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Tony Abbott's response to the gay marriage plebiscite has US antecedents.

The origin of Abbott's anti-gay marriage strategy

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Small Business minister Michael McCormack and Australian Statistician David Kalisch during a press conference on the ABS ...

Minister with oversight over survey apologises for homophobic slur

Elias Herodotou was jailed for 22 years.

Killer who stabbed man at Crown hotel finally named

"We are growing fairly aggressively and I can't see it stopping": AMA Group chief executive Ray Malone.

Panel beater rebelled and took over a business now worth $530 million

Michelle Payne, pictured last December.

Michelle Payne 'storms' out of official function in England

UPDATED

Ali Jomaa, above, who has not been arrested or charged with any crimes.

Apology to Ali Jomaa

If Donald Trump wants a nuclear strike, he orders it. That's it.

ANALYSIS

Driverless cars to roll out on the Tulla this weekend

Man dead after bull attack in northern Victoria

Artists call on NGV to dump Wilson Security

Korean tensions spark $20 billion markets selloff

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks to reporters before a security briefing at ...

US military is 'locked and loaded': Trump's latest warning to North Korea

Too strong: The Dogs were coming off a four-game winning streak but had not met an adversary as well credentialed as the ...

Resurgent Giants land body blow on Bulldogs' premiership defence

The Lobster Cave.

Lobster Cave review: Matthew Guy eats there, but what's it like?

The Mad Fientist has learnt a lot about himself in his time out of the workforce.

After retiring at 34, Brandon had a lightbulb moment

The Bachelor Richie Strahan visits Fairfax Media office at One Darling Island. 10th August 2016. Photo: Janie Barrett

Ex-Bachelor Richie selling Perth pad in rumoured Melbourne move

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Toby Greene fly kick set to create controversy

Court of Appeal ruling has saved the police from disaster by ordering major case to proceed.

'Unlawful' acts by AFP took huge bribery case to brink

Cutting immigration could hurt sharemarket returns, according to fund managers.

The top 10 tips to boost your household budget

Why licking ice cream causes brain freeze

The real reason ice cream gives us brain freeze

DO NOT USE Huffpost

The best thing I have ever done was quitting alcohol

Two men were shot in the legs and another man bashed in Roxburgh Park.

One dead, two shot in bloody week for Melbourne gun crime epicentre

UPDATED

Vic MP barred from US visited Syria more times than he admitted

'It's so hard for us': Cranbourne crash family mourns

An oBike left on Spencer Street in June.

'Clutter': Melbourne mayor puts oBikes on notice

A proposed redesign of the Queen Victoria Market by architect John McNabb.

Vic Market has friends, and this is their plan for the Melbourne icon

A state high school has told Year 8 students to abstain from sexual activity.

'Culture of shame': Parents angry at school over delayed-sex stance

V/line paid Alan Clifford more than $500,000 a year.

Can't get a seat on V/Line? Here's why

The WestConnex proposal includes a plan for the acquisition of a property on Lilyfield Road, Rozelle.

Small bit of land may add $80m to road project

NSW

The parole board has ordered Ben Cousins to complete further rehabilitation courses.

Ben Cousins fails drug test in Perth prison: reports

WA

The coal export facility at Abbot Point.

Adani fined for Abbot Point stormwater breach

QLD
1 hr ago

Blockbuster Dickson owner Paul Davis: 'It's been a great run, but the time has come.'

Last Blockbuster video store in town closing down

ACT

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 27: Richie Strahan, the star of the new Channel 10 reality tv series The Bachelor poses for ...

Ex-Bachelor Richie to sell WA pad in rumoured Melbourne move

Rebecca Judd's kitchen renovation at her Prahran house.

The most important consideration when designing your kitchen

When it comes to renovating, most people call in the pros to get the job done.

The rooms most Aussies renovate - and how much we're spending

A classic beauty: 139 Queen Street, Woollahra.

Commanding pride of place: What makes a property iconic

KUD’s Barkers Road townhouses.

Brick is back: The best designs of the year in an old classic

A television screen shows US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Seoul.

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A television screen shows US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Seoul.

Kim Beazley: why we are still technically at war in Korea

COMMENT
Kim Beazley

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

What will Guy’s lobster dinner end up costing him?

Adam Carey

On the up: Richmond's season has been one of significant improvement.

Rise of the Tigers: How Richmond got back on track

Caroline Wilson

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Too strong: The Dogs were coming off a four-game winning streak but had not met an adversary as well credentialed as the ...

Giants thrash Bulldogs after powerful second half

Andrew Wu

There have been positives among young and senior players at Carlton.

Why it's been a nine-win season for Carlton

Daisy Pearce

Generation game: father-son draftees Callum Brown and Josh Daicos with their dads and Magpie legends Peter Daicos and ...

Magpies name Brown but Daicos misses AFL debut again

Anthony Colangelo

Patrick Dangerfield and Dustin Martin will go head-to-head for the first time in 2017 at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.

Dusty v Danger: How do they compare in 2017?

Anthony Colangelo

Jack Watts has been dropped for the Demons' crucial game against the Saints.

Demons drop Watts but Garlett to return from Perth to face Saints

Jon Pierik

Jim Pavlidis illustration

Tackling CTE can do your head in

Greg Baum

Those wanting to buy multiple reserved seat tickets have to buy via the Ticketmaster Resale site.

Ticket fury: 'Prices change in line with demand'

UPDATED
Claire Siracusa

"Immeasurable leadership capabilities": Retiring Essendon champion Jobe Watson.

Watson's 'humility and respect' to be missed

Jon Pierik

Former prime minister Paul Keating.

Keating: North Korean regime depends on nuclear weapons

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Marriage survey could exclude 100,000 voters

Michael Koziol

'I've changed': Minister issues new apology over homophobic column

Nicole Hasham

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield.

Minister demands ABC explain Australian Story 'infomercial'

Matthew Knott

Labor frontbencher Shayne Neumann told the CCC he supported real-time donation disclosures for candidates

Labor MPs confront shadow minister in secret meeting

EXCLUSIVE

Tony Abbott has made his first comment on North Korea to Fairfax Media.

Abbott calls for Australia to urgently consider missile shield

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

"We want the process to be fair": Acting Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann.

Cormann reaches out to set ground rules for 'fair' debate

EXCLUSIVE

A television screen shows US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Seoul.

Amid mad rhetoric, Trump is ready to talk to North Korea

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

The USS John S McCain destroyer cnducted a fereedom of navigation patrol in disputed waters of the South China Sea on ...

China sends warships into disputed waters after US patrol

Kirsty Needham

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has previously told police to shoot suspects.

Students the next target of Duterte's war on drugs

Lindsay Murdoch

The Myanmar national flag flies in front of a statue of General Aung San during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary ...

Myanmar preparing to crush 'militants' in Rakhine

LIndsay Murdoch

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

The time has come: Turnbull must lead on this debate or lose

COMMENT
John Hewson

Public transport is one of the biggest areas of safety concern for girls and women.

Women's fear of certain public spaces must no longer be ignored

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

The new magazine's target audience.

So print is dying? Don't tell these jihadists

COMMENT
Matt Holden

RBA governor Philip Lowe ripped into the banks for a short-term profit mindset.

Regulators put the boot into banks: trust deficit growing

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson
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Wages squeeze: the national minimum was increased by 3.3 per cent this year.

The award for weak wages growth goes to ...

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Illustration: Simon Bosch.

'It's two or three years of cock-ups' - has CBA run out of time?

Clancy Yeates

Google CEO Sundar Pichai failed to stand up to the mob of critics.

Pichai should resign as Google's CEO

David Brooks

CommBank rules out lending to Adani's Carmichael coal mine

Peter Hannam

Spruiker in hot water over 'buy a house for $1' scheme

Simon Johanson

Korean tensions spark $20b ASX selloff

Jessica Sier

Baby Bunting's investors throw a wobbly over prams

Winemakers are ditching classic French grapes in favour of more daring varieties.

14 of the most delicious Australian wines you've never heard of

Fine Drinks

Minister for Tourism and Major Events, John Eren, announced that Victoria has exclusively secured the rights to host the ...

Is this classic car race doomed before it even begins?

Classic Cars

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

Ray Malone turned AMA Group around after it came close to the brink.

Crash repair: How Ray Malone became head of ASX-listed company AMA Group

Cara Waters

There is occasional merit in letting staff go.

Losing great staff? Good riddance

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Dozens of migrants land on Spanish beach

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We will speak up for you: Shorten

Federal Politics

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Trump: Fire and fury not 'tough enough'

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Look out for Australia's most wanted man

Mr E. Bierne from Movietone News, gets some assistance from a kangaroo during the making of a newsreel on 27 November ...

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Tim Minchin's has re-imagined Peter Allen's classic 'I Still Call Australia Home'.

Tim Minchin mocks 'homophobic' politicians

Broede Carmody

Eddie McGuire's return saw The Footy Show record its best ratings of the year.

Eddie McGuire's return sees The Footy Show crush competition

Broede Carmody

Britney clutches at her security guard after the incident.

'He's got a gun?' Man rushes stage at Britney Spears show

Rebecca Rubin

Paulini Curuenavuli will face bribery charges in Sydney next week.

Singer Paulini facing bribery charges

The Crown's Claire Foy.

The Crown returns: Netflix readies second coronation for summer

Michael Idato

The Bachelor contestant Sian during her private chat with Matty J.

'I am not a puppet': Matty J gets fired up on The Bachelor

Christine Sams

ABC staff gagged over marriage equality

Broede Carmody

Eddie McGuire returned to The Footy Show after a 12-year absence.

Eddie's return to The Footy Show has Sam on best behaviour

Debi Enker

Tim Humphrey and Madeleine Flynn with one of their seesaws.

Seesaws that talk? Kid politicians? It's time for Melbourne Fringe

Hannah Francis

Elephant Man (The Age, Arts, August 11)

Malthouse's Elephant Man masterful, deeply moving ★★★★½

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell in Yorgos Lanthimos' The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer is bleak but brilliant

MIFF 2017
Karl Quinn

Brad Pitt and Angelina attend the charity event Cinema for Peace in 2012.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce 'on hold': reports

Nicole Economos

Public transport is one of the biggest areas of safety concern for girls and women.

It is vital that women feel safe in public spaces. This is why.

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

President Donald Trump kisses his daughter Ivanka Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. ...

Have a guess where Ivanka's opening a new store?

Lindsey Rupp and Taylor Cromwell

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning's Vogue swim spread: 'This is freedom'

Mary Ward

Taylor Swift testified in court on Thursday.

Taylor Swift alleges DJ 'grabbed' her under her skirt

Solange Knowles at the Met Gala earlier this year.

There's a lot to love about Solange's wedding 'hives selfie'

Annie Brown

23-year-old Renee.

The 'financial toxicity' of being sick

Sarah Berry

Ben Affleck and his girlfriend, Saturday Night Live producer Lindsay Shookus are constantly holding iced coffee.

Celebrities and coffee - they're just like us!

Sonia Rao

interior - Oriental Tea - House - Chapel Street South Yarra - lunchtime patrons - April 5th 2017 Oriental Tea House ? ...

Where to eat and drink along Chapel Street

Lip-smacking beer braised rib wrapped in a soft flour tortilla.

Adam Liaw's winter tacos with beer-braised beef

Adam Liaw's slow-cooker winner: Pumpkin pie cheesecake.

Slow-cooker recipes for breakfast, dinner and dessert

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Is 'performance parenting' a thing?

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The truth about sharing photos of other people's kids on social media

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Firstborns are officially the worst drivers

Woman showing their legs or arms will not be allowed to board Saudi Airlines flights.

Anger as airline refuses to fly women who show arms or legs

Soo Kim

Which airline has the most Airbus A380s, the world's biggest passenger plane?

Traveller quiz: Which airline has the most Airbus A380 superjumbos?

Mal Chenu

Caracas Airport, Venezuela. Many airlines are pulling out of the country.

Stick-ups, luggage theft: The country airlines hate flying into

Christine Jenkins

Sony's giant A1 OLED rests on your television cabinet like a enormous Ultra HD picture frame.

Sony's entry into OLED TV race is a work of art

COMMENT

The Leica BLK360 can capture everything around it in 360 degrees and send it

Capturing reality with a tiny 3D scanner

Cynthia Karena

Battery-free phone

Phone breakthrough allows calls, texts with zero battery

Xbox One

Xbox One gets dash overhaul, again

Kotaku

Samus is better than ever in the new Metroid game.

An iconic, if overlooked, game franchise returns

Darren Levy is an Uber driver who films his trips for YouTube.

Confessions of an Uber driver

Alessandra Melville

Citroen ditch DS to focus on vans

Drive Staff

The ACCC is investigating growing complaints about the car industry.

Are you being ripped you off?

Stephen Ottley

2017 Volvo XC90 Excellence.

Driven: Volvo's high-tech, high-riding limousine

Andrew Maclean

2018 Kia Stinger.

Kia Stinger priced under $50k

Andrew Maclean

2018 Ford Focus RS Limited Edition.

New Ford Focus RS Limited Edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

Wallabies lock Adam Coleman.

Western Force to be cut from Super Rugby next season

Tom Decent

Sally Pearson wins her 100m hurdles first round heat in London.

Sally clears first hurdle in London

Michael Gleeson

Michelle Payne, pictured last December.

'Sick' Payne walks out on function promoting race in England

UPDATED
Patrick Bartley

Under pressure: FFA chairman Steven Lowy.

FFA defends Lowy's controversial role in FIFA talks

Dominic Bossi

Oscietra

Black Caviar filly Oscietra notches first win

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