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Penny Wong

Wong admits top staffer triggered PM conspiracy fury

EXCLUSIVE

Stephen Wooldridge at the Athens Veledrome in 2004.

Australian Olympic cycling champion dead at 39

UPDATED

Home Consortium has outlined plans to target each of its former Masters buildings at one of three retailing categories - ...

Masters stores to reopen as shopping malls in time for Christmas

1 hr ago

Dash cam footage of two men brawling in South Yarra on Tuesday morning.

South Yarra road rage: Truckie, pedestrian fight stops traffic

Matthew Guy (right) with developer Michael Yates in 2012 at the opening of an earlier apartment project in South Yarra.

Developer makes $36m profit after Guy planning approval

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a division at Question Time at ...

Embarrassment and nonsense reign in parliament

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Another MP scrambles to confirm citizenship status

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

ABC stars face having salaries made public to appease Hanson

On death row, a whisper saved his life. He still does not know why

Warner retires hurt after being hit in neck by bouncer

UPDATED

Crackdown on 'begpackers' after meditating beggar pic goes viral

Mr Taylor has contracted Influenza A.

'It's been hell': Australia in grips of worst flu season in at least 15 years

Triple J's Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist.

Triple J slammed over white nationalist interview

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Drugs saga: Bombers, AFL could find themselves back in court

Lateline host Emma Alberici.

Lateline host Emma Alberici hits back at 'bully' claim

Deputy Prime Minister and dual citizen Barnaby Joyce shows off his sheep socks, during question time in March.

Bless his woolly socks: Photo that gave the game away for Barnaby

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What is the West Gate Tunnel project?

Jon Snow, aka Targaryen, was recognized by Drogon.

SPOILERS

Game of Thrones' end game is starting to become clear

Murphy's footy journey is both odyssey and ode.

Bulldogs skipper Bob Murphy announces retirement

Light and noise affect our sleep

You can actually learn new information while you sleep

DO NOT USE Huffpost

What is micro-cheating, and does it actually count?

Australia 108 is one of a number of towers being built with foreign capital.

This is who is buying all those new apartments in Melbourne

EXCLUSIVE
Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar

New suburb added to Melbourne's fringe, will be home for 22,000

UberX to have wait zones at Melbourne Airport

Notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale.

Ridsdale victim taken to priest by her father, court told

Dr Andrew Churchyard took his own life after he was committed to stand trial over sex abuse allegations.

Patients settle with neurologist's estate over sex allegations

Jeri Packham, seen here with her dog Scruffy, says she was asked to leave her school after she failed a unit of VCE English.

'You failed. Goodbye': The news that left Jeri high and dry

Almost 40 people were infected by the flu at a Royal Freemasons residential care centre.

Three dead, 35 sick after flu outbreak at nursing home

The mother and father of a baby who died of brain and spinal injuries in 2014.

'Such a little baby': Father not guilty of newborn's murder

NSW

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Queensland on track for largest flu outbreak ever

QLD

The cards quarantine 80 per cent of welfare payments in remote Aboriginal communities.

'White card': Cashless welfare scheme slammed

WA

Jarryd Hayne at a Titans recovery session on Monday.

Titans' Henry hoses down Hayne rift rumour

QLD

The site for the new suburb, Mount Atkinson, is 23 kilometres from the city.

Melbourne's fringe gets another suburb, to be home for 22,000 people

Jeremy Jennings, one of the founders of Jabbrrbox, which sells one and two-person metal privacy boxes designed to ...

The small metal box bringing privacy back to the office

Actress Liv Tyler and actor Edward Norton.

Actor Ed Norton spends $15 million on wacky beachside home

Singaporean developer Fragrance Group has lodged plans for a 210-metre-high tower along the waterfront adjacent ...

Overseas developers shift sights to the next big thing ... Tassie

Irregular inspection reports are a sign that property managers don't see value in completing this important task, Clint ...

Five signs you've been lumped with a bad property manager

Simon Baker (left), Samson Coulter and Ben Spence in <i>Breath</i>.

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Simon Baker (left), Samson Coulter and Ben Spence in <i>Breath</i>.

Simon Baker's new film runs into ugly dispute

Garry Maddox

The Huntley and Palmer fruitcake found under ice in Antarctica.

106-year-old fruitcake found in 'excellent condition'

Yonette Joseph

Australians claim about $23 billion in tax deductions for work-related expenses each year.

The $75 a year reason women need 'their heads read'

Jessica Irvine

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Penny Wong's chief of staff, Marcus Ganley.

Penny Wong staffer behind NZ Labour 'conspiracy'

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

ABC to face inquiry and be forced to disclose staff salaries under deal

Matthew Knott

Has Australia accidentally declared war on New Zealand?

SKETCH
Tony Wright

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

As it happened: the day of chaos and drama in Canberra

Stephanie Peatling

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a division at Question Time at ...

Turnbull government looks to pursue 'nuclear option'

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in ...

Joyce fiasco triggers diplomatic brawl between Australia, NZ

Adam Gartrell

Senator Pauline Hanson during Question Time in the Senate.

ABC, SBS funding could unlock media reform

UPDATED

New Chinese envoy to North Korea Kong Xuanyou.

Meet China's new point man on North Korea

Kirsty Needham

A demonstrator shouts into a megaphone during a rally outside of Trump Tower in New York.

Thousands gather to protest Donald Trump's home visit

The flooding and mudslides took place after torrential rain.

Hundreds feared buried alive in Sierra Leone mudslides

Christo Johnson and Umaru Fofana

A woman carrying a bundle on her head waits in line to cross the border into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar ...

Hungry Venezuelans walk to Colombia for a plate of food

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Kim Jong-un is more predictable than Donald Trump

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

White nationalist groups march through the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Friday.

'It wasn't until my third night that I realised they were racist'

COMMENT
Melanie Cheng

There is work to do to ensure pro-breastfeeding ideology does not lead to misinformation and stigma.

Our obsession with breast-feeding is not only hurting women

COMMENT
Amy Corderoy

The view from some Domino's store owners is far from sunny.

'Not worth the stress' - Domino's stores feel the squeeze

ANALYSIS

Home Consortium has outlined plans to target each of its former Masters buildings at one of three retailing categories.

Masters stores to reopen as shopping malls by Christmas

Simon Johanson
1 hr ago

Senator David Leyonhjelm

Vulnerable workers bill in 'delicate' balance

Anna Patty

Clive Palmer speaks to media after his court appearance earlier this month.

'Habitually cavalier attitude': Liquidator slams Palmer

Alexandra Patrikios

China won't sit idle if US takes trade action

Kirsty Needham

Appetite for shares broadly improves

Jessica Sier

Paying $30 for the NBN? Don't expect super speeds

Lucy Battersby

RBA warns construction activity could start to fall

Eryk Bagshaw

Each seat on Crystal Cruises’ new VIP jetliner, a Boeing 777-200LR, includes a fold-out bed and a 24-inch TV. The ...

The luxury airline that only the world's wealthiest can afford

First Class

Bridge Road Brewers 'wine stubby' is targeted towards the health-conscious consumer.

Move over cask wine, it's time for the chardonnay stubby

Fine Drinks

Australians claim about $23 billion in tax deductions for work-related expenses each year.

The $75 a year reason women need 'their heads read'

Jessica Irvine

Dress for Success helps women get back on their feet by providing professional outfits for job interviews and other ...

The average Australian is six paydays away from being homeless

Melissa Browne

'Every year in Australia, there are high-income earners who use discretionary trusts to park their money in a lower tax ...

Will Labor tax trusts to extinction?

COMMENT
Max Newnham

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell says there is support available for small businesses to export.

How the government can help fund your exports

COMMENT
Kate Carnell

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Confederate statue toppled in US

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Police investigate shocking road rage fight

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'Get it replaced': ACCC issues warning over Takata airbags

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Competitors go bonkers at Yoyo Worlds

In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, a lion rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo cuddles her ...

World of Photos - August 15, 2017

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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They're Swedish guys and private eyes, Swedish Dicks - now streaming only on Stan.

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Jon Snow, aka Targaryen, was recognized by Drogon.

Game of Thrones' end game is starting to become clear

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Lateline host Emma Alberici.

Lateline host Emma Alberici hits back at 'bully' claim

Broede Carmody

Triple J's Hack program and its host Tom Tilley have come under fire for giving airtime to a white nationalist.

Triple J slammed over white nationalist interview

Broede Carmody

Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's The Crown, rumoured to be the most expensive television series ever made.

As Netflix continues to grow is it killing television?

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Simon Baker (left), Samson Coulter and Ben Spence in <i>Breath</i>.

Simon Baker's new film runs into ugly dispute

Garry Maddox

"I have it here": Sam Dastyari reminds Abetz of his old anti-LGBTI comments.

Q&A gets heated over 'hurtful' marriage equality debate

Neil McMahon

The Deadpool sequel is currently filming in Canada.

Reynolds' grief as female stunt driver dies on Deadpool 2 set

Matt Preston, right, with Marco Pierre White - before he defected from <i>MasterChef</i> to <i>Hell's Kitchen</i>.

Matt Preston has the last laugh as Hell's Kitchen sinks

Michael Lallo

Osamah Sami plays the lead role in Ali's Wedding.

Ali's Wedding wins the 2017 Age Critics Award

MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL
Karl Quinn

Goldin+Senneby's Standard Length of a Miracle.

In Greater Together, it's the individual voices that shine

REVIEW
Robert Nelson

The performance of the Takacs Quartet delivered intellectual focus and energy.

Takacs Quartet performance shows skill worthy of its 42 years

REVIEW
Clive O'Connell

Amber Heard attends the LA Premiere of "The Adderall Diaries" in Los Angeles.

Amber Heard has last laugh at Barnaby Joyce

"I watched home ownership burn while I ate an avocado, coolly, smeared on toast."

I'm a millennial, and I am sorry for killing everything

Alexandra Petri

The Dutchess of Cambridge tries a piece of sushi during the taste of British Columbia event at Mission Hill Winery in ...

The Royals have a banned food list (and so should we)

Melissa Singer

Video footage helped convict Tristan Carlyle-Watson and two other men of raping a teenage girl, but it is rare to have ...

Is video of your sexual assault needed to get justice?

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

James Alex Fields jnr, left, holds a black shield at the rally in Charlottesville.

Disabled mother of Charlottesville driver twice called 911

Jack Gillum and James Higdon

'It was a definite grab ... a very long grab ... it was intentional,' singer Taylor Swift's said of the groping incident.

Taylor Swift wins groping case

Mary Ward

Koraly Dimitriadis prefers to sleep alone.

Why I don't let men stay the night

COMMENT
Koraly Dimitriadis

Jennifer Lawrence has condemned the Charlottesville violence.

J-Law joins campaign to identify white nationalists

Mary Ward

The Huntley and Palmer fruitcake found under ice in Antarctica.

106-year-old fruitcake found in 'excellent condition'

Spicy stir-fry: Chilli pork sprinkled with extra Sichuan pepper.

Triple the spice: Neil Perry's stir-fried pork with three types of chilli

Heat is on: The realities of work in a busy kitchen deter many would-be chefs.

Chef shortage crisis: 'Tetsuya wouldn't get into the country now'

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Recall: Prams, strollers portacots

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7 questions to ask before holidaying with another family

If your name begins with those three little letters - S.A.M - you get seven $20 Uber rides next week.

Uber is free next week - if you have this name

A alleged 'begpacker' in Vietnam in a photo that has gone viral on social media.

Crackdown on 'begpackers' after meditating beggar pic goes viral

Many Xennials were probably travelling in South-East Asia when tubing in Laos was a thing.

Fifteen things travellers who grew up in the '90s have all done

Ben Groundwater

The other grand canyon: Fish River Canyon, Namibia.

The world's other grand canyon should be on your bucket list

Daniel Scott

Apple's iPhone could soon be charged by simply placing it flat on a charging pad.

Will 'Apple day' make wireless charging cool?

The Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor give you eyes and ears at home while you're out and about.

Hands on: Nest indoor, outdoor security cams

COMMENT

Fans of the prank didn't take kindly to an attempt at its removal.

Attempt to remove one of web's oldest jokes ends up enshrining it

Oh the terrible irony.

What 'manifesto' really said about tech industry

COMMENT

Amazon could eventually offer pre-prepared foods that don't need to be frozen or refrigerated for shipping.

Amazon eyes new food tech for home delivery

The new Golf GTI Original arrives in 2018.

VW reveals cut-price Golf R, GTI

David McCowen

ABF has warned importers of classic cars about asbestos.

Importers warned of asbestos in classic cars

David McCowen

Chinese carmaker bids for Jeep

Nathan Bomey

Ford Focus Trend.

What is the best Ford Focus model?

Stephen Ottley

2018 BMW X2.

BMW teases new X2 SUV

Dom Tripolone

2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country.

Volvo's new anti-SUV reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Murphy with his wife, Justine, and daughters Frankie and Delilah

For Bob Murphy, the gig is up

Greg Baum

Josh Gibson

Hawk Gibson announces his retirement

Jon Pierik

Jack Redpath

Bulldog Redpath guilty of striking, out for three

essendon.

Loose ends in the Essendon supplements scandal

Darcy Vescio in the AFLW season-opener last February.

AFLW: Injury forces Vescio out of origin clash

Robert Murphy

'There's a hole in the heart': The missing piece in Bob's career

Ronny Lerner

Fit and firing: Daniel Wells.

Magpies, Wells to discuss off-season fitness goals

Musician Paul Kelly with mate Bob Murphy

Six degrees of Bob: different views of an AFL legend

David Warner

Warner 'a bit sore in the neck' after bouncer blow

UPDATED
Andrew Wu

Marcus Gomes will represent Melbourne City at the FIFA Interactive World Cup in London

Melbourne City sign Australia's best FIFA eSports player

Anthony Colangelo

Stephen Wooldridge at the Athens Veledrome in 2004.

Australian Olympic cycling champion dead at 39

UPDATED

Mile Jedinak of Australia

Skipper returns for Socceroos' crucial World Cup qualifiers

Vince Rugari

Bob Holland

Holland and family face agonising decision over brain cancer

Michael Parris

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