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Caster Semenya brushes the dust off her shoulders after the race.

Semenya's stirring words for critics after 800m gold

Brazil's new Olympic superstar: canoeist Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos.

How 'Missing Kidney' won three Olympic medals and became a superstar

Marissa Payne

IOC president Thomas Bach has given a glowing assessment of the Rio Games.

Rio better off for hosting Games, insists IOC president Bach

Samantha Lane

Medals	G	S	B	Total
1. USA	43	36	37	116
2. GBR	27	22	17	66
3. CHN	26	18	26	70
9. AUS	8	11	10	29
Full Medal Tally

Sara Connor travelled to Bali to meet up with David Taylor, friends say.

Sara Connor's blood 'found at Bali crime scene'

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Donald Trump walks through construction in the lobby of the Old Post Office building in Washington, now being developed ...

Investigation reveals scale of Trump's debts

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Steve Mascord
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AFL club revokes membership of fan who threw banana at star

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Mark Rosenberg, with daughter Isabella pictured behind him, is fighting a school fee charge for late notice.

Warning over private school fee 'double-dipping'

Female high school students in Melbourne feel they were 'slut-shamed' over how they should dress.

Students hit back at short skirt ban in powerful speech

The cold, hard truth about this Wallabies performance

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The cancer breakthrough that is 'nothing short of astonishing'

FIGHT CLUB

'No story in Syria has a happy ending': Brother of Aleppo boy dies

Mining giant leaves behind 'shameful, evil' billion-dollar mess

Golden: Kim Brennan.

Gold medallist: If only Australia were proud of us

Kim Brennan

Michelle Jenneke waits for the start of the semi-final.

Dancing Aussie track star told to 'straighten priorities'

A shot from al video posted by Salim Mehajer.

Salim Mehajer dares to dream in bizarre new video

Leading man: Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker makes a break on his way to the try line.

Raiders secure top-four NRL spot against Eels

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Keira McGuire's style on The Bachelor has captivated the nation.

1 man, 24 women, 350 dresses: the real star of The Bachelor

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Young rugby league star's Olympic audition

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The future is nearly here with driverless cars - and it's bright

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Orlando Bloom attends "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala ...

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Australian Sara Connor's blood found at Bali ...

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Bank profits and complaints skyrocket, Labor says ...

6:02PM

South Coast club shuns women rugby league players

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Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold.

Farah's historic double-double

Michael Gleeson

Neymar of Brazil reacts during the Men's Football Final.

Neymar seals magical football gold for Brazil

Greg Baum

Australia centre Liz Cambage reacts after making a basket and receiving a foul.

How did Australia rate in Rio?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 20: Max Esposito of Australia during the Fencing round of Modern Pentathlon on Day 15 of ...

Max Esposito just seconds from bronze

Costly mistake for Ryan Gregson in 1500m final

Michael Gleeson

Rio, Australia and the Olympics: failing to make ends meet

Greg Baum

'Sheilas' proud if slightly disappointed

Agony for Australian cross-country cyclist

The Window House is about 50 kilometres from Tokyo.

Cult Japanese brand Muji are giving away a free house

The Axis House by Jonathan Dawes

Parents take 'leaps of faith' on architect son to update their cottage

Gravel makes an impact as a garden path without breaking the bank.

Overspent on the house? Here's how to be thrifty in the garden

Top Property Episode 9

Lessons learnt from painting an entire house

Top Property

12A Northcote Road, Leura.

Blue Mountains weekender the dream for many Sydneysiders

Australia's lolly history is preserved the Nestle archives.

See how the price and size of Aussie lolllies have changed in 25 years

Esther Han

Revamp plan to unlock Sydney's oldest buildings

Parent warns of private schools 'double-dipping' over fees

Kelsey Munro

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Shot man goes to bowling club for help

Melanie Kembrey

L to R, Forbesdale resident Helen Evans, Dimity Bowden, Gloucester resident who works in Forbesdale, other residents ...

Coal battle: 'Now we've walked into another firestorm'

Peter Hannam

Lee Clark was a mid-level drug dealer while working as a personal trainer at Fitness First.

Bondi Fitness First trainer gets five years for drug dealing racket

Emma Partridge

Sabrina Bremer's burned body was found in Dulguigan, in far north NSW, on Thursday.

'Has anyone seen my mum?': Plea before horrific discovery

Anita Stone encourages her son Zac, 3, to eat healthy snacks.

High salt levels in supermarket meals for toddlers, says study

Oshin Kiszko's mother Angela says she wants him to have peace, love and fun times while he is still physically able to.

More legal strife for parents of dying boy as doctors return to court

WA

The location of an earthquake that struck off Bowen early on Friday morning.

Earthquake: aftershocks will be felt for 'weeks'

QLD

Kirk Newman leaving court on Friday.

Rebels bikies in shopping centre brawl avoid jail time

ACT

Call for a cultural change in banks: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Bank profits skyrocket: Labor says only royal commission will do

Fergus Hunter
17 mins ago

'Another broken promise': Labor, Greens attack plebiscite delay

Manus Island bill $2b and counting – $1m for each detainee

Senator Rachel Siewert is seeking the use of the Don Dale revelations to leverage money for the party's NT campaign.

Greens use Don Dale prisoner abuse as a fundraising tool

Adam Gartrell

Labor's Terri Butler and former Coalition MP Teresa Gambaro proposed marriage equality legislation to the Federal ...

Marriage equality plebiscite no 'fait accompli': Labor

Cameron Atfield

Malcolm Turnbull and Colin Barnett on Barrow Island on Monday for a tour of the LNG project.

Treasury issued warning on Turnbull's GST floor plan

Labor frontbencher Sam Dastyari is going after banks and utility companies charging for paper bills they used to send ...

Labor takes aim at power companies over bill 'rort'

A Syrian child's drawing.

'No story in Syria has a happy ending': Brother of Aleppo boy dies

Louisa Loveluck

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at police headquarters in Manila on August 17.

Philippines president turns fire from drug dealers to officials

Lindsay Murdoch

A man cries over a covered body after the Gaziantep blast.

Turkey wedding explosion: 30 dead and more than 90 injured

Tuvan Gumrukcu

May 22, 2015: Mexican state police stand guard near the entrance of Rancho del Sol after the shootout with suspected ...

Executions, burned testicles: police accused of massacre

Gabriel Stargardter

Peter FitzSimons photographed at Fairfax Studio, ODI on March 13, 2012. SHD photo by Marco Del Grande

The future is nearly here with driverless cars - and it's bright

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

During winter the black dog often bites, but it's important to remember that it is only temporary.

What to do when the black dog bites

Gab Doquile

Illustration: Matt Davidson.

Caring means not sharing

Andrew Masterson

Analysts says Woolworths' turnaround under CEO Brad Banducci will take longer and cost more than expected.

Woolworths tipped to report heavy loss on back of Masters exit

Nassim Khadem
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Commodities surged the most in the first half since the 2008 financial crisis as China's economy stabilised and policy ...

Commodities are taking off again, and this time it's not China

David Stringer

A guard outside the lobby at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Trump's maze of debts and opaque ties

Susanne Craig
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Australia's lolly history is preserved the Nestle archives.

How the price and size of some of our favourite lollies have changed

Esther Han

Obama years - a golden time for investors

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Jeff Sommer

'Illicit profits' fuels calls for royal commission

Adele Ferguson

Coles knew more than half its workers were underpaid

EXCLUSIVE

Exec excess - reining in big bonuses

Georgia Wilkins and Ruth Williams

Marion Wine Bar by IF Architecture, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Hot shots: 17 of our most ridiculously good looking bars

Fine Drinks
Stephen Lacey

Italian Roberto Malizia's blog <i>This Is Malice</i> has picked up over 15,000 followers.

The overseas 'style influencers' finding success in Australia

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Laboratory manager Marina Tretiach sold her house recently through an online marketplace, bypassing the services of a ...

How to be your own real estate agent and save thousands

John Collett

The main point of superannuation as an investment vehicle is it's tax effective.

Dumping a windfall into super is a lazy strategy and not the best one

Noel Whittaker

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

An advertised image of the "sharelarium".

The business you should never run from your garage

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Rio 2016: Neymar sinks penalty for Brazil gold

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Same-sex marriage referendum delay

Marriage Equality

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All Black crush Wallabies

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Rio 2016: Athletes fined over falsified documents

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Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

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Jessica Mauboy, The Secret Daughter

The 11 best TV shows to watch after the Olympics

Paul Kalina

The main difference between the Australian and US version of Survivor is that it is "populated with 24 Aussies".

'Cut-throat but with a smile': how Australians play Survivor

Amy Croffey

The Block's resident pranksters, Ben Toyne and Andy Sutherland.

Meet The Block's greenest ever contestants

Annabel Ross

Bruce McAvaney on duty at the Rio Olympics.

Will Seven's $A170 million Olympics investment pay off?

Michael Idato

Tom Hiddleston as the cool observer Laing with the pregnant Helen (Elisabeth Moss), who is from the lower floors, in ...

High-Rise review: Chaos mixed with black humour

Craig Mathieson

Frank Ocean's latest release deserves to be played and played again.

Frank Ocean review: new release Endless is well worth the wait

Bernard Zuel

Toby Kebbell plays Messala Severus (back) and Jack Huston plays Judah Ben-Hur in <i>Ben-Hur</i>.

Epic fail: movie about arms dealers is bigger than Ben-Hur

Jacqui Taffel

English comedian and talk show host Alan Carr having lunch at Il Solito Posto in Melbourne's CBD.

Chatty Man Alan Carr tells why Rihanna is his favourite guest

Kylie Northover

Cirque du Soleil in dress rehearsal. Photo: Carlos M?ller (Pic supplied 2016)

Cirque du Soleil's Kooza sends in the clowns

Bridget McManus

Ainsley Melham plays Aladdin.

'Stop the show': a rough landing for Aladdin's magic carpet

Peter Munro

Yuko Yamomoto, Hitomi Kurosawa, Yukio Ota players from the Koto Ensemble and Shiho Sparkle Hooper the Hula Hoop ...

Sydney's Cherry Blossom Festival picks a blooming good time

Julie Power

If we can change our exercise and diet habits, can we make over our dating lives?

What I learned about love after going on 13 blind dates

Madeleine Dore

Styling by Penny McCarthy. Hair by Julianne McGuigan. Make-up by Nadine Monley. Noni wears dress by Akira

Noni Hazlehurst on Aussie TV: 'We don't see anything that's real'

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Non-Muslims flock to buy burkinis following French ban

The Duchess of Cambridge knows the power of half-up, half-down hair.

How to do Kate Middleton's favourite half-up hairstyle

Keira Maguire's style on The Bachelor has captivated the nation.

The Bachelor Australia is the fashion magazine we all need

Jenna Clarke

Peter Overton remains the city's most popular newsreader.

White boys' club still rates in battle of nightly bulletin

Andrew Hornery

Jules Allen with her family. The former <em>MasterChef</em> contestant has fostered 31 children.

The food bringing foster families together

Mary Ward

Veggies and protein: a Pete Evans paleo offering.

Why you might want to re-think that 'caveman' diet

Rebecca Gredley

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Guy Turland

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Benjamen Judd

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Lindy Alexander

Moist but plenty of crackling: Neil Perry's roast pork with mustard cream.

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The grilled pork chop at Momofuku Seiobo in Sydney.

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Oysters at French Saloon, Melbourne.

10 things you might not know about oysters

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Viviana and Polo.

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Danny Fitzgerald, 13, took his own life after relentless bullying.

Parents share bullied son's heartbreaking suicide note

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

Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet Story by Ute Junker on high altitude cities
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Cities with altitude: The world's best cities on mountains

Ute Junker

Some people should charter a flight rather than fly with other passengers.

Traveller letters: Want to be treated like the only person on the plane?

Japan Airlines Co's new employees pose for photographs in front of a JAL aircraft during an initiation ceremony at the ...

What gives this airline's premium economy class an edge

Devices that include the new kind of battery could go for twice as long without needing to be plugged in.

These batteries could double your phone's life

Tim Biggs

Rather than go to war with streaming giants like Netflix and Apple Music, Telstra is using them to win over mobile customers.

Telstra aims to sway Netflix fans

COMMENT
Adam Turner

New technology could help minimise train delays by identifying faults in overhead wires.

The internet of things system helping the trains run on time

Andrew Colley

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Pokemon GO players break gyms with eggs

Kotaku

Twitter's filter has been available to users with a blue tick for more than a year.

Twitter finally gives 'quality filter' to all

Caitlin Dewey

Traxxas Slash 4x4 radio controlled car.

Father's Day Gift Guide

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen Australia will boycott the AAA's Australia's Best Cars awards.

Volkswagen takes aim at car clubs

David McCowen

The new Holden Colorado LTZ is a significant improvement on its predecessor.

New Holden Colorado reviewed

David McCowen

The 2016 BMW 2-Series Coupe.

More power for BMW 2-Series

Dom Tripolone

2016 McLaren 570GT by MSO Concept.

McLaren reveals 570GT concept

Dom Tripolone

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

VW prepares SUV onslaught

David McCowen

Unprepared: The Wallabies were not ready for the physicality of the All Blacks.

The cold, hard truth about this Wallabies performance

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

Leading man: Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker makes a break on his way to the try line.

Raiders secure top-four spot with comeback against Eels

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Giteau and Horne ruled out for rest of Rugby Championship

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Confident: Sam Burgess is playing his cards close to his chest.

'We know where Souths went wrong': Burgess

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Strong return: Kurt Tippett.

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