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The scene at the 10-vehicle crash on the Monash Freeway

'War zone': Ten vehicle crash on Monash Fwy

Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle.

RBA: 'Our central forecast will almost certainly be wrong'

Ellyse Perry

Perry forced out of Ashes attack for 'dangerous bowling'

Jade Goodwin

Woman charged with murder over Hastings man's death

Clergy sexual abuse survivors Tony Wardley and Dominic Ridsdale at St Alipius Parish.

Some child sexual abuse victims locked out of compensation scheme

firestation

Fire station cost $5m to build. It was demolished within a year

'I'm tough': Northcote poll gets nasty as trauma trawled

Being gay 'disordered behaviour': 'no' activist fails to follow script

When off-the-record is turned on, it's not just careers that lie in ruin

ANALYSIS

'Tail between their legs': Packer concedes global expansion failed

Young Rich List: Under 40, rolling in it and Insta famous

Conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham will soon take the coveted 10pm slot on Fox News, completing a rise to ...

'The Trump red meat': Meet the woman at the top of the far right

Sophie Monk stars in the upcoming season of The Bachelorette.

Heartbreak and high: How did the chosen one win Sophie's heart?

Blockbuster first-round clash to open AFL season 2018

EXCLUSIVE

We can pretty much guarantee this will happen if you visit Melbourne.

'I think it's this way': Is this how we should be selling Melbourne?

Body Scrub

There's 90,000 people on the wait list for this body scrub

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Tigers saved from Syrian zoo gets new home

Sophie Monk has chosen Stu Laundy on The Bachelorette.

Done deal: The Bachelorette Sophie picks her bloke

Samuel and sister Connie.

'Negatives into positives': Another accolade for Samuel

arguing

Why fights with your partner shouldn't be more than 3 minutes

Facebook messenger

Facebook users warned over Messenger scam

Homicide detectives leave a Brighton East property where a man died.

Trio charged with murder after housemate's death in East Brighton

Cop apologised for breath test bungle, Andrews reveals

Solved: Why green sludge turned the Yarra fluoro

Ron Iddles is under investigation

Ex-homicide cop investigated for probe into Silk, Miller murders

Joanne Martell's remains were found in January.

'I need a handwith something': no jail for helping stash body

Tnaysha Halemba, right, in her year 12 class with daughter Leyarna and another young mother, Taylor Gunther.

'Before class I run a household': Young mum does Yr 12

Ricky Balcombe.

Witness saw man stab teen outside shopping centre, court told

Tania Klemke.

Killer dog had been taken by officials in August

ACT

Yueqiong Fu is applying for bail in the Supreme Court in Sydney.

Botched boob job victim 'asked for painkillers': court

NSW

A court sketch of Trudi Lenon left, and Jemma Lilley right.

Murder accused admired Freddy Krueger

WA

'Very dangerous thunderstorms' are tracking towards the Gold Coast.

'Dangerous' thunderstorms set to hit Qld

QLD

10/38 Rankins Road, Kensington could go for under $350,000 at auction this weekend.

Best bargain buys up for grabs on our biggest ever auction Saturday

The five houses are expected to fetch upwards of $2.4 million each.

Who will win The Block? Our experts tip their winner

Is living in paradise all it's cracked up to be?

'Crime is an issue': Aussies on the reality of living in 'paradise'

Armadale is an authentic snapshot of original Melbourne.

Neighbourhood guide: How to spend a perfect Saturday in Armadale

Tonsley Innovation District .

Old Mitsubishi factory holds key to '20-minute city'

John Hewson says the 'Defence establishment' operates as if it is a world unto itself, with very little transparency or ...

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John Hewson says the 'Defence establishment' operates as if it is a world unto itself, with very little transparency or ...

Defence spending needs greater scrutiny

COMMENT
John Hewson

An artillery gun is fired at the funeral procession and royal cremation ceremony of late Thai King Bhumibol in Bangkok ...

Thais farewell beloved king in ceremony fit for a demigod

Lindsay Murdoch

Work is accelerating to deliver the world's next major mines to feed the soaring demand for lithium.

Electric cars spark a new boom for Australian miners

David Stringer

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 26 October 2017. ...

Michaelia Cash clings to job as PM backs her in

Adam Gartrell

When off-the-record is turned on, it's not just careers that lay in ruin

ANALYSIS
Judith Ireland

Michaelia Cash on trial, Pauline Hanson sails to the rescue

Tony Wright

The Aboriginal flag flying over Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 6 September 2017. Fedpol Photo:

Rejection of Indigenous proposal 'sending shockwaves'

Fergus Hunter

Employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 25 ...

The day in Parliament: Defiant PM says Cash 'acted entirely properly'

Stephanie Peatling

Senator Cash raises her eyes to the heavens during a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday.

Cash refuses to say if she discussed resigning with Malcolm Turnbull

Adam Gartrell

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 25 October 2017. ...

The fight between Turnbull and Shorten just got personal

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

A fire at a fireworks factory near Jakarta kills dozens

Incinerated: Horrific factory fire kills dozens near Jakrata

1 hr ago

An artillery gun is fired at the funeral procession and royal cremation ceremony of late Thai King Bhumibol in Bangkok ...

Thais farewell beloved king in ceremony fit for a demigod

Lindsay Murdoch

Croissants - a national staple.

The French fear for their pastries amid spreading butter crisis

Nick Miller

Civil rights activist Tamika Mallory.

US black rights group warns travellers off American Airlines

Illustration: Simon Letch

Is it worth paying extra for Fairtrade products?

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Steve Michelson: resigned.

Look – a guy in blackface. Get him!

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Ofo's share bikes will appear in Sydney but common sense is required for the scheme to truly succeed.

Why dockless bikes don't deserve bad press

COMMENT
Peter Maniaty

Illustration: John Shakespeare

James Packer fends off first strike at Crown Resorts

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, and his most amazing jumper.

The sweater that explains the future of Netflix

COMMENT
John McDuling

Australian Council of Superannuation Investors chief executive Louise Davidson

Shareholders want power to 'escalate' issues

Ruth Williams

Entrepreneur Renee LaBran says in her very first job after graduating, her male boss asked her to stop being so ...

What the Harvey Weinstein case has taught women

Nassim Khadem

Forget economic modelling, it's experience that counts

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

'Tail between their legs': Packer concedes global expansion failed

Nick Toscano

Bega pulls out of race for Murray Goulburn

Darren Gray

China pollution blitz hits Fortescue's price forecasts

Darren Gray

Ochia believes Australians are slowly learning about the delicacies of sake.

If you want your food to taste better, you should be drinking this

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

Ryan Gosling as K in Blade Runner 2049 in the jacket that stole the show.

The greatest thing about Bladerunner 2049 isn't the film

Men's Style

It's a trade-off: buying a cake saves time, while making one saves money.

Time or money: the cost of a child's birthday party

Georgina Dent

When women take on greater roles in the paid economy, they don't simply abandon their families and managing their households.

Why we need to get 'rich' women back to work

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem

"Supporters of the minimum wage are crushing the hopes of the most disadvantaged Australians": David Leyonhjelm.

Is the minimum wage 'immoral'?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Emily Skye has 10 million social media followers.

Under 40 and Insta famous: Emily joins Young Rich list with $32m

Cara Waters

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CCTV captures drone dropping contraband

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Huge hail smashes the Hunter

Brent Savage in his Sydney restaurant Bentley.

Citi Chefs of the Year: Where are they now?

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Young Rich List top 10

Hospitality staff members laugh as they stand on Tiananmen Square before the closing ceremony of China's 19th Party ...

World of Photos - October 26, 2017

PKD stan Oct

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 has chosen Stu Laundy on The Bachelorette.

The Bachelorette: Sophie has picked her beau

Nathanael Cooper

Sophie Monk stars in the upcoming season of The Bachelorette.

Heartbreak and high: The Bachelorette finale recap

Karl Quinn

Kit Harrington in the new BBC Drama Gunpowder.

Kit Harington's new BBC drama Gunpowder shocks viewers

Broede Carmody

In an emotional video he posted to Twitter, Feldman said he wants to make a movie about his experience.

'80s star set to 'name names' over Hollywood child abuse

Stephanie Merry

The series is back, and things are as strange as ever.

Stranger Things' new season pulls off original nostalgia

Brad Newsome

Queensland magician Apollo has said he'd be willing to become the next Matty J.

Apollo open to being Ten's 2018 Bachelor

Broede Carmody

Eminem has set his sights on Donald Trump in a new song.

New Zealand High Court awards Eminem $530,000

Broede Carmody

Sophie has picked her final two.

Sophie breaks the nation's heart on The Bachelorette

Rob Moran

Fats Domino, who Elvis described as the true king of rock 'n' roll.

When you saw Fats Domino, it was 'Let's have a party!'

Kings of War puts Shakespeare in a contemporary context.

Adelaide Festival 2018 taps into FOMO with a suite of modern classics

Hannah Francis

Paul Dyer on the set of Bittersweet Obsessions.

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra taps bittersweet memories

Nick Galvin

Just about everybody in Sydney is claiming Sophie Monk picked Stu Laundy as the winner on The Bachelorette.

For mid-life daters this season's Bachelorette is way too real

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Jo Hartley with her kids.

How to answer: 'Why do you take those pills mummy?'

Jo Hartley

Kim Kardashian poses with children Saint, 22 months, and North, four.

A thorough primer on Keeping up with the Kardashian pregnancies

Mary Ward

It's also no great secret that the majority of men's genuine grievances with their place in the world would disappear if ...

Women's #MeToo posts reminded me I had been That Guy

COMMENT
Michael Ellsberg

Daydreaming activates parts of the brain that help us to live better.

The idle pastime that can determine whether you're smart

Sarah Berry

Beauty influencer, Natalia Webster from Chic On The Run, is fronting the campaign.

How not brushing your hair will show care to Headspace

Nicole Economos

Public transport is one of the biggest areas of safety concern for girls and women.

Why 'Hands Off' won't solve harassment on public transport

COMMENT
Biance Fileborn

Cassandra Thorburn's refusal to protect her ex-husband from public opprobrium is a significant step away from the so ...

Stefanovic 'dead to' Thorburn makes refreshing change

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Adam Liaw's Typhoon shelter salmon.

Gimme shelter! Adam Liaw's garlicky 'typhoon shelter' salmon

Street snack: Bombay sandwich.

The club sandwich gets an Indian spin at Madras Brothers

Chocolate cream biscuits, Matt Moran's take on the classic Tim Tam.

Matt Moran's take on the Tim Tam and other Aussie classics

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.

Why Mila Kunis lets her three-year-old daughter sip wine

When someone calls my daughter by her “girl” name or uses a girl pronoun her eyes sparkle.

What I have learnt from my five-year-old transgendered daughter

"I need to get this off my chest."

'Watch your own kids!': one mum's playcentre plea

New Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules mean airlines will have to question all passengers heading flying ...

Airlines to question all passengers flying to US under new rules

A staff member counts the drinks, marks any missing items on a chart and then inputs the total onto the guests bill. The ...

Why mini-bars are disappearing from hotel rooms

Michael Gebicki

The town of Hasankeyf, which sits on the banks of the Tigris River, dates back to 9500 BC.

This historic town is about to be wiped off the map

Soo Kim

Google's program involves one key for your computer and another for your phone.

Testing Google's key to password security

NBN AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 11042013. GENERIC- NBN, optic fibre, optical fibre, technology, internet, high speed ...

Leaks reveal NBN plan for cheaper internet

ANALYSIS

"These dreams feel just as real as waking life," says Dr Denholm Aspy.

Chanting, clock could help us make lucid trip to dreamland

The HD800s: high expectations of your audio equipment.

Heavenly sound for a sky-high price

GoPro's latest action cam has some serious software chops.

For GoPro, surfing is the mother of all invention

Mazda's next-gen BT-50 won't get tougher looks.

Mazda won't toughen up BT-50

Stephen Ottley

2018 Audi A8.

2018 Audi A8 new car review

Jonathan Hawley

Electric cars, like the Nissan Leaf pictured, could become more popular by 2025.

D-Day for EV

Stephen Ottley

2017 Toyota TJ Cruiser Concept

Toyota reveals toolbox on wheels

Andrew Maclean

Inside thew new BMW X2.

BMW reveals X2 baby SUV

Greg Kable

Plans to put the Mazda RX-Vision into production have been delayed.

Mazda RX-Vision delayed

Stephen Ottley

Billy Hartung

Hartung needs a footy lifeline

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Gary Ablett could face his former side in March.

Allianz in the mix for AFLX but clubs in dark

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Hawks and Magpies to clash in round one 2018

Michael Gleeson

Sharpshooter Daniel Menzel.

Geelong the only way forward for Dan Menzel

Peter Ryan

Toby Greene.

Greene out of International Rules with broken toe

Peter Ryan

Bitter pill: Stewart Crameri says he still has three or four years of footy left in him.

Axing a 'bitter pill to swallow' for Stewart Crameri

Ronny Lerner

Tigers player may be sanctioned over topless photo.

Accused Tiger faces club sanction over topless photo

Caroline Wilson

Travis Cloke

Retiring Cloke feels sorry for youngsters

Daniel Cherny

Ellyse Perry

Perry banished as Australia take 2-0 Ashes lead

Phil Lutton

Besart Berisha

Berisha cops two match ban for tangling with match official

UPDATED
Michael Lynch

Victorian bowler Scott Boland (left) celebrates with wicketkeeper Sam Harper (right) after another Queensland wicket ...

Sheffield Shield: Test hopefuls fail to fire, Vics falter late on day one

1 hr ago

Serious professional: Chris Waller says he can't enjoy Winx – yet.

Waller and Winx a wonderful combination

Chris Roots

Smiles

Why England need to win World Cup opener against the Kangaroos

Andrew Webster

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