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When legends leave: Matthew Boyd, Robert Murphy and Luke Hodge are chaired from the ground after the Western ...

Heart-warming farewell for football greats

The Burgess house in Beaumaris.

'History not to be demolished': Fight for Beaumaris' character

Dustin Martin has come of age as a champion this season.

'It's become about the money': Why else would Dusty leave?

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Hodge ends stellar career on a high

Sam Newman has taken aim at retiring Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy on The Footy Show.

'Charade': Sam Newman slammed over Bob Murphy rant

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Kit Harington as Jon Snow.

The Australian streets named after Game Of Thrones characters

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Father of The Year Jason Stack with his daughters (L-R) Adele, Courtney and Kyralee.

Father of the year won't let tragedy define his family

Police investigating 'suspicious' death in Bayswater North

Ambulances queue at hospitals as flu runs rampant

EXCLUSIVE

Leppington naturopath Marilyn Bodnar has pleaded guilty to causing danger of death to a child with her diet advice.

Naturopath guilty over raw food plan for baby 'days from death'

The Bacchus Marsh crash on the morning of August 25, 2017. Two trucks collided on the Western Freeway at about 7.40am, ...

Driver fights for life after fiery truck crash on Western Freeway

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'Nightmare': Family wants long jail term for one-punch death

Michael Cardamone arrives at Wangaratta court for sentencing over the murder of Karen Chetcuti (nee Verbunt).

'There's no closure': Karen Chetcuti's family relieved at life sentence

Police at ANU following an alleged attack on campus.

Multiple injuries after ANU campus attack

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Michael James Holt, who pleaded guilty to making and possessing prohibited firearms, expressed a desire to shoot up a ...

'Next Martin Bryant': Judge warns

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Deadly snakes among 100 reptiles in post bust

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Using dying trades, this couple restored an 1840s Gippsland ruin

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Allan Myers, QC, on his property in Dunkeld beside a hut where his great-grandfather lived.

Revisiting the gilded age of Victoria's squattocracy

Tony Wright

Anyone seen my Werther's Originals?

The worrying signs that you're no longer middle aged

COMMENT
Danny Katz

Illustration: Robin Cowcher

The Koran, it turns out, defies understanding

Anson Cameron

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When legends leave: Matthew Boyd, Robert Murphy and Luke Hodge are chaired from the ground after the Western ...

Heart-warming farewell for football's greats

Michael Gleeson

Dustin Martin has come of age as a champion this season.

It makes sense for Martin to stay at Tigers

ANALYSIS
Caroline Wilson

Luke Hodge and Bob Murphy on Friday night.

End of a many-splendoured era

Greg Baum

Kayle Kirby will get his first chance at AFL level this weekend

Kayle Kirby to debut for Magpies

Anthony Colangelo

Stevie J: a footballer and a scoundrel

Round 23: Oh, the possibilities...

Ronny Lerner

Scott Burns is leaving Collingwood to join Alastair Clarkson's coaching team at Hawthorn.

Change at Pies begins - Burns joins Hawks

Michael Gleeson

Has Gary Ablett played his last game with the Gold Coast Suns?

Fitness test sinks Ablett's return bid

The Giants will test Geelong's depth this weekend.

Two-man team? Time to look past that, say Cats

Jon Pierik

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten

Shorten's ambitious plans to win the west and foster 'chaos'

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Australia is pulling its weight in fight on terror: Defence chief

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Last-minute surge of enrolments leaves Coalition MPs nervous

Michael Koziol

Australian Christian Lobby executive director Lyle Shelton says

Evacuation after white powder addressed to peak Christian group

James Massola

One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson.

'Hate preacher' Hanson seeking to divide over burqa - Greens

Amy Remeikis

Tony Abbott enjoys a beer during his time as opposition leader.

Abbott admits missing key vote in Parliament because he was drunk

Fergus Hunter

Barnaby Joyce during Question Time at Parliament House.

Barnaby Joyce nominated for Kiwi of the year award

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North Korea fires unidentified projectiles

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Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra waves to supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court for her final ...

Thailand's ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra thought to have fled

Lindsay Murdoch
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A police cordon outside Buckingham Palace where a man has been arrested after an incident, in London.

Buckingham Palace in lockdown after 'sword attack' on officers

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Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Turnbull's lack of control on full display

COMMENT
John Hewson

Utopia cast: The optimistically titled Nation Building Authority plans to oversee major infrastructure projects, but is ...

Utopia's success shows there's no joke like our 'clowns in Canberra'

COMMENT
Renu Prasad

Yes, love is love, but how does that make marriage a "right"?

Same-sex marriage: Everyone thinks I will vote 'yes'. I won't be

COMMENT
Katherine Harper

Illustration: Glenn LeLievre

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COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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AFP examining miner over Africa bribery concerns

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker

The Australian Pub Fund is selling the Vic on the Park at Addison Road, Enmore.

Singo, Dixon call last drinks at Vic on the Park pub

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COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Case lays bare need for changing retirement rules

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

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Sarah Danckert

US stocks mixed after Yellen's speech

Hot-desking and smartphones are driving a backpack boom

Carol Saffer

The ultimate Father's Day gift guide.

Creative, active, refined: The ultimate Father's Day gift guide

Handsome Things

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You're not Gordon Gecko, the Michael Douglas character pictured left in Money Never Sleeps.

A little financial tough love

Scott Phillips

The exemption of the family home from the age pension assets test makes retirees reluctant to downsize.

How the age pension distorts the housing market

COMMENT
Daryl Dixon

Bill Shorten said while Labor backed the tax cut for businesses with turnover below $2 million, the tax cut for bigger ...

Shorten says Labor not targeting small business on trusts

Cara Waters

Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg has pointed the finger at energy retailers.

Origin, AGL, Energy Australia's profits under scrutiny

Cara Waters

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Firey crash lands truck driver in hospital

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Preview: Geelong v GWS battle for second

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Samsung boss gets five year's jail

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Taylor Swift drops new single Look What You Made Me Do

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This is Nicole Kidman's finest hour - and it's on TV

Michael Idato

Samuel L. Jackson: "Making people laugh is the essence of what [makes] people want to go to the movies."

Forget Oscars, Samuel L. Jackson doesn't regret Snakes on a Plane

Stephanie Bunbury

The Kates in Get Krack!n.

Lunch with the Katering Show duo at Australia's hottest restaurant

Kylie Northover

Halsey built a career as a pop star on the strength of the social media following she has been building since childhood.

How Halsey turned internet fame into a pop empire

Caitlin Welsh

Damon Herriman (left) and Scott Ryan in the TV series Mr Inbetween.

Cult hitman film to become a TV series after years of setbacks

Garry Maddox

Taylor Swift shuts down Kim, Kanye, Katy and Calvin with snake clip.

Review: Taylor Swift's new song is cross but not catchy

Nathanael Cooper

The Bachelor's Jen has unleashed on Matty J.

'He's a douche': Bachelor's Jen lashes out at Matty J

Rob Moran

Sam Newman has taken aim at retiring Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy on The Footy Show.

Sam Newman slammed over Bob Murphy rant

Broede Carmody

Svetlana Lloyd, former Dior house model, with one of the dresses she modelled.

Model takes another star turn in NGV's Dior exhibition

Hannah Francis

Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife has won three prizes at the Australian Writers' Guild's Awgie Awards.

The Drover's Wife dominates Australian Writers' Guild Awards

Garry Maddox

Historian Sean McMeekin thinks the legacy of the Russian Revolution is less clear than before the collapse of the Soviet ...

Writers Festival guest's warning on 'Marxist-style' socialism in West

Jason Steger

Sonya Wilson of Flowers Vasette in Fitzroy, they will take part at the Dior Gala at the National Gallery of Victoria. 24 ...

The secrets behind Melbourne's party of the year

Melissa Singer

Reducing stress levels throughout pregnancy helps both mother and baby.

Can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?

Monique Robinson
1 hr ago

Being one on one for so long with no schedules or distractions gave us the space and time otherwise missed.

My new family tradition: holidaying with just one kid

David Rockower

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The highlight of Francesca Packer's social calendar

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Amy Croffey

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Let's discuss the 'optics' of Macron's $39k make-up bill

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Is Daenerys really a feminist bad ass? Maybe not.

Success isn't acting like a man in a 'man's world'

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Malia with her dad at the White House last year.

What will uni life be like for Malia Obama?

Krissah Thompson

Actress Elizabeth Olsen attends the premiere of "Ingrid Goes West", hosted by Neon and The Cinema Society at the Alamo ...

Elizabeth Olsen for Melbourne's Dior gala

Melissa Singer

Metal Monkey knives

Five handmade Australian knives you'll want in the kitchen

Pixel avocado and poached egg on toast.

Meet the pixel avocado new to Hawthorn East

Stewart Wesson's chocolate souffle cake.

What's all the fuss about steam ovens?

Reese Witherspoon with her three children, Ava, Tennessee and Deacon.

Reese Witherspoon's son makes the same mistake we all do

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Wacky baby names are not a modern trend

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How do I stop my teen from having sex?

Are too many Australian travellers negative about their experiences?

Traveller letters: Dear Australian travellers, stop your whinging

Otranto in Puglia.

The poor man's Italy: Previously ignored, increasingly admired

Keith Austin

Soho House - Shoreditch

Five travel design marvels that are pure genius

Andrea Black

2015's revamped Apple TV.

Apple plans 4K Apple TV reveal, sources say

Daniel Mansfield holds the 3700-year-old Babylonian tablet that he and colleagues used to make their case.

History of maths shifts with ancient discovery

Uncharted

Review: New Uncharted adventure is more of a very good thing

The mini SNES comes with 21 legitimately great games built in.

Hands on with the Super Nintendo Classic Mini

Kotaku

The Galaxy Note8 and the iPhone 7 Plus.

Specs: Galaxy Note8 v iPhone 7 Plus

Bugatti's Chiron could be on the way to Sydney.

$5 million supercars set for Sydney streets

David McCowen

All the gift ideas you need this Father's Day.

Father's Day gift guide

Dom Tripolone

The final Toyota Aurion rolled off the line this week.

End of the road for the Toyota Aurion

Stephen Ottley

Renault Megane GT Wagon.

Renault's anti-SUV reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2018 Holden Commodore.

All-new Holden Commodore reviewed

Andrew Maclean

2018 Maserati Ghibli GranLusso.

Updated Maserati Ghibli revealed

Drive Staff

Flying high: Australian Mathew Leckie after scoring last weekend for Hertha Berlin.

Socceroos come into camp in sharpshooting form

Michael Lynch

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor at the pre fight press conference.

In the age of fake news, this fight serves up fake sport

COMMENT
Oliver Brown

Dumped: NSW coach Daley won't be offered a new contract.

Daley axed as NSW State of Origin coach

Chris Barrett

Jim Pavlidis illustration

Sachin, the Don and a pair of knickers

Greg Baum

Sally Pearson of Australia celebrates winning the Women's 100m Hurdles during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League ...

Pearson wins Diamond League hurdles

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