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Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivers a statement in the Prime Minister's courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

The mad king who couldn't accept the reality of his fall

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Marketable: Other clubs are interested in Mitchell Pearce if the Roosters want to offload him in favour of Cooper Cronk.

Pearce not feeling the love at Roosters while club woos Cronk

Australian freelance writer Frank Palmos in Vietnam in 1968.

Australian man cited in US files on Indonesia's communism purge

Woolworths supermarkets could be affected by strikes at warehouses.

Major supermarket faces wave of strikes as 2000 threaten to walk

Kevin Rudd dedicated his election win in 2004 to his mother.

After the death of my mother, one man chose to mock me

Kevin Rudd

Dee Heath, a businesswoman who has invested in Bitcoin on the side, at the pole dancing fitness gym she owns in Arndell ...

Dee tripled her money in three months, but it wasn't without risk

Jo's first day's takings were $1873. Then a giant landed on her patch

Kim's nuclear site just visibly shifted and now concern it's exhausted

German police detain suspect after knife attack in Munich

UPDATED

A stock market panic like 1987 could happen again

COMMENT

I'm signing up to the middle class protest against share bikes

COMMENT
Richard Glover

Stephen Moore celebrates after the Wallabies' win over the All Blacks.

At last! Wallabies beat All Blacks in famous win at Suncorp Stadium

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Fairfax Media Columnist, Author and staunch Republic campaigner, Peter Fitzsimons, photographed at his home in Cremorne. ...

The paparazzi give chase and I can only shake my head

FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, Rose McGowan arrives at the LA Premiere Of "DIOR & I" held at the Leo S. Bing ...

The #MeToo movement has been painful, but it was worth it

COMMENT

Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson: "A working relationship, that's all".

In truth, the 'boys club' label doesn't quite fit on Channel Nine

PS

American singer Justine Skye took a knee during her performance of the US national anthem at an NBA game.

US singer takes knee during NBA performance of national anthem

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Hunt for serial killer renewed

Karl Stefanovic was expected at the Caulfield Cup with his girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough.

Karl Stefanovic a no-show amid Today Show speculation

Delays and rumoured cost-blowouts for James Packer's new $100 million boat are causing some headaches for the casino mogul.

PS

Choppy waters as James Packer clears the decks

Ricciardo has had some setbacks throughout his career, but has constantly fought his way back.

Ricciardo 'surprised' by Red Bull's long-term signing

<i>Cyclochila australasiae</i>, more commonly known as the green grocer cicada, sheds its nymph exoskeleton.

Every child was fascinated with cicadas. Turns our they were right

Thousands of people march in support of Marriage equality near Victoria Park in Sydney on Saturday.

'A final push': At least 15,000 march in support of gay marriage

Sarah Muller

Man, 20, dies after being struck by utility vehicle at Gladesville

'Drug ring's $150,000 cash drop' at Tax Office HQ

EXCLUSIVE

The 22-year-old man was arrested at a home in Greystanes about 7am on Saturday.

Driver arrested after 121km/h hit-and-run

Six young Sydney tradies have won $2.73 million each in the Powerball jackpot.

'That's mad!': Six young Sydney tradies win $16.4 million jackpot

An artist impression of Mirvac's proposed $1.3 billion development along Carrington Road, Marrickville.

Labor leads inner west battle against mega-apartment project

Atlassian's Mike Cannon Brookes in their George Street Offices, Sydney - Monday 28th August 2017 AFR photo Louie Douvis .

Sydney-based software giant on brink of joining the $US10b club

Greg Mitchem and his son Harley. Greg was killed on Friday night after striking his head after a brawl outside a pub in ...

'Can't believe it's real': Son mourns death of father in pub brawl

VIC

The bodies of two men have been recovered from the sunken fishing trawler Dianne on Saturday.

Two bodies recovered from sunken trawler as debris hampers search

QLD
1 hr ago

Police are investigating the events leading up to the shooting.

Man shot by police in Adelaide after motel confrontation

Australia has one of the lowest rates of home ownership among OECD countries, according to a new report.

Welfare spending rises as home ownership declines: report

Sydney's real estate has changed over time - but the prestige of waterfront has remained a constant.

40 years ago Bankstown was more expensive than Leichhardt

The aim was a comfortable, quiet building with an upstairs living room to make the most of the views of Bass Strait and ...

Between a shack and a suburban house: The low-key holiday house

Thomas McGlynn of The Agency prepares to sell the home for $1.27 million.

Two-bedroom Surry Hills apartment sells for $1.27 million

Darren Palmer. Photo: Courtesy Channel Nine.

The suite spot: Where to start when designing a master bedroom

Darren Palmer

Kim Ellis, executive director at Sydney's Botanic Gardens and Centennial Parklands.

Botanic Gardens director spills on Sydney's best kept secret

Darren Perry at Psyche Bend Lagoon, near Mildura. In background is algae forming as a result of high water temperatures ...

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Darren Perry at the Kings Billabong near Mildura.

NSW 'destroying' plan to save Australia's vital rivers

INVESTIGATION
Nicole Hasham

Former Brethren member and spokesperson Tony McCorkell: “I deeply regret my part in keeping the lid on" child sexual abuse.

Witness in Exclusive Brethren case paid for his silence

Michael Bachelard

For some jurors, legal proceedings are too complex and protracted.

The majority verdict: We need to look after our jurors

Editorial

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott during Question Time at Parliament House, in Canberra on Monday 16 October 2017. ...

Turnbull shuts down Abbott, and the room applauds

Victoria has just voted to remove its most basic human right: Keating

Mark Kenny, National Affairs Editor

Food, water, power to be cut at Manus as refugees forced to depart

Michael Koziol, Immigration correspondent

Julie Bishop North Korea letter

Julie Bishop reveals 'unprecedented' North Korea letter

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

A friend for life: Eddie the rescue dog.

Asylum seekers now need government approval to buy a pet

Michael Koziol, Immigration reporter

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop.

No need for Bishop to apologise for Jacinda Ardern outburst: PM

Bianca Hall, Fergus Hunter

The government wanted to raise fees by $2000 to $3600 for a four year course, with a maximum payment of $50,000 for a ...

Turnbull's $2.8 billion university funding cuts killed in the Senate

Eryk Bagshaw

Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister.

Spain pushes to sack Catalan government, call regional election

1 hr ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening session of China's 19th Party Congress at the Great ...

How China's power transfer affects Australia

Kirsty Needham

Australian freelance writer Frank Palmos in Vietnam in 1968.

Australian cited in files on Indonesia's communism purge

Jewel Topsfield

Mami Yuli, an Indonesian transgender woman.

Suspicion LGBT rights 'Western agenda' fuels Indonesian crackdown

Television personality Lisa Wilkinson quit Channel Nine's <i>Today</i> show reportedly over a lack of pay parity.

Lisa Wilkinson has put the spotlight on pay fairness. How does Australia compare?

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Malcolm Turnbull nobbled by the source with no name

COMMENT
Imre Salusinszky

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and Peter FitzSImons

The paparazzi give chase and I can only shake my head

Peter FitzSimons

BHP shareholders tell chairman MacKenzie what they really think

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The second stage of The Glen's $460 million transformation will offer a new contemporary food gallery, to be unveiled in ...

Amazon's arrival, like Christmas, is not that far away

Carolyn Cummins

A supplied image of the launch campaign for the new Debenhams Australia. October 19, 2017.

Debenhams dishes tough love to discounting 'addicts'

Melissa Singer, Fashion editor

Billionaire retailer Solomon Lew will vote against the elections of chairman-elect Garry Hounsell as well as Julie Ann ...

Myer to feel the wrath of Solomon at AGM

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Dee's Bitcoin investment tripled in months. But there are risks

John Collett

Fiery US watchdog has 'A-team' geared up for Rio stoush

Ruth Williams

Bitcoin's market cap reaches $US100b as it peaks above $US6000

It's been a bad hangover but pay rises are coming

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

The V90 is more crossover wagon than pure luxury machine

How one of the world's safest car brands suddenly got sexy

Cars
Toby Hagon

Hotel gyms can often lack the essentials, but HIIT requires nothing but bodyweight.

HIIT and run: The art of staying fit while travelling

Fitness

Panic selling on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 19, 1987.

Lessons from the past: 1987 sharemarket crash and the GFC

Daryl Dixon

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Ask Noel: does Centrelink recognise prenups?

Noel Whittaker

Subtle indoctrination begins in childhood.

How Disney films limit women's careers

COMMENT
James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, says the decision serves as a reminder to large businesses to review their ...

Court rubbishes JJ Richards small business contracts

Cara Waters

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'Identity politics is out of control': Paul Ryan

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Iraqi forces complete takeover of Kirkuk

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Fairfax journo flies high for charity

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Assisted Dying Bill: how it happened

Opera singer Toti dal Monte with two chefs cooking, New South Wales, ca. 1928, 2 [picture]. [nla.pic-vn6296845]

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Contrived: Elizabeth Gillies as Fallon and Nathalie Kelley as Cristal.

Dynasty review: 'A contrived and anachronistic soap opera'

Michael Idato

Artists Harriet Gillies and Natalie Abbott performed their piece Watermelon at the Underbelly Arts Festival last week.

The rise of the experimental arts festival

Joyce Morgan

"I've been convinced for some time that my daemon is a scruffy, scrawny, shabby old bird with dusty feathers," Pullman says.

Philip Pullman's Book of Dust draws Australian inspiration

Linda Morris

"I want people to be caressed by the light," says Rist. "I hope that the next day, when they go outside, they are more ...

Pipilotti Rist: 'I want people to be caressed by the light'

Richard Jinman

Sean Penn has demanded Netflix make changes to an upcoming documentary.

Actor Fights With Netflix Over El Chapo Documentary

John Koblin

Lisa Wilkinson at the Women of Influence Awards in 2016.

Wilkinson's money dispute highlights inconvenient truth

Michael Lallo

Lupita Nyong'o has written about her "extremely uncomfortable" interactions with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Lupita Nyong'o accuses Harvey Weinstein of harassment

Broede Carmody

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2016 file photo, director Quentin Tarantino poses for photographers at the opening ceremony of ...

Tarantino on Weinstein: 'I knew enough to do more than I did'

Jodi Kantor

Opera Australia's Sara Kolijn. Supplied pic, 2017.?

Bargains galore (just ignore the blood stains)

Nick Galvin

Nat Randall on the set of her 24 hour show, The Second Woman, at Carriageworks, Sydney. 19th October 2017 Photo: Janie ...

An exhausting, intense marathon: 100 men in 24 hours

Garry Maddox

Cirque du Soleil TORUK - The First Flight

'I've had cheese pretzels with more narrative content'

John Shand

FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, Rose McGowan arrives at the LA Premiere Of "DIOR & I" held at the Leo S. Bing ...

Why the #MeToo movement is worth the pain

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Jessica Gomes at the Caulfield room at the 2017 Caulfield Cup.

Caulfield Cup celebrity guests

Jasmine Yarbrough flying solo at the Caulfield Cup.

Karl Stefanovic a no-show at Caulfield Cup after 'full-on' week

Melissa Singer

Sam Armytage, Jesinta Franklin, Kellie Hush and Sally Obermeder at Bazaar in Bloom on Wednesday.

Don't ask Samantha Armytage about Lisa Wilkinson's move

Social Seen
Amy Croffey

Get nude to gain confidence?

Nude yoga: can it have a positive impact on self-esteem?

Cat Rodie

Julia Louis-Dreyfus arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards last month.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus shares selfie after second round of chemo

Nicole Economos

"I moved to LA for love... honestly I was afraid and didn't know how I would be."

Abbie Cornish: 'I don't need to be famous'

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Prince William embraces his bald patch sporting a closely cropped cut.

Are you worried about thinning hair? We've got you

Stephanie Darling

Wildflower at COMO The Treasury, Perth.

Spare no expense: Ultimate fantasy tour of Australia's best dishes

Terry Durack

There are many other criteria other than age in which to choose travel groups.

Traveller letters: Age, schmage! Outrage over ageism in travel

Melbourne is known for it's shopping culture: Flinders Lane.

Forget about it, Sydney: Why Melbourne is Australia's capital of style

Andrea Black

Cheers!

Victoria Beckham criticised for letting son enjoy "happy hour"

Mothers use a similar tone across many diverse languages.

Baby talk is more sophisticated than you might think

Losing a pet is devastating.

Should kids have the day off school for the death of a pet?

Rodney Dunn's strawberry shortcake with rosewater cream.

An Agrarian Kitchen spring feast: Rodney Dunn's seasonal recipes

Inside <i>Good Food Guide</I> Bar of the Year, Arlechin, which has had plenty of people coming in offering congratulations.

After the Awards: what's next for Australia's top chefs?

The pappardelle green vegetable ragu at Mr Liquor's.

Pinbone's bottleshop pop-up Mr Liquor's Dirty Italian Disco is go

Tiny and simple, the Nokia 3310 3G is tough to recommend for anything other than nostalgic appeal, even at $90.

The Nokia 3310 is better left in the past

Review

Co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar continue to own more than half of the company.

Atlassian on the brink of joining $US10b club

The new Sonos One brings Amazon and Google's smart assistants into your home without sacrificing on sound quality.

Hands on Sonos' first smart speaker, the Sonos One

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Surface Book 2

Hands on with Microsoft Surface Book 2

Kotaku

A cardboard turntable, designed by a DJ, used by people who don't like vinyl.

Would you use a cardboard turntable?

The final Holden and HSV performance cars were Drive favourites.

Looking back on Holden's VF Commodore

David McCowen

2018 Audi A8.

2018 Audi A8 new car review

Jonathan Hawley

The last Holden will be a V8-powered SS Commodore

The final Australian-built car

Toby Hagon

2018 Mercedes-AMG GT S

2017 Mercedes-AMG GT S review

Alex Rae

Holden has written the last chapter in the history of Australian car manufacturing

Could the Australian car industry have been saved?

Andrew Maclean

Holden closed its Australian factory after building its final car.

Holden factory closes after last Commodore built

David McCowen

Wallabies players react after winning.

At last! Wallabies beat All Blacks 23-18 in famous win at Suncorp

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Potential Collaborators: Mitchell pearce and Cooper Cronk.

Roosters want Cronk to make Pearce best half in the game

Andrew Webster

Joshua Brilliante celebrates scoring a goal

Brillante finish: Sydney FC snatch dramatic draw against Wanderers

Dominic Bossi

Seizing the moment: Israel Folau shows a look for sheer determination after scoring against the All Blacks.

This time, Cheika knew his team could deliver at critical moment

Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

Willing: Kurtley Beale was always looking for more work.

After a year to forget, rugby gives fans a night to remember

COMMENT
Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

Unexpected: David Hayes and young Kiwi jockey Cory Parish enjoy their breakout triumph.

Boom Time boilover a Caulfield Cup fairytale for Parish and Hayes

Chris Roots

Fly free: Maddie Groves has been cleared to swim at the Commonwealth Games after beating an anti-doping testing violation.

Whereabouts app 'breaches' in spotlight after Groves beats ban

EXCLUSIVE
Phil Lutton

Easy passage: Nelson Larkins of the Adelaide 36ers breaks past Dane Pineau and Adam Thoseby at Titanium Security Arena ...

Adelaide thump woeful Kings as season goes from bad to worse

Steve Barrett

Marketable: Other clubs are interested in Mitchell Pearce if the Roosters want to offload him in favour of Cooper Cronk.

Pearce not feeling the love at Roosters while club woos Cronk

Danny Weidler

Ready for the challenge: Garth Brennan belives he can transform the Titans into the "benchmark of the NRL".

Coaching Titans will be Brennan's easiest job

Adrian Proszenko

South Sydney have re-signed Sam Burgess before he become a free agent on November 1.

Rabbits secure Burgess brothers before November frenzy

Adrian Proszenko

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