1:05AM Sat Aug 6, 2016

Today's Paper
SMH Shop
Our Network
News and Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Age

Brisbane Times

Canberra Times

WA Today

Weather Zone
Business and Finance

AFR.com

afrmagazine.com.au
Lifestyle

traveller.com.au

essentialbaby.com.au

essentialkids.com.au

goodfood.com.au

oversixty.com.au

findababysitter.com.au
Classifieds

domain.com.au

drive.com.au

commercialrealestate

allhomes.com.au

adzuna.com.au

rsvp.com.au

The Sydney Morning Herald

Independent. Always.

Now: 11°

Sydney

Min: 9°
Max: 17°

Possible shower

Mark Flannagan has a debilitating back condition and is unable to work, but had to battle one of his insurance companies.

Ticking timebombs buried in your super life insurance

INVESTIGATION
Adele Ferguson

A woman is silhouetted by the setting sun as she poses for a photo in a set of Olympic rings in the Olympic Park ahead ...

Welcome to the least-hyped Olympics in modern history

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's contribution to the Coalition coffers might have made its July 2 win possible.

Directionless Turnbull needs to embrace the power of one

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Salim Mehajer was quick to take to social media to make his court victory know.

'Another great win': Mehajer's legal victory

Emma Partridge

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 08: A FILE PHOTO of Keiran Foran crossing the road to attend Parramatta Eels training last ...

$18,000 bet made minutes before Foran took the field

EXCLUSIVE

Soldiers stand in guard next to a wall decorated with photographs showing fans and athletes of the Russian team at the ...

The Olympics have lost the magic - and Rio will show why

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons
1h ago

Malcolm pleads with Julia: How to shut down Kevin?

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Suspected militants arrested for planning Singapore rocket attack

Aussies swimmers abandon 'cloudy, soupy' Rio pools

He killed three people, all for a $225,000 payout

Emma Partridge

Embattled jockey linked to new betting scandal

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 06: Australian athlete Anna Meares poses at the Stamford Plaza during a portrait session ...

Anna Meares' secret weapon: Her two faces

Samantha Lane

Australia's Steve Smith walks back to pavilion after being dismissed by Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath on day two of their ...

Australia in disarray after another batting meltdown

1h ago

Oliver Curtis' wife Roxy Jacenko leaves St James Supreme Court after her husband was jailed for insider trading.

Roxy Jacenko makes private life more public

PS

"I think all our efforts this year have been gutsy": Brad Arthur.

Eels deny knowledge of Foran bets

1h ago

DO NOT USE - Huffpost

The science behind being 'hangry'

null

Bringing Rio to Australian screens

China has really outdone itself this time with the most terrifying glass walkway yet.

China's petrifying new glass skywalk

Rio: Australians to watch

A guide to Australia's best medal hopes in Rio

Japan's Emperor Akihito to address the nation amid abdication rumours

1:01AM

ACCC says too many cartels in Australia

12:16AM

Death in paradise: ASIC asleep to Ponzi scheme

12:15AM

The flat Carlisle businessman Chris Meyer bought six years ago, is actually the one next to the where he's been living in

Man tries to sell his home, finds out his neighbour owns it

Adam Boult

One of Sydney's sweet spots: Harris Park offers some of the best of what the city has to offer, with great transport and ...

Sydney's 'sweet spots': Where affordability and liveability collide

Jennifer Duke

Open wide, come inside.

A buyer's guide to open house etiquette

Megan Gale.

EXCLUSIVE: Model Megan Gale sells Palm Beach getaway

Lucy Macken

David Shein and his wife Colleen purchased this Point Piper home for $21 million.

The ripple effect from Sydney's chart-topping $80 million sale

Lucy Macken

The emergence of Craig Chung is another element in a typically spiky contest for Sydney's Town Hall.

Ryde councillor's bid to sit on Sydney council as well

Jacob Saulwick

'Do we need to tell patients?': Doctor's secret admission

Two terriers, one penthouse and a very Sydney divorce

James Robertson

A mother's farewell: Kathy Kelly blows a kiss to her son Stuart Kelly's coffin.

Tragedy piled on tragedy for Kelly family

Kirsty Needham

Elementary Student at Art Gallery Generic for Children and Art tem number:78617518Photographer:FuseRelease info:Model ...

The one thing students need more than high test scores

Kelsey Munro

Marketing executive and former journalist Dai Le.

Premier's choice squeezed out of another preselection

Sean Nicholls

Murderer Bruce Burrell has taken his secrets to the grave.

Double murderer dies without revealing his victims' whereabouts

Nick Ralston

More salmonella cases linked to tainted Red Dirt rockmelons

Popular learning styles approach to teaching a harmful fad, says leading academic

Popular teaching style condemned as pseudo scientific 'rubbish'

One Powerball ticket purchased in Canberra has scored the whole division one prize pool in Thursday night's Powerball ...

Single ticket wins $35 million lotto jackpot

ACT

Young mother Peta Fairhead was described as caring and loving by a friend on Thursday.

Woman left for dead at hospital was 'loving' mother-of-three

WA

Derryn Hinch at the Melbourne Press Club luncheon on Friday.

Senator Headline, just warming up for Canberra, exercises free speech

Tony Wright

Morrison ratchets up the heat on Labor to pass savings

Mark Kenny

Sketch: Malcolm pleads with Julia - How to shut down Kevin?

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Turnbull has more in common with Julia Gillard than he'd like to acknowledge.

One Nation senator-elect's bizarre letter to Julia Gillard

Michael Koziol

One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts used a press conference on Thursday to call for the overhaul of section 18c.

Abbott-era 18c changes 'back on the table' in new Senate

Michael Koziol

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd.

Rudd accused PM of 'monstrous intrusion'

Fergus Hunter

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis

States back Turnbull on preventative detention for terror prisoners

Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo (right) meets with former former Indonesian trade minister Thomas Lembong (left) ...

Australia-Indonesia FTA plan defies odds

ANALYSIS
Jewel Topsfield

Kaiowa boy Josiel Benites, 12, was shot twice in the stomach during a confrontation with farmers in Mato Grosso do Sul, ...

Far from Rio, Brazil's tribes and farmers in land war

Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, holds up his copy the United State Constitution as he ...

'Yes We Khan'? Fallen soldier's father urged to run for office

The ANC's standing has been hit by corruption scandals involving President Jacob Zuma, seen here on a voter's dress, but ...

Mandela's party stung in South Africa election

Sam Mkokeli

The Sirius, designed by Tao Gofers for the government architect in the early 1980s, is now a cult classic.

The brutal truth: we're trashing Sydney's heritage

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's contribution to the Coalition coffers might have made its July 2 win possible.

Directionless Turnbull needs to take back control

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Australian taxpayers spend $370 million on training Olympians, we'd like to see some return for the money spent.

We shouldn't spend taxpayers' money on ungrateful Olympians

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Police at the Warana beach where Steve Halgryn was found.

Death in paradise: ASIC asleep to Ponzi scheme

IN DEPTH
Sarah Danckert
51m ago

The banks' half-year profits are expected to top $15 billion, but bad debt costs are on the rise.

'Piggies' need to go to a royal commission

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Not all super funds are looking after their members. Illustration: Matt Davidson

Devils are in the detail in super life insurance

INVESTIGATION
Adele Ferguson

Our dollar soared during the resources boom but dropped back when commodity prices fell.

Why the official interest rate is at a new low

COMMENT
Ross Gittins
1h ago

Pankaj and Radhika Oswal catch a break in legal stoush

Sarah Danckert
1h ago

How Australia's worst airline turned itself around

Patrick Hatch

Wages battle breaks out at Crown Casino

Nick Toscano

ACCC says too many cartels in Australia

49m ago

A couple of shiny Lamborghinis are the perfect accompaniment for a Japanese road trip.

I had the best job in the world, but now I'm giving it away

Steve Colquhoun

"The rider of a bicycle must (a) sit astride the rider's seat facing forwards." Really?

The cycling road rule I never knew I was breaking

Michael O'Reilly

NEWS: Four Leaf Clover found by 8 yr old Jasper Coverdale at Glenfyne.
111017LP26
PICTURE:LEANNE PICKETT

How much of a role does luck play in success and investing?

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Generic Melbourne public transport image, 2016. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

Here's how to get the most bang for your public transport buck

Alex Kidman

Fashion boss Grace Dlabik says only a small business gives her the freedom to adapt to her industry.

How small business affects women's finances

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Hillary Clinton's campaign is focusing on her empathy for women, minorities and children.

Empathy: why we should all strive for it

James Adonis

null

Controversial CSG wastewater ponds

null

North Korea's moon-landing plans

null

Andy Murray's flagpole swing needs work

null

American woman killed in London knife attack

editorial cartoon

Cartoons by Alan Moir

the circus

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

unreal

'UnREAL - "Best TV show of 2016 so far" - TV Guide Magazine.

AMEX

Five ways to attract high value customers

Advertiser Content

AGNSW

Film montages from an Australian luminary

Advertiser Content

WFI

The role of strata committees

Advertiser Content

What did I just say? Ozzy Osbourne explains his extra-marital behaviour: it was all out of context.

Ozzy Osbourne says lover took sex "out of context"

Bernard Zuel

No tears, no regrets but a swag of new songs and a solo career for Peter Garrett

Bitter? Not Garrett, he's making music

Bernard Zuel

Daisy Ridley debuted as Rey in <i>Star Wars: the Force Awakens</i>. Is there a way to predict whether the movie will ...

Could a Star Wars TV series finally be on its way?

Michael Idato

Down Under

Black comedy's brutal reminder of Cronulla riots

Garry Maddox

The rhyme of the ancient mariner. Nine News presenter Peter Hitchener an unlikely rap star

Newsreader breaks into rap - amuses only himself

Bernard Zuel

Britney Spears pranked Jimmy Kimmel.

Awkward: Britney gets weird on Jimmy Kimmel's bed

Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad.

'Most unpleasant thing I've ever done': Margot Robbie

David Betancourt

Falls Festival star and ultimate

Falls Festival reveals its first big drawcard

Bernard Zuel

The mind-bending King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard will take you on a fabulous trip during their live show.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Trippy night to remember

Bernard Zuel

Norman Carter's 1936 portrait of Howard Hinton (detail shown) will be exhibited at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.

Mystery lingers over one of Australia's greatest art collectors

Andrew Taylor

Jennifer Saunders as "Edina" and Joanna Lumley as "Patsy" in the film ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE. Photo by David ...

What's on in Sydney: 20 things to hear, see and do this weekend

A very simple trick could help with shoulder strain at work.

Shoulder strain? Consider moving this desk object

Alison Bowen

Barack Obama says his daughters Sasha (left) and Malia have been raised to speak up when they see double standards.

Childcare fell 'disproportionately and unfairly' on Michelle: Obama

Mary Ward

THE GOOD: Lena Dunham is rocking this off-the-shoulder Gabriela Hearst dress as she spruiks for Hillary Rodham Clinton ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

The Upside founder Jodhi Meares and her husband Nicholas Finn Tsindos walk the David Jones spring-summer 2016 launch ...

Newlywed Jodhi Meares opens up about married life and starting a family

Amy Croffey

Lash extensions require tender loving care to make them last the distance.

How to wear eyelash extensions without causing breakage

Stephanie Darling

Celeste Barber

Being famous on Instagram is like being rich in Monopoly

Celeste Barber

Marton family. Daughters Carmen (top right) and Caroline (bottom right) are both competing in the taekwondo competition ...

Nerves, rivalry and illicit pizzas: Three Olympic mums talk

Daisy Dumas

With a Bill on Pakistan's tribal law set to be voted on within weeks, the survivor of an attempted honour killing tells ...

'We knew my family were chasing me'

Andrew Marszal

A submission to Queensland's 2016 abortion law reform inquiry.

Facepalm-worthy submissions to Queensland's abortion law reform inquiry

Daisy Dumas

Margot Robbie in <i>Suicide Squad</i>.

The one great character in 'Suicide Squad'

Clem Bastow

chin ups

For women, the chin up is an elusive but worthwhile goal

James Fell

Tim Robards

Tim Robards: How to get a body like The Bach

The Juice Daily

plant protein

Plant protein is better for you than meat, new study finds

Sarah Berry

Aria restaurant.

Sydney's best business lunches and dinners 2016

Pasta may not be the thing to cut if you want to lose weight.

Will olive oil stop my pasta from sticking together?

Richard Cornish

Adam Liaw recipe - Turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens

9 health foods chefs actually love to cook with

FRANKI HOBSON

Carri Kessler and her twice-named baby.

How this mum realised she'd chosen the wrong baby name

Cat Rodie

No need for parents to fret about their 'regular' picky eater.

Severe picky eating linked to psychiatric problems, finds study

Cat Rodie

<i></i>

We are separated but I let my husband live with us on weekends

Jaimie Seaton

Make your journeys more meaningful.

The ten rules every traveller needs to follow

Travel Tips

Sugarloaf is the second of Rio's twin peaks.

Olympic city: The 20 must-do highlights of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil
Michael Visontay

'The captain won't take off with these seats occupied'

Letters

Unlike its bulkier brother, the Xbox One S can operate horizontally or, with the help of an included stand, vertically.

Review: Xbox One loses weight, adds 4K, HDR

Tim Biggs

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Apple offers big rewards for spotting bugs

Jim Finkle

Seven's multi-channel Olympics coverage means Australian viewers will get to see more than Aussies swimming laps of the ...

Seven's Olympics streaming finally puts viewers in control

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New York to ban registered sex offenders from playing Pokemon Go.

Niantic explains Pokemon GO changes

Kotaku

Facebook's algorithm is taking notice of sites that use misleading or distorted headlines in their posts.

Facebook to punish clickbait publishers

Powerhouse: the Tesla Model S P90D can reach 100km/h in a claimed 2.8 seconds.

Which car would win a 100m sprint?

Dom Tripolone

Corey Burdick lost his eye when his Takata airbag exploded.

The human face of the Takata scandal

Stephen Ottley

New Holden Colorado development vehicle.

Behind the scenes: Holden's future

Sam Charlwood

Aston Martin DB11 Launch.
Siena, Italy.
July 2016.
Photo: Drew Gibson

2017 Aston Martin DB11.

James Bond's new car reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2016 Nissan Bladeglider prototype.

Nissan revives Bladeglider

Stephen Ottley

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

New Mercedes C300 Coupe reviewed

Stephen Ottley

The Dolphins abandoned the 'soupy' warm-up pool for the much more crowded main competition pool.

'Cloudy' Rio pool raises Aussies' concerns

The Olympic Village

Moroccan boxer arrested for sexual assault on maids in village

21m ago

Colourful: The revamped Port District area in Rio.

Why Rio was an inspired choice for the Games

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Cate Campbell.

Australia's best gold medal hopes

Interactive Guide

Pele cleared to light cauldron, but will he?

How Rio sevens stars learned to tackle. Hard.

Andrew Webster

Youngest athlete of Games tells her tale of earthquake survival

Michael Chammas

Robber killed after altercation with Russian diplomat

Lia Timson

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 05: Kaysa Pritchard of the Eels makes a break during the round 22 NRL match between the ...

Eels kill Sea Eagles' finals hopes with dramatic one-point win

Dominic Bossi
1h ago

Rangana Herath, right, celebrates the wicket of Australia's Adam Voges.

Australia in tatters: 21 wickets fall on day two

Jon Pierik
1h ago

"I think all our efforts this year have been gutsy": Brad Arthur.

Eels deny knowledge of Foran bets

Dominic Bossi
1h ago

Facing scrutiny: Kieran Foran passes for the Eels against Manly at Brookvale on April 14.

Hayson, Kieran and Liam Foran, under scrutiny over plunge

EXCLUSIVE
Kate McClymont, Nick McKenzie

Gearing up for his Titans debut: Jarryd Hayne.

Titans sponsor wants to cash in with Hayne in US

Adam Pengilly

Giteau Law: Matt Giteau is back to play for the Wallabies despite plying his club trade overseas.

Giteau Law will damage rugby

COMMENT
Spiro Zavos

I have been proud of the way our team has managed to front up week in, week out": Brad Arthur

Eels reward Arthur with new contract

Adrian Proszenko
1h ago

Soldiers stand in guard next to a wall decorated with photographs showing fans and athletes of the Russian team at the ...

The Olympics have lost the magic

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons
1h ago

Family man: Ben Barba and his daughter Bodhi wave to fans following the round 20 NRL match between the Cronulla Sharks ...

Why Sharks should be thanking Cherry-Evans

Adam Pengilly

Tight ship: Manly chairman Scott Penn (right) has vowed a zero-tolerance policy to integrity breaches.

Manly to take report proposals on board

Tom Decent

Target: Cronulla skipper Paul Gallen expects to be singled out for treatment by the Raiders.

Gallen bracing for Stuart ambush

Adam Pengilly

Save articles for later.

Return to the homepage by clicking on the site logo.