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Justin Gatlin and Usain Bolt.

Bolt smiling - but Gatlin could have the last laugh

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 ...

Robber forces Aussie swimmer to hand over $1000 after night out

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Jamie Marcuson
1 hr ago

Ken Wallace and Lachlan Tame

Ken Wallace and Lachlan Tame win bronze in K2

Chris Barrett
17 mins ago

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	31	32	31	94
2. GBR	19	20	13	52
3. CHN	19	15	20	54
10. AUS	7	8	10	25
Full Medal Tally

Pauline Hanson has been a quasi-celebrity presence, emerging everywhere from Dancing with the Stars to whatever election ...

Hanson gives us the political quote of the year

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

Auburn stabbing murder victim Leila Alavi.

Woman stabbed 56 times by husband in Sydney car park

The wanted poster.

Bali police seek Australian woman over policeman's death

BREAKING
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 13: (L-R) Pernille Blume of Denmark and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands compete ...

'Current' in pool gave some swimmers an advantage: scientists

It's a "once-in- a-government" opportunity for Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Morrison 'followed Abbott's orders' in block of Gillard's 'people swap'

Mark Kenny

Big banks could lose billions from 'reckless behaviour'

16-year-old Awkar Ruel made a critical choice to deal with bullies

Julie Power

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

Matthew Knott

Epidemic of rape culture in schools can no longer be ignored

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Reactions to Caster show how womanhood defined

COMMENT

The women's 200m freestyle bronze medallist Emma McKeon of Australia.

One robbed, both banned: Aussie duo's big night out

BREAKING
Lia Timson
1 hr ago

A still from footage from the pro-rebel Aleppo Media Centre shows a child rescued from rubble after an air strike in Aleppo.

Image of a wounded child in Aleppo shocks the world

United States' Justin Gatlin makes a face as he is booed when entering the stadium for the men's 100m final in Rio on Sunday.

Booing gold medal goes to Brazil

35 mins ago

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

'Polls? What polls': Trump aide departs reality in TV interview

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Corey Parker of the Broncos is watched over by the trainers after taking a head knock ...

'Corey's getting stitches in his face': Broncos survive Dogs attack

1 hr ago

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Trump aide: Polls? What polls?

India

Powerhouse nation that's won only one bronze medal in Rio

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

The best Australian restaurants you'll never get to visit

Bali police seek Australian woman over ...

12:27AM

Broncos reignite top four contest

11:41PM

The stunned, bloodied face of a child survivor ...

11:13PM

Not all Rio volunteers have carried out their duties.

Why Rio's anti-doping measures are the 'worst' ever

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

The holiday in San Diego that ignited the Boomers

Michael Chammas

Antonio Pedro says he was born into the football culture of booing.

It's gold to Brazil in booing at the Rio Olympics

Lia Timson
35 mins 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

Smiling Bolt toys with opponents

Michael Gleeson

Ken Wallace and Lachlan Tame win bronze in men's K2

Chris Barrett
17 mins ago

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

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

New intercity fleet

Locals lose out as $2.3b train contract goes overseas

Matt O'Sullivan

Student who worked as prostitute weeps after learning her fate

Developers want to build two new towers in The Rocks

Lisa Visentin

Constable Darin Christopher Martin leaves court.

Constable in tears testifies colleague pulled knife on suspect

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

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

Eddie Obeid leaves Darlinghurst Court in June.

Obeid's lawyers given more time to assemble medical evidence

Michaela Whitbourn

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The new way university cheats are being caught

Henrietta Cook

Josh Frydenberg, the new environment and energy minister, is expected to have a tough job juggling competing interests.

'SA was a wake-up call': Frydenberg aiming for 'significant reforms'

Peter Hannam

News
The National Zoo & Aquarium is holding Christmas a day early by preparing some special gifts for the zoos animals ...

Dingoes, feral goats, endangered birds and the 'poison time bomb'

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Melbourne the most liveable city? Tell 'em they're dreamin'

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says he was only "following orders".

Morrison says he was following Abbott orders against Gillard

Mark Kenny

Super cap exemptions: Divorce settlements in, lottery wins out

Fergus Hunter

We're moving part-time as the jobs market hollows out

Peter Martin

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove says Vietnam veterans were treated shabbily.

'Look after your own', G-G tells Vietnam vets

David Wroe

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

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

Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne.

Fall of Mosul could spread IS fighters, Payne warns

About 1000 Australian veterans have travelled to Vietnam for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.

Large crowds and Hanoi intervention led to Long Tan cancellation

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

A policeman stands between portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and the republic's founder, ...

Four problems facing Turkey - and its region - in 2016

ANALYSIS
Maher Mughrabi

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

Cut off from reality: Trump spokesman leaves facts behind

Chris Zappone

Scandal-ridden: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.

PM Najib 'wants to help' on humanitarian crises

Lindsay Murdoch

Peter Dutton says the Manus Island detainees will never come to Australia.

Enough is enough: bring Manus Island detainees to Australia

COMMENT
Daniel Webb

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

Richie Strahan with the women from The Bachelor.

How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists

COMMENT
Suzie Gibson

The claim does not say how much in damages and lost income the applicants are seeking.

Racketeering, wire fraud: Australian banks sued in US

Sarah Danckert

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Victorian government wins $1b lottery

Colin Kruger, CBD

Hip replacement is quite a business with a cost of about $25,000 per hip.

Leave Australia to fix your hip without hurting your hip-pocket

Harold Mitchell

Australians are paying record amounts for health insurance.

Health funds win big, not their members

Esther Han

Payment fraud jumps to $469 million

Patrick Hatch

Treasury Wine's $800m pot of gold

Simon Evans

Origin tells government to butt out

Brian Robins

Woolworths under pressure to stitch up hardware sale

Catie Low

Joe Hockey forced the sale of Villa del Mare in 2015.

Federal government all 'hot air' on foreign buyer crackdown

Lucy Macken

IKEA

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

Madeleine Wedesweiler

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

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?

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Men's Style
Stephen Lacey

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

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Bring on the 'hard-nosed conversation' for the age pension

George Cochrane

Raised from the dead: Unlike the character Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, death is final and we need to plan for it.

Jon Snow in Game of Thrones and why we all need an estate plan

Catherine Robson

Sponsoring the Olympics is big business. Simone Biles is now considered the greatest female gymnast in the world.

Sports sponsorship: Why it's a big deal

James Adonis

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

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Kyrgios smashes three racquets in loss

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Morrison's surprising comments

Federal Politics

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Alleged abuse at Townsville detention centre

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Part-time work - good or bad?

Unemployment

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The 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey has never been solved.

Could JonBenet's murder be solved through new TV series?

Ebony Bowden

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 with Brad Cooper

Ebony Bowden

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

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 in Imperium.

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

Writer/director Catriona McKenzie at Charlie's in LA.

Emerging Australian filmmakers have a new home in Hollywood

Michael Idato

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Pinchgut Opera go for lust, booze and madness in 2017 season

Nick Galvin

Sujata Mohapatra: Unfolds layer upon layer of dance quality and meaning.

Sujata Mohapatra review: India's poetic epics brought to life

Jill Sykes

Lady Grey

Label donates cash from Ivanka Trump purchase to Clinton campaign

Rob Moran

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Inside Amy Schumer may be on its way out, according to her tweets

Patrick Ryan

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

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

It's all in the hair contouring.

What is hair contouring and why it can change your look

Melissa Singer

Khadija Khatab, one of the eight state media anchorwomen suspended and told to lose weight.

Egypt has suspended eight female TV anchors for being 'overweight'

Nour Youssef

Semenya Caster from South Africa crosses the finish line to win the women's 800-meter at the International Mohammed VI ...

Caster Semenya is a woman. Full stop. Why is that difficult?

COMMENT
Amy Middleton

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 ...

I've taken up sewing my own clothes

Tara Moss

Alex Pullin

Success ain't no slippery slope for Alex "Chumpy" Pullin

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Floating yoga - the new wellness trend

Sam Bailey

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HIIT workouts really are the Holy Grail of health

Benjamen Judd

A Tavola's Spaghetti

A Tavola's vegetable pasta plus 6 other recipes - delivered.

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

Gemima Cody

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Seven Year Switch's Jackie poses nude while heavily pregnant

Staff writers

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

Minaret Station, near Wanaka, New Zealand.

Five private ski experiences that will make your friends so jealous

Rachael Oakes-Ash

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

Why you should drink tomato juice at 35,000 feet

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

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

Gavin Haines

ARENA chief executive Ivor Frischknecht and ITP Renewables' managing director Simon Franklin with the Samsung All In One ...

Boosting understanding of renewables storage

Clare Sibthorpe

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

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

Panasonic's little travel camera stands tall

Peter Wells

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

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

Tense exchange: Sam Kasiano and Corey Parker after the Brisbane captain appeared to be kicked in the face by the ...

Broncos reignite top four contest

Ed Jackson
1 hr ago

Bullet pass: Will Genia returns No.9 for Saturday's Bledisloe Cup Test.

Cheika goes for experience and mongrel to beat All Blacks

Georgina Robinson

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

Why nobody should write off the Wallabies

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

Nick Kyrgios smashed three racquets in quick succession.

Kyrgios destroys three racquets in anger

David Pocock with his new hairdo at Wallabies training.

Wallabies pair shave heads in support of Christian Lealiifano

Chris Dutton

Back in the red and white: Sydney Swans forward Kurt Tippett.

Why Swans waited extra week for Tippett return

Andrew Wu

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

Booze ban: After another misdemeanour involving alcohol James Roberts has vowed to stay off the booze.

Roberts imposes booze ban after latest drama

Adrian Proszenko

Young gun: Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary is playing with maturity well beyond his years.

Young foes may end up representative comrades

Adrian Proszenko

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg must go on the front foot over match-fixing allegations.

NRL needs to take direct stance on match-fixing

Steve Mascord

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