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'Quite a bloody scene': Australian rocker's son killed in alleged attack
A 20-year-old man is in police custody following an alleged early morning attack on Liam Anderson, the 26-year old son of Rose Tattoo singer Gary 'Angry' Anderson.
- by AAP & Angus Thompson
Telstra, ombudsman flag compensation for weekend EFTPOS outage
A technical outage took down EFTPOS machines nationwide on the weekend forcing many small business owners to ask customers to pay in cash.
- by Patrick Hatch
Forced from the Philippines, Sister Patricia Fox lands in Melbourne
Australian nun kicked out of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte for protesting against human rights abuses arrives back in Melbourne.
- by Matilda Boseley
After a fortnight of counting, Kerryn Phelps to be declared Wentworth victor
Kerryn Phelps will be declared the winner of the Wentworth byelection, pushing the Coalition into minority government after a fortnight of counting.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Opinion
Victoria
Take a trip to Geelong and look out the window. I did - and it made me cry
The views from the train are now choked with the usual bleak and dystopian housing developments.
- by Catherine Ford
Opinion
Private schools
Lesson left a deep, damaging mark on my friends
My school taught me girls can do anything. Except, of course, have sex with the wrong kind of people.
- by Louise Schwartzkoff
'I have an infatuation... for this man that's not normal'
Angry, scared voters say that only the president can solve the problems they are worried about.
- by Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Katie Rogers
Labor pledges more parkland, protection for green wedges
Labor Government promises more than 6500 hectares of parkland and greater protection for green wedges.
- by Craig Butt
Yoga studio killer wanted to crucify 'American whores'
Series of videos posted online paint the picture of an 'involuntarily celibate', or 'incel' with rage against women.
- by Martin Vassolo
Featured
Victorian Election
'This election is still alive': Where the battle is really on
- by Tim Colebatch
Matthew Guy's fight against the odds
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion & Perspectives
In Geoffrey Rush case, it's easy to forget who is on trial
Eryn Jean Norvill wasn’t in court on Thursday, to hear the argument about her breast.
Jacqueline Maley
Stoking the fires of anxiety is the oldest trick in the book
Guy’s strategy is the kind of politicking that returns to haunt parties if they win government and need to act like grown-ups.
Julie Szego
Weak competition may be the key to the economy's problems
Australian industries are plagued by a lack of competition. But what can we do about it?
Ross Gittins
Melbourne
Victoria
Updated
Victoria Police
Family of five in deadly crash that killed mother and son
- by Tammy Mills & Goya Dmytryshchak
National
Exclusive
Sydney's ganglands
Glamorous wife on the catwalk while her Sydney husband was executed
- by Latika Bourke
AFL
Opinion
AFL Grand Final
Drawing a long bow on footy fairness
A draw implies names coming out of a hat. A fixture is an arrangement, which is exactly what we have.
- by Martin Blake
Opinion
AFL
There's daylight, then Carlton
The way the clubs tell it, the 2019 AFL draw is win, win, win win.
- by Greg Baum
Politics
Exclusive
Oil
Major oil spill off coast would dwarf Deepwater disaster, documents show
Plans reveal the potential dangers involved in drilling for oil in the isolated seas off South Australian – a move the Resources Minister says is a “national priority”.
- by Nicole Hasham
Exclusive
Energy
Former UN climate chief says world doesn't need Australia's 'toxic' coal
- by Nicole Hasham
More Nauru children moved to Australia as fresh bid for NZ solution rejected
- by Michael Koziol & Adam Cooper
World
Property bydomain
Inside the suburb that's one of Melbourne's most closely-held secrets
Aberfeldie, a pocket-square of a suburb tucked near Essendon and Moonee Ponds, could be one of Melbourne’s most closely held secrets.
- by Larissa Dubecki
'I was a bit skeptical before moving over': Melbourne's new 'typical' suburbs
Two suburbs are the latest definition of the city's most typical suburb, at least when it comes to how much it costs to buy in.
- by Jim Malo
Business
Is this as bad as it gets for the big four banks?
Results from ANZ and National Australia Bank this week laid bare the cost of misconduct that has been uncovered by the royal commission.
- by Clancy Yeates
Two strikes and still hitting: Paula Dwyer's tough run this racing season
- by Colin Kruger & Nick Toscano
By the shorts: how this company wins by betting on failure
- by Kylar Loussikian & Patrick Hatch
Small business
Entertainment
It's a Wildlife for Ed Oxenbould, the young actor who flunked drama
He's learning on the job from best, but Australian actor Ed Oxenbould admits the theory still eludes him.
- by Karl Quinn
Steve Bisley turns to directing to tell his mother's story
The well-known actor plans to shoot a drama based on the first book of his memoirs next year.
- by Garry Maddox
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Can't sleep? You can now blame it on your parents
New research shows that insomnia may be genetic, but can nurture beat nature?
- by Charlotte Lytton
Getting hands on with Apple's new Macs and iPads
Apple's lineup now has the high-end tablet graphic designers need, and the entry level laptop everyone's been asking for.
- by Peter Wells
Bank offset accounts safer than non-bank lenders but there's a limit
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Cars bydrive
Sport
'It's a lie': Muscat and Merrick accuse each other of handshake snubs
The frosty relationship between Newcastle Jets coach Ernie Merrick and Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has become even colder.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Breaking
Australia
Shaun Marsh to miss Sunday's ODI with abscess on his buttock
After a week of off-field tumult, Australia returns to the field against South Africa on Sunday, but are without Shaun Marsh.
- by Jon Pierik
