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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Angry PM publicly smacks down three of his ministers

Fergus Hunter
53 mins ago

Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament ...

What the hell just happened to the Turnbull government?

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Billionaire Elon Musk, who runs Tesla, has publicly speculated on the possibility that the world as we know it is a ...

Bad day at the office: Elon Musk just lost $1 billion

19 mins ago

The ban on the spectrum range comes into force on January 1, 2015.

'Poor value for money': PM's mobile black spot program under fire

Matthew Knott
17 mins ago

One of the Note7 units that reportedly exploded.

Batteries catch fire: Samsung plans global recall of smartphone

1 hr ago

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, gestures at the conclusion of a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, ...

Bully and a coward: Trump is the internet troll of politics

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Murdered woman's bag found with mystery bones on work site

Ava Benny-Morrison

ABC star Dingle to address the 'bamboo ceiling'

Kim Arlington

Locals flee for higher ground as NZ quake triggers tsunami waves

Picture of my dead son on the beach did nothing, says father

Bunnings' price promise warning to bargain hunters

Catie Low

?###FEE PER USE - ONE USE ONLINE AND IN PRINT ONLY - NO ARCHIVING - MUST CREDIT### NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Sofia Richie ...

'It's easy to hate us': Rise of the celebrity Z-list

1 hr ago

An example of Banksy's rat stencils, which have dwindled in number in Melbourne because of vandalism, construction and ...

Claim Banksy is singer from famous band causes a buzz

23 mins ago

I Wish My Teacher Knew, by Kyle Schwartz

What children wish their teachers knew: hashtag breaks hearts

31 mins ago

Amy Schumer expertly handles a heckler during her Stockholm show.

Amy Schumer expertly shuts down sexist heckler

Power plants located in the Latrobe Valley include Hazelwood Power Station, Loy Yang Power Stations A & B, Yallourn ...

How much does pollution cost businesses?

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PM has no power: Shorten

Mosman will host the most auctions, including 10 Inkerman Street.

Strong Sydney market pushing up prices but auctions still low

Bubble gum

Eight bizarre childhood food myths you still may believe

Wran's co-accused tells court of remorse over ...

1:08PM

Sleepless Flanagan 'terribly disappointed' in ...

1:01PM

Apartment correction to cause Australia-wide ...

12:58PM

Children and older mothers "must not be narrowly viewed as a women's rights issue".

How Medicare is funding $200,000 babies

Harriet Alexander

Skills minister has a priority other than TAFE

Sean Nicholls

'Time kills all deals': Lock in new metro, says business

Jacob Saulwick

Emma Lucas, commuter.

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

Cassandra Morgan

State ward MK died from a drug overdose at the age of 15 after she was 'used and abused' by those she should have been ...

Family 'would have fought' for teen allegedly abused in state care

Emma Partridge

A series of east coast lows made for a wet winter for Sydney.

The chart that shows how wild Sydney's winter was

Peter Hannam

The scene where a man was found fatally stabbed in West Albury.

Woman charged with murder after man stabbed to death

Georgina Mitchell

Assistant Commisioner Stephen Leane (left) at Carrick Drive in Tullamarine, where a fatal shooting took place in the ...

Police officer shoots and kills driver of allegedly stolen vehicle

VIC

Robert Hughes lost his appeal against child sex convictions in 2014.

Hey Dad! star Hughes granted leave to appeal child-sex convictions

1 hr ago

The child found hanging with a swing rope around her neck is now in a stable condition.

Girl found hanging from swing makes 'remarkable recovery'

QLD

Airservices Australia Chief Executive Jason Harfield

Consultants paid up to $5000 a day despite job losses

ACT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

'Embarrassed, humiliated': Angry PM slams ministers

Fergus Hunter
53 mins ago

Who is responsible for the government's blunder?

Tom McIlroy

Pyne has to go after this failure

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Hand holding mobile smart phone with blank screen. Isolated on white. Smart phone. Generic.

The new mobile phone towers that did nothing

Matthew Knott
18 mins ago

Senator Sam Dastyari and Labor leader Bill Shorten.

Turnbull raises 'cash for comment' questions over Dastyari payment

Fergus Hunter
33 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 1 September 2016. ...

Voters will mark down Turnbull - not Shorten - for chaos

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has hardened his rhetoric against the plebiscite in recent weeks.

Labor emboldened by poll to block plebiscite

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Abdullah Kurdi after his sons Alan and Galip died near the Turkish resort of Bodrum.

Picture of my dead son on beach did nothing, says Kurdi

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, gestures at the conclusion of a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Duplicity of Donald Trump

COMMENT
Charles M. Blow
1 hr ago

Not happy: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg: not happy about SpaceX rocket explosion

Deja Lindsey, 20, a junior at Georgetown University.

US uni will recruit descendants of slaves it once sold

"Well, that went great."

Parliament week one: what just happened to the Turnbull government?

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

The Green Square project will see more than $8 billion ploughed into this former industrial eyesore.

Is there room for Big Australia?

Garry Linnell

Illustration: Simon Letch

The real agenda behind amending 18C: sending a message to minorities

COMMENT
Waleed Aly

City residents have more at stake than business owners when it comes to council elections.

With Christmas looming, retailers are getting jittery

Catie Low

The ASX has slid for most of the week.

Markets Live: ASX drops below 5400

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

The NBN satellite station in Queensland.

Why the NBN is nervous after SpaceX satellite explosion

Lucy Battersby
28 mins ago

The US dollar's share of the $US5.1 trillion ($6.8 trillion) in foreign exchange trades each day has continued rising to ...

More bang for the buck: how the US dollar still rules the world

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Samsung plans global recall of Galaxy Note 7 phones: report

Jungah Lee
1 hr ago

RBA's Debelle named deputy governor

Michael Heath
15 mins ago

How much luck do you really need to get rich?

Bad day at the office? Elon Musk just lost $1 billion

19 mins ago

Gary Flowers and Professor Carol Pollock are asking $10 million for their Mediterranean-style home.

The $10 million Manly trophy up for grabs to kick off spring

Lucy Macken

Sara Chamberlain, The Real Estate Stylist.

Experts reveal their biggest decorating mistakes

Elicia Murray

Oh how we miss our CD collection.

Things every '90s kid had in their bedroom

Mosman will host the most auctions, including 10 Inkerman Street.

Strong Sydney market pushing up prices but auctions still low

Andrew Wilson

Dutch firm DUS architects have created a "micro-house" from recyclable plastics in Amsterdam which began taking bookings ...

You can now stay in this 3D-printed waterfront cabin with a twist

Madeleine Wedesweiler

A cyclist protests against the NSW bike laws.

'A shemozzle': confusion rife on compulsory ID plan for cyclists

On Your Bike
Michael O'Reilly
38 mins ago

Four Pillars estimates it will sell 15,000 gin and tonic paddles in 2016.

Eight great distillery doors remixing the craft spirit scene

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

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

Working conditions still prevent many women from breastfeeding for as long as they would like.

Making breastfeeding work … at work

James Adonis
1 hr ago

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

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US Open: Murray blitzes Granollers

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Cook calls EU ruling 'political crap'

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Australia see off testing Iraq

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Police hunt driver after shooting

WEST BAY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: A rubber dinghy is tossed by the waves as visitors take advantage of the fine weather ...

World of Photos

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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

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

See the Archibald finalists at AGNSW

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Insurance in a changing market

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Love story ... Nicole Kidman as Satine and Ewan McGregor as Christian in Moulin Rouge.

Baz's Moulin Rouge set to become a stage musical

Michael Idato

Jane Levy stars as Rocky in <i>Don't Breathe</i>.

Don't Breathe review: Twist will leave audiences gasping

Jake Wilson

The Goss ... HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 05: Actor Mel Gibson attends the CAKE party for Jennifer Aniston hosted by ...

Mel resurrects The Passion of the Christ with sequel

Michael Idato

Parting ways ... Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea.

Reese Witherspoon and Aussie business partner split

Michael Idato

Author Richard Flanagan has questioned why Australian politicians have such hostility towards writing.

Richard Flanagan on the writing that panicked him

Jason Steger

Emma Roberts in <i>Nerve</i>.

Nerve review: thriller turns New York into a game of risk

Jake Wilson

<i>Zumbo's Just Desserts</i> contestant Ashley ran his own popular dessert store, Charlie Buckett, in Melbourne.

Zumbo's Just Desserts star not an amateur

Ebony Bowden

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

The Sydney Theatre Company's former artistic director Jonathan Church.

'You wouldn't touch it': Who will be STC's new artistic director?

Elissa Blake

Performer Sarah Houbolt is speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

'Let's be real': Meet the performer reclaiming the F word

Elissa Blake

Sydney Fringe Festival - Vintage Cricket

Sydney Fringe Festival: Top 10 shows to book right now

Elissa Blake

Sydney will host its first Skirt Club weekend play party on Saturday.

Australia's first women-only sex club arrives in Sydney

Daisy Dumas
1 hr ago

Celeste Barber on her wedding day with her bridesmaids.

My friend was my bridesmaid, but I wasn't hers

Celeste Barber

Amy Schumer expertly handles a heckler during her Stockholm show.

Amy Schumer expertly shuts down a sexist heckler

Mary Ward

One child revealed that he or she didn't have a pencil at home to do homework.

This is what children wish their teachers knew

Daisy Dumas
31 mins ago

Claudine Chicheportiche at the peak of her training, 2015.

'Men would ask me if they could swap their arms for my guns'

Claudine Chicheportiche

Pamela Anderson has criticised porn-watchers in an op-ed for the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>.

Pamela Anderson urges men to give up pornography

Barney Henderson

From next year Westpac bank teller Manija Akbari will wear a new corporate hijab to work.

Westpac to add Carla Zampatti-designed hijab to official uniform

Jenna Clarke

Professor Danica Kragic (and robot), pose for Rodebjer.

The new face of fashion label Rodebjer is a robotics professor

Rob Moran

Close up of female face. The sexy girl is expressing her passion. She is biting her lower lip with desire

What women worry about is surprising

Sarah Berry

Comfort food

Don't fight cravings… try this instead

James Duigan

Punching a red punch bag concept for competition, challenge, conflict or leadership in business

Why you don't need goals to succeed

Jo Hartley

Adam Liaw's baked onion and blue cheese flatbread.

Skip the Friday night takeaway and make this flatbread instead

Adam Liaw

Andy Bowdy Pastry's choc-fudge and Milo mousse 'Jasper' cake.

Where is Andy Bowdy Pastry opening a cafe in Sydney?

Lee Tran Lam

Balter ALT Brown

Beer of the week: Surfing legend Mick Fanning's new brew

Callan Boys

Brad and Anna Morcombe

Baby joy for family of murdered boy Daniel Morcombe

Staff writers
45 mins ago

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz (R) and Brooklyn Beckham attend the premiere of Universal Pictures' "Neighbors 2: Sorority ...

Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Moretz break up

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

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

Mind the time when you travel into some of the world's most confusing time zones.

Set your watch: The world's most confusing time zones

David Whitley

What's the nickname for a British police officer?

Traveller quiz: What's the nickname for British police officers?

Mal Chenu

Choose your foods wisely when flying.

The foods you need to avoid when flying

Michael Gebicki

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

PS4 Slim.

Unannounced 'PS4 Slim' already reviewed

Kotaku

Isaac Choi.

Silicon Valley start-up's public unravelling

Katie Benner

Hyundai conducted hot weather testing for the new i30 hatch in Cobar, NSW.

Testing the new Hyundai i30

David McCowen

Skoda has revealed its all-new Kodiaq seven-seat SUV.

New Skoda Kodiaq revealed

Dom Tripolone

2016 Renault Koleos Intens.

Tested: France's RAV4 rival

David McCowen

2016 Hyundai Tucson 30 Special Edition.

Driven: Hyundai's 30th anniversary Tucson SUV

Andrew MacLean

2017 Nissan GT-R Premium.

New Nissan GT-R reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet.

New C-Class convertible prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Cheika has now been out-couched this year by Eddie Jones and Hansen. The result is five successive Test defeats.

Cheika must stop complaining and start coaching

COMMENT
Spiro Zavos
55 mins ago

Police warning: Andrew Fifita.

Sleepless Flanagan 'terribly disappointed' in Fifita affair

Adam Pengilly
8 mins ago

Serving power: Nick Kyrgios hit 27 aces and did not allow opponent Horacio Zeballos a solitary break-point in his ...

Kyrgios serves up a storm at US Open

Darren Walton
39 mins ago

Mitchell Starc has been Australia's star bowler in Sri Lanka.

Starc, Hazlewood to miss tour of South Africa

Jon Pierik

Serena Williams blasts her way to history at the US Open.

Serena hits the highs, Stosur hits the lows

Darren Walton
1 hr ago

Resurgence: Jason Taylor had been under siege and was tipped by many to be the first NRL coach sacked this year.

Tigers powerbroker lauds Taylor's role

Chris Barrett

Close swim: The women's 50m freestyle semi-final in Rio.

Did some swimmers have an unfair advantage in Rio?

Jeff Guo

No charge: Owen Franks appears to gouge the eye of Kane Douglas.

Pichot slams call not to cite Owen Franks

Liam Napier
27 mins ago

Warned by police: Andrew Fifita.

Fifita should be allowed to mix with whomever he wants

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 28: Mitchell Moses of the Tigers celebrates with teammate Dene Halatau after scoring a ...

Tigers plan to stage historic Hawaiian game

Adrian Proszenko

'I've let you down': Corey Norman arrives at the Downing Centre Court on drug charges in July.

'It was dumb': Norman apologises for antics

Adam Pengilly

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