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An artist impression of a development at the nine-hectare Castle Hill site.

Sydney mega-lot of 90 properties 'almost unsellable'

23m ago

Rockmelons have been linked to an increase in reported salmonella cases in Australia.

Young children hit hardest in salmonella outbreak

32m ago

The Age, News, 02/06/2016. photo by Justin McManus. On the campaign trail with Derryn Hinch in his Jayco mobile home. ...

Hinch, Hanson win Senate seats but not the balance of power

53m ago

Rain pours in torrents from the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Soggy commute ahead and more rain, cold weather on the way

Peter Hannam
52m ago

Mark Bouris
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE

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You're fired: Mark Bouris' message to his staff

1h ago

Only passing on part of the RBA's rate cut will limit the squeeze on bank profit margins from very low interest rates.

Banks will harvest $917m from this rate cut; you, not so much

Clancy Yeates
1h ago

Trump contemplating the unthinkable: he might lose

COMMENT

'I shot Mo': Albert killed friend taking selfies with a gun

22m ago

Sea Eagles face $2.8m black hole after losing court case

48m ago

Working nomads: packing your job into your carry-on

The rest of your rate cut is there for the asking

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1h ago

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce sharing a drink with former Qantas boss Geoff Dixon at the Park Hyatt in The Rocks, Sydney. ...

Joyce signs $20m deal four years after ugly brawl

The phone's iris scanner is likely to be its most talked-about feature.

'Most unique phone this year': Hands on with the latest Galaxy

Jarryd Hayne and Titans CEO Graham Annesley on the Gold Coast today.

Hayne joins the Titans ... for this week at least

COMMENT
36m ago

Visit a quiet, secluded beach with 1000 of your close friends in Corfu.

'Hell on Earth': The destinations that aren't cool anymore

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Why we tend to crave junk food later in the day

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Not everything runs in a straight line....

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New theory emerges on mysterious female phenomenon

DJ ambassador Jessica Gomes .

Jessica Gomes follows in Kerr's footsteps

New fashion giant eyes middle-aged women

5:14PM

Education ministers Piccoli and Birmingham clash over Gonski funding

5:14PM

The Oswals' $35m shopping spree

5:13PM

A parliamentary inquiry is examining ICAC inspector David Levine's report on the watchdog's powers.

Inspector's call for ICAC exoneration 'misunderstands justice system'

'I had no choice': Brooke's nasty surprise after giving birth

Esther Han

Priest tells inquiry of the cost of speaking out against paedophile

Ian Kirkwood
28m ago

CCTV captures the moment an armed robber fires a gun next to a security guard during an attempted robbery of a ...

Shot fired in dramatic footage of botched Broadway robbery

Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun is facing a potential dumping.

PM's 'outstanding' candidate faces being dumped

Must try harder: Education Minister Simon Birmingham says schools should lift their game.

2016 NAPLAN results 'not good enough'

Rachel Browne

The second stage of WestConnex from Beverly Hills to St Peters is now scheduled to open in 2020.

Motorists face delay to opening of WestConnex second stage

Darran Scott has worked as an actor on several Australian television series.

Australian film director faces 50 child sex and gun charges

Othman Sabateen, 18, a Palestinian youth from Husan, at his home with his father and siblings.

Aussie cop solves World Vision sponsor mystery

Diaa Hadid

A New Zealand man was infected with measles when he flew from Bali to Brisbane and on to Wellington.

Measles scare for Brisbane airport passengers

QLD

Union strike action could lead to long delays at international airports next week.

Airport chaos looms as union threatens 24-hour strike

ACT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the big banks to pass on interest rates cuts.

PM calls on bank bosses to pass on rate cut

Tom McIlroy

Scullion confronted by angry NT remote community

Fergus Hunter
25m ago

Hinch elected to Senate, Greens retain balance of power

Michael Koziol
53m ago

Backpackers Danny Keenan, 25, and Jonny Jamieson, 24, are among a dwindling number of Irish working holidaymakers.

Are backpackers really on a 'strike'?

Michael Koziol
22m ago

Questions to answer: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Did Barnaby Joyce mislead Australia over Rudd rejection?

COMMENT
Fergus Hunter

Luckier than some ... Malcom Turnbull was able to recover most of his investment in PlayUP.

No police action on Labor's election 'Medicare' text messages

Tom McIlroy

Facilities such as the Don Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory should be closed, Vincent Schiraldi says.

'Destroy Don Dale, pour salt on the ground, shut all detention centres'

Michael Koziol

A resident wears a mask and holds a dog while voting during the presidential primary election at the Venice Beach ...

Republican vote suppression efforts fall afoul of US courts

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Lee Kaplan was found at his home along with 12 girls ranging in age from six months to 18 years.

14-year-old Amish girl 'gifted' to 47-year-old man

Justine McDaniel

Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka.

Ivanka is too 'strong' to be harassed at work, says Eric Trump

ANALYSIS
Josephine Tovey

"You don't put your hands on my flight attendant!" the pilot said before taking on the unruly passenger.

'Don't put your hands on my flight attendant,' pilot yells, tackles passenger

Peter Holley

McDonald's has become the first company to do a deal with Pokemon Go to sponsor gym locations in Japan.

How Pokemon Go will make money from you

COMMENT
Kurt Iveson

Donald Trump told the NBC network in an interview three years ago that he had "a relationship" with Putin.

Unravelling Trump's 'bromance' with Putin's Russia

COMMENT
Timothy O'Brien
1h ago

Women do not lack the same ambition as men ... but the natural way of getting to the top is not there yet, suggests ...

Why an equal workplace can support anyone's ambition

COMMENT
Victoria Lambert
1h ago

Only passing on part of the RBA's rate cut will limit the squeeze on bank profit margins from very low interest rates.

How much the banks save by keeping half the rate cut

Clancy Yeates
1h ago

As the bank bears point out, problem loan levels are so low they will eventually rise.

Markets Live: Bring out the bears

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Patrick Commins
36m ago

Rio Tinto has revealed its half year profit results

Rio Tinto result hits 12-year low

Peter Ker
52m ago

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.

Qantas buries hatchet with Tourism Australia

Colin Kruger, CBD

The rest of your rate cut is there for the asking

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1h ago

Noni B buys Packer's Pretty Girl

Sue Mitchell

Australians 'too optimistic' on their retirement funds

Patrick Hatch

Bouris' message to staff: You're fired

Colin Kruger, CBD
1h ago

An artist impression of a development at the nine-hectare Castle Hill site.

Castle Hill mega lot of 90 homes 'almost unsellable'

Kate Burke
23m ago

Nth Cronulla beach.A lower proportion of residents move out of Sutherland Shire than any other LGA in Sydney.3 ...

The Sydney suburbs no-one wants to leave

ANALYSIS
Matt Wade

Rapper 50 Cent sold the massive mansion in Farmington, Connecticut, in May, after several years on the market.

The lavish celebrity mansions nobody seems to want

The proposed new Powerhouse Museum on the banks of the Parramatta River, which will add to the area's cultural appeal.

The best suburbs to live in in Sydney's west

Liveability thumb.

Where does your suburb rank? 555 suburbs ranked by liveability

Parkour 'traceurs' can often achieve big air.

Jump to it: what is the lure of parkour?

Fitness Trends
Jessica Hice

Rum is the most important spirit in Australia's history.

I'm putting it out there: rum should be our national drink

Johanna Leggatt

Amanda Cordner, 30, started her boutique marketing agency Sea Salt Marketing to be location independent so she could ...

Meet the growing tribe of people that can work from anywhere

Christine Long

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci pledged to overhaul the struggling Australian supermarket chain with asset ...

Is the pain finally over for Woolies investors?

Scott Phillips

The Pokemon game Pokemon Go has swept the world.

Pokemon Go a great new marketing channel

Alexandra Cain

Anthony Mitchell explains the real barriers to true business leadership in Australia.

Why leadership is failing in Australia and how to fix it

Anthony Mitchell

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Jarryd Hayne: It is what it is

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Australia joins massive war games exercise

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Ipswich sinkhole keeps growing

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon announced as Golden Globe host

the circus

The Circus - It's the US election like you've never seen it before.

Episodes

Matt LeBlanc stars as…Matt LeBlanc. Episodes - now streaming

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The critically acclaimed dark military thriller Sicario

Sicario

Amex launch of Apple Pay on Thursday Nov 19

The right way to give customers choice

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Why customer service matters in 2016

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How to create a start-up mentality inside a big companies with plenty of bureaucracy. Accenture Strategy's Luca Martini ...

How to thrive in the digital age

Advertiser Content

Whoops ... Cold Chisel's Jimmy Barnes makes a texting gaffe we can all relate to.

See what happens when Jimmy Barnes texts Bernard Fanning

Aja Styles
1h ago

Jennifer Saunders as Edina and Joanna Lumley as Patsy in <i>Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.</i>

In Kardashian era, Ab Fab movie obsesses over relevance

Jake Wilson
27m ago

Nick Cave confronts the catastrophic loss of his son in his new album and film.

Nick Cave's personal devastation made public

Bernard Zuel

Quick, to the outrage-mobile! Iggy Azalea causes wide-spread upset for what? Not tweeting.

Iggy Azalea switches direction as music career stalls

Ebony Bowden

Right on ... Kruger has been hitting the headlines with her conservative views.

Has Nine struck ratings gold with the Kruger-rant?

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad.

Critics lash Suicide Squad: 'Not fun bad... just bad'

Michael Idato

Anton Yelchin died in an accident in his driveway.

Parents of late Star Trek star Anton Yelchin sue Fiat Chrysler

Jimmy Fallon hosts hit NBC talk show, <i>The Tonight Show</i>.

Jimmy Fallon to make nice as Golden Globes host

Brooks Barnes

Kip Williams has been appointed interim artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company.

Sydney Theatre Company appoint Kip Williams as interim director

Andrew Taylor
11m ago

Ashleigh Cummings, Genevieve Lemon and Luke Carroll in Sydney Theatre Company's The Hanging. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti

The Hanging review: Gripping performances bring thriller to life

Jason Blake

Frida Hallgren in As It Is in Heaven 2

As it is in Heaven 2 review: Misjudged sequel off-key

Paul Byrnes

Salim Mehajer and his wife Aysha during their lavish wedding in August last year.

Mehajer's estranged wife returns to Instagram sans surname

Kesha at the Billboard Music Awards earlier this year.

Kesha drops Californian lawsuit against alleged abuser Dr. Luke

David Jones ambassadors Jessica Gomes and Jesinta Campbell preparing for the launch of the 2016 Spring/Summer ...

How David Jones gets its ambassadors ready for the catwalk

Melissa Singer

From women being asked to cover up or leave when feeding in public places, to others feeling that they are being looked ...

Breastfeeding older children is uncommon, but not damaging

Amy Brown

Kanye West wants to collaborate with Ikea.

Kanye West wants to collaborate with IKEA

Amy Croffey

"The best way to win her heart is to make sure that she's aware that you are dating up to twenty-five other women on a ...

7 useful dating tips I've picked up from watching The Bachelor

Ben Pobjie

Muslim women protest outside the French embassy in London.

Muslim adolescents deserve the freedom to make mistakes

Ahmed Yussuf

Stocksy.

Is the Tinder generation actually having less sex?

"I will not try to change you. Time does that anyway."

How I would rewrite my wedding vows 10 years on

Bella Ellwood-Clayton

A man prays at a makeshift altar in front of the Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre for the disabled in Sagamihara, Japan.

Why didn't Japan's worst mass killing since WWII rate?

Carly Findlay

tired

How to tell if you're magnesium deficient

Anthia Koullouros

Ashley Graham

'This is hatred, this is not about health': Why it's time to chew the fat

Sarah Berry

iStock

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki slams Paleo – again

Neela Shearer

Farmers' market produce versus supermarkets.

Shopping hacks: get the most out of going to the supermarket

Lauren Sams

Berowra Waters Inn photo: supplied

Lose track of time at Sydney's best venues for long lunches

The Good Food Guide Team

What kind of cookware should you be using?

Is it safe to cook with non-stick frying pans?

Franki Hobson

Jasper before and during the infection.

Toddler hospitalised with 'worst case of chickenpox ever seen'

Blogger Mel Watts with her husband Nolan.

Tearful Mel Watts tells trolls "you won" after post on sex after kids

Ariane Beeston

The times we need to be mean.

The times when you need to be a mean parent

Maggie Dent

Australian tourists at the now deserted riverside bars in Vang Vieng.

Hell on Earth: The destinations that aren't cool anymore

Travel tips
Ben Groundwater

Free Wi-Fi is becoming more common, but you need to be wary.

Beware of that free Wi-Fi when you're on holiday

Tracey Spicer

Seeing the Northern Lights, at Bjorkliden, Sweden, is an experience like no other.

Why the world chose this as number one on the bucket list

Craig Platt

Kapil knew something was wrong when he recieved this strange notification on his iPhone. He immediately disconnected his ...

iPhone hackers still wiping digital lives

Adam Turner

The phone's iris scanner is likely to be its most talked-about feature.

Hands on with Samsung's Galaxy Note7

Peter Wells

china bus

China's 'straddling bus' debuts above city roads

Adam Boult

This Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, image provided by Microsoft shows the Surface Pro 4 at a Windows 10 Devices Event, in New ...

Coolest features of big Windows 10 update

Lifehacker

The game doesn't shoot for visual realism, but rather a sense of wonderous seascapes both natural and fantastical.

ABZU: wonder and beauty under the sea

Tim Biggs

The Tesla Model X features 'Falcon Wing' doors.

Full Tesla Model X prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Toyota HiLux is on track to be the most popular new vehicle of 2016.

Winter chill for July car sales

David McCowen
1h ago

Ford Edge, Scotland. July 2016

Photo James Lipman / jameslipman.com 2017 Ford Edge

Ford reveal Territory replacement

Stephen Ottley

2016 Toyota Tarago Ultima V6 2016 Toyota Tarago.

Toyota trims Tarago price

Daniel DeGasperi

2016 Honda HR-V VTi LE.

Honda HR-V, City special editions revealed

Dom Tripolone

2016 BMW 750Li.

New BMW 750Li reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Sponsorship stoush: The Sea Eagles and Coco Joy are at loggerheads.

Sea Eagles face $2.8m deficit over Coco Joy verdict

Adrian Proszenko
48m ago

The Hayne plane has landed ... in the Gold Coast.

Why Eels fans should be filthy

COMMENT
Adrian Proszenko
34m ago

Roaming brief: Israel Folau is happy with his roving role in the Wallabies.

Folau happy in roving role

Darren Walton
46m ago

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Jarryd Hayne speaks to the media during a press conference at Gold Coast Airport on ...

Hayne deal a huge coup, but at what cost?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons
36m ago

Heading to Redfern?: Robbie Farah.

Souths to offer Farah NRL lifeline

Adrian Proszenko

Keeping focused: Patty Mills.

Boomers can't afford to dream

Phil Lutton

Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh wants his team to stamp their authority on games in the lead-up to the finals.

Swans will continue to be ruthless: McVeigh

Tom Decent

Comeback: Julie Fitzgerald is returning to NSW.

Fitzgerald back, with no hard feelings

Tom Decent

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Jarryd Hayne speaks to the media during a press conference at Gold Coast Airport on ...

Hayne deal a huge coup, but at what cost?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons
36m ago

Set for another new jersey: Jarryd Hayne.

NRL clears Hayne to play this weekend

UPDATED
Adrian Proszenko
31m ago

New adventure: Jarryd Hayne at the announcement with new coach Neil Henry.

Mannah says Eels haven't missed out

34m ago

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