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Treasurer Scott Morrison has commissioned the report on changing the way the Commonwealth delivers grants.

Review tipped to penalise states that refuse to mine gas

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in ...

Kim Jong Un praises North Korea's powerful nuclear program

Valerie Jarrett, top adviser to then Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama

How the 'ultra-influential' NRA foiled gun reform

Ugle will be detained in custody for an indefinite term.

Dangerous WA sex offender back in prison indefinitely

Phil Hickey

Safety concerns have been raised over babysitting posts on Airtasker.

QLD dad labelled 'sicko' for changing son's nappy in parents' room

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock in an undated photograph provided by his brother Eric.

Numbers on note in Las Vegas hotel room helped gunman aim

WA elderly woman dies in hospital after cement truck crash

How a girl who left daycare full of joy was dead two days later

Car submerged: Burst water main causes flooding chaos

UPDATED

Sydney nurse dies on honeymoon in Fiji after mystery illness

UPDATED

President Donald Trump is on track to win re-election in 2020

COMMENT
Doug Sosnik

Callum Mummery was just 16.

'Shattered lives': Family left heartbroken after Friday night fatal crash

UPDATED
Phil Hickey

AFL trade prospects

On the move - your guide to the 2017 AFL trade period

Ford (right) with Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049, which picks up three decades after the original.

'Friends? I can hardly find time to see my accountant': Harrison Ford

Today's Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons say 'I do' ... again.

Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons say 'I do' ... again

"I was just pretty much swiping on anyone'': Matthew Neale used Tinder to meet other travellers and locals during a ...

Tinder replaces Lonely Planet as essential tool for travellers

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Wallabies finish second in The Rugby Championship

Writer Alicia Young, who bought a property in Chile.

More Aussies looking overseas for the great 'Australian' dream

Kerry O'Brien presented Lateline when it premiered in 1990.

Kerry O'Brien and Maxine McKew reflect on Lateline's demise

May signals Johnson could be sacked

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Shorten pledges to overhaul energy market and ...

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Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett: Why we ...

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Hill polled 158 votes from his 22 games to win the Doig Medal.

Bradley Hill claims Dockers Doig Medal in first season

Phil Hickey

Missing women: One found safe and well, the other is still missing

UPDATED
Phil Hickey

Hotel industry worried as Airbnb nets WA homeowners millions

Heather McNeill

There were shark sightings in Dawesville and Scarborough.

Jaws-ville: Repeated sightings of sharks south of Perth

Lauren Grey

This shot was taken after the first prescribed burnoff.

Prescribed burns leave parts of Perth blanketed in smoke

Hannah Barry

Drivers would have to legally slow down when passing emergency vehicles on the roadside.

New SLOMO road laws on the radar for WA drivers

Phil Hickey

The new UberVINO app will drive you and your friends around the Swan Valley.

Uber can be designated driver on your next wine tasting to Valley

David Prestipino

RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter at Mackay Base Hospital

Woman suffers burns after falling into campfire

QLD

Property billionaire and political donor Chau Chak Wing.

Big political donor has secret Beijing ties: court

Michael Bachelard

Sharron Phillips has been missing since 1986 and is presumed dead.

Police name taxi driver as killer, 31 years on

QLD

Two teens have died after a car they were travelling in hit a tree south of Perth.

Two teens killed after car hits tree in Perth

Same sex marriage survey is posted back to the Australian Bureau of statistics.

Same-sex marriage: Zero complaints made under post rules

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Lawyers condemn move to hold 10-year-old terror suspects

Australians opposed to Adani coal mine and $1b loan: poll

Nick Xenophon, posing for a photograph after announcing his plan to quit the Senate, could seize an influential role in ...

X-man to Ex-man: Nick Xenophon brings a dangerous X-factor

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Senator Nick Xenophon

Nick Xenophon to quit Senate and run for state seat

Mark Kenny

Nick Xenophon toasts the news that he's a British citizen earlier this year.

Sketch: Xenophon explains his real reasons for leaving Canberra

SKETCH
Tony Wright

The 50-year-old had Fitzy and Wippa in raptures by "dabbin"; an arm-thrust dance move that stopped being popular in 2015.

Shorten and Turnbull take the rap in their battle for FM dominance

SKETCH
Eryk Bagshaw

A fireball explodes in the air above the shattered streets of west Mosul on July 3, 2017.

Fairfax photojournalist Kate Geraghty wins international award

Jewel Topsfield

Voters made it clear that they trusted Clinton vastly more than Trump on the use of nuclear weapons.

Clinton calls Russian information war a 'clear and present danger'

Chris Zappone

"I'm the PM, and part of my job is to make sure I always have the best people in my cabinet": UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

British PM Theresa May signals Boris Johnson could be sacked

The Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets search in the rubble after airstrikes hit in Khan Sheikhou.

In Syria, civilian casualties soaring in cease-fire zones

Phubbing is a phenomenon.

Phone snubbing: how to tell you're doing it

COMMENT
James Adonis

Jo Green is 35 and has had four career changes.

'Not worth it': At what age you're unhappiest at work

Anna Patty

Australia's gun buyback resulted in about 1 million newly banned weapons being destroyed en masse.

The killer quirk hiding in Australia's gun laws

Nick O'Malley

President Barack Obama talks backstage with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett before a reception at the Hyatt at the ...

Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett: Why we failed on gun control

Nassim Khadem

Investors were being turned off by affordability constraints in Sydney and Melbourne.

Flat open expected for Aussie sharemarket

Rio Tinto exited its controversial stake in Bouganville Copper Limited in 2016.

Plans to restart giant Bougainville mine stall

Jonathan Barrett

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling vehicles to replace airbags as a precautionary safety measure.

Jaguar Land Rover recalls 17,000 vehicles over airbag fears

Anna Patty

'Lies': Aussie with A-list connections denies fraud claims

Sarah Danckert

Why Netflix has to increase its prices in Australia

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Why Australia has always been lost in space

COMMENT
Eryk Bagshaw

How big Australian companies ranked on human rights report

Adele Ferguson

Darren Palmer. Photo: Courtesy Channel Nine.

An open (living) and shut case: Which floor plan is best for you

The bright and airy kitchen and dining area of High House.

Renovated Edwardian defying all expectations of terrace living

The Toodyay “shack” by Paul Wakelam reflects diverse and intriguing strands of influence

The 'rude' holiday home that comes with its own jetty

October 6, 2017 STEPHANIE PEGLER Contributing Writer The Perth office of architecture firm Woods Bagot in the old Palace ...

Tenants get more bells and whistles in their Perth offices

We are in a new era of "neuro-architecture", in which psychological insights are changing the way we think about urban ...

Stress and the city: Why 'neuro-architecture' is so important

Turn your work trip into a technology-enhanced experience.

Digital upgrade: 19 of the best tech for the savvy traveller

Technology
Mark Gambino

Just how comfortable are you on first dates with some "Dutch courage".

Why do people judge you if you don't drink on the first date?

Self Improvement

The family economics equation: parents give very unequally while they are alive, but provide to have their estates ...

Why some kids get more cash from their parents than their siblings

COMMENT
Rebecca Valenzuela

STRESS AFR 100722 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC tablet, pill, pharmaceutical, drug company, pain, relief, ...

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

John Collett

Adam Schwab, founder of Luxury Escapes, in Luxury Escape's pop up store in Melbourne.

Selling champagne travel on a beer budget

Cara Waters

Toni Joel and Nikki Horovitz are the founders of tonic.

Breaking into the Chinese daigou market

Christine D'Mello

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Reynolds endures drenched conditions to win Bathurst

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Angry Puerto Ricans confront Pence

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Missing body parts of journalist Kim Wall found

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Top Aussie athletes say 'yes'

Matt Golding

Best of Fairfax cartoons Oct 9

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Reap what you sow… Season 4 of The Last Ship - now streaming only on Stan.

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Over 200,000 seek shelter in Northern Uganda

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Ford returns as a much-older Deckard in Blade Runner 2049.

'Friends? I can hardly find time to see my accountant': Harrison Ford

Robbie Collin

Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland and Megan Mullally as Karen Walker became the stand out stars of Will and Grace.

How Will & Grace's Jack and Karen became the stars

Michael Idato

Robert Pattinson as Connie even makes 16-year-old Crystal, played by Taliah Webster, an accomplice in Good Time.

Good Time review: Robert Pattinson hits his stride

Craig Mathieson

Tim Rogers, Sophie Ross (singing) and musician Xani Kolac in What Rhymes with Cars and Girls.

You Am I frontman's first solo album lives again in new show

Elissa Blake

Fearless: Idris Elba in The Mountain Between Us.

Idris Elba's and the tough climb to the top

Stephanie Bunbury

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile were smitten with each other.

When Courtney Barnett met Kurt Vile

Andrew Stafford

Sydneysider Kristi Wade runs about 14 kilometres on stage during each performance of Toruk.

Behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil's Avatar-inspired show

Lissa Christopher

Freddie Mercury, fronting Queen, in their performance at Sunbury rock festival in 1974.

Nude, rude and rockin': new book tells all about Sunbury festival

Carolyn Webb

The new UberVINO app will drive you and your friends around the Swan Valley.

Forget spitting... Uber offers wine tasting tour

David Prestipino

Tom Cullity with the first Vasse Felix vines in late 1960s.

The 'mad doctor' who made Margaret River

David Prestipino

The tasting team make their way through Aldi's new wines for sale across Perth.

Aldi wine tasting: $8 wines are great value

David Prestipino

Lucie Robson found Tinder "quite a good resource" during a five-month solo trip to Canada and the US.

How Tinder turned into an essential tool for tourists

Andrew Taylor

Today's Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons say 'I do' ... again.

Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons say 'I do' ... again

Amy Croffey

Cassandra Thorburn at The Australian Women's Weekly Women of the Future Awards on Wednesday.

How Thorburn celebrated her divorce from Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Scarlett Johansson seems to want to keep her relationship with Colin Jost very low-key.

When celebrities are ashamed of their relationships

Natalie Reilly

Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis in a scene from "Sex and the City 2".

Kim Cattrall spills the beans on 'bad blood' with SJP

Andrew Hornery

Camilla Franks.

Inside the wardrobe of three Australian fashion favourites

Jenna Clarke

Jimmy Choo at private drinks and dinner hosted by American Express at Café del Mar, Sydney, on Tuesday.

'Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee?' Prince Harry's Jimmy Choo mix-up

Amy Croffey

Gone are the days of wearing a simple black pair- leggings have been injected with a serious dose of funk.

Sorry, but I still can't embrace leggings as pants

Elizabeth Fritz

Research shows a gender bias.

You do have a favourite child - and it's costing you money

Princess Bride

The 14 '80s movies you NEED to show your kids

I’d officially given up – cereal for dinner it was.

Breakfast dinner is a thing, right?

Pork cutlets with fennel, apple and macadamia salad.

Weekly meal planner: Easy recipes to keep the whole family happy

Alyce Alexandra's cheat's vanilla slice.

How to make cheat's vanilla slice with a Thermomix

Focus on skill: Chefs Danielle Alvarez, Josh Niland and Daniel Puskas.

And the Good Food Guide finalists for Chef of the Year are...

Cooper leapt from a Northwest Boeing 727 similar to this.

The mystery thief who jumped from a flight and changed plane design

Michael Gebicki

Australian passport generic

Traveller letters: If you're robbed overseas, be glad you're Australian

Thousand Lakes Lodge, Tasmania.

Abandoned for years, this building is now an isolated Australian lodge

Peter Munro

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says NBN Co is doing 'an extraordinary job'.

Malcolm Turnbull feels public's pain on NBN

The Google Inc. Pixel 2 XL smartphone is displayed during a product launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on ...

Google on 'AI-first' approach to hardware

The classic Moon Patrol from 1982, widely credited with introducing parallax scrolling in side-scrolling video games.

A walk through San Francisco's Musée Mécanique

COMMENT

Razer Blade Stealth

This is the MacBook clone I always wanted

Kotaku

'Google Maps is wrong': The sign erected by Valley View Road.

Maps error takes tourists to dead end

2018 Subaru WRX STI.

Subaru WRX STI reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Jim Richards won three Bathurst 1000 crowns with Peter Brock.

The legends of Bathurst

Ally Melville

It has been 25 years since the Nissan GT-R took line honours at Mount Panorama.

Godzilla returns to Bathurst

Andrew Chesterton

2017 Toyota GR HV Sports Concept

Next-gen Toyota 86 to be hybrid

Andrew Maclean

Koenigsegg beat the Bugatti's recently set 0-400-0km/h record time.

Koenigsegg breaks Bugatti's record

Dom Tripolone

Toyota has updated the RAV4 range for 2018.

Toyota updates RAV4

Stephen Ottley

Speedster: Marika Koroibete takes off against the Pumas.

Hodge stars with two tries in Wallabies win over Argentina

Tom Decent

AFL trade prospects

On the move - your guide to the 2017 AFL trade period

Jockey Hugh Bowman on Winx

Happy 21st! Wonderful Winx extends winning streak

Michael Lynch

Over and out: Veteran Hawk after his final match for the club, against the Western Bulldogs in round 23.

Hodge: I couldn't have stayed with Hawks

Video footage allegedly showed Stokes involved in a late-night street fight in Bristol.

England confirm Stokes will miss Ashes unless cleared by police

Nick Hoult

Elliot Yeo chats to the media after his win.

Top dog: Swingman Yeo caps stellar season at Eagles

David Prestipino

Zac Clarke in action for the Dockers.

Dockers delist back-up ruckmen after rookie's strong season

Trevor Gleeson's team after defending their NBL title.

Wildcats unleash import for NBL season opener