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Briton killed Bali police officer on a 'bloody rampage', police claim

Australia's climate will move into unpredictable territory if global warming reaches 2 degrees.

Big heatwaves pose growing risk to health, report finds

Adam Morton

Depraved school cleaner watched teacher at work before killing her

Emma Partridge

Former mining minister charged over Obeids' $30 million coal deal

EXCLUSIVE

More than 1,700 killed since Duterte's anti-drugs crackdown

Lindsay Murdoch

The human toll of Mike Baird's WestConnex

COMMENT

'Brutal' impact: Irish gay marriage vote campaigner warns

EXCLUSIVE

Who'll sit where in new Senate: Hanson, Hinch, Lambie

"As you get older, you get a need to discover where you're from, what your origins are.": Anthony Albanese.

Anthony Albanese opens up about family secret

Fergus Hunter

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee no longer have the highest FM Drive audience in Sydney.

Hamish and Andy belted by new Sydney radio powerhouse

Vowing to play on: Benji Marshall is keen to remain in the NRL next season.

'I've still got a lot to offer': Dumped Marshall won't retire

Man of steel: Doctors remove 40 knives from man’s stomach

This photo provided by Google shows the Android Nougat statue, officially unveiled Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Google ...

Everything you need to know about Android Nougat

Chinese political donations raise questions

A tiger shark has some of the sharpest teeth in the world.

Scientists glued shark teeth onto a saw and this is the result

Common signs of vitamin and mineral deficiencies

Q Fever warning for meat workers in Melbourne's ...

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Aussie artist faced "Kafkaesque" deportation from ...

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Just two words from Pauline Hanson on her return ...

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Sydney is in for a soaking this week, particularly on Wednesday.

City set for a three-day soaking as big low intensifies

Peter Hannam

Infection risk: warning for Sydney heart surgery patients

Kate Aubusson

'It's my 700 large': suitcase of cash rocks concert promoter

Kate McClymont

Salim Mehager questioned by a journalist outside his Lidcombe home on Tuesday.

Mehajer video 'chilling' for domestic violence victims: senior officer

Georgina Mitchell

Mitchell Price, 26, is campaign manager for Christine Forster (right), who is vying to be Sydney's next lord mayor.

'Mortified': Young Lib's $14,000 spend on corporate credit card

EXCLUSIVE
Lisa Visentin

Sabrina Bremer pictured in a tribute posted on Facebook by her daughter.

Police find car owned by mother who suffered horrific death

Rachel Olding

Mr Mehajer points his finger in the vision, apparently released by a friend of his wife.

'Set-up': Mehajer hits back over 'terrifying' videos

Australians' ability on the internet increased over the three years.

Australians 'digitally isolated', report finds

Lucy Battersby

Indigenous people are missing out on rehabilitation programs that could help them avoid returning to jail.

Self-fulfilling prophecy affecting Indigenous people in prison

Bianca Hall

Stills from YouTube video, the Tinder Experiment, made by a group of young Melbourne-based vigilantes wanting to trap ...

Uni students' 'Tinder experiment' leads to jail for paedophiles

The attack left a little girl with injuries to her head and chest.

Kangaroo attacks little girl's face

An Irish supporter of same-sex marriage after the successful referendum last year.

'Brutal': Irish gay marriage campaigner warns Turnbull, MPs against plebiscite

EXCLUSIVE
Tom McIlroy

Shorten fights back, outlines $80b in savings

James Massola

Albanese opens up about long-lost father

Fergus Hunter

Senator Pauline Hanson during a presentation on the Senate, at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 23 August 2016. ...

'I hope it's not alphabetical - Hanson, Hinch, Lambie'

Stephanie Peatling

"Will Bill Shorten step up to the plate on budget repair in this Parliament?": Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

Mathias Cormann wobbles short of a sizzling insult to Bill Shorten

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Women and Employment Michaelia Cash at Coldstream CFA on Monday.

Hanson's four votes key to CFA legislation

Treasurer Scott Morrison will not wish to be seen as anti-Chinese investment.

Chinese firms told Ausgrid failure could be 'golden' moment

EXCLUSIVE

An image of Liu Lingli published by China Youth Daily.

Firing of teacher battling cancer prompts outcry in China

Javier Hernandez

Many thought Donald Trump was a changed man. More measured, more 'presidential', less of an attack dog. How wrong they were.

They said he wouldn't do personal insults any more. They were wrong

ANALYSIS
Aaron Blake

A former inmate says prison staff are frightened of the radical Islamists.

'Self-styled emirs' radicalising Muslims in English jails

Nick Miller

Vinnie Taylor promised to give women curvier figures by injecting food-grade silicone into their buttocks. Then one of ...

Bottom feeder gets 14 years for fatal injection sealed with super glue

Dana Hedgpeth

Politicians sidestep the benefits of public debt

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Pauline Lockie's house is being compulsorily acquired to make way for WestConnex.

The human toll of Mike Baird's WestConnex

COMMENT
Pauline Lockie

Losses on pokies subsidise the food and booze for non-players.

Opal card can solve pokies crisis - here's how

Alan Stokes

The movie "I Robot" starring Will Smith envisaged a future world ruled by robots. KPMG does too.

For many happy returns, call your favourite robot

Nassim Khadem

Australians 'digitally isolated', report finds

Lucy Battersby

The incentive system has become ingrained across the western corporate world.

UK investor scraps bonuses as it leads to 'wrong behaviours'

Colin Kruger, CBD

Access to justice to be 'more difficult'

Anna Patty

Blue chips lift ASX to solid gains

Vanessa Desloires

ASIC strikes more than 100 SMSF auditors in new blow for 'selfies'

Sarah Danckert

The 'hot commodity' destined to cool off soon

Retailers back big banks in Apple Pay stoush

Clancy Yeates

Because who doesn't need a Banana Slicer?

10 absurdly specific kitchen gadgets you really don't need

If you're choosing somewhere to retire, a new report recommends putting your money in Sydney.

Sydney is the world's best city for retirees, report claims

Jennifer Duke

Adrian Light's home is designed to meet his work needs as well as the needs of his family's home life.

Designs that take working from home to the next level

Is it impossible to get your foot on the property ladder now, or are young people just not willing to compromise?

The best suburbs for first-time home hunters to buy in

Kirsten Robb

Icehouse's frontman on the 'dump' where he wrote those songs

Christine Sams

Model Shaun Birley finds bargains online.

22 everyday style habits of Australia's best-dressed men

Men's Style
Stephen A Russell

Don't take the fun out of the run by getting in the road of other competitors.

How to stop yourself being a runner that other runners hate

The Long Run
Laura Hill

Dr Colin Goldschmidt, the chief executive of Sonic Healthcare, which bumped its top line by 20 per cent and its bottom ...

Mixed bill of health for healthcare stocks this reporting season

Scott Phillips

Underemployment has increased most in sectors such as hospitality and retail.

The jobs market is softer than the official figures suggest

INSIGHT
Clancy Yeates

The ATO says it is focused on taking "more timely action" to prevent corporate tax debts escalating and potentially ...

ATO pledges tougher action on business tax debts

Georgia Wilkins

Allen Cetinic on a home site that he has been managing between the tradies and builder.

'The future is good': Tradies working smarter not harder

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Plays of the Week

Salim Mehajer responds to tirade vision

Former model's leg doubles in size

Anthony Hopkins joins Thor filming

Beach Volleyball at Copacabana beach. 15th August 2016. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016. Fairfaxmedia News Picture ...

Rio Olympics 2016 - Best of week 2 by Joe Armao

Season 1 & 2 of UnREAL, now streaming.

Spaced - starring Simon Pegg.

The Cate Blanchett monologues at AGNSW

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Influential artist now at AGNSW

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Is this the perfect oven?

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On set action from Thor: Ragnarok in Brisbane, Australia.

Thor and Loki win fans' hearts as filming continues in Brisbane

Nathanael Cooper

Indie favourites London Grammar are coming back to Australia exclusively for Falls Festival.

Falls Festival line-up gets released and it's a big list

Aja Styles

Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt in 2015's <i>Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation</i> which was a box office success.

Cruise's pay demands puts Mission: Impossible on ice

Ebony Bowden

The broadcaster responded to the comments via Facebook.

ABC hits back at 'giggling females' complaint

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Triple J breakfast host Matt Okine after winning the ARIA for best comedy release.

Melbourne youth prefer oldies hits station over Triple J

Michael Lallo

Shock radio ratings loss for Hamish & Andy in Sydney

Neil McMahon

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23: On set action from Thor on August 23, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Glenn ...

The God of Thunder meets the Premier of Queensland

Putting his claws away for good ... Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in <i>X-Men</i>.

Hugh Jackman shaves to celebrate end of playing Wolverine

Opera Australia's artistic director Lyndon Terracini says being locked out of an Opera House theatre for the winter ...

Opera Australia and Australian Ballet lash out over Opera House renovations

Elissa Blake

Jonas Kaufmann leads line-up for Opera Australia's 2017 season

Elissa Blake

Toy Choir is an all-female ukulele choir, aged 10-18 years.

Fatale attraction: New festival puts women's voices centre stage

Elissa Blake

Scott Eastwood at the Suicide Squad premiere in New York.

Clint Eastwood punched son Scott when he was a teen

Jenna Clarke

A model in Oscar de la Renta at the Myer spring launch.

Why Myer is throwing around the 'f' word for spring

Melissa Singer

Tara Moss Moss has submitted a complaint with the Australian Press Council adding her voice to a global campaign to have ...

Tara Moss on her #NoKidsPolicy paparazzi fight

Cayla Dengate

It all comes down to a high or low "need for cognition" (NFC), which the paper's authors describe as "a tendency to ...

Why your smart friends can seem like such slackers

Christopher Ingraham

Divorce filing dates peak in March and August, according to new American research.

Is divorce seasonal? This study says so

Daisy Dumas

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 23: Jennifer Hawkins showcases designs by Alex Perry during the Myer Spring 16 Launch dress ...

Jennifer Hawkins: Australia's most popular model?

Life Beyond the Warzone, words by Ruby Hamad, images by Dalia Khamissy.

Life beyond the warzone in Syria

Ruby Hamad

Harambe was fatally shot after a boy fell into his enclosure.

Cincinnati Zoo asks internet to stop with the Harambe memes

Rob Moran

How your mindset effects exercise

Evelyn Lewin

Turmeric lattes and the golden age of health drinks

Neela Shearer

The secret benefits of stress

Jo Hartley

Cecina con testa en cassetta (suckling pig terrine in a chickpea focaccia) from Pilu at Freshwater, the only fine-dining ...

A bluffer's guide to regional Italian and where to try it in Sydney

Gemima Cody

Cubby's Kitchen is at the forefront of a Middle Eastern wave in Surry Hills.

Just Open: At the forefront of Surry Hills' Middle Eastern resurgence

Scott Bolles

Adam Liaw's classic carbonara

Adam Liaw

UNUSUAL CELEB BABY NAMES: Jamie and Jools Oliver welcomed their fifth baby. a son, on August 7.

Jamie and Jools Oliver reveal 'hippy' name of fifth baby

Staff writers

Young mum paralysed trying to save daughters from falling tree

Lindsey Bever

Charlie Capen: "It narrows our place and our contribution."

Dad's message to every father who's ever been called a 'babysitter'

Cat Rodie

The best fast food in the world, picked by the world's top chefs

Delta will roll out their new business class private suites next year.

Airline unveils private suites with sliding doors for ultimate privacy

This is the worst thing about air travel

Ben Groundwater

Everything you need to know about Android 7.0

Tim Biggs

Co-op cooking game like Ramsay on steroids

Tim Biggs

Streaming video services like Netflix are the main reason your data usage will shoot up when you get a faster connection.

How the NBN will turn you into a data hog

COMMENT
Angus Kidman

Microsoft's Hololens augmented reality headset offers a glimpse of the future.

Hands on with Microsoft's Hololens

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The social network Facebook would kill for

Selina Wang

Mercedes-Benz debuted its new Maybach Vision 6 concept at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Is this the world's best car show?

Andrew MacLean

Mercedes reveal new CLA prices

Dom Tripolone

2016 Great Wall Steed goes on sale locally from September 2016.

Great Wall's new ute arrives

David McCowen

The 2017 Honda Civic hatchback will form the basis for the new Type R hot hatch.

Civic Type R targeting Focus RS

Stephen Ottley

2016 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Volante

Aston reveals exclusive drop-top

David McCowen

The Escala Concept introduces the next evolution of Cadillac design. 2016 Cadillac Escala concept

Cadillac reveals future styling

David McCowen

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors' players Marcus Kemp, left, Steven Lakalaka and Makan Kema-Kaleiwahia enjoy the sites around Sydney.

Sydney set to welcome American college football

James Buckley

Cooper in mix for second Bledisloe Test

James Buckley

Onlooker: Corey Norman in the stands at Pepper Stadium on Sunday.

Eels lock in Norman on $750k per season extension

Dumped Marshall won't retire

Adrian Proszenko

Russia loses appeal against Paralympics ban

Emphatic response to Betts issue was missing when Goodes was booed

COMMENT

Cheika denounces gambling bug scandal

James Buckley

Cahill named to make debut for City

UPDATED

Square, dink, dinks, dinkus, head shot, sport, Phil Gould

Spirited Sharks can still take a bite out of rivals

Phil Gould

Bunnies boilover: South Sydney players celebrate during their win over Cronulla at ANZ Stadium.

Cronulla slump continues after dour loss to Bunnies

James Buckley