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The container which reportedly exploded on board a packer London train during peak hour on Friday morning.

Explosion in London declared a terrorist attack

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Class: Patrick Dangerfield kicks for goal.

Swans dumped out of finals by resurgent Cats

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Celebrity chef drops $17m on Toorak mansion

Tony Abbott's daughter Frances urges people to vote for marriage equality.

Tony Abbott's daughter has her say in gay marriage debate

Bearing witness: Yoshiko Kajimoto

Why the world can't accept a nuclear North Korea

COMMENT
David Wroe

A man has been jailed for the rape and sexual assault of his partner's twin sister.

Man jailed for raping partner's twin took 'cowardly way out'

New council to give Aboriginal Victorians more power

S Korea responds to North's missile test with its own

Same-sex debate: 'I've been called a bigot, homophobe, disgusting'

COMMENT

Over-indebted or wealthy? It's all in the detail

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

So Melbourne: Sunshine before major downpour hits city

Hannah Mouncey is trying to raise awareness of transgender people in sport.

Hannah Mouncey wants to be the first transgender player in AFLW

Rebel Wilson successfully sued Bauer Media for defamation.

Rebel Wilson was paid a pittance for Bridesmaids

There's no reason to believe that Rotten Tomatoes is dragging down box office because critics have amassed greater ...

Don't blame Rotten Tomatoes, blame your rotten movies

COMMENT

UK weatherman Alex Beresford tested the suit in the world's most extreme conditions.

Is this the coolest suit on the planet?

Men

Malcolm Turnbull once wanted his on TV program.

Turnbull at Ten? Laurie Oakes reveals PM's alternative career

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Sam Newman goes full Sam Newman ... again

US President Donald Trump speaks to Senator Tim Scott in a White House meeting on September 13, 2017.

Trump's mismatched suit: not as bad as his policy, but not good

All the banks are vulnerable

Gangs using big banks to launder $5 million a day

How to cool down a hit curry.

How to cool down a hot curry

Jessica Biel.

How Jessica Biel nailed that Dirty Dancing lift on Ellen

Timothy Baker (left) outside the Melbourne Supreme Court last month.

Melbourne police officer acquitted of murder after shooting motorist

UPDATED

Church cancels wedding because couple support gay marriage

EXCLUSIVE

Melbourne jobs to go as CSIRO cuts another 57 staff

City buskers will be judged on whether they have 'some real talent'.

'You have to have talent': Public will get to pick city's buskers

The Age, News,14/09/2017 photo by Justin McManus. Lauriston Grammar School in Armadale is planning to demolish the ...

Fury over private school plan to demolish century-old house

Michael Cardamone outside the Supreme Court in Wangaratta.

'Vicious' killer appeals life sentence for murder of mother

Australian incomes are more equal than a decade ago, but average household debts have doubled.

Fewer luxuries for Melburnians, as more money goes on this

Not guilty: Qian Liu has been acquitted of murdering her husband Han Lim Chin.

Sydney woman who fatally stabbed husband walks free

NSW

Former Eagle Ben Cousins is accused of driving under the influence of drugs.

Fallen Eagle Ben Cousins in court on drug charges again

WA

Myer said it would close stores in Colonnades in Adelaide, Belconnen in Canberra, and Hornsby in northern Sydney.

Myer closing after 40 years due to 80 per cent profit loss

ACT

78 Brisbane Street Ipswich CBD, west of Brisbane, for $8.375 million For AFR Property Matthew Cranston 26th March 2008

Council CEO accused of taking development bribe

QLD

Sunnyside Avenue residents (left to right) Richard Millington, Bryan and Ann O'Connell, Glennys Millington, Toinette ...

To save or not to save? The inner east is no longer as safe as houses

HyperFocal: 0 House of 2017 is Auchenflower House in Brisbane. Photo: Christopher Frederick Jones One time use only in ...

Why you wouldn't even notice the 2017 House of the Year

The best of Brighton's shopping and the beach beckon from this beautifully preserved Victorian in a dress circle spot.

Why home buyers are placing a premium on 'walkability'

Investigators would focus on whether the banks' for recent out-of-cycle interest rate rises have been excessive.

ASIC to probe mortgage rate 'profiteering' by big banks

September 15, 2017 JENNY BROWN Contributing writer The Orange Regional Museum, in NSW, by Crone architects, has been ...

Best of best: National Architecture Awards shortlist unveiled

Concerns: Police are investigating the wellbeing of residents at Berkeley Living.

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Concerns: Police are investigating the wellbeing of residents at Berkeley Living.

Police intervene at village of the damned

Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Jane Garrett speaks to The Age for the first time publicly about her position on voluntary euthanasia . 14th September ...

Right-to-die laws: MPs say they'll be voting yes

EXCLUSIVE
Noel Towell

The idea that 20-somethings are meandering in a permanent state of self-indulgent infancy is misguided.

Being 'grown up' no longer means school, marriage, kids

COMMENT
Charlotte Lytton

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Class: Patrick Dangerfield kicks for goal.

Resurgent Geelong make a big statement against Sydney

Andrew Wu

Cut-throat: The Giants and the Eagles do battle on Saturday night.

The big questions for the Giants and Eagles

Daniel Cherny

Happy returns: Daniel Menzel celebrates a major score as Geelong captain Joel Selwood (left) looks on.

Cats conjure up a ninth life against the Swans

Greg Baum

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley.

Intrigue grows over Port's Hinkley

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

North's best: Shaun Higgins enjoyed a career-high average of 23.5 disposals and five tackles a game.

Higgins wins top gong as Kangaroos' best for season 2017

Jon Pierik

Petrie matched it with All Australian ruckman Paddy Ryder against the Power.

After thinking it was over, Petrie plays crucial role in finals charge

Anthony Colangelo

Hannah Mouncey is trying to raise awareness of transgender people in sport.

Transgender ruck to make AFLW draft bid

Eamonn Tiernan

Plenty on the line: Oleg Markov was the unlucky Tiger who missed out on playing against the Cats last week, but could ...

More than VFL grand final berth at stake for Richmond

Ronny Lerner

An allied correspondent stands in a sea of rubble before the shell of a building that once was the Industries Promotions ...

A view from Hiroshima: Why we can't accept a nuclear North Korea

COMMENT
David Wroe

PM defends right of church to not marry gay marriage supporters

Michael Koziol

Labor demands Michaelia Cash explain Hadgkiss appointment

Eryk Bagshaw, Anna Patty

Minister Steve North pictured outside the church in 2014.

Church cancels wedding after bride-to-be backs gay marriage

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Liberal MP Stuart Robert during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 14 September 2017. Fedpol ...

'Blessed if I know': MP's father unaware he was listed as director

EXCLUSIVE
Latika Bourke

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg.

Energy market operator says Liddell doesn't have to stay open

Nicole Hasham

Unique perspective of the Statue of Liberty, United States of America Liberty.?

Greens suggest taxpayers should fund the New York Times

Eryk Bagshaw

South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea on Friday.

South Korea responds to North's latest missile test with its own

Kirsty Needham

Novita.? Weekend Features story Maher Mughrabi Indonesian Early Marriage photo by Irwin Fedriansyah

Child brides: Why underage girls are marrying in Indonesia

Jewel Topsfield

Village of Yae Twin Kyun on fire in Myanmar on 8 September 2017.

Systematic torching of entire Rohingya villages evidence shows

Lindsay Murdoch

Brazilian President Michel Temer.

Brazilian President Michel Temer charged over JBS testimony

Muslim protesters shout slogans at a rally against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims outside the Myanmar embassy in ...

What if Aung San Suu Kyi is being true to form?

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

The engagement ring's premise is unsavoury.

Engagement rings are a sexist and outdated tradition

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

The debate over same-sex marriage has the potential to elevate and amplify harmful messages.

We must support young people during marriage vote

Liana Buchanan

Caltex illustration by Simon Bosch

Caltex is cleaning up in worker compo 'hoax'

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

What's best for AGL shareholders is to keep its coal-fired Liddell power plant open until 2022 - no longer.

AGL has become Australia's most monstered company

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Happy to be of service to Australia's jobs growth

Ross Gittins

Concerns: Police are investigating the wellbeing of residents at Berkeley Living.

Police intervene at village of the damned

Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Google gets a Melbourne home, alongside Nike

Simon Johanson

Hyde Park dress circle taking shape in Sydney CBD

Carolyn Cummins

Myer's share price hits all-time low after analysts downgrade

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Emails shed light on Nigel Hadgkiss' conduct

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

The latest home stereo tech is definitely inspired by retro vibes.

23 of the best new audio gadgets that will change your life

Technology

Yamazaki Mizunara 2017 Edition is the ultimate expression of the rare Mizunara oak.

The ultimate whisky you need to put on your bucket list

Fine Drinks

More than half the money being put into P2P loans is coming out of bank accounts.

How technology is disrupting wealth creation

Mark Bouris

Ange MacAlpine, 29, works remotely in the finance sector from a property in The Marra in outback NSW.

Meet the woman delivering remote work to rural Australia

Georgina Dent

A diner at a Death to Nuggets event.

Death to nuggets and hello squid caviar for kids

Cara Waters

Alf Moufarrige (left) runs Servcorp with his son and COO, Marcus Moufarrige.

Servcorp slapped with ACCC action over unfair small business contracts

Cara Waters

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Trump dodges climate change questions

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The flight path of North Korea's missile

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Teens arrested over Brunswick West murder

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Sam Newman goes full Sam Newman ... again

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Malcolm Turnbull once wanted his on TV program.

Laurie Oakes reveals Malcolm Turnbull's alternative career path

Broede Carmody

A still from the Marriage Equality ad aired during The Bachelor finale.

Australia falls in love with The Bachelor's marriage equality ad

Lauren Muscat

'Four Jager shots and a bunch of beer': Dave Grohl says he was wasted at Glastonbury.

Dave Grohl tells Lars Ulrich he was 'hammered' at Glastonbury

Rob Moran

Max Vento portrays Joe Hughes in a scene from the series, The A Word, a six-episode drama about family, parenting and a ...

TV has come a long way in depicting characters with autism

Darren Devlyn, Fiona Sharkie

Red Symons will return to breakfast radio on Monday.

Red Symons returns to ABC Radio after 'significant' brain injury

Broede Carmody

Sam Newman has said Australians have "gone mad" following the controversy surrounding Malcolm Turnbull's footy photo.

Sam Newman slams Turnbull's footy photo controversy

Broede Carmody

The Emmy Award-winning ad, 'Calling JohnMalkovich.com'.

Australia earns surprise second Emmy win for viral ad

Michael Idato

Sean Spicer made his first post-White House appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's late night show on Thursday.

Sean Spicer praises Melissa McCarthy impression on Kimmel

Frazier Moore

Melbourne Museum new exhibition Museum Inside Out launch. 12 September 2017. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim. (Minister ...

Not just staring at rocks: Museums Victoria's new moves

Carolyn Webb

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

Mother! of all freak-outs: Aronofsky's most striking film yet

REVIEW
Jake Wilson

Fringe at Gasworks

4.48 Psychosis a painful and poetic inside view of clinical depression

FRINGE FESTIVAL
Cameron Woodhead

An idea whose time has come.

Laws against hate speech are too little, too late. Just vote yes.

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Blisters, cramps and eating too much of the wrong thing are common race day mistakes.

The mistakes runners make on race day

Sarah Berry

Kim Kardashian attends the Tom Ford show as part of NYFW Spring/Summer 2018 on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in New York. ...

The Kremlin is keeping up with the Kardashians

Mary Ward

Fergie and Josh Duhamel split in 2009.

Fergie and Josh Duhamel split

Nicole Economos

Research says we, as a society, do not like cheaters.

How to keep a relationship alive after cheating

Rachel Raczka

Fear not the sheer torso jumper.

The internet isn't sure what to make of $2700 'torso' jumper

Annie Brown

US President Donald Trump speaks to Senator Tim Scott in a White House meeting on September 13, 2017.

Trump's mismatched suit: not as bad as his policy, but not good

Mary Ward

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez reveals she received a kidney transplant

Stephanie Merry

Triple-chocolate brownies.

How to bake the best brownies ever, plus our 16 fudgiest recipes

Osaka-style okonomiyaki at Papirica.

Forget the dodgy stodgy food court variety and try this okonomiyaki

The dessert trolley at Bistro Guillaume in Sydney.

Bon appetit! Australia's top French restaurants are...

The 6V Mercedes-Benz Ride on Car is on sale for $199 on 23 September.

The ALDI special buy your children will go mad for

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The very real pain of Term Three Fatigue

Meet Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

Australian cot gets Serena Williams' stamp of approval

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Forget stuffy, formal luxury, this is the latest trend in high-end travel

Ute Junker

Water is a simple request for an airline to deliver.

Letters: This airline wouldn't even give me a cup of water

Beautiful view of the old town of Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. Photo: Canadastock/Shutterstock

Mouth-watering: Italy's six most gourmet towns

Brian Johnston

Content providers play Australians for fools, but it's not difficult to beat geoblocking to get a better deal.

Why shouldn't Aussies dodge geoblocking?

COMMENT

The lawsuit alleges the company violates California's Equal Pay Act.

Google sued by women claiming discrimination

Samus looks a lot sleeker now than she did in 1991, and she moves better too.

Gaming goddess resurrected in Metroid: Samus Returns

Review

EVE

How EVE players pulled off $25,000 heist

Kotaku

Modern robbery may combine social engineering, identity theft and old fashioned breaking and entering.

When low tech burglary has a high tech edge

Mercedes-AMG Project One

The best cars of the 2017 Frankfurt motor show

David McCowen

Aston Martin DB11 V8

Aston Martin considering Benz' straight six

Andrew Maclean

2018 Genesis G70.

Hyundai's new V6 twin-turbo luxury car revealed

Stephen Ottley

2018 Volkswagen Golf GTE

Driven: VW's updated Golf GTE

Drive staff

BMW's local arm wants a dual-cab ute to compete with the upcoming X-Class.

BMW: Mercedes-Benz X-Class ute is 'appalling'

Toby Hagon

Chery Exceed TX.

Is Chery finally ripe?

Stephen Ottley

Sam Kerr will play Brazil in front of a full house in Penrith this week.

Kerr on the up, as Matildas ready to take on Brazil

Andrew Webster

Winning feeling: Alex Glenn celebrates at the final whistle.

Broncos set up preliminary final against Storm

Phil Lutton

Multi-codester Israel Folau says ''no''.

Sport no longer a bit on the side

Greg Baum

"Start of a new era": The Matildas are key figures in Australian sport.

Women's soccer on the up, but hard yards ahead to secure talent

Michael Lynch

It appears that the cleansing winds that John Coates offered as part of winning the election have fallen still.

As Tancred departs to play golf, Coates still rules the AOC roost

COMMENT
Michael Bachelard

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