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STANDARD, NEWS, WHEELIE WASTE RECYCLING 170717 Pictured - A Wheelie Waste Recycling truck adds to the 150 tonne pile of ...

Addicted to cheap trash: the roots of our recycling crisis

No comment: Lleyton Hewitt was not interested in discussing Bernard Tomic

'Not going there': Hewitt shuts down Tomic talk

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Tomas Targownik leaves court after being bailed.

Judge's sharp words after accused killer driver bailed

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 30 January 2018. ...

How Labor could end up the real losers from the citizenship saga

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A file photo of the Huon Aquaculture and NSW Department of Primary Industry commercial-size yellowtail kingfish trial ...

'Nothing will be safe': Fears after 20,000 'ravenous' fish escape

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Melbourne house prices slip again as lending rules bite

Avalon Airport secures AirAsia to operate first international service

Labor MP out as his would-be successor waits in the wings

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Ikea billionaire's fortune falls to no one after his death

Stolen car ploughs into fences just metres from primary school

Trump 'has not read' classified memo on Russia set for release

The UK High court said Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba made mistakes which led to Jack Adcock’s (pictured) “needless death” in 2011.

'Truly disturbing': Jack's death sent shock waves through doctor ranks

9 mins ago

Deceptively delicious: Eggs and chips, Bunyip Hotel-style.

The food lovers' oasis in the 'middle of nowhere'

Danny Green gets welcomed by host Julia Morris.

Fev lifts lid on I'm A Celebrity 'farce' between fighters

Amateur palaeontologist Ray Stanford explains the various types of dinosaur and mammal fossil footprints on a 2.5-metre ...

NASA finds signs of ancient life at last - in its own backyard

Tragedy: Rasual Butler and his wife in 2015.

Former NBA player and his wife killed in California car crash

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After 19 years, Hayley's killer convicted

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There are a wide range of recyclable items that can't go in the yellow bin.

The recycling rout was a disaster waiting to happen

Roula from MKR celebrates being on national television. She says she doesn't mind being the show's villain.

Roula and Rachael on what it's like to be MKR's 'villains'

Hyams Beach is a spectacular stretch of Jervis Bay with fine white sand.

Australian beach that officially has 'the world's whitest sand'

Woman charged after Geelong mother's stabbing ...

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'This could have been any of us': The scapegoat ...

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Photos of the super blue blood moon around the ...

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An artist's impression of new plans for the Markham Estate in Ashburton

Stoush over Melbourne public housing set to take a fresh turn

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Beggar accused of fatal Footscray fire 'caught in love triangle'

Man charged over sex offence at Rainbow Serpent Festival

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Sofia Sam is accused of murdering her husband.

Lunch, then a trip to Aldi: 'cops spied on alleged cyanide killers'

Police are investigating after a man was stabbed out the front of the Dandenong Magistrates Court.

Man stabbed out the front of Dandenong Magistrates Court

The City Council survey results were given to some senior staff and councilllors in November.

New sex harassment claims rock City of Melbourne

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44-year-old Raichele Galea died after an assault in a house in Geelong in June 2017.

Woman charged after Geelong mother's stabbing death

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Rail Tram and Bus Union state secretary Alex Claassens says delegates were "very very annoyed".

Rail workers in deadlock over new pay deal

NSW

Sarah Spiers' body has never been found.

New lead in hunt for suspected murder victim

WA

Alzhimers Breakthrough- Anne Fairhall is a carer for her husband Geoff Fairhall who has been living with Dementia for 20 ...

Would you want to know your risk of Alzheimer's?

The wreckage of the seaplane is lifted from the river on January 4.

Seaplane flew off course before killing six

NSW

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New tenants move into Josh and Elyse's house from The Block

Hannah Taylor and her partner James' 37-foot catamaran, Tangaroa.

'We took the leap': The family living in the middle of the ocean

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How to choose your bathroom's most important feature

The Spheres at Amazon's newly opened headquarters in Seattle, featuring more than 40,000 plants and spaces for its ...

Forget ping pong: Why Amazon built its staff a mini rainforest

In a plan to level out part of the country's hottest property markets, NSW and Victorian governments have cut stamp duty ...

Investors v first-home buyers in stamp duty repair

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Google loses crown to Amazon as world's most valuable brand

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised the land refomrs as part of his new era for the country.

President gives white farmers land deal in Zimbabwe

"One of our players, Glenn, ran up and hugged Carlos."

Tears of joy as Victorian kids chosen for NBA competition

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David Feeney, with his wife Liberty Sanger, announces his resignation from politics.

The risks are all on the downside for Bill Shorten in key byelection

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Mark Kenny

David Feeney resigns from federal Parliament

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James Massola

Peter Dutton says the public should help choose judges and magistrates

Michael Koziol

PwC is being accused of coming up with a new revenue recognition scheme to inflate Vocation's revenue by millions of dollars.

Big four firms cash in while gifting donations to Liberals and Labor

Eryk Bagshaw

Labor MP David Feeney is expected to resign from Parliament.

Labor MP David Feeney resigns from Parliament over citizenship

James Massola

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull donated $1 million in October 2016 and a further $750,000 two months later.

Malcolm Turnbull tops list of Australia's largest political donors

Adam Gartrell

ASIO personnel delivering a safe to the ABC\'s Parliament House bureau on Thursday morning.

ASIO enters ABC offices to secure cabinet files as Kevin Rudd sues

Fergus Hunter

This man swam out to the pontoon on Freyberg Beach in Wellington as the storm front moved in.

Ex-tropical cyclone batters New Zealand, sparking state of emergency in southern towns

Charlotte Greenfield

Firefighters work at the scene of the fire in Sapporo, northern Japan.

Residents die as fire engulfs Japanese senior welfare building

Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has clashed with the White House.

FBI breaks cover in clash with White House over secret memo

Adam Goldman

Theresa May dots the lion's eyes during a traditional lion dance ceremony outside the British embassy in Beijing.

Theresa May in China - all smiles but no deal yet on Belt and Road

Kirsty Needham

Illustration: Matt Davidson

As world power shifts away from the seas, Australia could get caught in the wash

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Catherine McGregor

Australian James Ricketson at the Cambodian Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on January 17.

Canberra must act to help Australian in jail in Cambodia

COMMENT
Lindsay Murdoch

Illustration: Simon Letch

Dawn may break in fool's paradise

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Encouraging children to be active is a good thing. But there are better ways of doing this.

Sporty McSportface: Doing less good for the political credit

Michael Pascoe

This Loy Yang generator will travel through Melbourne

Power station 'super load' to be hauled through Melbourne's streets

Cole Latimer

An aircraft from Air Asia X.

Avalon Airport secures AirAsia to operate first international service

Patrick Hatch

Electricity

Grid values may fall as government moves to restrict foreign ownership

Cole Latimer

ASX finds its feet in February

Vesna Poljak

Mr 'Irrational Exuberance' says there's a bubble in stocks, bonds

Jeanna Smialek

Amazon overtakes Google as world’s most valuable brand

Jennifer Duke

'It's all going to pot': Willie Nelson's weed brand raises $15m

Jennifer Kaplan

Don't let yourself down this Valentine's Day.

From the heart: Don't stuff it up this Valentine's Day

Handsome Things
Jane Rocca

Wine subscriptions are taking the snobbery out of enjoying wine.

The "uncool" wine service winning over the real connoisseurs

Fine Drinks
Emily Bitto

For the first time, employers who defy orders to pay super to their employees will face jail.

Employers who don't pay super face up to a year in jail

John Collett

Market sentiment in the United States is at historic highs.

'Be prepared to pull the trigger': why the risk of a market crash is high

Marcus Padley

Kym Masters is the founder of Section28 in the Adelaide Hills.

Banker ditches the suit to become big cheese

Cara Waters
1 hr ago

Felicia Palanca drew on her background as a ballerina to found Flo Dancewear and Flo Active.

Go with the Flo: From ballerina to entrepreneur

Alexandra Alvaro and Maggy Liu

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Mundine: 'Cops always pulling you over'

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Michelle Obama on the awkward Melania gift moment

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Calls for tougher pedestrian phone laws

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CBA appoints new CEO in leadup to to royal commission

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Comedian Fiona O'Loughlin has become a fan favourite in the 2018 season of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

O'Loughlin reveals 'alcohol was my gateway drug'

Michael Lallo

Roula from MKR celebrates being on national television. She says she doesn't mind being the show's villain.

Roula and Rachael on what it's like to be MKR's 'villains'

Broede Carmody

Danny Green gets welcomed by host Julia Morris.

Fev lifts lid on I'm A Celeb 'farce' between Mundine and Green

Rob Moran

Minchin as Paul in Squinters,

Tim Minchin on surviving a Hollywood bruising

Louise Schwartzkoff

Kevin Spacey in his now-former role in House of Cards.

House of Cards resumes production, with two new stars

Shania Twain is returning to Australia.

Shania Twain announces first Australian tour in two decades

Anthony Mundine has spoken about racism on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

Cops drew guns on me as a teen: Mundine opens up about racism

Christine Sams

Sydney - January 14, 2017: Moses Sumney performs at the 2017 Sydney Festival (photo by Jamie Williams/Sydney Festival) ...

Laneway artist can't work out why his music inspires sex

Anthony Carew

Victorian Premier's award winners: Sarah Krasnostein (front), Demet Divaroren, Bella Li (left to right, second row), ...

No trauma as writer sweeps $100,000 prize

Jason Steger

Musically interesting: Bedouine has reached back to earlier traditions in folk music.

Bedouine's music is as singular as her name

Bruce Elder

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Dave Grohl's touching tribute to AC/DC's Malcolm Young

REVIEW
Martin Boulton

Melania Trump kisses Michelle Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington on President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day.

Michelle Obama opens up about Melania Trump's awkward gift

Natalie Reilly

"It makes me really uncomfortable but I need the job so I have to do what he says."

'But that's not sexual harassment, is it?'

Jane Gilmore

Designer Georgina Chapman is reportedly "too scared" to conduct a runway show on the world stage in the wake of her ...

Weinstein's ex pulls out of New York Fashion Week

Melissa Singer

Australians are running marathons more slowly.

Australian marathon runners are getting slower: study

Mary Ward

"Researchers have known for decades that exposure to overly perfected beauty images can lead to body dissatisfaction."

Telling women about airbrushed beauty ads doesn't help their self-esteem

Renee Engeln

Alex Andrews, Founder of Get Hairy February.

'I'd never seen all my hair grown out': women get hairy in February

Tallulah Thompson

All white ... Witchery's new First Edition range has just landed in stores.

Sale whisperer: the best bargain shopping February 1-8

Kirsten Dunst has confirmed her pregnancy in a photograph taken for fashion label Rodarte's Fall 2018 lookbook. “The ...

Kirsten Dunst confirms pregnancy

Grilled zucchini with basil and mint

12 easy ways to eat your greens

The 'hazy' or New England IPA style is so hot right now.

Beer poll shows we're crazy for 'hazy' brews

The Royal Moyle vegan cheeseburger from Smith & Daughters at Melbourne's Laneway Festival.

Rock and porchetta rolls: Music festival food and drink gets fancy

Tracey telling Dean about her daughter.

Is it wrong to go on Married At First Sight when you have kids?

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1 in 5 parents-to-be are taking risky babymoons

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The one parenting lesson I wish I had learned earlier

Pan Am's uniforms, as seen in this famous scene from Catch Me If You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio, changed the game for ...

One airline is responsible for the look of all pilots and cabin crew

Michael Gebicki

Hyams Beach is a spectacular stretch of Jervis Bay with fine white sand.

The Australian beach that officially has 'the world's whitest sand'

Jane Richards

'Emotional support' peacock rejected from United Airlines flight.

Passenger attempts to take peacock on flight for 'emotional support'

Fredrick Kunkle

Google's 2017 Pixel 2 XL smartphone.

Google bets $1.36b more brains can beat iPhone

Moving from portable to home console and back again is as easy as dropping the Switfch into its dock, or lifting it out.

Nintendo Switch outsold Wii U in less than a year

Dr Sean Pollock, co founder of Opus Medical

Australian invention set to improve cancer treatment

Ben Grubb

Nik Cubrilovic was granted bail on Wednesday in Wollongong.

GoGet hacker previously helped firm fix flaws

Simon and Shendon Ewans, of Gobbill.

Aussie brothers tackle $2.1m bill scam problem

Mitsubishi's Eclipse Cross is on sale now.

Full details: Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

David McCowen

2018 Volkswagen Polo

New Volkswagen Polo prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Renault Koleos Initiale.

Renault Koleos Initiale revealed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Holden Commodore has achieved a five-star ANCAP rating

New Commodore scores first victory

Andrew Maclean

2013 Holden Caprice.

Is it worth buying a used Holden Caprice?

David Morley

BMW's new X3 was styled by Australian designer Calvin Luk.

2018 BMW X3 luxury SUV reviewed

David McCowen

Dwayne Bravo of the Renegades reacts after taking the final wicket during the Big Bash League (BBL) match between the ...

Bravo could be heading for exit

Daniel Cherny

Travis Head will play in the Big Bash semi-finals.

Head released for BBL semi

Daniel Cherny

Bert the pragmatist: Socceroos coach Bert van Marwijk arrives in Sydney.

Van Marwijk targets results, not philosophy

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Rising star: Alex de Minaur has climbed to 139 in the world rankings.

No pressure on singles pick de Minaur, Hewitt says

Phil Lutton

Becca Hamilton in action at the Women's World Curling Championship in Beijing in 2017.

Think you could be an Olympic curler? Don't make us laugh

Karen Heller

New beginnings: Bert van Marwijk, right, greeted at Sydney Airport by FFA head of national teams, Luke Casserly.

Van Marwijk says World Cup door still open for A-League players

Dominic Bossi

David Bransdon

Vic Open: Trans-Tasman Beach battle

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"One of our players, Glenn, ran up and hugged Carlos."

Tears of joy as Victorian kids chosen for NBA competition

Roy Ward

Jeremy McGovern

$4m pitch for Jeremy McGovern

Jake Niall
1 hr ago

Daisy Pearce has learnt a lot about herself – and footy – in the off-season.

The moments motivating me for AFLW season two

COMMENT
Daisy Pearce

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 02: Tom Hawkins of the Cats competes for the ball against Scott Thompson (R) of the ...

'We're still going to get you:' AFL to crackdown on punchers

Peter Ryan
1 hr ago

Happy camper: Darcy Lang in his home-town of Colac.

Carlton cautious with Lang as he recovers from ankle injury

Peter Ryan
1 hr ago

Are club runners spending too much time hovering on the field?

AFL puts runners' gameday roles under scrutiny

Peter Ryan

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