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SSM Yes Defcon single

'Yes, yes, yes! What a fabulous day to be an Australian'

Live
17 mins ago

The same-sex marriage postal survey result was announced on Wednesday morning.

'Love has had a landslide victory': Yes vote triumphs

BREAKING
Michael Koziol
1 min ago

Religious freedom is, and should be, limited by civil laws.

Religious freedom in Australia is, and should be, limited

COMMENT
Michael Bachelard
4 mins ago

The results of the same-sex marriage survey will be known on Wednesday.

Same-sex marriage survey has been a successful mistake

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Wedding rings

Same-sex marriage victory: What happens next?

16 mins ago

Back in the day: Boutique owner Darren Thornburgh and Ian 'Molly' Meldrum.

Dead nightclub king 'refused to get help for addiction'

Cheryl Hamill is enjoying her shopping trip in Melbourne.

Stop buying so much stuff! Here's how we can cure this affliction

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Melbourne boy Ronak Warty died after a reaction to dairy in a coconut drink.

Schoolboy's allergy death prompts tough new reporting law

EXCLUSIVE
Aisha Dow

Crime tape blocks off Rancho Tehama Road leading into the Rancho Tehama subdivision south of Red Bluff, California.

Five dead as gunman 'randomly picked targets' near US school

Not happy: Colin Walker outside Berkeley Living on Tuesday.

Elderly to lose homes before Christmas in wake of village scandal

EXCLUSIVE

City sweats through warm night... and we're not done yet

Tougher 'No Jab No Play' laws flagged in bid to close loopholes

55 mins ago

'Go for your lives': Keneally laughs off Liberal assault

Trump judge nominee fails to disclose White House lawyer wife

'Today is really important to me': Couple hopes for fairytale ending

Carolyn Webb

Thousands of Melbournians turned out to celebrate the Yes vote.

Joy, tears and marriage proposals as Melbourne celebrates historic result

22 mins ago

A Gold Coast man dubbed the 'neighbour from hell' attacked A Current Affair's Chris Allen.

A Current Affair reporter attacked by 'neighbour from hell'

1 hr ago

Irene Falcone's business started off as a Facebook page.

How Irene built a beauty brand on Facebook, then sold it for $20m

Jimmy Fallon's emotional dedication to his late mother Gloria: "My biggest fan"

Fallon's emotional Tonight Show return after loss of his mother

First date questions

16 questions to ask on a first date, according to marriage therapists

15/11/17 SEXPOL Thousands of Melbournians turned out to celebrate the Yes vote in the Same Sex survey at the State ...

Same sex marriage: Melbourne celebrates

The flawless 163-carat clear diamond, the centrepiece of an asymmetric gem-studded necklace, was the largest of its kind ...

Flawless 163-carat diamond fetches $44.5m at auction

Australia's Tim Cahill (centre) and Tomas Rogic (left) applaud the crowd after their win over Syria at ANZ Stadium in ...

How 'Fortress Australia' is the Socceroos' trump card

Grand Final eve public holiday

Australia has some of the stupidest public holidays in the world

relationships

Signs your partner is checking out emotionally

Same-sex marriage postal survey: 'Love has had a ...

11:06AM

Resigned PM tells Lebanese to 'chill'

10:58AM

Same-sex marriage victory: what happens next?

10:50AM

Someone has used an oBike in Fitzroy as a homage to the classic film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

oBike, phone home: Council removes 'unsafely parked' cycle

Doubts grow over giant battery plan to cut blackout risk

Boy found in hot car hid from mother during school drop-off

More than 43,000 students sat the VCE English exam.

VCE English exam triggers Greens propaganda concerns

The scene of the crash in Mitcham.

Youth detention, not adult jail for men charged over fatal crime spree

Adam Cooper

Back in the day: Boutique owner Darren Thornburgh and Ian 'Molly' Meldrum.

Police rule out foul play after nightclub owner found dead

UPDATED

Victoria's Labor Government has introduced a Bill into Parliament to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Health Minister ...

Labor bends on assisted dying bill to secure crucial final votes

Benjamin Preiss

Johnathan Fraser Sedman.

Police capture inmate after dramatic escape

WA

The man had boasted to a friend: "That's 12 years in jail if cops find out."

Man flees to Pakistan during rape trial

ACT

Kristina Keneally led Labor into battle at the March 2011 state election, losing spectacularly.

Keneally candidacy weighed down by the past

COMMENT

The fire had taken hold of the home by the time emergency services arrived.

Family dogs killed as fire guts home

QLD

Locals take time out to enjoy the view along The Strand.

In this under the radar suburb split in two, is one side better?

1 hr ago

ABS death statistics show 70 people were killed falling out of bed last year.

Stark reality: We're safer behind the wheel than at home

1 hr ago

If investing in stocks and shares seems soulless, give art a go.

Don't quite have a house deposit? Where to invest instead

As soon as land becomes available it is being snapped up very quickly by households – HIA senior economist Geordan Murray.

Forget the house: Desperate families trigger record loans

Catherine Coomans and Tom Low took a creative approach to the housing affordability issue.

When their rent was hiked, this couple had a creative solution

Australia's affection for Jelena Dokic died the second she became un-Australian.

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Australia's affection for Jelena Dokic died the second she became un-Australian.

Jelena Dokic: Our care was not what we thought it was

COMMENT
Greg Baum

An artist's impression of the proposed series of flyovers to be built as part of the West Gate Tunnel.

Only one winner from West Gate tunnel ... and it isn't us

COMMENT
Pat Love

Why do we keep buying and buying? Because we can afford to.

Enough of the stuff: Can tax relief fix consumerism?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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Parliament House.

Same-sex marriage survey: Australia votes 'yes'

Live
Stephanie Peatling
17 mins ago

And that's a 'yes': 61.6% support same-sex marriage in postal survey

BREAKING
Michael Koziol
1 min ago

Decision day arrives for same-sex marriage in Australia

Michael Koziol

The results of the same-sex marriage survey will be known on Wednesday.

Parliament, not a postal vote, should be used to decide issues

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Senator Eric Abetz and Senator James Paterson, pictured on Tuesday, have supported a bill that would allow parents to ...

Conservatives vow to amend gay marriage bill to protect objectors

Latika Bourke

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand will give $2.7m to Manus and Nauru refugees

Karen Sweeney
1 hr ago

Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally will contest the Bennelong byelection for Labor.

Liberals' horror scenario as Labor rolls out star candidate

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

No word on atrocities: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

ASEAN adrift as crises humanitarian crisis escalate

COMMENT
Lindsay Murdoch
48 mins ago

A man wearing a mask looks out from a bus in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by smog.

China's carbon market ready - but waiting

Kirsty Needham

Theresa May, UK prime minister, speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall, in the square mile ...

'We know what you are doing' May slams Russia on meddling

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses as he testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

Jeff Sessions recalls campaign talk on Russia

Illustration: Dionne Gain

The truth that Trump's tour of Asia confirms

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

New Zealand's leader Jacinda Ardern talks to hundreds of supporters after election results are announced.

Face the facts Australia - NZ is lapping us

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

A woman reads a banner during a demonstration to support the wave of testimonies denouncing cases of sexual harassment, ...

We need to do more than just train men in sexual consent

COMMENT
Natasha McKeever

In the past three years, more than 35 Australian super funds have divested themselves of tobacco.

Australians align their hip pocket with their values

COMMENT
Simon O'Connor

Shares are set for another rough start amid global market jitters.

Markets Live: ASX falls for fourth day

Live
Patrick Commins
42 mins ago

Not happy: Colin Walker outside Berkeley Living on Tuesday.

Elderly residents to be turfed out before Christmas

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert

The sale suggests yields in the popular asset class have consolidated at around 5 per cent.

The $180 million Bunnings deal set to shake up big box game

Simon Johanson

Brand that started global attack on Aussie retail is on the backfoot

Carolyn Cummins

'It is very hard': 7000 cleaners forced to reapply for their jobs

Anna Patty

Investors not buying botox plan from richlister's phone reseller

Colin Kruger, CBD

Qantas chairman says he and Alan Joyce are 'not going anywhere'

Patrick Hatch

BMW driverless car

The biggest danger with driverless cars is not what you think it is

Cars
James Titcomb

Over 300 fashion industry representatives took part in a rainbow flash mob in September.

Yes! How one industry wore its vote on its sleeve

Culture
Jane Rocca

Low wage growth and high indebtedness means it will take longer for borrowers to pay down loans than in the past.

Regulators worried about housing debt - but not for the reason you think

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Many of the incidents in Bondi Rescue happen because swimmers try to fight the riptide.

Swim with the current to reach financial success

Melissa Browne

Irene Falcone's business started off as a Facebook page.

The rise of the social network: One in three Australian small businesses on Facebook built there

Cara Waters

Stephen Barnes is the author of Run Your Business Better.

What to do if you hate your business

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

Maddox road Newport? A tow truck arrived just before 6.20pm and the black Kia carnival mini van was loaded onto the tray ...

How 8-year-old became trapped in car

null

Lambie says goodbye

Federal Politics

null

Tears as Italy fail to qualify for World Cup

null

How do share bike companies make money?

Illustration: Michael Mucci

Best of Fairfax cartoons Nov 15

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The Girlfriend Experience returns for season 2 with 2 new stories - now streaming only on Stan.

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Michelle Dockery is good at being bad - Good Behavior now streaming only on Stan

How to multi-task like a boss

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35 never fail road trip tips to keeps kids happy

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Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

Advertiser Content

Magda Szubanski, launching the Vote Yes campaign earlier this year.

'Everyone loves Magda': The yes campaign's secret weapon

Michael Lallo
1 hr ago

ABC to embrace Netflix-style streaming from next year

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

A Gold Coast man dubbed the 'neighbour from hell' attacked A Current Affair's Chris Allen.

A Current Affair reporter attacked by 'neighbour from hell'

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Jimmy Fallon's emotional dedication to his late mother Gloria: "My biggest fan"

Fallon's emotional Tonight Show return after loss of his mother

Cast members James Laferty, Hilarie Burton and Chad Michael Murray all offered their support after a former writer ...

Cast of hit teen drama unite to accuse creator of harassment

Bryan Alexander

ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie.

The ABC restructure: In the end, it's all about spine

ANALYSIS
Karl Quinn

Actor Tom Sizemore at a movie premiere in 2006 in Los Angeles.

Sizemore kicked off movie set after alleged sex assault of girl

Andrew Taylor

Jo Stanley and Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann

Curtain call for Jo & Lemo's Gold FM breakfast show

Broede Carmody

John Jacobs and William Henderson reprise their roles in Waiting for Godot after 41 years.

Two theatre veterans wait 40 years to reprise Godot

THEATRE
John Bailey

Keagan Vaskess, Nicola Bowman and Emma Hoy in <I>Alexithymia</I>.

Alexithymia tests the spectrum of emotions

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

It looks like sushi. It's probably not sushi.

Move over Heston: Guerilla foodies turn dining into theatre

Hannah Francis

When forgotten, the pelvic floor can cause embarrassing problems.

The muscles women shouldn't be ignoring

Sarah Berry

"Was my daughter's princess obsession really something for me to obsess about?"

I had to accept my daughter's obsession with Disney princesses

Devorah Blachor

Cat Rodie

I wasn't prepared for the isolation of motherhood

Cat Rodie
30 mins ago

Lil' Kim, back in 2005

Lil' Kim's most memorable manicure is now in a museum

Robin Givhan

How attitudes toward sex in advertising have changed

Lauren Gurrieri, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
1 hr ago

Micellar might sound like the name of a girl in high school who stole your first boyfriend but it's actually microscopic ...

The $6 beauty product that saves my skin

Natalie Reilly

Stella McCartney, who has long flown the sustainability flag, is experimenting with silk-like fabric that is made in a lab.

From mushrooms to spider webs, new fabrics for fashion

Astrid Wendlandt

Natasha Stewart suffered from postnatal depression for a year.

'Just give them weetbix': the advice that got Natasha through

Kasey Edwards

Hemp flour from Hemp Foods Australia.

Overhyped or super healthy? The truth about edible hemp

1 hr ago

Netflix and nosh: Is the future of dining at home on the couch?

Is UberEats the death of dining out?

Adam Liaw's rainbow salad recipe.

We found it: the rainbow collection

1 hr ago

Boy

What happened when I stopped asking my teenage son to tidy his room

1 hr ago

Is three the magic number?

Why you should give your kids exactly three gifts for Christmas - no more, no less

The trip of a life time.

The mum using her maternity leave to travel the world

At the wheel: Pilots in a British Airways 747 simulator.

Pilot reveals what the five coolest buttons in a jumbo jet do

Mark Vanhoenacker
55 mins ago

Hiker at Choquequirao (Cradle of Gold), Peru.

Cradle of Gold: The 'other Machu Picchu' about to open up to tourists

John Quigley
30 mins ago

Singapore Airlines has begun retiring its oldest A380 superjumbos.

First A380 retired, parked in mountains awaiting sale or scrap

Amazon's Android-powered Fire TV media player, compatible with a Bluetooth remote and gaming controller.

Will Amazon bring its Fire TV to Australia?

COMMENT

KGI imagines what next year's iPhones may look like, compared to those released in 2017.

Three new iPhones in 2018, analyst says

This image, taken in Brisbane in 2016, shows a Jupiter-Venus conjunction, with Venus the lower star in the centre of the ...

'Dance of the planets': morning alignment a rare celestial event

The best deals from Click Frenzy

Lifehacker

The Foxtel Now streaming box is an underwhelming effort by Foxtel to claim Australia's home entertainment throne.

Foxtel scuttles own player with sub-par box

COMMENT

Skoda's new Kodiaq and Toyota's updated Prado large SUVs take on last year's champion the Mazda CX-9.

2017 Drive Car of the Year: Best Family SUV

Stephen Ottley

Ford is set to rebadge the Edge, Endura when it arrive locally in 2018.

New Ford Territory replacement named

Dom Tripolone

2017 Toyota LandCruiser Prado GX.

What long road trip car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Nissan's new Pathfinder SUV video review

David McCowen

2017 Drive Car of the Year: Best Small SUV finalists.

2017 Drive Car of the Year: Best Small SUV

Andrew Maclean

2018 Infiniti QX80

2018 Infiniti QX80 revealed

Alex Rae

Re-signed: Jamie Macmillan.

North players are 'pissed off': Macmillan

1 hr ago

Port Adelaide's Paddy Ryder.

SA police drop charges against Ryder

'Unlucky': Patrick Cripps is more excited than nervous about getting back to football.

Back from a broken leg, Cripps to put best foot forward

Peter Ryan
33 mins ago

Lighting it up: Melbourne United's Chris Goulding. AFL clubs are considering launching teams in the NBL.

AFL clubs considering NBL franchises

UPDATED

Peter Schwab has left the AFL.

Schwab departs as AFL's head of umpiring

Peter Ryan

Cameron Bancroft celebrates his double century.

Long shot Cam must be in frame for Test selection now

Greg Baum

Australia's Tim Cahill (centre) and Tomas Rogic (left) applaud the crowd after their win over Syria at ANZ Stadium in ...

Fortress Australia: Socceroos' incredible home record

Michael Lynch

Australia's affection for Jelena Dokic died the second she became un-Australian.

Jelena Dokic: Our care was not what we thought it was

COMMENT
Greg Baum

Denmark's Christian Eriksen celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal against Ireland.

Denmark thrash Ireland to claim last European spot at World Cup

1 hr ago

Ben Simmons enjoys the win over the Clippers.

Ben Simmons' 76ers beat Clippers

Peter Mitchell

Conor McGregor.

Conor McGregor apologises for ref row

Argentina's Angel Di Maria congratulates Sergio Aguero after Aguero scored against Nigeria.

Aguero taken to hospital after fainting

Cameron Bancroft produced an unbeaten 228 against South Australia in Perth.

Bancroft stakes late Ashes claim as Renshaw fails again

Andrew Wu

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