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"Reformers can't lose heart – even though a government with a solid record of achievement has just had its majority ...

Beware 'grievance-mongers' and populists: Abbott

Greens leader Richard Di Natale leads a party whose base scores worthy intent above actual results.

Greens' all or nothing gamble backs a pipedream

ANALYSIS
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Jailed: John Kearsley drugged and assaulted a female colleague.

Specialist jailed for drugging, indecently assaulting young doctor

Sally Herman said Kambala would not discriminate when hiring teachers.

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Chris Leahy was stood down over the gassing mix up that lead to the death of one baby and serious injury of another. at ...

Family 'blindsided' as hospital manager suspended over gassing

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Jean Claude Louis Perrottet (left) leaves Downing Centre District Court. He is accused of sexually assaulting a young ...

Brother of NSW minister faces court over alleged sex assault

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With youth jobless already soaring, quake rattles deeper fears

Wollemi pines face new threat to their fragile existence

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Weasel word Australian sport uses to cover its own failures

Peter FitzSimons

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

Sara Connor bolsters legal team with Aussie lawyer

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The Qantas Wallabies train at Jerry Collins Stadium at Porirua Park, near Wellington, New Zealand. Quade Cooper.

All Blacks captain dismisses Quade Cooper

Everyone was a bit grossed out by the chocolate bath on last night's episode of <i>The Bachelor</i>.

What a chocolate bath does to your 'love chemicals'

Ben Anderson created a LEGO movie to propose to his girlfriend Kirsten Dally.

Building a future: He proposed with tailor-made Lego movie

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Australia v New Zealand: Here's another sticky mess

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United States goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women's Olympic football tournament match against New Zealand ...

A big inspiration on the field but a small person off it

Right Hear, Right Now: Photography project ...

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NBN points to profit

6:23PM

Sydney barrister Peter Strain to help in Byron ...

6:15PM

George Alex controls companies that have supplied contract labour to construction sites including Barangaroo.

Underworld figure George Alex becomes a 'reluctant gladiator'

Michaela Whitbourn

The test that could spare cancer patients chemotherapy

Kate Aubusson

Sydney bus services to be disrupted on Monday morning

Notre Dame posters on Broadway looking towards Central in 2015.

Battle of Broadway: It's war for the city's flagpoles

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Do Premier Mike Baird (left) and Deputy Premier Troy Grant (right) back the recommendations of its own esteemed lockout ...

The decision Mike Baird dreads is his toughest test yet

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

A person has died in a house fire

Firefighters threatened with axe as they tried to save burning house

There has been calls for former deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas to become the next commissioner.

We need fresh faces, not a white knight, to save the NSW police

ANALYSIS
Nick Ralston

English woman Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who had been working as a waitress at the Gold Coast, had been in Townsville less than ...

Accused backpacker killer 'resists' police request

QLD

An internal investigation has confirmed three Pilbara police officers dumped two children on the outskirts of town.

Police officer charged over 'dumping kids out of town'

WA

A child has drowned in a dam near Helidon.

Drowned toddler found face down in dam: reports

QLD
1 hr ago

Detectives are looking for this man in relation to a sexual assault at a Narre Warren shopping centre.

Shop assistant told she was 'beautiful' during sexual assault

VIC

"Reformers can't lose heart – even though a government with a solid record of achievement has just had its majority ...

Hold firm against the 'grievance-mongers' and populists: Abbott

Bianca Hall

Hamstrung left set up absurd plebiscite outcome

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Don't let them die in our arms: Liberal MP's emotional plea

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

The Greens will attempt to block the same-sex marriage plebiscite in the Senate.

Greens to vote against same-sex marriage plebiscite

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said she fought to keep the immigration role.

Di Natale defends stripping Hanson-Young of role

Farmers who supply Murray Goulburn and Fonterra have been hit the hardest, because they export more than other producers.

Murray Goulburn pay rise 'doesn't pass the sniff test': Joyce

A matter for the WA Party: The Foreign Affairs Minister declined to comment on donations to the WA Liberals from ...

Bishop's links to Chinese political donors

EXCLUSIVE

A girl holds a child in front of a ruined house in the town of Cizre, on the Syrian-Turkish border, in March this year.

Nine dead, dozens injured in police HQ attack in Turkey

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Danica May, 5, was shot as gunmen attacked her grandfather.

Little Danica, killed in Philippines 'war on drugs'

Lindsay Murdoch
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Rubble surrounds damaged buildings on August 25, 2016 in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Earthquake rattles deeper fears in Italy's struggling centre

Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes

Bolivian minister Rodolfo Illanes killed by miners

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has reminded Australians of a time when inflation was a problem, not an aspiration.

The folly of the 'taxed and the taxed-nots'

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Target - try asking anyone in the store where anything is.

Why don't we demand some real customer service?

Garry Linnell

Fashion designer Aheda Zanetti and her burqini, modelled by Farrah Zbib.

What Australians can teach the French about the burkini

COMMENT
May Fahmi

The National Broadband Network: plenty of moving parts and lots of variables.

After many false projections, the NBN points to profit

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
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Investors had a lot to digest at the company level this week.

ASX ends weaker as Fed takes centre stage

Vanessa Desloires

The Masters stores are estimated to cover about 700,000 square metres combined.

The rich listers who've become Australia's largest retail landlord

Simon Johanson

Unemployment is highest in Queensland's outback.

Where unemployment is lowest in Australia, and where it's highest

Iron ore market tipped to collapse below last year's nadir

19 skills every leader needs to be successful

The house always wins, but not always enough

Brian Robins

Red letter day as Aussie Post returns to profit

Patrick Hatch

Tennis star Pat Rafter is selling his Sunshine Beach house.

Pat Rafter selling beachside mansion for $18 million

Rachel Clun

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Designer Bronte home redefines beachhouse chic

Antony Lawes

Host of The Block Scott Cam will return as ambassador for the second Build for a Cure campaign.

House of hope to help fight cancer to be built in just 21 days

Phil Chronican.

ANZ's ex-chief buys $7.7 million Sydney digs

Lucy Macken

The relationship between tenant, property manager and property owner (landlord) can play out like a Game of Thrones episode.

The worst people to share a house with

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Hand made satchel.

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Noel Whittaker

Emerging markets can rewards investors for taking risks.

Index tracking can miss the mark

John Collett

Snuggle on down and get to sleep for business success.

Why lack of sleep makes you bad boss

James Adonis

Kate Carnell says bank-related complaints are high on the list of small business grievances.

Carnell: A royal commission will solve nothing

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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London burkini beach party

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Clinton blasts 'alt-right' Trump

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Tom Hiddleston mimics Chris Hemsworth

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Iran vessels 'intercept' US ship

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Tom Ballard says the 'Australian [comedy] scene has grown from strength to strength since the 90s'.

Is this a golden age for Australian comedy?

Nick Miller

Outside the top 30 this year for world's highest paid actors ... Hugh Jackman.

Jackman and Hemsworth miss Forbes' list of top-earning actors

Garry Maddox

Winona Ryder stars in the compelling Netflix series <i>Stranger Things</i>.

Netflix's Stranger Things generates huge ratings

Ebony Bowden

Nails Aussie accent ... Dev Patel in <i>Lion</i>.

Dev Patel nails Australian accent in much-anticipated Lion

Garry Maddox

Rising star ... Sydney actor Natasha Bassett will play Britney Spears in a new Lifetime film.

Aussie actress to play Britney Spears in unauthorised biopic

Ebony Bowden

Ryan Lochte will reportedly bust a move on Dancing with the Stars.

Lochte tipped to join Dancing with the Stars after PR debacle

Michael Idato

Ricky Gervais aims to put a bit of hope and humanity into all his characters, whatever their flaws.

'I can hardly hear you': a chaotic encounter with Ricky Gervais

Garry Maddox

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino with Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell at the black carpet premiere of <i>The Hateful ...

How to be a film buff in Sydney

Garry Maddox

Playwright and actor Alex Lykos and actor Janette Lakiss star in <i>Alex and Eve</i>.

'It represents us': Are real Australian voices missing in theatre?

Elissa Blake

Performers from Cirque Du Soleil's latest show Kooza.

Kooza review: Personalities shine in Cirque du Soleil's most vivid show yet

Jason Blake

SMH 6TH APRIL 2015 Paige Hally young emerging comedian story about the Sydney Comedy Festival for SMH Shortlist Photo ...

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Everyone was a bit grossed out by the chocolate bath on last night's episode of <i>The Bachelor</i>.

Don't believe Bach, a chocolate bath won't affect your 'love chemicals'

Mary Ward

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Celeste Barber

Ninety-nine per cent is exhausting.

The 100 per cent rule: The simple advice that changed my life

Susie Moore

Katy Perry performs during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Katy Perry described attack on Leslie Jones as 'misogynoir'

Rob Moran

THE GOOD: Jessica Alba is basically a walking advert for the power of a backcomb here, I’m obsessed with the volume in ...

Best and worst dressed celebrities of the week

The picture, which was posted without comment, has been shared over 3,500 times.

Photo of nuns enjoying the beach goes viral, prompts Facebook ban

Rob Moran

Pauline Hanson's One Nation still continues to stump the most seasoned political watchers.

Still confused by One Nation? Here's a handy guide.

SATIRE
Ben Pobjie

Graduating student, Andrea Lorei, who helped organise campus demonstrations following the Brock Turner case, holds a ...

Why Stanford's response is worthy of a PhD in cluelessness

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

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Jacqueline Alwill

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Why Melissa Ambrosini chooses love over fear

Neela Shearer

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Using social media at work can prevent burn-out

Lindy Alexander

Fleet chef Josh Lewis: “Being off the beaten track means people have to seek you out, which has definitely helped.”

The best restaurants out of Sydney - from the Good Food Guide awards

The Good Food Guide Team

Fermented pickles and food from the Cornersmith Picklery.

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Sweet delight of Provini's tiramisu.

How to make tiramisu - step by step video

But just like raising a child was simpler in previous years, having a pet isn't quite so easy now.

The reasons why having a puppy is exactly like parenting a child

Megan Blandford

Susan L. Terrillion was arrested for leaving her two children, aged 8 and 9, home alone while picking up dinner.

Mum arrested for leaving kids at home to pick up dinner

Ariane Beeston

Rubble surrounds damaged buildings on August 25, 2016 in Pescara del Tronto, Italy.

Girl, 8, gave her life for her sister under the rubble of their home

Just another day at Burning Man, Nevada.

Is everyone really naked? 10 misconceptions about Burning Man

Sarah Theeboom

Part caravan park, part boutique hotel: Notel in Melbourne.

Think Aussie hotels couldn't get anymore hipster? This just opened

Julietta Jameson

The sparkling harbour city of Vancouver is well worth a few days.

Six worthy stopovers for Aussies heading on overseas ski trip

Rachael Oakes-Ash

NBN chief Bill Morrow flagged HFC changes in March, following Malcolm Turnbull's order to rollout the NBN "the fastest, ...

NBN drops 1.5 million homes from HFC plan

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Apple

Apple rushes iPhone fix to stop eavesdropping

Nicole Perlroth

The so-called "Touch Disease" only affects the iPhone 6 and the larger iPhone 6 Plus.

iPhone design flaw leads to screen paralysis 'disease' for many

Stephen Hutcheon

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

Eight No Man's Sky tips I wish I knew last week

Kotaku

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Google adds solitaire game to search results

Tim Biggs

Outback Comparison: Ford Everest v Toyota Prado v Toyota Fortuner.

Which is the best 4WD?

Toby Hagon

The 2016 Infiniti Q30 S ofers impressive on-road manners.

First drive: Infiniti Q30

David McCowen

2016 Toyota Camry RZ.

The 'sporty' Toyota Camry reviewed

Mark Short

New Porsche Panamera.

New Porsche Panamera reviewed

Stephen Corby

Volkswagen Trakkadu AT campervan.

Tested: VW's new campervan

Sam Charlwood

The Infiniti Q60 will be offered in Australia with a twin-turbo V6 by late 2016.

Infiniti: 'We're not relevant'

David McCowen

Spiritual home: Xavier Richards shows a clean pair of heels at the SCG, where the Swans will return to finals football ...

Swans to play finals at SCG after ANZ Stadium release

Andrew Wu
1 hr ago

On the fence: Bill Pulver is unwilling to guarantee the number of Australian sides in Super Rugby next year.

Pulver won't rule out cutting Australian Super teams

Georgina Robinson
25 mins ago

Apparently deluded: Wallabies coach Michael Cheika.

Cheika says Clyde Rathbone's criticism hurts

Tom Decent

Irreplaceable: The retiring Jamie Lyon.

Farewell to three greats – Lyon, Benji and Parra Stadium

Malcolm Knox

Canterbury's error rate has increased significantly during the past six weeks.

Bulldogs' error rate is costing them chance at premiership

James Buckley

The Qantas Wallabies hold their Captain's Run training session at Jerry Collins Stadium at Porirua Park, near ...

Wallabies desperate to keep Bledisloe Cup alive

Tom Decent

Unenviable task: Kane Douglas.

Wallabies need to change culture of denial

COMMENT
Spiro Zavos

Facing a spell on the sidelines: Hope Solo.

Hope Solo finally learns words have consequences

COMMENT
Steven Goff

Concerns: Penrith want a decent break before the finals.

Panthers lobby for full week's rest before finals

Adam Pengilly

Chasing Peachey: Valentine Holmes.

Holmes' try record would be just Peachey

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Happy season: Raiders fans have had plenty to cheer about in 2016.

Raiders want third-party deals scrapped

Adam Pengilly

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