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Immunisation against the flu is free for pregnant women and those aged 65 and over.

'Worst ever' flu epidemic claims six more lives

DIGICAM GFIN 20000902, Melbourne, MCG, AFL 2000 Grand Final, Bombers vs Melbourne Picture John French Captain James ...

Why this premiership side was voted best flag team of 2000s

Victims of cyberbullying have higher levels of depression and social anxiety, lower rates of self-esteem and feel more alone.

When it comes to cyberbullying, adults are worse than children

COMMENT

Seven residents of a Wangaratta retirement home have died after a flu outbreak.

Hospital apologises for needle left inside mum after C-section

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Billions made and lost: Which companies you should've backed

"9 to 5 is for the weak': Some of the T-shirts being sold to tech people.

Always be hustlin': Where working 9 to 5 is for losers

'Dumb and dumber': Drug driver seeks lift from drug driving mate

Storm tune up for NRL finals, winning seventh straight game

Australia, East Timor strike deal over oil and gas fields

Senator Hinch learns his fate in parliament's dual-citizenship saga

'My eggs are at their best ... but my emotions are not into babies'

COMMENT
Claire Thurstans

Mark Jones at the Fremantle harbor in Western Australia.

'Sleeper' visa allows firms to exploit cheap labour

EXCLUSIVE

Chris Allison, his wife Rachel Allison and daugters Jenny (7) and Lauren (10).

Families set for screen withdrawal as they detox

Daisy Pearce of Victoria marks ahead of Elise O'Dea.

It was the Daisy Pearce show as the captain dominates for Big V

BBC television presenter Michael Mosley at Kisume in Melbourne.

Michael Mosley reveals 'world's stupidest advice ever'

After 30 years of dieting, Lynne Ryan successfully tried the Interval Weight Loss approach.

Redefining set body weight may be way to lose weight for good

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Fairfax's dads talk fatherhood

Benjamin Law.

If you can read and write, count yourself lucky in Australia

Team of the Century square.

We crunched the numbers to pick AFL's team of the century

SLeep impacts our mood.

Signs you're in a Band-Aid relationship - and what to do about it

Elf

The perfectly petty phrases people use in work emails

Aaron Jeffery in Underbelly Files: Chopper.

Underbelly takes on Chopper Read: Who says crime doesn't pay?

COMMENT
John Silvester

Motorcyclist killed at Princetown in state's south west

'Visual pollution': Council confiscates illegally dumped oBikes

Look out Melburnians, wind is on its way.

'Father's Day activities best held indoors': Winter is coming back

Convicted murderer and rapist Adrian Bayley.

Murderer and rapist Adrian Bayley stabbed inside Barwon Prison

Farmer Alan Hood at the site of a planned fruit and vegetable market on land designated green wedge.

Plans for $15m fruit and veg market on green wedge land could sour

Glenn Archer was convicted of assaulting a runner.

'It's crazy': Archer fined $2000 for punching runner at kids game

Self-proclaimed 'Patriots' gather for a rally in Sydney's Hyde Park to oppose any amendments to the colonial statues.

'Patriotic' protesters cause a stir in Hyde Park

NSW

Some of the people among the thousands at the rally on Saturday.

Thousands rally in Canberra for same-sex marriage

ACT

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Environment Minister and Energy Josh Frydenberg after meeting with energy ...

No GST deal for WA, junior miners to get tax benefit

Two months after Alan Finkel's (right) energy review was released, Kristina Photios' (left) Conservatives for ...

The lobbyist power couple energising the climate debate

NSW

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - August 28 . Liam and Kate O'Sullivan and their baby son Caden pose for a photo in front of their ...

Devastated families push for protection against developers

Delicately crafting tableware using fine white porcelain, he handpainted clay onto the moulds, creating the strong ...

Breaking the mould: Aussie ceramicists take the industry by storm

The living room in the McCraith House.

How a 'way out idea' became a distinctive architectural landmark

Sold: 40 Ridley Street sold for $905,000 under the hammer.

Young couple find their 'forever home' in once-unknown suburb

There's a price cap on apartments, but not on parking spaces.

In China, people pay hundreds of thousands for parking spaces

Glenn Archer was convicted of assaulting a runner.

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Glenn Archer was convicted of assaulting a runner.

A bad year for violence at suburban football

Tom Cowie

Anne Foote and Marcus Truman in Canberra on Tuesday 29 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Lord mayor's charity under fire over its greatest gift

Farrah Tomazin

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - August 29 . Kon Karapanagiotidis with blue book of all the people he has helped over the years ...

We all belong in the book of names

COMMENT
Arnold Zable

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Daisy Pearce of Victoria marks ahead of Elise O'Dea.

Pearce dominates for Big V

Phoebe McWilliams

Bomber glory: Captain James Hird and coach Kevin Sheedy lift the 2000 AFL Premiership cup.

Juggernaut: 2000 Bombers voted the best flag team of the 2000s

Ronny Lerner

Joel Selwood helped off the field after injuring himself on August 4.

Qualifying final: Selwood 'more likely than unlikely'

Jon Pierik

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

A Big Week in Art ... more than words can say

Jim Pavlidis

Stephanie Chiocci of the Magpies in action.

Chiocci's State of Origin gong adds to 'whirlwind' year

Anthony Colangelo

Jacob Hopper will remain a Giant at least until the end of 2019 after re-signing for two more years.

Giant Hopper signs two-year contract extension

Jon Pierik

Collingwood's Chris Mayne takes a high mark in the VFL elimination final between Richmond and Collingwood in Port Melbourne.

Mayne lifts Magpies but Tigers win VFL elimination final

Jon Pierik

Origin: AFLW stars Chelsea Randall and Daisy Pearce.

AFLW stars expect high-quality state of origin clash

Ronny Lerner

Senator Derryn Hinch will not refer himself to the High Court over a citizenship question.

Derryn Hinch cleared of constitutional breach

Turnbull treads a careful path through US chaos

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Legalise same-sex marriage for the 'common good', Catholic priest

Michael Koziol

Xanana Gusmao led the negotiations at The Hague.

Australia, East Timor strike 'landmark' deal over border

Lindsay Murdoch

Nikita Rotumah and Ben Clark at the Melbourne Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation Co-Operative.

Indigenous populations double in NSW and Victoria

Eryk Bagshaw

Lieutenant General Angus Campbell Chief of Army

Defence watchdog calls for witnesses to alleged war crimes

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge.

Government claims cashless welfare card a success

An ethnic Rohingya child from Myanmar is carried in a basket past rice fields after crossing over to Bangladesh.

This 'human catastrophe' betrays Suu Kyi's Nobel prize

COMMENT
Lindsay Murdoch

Sara Ali keeps pictures of her missing father on her tablet. She's been searching for him for four years.

Hunting for Egypt's loved ones

Farid Farid

A young Rohingya boy from Myanmar carries a child on his back through rice fields after crossing over to the Bangladesh ...

Mass killings, beheadings 'cleansing operation' underway

Lindsay Murdoch

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, right, with his son Dario, has travelled the world telling of his people's plight.

Tech-ready, the Yanomami take charge of their message

Alex Spengler

Tony Abbott's lean frame and taut skin betray him as a fitness fanatic whose only secret vice is the occasional shandy lite.

Abbott's ego now a national icon as big as Phar Lap's heart

COMMENT
Anne Summers

Lisa Gorman has produced T-shirts to support gay marriage that will be given away to 5000 customers at her stores this ...

Don't assume same-sex marriage is a forgone conclusion

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Nope, not interested. Yet.

Everybody else is doing it, but I'm just not interested

COMMENT
Claire Thurstans

We partly deserve what we get.

Why our leaders lie, and we don't care

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

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Cosmetics stores are shopping centres' hottest tenants

Carolyn Cummins

Does the timing of Tim Cook's share sale say anything about his expectations for the new iPhone?

Uber needs a Tim Cook. Can the new CEO deliver?

COMMENT
Philip Gray

The typical chief executive of an ASX100 company was paid $3.78 million in 2016.

$5b investor pushes to fix 'cult' of excessive executive pay

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Billions made and lost: Which companies you should've backed

Landmark decision allows university to go 'nuclear'

Anna Patty

Always be hustlin': Forget working 9 to 5 in this industry

Slater and Gordon's sorry tale will leave bitter taste

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Whisky's distinct flavours as much to do with the very landscape as it is the variable distilling conditions.

Taste the terroir: The flavours hidden in every glass of whisky

Fine Drinks

The new look Cayenne goes for size and speed.

The controversial SUV that just got bigger and faster

Cars
Toby Hagon

Luca De Lorenzo is annoyed by the loss of value of credit card points programs.

Time to revalue your credit card rewards

John Collett

There's a lot of social pressure to participate in buying rounds.

The one Aussie tradition nearly everyone secretly hates

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The American Express Business Explorer Grant in partnership with MySmallBusiness could transform your business.

How to get $50,000 to transform your business

Bernard Salt says Australia looks flat-footed in comparison to the United States.

Salt warns Australia lacks entrepreneurial spirit

Cara Waters

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Deaths rise in biggest flu season on record

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Base jumping accident claims life

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Scientists produce super strong spider webs

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Senator Derryn Hinch cleared over citizenship question

Tens of thousands of Melbournians turned out today at the rally in support of a yes vote in the upcoming marriage ...

Fairfax photos of the week - August 31, 2017

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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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Blade Runner 2049 is an upcoming American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by ...

Blade Runner 2049: The best kept secret in Hollywood

Stephanie Bunbury

Hayden Fowler will lock himself in a cage with the dingo Juno for an art installation as part of Sydney Contemporary.

Meet the artist locking himself in a cage with a dingo

Barry Divola

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer at the Hollywood premiere of Dead Men Tell No Tales in May.

Pirates shoot and box office don't worry Bruckheimer

Garry Maddox

Authors Adrian McKinty and Jane Harper have been presented with Ned Kelly Awards by the Australian Crime Writers Association.

When a Dry run turns into a publishing force of nature

Jason Steger

"Emotional, exhausting and tumultuous": US indie artist Colleen Green says she was detained and deported by Australian ...

Tour cancelled after musician is detained and deported

Karl Quinn

Ariana Grande singing live as part of her Dangerous Woman tour.

Ariana Grande beefs up security for Australian tour

Broede Carmody

Comedian Kathy Griffin: After her Trump stunt, she could not get a publicist in Hollywood to work for her.

Why Kathy Griffin has stopped saying sorry

Michael Idato

The director of Taylor Swift's new video has defended the singer against critics.

Taylor Swift's video director calls criticism sexist

Rob Moran

The Age, News, 25/08/2017 picture Justin McManus. Pia In terlandi and Efterpi Soropos are taking part in Melbourne's ...

Melbourne gets its first Death and Dying Festival

John Bailey

Inua Ellams is performing in Sydney and Melbourne.

Inua Ellams: Dispatches from a life lived 'in the middle'

PERFORMANCE
John Bailey

Leeanna Walsman and Eryn Jean Norvill will be appearing in Melancholia.

Malthouse to stage Melancholia, Picnic at Hanging Rock in 2018

THEATRE
Cameron Woodhead

Men's violence against women has nothing to do with romance or rejection.

The myths about domestic violence that won't go away

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Women pull water from a well in the Thar desert, where temperatures hover between 48°C and 50°C on summer days.

Why water is a gendered issue

Mary Ward

Pink, right, and her daughter Willow arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in ...

Pink's VMA speech heralds a revolution we had to have

Natalie Reilly

Jennifer Hawkins at the Myer spring racing launch in Melbourne on Friday.

What downturn? Aussies to spend $50m on racing fashion

Melissa Singer

From coffee to cravings?

Is this the cause of your afternoon sugar craving?

Maura Judkis

Napoleon Perdis celebrates at the opening of his Surry Hills store with daughters Lianna, Angelene, Athina and Alexia, ...

Social Seen: Housewives, drag queens and chic activewear

Amy Croffey

Perhaps we should be striving for less balance and more immersion, than more balance without full engagement.

Why pursuing 'balance' in life is overrated

Sarah Berry

Littlefinger tried to get in Sansa's ear.

How Game of Thrones finally showed its feminist card

Naomi Chainey

Jill Dupleix's Canadian flapjacks with hot maple syrup and crispy bacon.

The world's best recipes for Bacon Day

Wild mushroom pasta at Coonara Springs in Olinda.

How to have a perfect weekend in the Dandenong ranges

Starward's original Solero release.

Drams for dad: Ten great whiskies for $100 or less

The $49 foldable beach trolley parents are flocking to Kmart for.

The Kmart item parents are going mad for

Is it the considerate thing to do?

Is request for kids to wear headphones unreasonable?

Feeling the buzz of pregnancy.

This maternity shoot is un-BEE-lievable

F4TA1F Japan, Kyoto City, Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine, Toriies Japan-10th-anniversary

The 10 best destinations of the decade named

Traveller

The issue of carry-on luggage recently inflamed readers' passions.

A decade of letters: Aussie airline attracting the most complaints

Steve Meacham

You will soon be able to fly directly from Melbourne to Vancouver throughout the year.

Air Canada reveal direct Melbourne to Vancouver flights

Kylie McLaughlin

V30

LG's V30 looks like an incredible phone

Apple's 'Spaceship' campus.

New iPhone to debut at 'spaceship' campus

Programmable R2-D2 and BB-9E are the latest additions to Sphero's range of robotics Star Wars droids.

Sphero's latest interactive robots are straight out of The Last Jedi

COMMENT

OzPod 2017 will feature 34 speakers and panelists from across the globe, plus workshops and networking events.

Podcast conference OzPod returns to Sydney

Designer Benjamin Geskin imagines the new iPhone (centre), compared to the 7 and 7 Plus.

Why iPhone 8 may be biggest redesign yet

2017 Range Rover Velar.

Five best cars blossoming this Spring

Alessandra Melville

Subaru's XV is at home off the beaten track.

2017 Subaru XV 2.0i-P road test review

David McCowen

Driving a Rolls-Royce in Tokyo comes with some unforeseen perks.

Lost in Translation: Driving a Rolls-Royce in Tokyo

Andrew Chesterton

Mercedes-AMG have released this teaser image of its Project One hypercar.

Mercedes-AMG hypercar confirmed for Oz

Greg Kable

We cross the Simpson Desert in the Mercedes-Benz G300d Professional.

We test the least luxurious Mercedes-Benz

Andrew Maclean

Bugatti Chiron.

Toyota's HiLux-based off-roader range review

Greg Kable

Peter Handscomb

Second Test: Selection intrigue over 'keeper position

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Storm players celebrate a try against the Raiders.

Storm win seven straight as finals showdown with Eels looms

Roy Ward

Well played: Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal, left, with Australia's Pat Cummins after the home side's historic win in the ...

Sport Thought: Welcome shades of grey in Test cricket

Tim Lane

"You can't have a horse like Winx without having a Hugh Bowman", says trainer Chris Waller.

Bowman's riding masterclass seals 19th straight win for Winx

Chris Roots

Ange Postecoglou's men still have a big say in their World Cup fate.

Socceroos must stand and deliver - for Postecoglou and the nation

ANALYSIS
Michael Lynch

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