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Police.

Primary school girl 'raped' by boys, 12, at Sydney school

BREAKING
Nick Ralston
1 hr ago

Missing: Mark and Jacoba Tromp.

Missing father paranoid, may not want to be found

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

2000 dead: Philippine president could face criminal charges

Lindsay Murdoch
48 mins ago

Anthony Albanese explains why he opposes plans for a same-sex marriage plebiscite.

'Shouldn't be having a public vote where we get to judge other families'

Tony Wright

Pauline Hansen & Tony Abbott

Shorten had one question on Abbott and Hanson's video

Live
Amy Remeikis
57 mins ago

The Age, SMH Story by, Catie Low. Photo shows, Gerry Harvey from Harvey Norman pictured after he released strong full ...

'Why would house prices crash?' asks billionaire Gerry Harvey

COMMENT
1 hr ago

'Very poor': How Australia went to the bottom of the class

Peter Hannam
1 hr ago

Why this month could be huge for global markets

Trump roars back from Mexico talks with an aggressive message

How we can learn from Finland when it comes to schools

Kelsey Munro

Aussie rich lister joins $1 billion 'unicorn' club

Dr Zhu with immigration minister Scott Morrison at a Federal Forum event in September 2014.

Is this Australia's most connected Chinese political donor?

Fergus Hunter
28 mins ago

Celebrity chef Neil Perry (left) with David Jones CEO John Dixon: The department store's appetite for Australia's ...

The new threat to Coles and Woolworths

2 mins ago

Loans to investors has fallen 5 per cent from last month.

Sydney suburbs where asking prices have gone through the roof

Monopoly morality: Leonardo DiCaprio stars as "The Wolf of Wall Street", a film about rampant fraud and corruption on ...

FBI quiz Leonardo DiCaprio over corruption links

The My Kitchen Rules judge, pictured right, has attracted controversy for his health advice.

Pete Evans said dairy was unhealthy, this is why he's wrong

COMMENT
49 mins ago

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Sweaty palms? You will have when you watch this.

Thanks goodness winter is O-V-E-R.

How to get your home ready for spring

Travel

Read this before you book your next flight

Commodity woes weigh on ASX

4:41PM

'Time kills all deals': Lock in Parramatta metro, ...

4:41PM

DJ's food plans a risk for Coles and Woolies: ...

4:40PM

Emma Lucas, commuter.

'I will use my car more': Last weekend for free Opal trips

Cassandra Morgan

'Woefully inadequate': Lack of text rules for police comes under fire

Rachel Olding

Sydney's 'big brother' terror supporter jailed

Melanie Kembrey

A new metro line is Sydney's next big transport project.

Revealed: new metro between Sydney CBD and Parramatta

EXCLUSIVE
Jacob Saulwick

126865 Somerset Camp. Students from St Leo's College in Waitara participate in outdoor learning activities such as high ...

'A price on the great outdoors': school camps in privatisation gun

James Robertson

Credit where it's due: Leah Doyle.

Leah's 'ridiculous' credit card surcharges

Lucy Cormack

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

The number of acquisitions for our transport projects

Sean Nicholls

Oshin was forced into chemotherapy on Easter Sunday, the day after his sixth birthday.

Landmark ruling: court won't enforce cancer treatment for child

WA
34 mins ago

Jim Karadimas' flight from Perth to Guangzhou with China Southern has been delayed 10 hours.

Ten hour delay: passenger hell at Perth airport

WA
38 mins ago

Melina Roberce, 22, arrested trying to smuggle cocaine into Australia on a cruise ship.

Accused drug mules document world tour on Instagram

Nick Ralston

Brisbane City Council has had to spend $10 million on inner-city intersection upgrades associated with the Queens Wharf ...

Council threatens to scrap $40m projects over unpaid $10m bill

QLD

Portrait of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 August 2016. Photo: Alex ...

Hanson-Young signals she could support plebiscite

Live
Amy Remeikis
58 mins ago

Is this Australia's most connected Chinese political donor?

Fergus Hunter
28 mins ago

Albanese's personal reasons for opposing marriage plebiscite

Tony Wright

Australian SAS troops in action.

Australia to change law so it can kill more terrorists

Yuhu Group CEO Huang Xiangmo and Sam Dastyari at a press conference for the Chinese community in Sydney on June 17.

Dastyari, standing beside donor, backed China in sea dispute

News. Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a book signing at the Canberra Centre. 23 December 2014. Canberra Times ...

From PM to professor: Julia Gillard's new London job

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. ...

Obama invite puts pressure on Turnbull over asylum seekers

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix

Different messages to different audiences: Trump on immigration

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
3 mins ago

Cancelled: Advertising material from the commemorative event.

Divisive Chairman Mao concerts cancelled

Philip Wen
40 mins ago

Impeached: Dilma Rousseff delivers her farewell address on Wednesday in Brasilia.

Dilma Rousseff: the rise and fall of a trailblazer

30 mins ago

Leonardo DiCaprio in Paris earlier this year.

FBI quiz DiCaprio over charity's links to Malaysian corruption

More than just paper cuts: The full list of Scott Morrison's budget savings targets revealed.

The bill that is '24 shades of nasty'

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine
1 hr ago

Community Council for Australia chairman Tim Costello says if a death tax were introduced, there could be an exemption ...

Suffer the little Syrian children

COMMENT
Tim Costello
53 mins ago

Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka holds a special place in the hearts of a generation of movie fans.

Gene Wilder's Alzheimer's: a lonely journey like all who suffer from this disease

John Watkins

Celebrity chef Neil Perry (left) with David Jones CEO John Dixon: The department store's appetite for Australia's ...

DJs' food push will hurt Woolies and Coles, Moody's warns

Catie Low
2 mins ago

ASX red

Commodity woes weigh on ASX

Vanessa Desloires
1 min ago

Interest rates on key savings accounts were cut by 0.25 percentage points last month, more than the cut in mortgage rates.

Banks happy to pass on full rate cut to some

Clancy Yeates
29 mins ago

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Boss of 23,000 workers used to get confused for the secretary

Nassim Khadem

Billionaire Gerry Harvey: 'Why would house prices crash?'

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

'We're running out of shots', Costello warns

Georgia Wilkins

Why this month could be huge for global markets

Markets Live: BHP dives below $20

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Vendors in some parts of Sydney were particularly bullish over winter.

Where you will find Sydney's most bullish home sellers

Jennifer Duke

houzz

10 things we all know to be true about living with dogs

Glamorous power couple Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have listed their apartment in New York's Madison One complex for ...

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen selling their fancy apartment

Villa Tamarama boasts breathtaking sea views.

Why celebrities love the villas on this Bali peninsula

Stephen Nicholls

The Block 2016: Judge Darren Palmer

Block judge Darren Palmer's top tips and tricks for your home

Amber Creswell Bell

Four Pillars distillery.

Eight great distillery doors remixing the craft spirit scene

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson
54 mins ago

The days of upmarket 'bricks-and-mortar' shops may be numbered.

'Self-defeating' days of bricks-and-mortar shops are numbered

Luxury
Stephen Lacey

Illustration: Simon Letch

Why getting below the $1.6m super threshold is a timing issue

Noel Whittaker

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What you need to know before you get your first credit card

Kate Jones

Luxury Escapes offers not only five-star and six-star properties, such as Finolhu Villa in the Maldives, but meals, ...

How this company is turning over $200 million in its third year

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Talented young employees are especially sought after by some firms.

Is it really so bad for young employees?

Tony Featherstone

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Target slammed over 'sexist' T-shirt

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Duckworth out after testing Tsonga

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BBC presenter cops virulent road rage

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Johanna Konta collapses at US Open

Clique August Challenge: Sport and Action. Winner. Congratulations Ryan Sleiman. "Shawn. Mount Arapiles, Victoria. This ...

Clique August Challenge

57 mins ago

stan

Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

ash v evil dead

Binge Season 1 of Ash Vs Evil Dead ahead of Season 2 in October!

NPS

Nursing kids with winter bugs

Advertiser Content

Louise Hearman and her Archibald Prize 2016 winning portrait of Barry Humphries ? Art Gallery of NSW

See the Archibald finalists at AGNSW

Advertiser Content

LIU

Insurance in a changing market

Advertiser Content

Kanye West delivered a seven-minute smack down of white privilege and a peace offering to Taylor Swift while on stage at ...

Want to see Trump in bed with Taylor Swift? See Kanye's artwork

Michael Lallo

Bertie Blackman was 'a bit shy' about visual art, until now.

Charles Blackman's daughter emerges as artist in own right

Hannah Francis
1 hr ago

Weapons of mass distraction: They came armed - or perhaps eared - only with headphones.

Rebels 'invade' Parliament House, no one notices

Karl Quinn

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

The hit show you should probably be watching

Michael Idato

Dev Patel, who nails an Australian accent in the upcoming Lion, is starring in a film about the Mumbai terror attacks.

Aussie disaster movie tackles Indian terrorist attacks

Garry Maddox

James Corden, host of The Late Late Show.

Peter Rabbit movie coming to Australia with James Corden

EXCLUSIVE
Garry Maddox

Tattooed love boy says sorry - Justin Bieber

The eight things that make Justin Bieber a world beater

Karl Quinn

Who's your daddy? Could it be Snoke?

Who's your daddy? Star Wars fans in a frenzy over Snoke rumour

Michael Idato

Sydney Fringe Festival - Vintage Cricket

Sydney Fringe Festival: Top 10 shows to book right now

Elissa Blake

Barefoot in the Park - Daniel Mitchell and Georgie Parker. Photo credit: Clare Hawley

Barefoot in the Park review: New faces and old hands charm

Jason Blake

At the Press Club Address
John Brogden who will take a position with the Australian Institute of Company Directors. with ...

Senior Liberal attacks university's handling of art school

Andrew Taylor

Perth model Caris Tiivel has been named Miss Universe Australia 2016.

Miss Universe Australia triumphs after second shot at the crown

Jenna Clarke

A 2013 article by an Australian pick-up artist has become the mockery of the internet this week.

Don't talk to women wearing headphones. Here's why

Senator Jacqui Lambie, with her "Kardashian hair" and Senator Derryn Hinch arrive for the Midwinter Ball.

'Jerryn' turns heads at Canberra's Midwinter Ball

Jenna Clarke

Players line up for the cameras before the women's exhibition match played in June.

Seven common excuses for giving women a raw deal

Erin Riley

An image from the Racing Victoria advertising campaign.

Spring racing's dress code double standard on show

Melissa Singer

There's a part of me that has never stopped feeling a kind of quivering caution around men.

The festival I wish men had

Sonia Orchard

A lesson from Jo Stanley to her younger self: 'You will never be happy if you compare yourself to other people'.

Bubble skirts and Simon Le Bon: A letter to my 13-year-old self

Jo Stanley

Age liftout: My Top 5 Picks of the Program. Clementine Ford, Alice Pung, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Charlotte Wood, Rafael Epstein

Giving birth was not what I expected

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Run

How to ‘exercise your mood’ this month

Yvette Done
1 hr ago

Portrait of a young happy man relaxing on the grass with his hands under the head

Is meditation as good as a holiday? It's better

Sarah Berry

Michelle Bridges

Motivation is a 'crock' says Michelle Bridges

Benjamen Judd

For peat's sake, have a whisky.

For peat's sake, have a whisky. Here are 10 great bottles for under $100

Fred Siggins

Lamb and harissa pizza.

Spice up your pizza with this easy Middle Eastern topping

Adam Liaw

Balter ALT Brown

Surfing legend Mick Fanning opens a Gold Coast brewery

Callan Boys

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The baby names parents regret most

Adam Boult

Aly Brothers' tear-streaked face tells of a struggle many parents face.

Crying mum shares honest post on grocery shopping with kids

Ariane Beeston

"Our relationship was stronger and better when our intimacy was flourishing."

Mum tries 365 days of sex with husband to boost her confidence

Choose your foods wisely when flying.

The foods you need to avoid when flying

Michael Gebicki

Qantas has returned to San Francisco with its 747 jumbo jets.

Man who created the Boeing 747 jumbo jet dies

Salt mines in Maras by Glen Bishop.?Finalist for the Traveller Big Picture Competition August 2016. *READER IMAGE DO NOT USE

The Big Picture reader photo competition finalists revealed

Tickers can be counterfeited from the images you post on social media, Ticketmaster has warned.

Why you shouldn't share pics of tix online

Tim Biggs

Samsung has announced its new Gear S3 smartwatch line ahead of IFA in Berlin.

Samsung unveils Gear S3 smartwatches

One of the Note7 units that reportedly exploded.

Samsung Galaxy Note7's explosive issues

Alex Walker

Isaac Choi.

Silicon Valley start-up's public unravelling

Katie Benner

One-Punch Man is one of the latest anime shows to gain popularity in the West.

Free Netflix of anime is broadening horizons

Tim Biggs

2017 Porsche Macan Turbo with Performance Package.

More power for Macan Turbo

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen says it did not use defeat devices in Australia.

ACCC seeks "significant penalty" from VW

David McCowen

Holden will introduce the Acadia SUV in 2018

Holden reveals new SUV

Andrew MacLean

The ACCC to take legal action against Volkswagen Australia over alleged cheat devices.

ACCC launches legal assault on VW

David McCowen

2016 BMW 430i Gran Coupe.

Quick spin: BMW 430i Gran Coupe

Sam Charlwood

The Alpine production car will be based on its Alpine Vision concept.

How much will new Alpine cost?

David McCowen

Lost to Super Rugby: Greg Holmes is currently playing for the Exeter Chiefs in England.

Wallabies have talent, but it's not being unlocked

COMMENT
Paul Cully

Referee Gavin Reynolds gives instructions.

NRL to trial 'captain's challenge' decision review system

1 hr ago

Facing allegations: Andrew Fifita.

Fifita won't be stood down despite police warning

UPDATED
Adrian Proszenko

Heading back to West London: David Luiz.

Premier League clubs break £1 billion barrier

On cloud nine: Ryan Harrison celebrates the boilover.

Qualifier knocks Raonic out of US Open

Steve Mascord

We need more bungling where that came from

Steve Mascord

Homecoming: Quade Cooper has re-signed with the ARU.

Quade Cooper confirms Super Rugby return

Worrying scenes: Johanna Konta is tended to on the court at Flushing Meadows.

Konta fights heat collapse to win

Simon Briggs

Confident: Raiders head honcho Ricky Stuart.

Stuart won't rest NRL stars against Tigers

Hit for six: Aaron Woods.

Woods, Halatau miss Tigers training

Square, dink, dinks, dinkus, head shot, sport, Roy Masters

We're heading back to the bad old days

Roy Masters

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