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Explosions, fire rock Lygon St, send people scurrying

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Immortals-in-waiting: Cameron Smith is chaired off by Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk.

Storm farewell era of big three with a premiership

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We wrote about terrible stories from aged care. Then you told us yours

Gabrielle Costa, left, and her grandmother Maria Stella Costa in 2009.

Every day I think about the way my grandmother died

US President Donald Trump.

Trump tweets his lack of faith in Secretary of State Tillerson

Property at 99 Palmers Road, Truganina.

Dead men sign deals in the bizarre world of Henry Kaye

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Man shot dead after deadly knife attack at Marseille train station

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ATO's data matching technology is catching out taxpayers

Violence in Barcelona as police fire on Catalan independence voters

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Policeman attacked and four injured in Canada 'terror' attack

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Paddy Ryder charged with assault and hindering police

Dustin Martin on Saturday.

The Tigers' tale: How Richmond got to the top

US artist Macklemore sang to rapturous applause from fans in the front row, the stands at ANZ Stadium and on social media.

Macklemore calls for equality after performance of Same Love

A photo taken by a passenger on board the Air France flight 66 from Paris to Los Angeles, showing the damaged engine.

'Blown apart': Plane's engine explodes over the Atlantic

Jack Riewoldt and Brandon Flowers on stage after the grand final.

'If we win I'm singing with The Killers': Jack's Brightside moment

This couple took their wedding pictures 60 years later.

Why this couple took photos 60 years after tying the knot

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How Riewoldt's killer performance came about

Alastair Clarkson and Damien Hardwick share a moment after the grand final.

Dimma and Clarko: The premiership love story

Robert Walls

Robert Walls rates the grand final players

How to make healthy chocolate pancakes.

How to make healthy chocolate pancakes

Oprah

Oprah tweet raises suspicion that she's running for president

The scene of the alleged incident on Saturday.

Teen charged with attempted murder over Flinders St incident

Measles outbreak: Eight of 11 cases linked to Docklands workplace

Wild scenes as Richmond fans celebrate into the early hours

The Simpsons much-quoted episode Marge vs. the Monorail.

Doh! Simpsons votes steer Melbourne's train poll off the rails

Crowd surfing Tiger supporters on Swan Street on Saturday evening.

There ain't no party like a Tigerland party

Police on scene after a fatal glider crash in Benalla on Saturday.

Experienced pilot dies in glider crash at Benalla

A man has died after being stabbed at a house in Melbourne's northeast.

Man dead after stabbing at house in Melbourne's north-east

Medicine to treat heart disease such as Statins have been discounted by 700 per cent since their patent expired four ...

Cost of 1400 drugs to get cheaper immediately

EXCLUSIVE

Simon Lowe once changed his name to Bonito Monteiro, telling women it was Portuguese for "beautiful hunter".

Women in fear over release of 'playboy rapist'

EXCLUSIVE

Western Australia Liberal Senator Dean Smith has gone from a same-sex marriage sceptic to a passionate supporter.

How a friendship bloomed between MP and reporter

ACT

The machine gun is believed to be dated from 1917.

School children find old guns hidden in cave

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Renting a one-bedroom unit in Melbourne typically costs $350 per week.

The stark reality of renting in Victoria shown in six charts

Alicia Loxley presents the weekend 6pm bulletins and the 4pm bulletin during the week.

Nine News anchor Alicia Loxley selling up in Abbotsford

Malcolm Walker Kitchen. Architect: Malcolm Walker Architects.

This is the magic ingredient within a good kitchen design

Each room of the i Hotel in Taiwan comes with twin gaming machines.

This Taiwanese hotel makes it easy for gamers to go on holiday

Upon meeting the client, Mickan was inspired by "a beautiful tailored girlyness about her".

Inside the pink-themed reno inspired by a floral blouse

Lachie McFarlane picked up extra language skills during his school's trip to Japan.

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Lachie McFarlane picked up extra language skills during his school's trip to Japan.

Primary school camps go international

Henrietta Cook

City of Stonnington has suspended four enforcement officers.

Council tracks phone records, suspends staff

Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago

23/9/17 (l-r) Robin Murphy (nee Hoyland) and Judith Fasoli (nee Pearson) met as contestants in the 1958 Miss Show Girl ...

Miss Show Girl entrants still friends after 59 years

Carolyn Webb

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Tigers president Peggy O'Neal and president Brendon Gale.

Tigers count their blessings

Greg Baum

Patrick Ryder

Paddy Ryder charged with assault and hindering police

Anthony Colangelo

Alastair Clarkson and Damien Hardwick share a moment after the grand final.

Dimma and Clarko: A love story

Daniel Cherny

Richmond's Jack Graham kicks a third-term goal.

Graham's slide to a teenage dream

Daniel Cherny

Jack Riewoldt and Brandon Flowers on stage after the grand final.

How Riewoldt's Mr Brightside duet came about

Anthony Colangelo

Bachar Houli celebrates winning the 2017 premiership at the MCG.

'When you put your heart and soul together anything can happen'

Anthony Colangelo

Coach of the Richmond Tigers Damien Hardwick (left) and and captain Trent Cotchin.

Connection the key to team's crucial bond

Michael Gleeson

Anthony Miles in action for Richmond's VFL team in the loss to Port Melbourne

Miles smiles but his Tiger time up in the air

Daniel Cherny

Analysis found the 'No' side had outspent the 'Yes' side on television advertising.

Testing the many myths of the same-sex marriage campaign

Michael Koziol

Up to 1400 drugs are about to get a whole lot cheaper

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Eryk Bagshaw

Number of farms in Australia owned by foreigners surges

Eryk Bagshaw

A shopkeeper appears to sell illegally imported cigarettes to a man at a Melbourne milk bar.

Up in smoke: illegal tobacco costing the economy millions

Eryk Bagshaw

US Vice-President Joe Biden attends an AFL match between West Coast and Carlton at the MCG. With him were Maxson Cox and ...

Julie Bishop defends AFL grand final spending

Adam Gartrell

A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet in Iraq in 2014.

Australian forces involved in civilian deaths in Iraq

Mark Kenny

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Victoria, NSW penalised for fracking bans under grants plan

A Spanish riot police officer swings a club at would-be voters in Barcelona.

Violence in Barcelona as Catalan vote goes ahead

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Police at Saint-Charles train station in Marseille on Sunday.

Deadly knife attack at Marseille train station

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Police were involved in a high-speed chase with a truck which flipped over near a downtown hotel.

Five injured in Canada after man attacks police officer with car, knife

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Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson addressing the UK Tory party conference in Manchester on Sunday.

Ruth Davidson shows how to burst Corbyn's bubble

Latika Bourke

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Can Australia afford to follow Trump over a cliff?

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

US rapper Macklemore found himself at the centre of Australia's same-sex marriage debate.

Same-sex postal survey is a time-wasting and costly diversion

COMMENT
Tony Walker

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Why didn't I blow the whistle? Because I knew I would never work again

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seen delivering a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide.

The awkward, brilliant genius of Elon Musk

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John McDuling

FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are ...

Is our fear of foreigners a result of evolution?

Ross Gittins

Unilever, the multinational company that owns Streets, wants to terminate an expired enterprise agreement covering ...

Threat of summer boycott on Paddle Pop, Gaytime and Magnum

Anna Patty Workplace Editor

Investor caution is one reason for the lack of company floats in 2017.

Listings dry up in weakest IPO market since 2012

Clancy Yeates

Credit card debt targeted by Douugh, financial 'personal assistant'

Clancy Yeates

Mice hit farms: 'We're really not getting on top of the problem'

Darren Gray

Will the sideways pattern break?

Timothy Moore

Uber drivers need licences in Queensland by January

Garfield Reynolds

Both sides have ample brewing riches to draw from.

The best beers to crack for the Grand Final

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

An acrylic bubble of a cabin maximizes underwater views.

Deep pockets: Aston Martin reveals its $5 million submarine

Luxury

We aren't always rational when it comes to our money.

Five 'nudges' that will make you money

Scott Phillips

Our biggest super funds are getting bigger by world standards, which bodes well for their members

Minnow super funds left behind by the giants

COMMENT
John Collett

Bridget McLister is the co-owner of One Sonny Day.

'It is killing my small business': PayPal under fire for freezing money

Cara Waters

David Templeton left Mediacom for Endentify.

Why I left my big corporate job bound for an SME

Nina Hendy

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Blaze rips through Lygon street building

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Clashes as Catalan votes on independence

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Trump to Tillerson: 'don't waste time on North Korea'

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Melbourne crowned 2017 NRL Premiers

Matt Golding

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Over 200,000 seek shelter in Northern Uganda

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Emma Stone (as Billie Jean King) and Steve Carell (as Bobby Riggs) are in a fight over equality in new film Battle of ...

Him v Her: most memorable big-screen battles of the sexes

Paul Byrnes

Helen Razer: "I'd be cranky as heck if I were a Millennial."

A housing solution for Millennials in Helen Razer opinion

Karen Hardy

Kim Gyngell at the Cricketers Bar at the Windsor.

Kim Gyngell on Top of the Lake, Jackie Chan and being dad at 65

Kerrie O'Brien

Beauty and the beast: Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) and James Lord (Armie Hammer).

Final Portrait is one of Rush's greatest works: review

Sandra Hall

Macklemore sound check rehearsal today ahead of tomorrow's NRL Grand Final. Must credit:?NRL Photos

Macklemore to donate proceeds of Same Love to 'yes' campaign

Will and Grace is back again and it's as if we never said goodbye.

Will and Grace review: As if we never said goodbye

Nathanael Cooper

Jessica Townsend's <i>Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow</i> was 10 years in the making.

Is this Australia's JK Rowling?

Linda Morris

Portrait of singer/songwriter Missy Higgins who is making her debut in a musical theatre show called Miracle City. 21st ...

Missy Higgins as you've never seen her before

Helen Pitt

Victorian Opera artistic director Richard Mills.

Victorian Opera to stage Australian premiere of William Tell

Bridget Davies

Performance art collective/prawn-worshipping sect Discordia.

Discordia review: Performance art a few prawns short of a BBQ

FRINGE FESTIVAL
Cameron Woodhead

Trashy perfection: Betty Grumble.

Gender-bending trash maestro Betty Grumble a revelation ★★★★★

FRINGE FESTIVAL
Anne-Marie Peard

Shane Warne's main concern after Valerie Fox assault accusation was being linked with women from the adult industry.

Shane Warne's main concern after assault accusation

Amy Croffey

From left, Claudia Shiffer, Donatella Versace, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen on the catwalk at ...

Versace's 'supers' moment and how much fashion hasn't changed

Natalie Reilly

Not every woman who is childless is so by choice.

What not to say to a childless woman over 50

Bibi Lynch

Different people: Nick Kyrgios (left) and Bernard Tomic.

Comparing Tomic and Kyrgios 'like comparing apples and pears'

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Art might not save lives – it might not cure cancer – but it is powerful.

The key to happiness, according to eight Aussie celebs

Here comes the bride: Annie Brown looking radiant on her wedding day.

I decided to skip the 'wed shred' and be myself on my wedding day

Annie Brown

Sharni Williams is an ambassador for Ocsober, which invites people to go alcohol-free for October and raise money to ...

Escaping the alcohol culture for Ocsober

Sarah Berry

"Charging Bull" and "Fearless Girl" face off against each other in New York.

Why aren't more women immortalised in stone?

Tracey Spicer

The world's best chocolate cake?

Is this Ottolenghi chocolate cake the world's best?

Chai brioche with peanut butter parfait.

All aboard the breakfast express at Northcote STN

Beetroot ash entree at Wildflower in Perth.

Adopting the six-season calendar in the Kimberley

Look for the tired signs.

Sleep guru's advice for adjusting to daylight saving time

Should kids' bedrooms be a TV-free zone?

Health and behaviour suffer if kids have TV in bedroom, new study

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Popular baby names banned in other countries

MSC Seaside: MSC's new 'beach condo' style cruise ship.

Here's what cruise ships will look like in the year 2027

Brian Johnston

Airbnb supports hosts, not guests, writes one reader.

Traveller letters: Our Airbnb rental was robbed, and no-one cared

Picos de Europa, Spain's oldest, and arguably most spectacular, national park.

New bucket list: The next 10 great adventures you need to add

Andrew Bain

A new version of the Nokia 3310 is coming to Australia.

A new Nokia 3310 is coming to Australia

The new pint-sized Sphero Mini is an affordable way to introduce kids to programming.

Sphero gets back to basics with mini robot

COMMENT

Elon Musk presents his plan for space transport in Adelaide.

'Around the world in one hour' - Musk's radical plan

Ben Grubb

The most distant active comet ever seen

Gizmodo
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Lockheed Martin's orbiting outpost would use NASA's Orion spacecraft as a command deck.

Lockheed Martin trumps Musk with Mars plans

The 1964 Lamborghini 350GT.

Car brands with unlikely origins

Ally Melville

2010 Toyota Rukus.

What to look out for when buying a used Toyota Rukus

David Morley

2018 BMW M5.

BMW Australia wants cheaper M5

Drive Staff

The Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV has claimed the SUV record time at the Nurburgring.

Is this the world's fastest SUV?

Stephen Ottley

Dirk Hartog Island was one of the first landing spots of Europeans in Australia.

Off road test: Jeep's new Trailhawk

Toby Hagon

2018 LDV D90 seven-seat SUV.

2018 LDV D90 details revealed

Drive Staff

Immortals-in-waiting: Cameron Smith is chaired off by Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk.

Storm farewell big three with premiership

Michael Chammas

Happy team: Race winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen sprays Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo third in Malaysian GP

Storm's Curtis Scott enjoys the moment.

Melbourne Storm dominate in crushing victory

Roy Ward

Malaysia-bound: Aaron Mooy will feature in the Socceroos' play-off against Syria.

Socceroos tune up for crucial Syria clash

Michael Lynch

Devil's in the detail: Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic announces his retirement with CEO John Tsatsimas at a ...

Popovic leaves Wanderers before season starts

Dominic Bossi

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