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War of words: Australia 'at the fringes of civilisation'

Emily Rauhala

Rio day three: Hockeyroos beaten by the United States

Live
Larissa Nicholson
27m ago

No apology: Australian Olympic Team chef de mission Kitty Chiller.

No apology: AOC backs Mack Horton over comments

1h ago

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	3	5	4	12
2. CHN	3	2	3	8
3. AUS	3	0	3	6
4. ITA	2	3	2	7
Full Medal Tally

Former foreign minister Bob Carr speaks on the ABC's Q&A on Monday night.

Man Haron Monis 'convinced partner to kill his ex-wife'

New data shows top surnames by Sydney suburb

Marcus Strom

Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says he will vote for a second reading of the ABCC bill but his final vote ...

Senator Leyonhjelm is a gormless, boorish, self-promoting misanthrope

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Psychologist sexually abused widow in distress, court hears

Emma Partridge

Viewers slam Seven over its 'woeful' Olympics coverage

Lowest turnout since compulsory voting began in 1925

Nicole Hasham
1h ago

The self-help guru who owns only 15 things

Alex Williams

Why I won't be filling in the census tomorrow

COMMENT

Georgina "Gina" Abdallah, 38, was killed in a car crash in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west on Sunday August 7, 2016. ...

Hunt for driver who fled dying mother after fatal hit-and-run crash

Michael Phelps is a fan of the ancient Chinese healing technique of "cupping".

What are those spots on Michael Phelps' back?

How the ABS can tell when you're lying on the census

The Bachelor's Keira Maguire has distanced herself from her paedophile father and cult past upbringing.

The Bachelor's 'Budget Bingle' distances herself from cult past

Evocative images at Art Gallery NSW

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NASA's mesmerising rocket in slo-mo

Why Australians are so bad at paying bills on time

Null Stern Hotel, somewhere in the Swiss Alps.

$335 a night: This zero-star hotel is just what you needed

Want to reduce the gender pay gap? Tax the rich more

12:19AM

Voter turnout lowest since it became compulsory

11:59PM

DJ's Market Street store sold to Westfield owner

10:47PM

Channel Seven used Chile's flag - instead of China's - in its projected medal tally

Mmmmm, that's Chile's flag, not China's

Philip Wen

Rio day three: Rowing, hockey and plenty more

Live
Larissa Nicholson
27m ago

China's silver medal winner Sun Yang waves during the ceremony for the men's 400-meter freestyle final at the swimming ...

Sun Yang says he's king of 1500m, and no friend of Horton

Megan Levy

Australia's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team show off their gold medals.

Women, not girls: Commentators urged to respect females

Darren Gray
59m ago

Phelps makes it gold No.19 as McEvoy swims Australia to bronze

Phil Lutton

'Nobody can crash here and get up': Cyclist's sickening fall

How a chemical engineer found her way to Olympic gold

Ambulance crew dropped injured gymnast

Friends and family of Rhonda Baker (right) paid tribute to her on social media.

Woman's 'heart of gold' helped others - but no one could save her

Rachel Olding

'He's a hero': Teen stabbed to death trying to save friends

Planning minister's strongest comments yet on City's role

Lisa Visentin

Deborah Langton, who has put up her hand to contest the Wollongong byelection.

Ex-wife of former Labor MP vies for Noreen Hay's seat

Sean Nicholls

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 08: Former hypnotist and psychologist Nikola Tomic wearing tie is seen appearing at ...

Psychologist sexually abused widow in distress, court hears

Emma Partridge

The two male teenagers remained on the roof for more than nine hours.

Rooftop stand-off at juvenile justice centre comes to an end

Georgina Mitchell

Moore's power under threat as business vote numbers revealed

CCTV footage of the man police wish to speak to over the incident at the Spiderbait concert.

'I felt humiliated': Woman urinated on by man at gig

Nicole Precel

A pair of Pokemon trainers have disturbed a funeral in Corinda.

Funeral 'interrupted by Pokemon Go players'

Nathanael Cooper

Ross James Boag (left) was arrested by police in relation to Peta Fairhead's death on Monday. Leroy Daniel Smith (right, ...

Ross Boag charged over mother's 'kidnap, murder'

Heather McNeill

Chairs and tables were hurled across the footpath.

Camera footage captures massive Lygon Street brawl

Emily Woods

Old Parliament House was turned into a polling booth for election day both for ACT and interstate voters in any ...

Voter turnout lowest since it became compulsory

Nicole Hasham
1h ago

Census 'no worse than Facebook': minister

Peter Martin

Free-speech fundamentalists break free of good conscience

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Treasurer Scott Morrison hosted a $11,625 knees-up following the federal budget.

Morrison outspends Hockey in $11,625 budget night knees-up

Michael Koziol

Treasurer Scott Morrison says he is prepared to write in exemptions in the superannuation proposals.

Morrison softens super stance

Peter Martin

Rod Culleton WA Senate candidate for WA. Photo from OneNation website

Court annuls new One Nation senator's larceny conviction

Breanna Chillingworth

Former ANZ chief Mike Smith thinks ABC journalists need to engage more with corporate leaders.

ABC's business coverage unbiased but 'unfocused'

Matthew Knott

Emperor Akihito with his son, Crown Prince Naruhito.

Uneasy lies the head: Emperor Akihito seeks way off Japanese throne

Jonathan Soble

Indonesian activist cancels Australia trip to fight police lawsuit

Jewel Topsfield

Shahram Amiri greets his son Amir Hossein after arriving back in Iran in July 2010.

Six years on, an Iranian's spy saga ends at the gallows

David Sanger

Pistorius' wrists bandaged but self-harm reports 'untrue'

Aislinn Laing

Why I won't be filling in the census

COMMENT
Anna Johnston

China the regional bully punishes defiance in Asia-Pacific

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

ANZ, Westpac and now National Australia Bank are all caught up in the ASIC's "rate-rigging" investigations. What about ...

Why we don't need a royal commission into banks

COMMENT
Steven Munchenberg

The tax system alone isn't the answer to ending gender inequality.

Want to reduce the gender pay gap? Tax the rich

COMMENT
Nassim Khadem
50m ago

DJ's Market Street store sold to Westfield owner

Carolyn Cummins

Blame it on Rio, not Telstra

Colin Kruger, CBD

Retail trade was at a three-year low in June, due in part to discounting.

Why low rates aren't firing up retail spending

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Will the Olympics be golden for Seven?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

US optimism, bank stocks boost ASX

Vanessa Desloires

Analysts' steady slide from optimism

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The self-help guru who owns only 15 things

Alex Williams

Californian maker 1000 Stories creates a zinfandel that's finished in whisky barrels.

Can't decide between whisky and wine? You can have both at once

Fine Drinks
Michael Austin

‘Disruptive’ new Rolls-Royce breaks all the rules

Luxury Cars
Peter McKay

NEWS: Four Leaf Clover found by 8 yr old Jasper Coverdale at Glenfyne.
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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

Melany McBride and Amy Parfett started WedShed together.

Wedshed: its like Airbnb for weddings

Larissa Ham

Encourage mobile shopping which creates a sense of ownership.

Nine ways to get customers to love your business

Nina Hendy

Eerie abandoned Olympic buildings from around the world

Madeleine Wedesweiler

What do the experts use in their kitchens?

What to purge and what to splurge on in the kitchen

Elizabeth Clarke

Make the most of your first home with these tips for every 20-something.

Small space solutions I wish I'd known in my 20s

Sydney's bustling, crime-ridden suburbs are some of its most liveable.

Why you should live in Sydney's high crime suburbs

Jennifer Duke

The 104 affordable accommodation units at the Exordium apartments in Zetland had all been leased out before the block ...

Lack of affordable-housing leaves workers sleeping rough

Kate Burke

James Altucher advises 'choose yourself'

Ross James Boag has been found

Boy stabbed in Fairfield

Bachelor Mansion Tour

Rio 2016: anatomy of an athlete

Power Season 3, fast tracked every Monday

It's more than a job. Roadies - new episodes every Monday.

Rage against the art machine

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Film montages from an Australian luminary

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The role of strata committees

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'Smirking' Spiderbait fan urinates on woman at Melbourne concert

Nicole Precel

Xavier Samuel starred as Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Aussie actor reveals how Twilight changed his life

Kate Waterhouse

Jerry Seinfeld opens in the fake script with: 'You think they ever get backed up at the gates of Heaven? Too many people ...

Fake Seinfeld 9/11 episode begs question: Can we laugh at terror?

Aja Styles

Flag-bearer Anna Meares with the Australian team at the Rio Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

Why the lowest-rating Olympics opening ceremony is no surprise

Michael Lallo

George RR Martin has confirmed a deal to bring the <i>Wild Cards</i> anthology to TV screens.

George R.R. Martin announces new TV series

Amelia Zhou

Mixed reviews haven't put off moviegoers from watching <i>Suicide Squad.</i>

Suicide Squad sets box-office record as fans ignore critics

Not exactly working up a sweat to release his second album, R&B singer Frank Ocean.

Long promised Frank Ocean album fails to materialise – again

Bernard Zuel

The second coming of their second coming sees The Stone Roses at the Sydney Opera House in December.

The second coming of the reformed Stone Roses

Bernard Zuel

Kate Mulvany has written The Rasputin Affair for the Ensemble Theatre's 2017 season.

Kate Mulvany and Kit Brookman herald new breed at Ensemble

Louise Rugendyke
1h ago

SSO shines spotlight on Rachmaninoff for 2017 season

Elissa Blake

Brenda Niall's biography of Archbishop Mannix "is so much more than the severe, spindly caricatures of the cartoonists".

Brenda Niall wins top prize for a 'biographer's nightmare'

Susan Wyndham

American star Michael Phelps was covered in cupping marks during the 4x100 metre freestyle relay in Rio.

'Love bite' therapy helps Michael Phelps to Olympic glory

Jenna Clarke

The Bachelor's Keira distances herself from paedophile father

Amy Croffey

Jools and Jamie Oliver, known for choosing unusual names, have not yet revealed what their fifth child will be called.

Jamie Oliver welcomes baby number five

Mary Ward

If your style is tight enough, you can go "topless" underneath, like Heidi Klum.

How to wear overalls as an adult

Melissa Singer

Princess Beatrice has become one of the most eligible bachelorettes in Europe after splitting from her boyfriend of 10 years.

Princess Beatrice now an eligible bachelorette

Sarah Knapton

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu appears to be reminding commentators who did the swimming after winning gold with a new world ...

US sports media struggles to separate female Olympians from husbands

Jenny Noyes

"I love men, but they can be a liability - one I'm not willing to risk when I'm on my own in a foreign place."

I'm usually bisexual, but that changes when I go on holidays

Breena Kerr

Islamophobia has become normal. What can we do now?

Mariam Veiszadeh

"My dad's all sorts of awesome!" Twitter users counter hate with love.

Indigenous dads' powerful response to Bill Leak cartoon

Jenny Noyes

"For the love of God, do not make things worse by getting rid of cargo shorts."

Men of the world defend their right to wear cargo shorts

Rob Moran

Should exercise be as easy as child's play?

Jo Hartley

Last minute tips to get you over the line this City2Surf

Sheree Webber

How to injury-proof your knees

Bill Phillips

Weekly meal planner: TV dinners (for Olympic-viewing marathon...)

Emergency dinners: Karen Martini's Pad Thai.

10 Ingredients = 40 Recipes

Jill Dupleix

In the fridge or out? How to store fruit and vegetables

Katie Falkiner

Bikini-wearing mum hits back at body-shaming stranger

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Mark Short with his three children, Mark Jr., 5, Liana, 8, and Willow, 2.

Family of five die in murder-suicide after youngest gets heart transplant

Letting our kids travel in a terrorised world.

The awful advice you need to give your teen before they travel

$335 a night: Zero-star hotel is just a bed on a mountain

Kylie McLaughlin

Virgin Australia's new business class cabin on board its Boeing 777.

Virgin Australia's new seat is the future of business class

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Craig Platt

Qantas is considering a direct London to Perth flight.

Direct Australia-to-London flights possible for new Qantas Dreamliner

Airlines

Facebook's new feature shows a camera feed when you open the app, just like Snapchat.

Facebook uses Olympics to test Snapchat clone

Jessica Guynn

Leicester's Marc Albrighton (right) and Swansea's Angel Rangel battle for the ball at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Optus' Fetch TV the best way to watch EPL

COMMENT
Adam Turner

How much of the Google Maps app do you actually use?

Six secrets to help get the most out of Google Maps app

Hayley Tsukayama

Tesla Model X

white car with doors that open upwards

Tesla Model X Australian prices

Gizmodo

Visitors to the exhibition can experience a virtual collision of protons at near light speeds.

Exhibition puts you in Hadron Collider hotseat

Marcus Strom

Ford Focus RS to get more power

David McCowen

The Ram 2500's towing numbers are even more impressive than its size.

Which car is the best weightlifter?

Dom Tripolone

Leicester City Football Club stars will drive in style with matching BMW i8 supercars.

EPL champions all receive BMW i8s

David McCowen

High-tech: the NSX makes its power using a sophisticated V6 hybrid powertrain.

Honda NSX first drive review

Sam Charlwood

Sportier Toyota 86 in works

Daniel DeGasperi

Which car would win a 100m sprint?

Dom Tripolone

NRL clears four players over touching refs

Adam Pengilly

CA penalises O'Keefe over drunken bender

Well done: Nathan Cleary celebrates with Penrith teammates after scoring.

NRL finals race tightens after Panthers crush Roosters

Dominic Bossi

Former champ: Midget Farrelly, pictured in 1986.

The day Farrelly surfed the perfect wave

Peter FitzSimons

Former Protea named as match-fixer

Mark Gleeson

Christian Lealiifano has been diagnosed with leukemia.

Wallabies show of support for Lealiifano

Adrian Warren

Big hitter Travis Head has been fast-tracked into the squad.

Heads up: Test selectors show faith in Travis

Jon Pierik

Dynamic duo: Luke Parker and Josh Kennedy celebrates a goal.

The midfield pair the Swans need fit to fire in September

Andrew Wu

Push and shove: Manly players scuffle during a fiery first half against the Eels at Parramatta last Friday.

Players may have to surrender phones

Adam Pengilly

Sandwiched: The Roosters defence latches onto Panthers rookie Nathan Cleary.

Players, coaches left in awe teen tyro Cleary

Dominic Bossi

Blake Austin leaves Shark Park on Saturday with a shoulder injury.

Austin awaits results on shoulder injury

Jon Tuxworth