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The men's 100m freestyle champion Australian Kyle Chalmers.

New Olympic king 'did OK' in this year's school carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Karsten Forsterling (bow) of Australia, Alexander Belonogoff of Australia, Cameron ...

Australian quad rowers win silver in Rio de Janeiro

Melissa Woods
1 hr ago

Australia's dressage rider received 'admin sanction'

Patrick Bartley
42 mins ago

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	11	11	10	32
2. CHN	10	5	8	23
3. JPN	6	1	11	18
4. AUS	5	3	5	13
Full Medal Tally

Bill Gates remains on top of the Forbes rich list with a fortune of around $US75 billion.

The inner west start-up that Bill Gates has a stake in

Brian Robins

Tobacco boss bashed, stabbed in botched kidnap

INVESTIGATION

Why are universities letting people train for industries with no jobs?

The university degrees not worth enrolling in

COMMENT

Priest allegedly filled three wheelie bins with discarded pornography

Ian Kirkwood
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Kyle Chalmers wins gold in the 100m freestyle

One man inspired Kyle and his name wasn't Thorpe

Sexual harassment crisis grows at Fox despite Roger Ailes' exit

Chinese national security is a strangely delicate thing

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

'Demoralised' Sydney College of the Arts staff face savage cuts

Low-level hacktivists likely the cause of census meltdown

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Probe launched over high-end mixer safety, non-disclosure issues

University students beware, you are being watched

Aussies snatch silver in men's quad sculls thriller

Live
Roy Ward

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, here in 2013, is set to inherit his father's fortune.

He's 25, super private and is now the UK's third richest man

Five things you didn't know about Australia's Kyle Chalmers

Defensive 'calamity' ends Manly's season in cruel fashion

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Sydney Opera House 'problem' the target of $202 million upgrade

If Aussie Olympic team names were real......

Rising ocean temperatures are making us sick

SHD NEWS: City2Surf, Pat Farmer - Bondi Beach. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 7th July 2016.

After epic 20,000km run, 14km should be a cakewalk for ex-MP

Priest filled three wheelie bins with discarded ...

12:15AM

Census cyber attacks likely from low-level ...

11:46PM

Census-fail suggests Turnbull has the Midas touch ...

10:51PM

KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 09: (L-R) Bronze medallists Emily Seebohm, Taylor McKeown, Emma McKeon and Bronte Campbell of ...

'No room for cheats': Aussie determined to beat Russian

Australia's Kyle Chalmers celebrates winning the gold in the men's 100-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions ...

Five things you didn't know about Kyle Chalmers

Stathi Paxinos, Emma Quayle

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Silver medalist Madeline Groves of Australia poses on the podium during the medal ...

Groves misses gold by 0.03 seconds

Chris Barrett

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Cameron Bairstow #10, Aron Baynes #12, Brock Motum #14 and Matthew Dellavedova #8 of ...

Everyone knows who the Boomers are now

After 112 years, golf tees off again at the Olympics

Steve Keating

Rugby's 'Harlem Globetrotters' lift Fiji toward history

Jerry Brewer

Trailblazer strikes a joyful blow for Nauru

Jonathan Liew

Aussies left with stinging eyes as another Rio pool turns green

Local farmer Tim Duddy has been among those calling for a bar on coal mines in the Liverpool Plains.

'Historic victory': State buys back BHP coal licence

Ausgrid decision: Overblown campaign rhetoric bites Baird

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Sydney College of the Arts staff face savage cuts

Doonside High School principal Donna Loughran (right) during her high school days.

'I had amazing teachers that looked beyond the postcode'

Health Minister Jillian Skinner has resisted calls for a special commission of inquiry.

Public probe into St Vincents chemo scandal

Police man a command post on Chopin Street in Seven Hills.

Police arrest man after he threatened government workers

Marianne Jauncey in the injecting centre in Kings Cross.

Doctor hits back at deputy Premier's 'hurtful' remarks

Shannon De Bono and her mother have both been charged with attempted murder.

Mother, daughter 'plotted to kill with laced meatballs'

Model Elise Chambellant is still determined to compete in Miss Universe after her savage bashing.

Bashed beauty queen determined to compete in Miss Universe contest

The shark sightings have led Fisheries to put Perth's northern beaches on alert.

Shark sightings triple off WA coast but detection gaps remain

Parental permission was not granted to restrain this Canberra schoolboy in the 2m x 2m cage.

Autism cage details emerge as UN investigates abuse

Most Australians are yet to complete the census

Census back online nearly 48 hours after census outage

Morrison blocks sale of Ausgrid to foreign bidders

Treasurer protects national security with sale block

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Prime MInister Malcolm Turnbull has been politically embarrassed by the census fiasco.

Who cares more about a computer cock-up than child abuse? We do

COMMENT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been embarrassed again.

Census-fail is a sign Turnbull has the Midas touch - in reverse

ANALYSIS

Dutton says asylum seekers self-immolating 'to get to Australia'

Disappointed: Australian Marriage Equality director Rodney Croome.

Three-quarters would oppose popular vote on own right to marry: poll

Clarinda MP Hong Lim at the Victorian Parliament, in front of a portrait of former premier Jeff Kennett.

Victorian MP barred from Cambodia over human rights remarks

Lindsay Murdoch

In case of loss, start blaming 'election fraud' now. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Fayetteville, ...

Crushed in polls, Trump renews talk of 'rigged election'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Julian Assange speaks via video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

5 times WikiLeaks and Russia have crossed paths

ANALYSIS

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, here in 2013, is set to inherit his father's entire, which is almost all of London.

Duke steps into father's $14b shoes at age of 25

Census privacy debate: Why it can pay to reveal yourself online

Jessica Irvine

Tony Abbott says lobbyists holding senior positions in the NSW Liberal Party presents a corruption risk.

Abbott's attack on Liberal lobbyists makes case for a federal ICAC

Sean Nicholls

The Sydney Opera House is slated for a much-anticipated $202 million renewal.

Sydney Opera House revamp: does it work?

Philip Drew

Leap of faith: We need to improve our competitiveness by opening ourselves up to the world.

Sexual harassment crisis continues to grow at Fox

JB get thumbs up for Good Guys buy

Georgia Wilkins

Lew's battle with ex-CFO heads to trial

Sarah Danckert

Mixed results for Telstra

Lucy Battersby

Kelly and Michael Briggs, who run a floristry and photography businesses, say they couldn't go back to not having a cleaner.

The generation that's most likely to use a cleaner

Kate Burke

Why young people should not live by themselves

Madeleine Wedesweiler

Garden view of the Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire, England.

Meet the gardener who could set you back $50m

The unavoidable truths that all cat owners need to accept

Pinterest is an infinite universe of unattainable perfection.

Has the time come to pull the pin on Pinterest?

David Farrier pursued a career in medicine before switching to journalism.

How the 'Kiwi Louis Theroux' made the year's must-see documentary

Culture
Stephen A Russell

What difference does the weight of your weights really make when building strength and muscle size?

Lifting light weights can be just as effective as heavy ones

Fitness Trends

A photo of Ron Barassi taken from a scrapbook compiled by his mother Elza. The scrapbook features original black and ...

Your chance to buy memorabilia from AFL great Ron Barassi's life

QUIRKY INVESTMENTS
James Cockington

When one half of a couple has no interest in money matters

ASK NOEL
Noel Whittaker

Most people who abuse customer service workers are just in a bad mood.

Top 10 worst customers: which one are you?

James Adonis

Karen Gee, finalist in the Ausmumpreneur competition.

How this designer retains her high profile clients

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Rio 2016: Kyle Chalmers' stunning gold

Trump Tower climber snatched mid-air

Meet the UK's newest billionaire

Why do schoolboys share explicit images?

Rio 2016: the Australians to watch

Based on the popular kids book by Julia Donaldson

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

Watch the Cate Blanchett manifestos

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Evocative images at Art Gallery NSW

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Three kitchen designs you'll love forever

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The death knell for feminism: Wednesday's episode of <i>The Bachelor</i>.

This season of The Bachelor is a car crash

COMMENT
Ebony Bowden

Eric Darnell's Invasion, a virtual reality short screening at MIFF 2016.

Virtual reality won't save cinema but it may blow your mind

Karl Quinn

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For Winter Movie Guide ...

Latest Harry Potter is fastest selling book in nearly a decade

Kerrie O'Brien

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American actor Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and Canadian actor William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk appear ...

Star Trek TV reboot boldly goes on the hunt for a female leader

Michael Idato

Cate Blanchett as she appears in John Hillcoat's clip for the Massive Attack song The Spoils.

Cate Blanchett faces off in new Massive Attack video

Karl Quinn

Rihanna is lined up for the female-led <i>Ocean's Eight.</i>

Rihanna, Anne Hathaway set to join cast of female Ocean's Eight

The new cast: (back) Arthur Smith as Mr Harman, Jorgie Porter as Miss Croft, Justin Edwards as Mr Rumbold and Mathew ...

Are You Being Served? cast revealed for BBC anniversary special

Michael Idato

MOVIE: GHOSTBUSTERS, Saturday 27 August at 7pm on 7Flix. M Mag tv previews by Melinda Houston. Image supplied by Sony ...

Ghostbusters sequels slimed by Sony after box office falls short

Karl Quinn

Keep on swingin' ... Gary Walford (front) with, from left, Bob Henderson, Natalie Morrison, Graham Hilgendorf and Ben Jones.

Unity Hall Jazz Band still swingin' after a record 44 years in Balmain

Nick Galvin

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What are you doing this weekend? Here's 20 things to see and do

The Firebird review: Tetzlaff's violin helps Stravinsky take flight

Peter McCallum

The new Duke of Westminster is the most eligible of eligible bachelors

Jenna Clarke

"We're really in a pussy generation," Clint Eastwood recently said, and now science seems to be backing those claims.

Clint Eastwood was right, we are the weaker generation

Malia Obama may or may not have smoked cannabis and everyone seems upset.

The internet reacts to Malia Obama's cannabis claims

Amy Croffey

Carrie Bickmore attends An Evening with Susan Sarandon at Regent Theatre on August 7, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

The parties the celebrities were invited to this week

The admirable Kate Moss: she's started dressing in things that are more reflective of her age.

How to dress like a grown-up (when you're young at heart)

Nedahl Stelio

"It would be like measuring the desirability of Bachelor Richie by how well he serviced a jet plane."

The only kernel of reality from last night's ridiculous episode of 'The Bachelor'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 07: Simone Biles of the United States smiles before competing on balance beam during ...

Why is Simone Biles' relationship with her parents an issue for Olympic commentators?

Is it better to spend your money on 'experiences' than on 'things'?

Neha Kale

Nacif Elias carries the flag of Lebanon during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, ...

Don't ask athletes to set aside politics for the Olympics

Ruby Hamad

The Game of Thrones scene that proved too much for some viewers: Ramsay and Sansa on their wedding night.

7 questions I have for the showbiz industry about rape

Alyssa Rosenberg

Carb loading: is it really necessary?

Jacqueline Alwill

Approaching depression from another way

Evelyn Lewin

How to avoid burnout before the big race

Ben Lucas

Justin Hemmes at the site of The Newport, which Merivale opened earlier this year.

Which iconic venue has Merivale snapped up now?

Lee Tran Lam

McDonald's Aussie Angus 'n' Egg Legends burger.

The junk-food taste test for Olympics 2016 meals

Callan Boys

Satiate cravings with this supercharged peanut butter fudge.

Is gelatin the next superfood?

Sarah Wilson

Blake Lively at the Cannes Film Festival in May 11.

Blake Lively shuts down Sunrise presenters over baby weight comments

Staff writers

Teen lost in wilderness for days, found with mysterious new look

Katie Mettler

A number of egregious incest cases have been reported in Australia in recent years.

It is the ‘worst of the worst’ abuse, but it is often ignored

Michael Salter

Scoot, which flies between Australia and Singapore, is one of the world's cheapest airlines, based on cost per kilometre.

Are we being ripped off? World's cheapest airlines named

Airlines
Michael Gebicki

Up there: The Empire State Building viewed from the Rockefeller Centre.

The ten best things to do in New York with your family

Tracey Spicer

Singapore Airlines has flown a new Airbus A350 into Melbourne Airport.

Singapore Airlines' A350 arrives in Australia for first time

Craig Platt

Android man: a data scientist has shown how to tell which tweets are really from Republican presidential candidate ...

How to tell which tweets are really from Trump

Tim Biggs

Snapchat's lens gave users cartoon Asian eyes and exaggerated teeth.

Another Snapchat lens prompts calls of racism

Caitlin Dewey

The Roomba 980. While you're out, it roams your house.

Roomba 980: Vac your home from anywhere in the world

Tim Biggs

Apple's current MacBook Pro in 13-inch and 15-inch.

New MacBook Pros to have touchscreen keys

Mark Gurman

Andrew Denton's 2015 podcast, Better Off Dead, was very successful - unlike many.

The persistent problem with podcasts

COMMENT
Peter Wells

Audi's pothole-powered car

David McCowen

The all-new Mazda CX-9 has enough room to haul the whole team to the game.

Which car would win Rugby Sevens?

Dom Tripolone

Skoda Kodiaq teased again

Dom Tripolone

BMW has used motion-tracking technology to help US swimmers ahead of the Rio games.

BMW uses self-driving tech to help Olympic swimmers

Hyundai has offered a sneak peek at its next generation i30.

Hyundai teases new i30

David McCowen

2016 Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic.

Updated Range Rover revealed

Dom Tripolone

Defensive 'calamity' ends Manly's season in cruel fashion

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 11: Trent Barratt, coach of Manly looks on during the round 23 NRL match between the ...

Barrett, Hasler call on NRL to bin golden point

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Rookie sensation: Jarryd Hayne celebrates with Eels teammates after scoring an intercept try during his first year in ...

The coach who launched Hayne's career into orbit

Boy in blue: New Melbourne City signing Tim Cahill.

Cahill deal could be the most important signing in A-League

ANALYSIS

Flexible 10: Bernard Foley is happy to adjust to the Wallabies' new gameplan.

Wallabies set to bring back the boot

Georgina Robinson

Time to spread the word: League must end a cycle that has kept it one of the world's great sporting secrets for almost a ...

Historic decision looms for rugby league

COMMENT
Steve Mascord

David Warner will look to go on the attack.

Australia vow to attack to avoid 'duck season'

Jon Pierik

Playing it cool: Eels coach Brad Arthur.

Eels won't rush into market: Arthur

Tigerish spirit: Jack Littlejohn celebrates a try with Kevin Naiqama.

How working on a building site helped Tiger tame Thurston

Adam Pengilly

Staying on: Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan.

Flanagan to stay with Cronulla until end of 2019

Steve Zemek

Big three: Luke Brooks, James Tedesco and Mitchell Moses.

Tedesco to urge trio to spurn big-money offers

Adam Pengilly