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Drugs like oxycodone could become much harder to access.

GPs face ban on handing out painkillers

Donald Trump was all smiles as he arrived at the World Economic Forum but his speech was met with boos.

Boos and a few groans as Trump sticks to teleprompter in speech

Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

'Depressed' Assange launches new legal bid for freedom

We are induced to work long hours without respite for parenthood, or for anything like a natural rhythm in our days.

We trade away our lives and it's harming our kids

COMMENT
Steve Biddulph

Esha Oberoi overcame depression to found Afea Care Services.

How Esha overcame depression to build a $10 million business

The 'Invasion Day' rally in the Melbourne.

Rally organiser says her 'burn' comments should not be taken literally

Man in critical condition as nine treated for suspected drug overdoses

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Beware the other boot after ScoMo's tax cuts

Michael Pascoe

'We are concerned for his life' – PNG nurse on Manus asylum seeker

Trump wanted Mueller sacked but his lawyer refused to do it

'Killer combo' of heat, humidity on way for Melbourne

Monika Tu.

'This is different rich': the Chinese riding the spending boom

Jane Cadzow

Roger Federer after his semi-final, in which Hyeon Chung retired with an injury.

Last time Federer played Cilic, no one was watching

Jennifer Lutz, who bought a $US540 airfare from Atlanta to Auckland, is furious Air New Zealand has refused to honour ...

Airline accidentally offers overseas fares at 90% off

Shane Warne.

'You are a disgrace': Warne shows his hand in magazine feud

David Lee knows about the pressure Caroline Wozniacki is facing.

'It must be lonely out there': Lee lauds fiance Wozniacki

EXCLUSIVE

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Private school vs public school

Hyeon Chung and Roger Federer pass each other at the net.

Chung retires, Federer sails into Open final

Simona Halep (L) of Romania and Angelique Kerber (R) of Germany greet each other after their Australian Open semifinal match.

GREG BAUM

Women open up the field, the door and the horizon

I've run out of ideas for Mystery Melbournes. This is a generic shot of Melbourne instead.

Melbourne property prices most at risk of 'significant decline'

Wednesaday's winning ticket was bought in Bassendean.

Newsagent who sold $55m lotto ticket has had enough tears

‘Error-ridden process’: The biggest customer ...

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'The great sycophant meets the great narcissist': ...

8:22AM

The new king? Lachlan Murdoch keeps investors ...

7:25AM

Australia Day profiles - Spectacular immigrant success Quin Scalzo has been awarded an AM. 24 January 2018. The Age ...

The mighty Quin: From poor immigrant to $400 million nut king

Authorities fear deaths from extreme heat this weekend

Man jumps into water as speedboat explodes at Mornington Peninsula beach

Police tape generic

Hallam woman stabbed to death, man being questioned

Nine people have been treated for a suspected drug overdoses in West Melbourne.

Nine treated for suspected drug overdoses

1 hr ago

school bus

Scanners to 'reduce risk' of children being left on school buses

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

Lisa Easton with her daughter Violet, who will not be returning to childcare after Tuesday's incident.

Toddler left in hot bus for an hour by childcare worker

QLD

Maroubra shooting

Man shot dead, police officer stabbed at pub

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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

There are approved plans to renovate the original 1920s mansion.

Exclusive mansion collection set to smash Victoria's price record

Set on Marine Parade, the four-bedroom residence has uninterrupted ocean views.

Hippies and stars of Byron Bay will need to dig deep for this home

Ellen Pompeo recently became TV's highest paid actress.

TV's highest paid actress selling stunning Hamptons farmhouse

Interstate migration is approaching pre-GFC levels in Queensland.

Why interstate migration is this year's property buzz word

How to remove common food and wine stains.

How to remove red wine and other common entertaining stains

Bets are off: Gambling giant William Hill and its local boss Tom Waterhouse are at a crunch point.

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Bets are off: Gambling giant William Hill and its local boss Tom Waterhouse are at a crunch point.

The squeeze is really on Tom Waterhouse

Nick Toscano

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump talk at the APEC summit in Vietnam in November.

Despite bromance, conflict brews between Russia and west

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Michelle Yvonne Simmons and Graham Farquhar receive their awards.

An Australia Day message worth hearing

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Government tax breaks have hit a record, with sales from family homes playing a significant part.

Cost of tax breaks soars on profits selling family homes

Peter Martin

Trump rejoining the TPP would be 'great': PM

Fergus Hunter

Malcolm Turnbull's bold declaration on the Australian flag

Fergus Hunter

The cable project to the Solomon Islands had been due to be installed by the marine division of Chinese firm Huawei.

Australia takes over internet cable amid spies' China concerns

David Wroe

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

TAFEs offer cyber security courses to meet mass shortage

David Wroe

Sam Dastyari announces his resignation from Parliament.

Labor senator Dastyari resigns from Parliament

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

Quantum physicist named 2018 Australian of the Year

Judith Ireland

Julian Assange speaks from a balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

'Depressed' Assange launches new legal bid for freedom

Nick Miller

Firefighters work as smoke billows from a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. The hospital fire ...

'Deep grief': South Korean hospital fire kills dozens

Hysterical scenes were filmed in several supermarkets across France as shoppers scrambled to get their hands on ...

Nutella discounts spark brawls in French supermarkets

Timor-Leste Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri

East Timor dissolves Parliament in effort to solve political standoff

Lindsay Murdoch

John William Waterhouse's 1903 depiction of the myth of Echo and Narcissus, as told in Ovid's <i>Metamorphoses</i>.

Silencing women an age-old practice

Mary Beard
57 mins ago

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Labor's backroom 'buffoonery' may come to haunt Shorten

COMMENT
Tony Walker

Anne Aly was the victim of a fake news attack on Facebook.

Falling prey to fake news

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse.

The gambling 'backlash' that started with Tom Waterhouse

Nick Toscano

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Turnbull's tax cuts a political stunt that ignore a hard truth

Jessica Irvine

John McGrath at his office in Edgecliff.

'Can he bounce back?:' McGrath agents question guru's future

ANALYSIS
Carolyn Cummins

Donald Trump was all smiles as he arrived at the World Economic Forum but his speech was met with boos.

US 'open for business': Trump sticks to teleprompter in Davos

Noah Bierman

The new king? Lachlan Murdoch keeps investors guessing

Anousha Sakoui and Nabila Ahmed
1 hr ago

Companies search for 'missing piece' to fix charity gift giving

Brooke Gibbs

Westfield bid may have a $US400m problem

Sarah Danckert

At Davos, bosses reckon they've found a $7 trillion opportunity

Alex Whiting

The BMW3 Pure is the price leader of the M3 lineup.

When paying more for your car doesn't always pay off

Cars
Toby Hagon

Fendi has embraced the retro look of bowling shirts.

Style strike: Rock the summer's hottest trend

Men's Style
Jane Rocca

Debt consolidation loans promise a lower rate, but there are traps.

Why debt consolidation is a bad idea

Noel Whittaker

Poor financial advice can mean less income in retirement.

Product flogging still a problem in financial advice

John Collett

Esha Oberoi overcame depression to found Afea Care Services.

How Esha overcame depression to build a $10 million business

Christine D'Mello

A ping pong table at the Twitter headquarters in Sydney.

Play at work: for it or against it?

COMMENT
James Adonis

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New Aussie flag unlikely

Australia Day

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'Doomsday Clock' two minutes to midnight

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Jenny Leong: Today is not the day to celebrate

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Actor Aaron Jefferys survivor of 'paedophile ring'

Student go back to school at Sydney High on 2 February 1943. SMH NEWS Picture by LEON Education system wartime hhollins ...

Rewind - Back to school

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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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Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in the film <i>I, Tonya</i>.

I, Tonya exposes the hypocrisy of the ice skating world

Paul Byrnes

Garrett Hedlund and Sharon Stone star in Mosaic.

Soderbergh's Mosaic an elevated murder mystery

Michael Idato

Genesis P-Orridge's first Australian exhibition arises from an ambitious identity project.

Genesis P-Orridge's weird journey towards pandrogeny

Ashley Crawford

Emma Dunch is the new chief executive of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Sydney should be 'as proud of SSO as we are of the Swans', says CEO

Caroline Baum

NOT FOR USE AFTER JANUARY 25, 2019. Foo Fighters play Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on January 25, 2018. Dave Grohl.

Foo Fighters give fan Joey the night of his life at Brisbane gig

Jorge Branco

Aaron Jeffery in Channel Nine's Underbelly Files: Chopper.

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

Broede Carmody

Jack from This is Us.

What a crock ... This Is Us ignites controversy with plot twist

SPOILERS
Michael Idato

Sophie Monk and Stu Laundy have split

Sophie Monk announces she has split from Stu Laundy

Nathanael Cooper

Alison Bell performs NASSIM - reading the script blind - on its opening night in Melbourne, January 2018.

Aussie actor Alison Bell walks blind into a joke at her expense

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Precision with ease: New York jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson.

Allyson's jazz relaxed and easy with a refreshing twist

REVIEW
Jessica Nicholas

Jodie Le Vesconte, left, and Leah Baulch in We Were There.

We Were There: Stories from AIDS sufferers we never heard

REVIEW
Cameron Woodhead

Miranda Tapsell was among the celebrities calling for a change of date for Australia Day.

Aussie celebs throw support behind #ChangeTheDate

Tallulah Thompson

Billie Jean King is seen on centre court during the women of the year award after the womens semifinal match on day ...

Tennis has a gender problem

Alecia Simmonds

"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

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

Maree Crabtree

Why is the murder of disabled people acceptable?

Naomi Chainey

Reese Witherspoon arrives at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, ...

Does Reese Witherspoon have three legs on the cover of Vanity Fair?

Mary Ward

Cauliflowers pickling in kombucha.

What is kombucha and is it good for you?

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

Aussie chef Curtis Stone barbecuing for the G'day USA Gala 2018.

Curtis Stone brings his BBQ A-game to Hollywood's A-list

Spicy barbecue chicken.

Advance Australia fare: 20 brilliant barbecue recipes

The iconic Australian spread wasn't always called Vegemite.

15 things you probably never knew about Australian food

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Spending time with grandparents helps reduce ageism in kids

Photo: Shutterstock

Elsa Pataky reveals the challenges of having kids with Chris Hemsworth

Skills your child needs before starting kindergarten.

Skills your child needs before starting kindergarten

Air New Zealand will not honour the flights that were accidentally sold too cheaply.

US flights for $100: Air NZ cancels bookings after cheap fares mistake

Susan Edmunds

The emergency care provided by doctors in Corsica has come in for high praise.

Traveller letters: How the French medical system saved my wife

What better day to test your knowledge of Australia.

Travel quiz: How well do you know Australia?

Mal Chenu

Ambeo will make your videos sound as good as they look, but might be overkill for most.

Cinematic sound for small-screen Scorseses

Review

The Play:5 is a hefty, minimalist machine.

The Sonos Play:5 sets the bar very high

Review

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a huge achievement.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review: on the backs of giants, literally

SAMSUNG CSC

Crypto is making PC parts so expensive

Kotaku

Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer.

Aussie's 'joke' currency that reached $2.4b

2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Adventure 132TSI.

Road test: Volkswagen's tougher Tiguan

Stephen Ottley

Having dominated in 2017, Ferrari will skip this year's Bathurst 12 Hour.

Winning teams missing in action at Bathurst 12 Hour

David McCowen

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

Roger Federer after his semi-final, in which Hyeon Chung retired with an injury.

The game in front of no one before the game in front of everyone

Michael Gleeson

Jai Ingham of Melbourne Victory leaps over Sydney’s Luke Wilkshire last night at AAMI Park.

Sydney see off Victory's Big Blue challenge

Michael Lynch

David Lee knows about the pressure Caroline Wozniacki is facing.

'It must be lonely out there': Lee lauds fiance Wozniacki

EXCLUSIVE
Sam McClure

Australia celebrate the dismissal of Joe Root.

Bizarre scenes in fourth ODI

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Simona Halep (L) of Romania and Angelique Kerber (R) of Germany greet each other after their Australian Open semifinal match.

Women open up the field, the door and the horizon

Greg Baum

Glenn Maxwell clears the boundary with a hook shot for the Melbourne Stars.

Maxwell considering giving up Test dream for Twenty20 riches

Andrew Wu

Test of nerve: Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki have both progressed
beyond the quarter-finals of a grand slam ...

Watershed win awaits either Halep or Wozniacki

Martin Blake

Home and hosed: South Australian Travis Head top-scored for the victors in Adelaide with 96.

Drought ends but batting issues remain for Australia

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Daniel Cherny

Star Melbourne recruit Jake Lever.

Lever loving life as he puts saga behind him

Peter Ryan

Katie Brennan has shaved a minute of her personal best time for the two-kilometre time trial.

Fit Brennan ready to spearhead new-look Bulldogs

Anthony Colangelo

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

Don Pyke (left) has signed a contract extension.

Pyke to coach Crows until at least the end of 2021

Ronny Lerner

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