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A car has collided with people on the corner of Flinders and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne.

Pedestrians hit in Melbourne: What we know so far

7 mins ago

Wil Anderson has said he is disappointed by Triple M's decision to broadcast an "Ozzest 100" countdown on Australia Day.

Triple M under fire over 'Ozzest 100' announcement

Melbourne Demons

Melbourne Demons player faces sexual assault allegation

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Malcolm Turnbull needs the gifts of acceptance and courage.

What sort of presents do our politicians deserve for Christmas this year?

COMMENT

A two-year-old girl is fighting for life after being hit by a car in Campsie.

'Hysterical driver' treated for shock after Sydney toddler death

US President Donald Trump

'Constitutional crisis': Trump warned over Russia probe meddling

60 Minutes wins defamation case over kidnap, marriage story

1 hr ago

Federal govt, contractor charged after helicopter pilot death

'Deeply concerned': Father's anger at shooting investigation

Secular society Christianity's 'greatest challenge'

Man arrested after police seize $850K worth of drugs

Major incident outside Flinders Street Station.

'It just mowed everybody down': Vehicle hits pedestrians in Melbourne

BREAKING
1 min ago

Arataki the sun bear gets stuck into the Christmas pudding.

That's a wrap: Santa comes early for Canberra zoo animals

Despite the truce, Liam Gallagher tells fans Oasis "isn't getting back together".

Liam Gallagher rules out reunion despite 'truce' with brother

EXCLUSIVE

Catt Sadler arrives at the NBCUniversal Golden Globes afterparty.

'Information is power': Host quits over male co-host's huge salary

Yassmin Abdel-Magied laughed off her "clusterf--ck" year on Tom Gleeson's Hard Chat.

'A minute's silence for your career': Abdel-Magied roasted

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Australia's first submarine found, 103 years later

Mooseheads head of security Tim Barnes.

Mooseheads security guards star in 2018 calendar

Canberrans doing their shopping.

What's open when in Canberra over Christmas

Arjun Nair of the Thunder celebrates hitting the winning run to win the the Big Bash League (BBL) cricket match between ...

More Big Bash games in Canberra? Yes please

Lonsdale Street businessman Nik Bulum and motoring enthusiast Josh Summers. They are not happy about the ACT ...

Lonsdale Street to close for Summernats to stop tradition of cruising cars

BHP prepares for a hotter future

6:47PM

AIS investigates sports science shift

6:29PM

Smith: English tail can expect another bumper ...

6:18PM

Thomas Campagna with Christian Lealiifano.

Thirteen-year-old boy recovering after Braidwood crash

Roads open after police operation resolved peacefully

Opera Australia star to sing carols in Canberra suburbs

The man is accused of bashing prison guards at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.

Clea Rose's killer denied bail to seek rehabilitation

On the spot fines of $200 can be issued to anyone caught urinating in public in the ACT.

Canberra has a wee problem... and police are cracking down

court

Magistrate rejects defence of drink driver who claimed auto-brewery-like syndrome

Photographs of the site where David Wood fell into a crevasse from January 11, 2016.

Antarctic pilot David Wood inquest hears from medical experts

A two-year-old girl is fighting for life after being hit by a car in Campsie.

Two-year-old girl dies after being hit by reversing car

NSW

March 22: Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman announces he will resign and stand for the state election in the seat of ...

Campbell Newman asked to resign from the LNP

QLD

A storm is brewing in WA's north west.

Tropical cyclone could hit just after Boxing Day

WA

A man armed with a knife has threatened a female postal worker in Kingston at lunch time on Monday.

Woman hit person twice in road-rage incident: police

NSW

Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Martin Parkinson.

Labor questions Martin Parkinson over estimates criticism

Hot desking is a trend in workplaces but is despised by some private sector staff.

ATO wins hot-desking stoush at industrial umpire

CPSU deputy secretary Beth Vincent-Pietsch.

Fight heats up as weather bureau staff reject new workplace deal

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a tour of the Snowy Hydro scheme in August.

Cost of Snowy Hydro expansion could hit nearly $12 billion

Bevan Shields

Water minister commits to extra 450 gigalitres for Murray-Darling

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Dutton flags more counter-espionage, defence cyberspies

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Happier times: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and then minister Darren Chester in October.

Queensland MPs push for peace as split fears rumble the Nationals

James Massola

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure ...

The two new cabinet ministers you've never heard of

Michael Koziol and Tara Hayes

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station during his visit to the Snowy ...

'Snowy 2.0' will go ahead but cost blows out by billions

Bevan Shields

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull posing for photos with his new ministry, including Barnaby Joyce, on Wednesday.

Turnbull's reshuffle a logic-free zone

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Warning: US Senator Mark Warner.

'Constitutional crisis': Trump warned over Russia probe meddling

The Australian man was found in central Gothenburg.

Australian man killed in Sweden

Rachel Clun

House Speaker Paul Ryan is key.

US House approves sweeping tax bill in a win for Trump

Polish President Andrzej Duda tells a news conference he decided to sign two laws that will put courts under more ...

Poland on collision course with EU

After-school care demand will continue to grow because of more women working and the rising population.

Parent's nightmare: email from school you didn't see coming

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

David Pope

David Pope's latest cartoons

28 mins ago

Almost all the services best provided or funded by the public sector are things we want more of as we get richer: ...

A bigger, better public sector will secure our future

Ross Gittins

ASIC is getting powers allowing it to ban a product where consumers are at risk of harm.

'Harmful' finance products to face ASIC ban, stiff penalties

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Shares took a breather on Thursday following this week's US tax bill euphoria.

ASX fades after tax plan fatigue

Jessica Sier
1 hr ago

Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, left, with PM Malcolm Turnbull, said there was still work to do on the agreement.

Australia and Indonesia fail to meet free-trade deal deadline

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

Donald Trump: questions about his ties to Russia.

Economic vandalism: We're set to join the tax race to the bottom

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

BlueScope leads ASX tax cut winners

James Thomson

Telcos will be forced to undertake speed tests for NBN customers

Jennifer Duke

Retail Food Group faces class action over share price wipe-out

Patrick Hatch
53 mins ago

Blow for Vodafone in battle for regional mobile customers

Jennifer Duke

New tenancy laws in the ACT could hit renters' back pockets.

The year that was: Five big things that happened in the property market in 2017

Top 10: Allhomes' pick of open homes to see this week in Canberra.

Top 10: Allhomes' pick of open homes to see this week in Canberra

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: A general view of real estate signage?in Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania on March 6, ...

Canberra and Hobart: Two underdogs that have topped the national market in 2017

Photo by Cue & Co of London

Transform a tiny courtyard with these clever solutions

55 Banks Street, Yarralumla

2017 a big year for Canberra's property market

McDonald created the property with award-winning architect Harlan Redgen.

Forget five star hotels: This is where the A-List choose to stay

Luxury
Benjamen Judd

Mr Black's new Amaro combines their traditional cold coffee brew with fourteen distilled and macerated fresh botanicals.

10 of the best limited edition drinks to stock up on over summer

Fine Drinks
Jane Rocca

Illustration: Simon Letch

Ask Noel: is Bitcoin a good investment?

Noel Whittaker

U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, during a panel discussion at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, India.

Emerging markets an opportunity for Australian investors

Nassim Khadem

Emily Bitkow and Sarah Hua are the founders of Vivra, which has experienced rapid expansion.

Meet the women bringing back the bum bag

Nina Hendy

What causes some students to go from dedicated, motivated learners at school to university slackers?

Why do so many young people chase their uni dream then squander it?

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Donald Trump
2017 Year in Review Rainbow flag

2017: Year in Review

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Hayne lands in Israel amid rape allegation

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Australian drug suspect in Bali visits mum

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RSPCA investigating goldfish-eating stunt

David Pope editorial cartoon, Thursday December 21, 2017.

Best of Fairfax cartoons Dec 21

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Clear eyes, full hearts… every episode of Friday Night Lights - now streaming on Stan.

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A new chapter begins… The Stan Original series Romper Stomper - now streaming only on Stan.

Understanding your toddler's fine motor skills

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The business rules of attraction

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Reporter Liz Hayes with Nadia Tabbaa.

60 Minutes wins after parents sue over kidnap, marriage story

1 hr ago

Wil Anderson has said he is disappointed by Triple M's decision to broadcast an "Ozzest 100" countdown on Australia Day.

'Redneck scum': Triple M under fire over 'Ozzest 100'

Broede Carmody

Despite the truce, Liam Gallagher tells fans Oasis "isn't getting back together".

Liam Gallagher talks about 'truce' with brother and Oasis

EXCLUSIVE
Kylie Northover

Yassmin Abdel-Magied laughed off her "clusterf--ck" year on Tom Gleeson's Hard Chat.

'A minute's silence for your career': Abdel-Magied roasted

Broede Carmody

Guy Pearce.

How Guy Pearce's first home - Neighbours - got saved

Karl Quinn

The imagination used to such great effect in the Lord of the Rings is evident in Tolkien's Christmas letters to his children.

Tolkien's Christmas letters to his children are magical

Season seven's finale will see major characters meet the first time.

The science behind the long winter in Game of Thrones

Jesse Cox, 31, died of a rare cancer.

Walkley Award-winning radio producer dies of rare cancer at 31

Aja Styles

Carol Elvin's shot of the start of Canberra Balloon Spectacular will feature in a slideshow to be seen by millions of people.

Beautiful Canberra shot makes Tourism Australia's 'Favourite Instagram Moments of the Year'

Emilio and Angelo Cataldo in the new Ainslie Place salon.

Cataldo's leaves the Melbourne Building after 33 years

The restaurants, cafes and bars open over Christmas and New Year's in Canberra.

What's open over Christmas and New Year in Canberra

Former St Andrew's student Kendra Murphy is angry that more recently-exited students were not included.

How rape culture was airbrushed from uni colleges report

COMMENT
Nina Funnell

Model Helena Vestergaard breastfeeding her baby, River, in a feature in RUSSH magazine.

Why this breastfeeding photo matters

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

Married At First Sight promo, starring Dean.

Channel Nine, what were you thinking?

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Lauren Wasser

This model wants women to know TSS from tampons is real

Lindsey Bever

Catt Sadler arrives at the NBCUniversal Golden Globes afterparty.

TV star quits over male co-host's huge salary

Nicole Economos

The front page of the Daily Mail on Tuesday.

The most sexist headlines of 2017

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

Khloe Kardashian

Finally! Khloe Kardashian confirms she's pregnant

Natalie Reilly

FILE - In this Monday Nov. 27, 2017 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for ...

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle at Queen's Christmas lunch

Tony Jones

Instagram/Browncardigan

Suggestive Wiggles toy has internet in hysterics

Don't try this at home.

Amazon pulls circumcision training kits from sale

Photo: Lego Boost

Top new tech toys for kids this Christmas

Chef Michael Slade's Christmas gravy at his Thornbury restaurant Northern Git.

It's the 21st of December... Here's how to make gravy

The restaurants, cafes and bars open over Christmas and New Year's in Canberra.

What's open over Christmas and New Year in Canberra

Beers of the summer of 2017.

The beers of the summer - and where to drink them

A Delta 747 filled with employees and customers arrives at Boeing's plant in Everett in the first in a series of ...

America's last jumbo jet makes its final commercial flight

Hugh Morris

Nudey Beach - Fitzroy Island.

Former nude beach named Australia's best

Annie Dang

Big Cypress Lodge, Memphis.

Pyramid stadium is now one of America's strangest hotels

Craig Platt

Aussies don't have time to wait by the front door, with one in four having missed a parcel delivery.

How you can not miss an online delivery again

Adam Turner

This Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, photo shows a Twitter sign outside of the company's headquarters in San Francisco. ...

Twitter rolls out new anti-hate rules

While your family and friends might love their Christmas games console, they won't love waiting for updates to download.

Watch out for the Christmas Day download blues

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Tamir Triguboff.

'My parents haven't given me a single cent'

The offset touchpad takes some getting used to, but it feels good.

Razer's big, beautiful gaming laptop arrives in Australia

Review

Mercedes S-Class Intelligent World Drive.

Why self-driving cars are still a decade away

David McCowen

2017 Honda Civic Type R vs Ford Focus RS Limited Edition.

Head to head: Honda Civic Type R vs Ford Focus RS

David McCowen

2018 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport

Quick Spin: Infiniti's M3 rival

Andrew Maclean

2018 Honda Insight Prototype.

Honda's new Insight

Stephen Ottley

2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

Driven: Alfa Romeo's make-or-break SUV

Andrew Maclean

2009 Kia Sorento.

What to look out for with a second-hand Kia Sorento

David Morley

Will the AIS decentralise their sports science and medicine units?

AIS investigates sports science shift

20 mins ago

Race car driver Cameron Hill .

Canberran Cameron Hill eyes "massive" Grand Prix chance

53 mins ago

Adelaide Strikers batsman Jono Dean preparing for the Big Bash League (BBL).

Jono Dean approaching every game like it's his last

57 mins ago

Raiders CEO Don Furner says a new centre of excellence at Braddon will allow them to keep up with the other NRL clubs.

New centre of excellence will help Green Machine keep up

55 mins ago

Jarryd Hayne arrives in Tel Aviv.

Jarryd Hayne arrives in Tel Aviv, refuses to speak about rape claims

Melbourne Demons

Melbourne player faces sexual assault allegation

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

The Canberra Cavalry have released former Chicago Cubs outfielder Ryan Kalish.

Cavalry release former Cub Kalish

50 mins ago

Chopping block: Angus Crichton has had his finger amputated.

Souths star Crichton amputates finger