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Sydney's 10 best places to live offer it all

Sue Williams

Waleed Aly on the set of The Project. He's nominated for the Gold Logie on Sunday night. Photo: PENNY STEPHENS. The Age. ...

Waleed Aly accused of failing to stand up to 'attack'

Andrew Taylor

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull holding a press conference in the Commonwealth Parliamentary offices in Sydney 29th July ...

With one-seat majority confirmed, Turnbull's job is that bit harder

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David Wroe
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Controversial gambler Eddie Hayson made cash deposits into the TAB account of Phil Rothfield.

Ex-lover's call: tell the truth on Hayson and Foran

Kate McClymont and Nick McKenzie

Ian Turnbull, left, is escorted out of court during the trial.

Trump lashes out at Muslim parents of dead US soldier

Maggie Haberman

Girls to be nominated for bravery award after freezing night in bush

Melanie Kembrey, Kieran Gair

Multiple victims after Texas shooting

Kieran Gair

'There are friends that do still take the census as a joke'

James Lemon

Kathleen isn't surprised her suburb is ranked Sydney's most liveable

Matt Wade
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From Abbotsford to Zetland: Every Sydney suburbs ranked

Erica Stewart's 'leap of faith' now turns over $15 million a year

Please explain? Pauline Hanson streams video of herself watching a documentary on herself.

Pauline Hanson's awkward Facebook live experiment

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 31: Alex Perry arrives ahead of the Absolutely Fabulous The Movie Australian premiere at State ...

Alex Perry's colourful speech raises eyebrows

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Census 2016 explained

The neolithic village ruins of Skara Brae are the best of their kind in northern Europe.

Older than pyramids: the mystery of Britain's Pompeii

How to decide what to cull when you clean out your wardrobe

Al Shabaab claims responsibility for attack on Somali police base

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Pauline Hanson's echo chamber

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Energy savings emerge for the savvy hosueholds

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Emails written by the late Dr John Kaye have become a weapon in a Greens preselection battle.

John Kaye's widow intervenes in Greens preselection fight

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

The country where more Australians are studying than ever

Eryk Bagshaw

The hidden condition holding back students

Kate Aubusson

Cute twist: Daiso offers uniquely Japanese goods, but are the prices competitive?

The shop where everything is $2.80 - but is it a bargain?

Esther Han

A kangaroo and her joey. Mothers share close bonds with their young.

Would you eat Skippy?

Kim Arlington

The man fell from a balcony during a brawl.

Man injured in balcony fall at Sydney backpackers' hostel

Melanie Kembrey

A protester locks on to a gate that is part of Santos' Narrabri CSG project.

'Santos has been working hand in glove with the government'

Peter Hannam

Pauline Hanson supports reduced immigration.

Why the Family Court is the target of so many people

Miki Perkins

Josh Frydenberg is Australia's first Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy.

Best hope for climate bipartisanship 'in a decade'

Peter Hannam

Three people, including a 17-year-old Morayfield man, have been charged with the manslaughter of Caboolture toddler ...

Three charged over the death of toddler Mason Lee

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Karen Ristevski with her husband Borce and daughter Sarah.

Police searching river after new tip over missing Karen

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been given a face-saver or a hospital handpass, depending on how you spin it.

Turnbull's wings clipped before he even gets airborne

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Rudd snubbed by Turnbull: no job, no meeting

Mark Kenny

Racist taunts keep Nauru refugees from school

Nicole Hasham

SMH. Still Portraits of federal labor Senator Penny Wong as part of the Politicains for the Instagram Fairfax ...

Wong warns Australia not to go it alone

Daniel Flitton

Kylie Sturgess is leading the 'Don't make yourself as Jedi' campaign.

Atheists urge: don't put Jedi as census religion

Matthew Knott

Roughshod rules in PM's decision to block Rudd

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ignored us over the NT royal commission, say Aboriginal groups.

Aboriginal groups push back against royal commission

Steve Ciobo: keen to get trade talks with Jakarta moving again.

Ciobo heading to Jakarta to shore up trade deal

Jewel Topsfield

The hot air balloon crashed in Texas, with 16 onboard.

Hot air balloon crashes in Texas, killing 16

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her refugee policy following renewed criticism in the wake of violent attacks in ...

Germany a nation on edge as attacks take their toll

Nick Miller

Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, 44, had been living in Australia for 14 years, leaving Singapore after run-ins with Muslim ...

Terror arrest man 'got the dole in Australia'

Lindsay Murdoch

Changes made: The Parramatta Eels administrator has inherited a financially sound club with a blueprint for reform ...

The untold story of the sacking of the Parramatta Eels board

COMMENT
Tanya Gadiel

US President Barack Obama hugs Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, on stage during the Democratic National ...

We're scaring ourselves to death

COMMENT
Aubrey Perry

Dylan Voller, who spent time in Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre.

The tough-on-crime rhetoric led to cruel abuse

Peter O'Brien

They may not win a beauty contest, but ugly zucchinis taste just as good.

The future of food is ugly

Steven Overly

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added $US7.9 billion to his personal fortune this year, more than any billionaire.

Tech billionaires rock global rich list after a whopper week

Ian Bremmer went from playing the Risk boardgame to assessing risks for global investors.

Meet Wall Street's Mr Risk

Sangwon Yoon

The High Court dismissed an appeal from ANZ Bank customers on Wednesday, ending a class action that has been running for ...

After ANZ bank fee case, are class actions cactus?

Sarah Danckert

Tourists avoid Europe amid terror fears

Failed marriage? It wasn't about the money

The four mega trends set to disrupt our economy

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Oil giants tumble in doomsday market

Joe Carroll

Qantas considered a similar bar/lounge for its Airbus A380s but couldn’t justify the space required.

What it used to be like to fly the boozy skies

Business Class
David Flynn

Better known as a high-end sipping spirit, cognac is finding new fans as a cocktail staple.

Cognac's back, and very much in the modern mix

Jane Rocca

Liveable Sydney: What we now know about our city

Matt Wade
1h ago

Where do your rank? 555 suburbs ranked by liveability

ELICIA MURRAY

DOMAIN. Story about how Lavender Bay has been judged to be the best suburb in Sydney for retirees. Michael Contos, a ...

Lucky you: Sydney's 10 most liveable suburbs revealed

So what is it that makes a suburb liveable?

Ingrid Fuary-Wagner

Peter and Paul Watson, the grandsons of the original owners, after auction of 14 Edna Street, Lilyfield which sold for ...

Unrenovated family bungalow sells for $1.7 million after 55 years

Antony Lawes

Martin Flood is concerned that ASX rule changes will make it harder for him to access sharemarket floats.

Small investors to be locked out of sharemarket floats

John Collett

Personal loans are cheaper than credit cards.

The cheaper debt product Aussies forgot. Hint: it's not plastic

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Men who take a primary carer role feel their careers stagnate, as has been observed in women's careers in previous ...

How being a carer affects your career

James Adonis

"All I want viewers to do is smile at the end of the show" – Ricardo Goncalves of Small Business Secrets with Whitney ...

Why migrants are so good at small business

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Nintendo looks at new game strategy

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Everything's $2.80 at Daiso

Australian arrested over terrorism-related activities

Royal commission needs Aboriginal involvement: Shorten

The early years of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reign - Season 1

Join the Community - every episode ever, now streaming.

Ryan Reynolds stars in this off the wall comedy

Six unforgettable retirement adventures

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Guy Pearce in the ABC series <i>Jack Irish</i>.

Guy Pearce film to explore 'confronting' NT history

Roy Slaven tips his hat to the Russians: "You've got to admire their tenacity."

The Olympics are still worth tuning in to

Melinda Houston

Five more years of Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS 106.5.

Kyle & Jackie O sign on for five more years at KIIS, worth $40 mill

Aja Styles

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up where the last novel finished.

What we know about Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

Aja Styles

Game of Thrones to end after season 8, HBO confirms

The TV presenter who killed herself on air

Karl Quinn

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 21: Wayne Deakin poses for portraits on July 21, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by David ...

'I have the right to make rape joke': comic Wayne Deakin

Jay Richardson

Daniel Radcliffe in <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II</i>.

JK Rowling bids farewell to Harry Potter, with Cursed Child book

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Kylie McRae (second from right) has brought together Anna Tregloan, Patrick Nolan, Marshall McGuire and Ben Quilty to ...

A soldier's story of war is given operatic treatment

Andrew Taylor

<i>Three Sisters</i> stars (from left) Janine Watson, Paige Gardiner and Zoe Jensen.

Sport for Jove puts an Australian spin on Chekhov's Three Sisters

Elissa Blake

Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck with their son, Juno.

Meet the virtuoso who tackles Bach on the banjo ... beautifully

John Shand

Alex Perry was MC for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Australian premiere at State Theatre on Sunday.

Alex Perry makes controversial speech at Ab Fab opening

Jenna Clarke
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Jul 31, Sun Herald, The Goss, Jenna Clarke, The Tigermist dress Zhivago claims is a copy. Photo: Instagram

The local 'click bait fashion' angering the fashion industry

Jenna Clarke

Sydney escort Samantha X, real name Amanda Goff, has started a school for would-be sex workers.

The reason why escorts don't wear pink nail polish

Amy Croffey

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key with DJ ambassador Jessica Gomes and David Jones boss Ian Moir at the grand opening ...

How David Jones is becoming the Bergdorf's of Australia

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Jenna Clarke

Working in the kitchen of Catalina in Rose Bay has been a "life-changing" experience for Jack Studholme, 20, from North Ryde.

Chef with autism lands dream job at top Sydney restaurant

Amy Croffey

cr: Richard Saker/Contour by Getty Images Pictured here is English female Caitlin Moran, who works as a journalist, ...

Stuff male critics, it's 'fun to be a feminazi', says Caitlin Moran

Jane Cornwell

"I've found myself forcing my love life into a Manic Pixie Dream Girl narrative too many times."

I was 13 the first time I tried to save a boy. If only I stopped there

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 03: Constance Wu arrives for the Emmy FYC Event For ABC's "Fresh Off The Boat" at The London ...

Constance Wu slams Hollywood's white saviour problem

Caught with porn at work? Maybe you have UPV

Ben Pobjie

The joy and anxiety of socialising for an introvert

Refreshing Golden Ginger Beer with Lime and Mint

It's worth making the switch for this wellness trend

Sarah Berry

Fitness blogger shows why we should throw away the scales

Veggie fix: Yellow Thai curry with brown rice

Aloo chole (chickpea and potato curry), left.

Meal planner: Vegetarian recipes for Meat-Free Week

Banana. Caramel. Crumble. That's all.

Neil Perry

The 'hot crinkles' chips with preserved lemon and spiced butter at Biggie Smalls in Smith Street in Collingwood.

How to make perfect hot chips

Larissa Dubecki

There are some things you just must do before your baby arrives.

The 23 things you MUST do before your baby arrives

Lauren Dubois

Tawny Nelson with three of her four kids.

Elderly man rescues single mum and four kids from nightmare situation

Karen Walsh stages photo shoots to help her get through her cancer treatment.

Mum counts down chemo treatments with funny, inspiring photos

Ariane Beeston

Older than the pyramids: The mystery of the UK's own Pompeii

Scotland
Steve Meacham

Qantas still flies 747 jumbo jets on several routes, but Boeing may stop making them after nearly 50 years.

Goodbye, jumbo? Boeing may stop making iconic 747s

The Big Picture: The best travel photos from our readers

Was Marina on drugs? Had she been kidnapped? Both? On the internet it's hard to tell.

The crazy conspiracies of #SaveMarinaJoyce

Henry Cooke

Watch out for telephone scammers demanding you pay your tax bill using gift cards.

ATO never asks you to pay with iTunes cards

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Xperia X Performance review: a comfy, quiet powerhouse

Tim Biggs

Pokemon Go players in Peg Paterson Park, Rhodes.

Pokemon GO still making mess of Rhodes

Kotaku

LastPass remembers all your passwords so you can use a different one with each online service.

Major flaw in popular password manager

Andrea Peterson

The all-new Mazda CX-9 has arrived with much fanfare, but can it topple the segment benchmarks the Kia Sorento, Toyota ...

Which is the best seven-seat SUV?

David McCowen

The car that's smarter than an A380 reviewed

Andrew MacLean

New Mazda3 reviewed

David McCowen

Suzuki's new Corolla rival reveiwed

Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen's Golf GTI 40 Years has proved popular with traditional car enthusasts.

VW buyers snap up manual Golf GTI

David McCowen

New Renault Koleos prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Cricket Australia stumped for answers, concedes Rod Marsh

Jon Pierik

Tom Trbojevic is tackled in the Knights defensive line at Brookvale Oval on Sunday.

Trbojevic stars as Manly continue late finals push

Chris Barrett

Fierce: Caitlin Thwaites and Laura Geitz grapple for possession.

Swifts heartbroken in double extra-time final

Tom Decent

Jarrod Croker crosses for the Raiders with Aaron Gray in pursuit.

Raiders hand Souths a record pasting

Adam Pengilly

Isaac attack: Swans' Heeney celebrates a goal against Fremantle.

Swans crash Freo's party for milestone man Pavlich

Brad Elborough
1h ago

'I was going to kill myself': Kieran Foran.

Foran reveals why he overdosed

In trouble: Tyson Frizell touches referee Chris James on Friday night.

Fittler and Lockyer lash NRL

Steve Zemek

Shooter slept through Rio fire evacuation

Steve Larkin

Square, dink, dinks, dinkus, head shot, sport, Phil Gould

Turbo Tom sends Sea Eagles soaring

Phil Gould

Dragons enraged over judiciary's Frizell ruling

Tim Barrow

Big loss: Luke Brooks suffered a posterior cruciate ligament tear in the win over the Eels.

Tigers suffer major injury blow

Chris Barrett