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BARCELONA ATTACK

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'We heard the crash of the van ... we saw people flying through the air.'

Live
1 min ago

Donald Trump first told the pigs' blood story during the election campaign.

Trump tweets false Islamic pigs’ blood tale after attack

David Nakamura
1 hr ago

A person is treated in Barcelona after the van attack.

Three Australians injured in van rampage

56 mins ago

Barcelona police released this picture of a man wanted for questioning in the attack.

What we know so far

Senator Fiona Nash during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 May 2017. fedpol ...

What the hell is going on with the Nationals?

COMMENT
James Massola
1 hr ago

"Anything can be an excuse": Wall Street dived overnight.

Wall Street has worst day since April, ASX set for sharp falls

1 hr ago

Melbourne's price outlook seems strong for houses - but experts aren't so certain about apartments.

What will happen to Melbourne property prices? 5 experts predict

Melbourne Express old square

Man struck and killed by ute while changing a tyre

Live
1 hr ago

News Corp and Telstra have confirmed they will merge Fox Sports and Foxtel.

You will soon be able to buy shares in Foxtel

Hanson

Hanson's 'appalling' stunt ignites firestorm over religious freedoms

'Just pretend you didn't see it': College accused of faking student work

The company owned by Australia's richest man is suing its workers

Theft, fraud and glitter: shortcomings of postal survey revealed by ABS

Home-grown goons seek to exploit what Trump has unleashed

COMMENT

Cheers for Brandis? Yep, and that wasn't the weirdest moment

SKETCH
Tony Wright

gate

'It's disgusting': Locked gate leaves family out of school community

Big future: Chris Yarran will likely play at least another 100 games.

'It ruined me': What happened to this former AFL star?

Another reason to eat your fruit and veg: Diet affects the odour-attraction factor.

Women prefer the smell of men who eat fruit and vegetables

BOP Industries CEO Scott Millar

Teen who runs his holographic company during school

Cast iron frying pan

Things you can't cook in your cast iron frying pan

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Van mows down crowd in Barcelona

A good tradie is worth their weight in gold, steel, or at least the full amount of their quote.

Clear signs that you shouldn't hire that tradie

The new private Dom Perignon private dining experience at Vue de Monde.

Got a spare $900? Melbourne's most exclusive dining

Side view of young pregnant woman working out at home. Caucasian model doing Reclining pigeon pose on the bed. Beautiful ...

6 morning stretches and exercises to boost energy

Weight is about more than dress-size.

You can't hate yourself happy, or punish yourself skinny

A bullet hole lodged in a pillar at the front of the Narre Warren home.

'Not fireworks': Hail of bullets shatter a quiet Narre Warren street

Man charged after violent brawl at junior football grand final

High Court decides if Hoddle Street killer will spend life in jail

Multiple excavators chip away at removing the stockpile at Stawell Tyre Yard on Wednesday August 16, 2017.?Credit Rex ...

Inside the huge effort to remove a toxic tyre mountain

Image of Haymarket roundabout from wikipedia Image of Haymarket roundabout from wikipedia

City's 'roundabout of death' gets $100,000 to plan a safety upgrade

Melbourne is the world's most liveable city, according to the Global Liveability Ranking.

Most liveable city? This is what we really think of Melbourne

The daily reality for many residents of the world's most liveable city.

'Liveable' Melbourne a marvel for the few, not the many

Editorial

Cole Miller was killed in an alleged one punch attack early in January. His accused killers have been denied bail.

18 months suspended for one-punch death

UPDATED

Students at a Sydney school will have to re-sit their HSC trials after the theft of exam papers.

School forced to cancel trials after second exam theft

NSW

A house a car in Waramanga was sprayed with bullets earlier this year.

ACT mulls new law to crack down on drive-by shootings

ACT

Andrew Forrest has been trying to stop mining on Minderoo station for years.

WA mining leases in jeopardy after Twiggy wins bid

WA

Melbourne's price outlook seems strong for houses - but experts aren't so certain about apartments.

What will happen to Melbourne property prices? 5 experts predict

6 Florence Street, Brunswick is the site of the first collective housing based on the ideas of the Nightingale Model. .

Serious about fixing housing affordability? Try this idea...

COMMENT

A trip to Hawaii might be slightly more appealing, but Australia's strong dollar is hurting nation's economy.

Cheaper holiday - not so fast: A high $A's nothing to cheer about

Many different types of renewable energy have the potential to radically transform built environments.

We're all supposed to want it, but designers just can't keep up

The country house that graphic designer Dunstan Low put up as a raffle prize.

Woman spends £40 on raffle tickets, wins English country manor

The Essento insect Bburgers contain, in addition to mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) also rice and vegetables such ...

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The Essento insect Bburgers contain, in addition to mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) also rice and vegetables such ...

Yum! Bug burgers go on sale in Swiss supermarkets

Sarra Alayyan

Roman Polanski continues to be defended by many in the industry.

Third woman accuses Roman Polanski of underage sex assault

Maria Puente

Maduro now has "a narrative to further push for the anti-imperialism message that he has out there."

Venezuela 'truth commission' to investigate opposition

Hugh Bronstein

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Jesse Hogan

Selection: Big names back for AFL round 22

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Peter Gordon

Snowflake's hope of snow for Dogs-Power match

Ronny Lerner

Former St Kilda president Rod Butterss.

AFL has done appalling job on gambling, says Butterss

EXCLUSIVE
Caroline Wilson

Back just in time: Jeremy Cameron.

Giants given big boost on finals eve

Andrew Wu

Fear factor: John Longmire brings an element of intimidation to his coaching

Longmire sits alongside Clarkson as the coach of the modern era

COMMENT
Wayne Carey

Jaeger O'Meara of the Hawks

Selection: AFL round 22 ins and outs

Toby Greene incident

Eagles to try to get under the skin of Greene

The crowd was on its feet as Jobe Watson kicked the goal.

When Jobe kicked a goal and time stood still

Lou Sweeney

Nationals Fiona Nash Joyce Canavan

Citizenship crisis: What the hell is going on with the Nationals?

COMMENT
James Massola
1 hr ago

Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash reveals she has dual citizenship

Amy Remeikis, Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

Hanson burqa stunt ignites firestorm over religious freedoms

Amy Remeikis

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson takes off the burqa.

Brandis pulls off his finest speech by calling out a dangerous fool

COMMENT
David Wroe

A fuming Attorney-General Senator George Brandis attacks Pauline Hanson for wearing the burqa in the Senate.

Brandis cheered by Greens and Labor? Yes, it really happened

Sketch
Tony Wright

Mr Morrison introduced the Medicare levy to the parliament on Thursday.

Morrison may need just one more Senate vote to pass Medicare levy

James Massola

Refugees at the Manus Island regional processing centre protesting earlier this month.

Australia's PNG offshore detention of asylum seekers valid

Michael Koziol

Authorities investigate a truck after it ploughed through Bastille Day revellers in the French resort city of Nice last July.

Terror attacks using vehicles in past year

22 mins ago

Joshua Wong, right, chants slogans as a supporter, left, reacts outside the high court before a ruling on a prosecution ...

Umbrella Movement's Joshua Wong sentenced to jail

Kirsty Needham

A defaced General Robert E. Lee statue stands at the Duke Chapel in Durham, NC.

Trump 'sad' about removal of 'beautiful' Confederate statues

Steve Bannon: "Ethno-nationalism - it's losers. It's a fringe element."

Bannon calls supremacists 'clowns', contradicts Trump

Illuatration: Andrew Dyson

Is this the Turnbull's government's worst fortnight yet?

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Mr Taylor has contracted Influenza A.

How you can save Australia from having flu epidemics

COMMENT
Jenna Price

White nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville.

Trump shows why you shouldn't take lunacy too seriously

COMMENT
Garrison Keillor

Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke has delivered another set of stellar results.

Wine giant's $3000 all-staff bonus draws fire

Darren Gray

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX set for falls as rumours sink Wall St

Sponsored
Chris Weston
49 mins ago

"Anything can be an excuse": Wall Street dived overnight.

Wall St has worst day since April on more Trump worries

1 hr ago

News Corp and Telstra have confirmed they will merge Fox Sports and Foxtel.

Fox Sports play from News, Telstra lays path for Foxtel float

Lucy Battersby

Bunnings UK fail too 'horrible to contemplate'

Patrick Hatch

The Telstra wake-up call for one million Australians

COMMENT
John McDuling

Pratt boxing clever on the Amazon invasion

Colin Kruger, CBD

Same-sex marriage postal plebiscite doesn't pass the pub test

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Alex Dimitriades has been on our screens for 25 years.

'I was a trainwreck': Has Alex Dimitriades finally grown up?

Culture
1 hr ago

Sustainability and recycling was the big focus for this year's Woolmark Prize.

Why you could soon be wearing plastic to dinner

Men's Style

Sea change: Amber Joyce and her son Billy on the beach in Thirroul.

How one couple is saving $19,338 a year on childcare

Georgina Dent

Illustration: Simon Letch

Ask Noel: will the Seniors Supplement be restored?

Noel Whittaker

Sound like a local and you can disguise incompetence. Sound like a foreigner and you could unfairly struggle.

How a foreign accent limits your career

COMMENT
James Adonis

Siblings Alexandra and Nic De Bonis are the founders of Workyard, an app aimed at the construction industry.

From nightmare renovation to multi-million dollar app

Cara Waters

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Michael Moore busses theatregoers to Trump Tower

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Meth 'ruined' Chris Yarran's career

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Dual Nash-onal

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Pauline Hanson's burqa stunt

Federal Politics

Zoo keeper Eva Ravagni holding the 2.5-month old Borneo Orangutan baby "Hujan" in her arms in Krefeld, Germany, Tuesday, ...

World of Photos - August 17, 2017

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The truth is out in the brand new season of Younger - now streaming only on Stan.

The other guy stan

Brand new Stan Original Series The Other Guy - now streaming only on Stan.

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

New Star Wars movie to focus on legendary Jedi master

Michael Idato
5 mins ago

Jennifer Lawrence makes four appearances on Vogue's September issue's four covers.

Rising star named new highest-paid actress, ousting J-Law

TO GO WITH STORY TITLED NASHVILLE JOHNNY CASH--Singer Johnny Cash performs in Cleveland, in this Sep. 2, 1995, file ...

Johnny Cash's children denounce late singer's neo-Nazi fans

Randy Lewis
1 hr ago

On Monday night's program, the ABC's Tom Tilley interviewed a caller who claimed to be Jewish and said he welcomed the ...

How the alt-right trolled Triple J's Hack program

Broede Carmody

The Vice doco follows white nationalist Chris Cantwell.

'Points for us': Charlottesville doco on SBS exposes neo-Nazis

Rob Moran

Stuntman Johann Ofner died after he was shot in the chest while filming a music video in Brisbane.

Slain Australian Ninja Warrior's highlights reel released

Broede Carmody

Simone was forced to defend her past work as a stripper.

Bachelor backlash after reveal of contestants' stripper pasts

Rob Moran

Whether Ben Affleck will return in The Batman has been the source of much speculation.

Bat out of the bag? Affleck leaving Batman, says brother

Michael Idato

Tom Hanks stars in The Circle.

Tom Hanks plays a disarming Big Tech messiah in The Circle

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

Heading for Toronto: Breath.

Simon Baker adapation of Tim Winton's Breath to premiere at Toronto

Garry Maddox

Indian Ink Theatre Company - The Guru of Chai Jacob Rajan in Guru of Chai.

Tea and sympathy: Guru of Chai a winning recipe for NZ playwrights

Elissa Blake

There's a persistent mindset that an absence of sex is something to be worried or ashamed about.

I'm not 'sexless' or 'asexual', I'm just not that into it

Clem Bastow
16 mins ago

Another reason to eat your fruit and veg: Diet affects the odour-attraction factor.

Women prefer the smell of men who eat fruit and vegetables

Sarah Berry

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai shades her eyes against the sun at a school for Syrian refugee girls, built ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to study at Oxford

Karla Adam
50 mins ago

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Myer stages the most Australiana spectacle since Sydney 2000

Jenna Clarke

Women who are suffering from stress incontinence or dryness after childbirth or menopause can benefit from the treatment.

The beauty treatment we don't often speak about

Stephanie Darling

Rihanna at the Met Gala 2015, one of the looks which inspired a pair of the Stance socks.

All we want to wear are RiRi's socks with her face on them

Nicole Economos

The only thing worse being the two single friends left in my social circle is being the absolute last.

When you're the last friend in the group to hit life milestones

Suzanne Zuppello

The famous carrot!

This is the good news story we all needed today

Annie Brown

Chicken veloute stew.

Stew goes fancy with Adam Liaw's chicken veloute recipe

The new private Dom Perignon private dining experience at Vue de Monde.

Got a spare $900? Melbourne's most exclusive dining experiences

Copa di testa (pig's head terrine) with salted cumquats at The Agrarian Kitchen.

Why Hobart is one of the hottest places to eat in Australia right now

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How to stop your child falling down the YouTube rabbit hole

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Five ways dogs really are just like toddlers

Woolworths Possum Magic Coin Launch.

Woolworths on the money with Possum Magic collectibles

Liechtenstein is Europe's second least visited country.

Have you been to any of these 18 least visited countries in the world?

You cannot be compelled to close your window shade on a plane, but it is good manners.

Why flight attendants tell you to close your window shade on planes

Michael Gebicki

Pulau Padar Island in between Komodo and Rinca Islands near Labuan Bajo in Indonesia.

Indonesia's $190m bid to drive tourists to the '10 new Balis'

Nokia 8

New Nokia flagship has millennial-focused trick

BOP Industries CEO Scott Millar has been travelling around the country hosting workshops

CEO, 17, has holographic company during school

Mania

Review: Sega let fans make a new Sonic. It's the best since 1994.

Counter-Strike

Study suggests certain games harm the brain

Kotaku
1 hr ago

Introducing a heap of simple, internet-connected devices into your home also introduces some issues.

Want a smart home? Read this first

COMMENT

2018 BMW Z4.

New BMW Z4 revealed

Greg Kable

Hyundai has shown off its new hydrogen powered SUV.

Hyundai details electric future

David McCowen

2018 Volkswagen Golf R.

Is this the world's best hot hatch?

David McCowen

2013 Land Rover Discovery 4.

The dangers of buying a used Land Rover Discovery

David Morley

2017 Peugeot 3008.

Peugeot's new CX-5 rival tested

Drive Staff

Alfa Romeo is set to benefit from FCA's new autonomous technology partnership.

Fiat Chrysler joins forces with BMW

Stephen Ottley

Edgbaston

Day-night game and pink ball might be the saviours of Tests

Michael Vaughan

Victoria Azarenka could miss the U.S. Open due to a custody battle.

Azarenka could miss U.S. Open due to custody battle

12 mins ago

Desperate defence: Sharni Williams tackles Mayu Shimizu of Japan.

Wallaroos hold off desperate Japan fightback

1 hr ago

Ashleigh Barty suffered a defeat to Caroline Wozniacki.

Wozniacki brings Barty back down to earth

1 hr ago

Stephen Wooldridge at the Athens Veledrome in 2004.

Wooldridge a cyclist who gave everything

Roger Vaughan

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