED
Sam McClure
21 mins ago

The Blues say their salary cap room can accommodate Josh Kelly and other young stars.

Off-season raiders: Blues primed to launch a 'cash splash'

Jon Pierik and Sam McClure

Nick Riewoldt’s last home-and-away game could be a record-breaker.

Wildcard round gets tossed out

Caroline Wilson

Patrick Dangerfield and Dusty Martin will clash in Geelong this weekend.

Cats-Tigers would be at 'G if fixture done now: Dillon

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

The Swans remonstrate with Geelong's Mitch Duncan, who has now been suspended.

Hawkins, Grundy and Merrett accept bans

Jon Pierik
6 mins ago

It may be time to start believing that Richmond can win the flag in 2017.

Fighting fury: Can the Tigers win the flag?

ANALYSIS
Jon Pierik

Wood news: Easton Wood doesn't need surgery.

No knife for Wood, Boyd to announce retirement

Daniel Cherny

Patton missed last week with a hamstring complaint.

Giants' hamstring woes no cause for alarm: review

Anthony Colangelo

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon (left) celebrates after winning the gold medal in a pulsating finale to the women's 1500m.

Faith delivers as London pays tribute to Cuthbert

Michael Gleeson

Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons says he is stronger than ever.

Better than ever and ready to play NBA: Simmons

Italy's Sara Errani.

The tortellini did it: Player blames pasta for failed drug test

Simon Briggs
1 hr ago

Nick Kyrgios has had his first win since May.

Kyrgios victorious for first time since May

Disbelief: Manny Pacquiao reacts after his loss to Jeff Horn in Brisbane. He wants a rematch.

Sweat and blood await Horn as he prepares for Pacquiao rematch

Phil Lutton

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