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Bookmaker lines on who will win the Super Rugby Grand final make pretty grim reading for anyone connected with Australian rugby.

Is Melbourne really Australia’s music capital? I crunched the numbers to find that the jury is still out on this claim. Indeed arch rival, Sydney (or even Adelaide) have a chance to claim this title.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Fairfax has been sold out by its own board and we are witnessing the systemic and systematic killing of Fairfax Media, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Emmanuel Macron struck out alone to form his own political movement and while much of the froth surrounding the election has focused on his opponent, the enormity of his achievement needs to be acknowledged and cannot be underestimated.

There comes a point in everybody’s life when they feel like it would do them good to own their own home.

Whether you are the one living on rent or are the one doing the renting out, your utility needs such as electricity and water are no doubt important.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: If faced with a similar situation to the young Australian arrested this week in Columbia on suspicion of drugs trafficking, would not most people prefer that a judge or jury came to a trial unbiased by what they had read or heard about a case?

A relationship between two grown human beings can’t consist of sweet moments only.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The future of the Great Barrier Reef is in the hands of Australians, and it will take all of us to preserve it for our children. Lend a hand...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The changes to the skilled migrant visa system will do very little to stop unscrupulous employers from exploiting the two new visas to replace local Australian workers with foreign workers, says one academic.

The British prime minister announced on Tuesday that she intends to take the United Kingdom to a general election on 8 June, three years early.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The threat posed by a nuclear North Korea has been exaggerated through intellectually lazy analysis based on assumptions of the Kim regime’s irrationality.

OPINION: Egged on by Abbott et al, Dutton leads the charge against marriage equality while PM Turnbull just looks on, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: How risky is it really to swim? Is it fear that drives us to believe that rare events are likely to happen?

"We need to understand we are going to get lots of reports of damage and injury, if not death, and we need to be prepared for that," Police Commissioner tells Queenslanders.

Kiev is one of the prettiest and most pleasant capitals in the world. It’s steeped in history and heading fast for mainstream tourism. It’s still full of surprises and not quite like anywhere else.

It is going to be world's first for professional football this Friday and it is happening in Australia.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: A federal parliamentary committee has recommended foreign citizens and entities be banned from making political donations.

Maverick Aussie filmmaker urges the other superpower – ordinary people - to speak out before it’s too late in latest documentary, The Coming War on China.

Quad biking, skydiving, sandboarding and stargazing: KRIS GRIFFITHS explores the colossal open spaces and quaint colonial charms of Namibia.

ANALYSIS: Israel can count on only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them. While the government says it is opposed to “one-sided resolutions against Israel”, four Labor statesmen – Bob Hawke, Bob Carr, Kevin Rudd and Gareth Evans – have called for diplomatic recognition ...

It took a chance encounter with a barfly and his dog at the pub down the road for this Aussie expat to discover he was a London local.

SPECIAL FEATURE: As well as commemorating the Fall of Singapore, this week also marks 75 years since the infamous Bangka Island Massacre. TESS LAWRENCE reports.

OPINION: More than a quarter of the world’s darknet methamphetamine trade is facilitated by Australian cryptomarket dealers.

OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull's "know your place" speech was terrific, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION: Airbnb has had perhaps the most long-standing and significant influence in Australia, in most cases prior to any specific legislation being created to regulate it. And if trade and commerce are free of regulation, they are also free of government control, protection and taxation.

Why not see the world at an age when you can better appreciate the history and the culture, not just the cheap hostel beds and student drinking prices? Why not move to London, jobless and homeless in your first year of marriage?

OPINION: There is no precedent for the Trump presidency in modern times, and no limit to where he can go from here. He has transgressed and broken taboos all the way to the White House, and been rewarded.

OPINION: The United States of Obama' — TESS LAWRENCE revisits that halcyon time of promise and the fruition of audacity and hope.

January can be a real b*itch when it comes down to finances...

To say men are strongly represented in the building inspection industry would be an understatement.

OPINION: Sussan Ley will have breached the standards if she was found not to be acting in the public interest, or if her entitlement claims are judged to be illegitimate. But the rules on claiming ministerial entitlements are unclear and very complex.

Bald-faced lies are, thankfully, fairly rare in Australian politics. Being caught in an outright fib or blooper is still seen as shameful. The problem in Australia is that facts and statistics are frequently twisted to paint a misleading picture.

Choosing a good primary school for your child is one of the biggest decisions you will make as a parent. Primary school sets the foundation for your child’s education in the future.

New York still thrills like no other city in the world, but don’t ignore the other lesser-known, nearby places like Jersey City, writes a travelling CHARLIE INGLEFIELD.

To complain of homesickness isn’t to wave the white flag and pull up stumps. It’s just to feel a little sick for your home. A little world-worn and weary. A little like you want to crawl under the covers of your old bed and have your Mum bring you a ...

I boarded the ferry back to Dar es Salaam, with its pumping Michael Bolton and Celine Dion mega-mix, knowing my glorious tan was proof of my fabulous time in Zanzibar.

OPINION: Peaceful activism and protest is our right so keep calm and get a grip, Christopher, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

When we think about companies and brands that are truly innovative, a few big names spring to mind—Apple, Google, Amazon and more recently, Tesla. What all of these brands have in common, aside from a very healthy balance sheet, is their own self-paved path to success through innovation.

OPINION: So-called “free trade deals” have become less and less about opening markets and more about entrenching monopolies. Australia is also a member of the proposed TPP and, like America, stands to benefit from the deal’s abandonment.

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

OPINION: Donald Trump's election win will embolden the far right on the world stage, including our own back yard, fears TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION: As news of the visit to Italy by VicPol detectives richochets around the world, let's hope they bring home the joyous gift of justice after their interview with Cardinal George Pell, says TESS LAWRENCE.

My relationship with fellow Aussie travellers soured, somewhat, throughout my travels.

Volatile currencies, simultaneous property and stock market bubbles, all with people exploiting historically low interest rates with their historically high debt levels, make for a dangerous recipe indeed. Here are some simple steps the average person can take to safeguard against the inevitable fall.

OPINION: The spectre of George Brandis fossicking about for a "G spot" is just too horrid to contemplate; notwithstanding the other politicians already mentioned. So don't read this article more than once. It could put you off sex for ever.

The city of churches gets into the spring of things this month with a golden nugget of a mini film festival worth checking out, says our resident Aussie cinephile Paul O’Hanlon.

Amelia Ryan, AKA Lady Liberty: just one of the Aussie acts to shine at this year’s Fringe.

OK, yes we do tend to hang out together in London, a lot. But there's a good reason for it and the fact of the matter is most Australian expats are open-minded professionals who give back to their adopted society as much as they take out.

You may not know this, but the Beach Boys never surfed. One of the Beach Boys dabbled, the drummer Dennis Wilson, but he was also a friend of Charles Manson’s for a while, so you could say that his surf pedigree is equal to his being­pals­with­the­worst­person­ever pedigree.