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Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull after the High Court verdict.

No judgement and no answers: Chaos for government

ANALYSIS

Perth lawyer John Cameron exposed Scott Ludlam as a New Zealand citizen.

'There will be others,' says lawyer who sparked the citizenship crisis

20 mins ago

"If it's a serious allegation they should go to the police," British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said.

May urges sexual harassment victims in Parliament to speak out

Liu Xinwang, a PLA officer and computer science expert who visited ANU for a year.

How Australian universities are helping to train China's military

Hospital.

Engineer avoids jail after cutting off a man's testicle in motel room

Barnaby Joyce at a press conference in Tamworth following the verdict.

Government rocked by shock ruling as Joyce gears up for byelection

1 hr ago

NAB slugged $50m for wrongdoing in rate rigging case

Masa's murderer in bizarre courtroom outburst

'Excellent outcome': Qantas chair defends Joyce's $25m pay pack

Police seize 33 kilograms of drugs in massive postal haul

Goodbye Malcolm Roberts, you won't be missed

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Sophie Monk on the first episode of The Bachelorette season three.

Here's why Australia fell in love with Sophie Monk

Author of The Dry, Jane Harper.

Debut novelist from St Kilda wins Britain's top crime-writing award

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

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

Delta Goodrem as Olivia Newton-John in the miniseries Hopeless Devoted to You, coming to Seven in 2018.

First look: Delta channels Olivia Newton John in new Seven show

Blue and yellow are complementary colours, they appear on opposite sides of the colour wheel.

Which interior design rules to follow - and which to break

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10-year-old in high-speed police pursuit

Karon Grieve only passenger on Jet2 flight.

Woman gets entire plane to herself on $79 flight to Greece

President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot in Dallas in 1963.

Trump has 'no choice' but to withhold some JFK documents

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - March 23, 2014: A person using social media, ready to push the Messenger app icon on ...

'Sneaky': Facebook users urged to be on alert for virus

Gothenburg, Sweden - January 11, 2015: A shot from above of a young woman's hands holding a game pad controller for the ...

I played violent games - it never hurt me

Murray Goulburn has announced it has reached a deal to sell the business to Saputo.

Farmers slam sale of Murray Goulburn to Canadian giant

'Disgusting' film director who preyed on kids jailed

Housemates front court on murder charge, one accused of rape

UPDATED

firestation

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

Jade Goodwin

Woman fronts court on shallow grave murder charge

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Students pushed out of NAPLAN to help lift school results

EXCLUSIVE

Greens candidate Lidia Thorpe is running for the state seat of Northcote.

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

The 2015 inquiry paints a grim picture about the lack of focus on the mental wellbeing of WA's fly-in, fly-out workforce.

'We just take the abuse': Real cost of the FIFO economy

INVESTIGATION

Canberrans who visited a venue in Dickson and a Chemist in Civic on October 17 are being urged to watch for symptoms.

Health alert after Canberra measles case confirmed

ACT

A line of severe thunderstorms track east over the Blue Mountains late on Thursday night.

30,000 lightning strikes, 'huge' hailstones hit NSW

NSW

A photo of Tania Klemke posted by her son Cody in 2013.

Killer dog had been taken by officials in August

ACT

The Block 2017 living and dining room reveals

The Block's five homes go under the hammer, but how will they sell?

Chocker block auctions and housing inspections

Happily ever after: How to find your forever home

Acme & Co designed Fred's in Paddington to be homey and humble.

Restaurants on a roll: The most exciting designs in hospitality

Shelley Simpson is the founder of Mud Australia.

The global Australian range that began in a garden shed

It's easy to see why mainlanders are eyeing Hobart. Image: Sunrise over Mount Wellington.

Why mainland eyes are fixed on our southernmost state

Former US President George W. Bush

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Former US President George W. Bush

Praise George W. Bush? He made Trump possible

COMMENT
Rich Benjamin

In a free market each actor bears the consequences of their own decisions: sophisticated investors should be free to ...

Despite world events, investor confidence is rising

Daryl Dixon

Amazon wants you to trusts couriers to open your front door when no-one is home.

Amazon Key wants to unlock the secret of home deliveries

COMMENT
Adam Turner

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No judgement, no answers: chaos engulfs the Turnbull government

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Government rocked by High Court judgment

Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

Malcolm Roberts to run for state seat as One Nation tensions rise

Adam Gartrell

Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull after the High Court ruled Barnaby Joyce to be ineligible for Parliament on Friday.

Smile. The Turnbull show must go on.

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Deputy Nationals leader Fiona Nash.

Nationals deputy Fiona Nash falls but Matt Canavan clings on

Michael Koziol

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Barnaby Joyce facing byelection in blow to Turnbull government

James Massola
1 hr ago

The High Court will consider the eligilbility under Section 44 of the Constitution for politicians (anti-clockwise from ...

How the Barnaby Joyce, citizenship 7 verdict unfolded

Stephanie Peatling

"If it's a serious allegation they should go to the police," British Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said.

May urges sexually harassed political employees to speak out

Myanmar's de facto leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

'Methodical' killings and torture in Myanmar: UN

Independence protesters outside the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Friday.

Spain to impose direct rule in Catalonia as crisis spirals

1 hr ago

A masked woman and a man walk by a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street in Beijing.

Xi Jinping's power play: what it means

ANALYSIS
Kirsty Needham

Orlando Sanpo of Black Velvet shows off an example of custom-made wedding cakes that could see his business double if ...

Conservatives will prolong gay marriage debate

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

The mindset that makes for a good cricketer can make for a bad gambler.

You know sport. You understand money. It's just for fun. Right?

COMMENT
Gideon Haigh

Illustration: Simon Letch

The AWU raid was clearly a political act

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Treasury is conducting a review into "open banking," which would allow consumers to securely and easily share their ...

Bank bytes: Big data is challenging power of big four

Clancy Yeates

With Glenn Stevens comes kudos, credibility and gravitas.

Has Stevens' move got a gamekeeper turned poacher feel to it?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

'Mediocrity beckons': why we should worry about our poor productivity

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

National Australia Bank has jacked up rates for owner occupiers and residential property investors, but launched a ...

NAB admits wrongdoing, settles rate rigging case

Mathew Dunckley

Dreamliners need to prove their worth before Qantas orders more

Patrick Hatch

Sharemarket, $A fall on political uncertainty

Jessica Sier

Why this $US460b investment chief is worried about Australia

Macquarie's back with first half $1.25b profit bonanza

Clancy Yeates

Lexus LS+ concept features a bolder spindle grille finished in silver and flanked by LED and laser lights.

Wild wheels: Nine of the smartest cars at the Tokyo Motor Show

Cars

The original Paul Newman Rolex Daytona.

Lost watch sets a world record selling for ... how much?

Watches
Bani McSpedden

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

The mood of investors is buoyant, despite concerns over North Korea and the future of Australian banks.

Investor confidence is rising, despite lingering concerns

Daryl Dixon

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

Is the minimum wage 'immoral'?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Ian Mirels, chief executive of EFTsure, shares some advice for firms preparing their cybersecurity plans.

Getting real about online payments in digital world

COMMENT
Ian Mirels

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PM reacts to citizenship ruling

Federal Politics

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Jakarta fireworks factory fire kills 47

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Indigenous advisory body rejection 'a kick in the guts'

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How Ashley Judd escaped Weinstein's room

Action from the match between Australia and Great Britain of the Rugby League World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground on ...

Rewind - Rugby League World Cup 1957

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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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Leveraging technology to grow your business

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Over 200,000 seek shelter in Northern Uganda

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Delta Goodrem as Olivia Newton-John in the miniseries <i>Hopeless Devoted to You</i>, coming to Seven in 2018.

First picture of Delta Goodrem as Olivia Newton John

Karl Quinn

With her chosen bachelor, Stu Laundy.

Here's why Australia fell in love with Sophie Monk

Karl Quinn

The action is dialed up in the second season of <i>Stranger Things</i>.

Stranger Things: a year later and no less confounding

Michael Idato

Author of The Dry, Jane Harper.

Jane Harper wins Britain's top crime-writing award

Jason Steger

SNL actor Alec Baldwin has come under fire for his treatment of a US film critic.

'Dishonest, awful': Alec Baldwin lashes film critic

Broede Carmody

Actress Ashley Judd has given her first TV interview since publicly accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.

'I just fled': Ashley Judd describes 'terror' of Weinstein encounter

Stephanie Merry

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

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

Australians are warming to Halloween with the price of carving pumpkins having fallen from $30 per kilogram to $3.

What Australia's Halloween haters are really afraid of

COMMENT
Clem Bastow

Recovery for some is the ability to feel again.

So does coconut oil really help you lose weight?

Rosemary Stanton

The Balenciaga skirt currently sells for around $2916 online.

The internet thinks this $2916 skirt looks like a car mat

Annie Brown

Gigi Hadid took to Twitter this week to see if anyone had a picture of the time when her five-year-old self "got caught ...

The time 5yo Gigi Hadid accidentally appeared in Vogue

Vogue Editor Anna Wintour has thrown some shade.

Anna Wintour will not be sending Trump a Met Gala invite

A campaign image from the Erdem x H7M collaboration.

H&M;'s latest high-end designer collab is a refreshing change

Annie Brown

But I'm never less ambitious than when my alarm goes off the next morning.

Can't motivate yourself to work out? Do it from your bed

Jenni Maier

"Those of us who have been dating in midlife know exactly how dire it is." Welcome to our world, Sophie Monk.

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

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Lamb shoulder pezzo with rosemary potatoes, parsley and onion.

Hey Pezzo! The Grossi family's pizza-pocket party is go

QUESTION, STUDIO, 960103, PIC BY JENNIFER SOO, SMH, GOOD LIVING QUESTION MARK OF WINE BOTTLES

10 things you want to know about wine (but are afraid to ask)

Luxurious: Blood sausage and devilled egg breakfast bun.

Heading out? 24-7 Butcher's Diner has your midnight snack sorted

Nicole Kidman with her Emmys.

Nicole Kidman's daughters don't want her Emmy

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 child

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.

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

Karon Grieve only passenger on Jet2 flight.

Woman gets entire plane to herself on $79 flight to Greek island

Annabel Fenwick Elliott

<i>Chongqing, China</i>

The five fastest-growing tourist destinations are all in one country

Hugh Morris

According to the UN, this is the happiest country on Earth. But which country is it?

Traveller quiz: Which country is officially the world's happiest?

Mal Chenu

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, as he announced features of the new iPhone X last month.

Apple's scramble to get iPhone X out on time

Amazon wants you to trusts couriers to open your front door when no-one is home.

Amazon wants to let couriers into your home

COMMENT

Showing a vision of Sydney's Circular Quay in an automated future, this image was created for Future Street, a ...

On-demand shopping paves way for Australia's smart cities

Polly

What's on the floor at PAX Australia this year?

Kotaku

The social media giant has been questioned as part of US investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Twitter bans two Russian outlets from ads

Rolls-Royce' Dawn was magnificent in the Middle East.

Driving a Rolls-Royce in Abu Dhabi

David McCowen

2018 Hyundai Sonata

Hyundai reveals updated Sonata

Kez Casey

Toyota says the majority of its cars in 2050 will be hybrid

Toyota: petrol engines to stick around beyond 2050

Andrew Maclean

The Tokyo motor show presented Japan's vision for an automotive future.

Eight cars that will change the future

Andrew Maclean

BMW's M4 CS is ready for the road and track

First drive: 2017 BMW M4 CS

Alex Rae

Renault Koleos Intens.

Road test: 2017 Renault Koleos diesel

Stephen Ottley

The Crows and Tigers meet again early in 2018.

Richmond and Adelaide to play in SA on Thursday before Easter

Caroline Wilson and Peter Ryan

Collingwood and Carlton will open the second season of the AFLW at Ikon Park on February 2.

Blockbuster start for AFLW as it mulls conference style

UPDATED
Anthony Colangelo

Former St Kilda footballer Nick Riewoldt.

The guilt and the glory: Riewoldt's remarkable story

Caroline Wilson

New deal: Matthew Eagles had an impressive season for Brisbane Lions in the NEAFL.

The Recruit to stay a Lion in 2018

Peter Ryan

Billy Hartung

Hartung needs a footy lifeline

Daniel Cherny

Gary Ablett will make his Geelong return at the MCG against the Demons in round one next year.

Gary Ablett's Cats return will be at MCG

Gary Ablett could face his former side in March.

Allianz in the mix for AFLX but clubs in dark

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

West Coast will open the new Perth Stadium in 2018 but Fremantle will play more home games there.

Eagles to open new Perth Stadium, but Dockers get extra home game, first derby

UPDATED
David Prestipino

Gust of Wind holds off Winx to win the Australian Oaks at Randwick in 2015.

Whatever happened to last horse to beat Winx?

Adam Pengilly

Just another player: Tim Cahill has not started in any of City's A-League games so far this season.

No guarantees at City these days, even for star man Cahill

Michael Lynch

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Rails Run: Cox Plate

'Lot of fight': Luke Currie rides Hey Doc to victory in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Hey Doc leads all the way to win drama-filled Manikato Stakes

Chrsi Roots

Over the stripe: Matt Gillett crosses to punctuate Australia's first-half dominance.

Rusty Roos grind down England to open title defence

Adam Pengilly

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