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Craig McLachlan, centre, performing in Rocky Horror Show in 2015.

McLachlan leaves Rocky Horror after harassment claims

1 hr ago

Telstra has announced it will make silent line services free from February 18 onwards.

Telstra makes silent lines free as complaints soar 20 per cent

Mark Thompson's Port Melbourne home was raided on Friday.

Mark 'Bomber' Thompson's Port Melbourne house raided

12 mins ago

A smoke alert has been issued for Kwinana Freeway.

Bushfire closes Perth freeway off-ramp, smoke alert

Prisoners are sleeping on the floor because of chronic overcrowding at Hakea prison, according to the prison officers' union.

Prison officer requires hospital treatment after being assaulted

1 hr ago

Ron Tandberg won 11 Walkley Awards, including two Gold Walkleys.

Last drawing: Much loved Age cartoonist Ron Tandberg dies

17 mins ago

'Significant risk' of cyclone in WA's northwest this week

1 hr ago

'No bad blood' as Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi gets on with the job

Ashes live: Australia clinch victory over England in Sydney

Live

There is no secret master plan. He is the WYSIWYG president

Australia's broadband speed is worse than Kazakhstan's

Craig McLachlan, and inset, his alleged victims, from top, Angela Scundi, Erika Heynatz and Christie Whelan Browne.

One allegation against Craig McLachlan is particularly disturbing

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Too good: The Australian team celebrate after their 4-0 win in the Ashes.

Aussies deny England any reward in a series they entered as equals

Oprah Winfrey poses in the press room with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the ...

Oprah's passionate speech at Golden Globes goes viral

The laws will require drivers to reduce their speed to 40kmh.

SLOMO laws 'nearly impossible to enforce': Police Union

The company was fined for carrying out unregistered work.

Unregistered Perth builder cops fine for unlawful work

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Golden Globes and the #metoo campaign

An iguana that froze lies near a pool after falling from a tree in Boca Raton, Florida.

Why is it raining Iguanas in Florida?

Beyonce shared this image to announce she was having twins.

The most popular Instagrams of 2017

After filling up at the Costco service station in Majura Park, Tina Tian was charged more than $200,000.

Canberra woman pays $126 for fuel, gets charged $200K

A beautiful shot of the last supermoon over the west coast.

Screening in the skies above: the new year's supermoon trilogy

Don't blame Lowe, says Glory's Taggart ahead of ...

5:21PM

Prison officer assaulted in Perth jail

4:15PM

Broome in firing line with 'significant risk' of ...

3:44PM

Clothes covered the floor and the top of bins at the Mandurah Good Sammy's.

'Absolutely disgusted': op shop thefts anger residents

Carla Hildebrandt

Perth man 'stabbed' after fight with friend on way back from crabbing

Hannah Barry

Name and shame: Perth's dodgy day care providers reprimanded

Jon Daly

Clinton Dally has died while holidaying in Bali.

Tragedy in paradise: Perth father found dead in Kuta hotel room

Jon Daly

The man was fined for the offence.

Perth man slapped with ban after tailgating ambulance

Staff reporters

Angove Street, Norseman.

Building damaged after 11-year-old firebug 'lit lawn, clothes' on fire

Jon Daly

A 31-year-old woman has been seriously injured in a single-car roll over in North Walpole.

Woman 'thrown' from car in rollover on WA highway

Jon Daly

Haydn Butcher died in hospital after being punched in the face on the Central Coast on New Year's Day.

Pizza shop owner accused of killing 'defending worker'

NSW

The laws will require drivers to reduce their speed to 40kmh.

SLOMO laws 'nearly impossible to enforce'

Polish tourists Tom and Andrew walking from Wolli Creek station to Sydney Airport.

How travellers avoid cost of airport train

NSW

Four Perth day cares had their licences cancelled or suspended last year.

Perth's dodgy day care providers reprimanded

Jon Daly

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Why Treasury thought Turnbull was wrong on negative gearing

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

'A private school boy': Liberal brawl breaks out over housing

Michael Koziol

ALP housing policy would have 'small' impact on market

Fergus Hunter

Champagne sits on a business class seat of a Singapore Airlines Ltd. Airbus SE A380 aircraft with refitted cabins during ...

DFAT's $100k junket for European journalists

Lisa Martin

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he leaves the White House in Washington on Friday.

Trump really is prepared to go to war: Kim Beazley

Deborah Snow

Local MP David Southwick and Federal MP Michael Danby arrive at the memorial service.

Michael Danby spent $4574 on ads attacking journalist

Fergus Hunter

US President Donald Trump.

'Romantic encounter' behind Australia's role in Trump probe

David Wroe

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks in 2016 when issuing a declaration signed by 58 public figures ...

Rivals Mahathir, Anwar join forces in bid to oust Malaysian PM Najib

Apologetic: former chief strategist Steve Bannon

Bannon apologies for calling Donald Trump jnr 'treasonous'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

WikiLeaks doxxes Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury

Chris Zappone

In this photo provided by Korea Coast Guard, the Panama-registered tanker Sanchi is seen ablaze after a collision with a ...

Oil spills into East China Sea after ships collide

UPDATED

There has been an extraordinary 7600 per cent increase in small scale solar power.

Cooking the books on climate change policy

COMMENT
Eryk Bagshaw

The performance of Australian students in international tests is slipping. The solution might be outside the classroom.

Secret to better school results lies outside the class

COMMENT
Karen Nottingham

Happier times: Trump takes a call with former national security advisor Michael Flynn and Stephen Bannon in attendance, ...

Steve Bannon's war with Trump can only end in tears

Nicole Hemmer

There was a surge in complaints about car dealerships.

Car dealers drive up consumer complaints over faulty goods

The sharemarket continued its enthusiastic start to the year on Monday.

ASX rises again to fresh decade-high close

Vesna Poljak

The vote has been delayed for one week.

Workplace tribunal delays vote on new Domino's wage offer

Patrick Hatch

Telstra has announced it will make silent line services free from February 18 onwards.

Telstra makes silent lines free as telemarketing complaints soar

Jennifer Duke

'Swarm' cyber attacks predicted for 2018

Ben Grubb

What Murdoch's Disney deal might really be about

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Australia's broadband is slower than Kazakhstan's

Jennifer Duke

How Trump's antics have hurt the US dollar

COMMENT

Michael Mobbs is an advocate for sustainable off-grid living.

Meet the inner-city urbanites going off the grid

The humble Beachcomber might just take the award for Australia's most iconic holiday home.

How this humble home became one of Australia's most iconic

Luxury Australian kitchen

The top three renovation projects to do over summer

Suzanne Gorman, and her husband, lived in the home for nearly a decade before renovating.

'I don't play it safe': Suzanne Gorman's simple rule for styling

There is a high turnover of rental properties in late January and early February.

Experts reveal the smartest ways to secure your dream rental

He may have only been a prince in the show, but Matt Smith was king on the red carpet.

Black-tie blackout: 18 men who got it right at the Golden Globes

Men's Style
Benjamen Judd

Regular breathing exercises can encourage clearer thinking at work and more strength and power in the gym.

The trick to improving everything from your fitness to your work

Development

Hannah Thiem at home in Sydney, with some of the items she buys in bulk to avoid disposable packaging.

How Hannah cut down on waste on a budget

Siobhan Ryan

From a current median price of $895,342, a 10 per cent decline would equate to about $90,000.

For most, predicted downturn will be little more than a blip

ANALYSIS
Jennifer Duke

Former Fairfax Digital executive Dale McCarthy is the founder of Bondi Born.

How Bondi Born launched a bikini empire by exporting first

Carol Saffer

The Noahface technology in action.

Facial recognition with your takeaway coffee

Cara Waters

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Australia claims 4-0 Ashes series victory

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Kazakhstan has faster broadband than Australia

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Craig McLachlan accused of sexual assault and harassment

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Debra Messing gives E! a serve

Mitch Jones, Performer and Provoceteur, at the Media call at the iconic Big Top tent in Parramatta, Circus Oz celebrate ...

Fairfax photos of the week - January 4, 2018

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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.

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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Craig McLachlan, centre, performing in Rocky Horror Show in 2015.

McLachlan leaves Rocky Horror in wake of harassment claims

Michael Lallo
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Nicole Kidman accepting the Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a limited series or motion picture made ...

Kidman brings home gold as women turn awards black

Michael Idato

Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards.

Oprah Winfrey issues call-to-arms at Golden Globes

Broede Carmody

The cast of <i>Big Little Lies</i> (from left: Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene ...

Big Little Lies wins big at Globes in age of women

Nathanael Cooper

Craig McLachlan plays Eric in The Wrong Girl.

The life and loves of Craig McLachlan

Kate McClymont

Debra Messing wore black at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards to protest female inequality in Hollywood.

Grace on fire: Messing delivers stinging rebuke at Globes

Michael Idato

Game of Thrones fan Brad Pitt.

Brad Pitt bid $168,000 to watch Game of Thrones with Khaleesi

Elizabeth Wagmeister

Craig McLachlan has been accused of indecent assault and bullying women.

Craig McLachlan accused of indecent assault

EXCLUSIVE
Kate McClymont

Jon and Gill Atkinson believe their chilli cider was a world-first.

The Denmark couple who brewed the world's first chilli cider

Heather McNeill

The original Jumanji was a bonafide smash hit all the way back in 1995.

Welcome to the jungle with Jumanji hitting the target

Thomas Munday

The cheeseburger at Meet & Bun was Sophie's best dish in Perth for 2017.

Perth foodie's favourite five dishes of 2017

Sophie Hawkins

Craig McLachlan, and inset, his alleged victims, from top, Angela Scundi, Erika Heynatz and Christie Whelan Browne.

Craig McLachlan and the question we need to ask

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Poppy Jamie arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in ...

Best feminist moments of the 2018 Golden Globes

Mary Ward

Nicole Kidman arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards.

Every outfit from the 2018 Golden Globes red carpet

The Crown's Claire Foy and Matt Smith at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards.

Women wear the pants as red carpet a sea of black

ANALYSIS
Melissa Singer

Allison Williams arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, in ...

Golden Globes 2018: The red carpet as it happened

Live
Natalie Reilly

Actors Eva Longoria, Laura Dern, Brie Larson, Natalie Portman and Reese Witherspoon will be wearing black to today's ...

Celebrities share #WhyWeWearBlack ahead of Globes

Mary Ward

"It means sitting down and reading for the pure fun of it."

One thing parents should get caught doing

Kasey Edwards

Participants could distinguish between tired and sick.

Even if you don't know you're sick yet, your face will give you away

Karen Kaplan

Pink talks marriage to Carey Hart.

'Get 'em young and train 'em ladies': Pink's advice about men

Your child might feel powerless.

If your child wants to quit sport, let them

Giving up sugar yourself is one thing; getting kids to do so is another entirely.

What happened when my family (almost) went sugar free for a week

Neil Perry's king prawn and cabbage salad with sesame dressing.

Eat a rainbow: 25 salads with style and substance

Neil Perry's vegetable paella.

Weekly meal planner: Spanish food for summer

Yotam Ottolenghi's pomegranate and rose granita recipe for Good Food via New York Times. (Rikki Snyder/The New York ...

Yotam Ottolenghi's refreshing pomegranate and rose granita

Planes at Sydney Airport. There are now 54,519 flights between Sydney and Melbourne's airports annually.

World's busiest air routes named: Melbourne-Sydney now No.2

Kylie McLaughlin

Etihad business class.

Flight test: Dreamliner class is so good, you won't want it to end

Mark Chipperfield

The Ghan accommodates about 330 guests in comfort.

What it's like on board The Ghan: Epic train through Australia's heart

John Huxley

Cyber attacks are set to get a lot smarter.

'Swarm' cyber attacks predicted for 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a product event in San Francisco.

Google arrives at CES to battle Siri and Alexa

The Dealer returns in Hand of Fate 2.

Aussie-made sequel a mysterious and refined game of chance

Review

Chip

Check if you're still vulnerable to Meltdown

Gizmodo

President Donald Trump's comments about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the respective sizes of North Korea and the ...

Twitter explains why it won't block Trump

Peugeot 3008 DKR Maxi.

Are these the world's toughest cars?

Stephen Ottley

2017 Subaru Impreza.

Which is the best Subaru Impreza?

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai sunroof airbag

The sunroof that can save your life

Alex Rae

Nissan brain-to-vehicle technology

The car that can read your mind

Alex Rae

Kia is set to debut its Niro electric SUV at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

Kia set to reveal new electric SUV at CES

Alex Rae

2018 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen has been leaked online.

New G-Wagen leaked online

Alex Rae

Victoria Azarenka will not play the Australian Open this year.

Azarenka withdraws from 2018 Australian Open

UPDATED
Claire Siracusa

Mitch perfect: Starc reacts after dismissing England's Mark Stoneman for LBW on day four of the first Ashes Test at the SCG.

Ashes live: Australia look to rip through last bats, Root in hospital

Live
Matt Bungard

Australian bowler Nathan Lyon celebrates dismissing England batsman Moeen Ali for 2 runs on day five of the second Ashes ...

Lyon set to turn up the heat on England

Chris Barrett

Gun forward Tayla Harris, playing here for the Allies, has joined Carlton.

AFLW 2018: Winning is on everyone's mind

Peter Ryan

High standards: Joe Root has not had a bad series, just an ordinary one compared to Steve Smith.

'His Broad was cooked and his Cook was rooted'

ANALYSIS
Malcolm Knox

Frantic reaction: Steve Smith.

Smith's reaction to Marsh ton could be moment of summer

Tom Decent

Could Dustin Martin do it all again?

The talk is soon to start as another AFL season looms

Peter Ryan

Scott Pendlebury tackles Ireland's Chris Barrett at Adelaide Oval.

Irish give Philly no international rules love

Peter Ryan