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President Donald Trump's links to Russia are currently being investigated.

Trump associate: Moscow deal 'will get Donald elected'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media after his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station on Monday.

Defiant Turnbull locks horns with 7.30's Leigh Sales

For 2018, the IMF sees Chinese growth at 6.4 per cent, up from three months ago.

Chinese property crackdown to be 'widely felt' in Australia

When Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann first described the concept of the Australian Dream in 1999, emerging economies ...

'Overstepped': Why this council will not be changing Australia Day

Bangladesh's Taijul Islam, second from right, celebrates with his teammates after the dismissal of Australia's Peter ...

Australia staring down the barrel of another subcontinent disaster

A whale is killed by a harpoon in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica.

Japan free to hunt whales after 12 years of confrontation

EXCLUSIVE

Chaotic Trump risks presidency, says Abbott

Latika Bourke

Hefty hangover: Why 18 million bottles of wine went down the drain

'He's f---ed isn't he?': Accused killer was angry about babysitting

'People were in tears': Concert promoters slam ticket reseller

New train stations should be named after this, say transport users

Hurricane Harvey as it crossed the Gulf coast on Saturday.

Houston, you have a problem, and it's of your own making

COMMENT

OK, let's all just try ot get on, OK?

All is right and wrong in Game of Thrones finale: recap

SPOILERS

Day 3 Austrlian Open. Thanasi Kokkinakis Vs Sam Groth.

Aussie tennis star stunned by locker-room mix-up

You've got the interview lined up, but is your CV up to scratch?

Career change? Make sure you perfect this first

This satellite image provided by NASA on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 shows Hurricane Harvey off the Gulf of Mexico. Harvey ...

Man catches fish with his hands inside home flooded by Harvey

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Taylor Swift drops new video at VMAs

Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg announces birth of second daughter

On target: McGregor landed some clean shots early in the contest.

Mayweather and McGregor pull off fleece of the century

Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson calls out Trump and ‘Nazi white supremacist jerks’

Facebook says it couldn't access encrypted messages even if the Turnbull government forced it to.

This is why Facebook shuts down one million accounts every day

A koala is rescued by La Trobe students

Stranded koala hitches a ride on a passing canoe

Gangland widow Robert Williams makes a tilt at federal politics

'I love you': Dentist accused of sexually assaulting patients

Victorian MP Russell Northe will continue as an independent member for Morwell.

MP quits Nationals to fight his demons

UPDATED

Dwayne Lindsay

Accused killer 'pissed off' at being left with baby: court

Three 21-year-olds were killed instantly in the crash.

Station wagon flips on country road, killing 3 young backpackers

The taxi driver was not charged over the incident.

Cabbie accused of dragging man from taxi, running him over, freed

Ali Mohammed Moussa, 43, in the back of a police truck after leaving Riverstone Police Station.

Police investigate if three-year-old shot playing game

Courts.

'Comedy of errors': Mum catches Sydney IS funder

NSW

Ironman Dean Mercer died after a car crash on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.

Surf lifesaving world mourns Dean Mercer

Adani Australia head Jeyakumar Janakaraj says work will start on the mine soon.

Work to start on Adani mine in October

QLD

Warehouse manager Emma Kirkham sits on a coveted pile of long red gum slabs.

An infamous Melbourne demolition firm reborn with new purpose

This five-bedroom house in Longueville sold for $4.23 million in June.

Million-dollar suburbs where residents don't struggle with mortgages

The traditional formal lounge room was a closed-off space generally located at the front of the house. Hannah and ...

Why modern interior design killed the formal lounge room

Michael Zavros in his studio.

What do Australia's top artists hang on their walls?

A communal area in Quarters, a co-living space on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

A frat house but for adults: The living arrangement taking off

Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon pulled financial support for the company last month, telling Ten they would not support ...

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Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon pulled financial support for the company last month, telling Ten they would not support ...

What will a CBS-owned Network Ten look like?

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Adam Liaw recipe: Cannellini bean salad with lime and haloumi.

Mexican cannellini bean salad with lime and haloumi

Adam Liaw

The Samsung Galaxy Note8.

Samsung has a better AI than Bixby. Where's Viv?

Hayley Tsukayama

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media after his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station on Monday.

Cruel theatre: Turnbull's desperate attempt to stop departing voters

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Turnbull accused of ignoring 'easiest way' to cut power prices

James Massola

Bill Shorten's plan to neutralise Captain Cook debate

Asylum seekers on their first day in the compound on Nauru in 2012..

Charities, advocates, unions join forces to fight crackdown

Michael Koziol

Minister Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Lawyers representing asylum seekers 'un-Australian': Dutton

Sunverge chief executive Ken Munson said Australia's high penetration of rooftop solar, where one in five homes use ...

Renewable industry to bust without clean energy target: analysts

Malcolm Turnbull at the Snowy Hydro power station in March.

Malcolm Turnbull to announce millions for Snowy Hydro project

Self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been handed a 10 years jail sentence.

Self-styled 'godman' sentenced to 20 years in prison by Indian court

Trade minister Steven Ciobo

'Don't put our eggs in one basket' says trade minister

Kirsty Needham

Several hundred Rohingya trying to flee Myanmar got stuck in a "no man's land" at one border point barred from moving ...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi links 'terrorist' attacks to aid workers in Rahkine State

Lindsay Murdoch

Exiled Tibetans show support with India on the Doklam standoff in New Delhi

China, India agree to withdraw troops from Doklam flashpoint

Kirsty Needham

A number of statues in Hyde Park have been defaced by protesters arguing for a change in the date of Australia Day.

It's time we acknowledged our colonial terrorism

COMMENT
Ben Quilty

Taylor Swift has wiped her social media accounts without explanation.

In defence of Taylor Swift

COMMENT
Eleanor Kirk

Ahmed Fahour will receive $10.8 million final pay from Australia Post.

Dear Australia Post, please can I have a job?

COMMENT
Michael Short

Maurice Blackburn said it was "astounding" the bank did not tell investors about the alleged breaches earlier.

Overdue: CBA inquiry may be too little, too late

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

ten

The dramatic CBS takeover of Network Ten far from complete

Lucy Battersby

Wesfarmers, which owns Coles, has become Australia's top company by revenue.

Can Uber help Coles fix its Amazon problem?

Patrick Hatch

CBA chief executive Ian Narev conceded the bank's reputation had been hit by mistakes.

'Heads may roll' at CBA from APRA probe

Clancy Yeates

The Guardian turns to nonprofit to support its journalism

Could a former CBA exec be about to head ASIC?

Colin Kruger, CBD
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Call to change GST to boost affordable rentals

Carolyn Cummins

Murdochs' spectacular own-goal on Ten Network

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

While men might think they have theor bedroom moves down pat, science and women disagree.

This one-in-three statistic has men hanging their head in shame

Life on Mars

The Ned in London has become the "it" hotel for stylish travellers. The Vault bar and lounge is a members only section.

Five luxury hotels that are the perfect blend of work and play

First Class

Big homes with pretty gardens are a great base for retirees to entertain friends and family.

The real reason retirees keep their big homes

Rebecca Valenzuela

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Nicole Helps … Decide on an investment property

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Bill Shorten explains his trusts policy at the Vodafone National Small Business Summit last week.

Small business trusts face 63 per cent tax rate under Labor

COMMENT
Max Newnham

A river of red wine has been dumped in the streets of Languedoc.

Wine war in southern France has streets running red

Liz Alderman

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Cargo ship snaps in half

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Taylor Swift drops new video at VMAs

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Buckley's contract extended for two more seasons

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CBS to buy Ten Network

Matt Golding

Best of Fairfax cartoons Aug 28

Younger stan august

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

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

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OK, let's all just try ot get on, OK?

All is right and wrong in Game of Thrones finale: recap

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

Justin Bieber fans were disappointed to miss out on his 2013 concerts after tickets were found to be bogus.

'People were in tears': Concert promoters slam Viagogo

Michael Lallo

Taylor Swift has hit out at her critics in her new music video.

Taylor Swift drops epic video for new hit single

Broede Carmody

Local content, like Offspring, should remain safe.

What does the CBS takeover mean for Network Ten?

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Season seven's finale, 'The dragon and the wolf', will go for a record 80 minutes.

Everything you need to know ahead of Game of Thrones finale

Broede Carmody

Edinburgh winner: Australian Hannah Gadsby

Comedian Hannah Gadsby wins top prize at Edinburgh fest

YouTube, Spotify... All the records are tumbling to Taylor Swift's comeback.

Taylor Swift's new single breaks streaming records

Elahe Izadi

Horror filmmaker Tobe Hooper has passed away, aged 74.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper dies

Pat Saperstein

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

DJ Khaled, left, Nicole Tuck, right, and their son Asahd arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The MTV VMAs red carpet resembled a wake for America

Jenna Clarke

A recognisable Margot Robbie on the red carpet in London in August 2016.

The truth about 'unrecognisable' female actors

Natalie Reilly

Paris Jackson arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo ...

Why the world can't get enough of Dior's $1250 undies

Melissa Singer

Jay Z, and Beyonce have finally confirmed the meaning behind their twins' names.

Finally, the real meaning behind Jay-Z and Bey’s baby names

Nicole Economos

Lorde arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in a lavender strapless ball gown with a feather skirt from L.A.-based ...

All the stars on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet

'Need a Mom' Nina Keneally charges by the hour to be a sounding board, teach basic domestic skills, and provide life and ...

Would you pay someone to mother you?

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Billy Ray Cyrus and Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, to the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday.

Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer's mother attends VMAs

Amy Croffey

A Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence found about two-thirds of juvenile offenders were male, and 80 per ...

No choice to walk away: When the domestic abuser is your child

Jenny Noyes

White beans with spicy chipotle.

Weekly meal planner: Whip up dinner with these quick cheats

Metal Monkey knives

Five handmade Australian knives you'll want in the kitchen

This bean salad with lime and haloumi also works as a vegetarian taco filling.

Adam Liaw's Mexican cannellini bean salad with lime and haloumi

Two-year-old Logan Vanderkleed with his mother, Lisa.

Toddler killed after getting head stuck in car window

Samuel Johnson reads GTFTS.

Samuel Johnson's bedtime story for exhausted parents

Rumi and Sir: Jay-Z has shared the meaning behind his newborn twins' names.

The poetry behind Beyonce's twins' names

Service with a broad smile.

Flight test: This is the world's friendliest cabin crew

Julie Miller

With planning, you can make flying easier and cheaper.

Don't buy the cheapest: 20 ways to get the best value plane ticket

Michael Gebicki

Maldives island.

Ten island paradises that harbour shocking secrets

Oliver Smith

The Samsung Galaxy Note8.

Samsung has a better AI than Bixby. Where is it?

Retro's at Fortitude Valley held a Tinder party on Saturday night, but hardly anyone knew it was on.

I went to a Tinder party no one knew was on

COMMENT

Nest Protect brings smoke and CO alarms into the smart home age.

Smart smoke / carbon monoxide alarm stays cool in a crisis

COMMENT

Facebook

Facebook figured out my family secrets

Gizmodo

2015's revamped Apple TV.

Apple plans 4K Apple TV reveal, sources say

2018 Kia Stinger.

Kia Stinger details revealed

Dom Tripolone

BMW's Black Fire Edition SUVs bring an aggressive new look.

BMW prepares for SUV onslaught with special-edition X5M

David McCowen

Audi is set to adopt a new naming convention tied to vehicle outputs.

Audi confirms new naming system

Greg Kable

BMW is celebrating 40 years of its 7-Series luxury sedan.

BMW 7-Series special edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Suzuki Swift GLX Turbo

New turbo Suzuki Swift reviewed

Andrew Maclean

Volkswagen's Autostadt takes a clever approach to vehicle storage.

The Breakdown: Parking

David McCowen

Brad Scott is likely to remain as North Melbourne coach.

Scott likely to stay at North despite Suns interest

Caroline Wilson

AFLW players are set for a pay rise.

AFLW players set to get pay rise, Victorian team could miss license

Caroline Wilson

Buckley wasn't helped by many factors at Collingwood.

Buck stops elsewhere in Pies' review

COMMENT
Michael Gleeson

Coleman medallist Lance Franklin.

Who made the cut? Extended All-Australian squad named

Nathan Jones says Melbourne supporters have every right to be livid with their team.

'It shouldn't be the end', says shocked Melbourne president

Caroline Wilson

Nathan Buckley and Eddie McGuire were all smiles at Buckley's coaching reappointment press conference.

Buckley re-signs: All decisions have a premiership in mind

Jon Pierik, Michael Gleeson

Tom Lonergan put rivalries aside to enquire about Toby Greene.

Sheedy's word of warning to Giants doubters

Andrew Wu

Alex Rance of the Tigers (left) and Harry Taylor of the Cats will face off again in two weeks time.

Stadium snub: Cats won't make any 'noise'

Jon Pierik

Bangladesh's Taijul Islam, second from right, celebrates with his teammates after the dismissal of Australia's Peter ...

Australia subpar on subcontinent, again

Daniel Cherny

On the move: Meg Lanning is poised to sign with a new Women's Big Bash League club.

Lanning walks, set to sign with new WBBL club

Daniel Cherny

Undie-whelmed: Thanasi Kokkinakis.

New smalls, please: Kokkinakis undie-whelmed by mix-up

Darren Walton

Australia's Jackson Irvine falls between teammate Milos Degenek, left, and Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar during the ...

What rivalry? Some Japanese fans want Socceroos to win

Vince Rugari

Australian NBA player Ben Simmons has put his foot injury behind him

Nothing holding me back: NBA ace Ben Simmons

Roy Ward

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