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Labor MP Khalil Eideh (left) with Senator Kim Carr.

Factional warfare looms as Labor MP prepares to resign

EXCLUSIVE
33 mins ago

Senior bonds are cheap, offering "spreads" (or interest) above cash that are well wide of 2014 "tights".

Federal Coalition pork-barrels its own seats at ratio up to 138:1

Police are investigating a body that has been found on View Street in St Albans.

Police investigate death of woman in city's northwest

BREAKING
1 min ago

The winds and sea are whipped up off of the Rickenbacker Causeway as two people cross the street in Miami as Hurricane ...

Irma, now Category 4, due to land in Florida in several hours

1 hr ago

Mr Turnbull arrives at the meeting with daughter Daisy.

'Has the sky fallen?' PM makes his case for same-sex marriage

Kim Jong Un celebrates with nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb

Kim Jong Un celebrates, but there's no new missile launch

1 hr ago

Loggers 'breached' rules protecting endangered species: report

Man receives a 3D-printed shinbone in world-first surgery

Can we save our male school teachers from extinction?

Elderly woman dies after being hit by 90-year-old driver

'Desperate': Rohingya crisis prompts urgent plea for donations

If the High Court challenge fails Australians will be asked for their views on whether same-sex marriage should be legalised.

Why defend marriage at all when it's been terrible for so many women?

COMMENT

Power out: That's it for season 2017 for Port Adelaide.

'Make a commitment': Furious Port chairman unloads on players

1 hr ago

Ken MacLeod used to see a financial planner, but now he uses a technology platform instead.

'Banned': Ken saved a fortune ditching his financial planner

Dustin Martin brought Richmond to life on Friday night.

AFL finals week one: The moments that mattered

Lucy Folk in Positano.

Four Australian fashionistas name the cities that inspire them

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Nuclear war fears: Japanese buying shelters

More than 20,000 people took to the streets in Melbourne for the Equal Love rally last month.

Editorial

Love is love: It's time to say Yes to marriage equality

Melbourne author Chris Womersley: "A good book casts a spell."

Why I was up to my elbows in blood, guts of the 17th century

Kristen Bell.

How Kristen Bell saved Josh Gad's parents from Hurricane Irma

If you're sick, don't go to work.

How much Vitamin C do you need when you're sick?

Fruit farms in Victoria's North have sub-contracted workers, many Malaysian, working illegally under shocking ...

Victoria to introduce tough penalties over exploitation of vulnerable workers

EXCLUSIVE

Woman hospitalised after serious assault in Ballarat

1 hr ago

Man stabbed and killed after brawl at restaurant in Melbourne's west

UPDATED

The mystery man killed by a train in Pakenham nine years ago.

The unidentified dead waiting for years to be given a name

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has raided the clinics of anti-vax GP Dr John Piesse.

Anti-vax GP's Melbourne clinic raided and files seized

Jane Cartledge, who has lost a considerable amount of money after buying into a retirement village owned by convicted ...

'The crook, the retirement village and mother': Residents fight back

Adele Ferguson

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the state government would not "stand by and let these families starve".

Victoria to help asylum seekers facing homelessness

EXCLUSIVE
Benjamin Preiss

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley says he believes the Queen's Birthday holiday should be transformed.

'Overdevelopment agenda' cost Libs in council elections

NSW

Golden Retriever Harry needed a complete hip replacement at just four-years-old.

Dodgy puppy breeders prompts new warning

WA

A man has faced ACT Magistrates Court after breaching his bail conditions.

Bags of meth were 'salt for chips': defendant

ACT

Nationals MP George Christensen during Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's joint press conference together with the ...

Nationals' narrow vote on banning the burqa

QLD

The online giant Amazon is only just finishing off their current headquarter in Seattle.

'The trophy deal of the decade': Amazon looks for HQ No. 2

St Kilda's Luna Park.

Welcome to the suburb with a landmark on every corner

Formerly the Wyuna Guest House, it was built in the late 1880s.

Inside eclectic retreat of artist David Bromley, just up for sale

48-50 Hopetoun Road in Toorak would set you back $3350 in weekly rent.

Inside Melbourne's priciest rentals: What $250k a year looks like

Cabinetry painted in the Dulux shade Briar, with Tilda dining table from Jardan and Chair 170 dining chairs, oak timber ...

'This house was the one': A serial renovator finds a 'forever home'

A Rohingya woman after a fight erupted during food distribution at a refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh

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A Rohingya woman after a fight erupted during food distribution at a refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis prompts plea by aid agencies for funds

Lindsay Murdoch

Franicina Nkosi, of Women Affected by Mining United in Action and Waterberg Women Advocacy Organisation from Lephale, ...

The Australian companies mining $40b out of Africa

EXCLUSIVE
Eryk Bagshaw

Senator Nick Xenophon is key to the legislation passing.

'Real concern' over new university funding legislation

Eryk Bagshaw

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Luke Shuey celebrates his extra-time sealer.

AFL hands down verdict on controversial Shuey free kick

Anthony Colangelo

Dustin Martin.

AFL finals week one: The moments that mattered

Anthony Colangelo

Port Adelaide chairman David Koch.

Chairman David Koch puts Power players on notice

Jason Phelan
1 hr ago

Steve Johnson could add much-needed bite to the GWS forward line, says retired Hawthorn premiership player Brad Sewell.

Ex-Hawk Sewell urges recall for Giant Johnson

Andrew Wu
28 mins ago

Richmond supporters

Winning isn't everything - reluctantly, I say go Tiges

Timothy Boyle

Jack Riewoldt

Hardwick's grand plan on verge of pay day

ANALYSIS
Jon Pierik

Lance Franklin scores his opening goal. Picture AAP

Buddy will be fit for Geelong semi-final: Longmire

James Buckley

Eagles celebrate after a momentous win.

Eagles power to win after tough draw

Ashley Porter

Senator Nick Xenophon is key to the legislation passing.

'Real concern': Clock ticks down on $2.8b uni reform bill

Eryk Bagshaw

Same-sex marriage would strengthen families: PM

Adam Gartrell

Battle for our footpaths: senator pushes for scooter crackdown

Fergus Hunter

Same sex marriage supporters outside High Court. 7 September 2017. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim. Sarah Marlowe, left, ...

Support for same-sex marriage crashing, advocate polling finds

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

North Korea test fires a missile. The region is on high alert this weekend for another possible launch.

Japan: US prepared to take action against North Korea

David Wroe

Chris Dunstan makes the most of solar energy, and an app that monitors the household consumption and costs.

People power: how households can help the energy crisis

Judith Ireland

The Liddell power station.

Scheme could keep coal alive, but Liddell has 'mammoth problems'

James Massola

Miroslava Roznovjakova and Ray Hayyat board up in Daytona Beach, Florida

Hurricane Irma is expected to smash into Florida Keys within hours

1 hr ago

Kim Jong Un celebrates with nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb

Kim Jong-un celebrates but there's no new missile launch

1 hr ago

A Rohingya woman after a fight erupted during food distribution at a refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis prompts plea by aid agencies for funds

Lindsay Murdoch

Residents stand in front of rubble from a partially collapsed building.

Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises

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The abuse victims not on our radar and here's why

COMMENT
Michael Riley

The postal survey allows a privileged majority to cast a verdict on people's lives.

You don't have the right to an opinion on my life

COMMENT
Naomi Stead

A rally for safe injecting rooms in Richmond last month.

Rejection of safe injecting rooms a tragedy

COMMENT
Kathleen Maltzahn

US dollar seen extending 'freefall'

Timothy Moore

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says he will investigate keeping the Liddell plant open.

Government urges AGL to extend life of coal plant

Tracy Withers

Jane Cartledge, who has lost a considerable amount of money after buying into a retirement village owned by convicted ...

'The crook, the retirement village and my mother'

Adele Ferguson

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

How to money-proof your relationship

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Fly longer, but the airport transfer is not departing just yet

Patrick Hatch

The $18 billion woman told to hang up coats and fetch coffee

Nassim Khadem

Insurance scandal is treated like a storm in a tea cup. It isn't

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Retail tenants putting the heat on landlords

Carolyn Cummins

Mercedes-Benz S-Class looks like a winner.

Start your engines: 13 new luxury cars we can't wait to drive in 2018

Luxury cars
Toby Hagon

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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar.

The 'Oscars of watches' announce the best of the best for 2017

Watches
Benjamen Judd

Ken MacLeod used to see a financial planner, but now he uses a technology platform instead.

Eight out of 10 of us don't get financial advice. Can a robot help?

John Collett

If things go wrong, you don't need to pay a credit repair agency to get back on track.

'Credit repair' agencies charge high fees for what you can do for free

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

There's an upward trend in workplace cheating.

This is why employees lie, steal and cheat

COMMENT
James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, estimates several thousand small businesses have contracts with JJ Richards.

'Game changer': ACCC takes first small business unfair contracts court action

Cara Waters

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Turnbull: Sky won't fall in with marriage equality

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Eagles' epic after-the-siren win

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Swans destroy Bombers

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By the numbers: SSM polls tighten

Sirians in the Supreme Court deciding who should run their church hostile Sirian protesters... Police barricade at the ...

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

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Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in IT.

Forget scary clowns, here's what It is really about

Karl Quinn

Margot Robbie attends a premiere for "I, Tonya" on day 2 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of ...

Could Margot Robbie be skating her way to an Oscar?

Andrea Mandell

Carrie Bickmore on the red carpet at the Logies.

What really goes on behind the scenes at the Logies

COMMENT
Andrew Hornery

Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce

Sex and sleaze: The Wire creator's new show isn't pretty

Karl Quinn

Erik Thomson from 800 Words

Erik Thomson on the key to acting in a long-running series

Bridget McManus

Ariana Grande asserts her power effortlessly.

Review: Ariana Grande asserts power through vocal highs

★★★½
Nicole Economos

Don Williams

Country music legend 'Gentle Giant' Don Williams dies aged 78

''If art wins, we all win,'' says Beck.

Beck returns from the brink with peppy album Colors

Andrew Murfett

The new Louvre Abu Dhabi.

French-designed 'Desert Louvre' in Abu Dhabi opening soon

The cast shines in a brilliant rendition of Angels in America.

Angels in America highlights the talent in Melbourne theatre scene

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Jennifer Lawrence in mother!, from Paramount Pictures and Protozoa Pictures. Jennifer Lawrence stars as the woman, with ...

Mother!, with Jennifer Lawrence, is the maddest film of the year

Karl Quinn

George Clooney and Amal Clooney decided on "normal" names for their children.

The Clooneys highlight a very modern problem: baby names

Natalie Reilly

Despite cultural differences there is still common ground when it comes to mothering.

What happens when grandparents have a cultural clash

Lisa Clifford

Holiday fiascos make for good stories later.

The worst holiday fiascos make for the best stories

Clem Ford: Nothing seems to cause as much whiplash as the contradictory emotions that come with parenting a small child.

The painfully contradicting lessons of parenthood

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Cooper “Hook. Line. Sinker” dress, $359.

The new way to wear stripes this spring

Georgie Gordon

A Mediterranean diet has been linked to better cardiovascular
health and increased life expectancy.

How European eating styles can foster better health

Lindy Alexander

My family is sick of take-away but I suddenly can't cook.

Dear Jess: How can I overcome my sudden aversion to cooking?

Jessica Rowe

Megan Irwin in Paris.

Four Australian fashionistas name the cities that inspire them

Jane Rocca

Pair a piece of cake with a glass of port.

A crowd-pleasing Portuguese orange and honey cake

Adam Liaw's mini meatball lasagne

Shake up your routine with these new spins on family favourites

There's a lot of sangiovese and a lot of "monts".

Why sangiovese is Italy's number one grape

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12 things parents do that their children will (almost always) copy

Miki Agrawal with her breast pump at Burning Man.

Breastmilk lattes at Burning Man

Alanis Morissette & family

Alanis Morissette says PND started 'seconds' after her son's birth

Cape Town.

This was the greatest trip of my life, and nobody wants to know about it

Ben Groundwater

Pioneertown's Mane Street.

Where you can stay at the world's coolest movie set

Kylie McLaughlin

Precious sleep on a plane can help you avoid the worst of jetlag.

Letters: Why some airlines close window shades in daylight

The Nokia8 in steel (above) and tempered blue.

Nokia 8 review: return of the Finnish flagship

The OnePlus 5 can go toe-to-toe with the Android heavyweights, but with a mid-range price tag.

Hands on with the OnePlus 5 smartphone

COMMENT

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with the Pentagon's test vehicle attached.

SpaceX launches secretive space drone for US government

LA Noir

L.A. Noire coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox, VR

Kotaku

Ads

Would you put ads on your phone for money?

2017 BMW X7 iPerformance concept.

BMW's Range Rover rival revealed

Greg Kable

Volkswagen I.D Crozz1.

Back to the drawing board for VW's electric SUV concept

Andrew Maclean

The Jaguar Future-Type virtual concept.

The Jaguar of 2040

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai has invested in a hydrogen station at its Sydney HQ.

Will SA become a hydrogen hub?

David McCowen

Mazda BT-50 at the 2017 Birdsville Races

How to get to the Birdsville Races

Andrew Maclean

Kia's Picanto received a four-star safety score following Euro NCAP testing.

Crash tests highlight child safety

David McCowen

Fresh meat: Jordan Uelese held his own against the Springboks in his first Test.

Uelese unfazed by 'fresh meat' jibe in stellar Wallabies debut

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Sloane Stephens, of the United States, reacts after scoring a point against Madison Keys, of the United States, during ...

Fairytale ending for US Open champion Sloane Stephens

Mark Milligan, right, has been brought back for Victory.

Victory squad long on experience, short on numbers

Michael Lynch
1 hr ago

Surreal: Craig Bellamy is in awe of Cameron Smith.

Bellamy in awe of Smith's record as Storm progress

Roy Ward

Best man: Kurtley Beale makes a break for the Wallabies.

Wallabies blow lead to draw Test, but crowd reserves anger for ARU

Tom Decent

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