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Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Bennelong Liberal candidate John ...

Angry letter urges Chinese voters to 'take down' Libs

President Donald Trump said he knew Roy Moore had little chance of winning in the Alabama senate elections.

'I was right': Trump weighs in on loss of candidate he supported

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Australia-wide 311,100 births were registered in 2016, up from 305,400 in 2015.

Baby boom: What's the most common birthday in Australia?

A seriously injured woman was trapped in her car for more than an hour after being hit by drunk driver in St Kilda on ...

Woman trapped in car in St Kilda after being hit by 'drunk driver'

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Commonwealth Bank is marketing a US dollar bond offer.

'Scratching heads': CBA planner's $3k fine for multiple forgeries

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a leaders' retreat at the APEC Summit in ...

Tensions rise as China is urged to make Australia 'feel the pain'

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You can get more out of your NBN, if you pay for it and wait long enough

Smoke warning after fire breaks out at recycling plant

It's getting hot in here: What it's like inside a simulated heatwave

Arrest in Karen Ristevski case: 'Justice for my beautiful sister'

'Listen to parents': Toddler dies after seeing six doctors in four days

Fast food worker Michelle Hooper says she is frequently abused by customers.

Screamed at, spat at, even shot at: for Michelle it's just another day at work

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It's time for the industry in general, and Airbnb in particular, to grow up; says columnist Leonid Bershidsky.

Major cities tell Airbnb, like Uber, to grow up

Comment

Bovet's Récital 20 Astérium.

Tick-tock: The most exciting watches of the year

Chicken and rare beef pho at Twenty Pho Seven.

The new pho restaurant that never closes

Social media is being torn apart by a fictional short story titled 'Cat Person' that ran in the New Yorker.

Why the New Yorker's 'Cat Person' struck such a nerve

COMMENT

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Karen Ristevski timeline: what happened to the murdered mum

Much ado about nothing: Jimmy Anderson says the Duckett incident was not a big deal.

England's Anderson on THAT incident involving teammate

Bluesmart, which says more than 65,000 of its suitcases are being used around the world, said its batteries cannot be ...

Qantas, Virgin put ban on 'smart' suitcases

Golden Globe contender Michelle Williams, left, and Mark Wahlberg in All the Money in the World.

How ex-Spacey film pulled off shock Golden Globe nods

Qatar Airways' new business class seat, the 'QSuite'.

The top airlines, airports, lounges for 2017

High Flyer

Charges laid in the case that gripped Melbourne

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Rod Duke battles 'manifestly unfair' helicopter ...

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Phil Lowe calls out 'speculative mania' in ...

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Karen Ristevski with husband Borce.

Husband will plead not guilty to Karen Ristevski's murder

Cops alter story on Inflation shooting in legal defence

Fire breaks out in state's west as city swelters

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Jail for career criminal who murdered mate over $50 debt

Paul Duncanson.

Man in court charged with murdering man, injuring his brother

Catherine Andrews with husband and Victorian Premier, Dan.

Watchdog clears police over Premier's wife car crash case

Congestion on Hoddle Street is a massive problem.

Hoddle Street to close for eight days in early 2018

Michelle Leng, 25, was murdered by her uncle Derek Barrett in April 2016.

Man breaks silence over the killing of his niece

NSW

Justin Miles tells of his terrible ordeal after a home invasion at Forest Lake.

Man handcuffed, stomped on during home invasion

QLD

A security guard followed the group from the centre.

Shoppers shocked by Islamaphobic Santa

WA

The woman was awarded more than $40,000 in damages.

Woman sues after inappropriately 'massaged'

QLD

The lenders are generally attracted to developers with pre-sold apartments in otherwise unfinished projects.

Australia's property lending crackdown fuels lucrative debt market

Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle, on their first official public engagement, take part in a ...

As she prepares for royal life, Meghan Markle selling Toronto home

When it comes to first impressions, it's all about "wow" at first sight. And the exterior of your home is no exception.

Don't make these mistakes when updating your home's exterior

It's time for the industry in general, and Airbnb in particular, to grow up; says columnist Leonid Bershidsky.

Major cities give strong message to Airbnb and Uber: 'Grow up'

Comment

With so many things to do when moving house, you'll probably forget some of these essential tasks.

The things you forget about when moving house

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a press ...

Russia's mission in the Arab world is far from finished

ANALYSIS

Kristina Keneally, the Labor candidate for Bennelong.

The one thing driving Bennelong voters mad

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha last month.

Banana-throwing Thai leader on media warpath again

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Bennelong byelection Keneally Alexander

China furore could influence the verdict of Bennelong voters: poll

EXCLUSIVE
Nick O'Malley
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Bennelong voters say yes to China curbs but no to tax cuts

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
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Mysterious letter urges Chinese voters to 'take down' government

Nick O'Malley and Alex Joske

Minister for Social Services Christian Porter addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in ...

Complaints spark review of affordable housing scheme

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Sam Dastyari announces his resignation at a press conference in Sydney. 12th December 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Dastyari to draw taxpayer salary for weeks

James Massola

Kloe Machete (left), a yet to be named Paik (middle) and Liam Awie Sajorda (right) are part of a baby boom at Werribee ...

Want a baby? Here is where and when to have one

Eryk Bagshaw

Tasmania would join Western Australia in banning pokies outside casinos under Labor's plan.

Tasmania could become first state to blow up the pokies

Michael Koziol

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a leaders' retreat at the APEC Summit in ...

China urged to make Australia 'feel the pain'

ANALYSIS
Kirsty Needham

China's national flag flutters on the Chinese side of the banks of the Tumen river, as a North Korean village is seen behind.

China prepares for North Korean refugee tide

The Thai Prime Minister tries a banana at an exhibition.

Banana-throwing Thai leader on media warpath again

Lindsay Murdoch

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, waves goodbye to Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting ...

Russia's mission in the Arab world is far from finished

ANALYSIS
Farid Farid

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Stop scaring young Aussies, robots won't take all our jobs

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Year 12 students wait as their VCE English exams are collected.

'I did it, Mum. I'm going to be a lawyer'

COMMENT
Jacqueline Rush

An oBike left on Spencer Street in June.

The EPA is asleep on the biggest job of all

COMMENT
Mark Wakeham

CBA contested some allegations against it, while admitting others.

CBA admits breaches as it files defence in Austrac case

Clancy Yeates

Selling the empire that made him billions: Sir Frank Lowy

Who will be the next Frank Lowy or Rupert Murdoch?

Elizabeth Knight

Commonwealth Bank is marketing a US dollar bond offer.

Former CBA planner Ricky Gillespie gets $3k fine, no conviction

Clancy Yeates

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lifted 8 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 6021 while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Westfield a standout in muted ASX session

Jessica Sier

Church concerned about ATO not safeguarding holiday workers

Anna Patty

'Value for money': APRA targets underperforming super

John Collett

Fonterra Australia to lift payments to dairy farmers

Darren Gray

'Feel-good effect' of same-sex marriage boosts the economy

Eryk Bagshaw

Bovet's Récital 20 Astérium.

Dream on: Twenty of the year's most exciting new watches

Watches
Bani McSpedden

The 'manlo' is a nimbus of silver hair that floats around the crown of the head.

Hairy question: Is the 'manlo' the new man-bun?

Grooming

Happy app users: Housemates Kaitlyn Tremblay and Nicholas Phillpott having coffee in Barangaroo.

The apps helping young people manage their money

Siobhan Ryan

Philip Lowe has so far kept rates unchanged during his time as governor of the Reserve Bank.

Why the run of flat interest rates has further to go

Clancy Yeates

Baron Katrinski on an electric bike. Katrinski and business partner Nathan Reizer own Melbourne Electric Bicycles.

On ya bike: growing demand for electric bikes

Kate Jones

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman James Shipton.

SMEs struggle as insolvent trading rises

Cara Waters

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Arrest after man shot dead in Deer Park

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Labor plan to scrap pokies

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Climate summit seeks new direction

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CVTV: Minion steals lawn

A Coulson C-130 Air Tanker turns in to make a drop on a hillside near Toro Canyon Road in Carpinteria, California.

World of Photos - December 13, 2017

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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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Jennifer Lawrence is set to star in the film adaption of the hit novel Burial Rites.

'An incredible humanity': J-Law confirmed for Burial Rites film

Broede Carmody

The ABC is launching a new national rural affairs program.

ABC launches new radio show dedicated to rural affairs

Broede Carmody

Golden Globe contender Michelle Williams, left, and Mark Wahlberg in All the Money in the World.

How ex-Spacey film pulled off shock Golden Globe nods

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Daisy Ridley plays Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Lost in space: A guide to Star Wars The Last Jedi

Louise Rugendyke

Village people live.

Thank God there is more to show than Village People: review

Hannah Francis

NZ actress Rose McIver in Netflix's A Christmas Prince.

Netflix cops backlash over 'creepy' viewer tweet

Louis Tomlinson has been arrested for allegedly attacking a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport.

How Tomlinson joke badly backfired for London radio host

Broede Carmody

Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional plea for children's health care with son Billy.

Jimmy Kimmel and baby son's emotional on-air moment

The Meredith Music Festival attracted numerous fans.

Review: They came, they saw, they Meredithed

MUSIC
Nino Bucci

Andrea Keller selected poems from around the world and set them to music.

Andrea Keller's poetic music understated but compelling

REVIEW
Jessica Nicholas

Terry Wu with artists Leslie Eastman and Steven Rendall in the Brunswick East building he has converted into studios.

The Melbourne philanthropist turning property investments into artists' studios

Debbie Cuthbertson

Social media is being torn apart by a fictional short story titled 'Cat Person' that ran in the New Yorker.

Why the New Yorker's 'Cat Person' story struck such a nerve

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Gloria Steinem and protesters at the Women's March in Washington.

'Feminism' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

Kristine Phillips

Half the women currently working in media have experienced sexual harassment, bulling and intimidation.

When will Australian politics have its Weinstein moment?

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Jesinta Franklin wearing a Lover dress for a David Jones shoot.

Love rekindled: flatlining fashion label finds a white knight

Melissa Singer

We have only just begun to explore the therapeutic value of shifting focus to fully attend to and maximise pleasure.

'Tis the season for fake-drinking

COMMENT
Lisa Wells

Clothing website Wish have no idea what women want.

The plus-size fashion fail

Natalie Reilly

Beyonce

What's up with Beyonce's mega-long belt?

Melissa Singer

This is not my face

'What the hell just happened?' How a cream changed my face

Natalie Reilly

Barbecued chicken with zucchini and romesco.

Your new go-to summer chicken recipe

Meatsmith's Christmas glazed ham is succulent and made from purebred Tamworth pigs.

Ham it up: where to buy the best in Victoria

Chicken and rare beef pho at Twenty Pho Seven.

The new pho restaurant that never closes

Instagram/Sonny Bill Williams

Sonny Bill Williams under fire for family photo

I couldn't help wondering, would it work?

The truth about baby sleep school

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Decluttering before Christmas: tips for managing the toy influx

Bluesmart, which says more than 65,000 of its suitcases are being used around the world, said its batteries cannot be ...

Qantas, Virgin put ban on 'smart' suitcases

Hobart aerial shot. Harbour.

Not Melbourne or Sydney: Surprise city fastest growing tourist hotspot

Annie Dang

Flying into Queenstown is one of the most spectacular airport approaches as it takes you above lakes and rivers hemmed ...

Get a window seat: The world's 12 most stunning commercial flights

Ben Groundwater

The giant Saturn V rocket which launched us to the Moon, complete with a rusted Command Module, on display at Johnson ...

Eyes of the world return to Houston, Texas

COMMENT
Adam Turner

More than one billion clear text credentials have been found in the one database.

Crims make database of stolen passwords

Anthony Caruana

The Nintendo Switch has exceeded expectations in 2017.

With 10 million sold, this was the year of the Nintendo Switch

ANALYSIS
Tim Biggs

FILE: Stacks of bitcoins sit near green lights on a data cable terminal inside a communications room at an office in ...

Where to buy Bitcoin, other cryptocurrency

Lifehacker

Brian Krebs has had to move house to avoid the retribution of cyber criminals.

Meet the cyber sleuth hackers love to hate

Ben Grubb

Kia's Stinger Si and GT received five-star scores for a strong crash performance.

Kia Stinger S returns shock three-star safety score

David McCowen

2018 Mercedes-Benz MBUX preview

Mercedes A-Class to debut new infotainment system

Kez Casey

2017 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport.

What SUV capable of towing should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2013 Nissan Navara D40

Reminder to check for deadly airbags

Alex Rae

Jeep's Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is on its way to Australia.

The SUV that's faster than a Porsche 911

Andrew Maclean

2018 Audi R8 Neuburg Edition.

New Audi R8 special edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

Adelaide Crows

AFLW rule changes come despite time concerns

Daniel Cherny

Carlton's recruits with Blues members at Ikon Park on Wedensday.

Blues hand famous numbers to new draftees

Ronny Lerner

isaac Heeney.

Knee setbacks for Heeney and Henderson

Staff writers

AFL House

AFL staffer resigns following sexual harassment complaints

Melissa Cunningham

Fremantle has locked in prized rookie Andrew Brayshaw on a four-year deal.

Brayshaw gets a contract extension ... after three weeks

Dennis Lillee and Javed Miandad agree to disagree at the WACA Ground.

Greg Baum: Ground zero now, but what a WACA

Hornet stings: Jeff Horn celebrates after successfully defending his WBO world welterweight champion title against UK ...

Horn sets up massive Crawford fight after pummelling Corcoran

Phil Lutton
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Special delivery: Australian legend Dennis Lillee in action.

'I'm not going': How the WACA lost its favourite son

Chris Barrett

Luiz Felipe Scolari: "I am one of the names they spoke with ... to see if I was interested in taking them to the World Cup."

FFA dismisses approach for World Cup winning coach

Dominic Bossi

Crhis Froome celebrates winning the 2016 Tour de France.

Tour winner Froome says asthma drug behind 'adverse finding'

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Much ado about nothing: Jimmy Anderson says the Duckett incident was not a big deal.

Duckett pouring a drink over me was 'a non-event': Anderson

James Anderson

Chris Gayle hasn't been seen in the BBL since his summer with the Renegades in 2015-16.

'No reason' Gayle can't return to BBL, says Hogg

Daniel Cherny

"Call me stupid but don't call me a cheater": Mark Hensby.

Hensby defends himself against doping ban

Darren Walton

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