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President Donald Trump says the US dollar will get 'stronger and stronger'.

Trump's comments send the Aussie dollar diving

1 hr ago

2018 Australian of the Year, Professor Michelle Simmons in Canberra ahead of the announcement on Thursday.

How Michelle will help us solve complex problems in minutes

Australian of the Year

Matthew Guy will campaign on 'Australian values'.

Culture wars: How Matthew Guy plans to win the election

ANALYSIS

Catherine McGregor 2016 Queensland Australian of the Year.

Don't change the date - Australia Day is a story of survival

COMMENT
Catherine McGregor

Illustration: Matt Davidson

We're cheering on Jacinda Ardern - and her partner too

COMMENT

Age editorial dinkus

Guy's values plan is not what is needed

EDITORIAL

Chronic stress could 'lock in high blood pressure'

The Aussie behind 'joke' cryptocurrency and how it reached $2.4 billion

TAFEs offer cyber security courses to meet mass shortage

Where to eat, drink, shop and play in Melbourne this Australia Day

Several dead after commuter train derails near Milan

An artist impression of the Be Fair Be Vegan campaign that was dropped by Yarra Trams.

Vegan activists furious after Yarra Trams blocks ads at 11th hour

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, playing at Wimbledon in 1970.

The full list of Australia Day Honours

Sophie Monk and Stu Laundy have split

Sophie Monk announces split from Stu Laundy

1 hr ago

A portion of the upper left jaw and teeth from the Misliya-1 fossil.

Oldest human remains outside Africa found in Israeli cave

Vegetarians, so often portrayed as a vague band of hippies on the fringes of society, are in reality becoming mainstream.

Vegetarianism, an idea whose time has come

COMMENT

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Kerber and Halep's heart-stopping rally

Marin Cilic is into another grand slam final.

'I can match him': Cilic ready to face Federer - if he wins

Tennys Sandgren's polarising political views are under increasing scrutiny.

Disgusting tweet: Serena says Sandgren should apologise

Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue star in <i>Swinging Safari</i> in cinemas now.

'We like the drama': Who on earth would become a swinger?

Sam Kerr is one of the world's top football players.

Young Australian of the Year: Matildas star kicks another goal

47 mins ago

What will he say? Trump's Davos speech could ...

8:24AM

'Killer combo' of heat, humidity lining up for ...

8:01AM

Turpin siblings often marched in circles in their ...

7:59AM

It's going to be a hot one.

Melbourne hit by storms as heat set to take hold

UPDATED

'Zero tolerance' for violence on Australia Day, police warn

Anguished dad keeps vigil by mine where daughter's body dumped

Luke Morin appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Man accidentally shoots himself in head, then is arrested over shooting

The Captain Cook statue in Saint Kilda was vandalised overnight.

'Disgrace': Paint thrown on Captain Cook statue on Australia Day eve

UPDATED

Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre

Youth justice centre inmate knocks out staff member with guitar

Inside Barwon Prison.

Huge prison expansion to be built west of Melbourne

After an accident left him with a debilitating brain injury, the Public Trustee of Queensland was appointed as Jonathan ...

Police say mum got benefits, staged her son's suicide

QLD

A Perth childcare centre has been fined after children were found playing near a busy road.

Childcare centre fined after kids play on main road

WA

Ho Ledinh and his family.

Slain lawyer's complex lifestyle muddies probe

NSW

The leafcutter bee brought back hundreds of cut-out leaves to decorate her new home.

World-first: Keen eye spies bee and spider bedfellows

QLD

'OPod Tube' micro-homes made of drain pipes

Architect proposes we live in these micro drain pipe homes

How to remove common food and wine stains.

How to remove red wine and other common entertaining stains

With our laissez-faire approach to housework it's not surprising that our children have picked up a few bad habits.

When my kids called me 'mummy servant', I knew we had to change

Danny Katz.

When it comes to home repairs, I am the 'make-do' master

Danny Katz

What aspirational and meaningless garbage should the national property market pledge to embrace and then quietly ignore ...

Property market's New Year's resolutions we will quietly ignore

Cauliflowers pickling in kombucha.

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Cauliflowers pickling in kombucha.

The latest health food is a drink

Evangeline Mantzioris and Permal Deo

Now might be a good time for millennials to quit their favourite toast topping.

Why avo may be off the menu at your local cafe

Jenny Noyes

The chain has 18 stores around Victoria.

NQR supermarkets, owned by Baker's Delight founders, collapses

Patrick Hatch

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and deputy leader Tanya Plibersek speak to media outside Sunnybank Hills State School in ...

Shorten could block TPP, says 'foolish' not to do modelling

Felicity Caldwell

Labor senator Dastyari resigns from Parliament

Australians still trashing their beaches and streets, report finds

Nicole Hasham

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull discussed the TPP deal in Tokyo last week with Japanese leader Shinzo Abe.

How about showing us what we're about to sign?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles says Australia should assert its rights to nativate the high seas under ...

Politicising African crime could hurt us economically, warns Marles

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.

Trade deal risks a 'noodle bowl' of agreements, warns business

Eryk Bagshaw

Mark Butler oversees the environmental portfolio for Labor

Powerbroker ready for presidential return after attack on ALP factions

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

India's Rapid Action Force personnel perform a flag march through the streets of the city where many vehicles were ...

Hindu mobs burn cars, threaten beheadings to block a movie in India

A portion of the upper left jaw and teeth from the Misliya-1 fossil.

Oldest human remains outside Africa found in Israeli cave

Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister

Hungarian mass honouring Nazi ally cancelled after protests

The Doomsday Clock has moved forward by 30 seconds to two minutes to midnight.

We're now closer than ever to the apocalypse

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

I used to love Australia Day. Now I get why it's an issue

Kelly Bartholomeusz

Actor Cate Blanchett, who was honoured last year, is great, but did she need another award?

Our honours system gives awards to the wrong people

COMMENT
Duncan Fine

Malcolm Turnbull on the eve of the failed 1999 republic referendum.

The republic debate 20 years on

COMMENT
John Warhurst

GetSwift managing director Joel McDonald and executive chairman Bane Hunter.

Sorry saga of former AFL player's company a setback for the ASX

Comment
John McDuling

House prices have risen by more than two-thirds nationwide since 2009

'Negative' outlook: Australia's AAA rating at risk, says S&P

Peter Martin

Meat and Livestock Australia annual Australia Day ad campaign in 2017.

Complaints soar over 'politically incorrect' Australia Day ads

Brooke Gibbs

President Donald Trump says the US dollar will get 'stronger and stronger'.

Trump's comments send the Aussie dollar diving

Timothy Moore
1 hr ago

NQR supermarkets collapse puts cloud over 350 jobs

Patrick Hatch

Safety risks stall nuclear role in Australia's energy mix

Cole Latimer

'Dishonest' education boss loses defamation case

Hot temperatures to rock Victoria’s grid

Cole Latimer

George Clooney has paved the way for distinguished silver.

This side-effect of ageing could be your best feature

Grooming
Elizabeth Wellington
1 hr ago

Enjoy cold drink this Australia Day.

No durries mate: The pub trend that's all thanks to smoking bans

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

Poor financial advice can mean less income in retirement.

Product flogging still a problem in financial advice

John Collett

One in 10 women aged 65 now will live past 100.

The new risk to our retirement savings

Annika Bradley

Andrew Kuypers, Scott Jungwirth and Marc Lord have spent $40,000 launching Thongs Australia.

Putting the Aussie back into thongs

Cara Waters

With some of the world's fittest athletes "dying on court", the Australian Open's complex heat-out formula is facing ...

Cool heads must prevail on heatwave safety

Tony Featherstone

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Wozniacki and Halep advance to the Australian Open Final

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Cilic to make maiden Aus Open final appearance

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Crocodile killed then dragged behind car

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Parents of tortured children barred from contact

Mike Gill with his dogs Baz and Coco. Mike was the victim of a hit and run accident in Coburg on New Years Eve.

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Every episode ever of The Office (U.S) - this Thursday on Stan.

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The brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race: Allstars - this Friday 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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Aaron Jeffery in Channel Nine's Underbelly Files: Chopper.

McCleod's Daughters star says he's a 'paedophile ring' survivor

Broede Carmody
27 mins ago

Sophie Monk and Stu Laundy have split

Sophie Monk announces she has split from Stu Laundy

Nathanael Cooper
1 hr ago

Ben Affleck's brother Casey appeared to confirm he won't return in the film.

Casey Affleck withdraws from Oscars in wake of #metoo

Michael Idato
47 mins ago

Tony Sheldon on board the famous bus in the original Australian production of Priscilla.

She's back! Priscilla musical rolls into town again

Nathanael Cooper

Sarah, one of the participants in the 2018 season of <i>Married at First Sight</i>.

Is this season of MAFS good TV or emotional manipulation?

Craig Mathieson

Tziporah Malkah starred in Ten's new season of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

'It's only for money': Ex-I'm a Celeb contestant rubbishes show

Broede Carmody

Rapper Briggs on AB Original's no-holds-barred approach to Indigenous rights: "We're angry but there's also a dark ...

Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day

Kylie Northover

Meryl Streep at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards earlier this month.

Streep joins Big Little Lies in role designed for her, says author

Broede Carmody

Morissette still sports her trademark long locks and centre part.

Alanis Morissette charms Australia on stage for the first time in nearly 20 years

REVIEW
Hannah Francis

Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in Lion.

The highest grossing Australian films of 2017

FILM
Garry Maddox

Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. Embargoed until Sunday 21 Jan 2018. S cover story. M cover story. photo ...

The Academy finally awakes to the post-Weinstein world

OSCARS
Glenn Whipp

Sniffing the shirt of a romantic partner led to a reduction in cortisol.

Sniffing your partner's shirt may help reduce stress levels

Tallulah Thompson

"It's not something that interests me," Winfrey told InStyle. "... I met with someone the other day who said that they ...

'I don’t have the DNA for it': Oprah rules out run for President

Melissa Singer
19 mins ago

Maree Crabtree

Why is the murder of disabled people acceptable?

Naomi Chainey

Cauliflowers pickling in kombucha.

The latest health food is a drink

Evangeline Mantzioris and Permal Deo

Mutual admiration ... Billie Jean King (left) with Magda Szubanski in Melbourne on Thursday.

'I don't have many heroes': when Magda met Billie Jean

Melissa Singer

Barrister Charles Waterstreet in Sydney's Darlinghurst.

Q&A; what were you thinking?

Nina Funnell

Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue star in <i>Swinging Safari</i> in cinemas now.

Who on earth would become a swinger?

Kerri Sackville

In this photo released by Kensington Palace on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose ...

The real story behind Prince Harry and Meghan's set-up

Natalie Reilly

Ice-cream cake with an Anzac biscuit base, malted ice-cream, macadamia cookie crumb crunch and dulce de leche caramel ...

How to make four of the coolest ice cream cakes ever

Celebrate Australia Day at O'Connell's with an Aussie favourite: BBQ prawns in a roll.

The best places to eat and drink this Australia Day weekend

Lemon and oregano skewers with cucumber yoghurt.

Advance Australia fare: 16 luscious lamb recipes

Photo: Shutterstock

Elsa Pataky reveals the challenges of having kids with Chris Hemsworth

Photo: Shutterstock

Help! My teen son is smoking marijuana

Photo: Shutterstock

Why I'll never throw away my positive pregnancy tests

Reclining your seat is no longer an option on some airlines' planes.

Airlines are getting rid of reclining seats in economy

Michael Gebicki

A rendering of Blue Star's Titanic II.

Whatever happened to Titanic II? China's version is half finished

Soo Kim

Papunya, Northern Territory, the closest town to Australia's Pole of Inaccessibility.

'Poles of Inaccessibility': The places furthest from anywhere revealed

David Whitley

Thousands of cyber security experts will be needed over the next decade.

TAFEs offer cyber security courses

Healthy baby: Cloned monkey Hua Hua.

Researchers clone primates for first time

Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer.

Aussie behind 'joke' cryptocurrency that reached $2.4b

SAMSUNG CSC

Crypto is making PC parts so expensive

Kotaku
1 hr ago

The HomePod brings Siri into your lounge room.

Apple HomePod to hit stores February 9

The new Toyota Camry takes on some of its fiercest rivals.

What is the best family sedan?

Stephen Ottley

Haval's H9 is one of the best-value four-wheel-drives on sale.

2018 Haval H9 Ultra new car review

David McCowen

BMW's new 8-Series has undergone dynamic testing.

8-Series on-track for 2018 launch

Dom Tripolone

Jeep is planning a new SUV to sit under the current entry-level Renegade.

Jeep investigating new micro-SUV

Kez Casey

2018 Jaguar E-Pace

Jaguar's sub-$50k SUV reviewed

Alex Rae

2008 Volvo C30 LE.

Should you buy a second-hand Volvo?

David Morley

Marin Cilic is into another grand slam final.

Experience has final say for Cilic

Michael Gleeson

Simona Halep celebrates her victory.

Halep's epic win keeps grand slam dream alive

Scott Spits

Pragmatist: Bert van Marwijk.

Pragmatist and realist: Who is the new Socceroos coach?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lynch

City's Daniel Arzani and Nikolai Topor-Stanley jostle for position.

City come from behind twice to share spoils

Michael Lynch

Hyeon Chung in action. Tennys Sandgren vs Hyeon Chung at the Rod Laver Arena.

It's all fun and games: Chung proves a refreshing change

Sam McClure

Fan favourite: A Ben Simmons fan with the Australian flag.

Simmons dominates on 'Aussie night' in Philadelphia

Matt Bungard

Sidelined: Aaron Finch.

Finch out, Maxwell's ODI call-up another twist

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

'Utter madness': J Astrid Radjenovic and Jana Pittman during a training run in Sochi.

Jana Pittman savages Olympic bobsleigh decision

Andrew Webster

Scott Pendlebury will lead the Magpies again.

Pies stick with Pendles as captain

Peter Ryan

Adelaide star Rory Sloane is in high demand among Victorian clubs.

Crows keen to avoid Rory Sloane contract distraction

Peter Ryan

The AFL hopes clubs will play their best players.

Geelong to kick off AFLX as fixture finalised

Peter Ryan

Don Pyke (left) has signed a contract extension.

Pyke to coach Crows until at least the end of 2021

Ronny Lerner

Joe Daniher was a star offensively in 2017.

Daniher needs to get better defensively: Goddard

Jon Pierik

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