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Myer and David Jones are pulling the trigger on mid-year clearance sales following the weakest retail trading in five years.

Myer profits slump as sale flops, shares hit low

1 hr ago

Robert Doyle pictured at the Melbourne Health function in 2016.

'It was beyond touchy-feely': Alleged Doyle victim speaks out

Quentin Tarantino has apologised for historical remarks he made about Roman Polanski victim Samantha Geimer.

'I am sorry': Tarantino apologises to Geimer over rape comments

1 hr ago

The global market rout returned on Thursday night, spilling into Asia on Friday.

Markets Live: ASX sharply lower after Wall Street retreat

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Works on Hoddle Street in January.

Drivers warned to steer clear of Hoddle Street this weekend

1 hr ago

Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull mark the start of the parliamentary year at the Australian War Memorial on Monday.

Shorten has peaked - and Turnbull has him in his sights

COMMENT
Catherine McGregor

Guy hopes golf course fight will help swing marginal seat

Pay students to do their maths homework, and everybody wins

COMMENT

'My worst nightmare': Billionaire family's ponies die mysteriously

'Enthusiastic yes': Uni mandates sex consent course

Russia meddled in election, Putin a 'brilliant tactician'

Protesters clash with a far-right supporter in Florida in October.

Letting the far right in: how Jim Molan helped extremism be respectable

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley
9 mins ago

Just a year old and Pocket City Farms grows a huge range of vegetables, including kale, kohlrabi, coriander and cucumbers.

Goats, chooks and bees: Aussies with country lifestyles in the city

Belen Aldecosea, a college student from Miami Beach, says Spirit Airlines pressured her to flush Pebbles, her pet ...

Airline forced me to flush my pet hamster down the toilet

1 hr ago

Roast pumpkin, goat's curd and zhoug pizza.

The ultimate pizza collection: 34 top ways to celebrate pizza day

1 hr ago

I'm coming for you Dean.

Davina deserves MAFS resident sexist even if it's stealing

COMMENT

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In this February 26, 2017 photo, Kate Upton arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California.

Kate Upton: Guess co-founder kissed me, grabbed my breasts

Spencer Stone, left, and Alek Skarlatos.

Is 15:17 to Paris Clint Eastwood's worst-ever film?

Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

SpaceX's rocket flings Tesla car on a path that goes beyond Mars

Malcolm Turnbull conscious of 'distress' in ...

12:40PM

Monster fatberg vies for role of grossest museum ...

12:40PM

Earnings optimism prevails amid equity turmoil: ...

12:37PM

Jane Garrett.

Jane Garrett 'considering' a run for Melbourne mayor

Geelong College refers Robert Doyle allegations to Victoria Police

Carjacker disguised by Chux Superwipe makes a clean getaway

Media House. 20 June 2017. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim.

The Age is Victoria's number one masthead, new figures show

The man was allegedly hit with a baton by a PSO officer.

Anti-corruption body looking into PSO baton attack at train station

Edmund Pribitkin in hospital after the alleged assault.

Girl charged over attacks on tennis tourists fails to front court

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Rocco Arico

Gangland boss says drug trafficking offer was just 'bulls---'

The severity of the shark attack on Surprise shocked experts.

Shark bites spark fear for Monkey Mia dolphins

WA

Police cordoned off an area around a garbage truck in Dee Why after a woman was hit and killed on Thursday morning.

Grandma walking boy in pram killed by garbage truck

NSW

Brisbane City Council is investigating after it was found residents had registered dingoes as pets.

Brisbane council registers illegal dingoes as pets

QLD

Jabba the Hutt

Star Wars character at centre of $2.25m lawsuit

QLD

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The best properties on the market in Victoria right now

Jamie Durie has made the move to respected furniture designer.

'I'm moving back home': What Jamie Durie did next

Use these tips to give your home that extra sparkle.

How to get your house cleaner than you ever thought possible

The sun rises beyond power lines in St. Charles Parish, La., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

How to stop your energy bill skyrocketing over summer

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Just a year old and Pocket City Farms grows a huge range of vegetables, including kale, kohlrabi, coriander and cucumbers.

Goats, chooks and bees: Aussies with country lifestyles in the city

Reg Edwards on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House during Kevin Rudd's apology.

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Reg Edwards on the lawns in front of Old Parliament House during Kevin Rudd's apology.

Apologies: a short Australian parliamentary history

Tony Wright

Bicycle food delivery in the Sydney CBD.

Sweet and sour of food-delivery boom

COMMENT

Michael, pictured while on assignment at Uluru last year.

Vale Michael Gordon, driven by fairness and equity for all

COMMENT
Ken Wyatt

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Malcolm Turnbull conscious of 'distress' in Barnaby Joyce affair

6 mins ago

'No wriggle room': Turnbull government commits to cut

Fergus Hunter

Outer suburb students at greatest risk from freeze

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Minister for Health Greg Hunt during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 8 February 2018. fedpol ...

Greg Hunt flags $30 billion in new hospital cash but fight still looms

James Massola

The McGowan government has announced its plans to reduce shark attacks of the WA coast.

5500 sharks lurk in the waters off eastern Australia: study

Nicole Hasham

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Jim Molan refuses to accept Adam Bandt's apology

Daniel McCulloch
1 hr ago

The rule would restrict office relationships.

Bonking ban: MP wants to stop politicians having sex with staff

Michael Koziol

"Putin is a brilliant tactician who has the capacity to detect weakness and exploit it": former President George W. Bush.

Russia meddled in US election, Putin 'brilliant tactician', Bush says

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

ICC to investigate Duterte for crimes against humanity

25 mins ago

Bermuda Governor John Rankin (inset) has signed into law a bill that reverses an earlier Supreme Court ruling legalising ...

Bermuda abolishes same-sex marriage after legalising it

Lindsey Bever
1 hr ago

The Museum of London isn't sure how the fatberg will behave as a museum exhibit.

Monster fatberg vies for role of grossest museum exhibit

Nick Miller
7 mins ago

The FSU is calling on Kenneth Hayne to ask banks to waive their rights in respect to any confidentiality agreements that ...

Banks using gags to stop the toxic truth getting out

COMMENT
Julia Angrisano

When human traders began offloading shares earlier this week, robots took over, automatically selling to protect themselves.

Stoking a fire with gasoline: why the US share market shuddered

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Michael, pictured while on assignment at Uluru last year.

Vale Michael Gordon, driven by an enduring sense of fairness and equity for all

COMMENT
Ken Wyatt

Unchartered territory: Most millennial investors have only worked in an era where central banks printed trillions of ...

Never seen a crash: Wall Street's untested millennials

The global market rout returned on Thursday night, spilling into Asia on Friday.

Markets Live: ASX sharply lower after Wall Street retreat

Live
Vesna Poljak

It's been an expensive week for mega billionaires like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Billionaires' luck: Jeff Bezos is $6.7 billion poorer than yesterday

27 mins ago

Myer and David Jones are pulling the trigger on mid-year clearance sales following the weakest retail trading in five years.

Myer's latest sale flops, putting a hole in profits; shares tank

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Earnings optimism prevails amid equity turmoil: RBA

10 mins ago

News Corp chief blames 'bot-infested badlands' for low returns

Jennifer Duke
1 hr ago

Get ready for most cryptocurrencies to hit zero

Kana Nishizawa
1 hr ago

Not too skimpy: US apparel giant buys Bras N Things for $500m

Patrick Hatch

The latest Paco Rabanne ad has had some men crying reverse sexism.

No, shirtless blokes with six-packs in advertising isn't sexist

Culture
Michael Hogan
1 hr ago

Sports luxe is no longer the centre of style in 2018.

The uptight menswear trend you can finally kiss goodbye

Men's Style
Benjamen Judd

The report argues the current 9.5 per cent rate is adequate to fund a decent retirement income for the typical worker.

Scrap super guarantee increase to boost wages, save $2b: report

Jessica Irvine

Your unused, emergency card limit now risks your credit rating

ANALYSIS
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

A study published last month by Canadian researchers has illuminated the world of sex work.

Sex work: A legitimate business like any other?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Acai bowls are cropping up on menus everywhere.

Why acai is on every breakfast menu right now

Sylvia Pennington

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North Korean military parade marks army anniversary

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Bush says Russia meddled in US election

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Shares fragile, US budget deal hits bonds

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Bold, colourful fashion at David Jones launch

Jim Pavlidis cartoon for Letters page, Friday February 9, 2017

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Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

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The family of Rose McGowan's former manager Jill Messick have blamed McGowan over her death.

Rose McGowan's former manager dead, 'victim' of #metoo

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Anthony Mundine and Danny Green go head to head on season four of I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here.

I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here is losing steam

COMMENT
Christine Sams

Insidious: The Last Key

Whannell's triumphant journey into Hollywood horror

Garry Maddox

Spencer Stone, left, and Alek Skarlatos.

Is 15:17 to Paris Clint Eastwood's worst-ever film?

Paul Byrnes

Anthony Mundine quit because of his kids.

Mundine tearily reveals why he left I'm A Celebrity

Christine Sams

I'm coming for you Dean.

Davina deserves MAFS douche Dean even if it's stealing

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Nasser Sultan, left, with his bride Gabrielle Bartlett on Nine's Married at First Sight.

Married at First Sight star denies ripping off bands

EXCLUSIVE
Matt Teffer

Ben Gillies has been charged with drink driving and refusing to submit to a breath test.

Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies charged over drink-driving

Brodie Owen

- Stills from Clint Eastwood's The 15:17 to Paris.

New Eastwood film stars real-life heroes as themselves

Rafer Guzman

The 2005 USA OR BUST tour party in South Carolina with the van provided by Gig Records before the last gig of the tour. ...

A decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll with the Screwtop Detonators

FILM
Ron Cerabona

Game of Thrones' creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will produce the next trilogy of films in the Star Wars saga.

Game of Thrones creators to produce new Star Wars trilogy

Michael Idato

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been separated since 2016.

The case for renewing your 'divorce vows'

Kerri Sackville

"Ta" was a practice I picked up two workplaces ago, and now can't seem to shake.

Baby talk is creeping into the office

Mary Ward

Tessa James arrives for the David Jones Spring Summer 2017 collection launch.

Tessa James has given birth to her first child

Nicole Economos

Prince William has given an address to students in London in which he criticised the level of digital manipulation in ...

'I worry for you girls': Prince William gives moving speech to students

Jessica Hart attends the Fashion Week amfAR Gala New York at Cipriani Wall Street.

Aussie models lead star-studded line-up at New York HIV gala

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In this February 26, 2017 photo, Kate Upton arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California.

Guess co-founder grabbed Kate Upton's breasts, called her a 'fat pig'

Carly Mallenbaum

Chrissy Teigen, left, and John Legend arrive at the 60th annual Grammy Awards.

John Legend keeps stealing Chrissy Teigen's chargers and she's not happy

"People living with chronic pain may take heart that options are available to supplement appropriate painkiller use".

Beyond codeine – more risks identified with other painkillers

Natalie Parletta

Chicken and beef satay with cucumber, onion, rice cakes and satay sauce at Chanteen.

MasterChef stars open pop-ups at Melbourne hawker market HWKR

8 mins ago

Roast pumpkin, goat's curd and zhoug pizza.

The ultimate pizza collection: 34 top ways to celebrate pizza day

1 hr ago

"If music be the food of love, there's no reason to cover your chest in corn relish."

Seven books combining food and sex that probably shouldn't exist

Angelina Jolie and daughters Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Jolie-Pitt in New York last month.

'Your mind will define you': Angelina Jolie's message to her daughters

1 hr ago

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Why I decided to ditch all my Facebook groups

Two mums are furious after their toddlers' eyebrows were allegedly waxed at daycare.

Mums furious after daycare staff wax toddlers' eyebrows

55 mins ago

Belen Aldecosea, a college student from Miami Beach, says Spirit Airlines pressured her to flush Pebbles, her pet ...

Airline forced me to flush my pet hamster down toilet: Student

Lori Aratani
1 hr ago

Enoch Orious and Anna Karg.

'Beg-packing' couple cause anger travelling NZ with no money

Virginia Fallon
1 hr ago

United Airlines 787 Dreamliner.

Travel quiz: What did United cut to save 643,000 litres of fuel a year?

Mal Chenu

Apple's HomePod is the most expensive smart speaker yet, and it sounds like a million bucks.

HomePod: great sound for a limited audience

Review

Jim Carrey urges users to delete Facebook

The game largely feels the same as ever, but it looks phenomenal.

Shadow of the Colossus: dark fantasy classic gets a clean-up

Review

Ash sucks

The very best JB Hi-Fi game reviews

Kotaku

Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car was launched into space during the first test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket.

Space car headed past Mars, into asteroids

Side gig: Nissan Leaf owners may be able to make money through V2G - vehicle to grid - technology.

How Nissan's next car could make you money

David McCowen

2018 Citroen C3

Citroen committed to Australia

Stephen Ottley

2018 Peugeot 5008 GT.

Tested: Peugeot's new seven-seat family SUV

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai has teased its new electric SUV.

Electric Hyundai Kona confirmed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI Original

New three-door Volkswagen Golf GTI reviewed

Kez Casey

2018 Kia SP Concept

Is this Kia's missing link?

Andrew Maclean

South Korean women pose for photographs behind an Olympic Rings sculpture on Gyeongpodae Beach ahead of the 2018 ...

The Winter Olympics cannot heal the Korean divide

OPINION
Oliver Brown
1 hr ago

Abuse claims: Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors.

Olympic swimmer accuses coach of sexual abuse

Will Hobson

Big move: Since being traded from the Patriots, Jimmy Garoppolo has thrived.

NFL star signs biggest contract in sport's history

Matt Barrows

Dwyane Wade is heading back to the Miami Heat.

Cleveland Cavaliers go on a trading frenzy

Ben Simmons has been overlooked for the NBA All-Stars again.

Simmons overlooked - again - for NBA All-Stars

Reinforcements: Tom Rogic is back training with his Celtic teammates.

Rogic back training for Europa League push

Justin Chadwick

Bumper crowd: Eagles fans flock in front of Philadelphia Museum.

Eagles draw massive crowd to Super Bowl parade

Tim Cahill marked his return to match action with a goal for Millwall u23s.

Cahill set for his first run with Millwall in English Championship

Adam Treloar of the Magpies

Brisbane Lions rookie quits AFL and returns to Ireland

Ronny Lerner
52 mins ago

Collingwood has dropped AFLW star Moana Hope.

Hope needs to bring more to her AFLW game: Collingwood

Nicole Hildebrand kicks the ball.

AFL should have acted sooner to fix problems facing AFLW

Jake Niall

Daisy Pearce.

Daisy Pearce: Don't wallow in AFLW negativity

Daisy Pearce

Geelong are taking a cautious approach with Patrick Dangerfield.

Geelong Cats star Patrick Dangerfield in doubt for AFLX

Peter Ryan

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