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Smile for the camera: Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, toys with Canada's Andre De Grasse.

Smiling Bolt does it again

From left to right, Dante Exum, Matthew Dellavedova, Aron Baynes, Joe Ingles, Andrew Bogut and Patty Mills.

The sun-drenched holiday that ignited the Boomers' push for gold

9 mins ago

Annette Edmondson in Rio.

The funding flaw that cost Australia medals

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	30	32	31	93
2. GBR	19	19	12	50
3. CHN	19	15	20	54
10. AUS	7	8	9	24
Full Medal Tally

Ryan Lochte of the United States

Lochte changes story about being robbed at gunpoint

Mark Giannotto
37 mins ago

Sydney is no longer considered one of the 10 most liveable cities in the world, according to the Economist.

'Unfair perception' sees Sydney drop out of top liveable cities list

Kim Arlington
4 mins ago

Key addition: Matt Giteau is back to play for the Wallabies after missing the disaster series against England.

Why nobody should write off the Wallabies

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully
1 hr ago

Vietnam War veterans atttend the 40th anniversary of the Battle for Long Tan at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

The real reason Vietnam objected to Long Tan commemoration

ANALYSIS
56 mins ago

Renaud Lavillenie apologised for his poor comments.

'Big mistake': Nazi comment out of kilter with gracious Games

Georgina "Gina" Abdallah, 38, was killed in a car crash in Punchbowl on August 7.

Man wanted over crash that killed girlfriend caught after two weeks

Rachel Olding
1 hr ago

Gold medal winner's sister in 'bitter and jealous' TV interview

'Why am I still here?': Athletes stuck as Olympics roll on

Nicole Hasham

Billionaire Oswals, ANZ agree to settle bitter court dispute

Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Thorpe speaks out over Rio failure of Aussie swimmers

'Buckle up': The smoke signals from Donald Trump are clear

ANALYSIS
44 mins ago

Madeline Sawyer has avoided jail time.

Sydney student who worked as prostitute weeps after learning her fate

Nick Ralston
25 mins ago

A far cry from the boy wizard, Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe in <i>Imperium</I>.

Daniel Radcliffe apologises for racial slurs

Celeste Barber

My friend told me I have a face people don't like

Set for some time on the pine: Scott Fardy (right).

Wallabies coach drops big surprise for Bledisloe opener

Mature father sitting with his teenage daughter who is having some problems. ...

When all else fails, this is how to deal with teenagers in your home

1 hr ago

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Rio 2016: IOC official arrested in his bathrobe

Nick Kyrgios smashed three racquets in quick succession.

Raging Kyrgios destroys three racquets

Chinese businessmen Sun Shaofeng has been revealed as the new owner of Vaucluse estate Werribe.

One of China's richest businessmen buys Vaucluse mansion

Sydney university student avoids jail time for ...

2:04PM

Tatts Group net profit falls 7.2 per cent

2:28PM

Why Sydney is no longer a top 10 most liveable ...

2:25PM

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 17: (L-R) Bronze medalist Kristi Castlin, gold medalist Brianna Rollins and silver ...

This was a race of who was not here, including our very own Sally

1 hr ago

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 17: Cedric Dubler of Australia reacts during the Men's Decathlon 100m heats on Day 12 of ...

'It feels like an empty stadium': Aussie laments tiny Rio crowds

Jamaica's Usain Bolt competes in a men's 200m heat.

Haggling over fees as Bolt gets set to run in Australia

Heavy fall: gymnast You Hao tumbled from the parallel bars, and China did not win a single gymnastics gold medal in Rio

'You're kidding me': China laments its Olympic woes

Klishina succumbs, Stratton learns

Michael Gleeson
54 mins ago

BMX rider face plants, does not finish, but still qualifies

Neymar scores after 14 seconds as Brazil reach final

Aussie endures three-hour wait for shoulder to be put in

Adam Henry captured by police in a surveillance photograph in Newcastle. He pleaded guilty to supplying a commercial ...

He started shaking and wouldn't look at police after being pulled over

Obeid's lawyers given more time to assemble medical evidence

Michaela Whitbourn
1 hr ago

Choice between watching a child suffer or breaking the law

Kate Aubusson

"Whether you purchase private label milk or branded milk such as Dairy Farmers or Pauls, the farmer receives the same ...

Is the extra $113m spent on branded milk really helping farmers?

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione arrives at the Lindt cafe siege inquest on Wednesday.

'Buck stops with me': Scipione takes blame after siege grilling

Police at the scene of a stabbing in Tamworth on August 17.

Man fighting for life after being stabbed more than 20 times

A commuter falls between the train and the platform while boarding.

Video cameras catch dangerous tumbles on platforms

Matt O'Sullivan

Police are still hunting for the two men who allegedly stole the BMW from a Wyndham Vale home early Thursday morning.

Kidnapped in carjacking: Boy's 30 minutes of hell

VIC

A controversial ad posted online by a Brisbane company said "qualified trades" could expect up to $30 an hour while ...

'Fat Australian chicks': Tradie ad on Gumtree draws fire

QLD

Wind gusts reached 72km/h around the CBD.

Wild weather causes chaos across Perth with more to come

WA

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The Age Business. Digicam. Generic image of stack of various annual ...

$3000 a paper: The dark art of the academic black market

Timna Jacks

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

'I won't be defamed': Dutton launches assault on the media

Fewer than 20 asylum seekers voluntarily resettled in PNG

Tom McIlroy

Vietnam gives ground after last-minute consultations with PM

Broede Carmody, Tom McIlroy

Kickboxing detainee Ezatullah Kakar.

Refugee athletes stuck on Manus Island as Olympics roll on

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is about to feel the backlash from the Coalition's treatment of the Gillard minority ...

Turnbull reaps Abbott's bitter harvest

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

The great Census fail of 2016.

Census still short by millions of responses

The Manus Regional Processing Centre on Los Negros Island.

Manus detainees claim false imprisonment in class action

EXCLUSIVE

Vietnam War veterans atttend the 40th anniversary of the Battle for Long Tan at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

Why Vietnam objected to Long Tan ceremony

ANALYSIS
Lindsay Murdoch
56 mins ago

He's surprised too. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump .

Trump never wanted to win: Michael Moore

Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart news, is Trump's new campaign CEO.

Trump's new hires to reinforce campaign's worst impulses

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
44 mins ago

A firefighter prepares to battle a wildfire in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county on Tuesday.

Out-of-control California wildfire forces evacuation of more than 80,000

34 mins ago

Timber power poles as far as the eye can see in Central Western NSW.

Shock-proof the electricity system with battery power

COMMENT
Ben Oquist
20 mins ago

Richie Strahan with the women from The Bachelor.

How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists

COMMENT
Suzie Gibson

The new Perth Museum, due to open in 2020, was one of then state treasurer Christian Porter's projects that boosted ...

Let's say no to WA, the prodigal state

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Two US hedge funds have sued Australia's big four banks and Macquarie over alleged BBSW manipulation.

US hedge funds sue banks over alleged rate fixing

James Eyers
14 mins ago

The ATO says $2.5 billion worth of super money was consolidated into active super accounts during 2015-16.

Markets Live: Profit season heats up

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And suddenly coal is back again

1 hr ago

A surge in part-time jobs relieves pressure on the RBA to cut rates further.

Unemployment rate falls to 5.7% as part-time jobs surge

Jens Meyer

Treasury Wine profit soars as Asian sales surge

Simon Evans

Want to dump your bank? You're not alone

Clancy Yeates

Oswals, ANZ agree to settle long-running battle

Sarah Danckert
1 hr ago

Why do so many smart kids become bankers?

COMMENT

Living in Balmain East is a better option than Balmain itself for liveability, but it's one of the few where leaving the ...

Chatswood v Chatswood West: What a suburb's name tells you

Jennifer Duke

IKEA

IKEA's 2017 catalogue offers a bleak look into our future

Madeleine Wedesweiler
1 hr ago

Chinese businessmen Sun Shaofeng has been revealed as the new owner of Vaucluse estate Werribe.

One of China's richest businessmen buys Sydney trophy home

Bob's spectacular 16-foot treehouse.

Bob lives in an actual treehouse just outside the city. Why?

A Tesla Motors Model S car equipped with autopilot – it might make the driver's commute easier, but will it improve life ...

Why robot cars won't make Sydney a better place to live

Nicole Frost

White Desert’s main campsite, which comprises six sleeping pods.

Antarctica's jaw-dropping luxury hotel on the edge of the world

Luxury
Nikki Ekstein

People are entitled to their opinion, but that doesn't mean you have to listen to them.

Ten people you should unfollow on social media immediately

Culture
Mikolai Napieralski

Results of the major banks have been mediocre at best.

Motley Fool: Time to sell your bank shares

Scott Phillips

A French early 19th century mahogany harp, signed Pleyel & Co., Paris. It sold for $8000 IBP.

Collectors pluck 19th century harps from obscurity

James Cockington

Ludwina Dautovic says the fact she only used the internet at 30 hasn't held her back from launching a start-up.

'How I became a tech entrepreneur at 50'

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Sadly, we only seem to hear about students when it involves fee debates.

What students want from universities

Tony Featherstone

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Bank charges to keep your money

Filming setup in Brisbane for the latest Thor movie

Thor to shut Brisbane streets

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Sri Lanka whitewashes Australia

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Rio 2016: Boomers clinch semi-final berth

Flames erupt on a hillside alongside one of the main rail routes connecting Southern California with points north and east.

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Lady Gaga has reinvented herself a few times on her journey from shock value pop star to Tony Bennett collaborator to ...

Lady Gaga to star in remake of A Star Is Born

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

Back to Gotham: A new animated Batman movie featuring the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward is on the way.

Holy Comeback! Ageing caped crusaders return to Batman

Linda Morris

A gutted Richie told her he hoped Megan could be patient with the insane Bachelor process.

Megan's shock Bachelor exit is the only real thing so far

COMMENT
Ebony Bowden

Daniel Radcliffe goes undercover as a skinhead in new film <i>Imperium</I>.

Daniel Radcliffe apologises for character's racial slurs

Hannah Furness

Sacked actor Thomas Gibson has signed up for a Twitter account and started trying to win the PR war.

Sacked Criminal Minds actor takes the PR war into his own hands

Michael Idato

JK Rowling is keeping the Potter franchise alive.

JK Rowling unveils 'new treat' of three more Harry Potter books

Latika Bourke

Nancy (Blake Lively) in Columbia Pictures' THE SHALLOWS. Blake Lively in?The Shallows.?

Blake Lively shark tale The Shallows is a classic thriller

Jake Wilson

Megan Marx refuses a rose from Richie Strahan on Wednesday night's <i>The Bachelor</i>.

Megan walks out because 'feelings for Richie couldn't develop'

Christine Sams

HR_0393_tiff.tif Tom Hiddleston in High-Rise

High-Rise review: No place like home as utopia turns into hell

Paul Byrnes

David Farrier (left), Richard Ivey and a tickle subject in <i>Tickled</I>.

Tickled review: Pleasure and discomfort abound in bizarre mystery

Jake Wilson

Made by a father-son team with a <i>Big Brother</i> connection: Andrew Lowe in <i>Burns Point</i>.

Australian film Burns Point rises from the ashes of Big Brother

Garry Maddox

Fashion blogger Liz Black "models" a sample size dress to protest the absurdity of fashion runway sizes.

A fashion blogger's hilarious take on the absurdity of sample sizes

Daisy Dumas
24 mins ago

South Africa's Caster Semenya after finishing in second place in the women's 800m final at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Caster Semenya is a woman. Full stop. Why can't people accept that?

Amy Middleton
1 hr ago

Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver starred in Working Girl, a film centred around idea snatching.

How to deal with colleagues who take credit for your work

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

Clementine Ford.

Rape culture in schools is now an epidemic. We can't ignore it

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

It's all in the hair contouring.

What is hair contouring and why it can change your look

Melissa Singer

I learned to sew as a part of a solid promise made to myself earlier this year, and so far, it has been more rewarding ...

Why I've taken up sewing my own clothes

Tara Moss

My parents' strong relationship gave me unrealistic expectations about my own search for a partner.

My parents' happy marriage ruined my love life

Tracey Lloyd

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I'm the spitting image of Mr Bean

Celeste Barber

Alex Pullin

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Floating yoga - the new wellness trend

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Tea-smoked lamb pastrami is the go-to dish at the new Eleven Bridge.

Terry Durack reviews Neil Perry's new restaurant

Fanny's owner Gloria Staley with her chefs and head waiter Claude Verryser.

The best restaurants you'll never get to visit - a Good Food Guide retrospective

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Seven Year Switch's Jackie poses nude while heavily pregnant

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Spot the difference: Australian Federal Police post a message for parents.

Think you're posting a harmless selfie of your child? Think again

Ariane Beeston

Mum pens hilarious letter to husband as she is leaving for a girls weekend away.

Mum leaves hilarious note for dad before leaving for the weekend

Why do we crave tomato juice more than other beverages when we're flying?

Why you should drink tomato juice at 35,000 feet

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You won't look at odd at all: The 'head hammock'.

Could the 'head hammock' make sleeping on planes easier?

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22 mins ago

Booking a hotel online? Don't pay more than you need to.

Aussies paying more for hotels: here's 10 ways to get a cheaper deal

Michael Gebicki

Screenshots provided by developer Hello Games show off the many different ways to play.

Lost, lonely and loving it in No Man's Sky

Tim Biggs

A smartwatch that's smart in both senses of the word.

New Moto 360 watch combines looks, brains

Cynthia Karena

DuoSkin's metallic tattoos allow people to create three types of user interfaces on their skin.

These temporary tattoos can control your phone or store your files

Steven Overly

Just because it's an innovative solution doesn't make it good.

9 'life hacks' that make your life worse

Eric Ravenscraft

A compact camera, great for high-quality holiday snaps.

Panasonic's little travel camera stands tall

Peter Wells

Volkswagen is set to introduce a baby SUV based on the T-Cross concept.

VW prepares SUV onslaught

David McCowen

2016 Honda Civic VTi-LX sedan.

New Honda Civic reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

2016 Ford Ranger XLS SE

Ford reveals special edition Ranger

David McCowen

Hyundai badge

VW boss blasts Hyundai

David McCowen

Ford plans to have a fleet of self-driving taxis on the road in 2021.

Ford to build self-driving taxi

David McCowen

Hyundai and Google could work together on next-generation vehicles.

Hyundai discussing partnerships with Google

Cool head: Matt Giteau can dictate the game for the home side.

Why nobody should write off the Wallabies

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully
1 hr ago

Set for some time on the pine: Scott Fardy (right).

Wallabies coach drops a Bledisloe bombshell

Nick Kyrgios smashed three racquets in quick succession.

Kyrgios destroys three racquets in anger

4 mins ago

ACT Brumbies David Pocock and Matt Toomua at Wallabies training. They have shaved their heads in support of teammate ...

Wallabies pair shave heads in support of Christian Lealiifano

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Off to the midlands: Mile Jedinak.

Socceroos skipper completes switch to relegated English side

Rising: Lance Franklin and the Swans are legitimate title threats.

AFL set to hijack first weekend of NRL finals

Adam Pengilly

Dilruwan Perera, right, and Kusal Mendis celebrate the dismissal of David Warner.

Series defeat to Sri Lanka a 'hard one to grasp', says Smith

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Sore one: James Tedesco leaves the field with a broken jaw.

Taylor holds tongue over NRL judiciary

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Knee injury forces Creagh retirement

Season over: James Tedesco.

James gets downgrade, won't miss match

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Ben Hunt and James Roberts, right, celebrate a try for the Brisbane Broncos against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in April.

Origin hopeful investigated

Adrian Proszenko

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