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Sam Newman in an earlier edition of The Footy Show.

Sam Newman slams 'fawning' AFL over 'Yes' logo

18 mins ago

Why the AFL has every right to say 'yes' to same-sex marriage

ANALYSIS

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.

One Nation is not sophisticated, it's gobsmackingly sloppy

ANALYSIS

Trump said he signed an executive order to enforce fresh sanctions on North Korea.

More sanctions: Trump praises China's 'bold move' on North Korea

1 hr ago

With moves of over 2 per cent in either direction mid-week cancelling each other out, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ...

Sharemarket hits seven-month low after historic decision

Steve Smith walks off after being dismissed.

Australia left reeling after crushing ODI defeat in India

Victorians' access to euthanasia could be contested

Looking for a job? This industry is where you might have success

Howard's republican tactics threaten same-sex marriage

COMMENT
John Hewson

Carrot crisis: Australian farmers face biggest oversupply in 25 years

'Orange and proud': Yes, there are GWS supporters in Melbourne

Suffered minor injuries: Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

'You deserve it': Abbott says he was 'headbutted' by 'Yes' campaigner

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, has spoken about struggling with postnatal depression.

Ivanka Trump opens up about her battles with postnatal depression

Young people are so used to being on their phones they often don't even realise they are.

Five young drivers were filmed. The footage is 'horrifying'

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

James Cameron announces surprise Terminator news

Bernardi Tweet

School raises more than $100k after Bernardi tweet

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AFL 'YES' sign up for a day

Yumi Stynes

Truth about Yumi's problem with booze, in her words

Richmond's Shai Bolton

Could the Tigers spring a selection surprise this week?

Strawberries

Foods considered aphrodisiacs, but do they work?

Weight.

Taking 'breaks' from your diet could help you lose more weight

Mussie Debresay has been acquitted of his manslaughter conviction.

'Unsatisfactory verdict': Convicted toddler killer to walk free

More jail time for man who 'married' 14-year-old

Mid-November date set for critical Northcote byelection

Veteran Labor MP Marsha Thomson

PR spinner to challenge Footscray's veteran Labor MP

EXCLUSIVE

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Drug counsellor gets bail after son comes up with the cash

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Vic terror suspects face four-day lock-up with no access to court

AFL House

All-clear given at AFL House after security scare

UPDATED

Tiperia Afamiliona suffered severe injures when her husband Atinae Afamiliona attacked her with a machete.

Fingers, toes severed in 'brutal' machete attack

NSW

Queensland Museum's acting chief executive Dr Robert Adland with Queensland's Assistant Minister of State Jennifer ...

Meteorite find spills 4-billion-year-old secrets

QLD

The letter received by a Perth resident.

Anonymous letter threatens to poison family's dog

WA

Premier orders cultural icons to ditch logos

EXCLUSIVE

DOM Online Louise Wright. Picture Michael Rayner . Architect Louise Wright about to head off to Italy for the 2018 ...

Why Louise is heading off to Italy with a pile of Victorian grass

Revamping a bathroom is one of the most expensive projects you can undertake.

How much should a bathroom renovation actually cost?

Avoid leaving your housemates with a bitter taste in the their mouth: follow these simple rules.

Silent sex only and 9 other sharehouse commandments

Alex Ross and Elisse Kleiner offer city dwellers the chance to experience rural life at their Dreamfarm Eco-Arts Retreat ...

The unusual way Alex and Elisse found their dream property

Renting out a room in your home can be lucrative, but there may be implications for the property owner and the tenant.

Your spare room could make you $11,500 a year, but is it worth it?

Players' skipper: Taylor Walker has been voted AFLPA captain of the year two years running.

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Leading from the front: Statistically, Taylor Walker is comfortably one of the more dominant forwards.

Carey on Tex: How Walker can become a champion

Wayne Carey

My son's childhood is over now.

The reason I feel anxious about my son finishing school

Kerri Sackville

While I can tolerate people who have opposing political views, it doesn't mean I'd want to marry them, writes Nicola Heath.

Should we be surprised this is a relationship dealbreaker?

COMMENT
Nicola Heath

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Patrick Dangerfield

Dangerfield: This is the biggest game of my career

Ronny Lerner

Nakia Cockatoo

Cockatoo recalled: Geelong make two changes for prelim

Daniel Cherny

Supporting the 'yes' campaign: Meg Hutchins, Max Gawn, Ben Brown, Alastair Clarkson, Gillon McLachlan, Tanya Hosch, ...

Blues president defends club's position on same-sex marriage

UPDATED
Caroline Wilson

Key Cats: Chris Scott, Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield.

Can the Cats play Dangerfield forward again?

Dustin Martin

Brownlow Medal 2017: Your comprehensive guide

Tom Lynch has come back from illness to be one of the Crows' key players this season.

From intensive care to a preliminary final, Lynch takes stock

Ronny Lerner

Eyes up: Geelong's Mark Blicavs gets a kick away against GWS.

'I'm a bit obnoxious': Cats runner on trash talk, table tennis and climbing Everest

Sam McClure

Emergency only: Devon Smith has missed the cut for the Giants' preliminary final against Richmond.

Out-of-contract Giant misses out on prelim final berth

Andrew Wu

Don't complain you're losing - this is the debate the 'no' side asked for

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Want a job? Here's where to find it

Eryk Bagshaw

Liars or fools: Malcolm Roberts' difficult day in court

ANALYSIS
Adam Gartrell

Collingwood boss Eddie McGuire said football clubs had become a "lightning rod on social issues" because politicians had ...

AFL defiant in face of criticism over same-sex marriage support

Michael Koziol

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts outside the High Court, Brisbane, on Thursday.

One Nation MPs' political future hangs in the balance

Felicity Caldwell

BOSS. Portrait of Jennifer Westacott CEO of the business council. Photographed in her office for the true leaders ...

Business Council boss: 'I've spent my life feeling like an outsider'

Stephanie Peatling

Queensland MP Luke Howarth - pictured with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls ...

Coalition MP caught swearing when asked about women in Liberal Party

Michael Koziol

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a news conference at the United Nations on Wednesday.

'Rogue newcomers to politics': Rouhani slams Trump

Paul McGeough
42 mins ago

The North Korean tanker Ma Du San as identified by marinetraffic.com

North Korean ships dodge sanctions on the way back from Russia

A pro-independence demonstrator cover her mouth with a banner next to a Catalan police officer in Barcelona, Spain.

Spanish police raid Catalan government to halt referendum

Paolo Duterte, known as Pulong, has dismissed accusations of being involved in transnational organised crime as ...

Duterte orders police to kill eldest son if drug 'rumours' are true

Lindsay Murdoch

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Pro-Clinton news site has basically vowed to be a left-wing media bubble

COMMENT
Nicole Hemmer

The MCG will be packed with Richmond fans on Saturday.

Why would a footy club want to silence its fans?

COMMENT
Brendan O'Reilly

Jill Meagher was murdered by parolee Adrian Bayley in 2012.

Jill Meagher's legacy, five years on

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

"When you look at Netflix, they have 50 million subscribers internationally," CBS' Les Moonves said last month.

Why CBS wants Ten, and what it might do with it

COMMENT
John McDuling

It was David Murray as CBA chief executive who paid $9 billion to buy Colonial Mutual 17 years ago.

They're breaking up the bank Murray built

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

deX will automatically match excess solar power generation with areas of increased demand.

What if you could sell your solar power to your neighbours?

ANALYSIS
Cole Latimer

Tabcorp and Tatts argue the $11b merger will make Australia internationally competitive.

Tabcorp, Tatts merger in danger of delay as court puts brakes on review

Nick Toscano

Domain flags expansion into insurance sales ahead of float

Clancy Yeates

Trying to stay clear of New York's tipping point

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

CBA's $4 billion spin-off plan won't end integration

Clancy Yeates

Miner raises $100 million to target battery boom

Darren Gray

Tag Heuer's Globetrotter exhibition celebrates 150 years of watchmaking.

This collection of rare TAG Heuers has to be seen to be believed

Watches
Benjamen Judd

Abs are made equally in the kitchen as they are in the gym.

Is your summer body ready? Here's how to get on track for a six-pack

Fitness
Michael Jarosky

Super funds are holding more than $14 billion of lost super, while a further $3.75 billion of unclaimed super is held ...

$18b in lost super: the suburbs that top the list

John Collett

No one can agree on what exactly Bitcoin is: a currency, or a store of value like gold bars?

Bitcoin's not a fraud … but don't risk it

ANALYSIS
Scott Phillips

Former Olympic skier Jo McDougall at ski shop Molony's, in South Yarra, Melbourne.

No business like snow business thanks to bumper season

Cara Waters

You need to carefully select those best suited to dirty work.

How to manage 'dirty' workers

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Convicted toddler killer acquitted

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Atletico Madrid punish misfiring Athletic Bilbao

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Dangerfield: Finals games define your career

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MP swears on live TV

Federal Politics

The QVB Dome will be one of the tours on the SYDNEY OPEN Program which launches on Thurs 21 Sept. 20th September 2017, ...

Sydney Open: Inside the dome of the Queen Victoria Building

the last ship stan

Reap what you sow… Season 4 of The Last Ship - now streaming only on Stan.

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Ghost’s darkest hour has arrived in the brand new season of Power - now streaming only on Stan.

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Over 200,000 seek shelter in Northern Uganda

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Mel Gibson's Oxford Dictionary film has been hit by another lawsuit.

Director of Gibson film files suit to have it destroyed

Rob Moran

Sophie Monk is the new Bachelorette.

It's official: Australians have fallen for Sophie Monk

Broede Carmody

Young people are so used to being on their phones they often don't even realise they are.

On the phone while driving? Check this real life horror movie

Karl Quinn

ABC series You Can't Ask That has won a prestigious Rose d'Or.

ABC series wins prestigious European TV prize

Rob Moran

Director James Cameron is returning to his hit franchise for a planned trilogy.

James Cameron announces surprise Terminator news

Oscar winner Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft in the new trailer for Tomb Raider.

Oscar winner takes on Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider

Seth Kelley

Sophie Monk on the first episode of The Bachelorette season three.

Thanks Sophie Monk, that was an awesome first date

Karl Quinn

The two Kates' comedy is sharp and seditious.

Get Krack!n: Australia's finest satire ever

Craig Mathieson

Cactus and the Mime is delightfully original and hilariously heartbreaking.

Review: Cactus and the Mime is a heartwarming oddball love story

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL
Anne-Marie Peard

Nineteen-Ninety-Nine

Review: Talent scouts, take note of this hilarious play

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL
Cameron Woodhead

Deborah Pearson's "performance lecture" is on at the Substation, Newport.

Deborah Pearson's 'madcap' Hungarian history lesson

MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL
Andrew Fuhrmann

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, has spoken about struggling with postnatal depression.

Ivanka Trump reveals struggles with postnatal depression

Rachel Chason

While I can tolerate people who have opposing political views, it doesn't mean I'd want to marry them, writes Nicola Heath.

Of course politics is a relationship dealbreaker, right?

COMMENT
Nicola Heath

Hillary Clinton is spruiking an ancient relaxation technique.

Hillary Clinton's trick for anxiety relief is right under your nose

Sarah Berry

A model wears a creation part of Gucci's women Fall/Winter 2018/19 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, ...

All the best looks from Milan Fashion Week

Yumi Stynes is the presenter of the new ABC podcast Ladies, We Need To Talk.

Yumi Stynes: I had my first drink at 12

Yumi Stynes

The JW Anderson x Uniqlo range will include a classic double-breasted trench coat.

JW Anderson on Uniqlo range: 'We have to democratise fashion'

Nicole Economos

Today the Family Court will hear the case of a young transgender person known as Kelvin.

Should family court approve hormone treatment for trans teens?

Fiona Kelly

First lady Melania Trump addresses a luncheon at the US Mission to the United Nations in New York, Wednesday, September ...

Melania Trump condemns bullying, irony ensues

Krissah Thompson

Neil Perry's barbecued lamb cutlets with mint sauce.

60 spring lamb recipes from chops and cutlets to whopper roasts

Signature: The sikandari raan, a leg of lamb sous-vide with red wine and coriander-infused oil.

Indian food with a dash of drama at Albert Park newcomer Atta

The sweetbread schnitty sanga: Small in size and big on impact, like Fleet.

Australia's best restaurants beyond the city limits are...

Photo: Shutterstock

The very real pain of Term Three Fatigue

"My sister stole my baby name - twice!"

Mum seeks advice after sister 'steals' baby name - twice

My son's childhood is over now.

The unexpected reason I feel anxious about my son finishing school

The Boeing 747 jumbo was a game changer, however technological leaps and rising fuel costs have sucked the oxygen from ...

Goodbye Boeing 747: Why it's the end for this jumbo jet

Michael Gebicki

Airport lounges provide you with comfort and space, without the hustle and bustle.

Airport lounges - a giant waste of money or a genius travel hack?

Gavin Haines

Santorini (like Venice, Barcelona, Machu Piccu and Cinque Terre before it) has seen the downsides of being too pretty.

Santorini: The ugly truth behind being a bucket-list destination

Josh Martin

Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE looks almost identical to the previous version, but with a red dot on the crown.

Apple Watch 3 is liberating, but limited

Review

The new Apple Watch is designed to connect to the internet and make calls even when away from a phone.

New Watch has internet issue, Apple confirms

If you've always wanted to run around as shirtless Mario — and take pictures for posterity — you're in luck.

Mario gets weird in Super Mario Odyssey, and I love it

Hands on

Small, but packs a punch.

Canon's tiny camera has a really big zoom

Vinyl to digital transfer? No worries.

Sony jumps on the vinyl revival with new player

2017 Kia Stinger.

New Kia Stinger GT reviewed

Stephen Ottley

McLaren Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo concept

McLaren's ultimate supercar revealed

Andrew Maclean

2018 Toyota HiLux.

Updated Toyota HiLux revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Lexus LS.

Lexus LS drops V8

Tony Davis

Mitsubishi e-Evolution Concept.

Mitsubishi Evolution set to return

Drive Staff

Audi is considering a limited-edition supercar with links to its discontinued Le Mans program.

Audi considers Project One rival

David McCowen

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal share a joke at the Laver Cup welcome parade.

Federer and Nadal: From rivals to doubles partners?

Christopher Clarey

Glenn Maxwell was unable to salvage the first game in the series for Australia after a top order collapse.

Australia look to level series in India

Live

Nick Kyrgios could face Germany's Alexander Zverev.

Australia draw Germany in Davis Cup

England captain Joe Root.

England in the dark on Ashes XI: Strauss

Warren Barnsley

Usman Khawaja was dropped after one Test in Bangladesh.

Usman Khawaja taking latest Test snub in stride

Murray Wenzel

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