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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

Key minister's same-sex marriage survey prediction

Police on jetskis search for evidence at the beach near Anglesea.

Is it her? Questions abound after grim find near Anglesea

The budget office found the average tax rate will climb 2.3 per cent over the next five years.

$2000 more a year: Higher taxes to hit 1.6 million Australians

Donald Trump will not sleep at Buckingham Palace as the guest of the Queen.

No tea with her Maj: Trump's UK visit reportedly scaled down

The hacker has been named after Alf Stewart from the long-running soap Home and Away.

Hacker codenamed 'Alf' stole data about major Defence projects

Jake Stringer

Bombers work on new deal: Essendon close in on Bulldog Stringer

Joyce 'ignorance' defence would create 'more chaos'

Gary Ablett's path from Gold Coast to Geelong not easy

The one thing Sheree refused to give up when her life changed

Foreign buyers snap up more new homes than locals

Police investigate photo of topless woman wearing Tigers medal

UPDATED

The AFL's rewrite of its respect and responsibility policy is exposed.

Topless photo scandal: This is what should happen if Tigers player is guilty

Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson

In a report released by the Mayo Clinic, Hatha Yoga burnt the least amount of calories in an hour.

Sorry yoga, you're actually the worst kind of exercise

Sophie Monk as a unicorn on The Bachelorette Australia.

Sophie's monkey business brings out the animal in her men

As intergenerational living increasingly becomes a norm, there's a need to move beyond negative stereotypes of messy ...

Inside the bedrooms of adult Aussies who still live at home

pad thai

Man orders dish so spicy he'll 'regret being born'

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'Heaven' on earth: Farewell to the late Thai King

" If you never take a risk, life is boring.": Didi Taihuttu.

Father-of-three sold everything he had to bet on bitcoin

Actresses Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow both allege they were sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein.

Jolie, Paltrow accuse Weinstein as scandal deepens

karaoke

Why do people who can't sing love karaoke?

Christmas decorations

These are the Christmas decorations you will need this year

Sebastian Kennett, 20, has been on the run since he allegedly smashed a stolen white Lexus into a Toyota Yaris being ...

Suspected driver in a fatal hit-run will hand himself in, says friend

Five charged in relation to drive-by mosque shooting of crime kingpin

Probe on gold sales tax scam hits diamond trader Alex Mendieta

Ali Fahour outside Heidelberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Former AFL executive pleads guilty over knockout punch

Mr Draper in front of the unfinished Simonds house on the Wallan site last year.

How Shannon took on a building giant, and the watchdog - and won

Lynda Hansen was killed in the Oakleigh hit run. Picture: Supplied

Heartbroken family pay tribute to nurse killed in hit-run

The rainbow flag is flying over many public buildings, though not in Mount Alexander.

Council in chaos after voting 'no' to the rainbow flag

Tests are being carried out to determine what the pills are made of.

'Blue superman' pills cause mass overdose

NSW

A screenshot from the video posted to Facebook.

Maggots found on chicken bought at a Nando's eatery

NSW

There must be something in the water at the Rockingham news agent, which has returned over $6 million in prize money ...

Top shelf: Night fill worker stocks up with $1m Lotto win

WA

Hayley Dodd went missing near Badgingarra in 1999.

Missing teen 'lured into car, murdered within two hours'

WA

Melbourne house prices have consecutively risen for 20 quarters.

Slowest quarterly growth for Melbourne house prices in 3 years

The Block 2017 garage and studio week

The Block: Ronnie and Georgia win for what could be key at auction

Adam Simmonds, his wife Aston and their son Avan.

So, all these tiny houses ... where are you supposed to put them?

Chinese buyers, who make up about 80 per cent of all foreign property purchases in Australia, have grown wary.

Foreign purchasers buying 17% of Vic new homes: Credit Suisse

Julie Fowler, left, and Liz Victory Anderson in Ms. Rosman’s living room.

'I want to help:' When your best friend is an interior designer

Clementine Ford.

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Women are judged more for having messy houses and unkempt children than men are.

I'm tired of women judging themselves on their home

Clementine Ford

Eleven-year-old friends Alejandra Machillanda and Ariel Weffer.

Girls just wanna have ... fundamental equality

Miki Perkins

Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott

Treat technical education like university: Business Council

Peter Martin

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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

Peter Dutton predicts same-sex marriage 'yes' campaign will win

Bevan Shields

Turnbull should stand and fight Abbott on climate: Hewson

Mark Kenny

Hacker codenamed 'Alf' stole sensitive Defence project data

David Wroe

Territory: Tony Windsor and Barnaby Joyce.

'More chaos' if High Court accepts Barnaby Joyce ignorance defence

Adam Gartrell

The budget office found the average tax rate will climb 2.3 per cent over the next five years.

Higher taxes to hit 1.6 million Australians, report reveals

Eryk Bagshaw

Josh Frydenberg with then prime minister Tony Abbott in 2015.

'Climate change is real', Frydenberg reminds Abbott

James Massola

Refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani on Manus Island in April.

Manus Island refugees told they can go to Nauru

Michael Koziol

Charles, 100, and Sara, 98, here in an old family photo, were unable to leave their Napa home.

Inseparable couple, 98 and 100, die together in California fires

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe, right, greets the crowd in Fukushima, ...

Election race starts without woman who shook up politics

Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont waits to make his opening speech at the parliament in Barcelona.

Catalonia tiptoes to the brink of independence

Nick Miller

Austria has banned face coverings.

Man in shark costume falls foul of Austria's new burqa ban

Same sex marriage

A close mate is voting 'no'. Can we still be friends?

COMMENT
Jill Murphy

Marion Cotillard agreed to pose for Italian Vanity Fair under one condition – that she wouldn't be retouched.

We need to ban advertisements that sexualise women

COMMENT
Jacqueline Rousselot

Growth: Socceroo Tim Cahill says qualifying for the 2018 World Cup is vital for Australia.

Soccer shows Australians a funny truth about our place in the world

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer said the bank "experimented" with intelligent deposit machines.

Westpac dumped 'risky' intelligent ATMs

Clancy Yeates

Myer Chairman Paul McClintock.

Myer chairman Paul McClintock opts for quick clearance

Colin Kruger, CBD

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime was an unintentional beneficiary of Och-Ziff's bribes, the US Securities ...

From Melbourne to Mugabe: The Australian accused of sprawling corruption scheme

Sarah Danckert

The big banks are all trimming their credit card reward programs but fees are rising.

NAB slashes rewards points in major credit card shake-up

John Collett

Tie-up puts bounce back into Flying Kangaroo

Elizabeth Knight

ATO isn't being honest with us about the $2.5b corporate tax gap

Nassim Khadem

Push to open Australian doors for Indonesian workers

Jewel Topsfield

The health insurance problem that is difficult to fix

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Winter means swapping heavy scents for fresher ones, but stock up - your fave could be in the firing line.

Why your favourite cologne really doesn't smell as good as it used to

Grooming
Benjamen Judd

In a report released by the Mayo Clinic, Hatha Yoga burnt the least amount of calories in an hour.

Sorry yoga, you're actually the worst kind of exercise

Boot Camp

Geoff Wilson says the value of the pro bono support is well exceeding the investments in the charities.

Geoff Wilson's $6.8m funds aim to improve life for youth

Nassim Khadem

Early consumers of Radio Shack products, New York, 1983.

Technology marches on: The phrase that kills companies

Scott Phillips

"The data shows a significant number of the industry's TIO complaints are from customers moving to the NBN," a Telstra ...

Patchy internet costing Australia's small businesses big

Cara Waters

A large office open area that has a separate entrance, which also doubles as a family living room, would not qualify as ...

Is CGT payable on a home used to run a small business?

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Julie Bishop and the monkey men

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'Only a matter of time'

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Body washes up on Anglesea Beach

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Government to test new energy scheme

Clare McCutcheon, aka Henchwench Cosplay, who is the current Australian Cosplay Champion in character as a Death Knight ...

Fairfax photos of the week - October 6, 2017

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The epic 10 part Stan Original anthology series Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams - now streaming

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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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Sophie Monk as a unicorn on The Bachelorette Australia.

Sophie's Monkey business brings out the animal in her men

Karl Quinn

Australian Ninja Warrior was a ratings smash.

Channel Nine in 2018: what's returning and what's not?

Michael Lallo

As death looms days pass, but you wouldn't know it unless the script told you.

Survival romance reaches peak implausibility: review

Jake Wilson

Former 2Day FM hosts Dan Debuf and Maz Compton.

Commercial radio’s brutality laid bare by former star

Broede Carmody

Harvey Weinstein has allegedly been captured on a wiretap trying to lure model Ambra Battilana Gutierrez to a hotel room.

Rape allegations emerge as Weinstein scandal deepens

Michael Idato

Michael Hutchence and his infant daughter, Tiger Lily.

Hutchence doco unearths videos, photos and songs

Michael Lallo

Australian Survivor finalist Jericho.

Jericho has been crowned the winner on Australian Survivor

Aja Styles

<i>Game of Thrones</i> star Liam Cunningham.

Game of Thrones actor hints at intense security measures

Broede Carmody

As death looms days pass, but you wouldn't know it unless the script told you.

The Mountain Between Us reaches peak implausibility

REVIEW
Jake Wilson

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is a famous disciplinarian but also has a wicked sense of humour.

Riccardo Muti to add class to Australian World Orchestra in 2018

Barney Zwartz

Viewers can watch the projected images and the musicians and artists who make them.

Review: The magic of Dark Circus will captivate all ages

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Cameron Woodhead

Designer Donna Karan has drawn stinging criticism after appearing to justify Harvey Weinstein's actions.

Will fashion forgive Donna Karan's Weinstein remarks?

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

Harvey Weinstein, left, and his wife, fashion designer Georgina Chapman in 2012.

Georgina Chapman wants divorce from Harvey Weinstein

Clementine Ford.

I'm tired of women judging themselves on 'state' of home

Clementine Ford

Carla Zampatti fitting a model ahead of her winter 2018 launch.

Carla Zampatti pays homage to women's 'renewed confidence'

Jenna Clarke

The Duchess of Cambridge attends a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate World Mental Health Day.

Kate Middleton makes first public appearance in third pregnancy

Nicole Economos

It took decades before Camilla Martin realised what she was experiencing was not ''normal''.

'You don't know it's not normal': less than half of us recognise it

Sarah Berry

Melanie Greensmith has been designing varga girl fashion for 30 years and has now decided to close her label, Wheels and ...

Rock'n'roll fashion label Wheels and Dollbaby to close

EXCLUSIVE
Jenna Clarke

AYCCC national director Gemma Borgo-Caratti in her Haus of Dizzy earrings, with activist Larissa Baldwin.

Make a statement: Political earrings are a thing

Clare Press

Ice-cream sundae with brown butter peanuts and salted chocolate fudge.

October hit list: Where to eat and drink in Melbourne this month

Honey chicken with pickled ginger.

Neil Perry's quick honey chicken with pickled ginger

A negroni is surprisingly high in kilojoules.

Bitter sweet: the hidden kilojoules in your favourite tipple

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Why giving up alcohol made me a better parent

'Chicken fingers with shredded cabbage salad, bitter melon stir fry, agedashi tofu, carrot salad, rice, miso soup.'

This Japanese hospital food will blow your mind

Name your daughter after yourself, if that's what you want.

Isn't it time to start naming girls after their mums too?

Seoul's Incheon Airport is rated as one of the world's best.

Beyond Singapore and Dubai: Eight great alternative stopovers

Ben Groundwater

Whistler Village has a good range of boutiques, galleries, spas, hairdressers, bars, cafes and restaurants.

Twenty reasons you need to visit North America's 'Little Australia'

Kylie McLaughlin

The broken windows at the Mandalay Bay the gunman smashed before the deadly shooting.

What will Vegas hotel do with now-infamous shooter's room?

Travel

Why I'm not ever buying another travel SIM

The mini SNES lets a new generation of gamers revisit the classics, such as <i>Street Fighter II</i>, without a makeover ...

Chasing the perfect retro gaming look

COMMENT

Cloud giant Accenture's office in Pyrmont, Sydney.

Accenture leaves piles of secret data exposed to public internet

The cheapest way to get a new iPhone 8

Lifehacker

Sleep

Australia's sleepiest cities revealed

2017 Nissan Qashqai N-Sport

New Nissan Qashqai reviewed

Andrew Maclean

2018 Range Rover PHEV.

New Range Rover plug-in hybrid revealed

Dom Tripolone

Mazda will show off its Skyactiv-X technology in a new hatch concept.

New Mazda3 to be previewed

Dom Tripolone

The 2011 Honda CR-V has been subject to a Takata airbag recall.

Honda's concerns grow in Takata airbag recall saga

Alex Rae

The last Holden Commodore on the production line.

Production of last Holden underway

David McCowen

Audi's A4 range is crowned by the S4 performance car.

The sweet spot: Audi A4

Andrew Maclean

Jake Stringer

Dons work on new deal: Essendon close in on Stringer

Michael Gleeson and Peter Ryan

No deal: Jack Watts is unlikely to be heading to Geelong.

Geelong an unlikely new home for Watts: Cats

Sam McClure

The AFL's rewrite of its respect and responsibility policy is exposed.

AFL's clumsy efforts to rewrite respect policy exposed

Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson

Gary Ablett in his Geelong days.

Getting Ablett not easy for Geelong

Peter Ryan

Garry Hocking.

Hocking joins Pies as assistant coach

Daniel Cherny

Leaving the Lions: Tom Rockliff.

Lions will 'never forget' Rockliff

Daniel Cherny

Richmond fans watch training at Punt Road Oval in grand final week.

AFL stadium upgrade plan likely by end of year

Jon Pierik

It's understood the Pies' women's team have been slated to take on the Dockers on Saturday, February 10.

Pies women to make history

Daniel Cherny

David Carney celebrates with Bobo.

Treble beckons as Sydney FC ease into FFA Cup final

Michael Lynch

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou.

Postecoglou set to quit before 2018 World Cup

Mind the gap: Punters will have only 15 minutes between The Everest and Caulfield Guineas on Saturday.

States unable to see eye-to-eye on Everest timing

Chris Roots

Heavy penalty: Australia's Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios fined $40K for Shanghai walk-off

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou with his charges at the extra-time break.

180 minutes left to decide Australia's World Cup fate

ANALYSIS
Michael Lynch

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