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Superfunds Roundtable.? Paul Keating and John Fraser. Photo by Peter Braig. 23 November 2017.

Former PM may have to declare as a foreign agent

Are on-demand delivery services more secure than Australia Post?

Fears of 'parcel pirates' as Amazon deliveries ramp up in Australia

1 hr ago

Dep PM Barnaby Joyce congratulates the new dep National Party leader Bridget McKenzie Fedpol Pic Nick Moir 7 dec 2017

Supporters flock to Canberra to witness marriage bill pass

Live
58 mins ago

Joe Tullio managing director of Australia Fruits based in Victoria.

Why millions of dollars of Christmas goods are standed on the docks

1 hr ago

Ben Stokes has been named in England's one-day side.

Suspended Ben Stokes named in England's one-day squad

14 mins ago

Aimee and Matt Dean with daughter Mackenzie, 5.

'We had no idea': The hidden horror striking Aussie kids

Trump names Jerusalem as capital, critics brand it a 'declaration of war'

'Complicated scene': Man found dead inside Mitcham home

52 mins ago

Retailers, don't be relieved: Amazon's second act is coming

Spending down: Bill shock sees wallets shut across the nation

That'll be $50k thanks. Police to bill alt-right identity over protests

Former prisoner Tracey* says routine strip searches were dehumanising and archiac.

Tracey was 'humiliated' when a guard told her to take off her clothes

Tracy Grimshaw speaks out about Ben McCormack

'It was horrifying': Grimshaw breaks silence on Ben McCormack

Dennis Coard and Debra Lawrance arrive at the AACTA Awards at The Star.

'It was rife': Aussie stars speak out on sexual harassment

1 hr ago

The California fires have closed one of America's busiest freeways - the traffic-choked 405

Raging wildfire closes in on one of America's busiest freeways

The cover of Time.

A story, a moment, a movement: Time names 'Person of the Year'

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CCTV: Woman doused with petrol in robbery

AACTA winners: Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in Lion.

Lion roars at awards: The feel-good story everyone needed

Sami Shah and Jacinta Parsons are replacing Red Symons on ABC Radio Melbourne.

A twist as ABC Radio reveals Red Symons' replacement

The number of books in the home has a strong influence on academic performance.

The powerful finding that should make you pick up a book

COMMENT

US President Donald Trump

Donald Trump didn't crack Twitter's list of 2017's top tweets

Interchange rules may tempt players to use ...

10:45AM

Potential cure for haemophilia in groundbreaking ...

10:34AM

Donald Trump's Hanukkah gift to Israel

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Out of pocket: Neediest schools short-changed by vast sums

CFA captain says there are 'two sides' to attack on teenage girl

School wipes former archbishop's name from its history

Tziporah Malkah, formerly known as Kate Fischer, on I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

Ex-model Tziporah Malkah may fight drink-driving charges

Paul Levey aged 11.

'This has always been our truth and now it is out there'

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Jihadi or psychotic? Disagreement over wife-killer's motive

The allegations date back 40 years at Camberwell Grammar School.

Ex-Camberwell Grammar teacher on historical sex charges

Mental health was the number one national concern for young Queenslanders, according to a Mission Australia survey.

Mental health the No 1 issue for Queensland youth

QLD

Pru Goward, NSW Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Social Housing, looks to the "legacy" of the ...

Harbour Bridge the limit as Sirius goes on the market

EXCLUSIVE

Albert Sharpe, 12, died from injuries suffered on a Northam building site.

'Tragic': 12-year-old boy dies on building site

WA

Labor claims it has the seats to form government but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk isn't visiting the Governor yet.

Labor hits magic 47 seats it needs for a majority

QLD

Lendlease is offering customers the opportunity to test drive apartments in its recently completed Toorak Park ...

What these Melbourne apartments and a car have in common

Lucy Feagins likes to add a few simple, sparkly decorations to her wreath.

From the tree to the table: Stylist-approved Christmas tips

How do you fancy-up the bathroom without renovating?

Easy ways to transform a tired bathroom without renovating

Is the first home buyer back in business?

'The best opportunity in some time': First-home buyers back in force

Bellbird Dell Park, Vermont South.

Melbourne's little parcel of forest less than 20km from the city

Professor John Rasko with Mark Lee, his partner and his daughter, who is a carrier for haemophilia B.

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Professor John Rasko with Mark Lee, his partner and his daughter, who is a carrier for haemophilia B.

Potential cure for haemophilia in groundbreaking gene therapy

Kate Aubusson
18 mins ago

Didi Taihuttu is holding onto his bitcoin for now.

The 39-year-old father of three who sold everything for bitcoin is not cashing in

1 hr ago

Electric vehicles at a charging station.

Electric cars are coming faster than you think: 16.5m sales tipped for 2025

Darren Gray

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Dep PM Barnaby Joyce congratulates the new dep National Party leader Bridget McKenzie Fedpol Pic Nick Moir 7 dec 2017

On the last sitting day of 2017 the Nationals elect a new deputy

Live
Stephanie Peatling
58 mins ago

'The dog ate my papers': And other excuses Australia is sick of hearing

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

More Labor referrals loom after Shorten's horror fortnight

Adam Gartrell

Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Penny Wong

If Parliament was a suburb...

Eryk Bagshaw

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on Wednesday.

After Dastyari and dual citizenship, is Shorten's bull run ending?

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Liberal MP Jason Falinski faces ongoing questions over his citizenship, despite producing legal advice.

Liberal MP produces legal advice but doubts remain

Michael Koziol

"Family violence is not a private matter, it is criminal behaviour": Attorney-General George Brandis.

New laws to target drunk men who breach restraining orders

Michael Koziol

President Donald Trump

Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital

An encrypted chat group allegedly shared a photo of Prince George starting school and posted his school address.

'Terror chat group' given Prince George's school address

Nick Miller

The cover of Time.

Time magazine names Person of the Year

Jonah Engel Bromwich

Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, pauses during her bilateral meeting with Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, inside ...

MI5 'foils terrorist plot to assassinate British Prime Minister'

Illustration: Matt Davidson

'The dog ate my citizenship papers': MPs are boring voters

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Illustration: John Shakespeare

If you're promised a tax cut this Christmas, read the fine print first

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Senate Opposition Leader Penny Wong is what we should seek in a leader.

Why Penny Wong should be our next Prime Minister

COMMENT
Michael Short

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp owns 100 per cent of Fox Sports and is part owner of Foxtel in a joint arrangement with ...

Green light given to Foxtel and Fox Sports merger

Jennifer Duke
56 mins ago

The ASX was set for a better day.

Markets Live: Brighter day for ASX

Live
Sarah Turner
25 mins ago

Bitcoin image from Bitcoin.com.

'No way to know when bubble will burst': Bitcoin surges to record

Weinstein's alleged ability to carry off an astonishing list of crimes depended on the participation of a disturbing ...

Lawsuit describes Harvey Weinstein as a de facto crime boss

Alyssa Rosenberg

Volkswagen executive jailed for role in diesel scandal

Fingerprint payments to be 'commonplace' within a year

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Electric cars will be mainstream faster than you think, says UBS

Darren Gray

Dock spat strands Christmas deliveries

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

Tom Ford's provocative new fragrance costs $460 for a 50ml bottle.

Tom Ford's controversial new fragrance has an unspeakable name

Handsome Things

The devil wears Gucci: Yiannopoulos caused a storm of controversy.

World's most dangerous man, or a second rate stand-up comic?

Culture
Gary Nunn

Tammy Keller is disputing a damage claim made by Europcar in Sydney.

'Suddenly I had a bill for $5000': Christmas holiday hire car warning

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Reputation of financial planners is still low with consumers, despite increasing professionalism.

Financial planners could lose from Royal Commission

John Collett

Sara Caverley, creative director and founder of Sol Sana shoes.

Finding a foothold in the shoe market

Nina Hendy

Jessie Goh is the owner of online boutique Summer Lane.

One sale for the day: Small business off to a slow start on Amazon

Cara Waters

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Billy Bush comes clean to Stephen Colbert

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Venezuela launches oil-backed cryptocurrency

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Cahill quits Melbourne City

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CCTV: Sex doll stolen from SexyLand

Malcom?Turnbull,?dripping wet looking up at the storm cloud that has just started raining on Bill Shorten. Illustration: ...

Best of Fairfax cartoons Dec 7

Cartoons, December 7, 2017
29 mins ago

No activity stan

New country, new cops, still… No Activity - Stan Original series now streaming only on Stan.

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The brand new season of Stan Original series #WolfCreek - December 15 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

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AACTA winners: Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in Lion.

Lion roars at AACTAs with clean sweep and youngest best actor

Garry Maddox

Dennis Coard and Debra Lawrance arrive at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards at The Star

'Trial by media': Stars discuss harassment on AACTAs carpet

Alison Xiao
1 hr ago

Ed Sheeran has been named the most-streamed artist of 2017 by Spotify.

Who came out on top in this year's music streaming battles

Rob Moran

Billy Bush discusses the infamous Trump Access Hollywood tape on Colbert's late show.

Colbert made Billy Bush watch the Trump tape - and it was awkward

Emily Yahr

Sami Shah and Jacinta Parsons are replacing Red Symons on ABC Radio Melbourne.

ABC Radio reveals Red Symons replacement

Broede Carmody

ABC Radio: Robbie Buck and Wendy Harmer.

ABC unveils major Sydney radio shake-up

Broede Carmody

Theatre director Neil Armfield has called the allegations against Geoffrey Rush a "great injustice".

Director calls Rush allegations a 'great injustice'

Rob Moran

Former Channel Seven reporter Dylan Howard after being questioned by Victorian police in 2007.

Former Seven journalist facing misconduct allegations

Broede Carmody

From left, Matthew Bird, Daniel Price, Pia Interlandi and Phillip Adams.

MPavilion becomes a gateway to the afterlife

Hannah Francis

Ugly Kid Joe are in Australia in December.

Ugly Kid Joe get last laugh on haters: 'Our history will win'

Andrew Drever

Kathryn Heyman says Words to Live By tells of her own personal transformation.

Kathryn Heyman turns to memoir and nets an $80,000 catch

Jason Steger

Experts are warning against the trend of Australians cutting quality carbohydrates.

Why cutting carbs can increase your risk of diabetes

Sarah Wiedersehn

Angelina Jolie attends a special screening of Netflix's"First They Killed My Father" at the DGA theater on Thursday, ...

Angelina Jolie opens up about Brad Pitt and fame

Natalie Reilly

Melina Vidler arrives at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards at The Star.

Best and most creatively dressed at the AACTAs

Melissa Singer

Researchers calculated that for every woman whose life was saved by a screening mammogram, 16 others were unnecessarily ...

Mammograms didn't do much to save women's lives, study finds

Karen Kaplan

Milo Yiannopoulos during a function hosted by Senator David Leyonhjelm at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.

Why ignoring Milo Yiannopoulos didn't make him go away

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

He had failed to communicate he had a wife in another city.

I was the other woman and I had no idea

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

'Body positive'? Louise Thompson.

This woman's 'body positive' message has people outraged

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Sophie Monk arrives at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards at The Star.

AACTA: All the looks from the red carpet

Tempura, sushi and assorted sides at Yokocho.

Yokocho brings Tokyo alley-style dining to Melbourne

Skeppshult spice mill.

Yule be rapt: The ultimate gift guide for food and drink lovers

Wontons with red chilli oil.

Tony Tan's stress-free party treats: Wontons, BBQ pork and egg tarts

Schools out!

6 fun ways to mark the last day of the school year

Pink, Willow & Carey

Pink speaks about gender-neutral parenting

Photo: @Beyonce/Instagram

Beyoncé's pregnancy photo most 'liked' Instagram post of 2017

The crew in their rest area on board a Boeing 777.

Twelve secret aircraft features you probably didn't know about

Oliver Smith

A tented camp at Meno a kwena.

Revealed: The luxury camp where Harry and Meghan fell in love

Patrick Sawer

Japan Airlines has invested $10 million in the development of Boom's new supersonic airliner.

Supersonic travel comeback: Japanese airline orders 20 new jets

Are on-demand delivery services more secure than Australia Post?

'Parcel pirate' fear as Amazon arrives

1 hr ago

Old and re-imagined. Nokia's 3310 is perhaps the tech symbol of the year.

A wave of tech nostalgia in 2017

Comment

Once Amazon ramps up in Australia, the attraction will extend far beyond low prices.

Amazon won't woo Aussie shoppers on price alone

COMMENT

Mia Garlick, Facebook's director of policy for Australia and New Zealand.

Facebook's most talked-about topics in 2017

NBN

The inside story behind NBN HFC delay

ANALYSIS

Lexus LF-1 concept.

Lexus to debut new SUV concept

Alex Rae

Hong Kong hosted the opening round of the 2017-18 Formula E championship.

Inside the world of Formula E

David McCowen

Isuzu MU-X

The best Isuzu SUV model revealed

Andrew Maclean

2018 BMW i3s.

BMW's 'sporty' i3 reviewed

Kez Casey

2018 Volkswagen Tiguan 162TSI Sportline.

VW debuts new Tiguan variant

Dom Tripolone

2011 Ford Falcon EcoLPi.

What used Aussie car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Ben Stokes has been named in England's one-day side.

Ben Stokes named in England's ODI squad

14 mins ago

'I had to have a sleeping pill last night': Australian captain Steve Smith.

'A tough 24 hours': Smith reveals he took sleeping pills last night

Chris Barrett

Pleasure and Paine: Steve Smith and Tim Paine celebrate victory in the second Test.

England have left 'scars' on Australian players: Bayliss

Chris Barrett

Marsh has been in decent batting touch in the Shield for WA.

Mitch Marsh back in frame for WACA Ashes Test

Andrew Wu

Firing on all cylinders: Mo Salah celebrates his goal.

Liverpool through in Champions League after goal rush

1 hr ago

Golden years: Mark Schwarzer in 2005 during the penalty shootout with Uruguay.

Schwarzer wants long-term Socceroos coach

Warren Barnsley

Star turn: Josh Hazlewood celebrates a wicket on the final day in Adelaide.

Hazlewood stars as ruthless Australia finish off England

Chris Barrett

Australia's Steve Smith, left, Tim Paine and Peter Handscomb, right celebrate the fall of the last English wicket at the ...

Smith, bowlers have final word

Greg Baum

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire

Interchange rules may tempt players to use prohibited drugs: McGuire

Ronny Lerner
7 mins ago

The Bulldogs have erased their net debt.

Another big AFL profit for Western Bulldogs

Lachie Plowman.

Plowman signs contract extension with Carlton

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

Dustin Martin and his father Shane.

Dusty's dad could be one step closer to returning to Australia

Gary Ablett

Ablett thought about retiring 'five or six times'

Ronny Lerner

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