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Opposition Leader Matthew Guy insists he has done nothing wrong.

Lobster dinner: Guy's 'no donation' claim in doubt

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How much does this prickly, petulant man know about the Korean War?

Trump's improvised fire and fury threat took his advisers by surprise

One current and one former Australian Border Force officer were arrested this week.

The inside story of corruption in Australian Border Force

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie

One is the loneliest number: Botswana's Isaac Makwala crosses the finish line in his heat.

After a bout of a horrible virus, an athlete runs sport's loneliest race

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'Malcolm was much better in those days': Michael Kirby's lament

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Apartment price drops expected, even though building will halve

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Severe weather warning as wild winds whip Melbourne yet again

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Matthew Guy calls for 'real time' monitoring of donations

Colombia 'drug mule' Cassie Sainsbury's plea deal rejected

Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smuggler

Year 8 student Xinyu Yuan.

Mother, daughter die as car that had been 'weaving through traffic' hits them

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Rebel Wilson at the Supreme Court following her defamation trial verdict in June.

Rebel Wilson suffers concussion on set of new comedy

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Scottish airline Loganair's new tartan livery.

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Retiring: Steve Johnson will hang up the boots at the end of the season.

Giant Stevie J confirms his end-of-season retirement

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Close-up of a woman biting potato chips.

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Cursed from the start: Rodney Eade at the Suns.

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Guy

Alleged Mafia boss promised donation of 'swag of money'

Olive oil is high in the 'sixth taste'.

How to make DIY infused olive oil

If you're getting enough protein out of your diet, you won't need shakes.

Here's how much protein is in everyday foods

(1-25) 25 Mysterious masks have appeared on the footbridge that connects McColl Court and Peacock Street over the M2 ...

Brunswick's creepy concrete heads leave locals mystified

Witnesses of deadly shooting tell of bullets being fired from car

Boxer on ice attacked tourist: 'I was going to rape someone today'

1 hr ago

Matthew Guy answers questions about his dinner with alleged mafia boss Tony Madafferi

So this is how it works: A rare look inside world of political donations

COMMENT
Michael Bachelard

Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has insisted he did nothing wrong.

'Just white noise': Senior Victorian Liberals stand by their Guy

Police

'Shocking': Man on run after vicious stabbing in Fitzroy North

Maxwell Pain has been jailed for 23 years.

'Delusional' farmer jailed for 23 years for killing son-in-law

An artist's impression of the new trains that will be built in South Korea.

'Too wide' new $2.3b trains don't fit tracks

NSW

CityCycle has marked a record 2 million trips since its introduction in 2010.

Brisbane's CityCycle scheme gains momentum

QLD

Cooper Lodge, opened a the University of Canberra in 2014, and receiving $11,000-a-room in subsidies each year to ...

Private rentals cheaper than 'affordable' accommodation

Kirsten Lawson

The WA Health Department has issued a measles warning for Perth.

Alternative school refuses to support vaccinations

WA

The value of all residential building starts is expected to fall by 31 per cent, in the next three years.

Price drop forecast for Melbourne flats, but a housing shortage looms

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Some buyers and buyers' advocates have reported confusion since the new rules were brought in.

Agents in the gun over new rules about disclosing sale prices

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Home ownership levels are continuing to decrease.

Murder, drug labs: What do agents have to disclose about a home?

Guest bedroom week on The Block 2017

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Cordelia Prowd won't travel to Gardenvale railway station at night.

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Box Hill station was not popular after dark.

Why young women fear Melbourne's stations at night

Matilda Boseley, Clay Lucas

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Why I won't let shame silence me any more

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Jane Caro

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Australia joins in global effort to hose down Trump fallout

Fergus Hunter
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Rules against malicious campaign material won't apply to postal vote

Retiring MP Bruce Billson (left) during the 2016 election campaign, with Liberal Chris Crewther, his successor in the ...

Colleagues surprised Liberal took lobbyist income while an MP

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EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

US President Donald Trump warns North Korea during a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club.

Bishop warns of escalation as Trump and Korea trade threats

When in government, Labor prime minister Julia Gillard and treasurer Wayne Swan voted against 2012 same-sex marriage ...

The truth is, both sides have struggled on marriage equality

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Pravit Rojanaphruk showing his ink-stained hands after being fingerprinted by police.

South-east Asian regimes step up repression of critics

Lindsay Murdoch
14 mins ago

The US Capitol at night.

Russian surveillance plane soars over the Pentagon, US Capitol

Cassandra Sainsbury arrives for a court hearing in Bogota.

Judge rejects Cassandra Sainsbury's plea deal in Colombia

Andrew Wight

Rescued migrants from Africa.

Teen migrants 'deliberately drowned'

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A postal vote is a silly idea, but polling voters makes sense

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

The more people sign up for Malcolm Turnbull's NBN the more they complain about the underwhelming experience.

Dodgy from the start: Don't blame Turnbull for Labor's flawed NBN

COMMENT
Peter Martin

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

With or without Eddie, The Footy Show will never be the same again

COMMENT
Sam Duncan

Woolworths wants to sell its petrol station portfolio to BP in a $1.8 billion deal.

'Motorists may end up paying more' under BP-Woolies deal

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Trump's bellicose boasts have put the world - including markets - on edge.

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AGL Energy CEO Andy Vesey: "Some customers are hurting from high prices."

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Virgin has narrowed its loss and ended the year with cash in the coffers.

Virgin Australia narrows loss, stops burning through cash

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Market jitters over Trump's 'fire and fury' threat are justified

COMMENT

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The luxury car brand that grew too big, too fast

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Innovative technology may be able to help teach children how to handle money.

How to make our kids money smart

Catherine Robson

Despite reports of the property market coming off the boil, it's still not a welcoming environment for Millennials.

Five better places for Millennials to put their money than property

Clayton Howes

Kimberley Smith's The Fit Mummy Project app clocked up over 1000 downloads in the first few weeks after launch.

Cashing in on the mummy market

Nina Hendy

Why are CEOs paid so much when their core roles are outsourced to consultants?

Are you sick of consultants?

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

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Sam Dastyari and his rainbow cake

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Trump chicken appears outside White House

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DJs show's raunchiest moment

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Matthew Guy during his hastily arranged press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

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Rebel Wilson at the Supreme Court following her defamation trial verdict in June.

Rebel Wilson suffers concussion on set of new comedy

Rob Moran
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Disney have announced plans to consolidate their most valuable content, including Frozen and its upcoming sequel, and ...

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Sian's reaction when Laura returned with a rose.

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Aja Styles

Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen have teamed with Netflix for their first TV series.

Oscar-winning siblings breaking into TV with new Netflix series

Michael Idato

In your face: A fight scene from Pop-up Globe's Henry V.

Blood, vomit on the audience: Shakespeare like its 1614

Michael Lallo

Foxtel has welcomed an 18-month suspended jail sentence for a man who allowed thousands of people to access its ...

TV pirate slapped with 18-month suspended jail term

Broede Carmody

Karl Stefanovic has called out Princess Diana's former butler for saying Kate Middleton doesn't have "the X factor".

Karl loses it again, unleashing on Diana's former butler over Kate

Broede Carmody

Kyle MacLachlan in the reboot of Twin Peaks.

No second season planned for Twin Peaks revival

Rob Moran

Al Gore giving his updated presentation in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Al Gore returns with a ray of optimism

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Jake Wilson

Best friends plot to become world-class serial killers in <i>Tragedy Girls</I>.

Review: Tragedy Girls is teen horror for the Instagram generation

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Hania Amar as Aicha, a woman torn between a "safe" marriage and the man she loves.

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Karl Quinn

Jo Hartley asks: Why do we stay in dead-end relationships?

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Jo Hartley
1 hr ago

Does protein love your guts?

Could a protein-rich diet soothe an inflamed gut?

Sarah Berry

Jennifer Lawrence on the cover of Vogue's 2017 September issue.

J-Law drinks bourbon, talks about new BF for painted Vogue cover

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

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These FaceApp race filters were obviously a very bad idea

Abby Ohlheiser
1 hr ago

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Surprise striptease: DJs show's raunchiest moment

Melissa Singer

Taylor Swift, pictured at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2016.

Taylor Swift wants victims to know they can 'always say no'

Anger can be a useful emotion, but irrational hostility does nobody any good.

Pointless aggression makes me angry

COMMENT
Jean Flynn

Dress rehersal of the David Jones 2017 Spring Summer collection. DJ Ambassadors Jestina Franklin and Jessica Gomes.

Tabletop dancers and The Block: How DJs launched summer

Melissa Singer

Midweek mussels: Big bowls of mussels, risoni, peas and bacon.

Easy peasy midweek mussels with creamy pasta, peas and bacon

Wynns Coonawarra Estate is one of Australia's most-valued wineries.

Is this Australia's best-value winery?

Cup o' noodles with abalone.

Cup o' noodle gets fancy at St Kilda's Supernormal Canteen

Two-year-old Lane Graves has been honoured with a Lighthouse memorial after his tragic death last year.

Disney unveils lighthouse in memory of boy killed by alligator

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'Do not let your children download this app'

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Scottish airline Loganair's new tartan livery.

57-second flight: Airline that flies world's shortest route has big plans

Christopher Jasper

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Michael Gebicki
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Tourists haggle with tuk tuk driver in Thailand.

Fourteen telltale signs that make it obvious you're a tourist

Ben Groundwater

Samus is better than ever in the new Metroid game.

An iconic, if overlooked, game franchise returns

1 hr ago

Facebook has introduced a new 'Watch' tab in the US.

Facebook takes on TV with new 'Watch' tab

1 hr ago

Robot

Australia needs to embrace, not fear, automation: study

Pearson Test of English.

Ex-radio news reader fails robot's English test

The Nokia 6 looks and feels cold and utilitarian, but also looks much more expensive than it is.

New low-priced Nokias simple but impressive

2018 Kia Stinger.

New Kia Stinger prices revealed

Andrew Maclean

2017 Renault Megane Intens sedan.

Renault's Toyota Corolla rival reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Nissan has slashed the price of its 370Z sports car.

Nissan slashes 370Z prices

David McCowen

2017 BMW 420i v Infiniti Q60 GT.

BMW 4-Series v Infiniti Q60

Andrew Maclean

2018 Skoda Octavia RS.

Updated Octavia RS revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

Mitsubishi's range-topping SUV reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Scott Pendlebury has backed his coach.

Pendlebury backs new multi-year deal for Buckley

Retiring: Steve Johnson will hang up the boots at the end of the season.

Stevie J confirms end-of-season retirement

Andrew Wu
9 mins ago

Levi Casboult's market value is close to $600,000 a season.

Casboult ponders move from Carlton as rival clubs circle

Jon Pierik

Dignified exit: Jobe Watson hopes to retire on a high by helping the Bombers into the finals

Forgiving but not forgetting, Jobe moves on

Greg Baum

Essendon's comeback season has been marked by record membership and the largest attendances in the competition.

Essendon to push for extra MCG game

Caroline Wilson

Will Sutherland opted for cricket, but another highly regarded dual sportsman may be leaning towards football.

Dual-sport prospect Nathan Murphy closing in on football

Sam McClure

Revelation: The podders are impressed with Essendon this season.

The 'revelation' of season 2017

Kurt Tippett.

Tippett can still silence critics with big finish to 2017

ANALYSIS
Andrew Wu

One is the loneliest number: Botswana's Isaac Makwala crosses the finish line in his heat.

Quarantined athlete runs sport's loneliest race

Michael Gleeson

Both coaches had complaints about the poor surface.

Poor surface draws complaints as Victory rout Roar

1 hr ago

Greg Blewett will take up coaching roles with South Australia.

Blewett quits Australian cricket team role

36 mins ago

Victory: Ashleigh Barty.

Kyrgios, Barty advance in Rogers Cup

13 mins ago

Genevieve LaCaze, United States' Emma Coburn and Kenya's Celliphine Chepteek Chespol cross the line.

Aussies bounce back at World Athletics Championships

Michael Gleeson
1 hr ago

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