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Cricket
T20 Cricket World Cup 2016: India bank on spin to blunt West Indies
7:29pm The outcome of the second World Twenty20 semi-final is likely to hinge on who emerges on top in the battle between the big-hitting West Indies batsmen and India's wily spinners when the former...
Video Life
Shari-Lea's trouble with Paula
7:19pm Private Sydney's Andrew Hornery takes a look at the trouble that's been brewing between heiress Paula Hitchcock and her mother Shari-Lea.
ACT News
Mount Stromlo High School uses QR codes to help kids stay active
CLARE SIBTHORPE 7:11pm ACT Health was impressed with the students' and teachers' innovative idea of linking mobile phones, scanning technology and health.
Video Federal Politics
Turnbull's hospital funding reality check
6:59pm State governments will need to fill a hospital funding gap if the Prime Minister's tax plan is implemented. Fairfax's Peter Martin gives his analysis.
Queensland
Thai masseur denies raping Queensland client
6:53pm Thai masseur allegedly touched client's breasts roughly, pinched her nipples and put his finger in her vagina.
Queensland
Pet pig Frangelica's life hung in balance after Ipswich council bungle
AMY MITCHELL-WHITTINGTON 6:48pm Ipswich council bungle deemed a 14-acre family property unfit to keep the beloved animal.
Video NSW News
Kitten rescued by Sydney firefighters
6:34pm A NSW Fire and Rescue team have saved a kitten trapped on a building ledge 50 metres above a busy Sydney street.
Movies
Nicole Kidman tipped to star in Sofia Coppola reboot of Clint Eastwood's The Beguiled
PHILIPPA HAWKER 6:30pm Sofia Coppola is said to be ready to direct the remake of a Clint Eastwood movie. Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst are rumoured to be starring, but who will take the Clint role?
Video Sports HQ
Hopoate puts faith above football
6:21pm Canterbury Bulldog Will Hopoate announced that he won't play or train on Sundays, in line with his religious beliefs.
AFL News
Port Adelaide appoint West Coast supporter Holly Ransom on board to 'disrupt traditional thinking'
CAROLINE WILSON 6:21pm Having launched its major sponsor on the MCG and revolutionised the game's theatrics at the Adelaide Oval, the Port Adelaide revolution has unveiled its newest recruit and the AFL's youngest ever...
Union News
Brumbies players say they've got 'simple job' as club fights boardroom war
CHRIS DUTTON 6:17pm The words on the wall behind chief executive Michael Jones said "tradition starts here", but the ACT Brumbies are on the verge of all-out war as Canberra clubs take action as they search for the...
Ultimate Footy News
Ultimate Footy: The round one Hunch Report
ANTHONY WINGARD, FOOTY PROPHET 6:16pm Each week, the team at Footy Prophet will cast a glance across each of the AFL's 18 clubs to help benefit coaches and their Ultimate Footy teams.
WA News
'Everything is contaminated': Yarloop clean-up begins after devastating bushfire
KATE HEDLEY 6:13pm The future of Yarloop will be decided by community members, with consultation involving land owners, residents, shires and community groups set to start next month.
WA News
WA men catch rare 96kg broadbill swordfish off South West coast near Walpole
HEATHER MCNEILL 6:04pm Two men fishing off WA's south west coast on Tuesday have reeled in a 96 kilogram broadbill swordfish in waters where the species is considered incredibly rare, according to the Department of...
Federal Politics
Chronically ill patients to receive trial health package
JANE LEE 6:02pm Thousands of chronically ill patients will be able to receive a tailored package of primary health care services under a trial to distribute Medicare rebates at a slower rate.
Comment
Is it just too hard to be prime minister in 2016?
DOMINIC KNIGHT 6:00pm There may never have been a more exciting time to be prime minister but it's probably never been this difficult to govern.
Athletics
Stawell Gift 2016: Controversial Talia Martin victory spurs call for changes
LEE GASKIN 6:00pm Matt Beckenham says the Stawell Gift needs to change its handicapping after Talia Martin's controversial victory.
Travel
Review: Aria resort and casino, Las Vegas
CRAIG PLATT 5:57pm This Las Vegas mega-resort and casino is part of a huge, $10 billion entertainment complex.
Victoria
Squatters stage protest occupation in Collingwood
MARIKA DOBBIN 5:53pm Bendigo Street in Collingwood has been a "ghost street" for the past 18 months. That was, until squatters moved in.
Soccer
Socceroos star Robbie Kruse 'almost in tears' after horror tackle against Jordan
SEBASTIAN HASSETT 5:51pm Having only recently recovered from back-to-back injuries that nearly crippled his career, Robbie Kruse was terrified he had suffered another debilitating injury after a horrific tackle from Jordan's...
Business
Broadspectrum investors left hanging as Ferrovial eyes Laing O'Rourke
JENNY WIGGINS 5:46pm Broadspectrum shares have lost recent gains after Spanish suitor Ferrovial postponed to mid-April the deadline for investors to accept its $715 million hostile takeover.
Banking & Finance
Banks' low bad debt cycle was a party that had to end
CLANCY YEATES 5:44pm The jump in banks' soured loans is not as scary as the market reaction suggests.
Markets
Yellen's dovish stance lifts markets but the price is Fed policy integrity
VESNA POLJAK 5:43pm If the Fed is not data dependent, what is it?
National
Best of the world
The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald. Follow us on Twitter and check out our photography club Clique
Video Trailers
Prison Break season 4 trailer
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break...
Video National News
Andrews vows to implement family violence recommendations
Australia's first Royal Commission into family violence delivers more than 200 recommendations to the Victorian government.
Markets
Global investors' taste for Australia soured by lack of reform
PATRICK COMMINS Meaningful government measures to boost productivity would make overseas investors more comfortable with putting their money in Australia.
Video Cricket
Bushrangers get two titles on the trot
Victoria have won their second successive Sheffield Shield title, defeating South Australia by seven wickets at Glenelgâs Gliderol Stadium.
Business
US vulture fund and Arrium rescuer GSO is playing hardball offshore
SIMON EVANS AND TIM BINSTED GSO, which may save Arrium, is in a bitter court battle overseas to do with its attempts to rescue Norwegian paper maker Norske Skog.
Basketball
Public player salaries and marquee signings: NBL reforms its salary cap
ROY WARD NBL makes major changes to its rosters and salary cap.
Obituaries
Multi-talented writer was a major creative force in early TV drama
PETER PINNE Don Battye was a witty man and will be remembered for his generous and warm spirit.
Obituaries
Penniless refugee drove computer giant
JONATHAN KANDELL Andrew Grove was a longtime head of Intel Corporation, whose microprocessors were essential to modern appliances.
Video National News
Kewley pleads guilty to 19 charges
Actor Jeremy Kewley pleads guilty to 19 charges, including two counts of indecent assault and 14 of committing an indecent act against a child.
Athletics
Stawell Gift 2016: Victorian Athletic League to review handicapping rules after Talia Martin win
MICHAEL GLEESON The Victorian Athletics League will consider changes to handicapping rules as part of a broad review of this year's controversial Stawell Gift that saw teenager Talia Martin win despite being fined...
National
The Age Cartoons, 31st March, 2016
Fairfax Media's talented team of artists, illustrators and cartoonists give us their very own humorous version of the news of the day.
NSW
'Home invader' Ricky Slater-Dickson had conviction for raping teenage girl
DAN PROUDMAN AND AVA BENNY-MORRISON The man allegedly murdered by a resident after being found inside a Newcastle house was on the child protection register because he raped a teenage girl after entering her home late at night.
Victoria
Police identify man wanted over dramatic chase through inner suburbs
TOM COWIE Police have identified a man who led them on a crazed chase through the inner suburbs before dumping his luxury car in a city laneway and fleeing in a taxi.
Horseracing
Blue rules over black for Happy Clapper in the Doncaster
CHRIS ROOTS Happy Clapper's owner Michael Thomas has dreamt of seeing his colours – blue with black seams and a blue cap - win a big race at Randwick.
Political News
'As long as it's fair dinkum': Government reaches out to crossbenchers over ABCC bill
MICHAEL KOZIOL Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has begun a fresh attempt to drum up crossbench support for the government's workplace relations agenda, reaching out to key independent senators and...
Sport
AFL Commission still has catching up to do, says departing pioneer Sam Mostyn
SAMANTHA LANE The AFL's failure to transform its distinctly white, male hierarchy is among the lasting regrets of the game's recently departed first woman commissioner.
AFL News
AFL Commission still has catching up to do, says departing pioneer Sam Mostyn
SAMANTHA LANE The AFL's failure to transform its distinctly white, male hierarchy is among the lasting regrets of the game's recently departed first woman commissioner.
Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters bracing for first clash with Warriors star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
ADRIAN PROSZENKO The Warriors-Roosters clash at Central Coast Stadium marks the first time Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, now with New Zealand, will play against the club where he made his name.
Victoria
Parolee John Lindrea murdered two people when last released early from prison
NINO BUCCI The Adult Parole Board has refused to answer questions about why a violent offender who murdered two people the last time he was granted parole was released again without serving his maximum sentence.
Music
Jackson Browne's tank half full
MICHAEL DWYER Jackson Browne's America has been running on empty since the '70s but believing in renewal is a choice, he tells Michael Dwyer.
WA News
Sam Barnett, son of WA Premier Colin Barnett, fined for Gold Coast incident
The son of Premier Colin Barnett brought embarrassment to himself and his family, a Queensland court has heard.
Cricket
Australian Cricketers' Association, Cricket Australia butt heads over use of Dukes ball in Sheffield Shield
ANDREW WU Cricket Australia's introduction of the Dukes ball for use in the Sheffield Shield has met a lukewarm response from Australia's players union amid concerns the domestic competition is being used as a...
Retail
Receiver finally calls time on Dick Smith stores
CATIE LOW The iconic Dick Smith electronics brand will be consigned to history by the end of April after receivers for the failed chain announced its schedule of store closures.
Queensland
Man dies in Moffat Beach crash
NATHANAEL COOPER A man has died after his car went over cliffs at Moffat Beach on the Sunshine Coast.
ACT News
Jamie Michael Richardson guilty of fatal crash that killed friend in McKellar
CHRISTOPHER KNAUS Jamie Richardson was roughly four times the legal limit when he smashed into a tree.
Video Sports HQ
Australia's Olympic uniforms for 2016
Patterned vertical stripes on Australia's Olympic uniform set to play havoc with televised images from Rio as athletes parade in Bondi, Sydney on Wednesday.
AFL News
AFL season 2016: St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt turns a milestone into a mission for Maddie
PETER HANLON St Kilda's captain is proud to use his 300th game to honour his sister's legacy.
Video Business Week
Packer 'games government' again
MICHAEL PASCOE Comment: Congratulations to Lend Lease/Crown for getting pretty much everything they want from the state government for James Packer's Barangaroo casino.
WA News
Cyclist fights for life after being hit by car in Gosnells
EMMA YOUNG Gosnells man the third cyclist on Tuesday to be hit by a car in Perth.
AFL News
Wayne Campbell leaves AFL umpiring post to join Greater Western Sydney Giants
SAM MCCLURE Wayne Campbell has left his post as the head of umpiring to become the new General Manager of Football Operations with Greater Western Sydney.
Video World News
Author reveals rape that inspired novel
Best-selling author Jessica Knoll revealed on Tuesday that the gang rape scene in her novel Luckiest Girl Alive was inspired by her own experience.
Greater Western Sydney Giants
AFL: GWS Giants on track for another sell-out crowd in Canberra against Geelong
LEE GASKIN GWS Giants chief executive David Matthews wants his club and the ACT Brumbies to both benefit from bumper sports weekend and doesn't believe they are competing for Canberra's sporting attention.
Weather
Sydney weather: 'Really good' beach days ahead after record hot March
PETER HANNAM Don't put away those beach towels just yet - there's more warm weather on the way that might lure you back to the beach.
NSW
Firefighters rescue cat from Burwood tower
"It had a little cut to its nose but other than that it seemed to be in pretty good spirits."
Video BusinessDay
India's finance minister Arun Jaitley on Adani Carmichael mine
The finance minister of the world's biggest democracy says activist-driven delays to Queensland coal projects such as Adani's $16 billion Carmichael coal project aren't just an Australian phenomenon.
