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President Donald Trump makes a statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at the White House ...

The worst shooting in US history, but so what?

ANALYSIS

Public servant and "yes" activist Jill Moran alleges she was defamed by the Coalition for Marriage.

I'm no extremist: 'No' camp hit with defamation claim

Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ...

British PM hopes Vegas massacre will 'shock' nation to 'take action'

Single-sex schools are becoming less popular.

Single-sex schools 'will disappear by 2035,' warns body

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2013, file photo, an employee of North Raleigh Guns demonstrates how a "bump" stock works at the ...

The politics of gun control and why Trump won't act

Jimmy Bartel opted against voting on the Norm Smith Medal panel.

Why Jimmy Bartel opted out of Norm Smith voting

Family keep an empty seat at the MCG for Tigers fan

'Better understanding than ever' of where MH370 might be: report

Silence finally broken: Letter could help solve 15-year mystery

Explosive claims stalled Stringer's search for new club: manager

Man tasered at Melbourne Airport after trying to storm flight

59 mins ago

Vegas

22 guns, 10,000 bullets: How a killer got his arsenal of firearms into a hotel

On June 26, 2016, the Cosco Shipping Panama container ship became the first vessel to use the new Panama Canal locks, ...

The greatest shortcut in the world will cost you $736,000 to take

The number of people killed in gun-related deaths.

Here's why Australians will never understand the US gun obsession

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform in 2006.

Tom Petty's final appearance showed measure of the man

Actress Helen Mirren wears a creation for L'Oreal Spring/Summer 2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris.

17 or 70? Helen Mirren, Jane Fonda hit the fashion runway

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Barcelona's Pique booed in Madrid after voting in referendum

Waleed Aly.

Aly decries 'incredibly ordinary' Las Vegas mass shooting

Emergency personnel treat a wounded person in Las Vegas.

How the tragic Las Vegas massacre unfolded

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Seeing colours and shapes when you get a migraine? Here's why

Las Vegas

Here's why authorities aren't calling the Vegas massacre an act of terror

A screenshot from video taken during the incident on Flinders Street on grand final day.

Why did no one run when Melbourne faced a potential threat?

'If you're out there, contact us': Husband's plea for Elisa's return

One-time Labor MP is out for revenge on Greens in Melbourne

Jaiden Walker

'All over a handshake': Night out to celebrate baby ends in tragedy

Peak-hour traffic congestion continues to worsen in Melbourne.

Plan to tax drivers to reduce congestion on our clogged roads

Bystanders watch as police approach the suspect.

Up to 50 witness to give statements after Flinders Street incident

The Skywalker.

Show ride for 'real thrill-seekers' shut down over harness issues

Robert Hampshire and Sally Hampshire in 2015

Society shrink's career in tatters over lewd calls

NSW
Kate McClymont

Rhys Liam Brown, 26, dances in his cell before he singed the screen of a CCTV camera.

Man set fire to cell using lighter ... stashed in buttocks

ACT

A 69-year-old man who had been living in a nursing home died in 2013 from septic shock (file picture).

Man dies from septic shock caused bed sores

QLD

Aaron Pajich's body was found in the backyard of an Orelia home in June 2016.

Women 'murdered teen, buried body under concrete'

UPDATED

An important step to dressing your bed is deciding what style you want. Sarah and Jason's room.

How many pillows is too many? Time to settle the debate

Home ownership rates among households headed by 25 to 34-year-olds fell between 1981 and 2016, from more than 60 per ...

Property and the Australian wealth gap, shown in three charts

Comment

October 3, 2017 NEW YORK TIMES Mies van der Rohe?s New National Gallery in Berlin, which is being restored to meet ...

The art to modernising a 'starchitect's' building

Best use of soft-furnishings. Winner: Lisa Burdus – Lisa Burdus Interior Design.

'Grown-up style': Australia's 50 best rooms revealed

An image from the development's website.

Amid bid to quell prices, Hong Kong apartment sells for $85m

Coral bleaching has returned to the Great Barrier Reef in 2017.

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Coral bleaching has returned to the Great Barrier Reef in 2017.

The amazing fixes that could help save the reef

COMMENT
Emma Johnston

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Australia's 51 most-loved children's books of all time

Suzi Catchpole

Police officers advise people to take cover near the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the ...

Las Vegas shooting: Lessons for America from Australia

COMMENT
Nicholas Kristof

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Justice Minister Michael Keenan have been working on new counter-terrorism law ...

Turnbull push for three big changes to terrorism laws

James Massola

I'm 'yes' but not an extremist: No camp hit with defamation claim

Michael Koziol

US cult of freedom fundamentalism is impervious to death

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Michelle (left) and Theresa (right) rally in support of same-sex marriage in Melbourne.

'The right call': Survey declared a success by Turnbull government

Michael Koziol

Former National Party of Australia leader and deputy prime minister, Tim Fischer.

US doing something massively wrong on guns, says Fischer

Eryk Bagshaw

Fraser Anning, who was third on One Nation's Queensland Senate ticket.

One Nation replacement avoids bankruptcy, is ready to step in

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, pictured with Australian Defence Force personnel, will meet with state and territory ...

Leaked agenda reveals plans for new terrorism offences

James Massola

A poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and PM Rami al-Hamdallah hangs on a street in Gaza City.

Palestinian PM crosses over to Gaza for reconciliation

A newly arrived Rohingya woman carries her child while in in a line to receive food ration in Kutupalong, Bangladesh.

Diplomats see only devastation in Rohingya villages

Lindsay Murdoch

Sean Bolger is comforted by a friend during a vigil for the people killed in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas shooting might be evil, but it's also banal

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

South Korean employees monitor possible ransomware attacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul earlier ...

North Korea opens up internet connection enabled by Russia

Early Hef had a pipe and suit and a highbrow reference for every occasion; he even claimed to have a philosophy, that ...

So long, Hugh Hefner, you lecherous, low-brow Peter Pan

COMMENT
Ross Douthat

Make your journeys more meaningful.

Mindfulness was a key factor in Richmond's victory

COMMENT
Tom Cartmill

Richmond player Nick Vlastuin

Decoding the grand final's hairy side

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino.

US gun stocks rise following Las Vegas shooting

Nassim Khadem

There have been numerous incidents of power supplies being cut to the homes of people on life support.

Power companies cut supply to people on life support

Cole Latimer

Stock prices displayed at the ASX.

ASX falls 0.5 per cent as Hurricane QBE hits

Jessica Sier

Gym owner, Luke Champion, uses Afterpay to pay for small purchases and he always makes his repayments on time

Buy now, pay plenty later: warnings sound on layby apps

John Collett

Reserve Bank keeps rates steady at 1.5 per cent

Patrick Commins

The three big threats to oil prices

Jessica Sier

QBE shares fall as natural disasters deliver $767m hit

Clancy Yeates

'It's sunk in now': Toyota's last day at Altona

UPDATED
Nick Toscano

After being upgraded to business, travelling on economy just became harder.

The simple reason why I can never travel economy again

Business Class
Tim Richards

Sally Fitzgibbons regularly swaps the waves for the running shoes.

'Why I run': The real reasons why ultrafit athletes love to run

The Long Run

Regulators have strongly supported open banking, which could help smaller players compete with the big four.

Fighting the 'lazy tax': the change that will help us get the best deals

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Chelsea Crichton is earning up to three times the interest on her savings after switching from her bank to peer-to-peer ...

Why Chelsea took all her savings and lent it to total strangers

John Collett

Lisa Valmorbida is the owner of Pidapipo gelato store.

Pidapipo under fire for gendered ice-cream

Cara Waters

Small business follows superannuation as a political football.

Small business the other political football

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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'Premature' to discuss gun policy: White House

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ABC presenters left speechless by live-to-air exit

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Toyota workers sad but hopeful on last day

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Meninga unveils Kangaroos World Cup squad

An elderly lady is applauded as she celebrates after voting at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan ...

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Waleed Aly.

Aly decries 'incredibly ordinary' Las Vegas mass shooting

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Keith Urban .

Country artists have ear of gun culture and need to speak up

COMMENT
Chris Richards

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform in 2006.

Tom Petty's final concert showed measure of the man

Michael Idato

Pop star Britney Spears recently completed a Las Vegas residency.

Las Vegas shooting shocks the casino strip's performers

Broede Carmody

Kendall Jenner leads the resistance in the Pepsi ad.

Kendall Jenner breaks silence over Pepsi ad backlash

Emily Yahr

Tom Petty performs during the Vegoose music festival in Las Vegas in 2006.

Celebrity tributes flow for rock icon Tom Petty

UPDATED

Melbourne Victory forward Mitch Austin.

'There goes Mitch': Victory star walks out of interview

Broede Carmody

Adam Spencer and the panellists discussed the rise of artificial intelligence.

Q&A; recap: Will the robots kill us all, and if so, when?

Neil McMahon

Ursula Searle, Aleeah Gabriel, Stephen Amos and Earl Marrows in <I>Death Match</I>.

Death Match explores onstage competition but misses its mark

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Flautist Emmanuel Pahud on stage with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

'World's greatest living flautist' takes to stage with ACO

Clive O'Connell

Undeniably cool, calm and collected:
Glenn Hughes.

Glenn Hughes brings firepower to Deep Purple tribute

REVIEW
Martin Boulton

Why do people do these things to each other? It was this question that nearly undid barrister Tim Marsh at the end of 2014.

The emotional toll of defending a child killer

Tim Marsh

Tramp Press Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen are tired of receiving submissions addressed to 'Sirs'.

Address your CV to 'Dear Sirs'? Don't expect a call

Clementine Ford

Rihanna

Does Rihanna's makeup live up to the inclusivity hype?

Cara Kelly

Kylie Minogue poses during the photocall for the Vogue Party during the Paris fashion week, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 1, ...

The street style is en pointe at Paris Fashion Week

The afternoon slump is common, but can be avoided.

The easiest way to avoid the 3pm slump

Sarah Berry

Actress Helen Mirren wears a creation for L'Oreal Spring/Summer 2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris.

Is 70 the new 17? Helen Mirren, Jane Fonda take Paris runway

Ariana Grande was one of the many celebrities who took to social media after learning of the Las Vegas attack.

'We need love... gun control': Celebrities react to Vegas

Kasey Edwards has heard enough horror stories of school sport to regard it as a nasty cesspit.

Why I'm uncomfortable about school sports

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

One of the age-old questions: does cheese come before or after dessert?

Does the cheese course come before or after dessert?

Beetroot pancake with Cashmere goat's cheese from Main Ridge Dairy and Yarra Valley salmon roe.

Meet the Mornington Peninsula's next hot winery-restaurant

Adam Liaw's cauliflower parmesan.

Cauliflower + parmesan = the easiest cauliflower cheese recipe

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner says 'yes' to her kids for an entire day

For now, it's perfect.

To the man who made me cry at the pool: thank you

My children are playful kids, they love to be outdoors.

My 'old-fashioned kids' have never used an iPad

Norwegian Air Ribbon Cutting Ceremony- June 29, 2013 tra14-flight Norwegian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...

On board world's longest budget airline flight: 10,885 km for $258

Natalie Paris

On June 26, 2016, the Cosco Shipping Panama container ship became the first vessel to use the new Panama Canal locks, ...

The greatest shortcut in the world will cost you $736,000 to take

Rob McFarland

There are about 10,000 people every month at this Phangan beach Full moon party, on December 10, 2011 in Koh Phangan , ...

Boozy Backpacker or Total Badasss? The nine types of travellers

Ben Groundwater

Professional driver Chelsea Angelo, and Porsche junior driver Matt Campbell, in Forza onesies.

Performance gamewear, or adult onesies?

An iPhone user in Taiwan reported that her phone split apart while it was charging.

Reports of iPhone 8 Plus 'splitting open'

The SNES Mini isn't much bigger than two original SNES cartridges stacked on top of each other.

Some of the greatest games ever made in one tiny, adorable box

Review

Amazon's Echo Spot wants to put an Alexa-powered smart screen in your home.

Do we want screens on our smart speakers?

COMMENT

Elon Musk presents his plan for space transport in Adelaide.

'Around the world in one hour': Elon Musk

The Volkswagen Amarok V6 can now tow up to 3.5 tonnes.

VW ups Amarok towing capacity

Dom Tripolone

2018 BMW 6-Series GT.

New BMW 6-Series prices revealed

Jonathan Hawley

Toyota's global president Akio Toyoda (centre) during his visit to the Altona factory in August.

Toyota global boss' secret visit

Stephen Ottley

2018 BMW M3 vs 1994 BMW M3

1994 BMW M3 v 2017 BMW M3

Toby Hagon

2018 Mercedes-Benz EQ C.

Best electric cars due in 2018

Ally Melville

Holden will offer a seven-year warranty until December 31, 2017.

Holden introduces seven-year warranty

David McCowen

On the move? Jake Lever.

Lever officially requests trade to Victorian club

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Jimmy Bartel opted against voting on the Norm Smith Medal panel.

Bartel opted out of Norm Smith voting for a shot at $350k

Pat Bartley and Jon Pierik

Jake Stringer with his representative Robbie D'Orazio of Connors Sports Management.

Explosive claims stall Stringer's search for new club

Ronny Lerner

Sharp-shooter: AFLW draft prospect Chloe Molloy finished the VFL home-and-away season with 32 goals.

Molloy set to be a 'big hit' of AFLW

Jon Pierik

Jack Trengove (left) with former teammate Jack Watts.

Delisted Trengove still has something to prove

Ronny Lerner

Steven Motlop of the Cats

Steven Motlop tours Gold Coast Suns facilities

Jon Pierik and Sam McClure

Josh Schache: A good fit for Richmond?

These are the Lions Richmond should look at in trade week

Jimmy Bartel

Jack Watts

Watts hopeful of staying with Demons

Ronny Lerner

Victorian cricketer Sam Harper

Harper's long road back from horror blow

Daniel Cherny

Melbourne Storm hero Billy Slater.

Slater to play on for Storm in 2018

Melissa Woods

Melbourne Victory forward Mitch Austin on ABC News 24.

Victory player suffers 'panic attack' during ABC interview

Greg O'Rourke at the A-League lauch on Tuesday.

A-League planning for crowd growth through Ten deal

Michael Lynch

Comeback: Mitchell Starc returns to competitive cricket for NSW on Friday.

Aussies ready to bombard England in Ashes

James Buckley

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