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Man and woman found dead in a western Sydney suburb.

Couple found dead in house in Sydney, girl, 4, alive

1 hr ago

Nic Gligorovski with Lauren and their baby, Mason.

A father's life was saved after doctors carried out brain surgery in car park

Julia Medew

Clover Moore slammed for running 'autocracy' by Liberal rival

Josh Dye
18 mins ago

Saudi activist Ghada Ghazzawi tapes a selfie video marking a historical day for Saudi women as she arrives to vote for ...

Saudi women demand independence from men in Twitter campaign

Jenny Noyes

Pennywise the Clown, from the Stephen King novel "It."

Menacing clowns may be part of a horror movie publicity stunt

Jacqui Lambie too thick to worry about, Cory Bernardi says

Stephanie Peatling

Tony Abbott's face said it all - Malcolm Turnbull stuffed up big time

COMMENT

'Classy as always China': Obama's awkward arrival

Quakers call for PM to legislate on same-sex marriage

Tom McIlroy

The financial spring clean that will save you $7500

After 27 years, mystery of the boy abducted at gunpoint is over

Timeout: Nick Kyrgios is examined during his third-round match.

John McEnroe dares Nick Kyrgios to quit tennis

1 hr ago

Matthew Moylan's Panthers are on a quest for a club first.

Panthers cruising towards home semi-final

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Alana Valentine and Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton during a performance of <em>Letters to Lindy</em>.

With sledgehammer force, Lindy play shows motherhood on trial

COMMENT
50 mins ago

Jake Granville of the Cowboys is tackled by Cameron Smith of the Storm in July. The two teams meet again on Saturday ...

NRL finals 2016: Dates, fixtures and venues finalised for week one

These images appeared online in July, purporting to show three versions of the upcoming iPhone.

'Not so pretty underneath': Why you shouldn't buy a new iPhone

US, China ratify Paris climate agreement

Once you see how gummy bears are made, you'll never eat them again

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 03: Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich sit front row ahead of the runway at the David Jones ...

They came for love, but it's what comes next they really love

Christine Forster launches campaign for lord mayor

7:55PM

'Not after Ennis got off': Stuart unfazed by ...

7:52PM

Meet the boss: Intuit's Brad Paterson

7:14PM

Forget Byron: the town with a celebrity following of its own

City of Sydney is recommending short-term letting be allowed.

How Sydney betrayed strata residents over short-term letting

One of the biggest trophies of them all could be the Hunters Hill mansion of Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton.

The first-world property problem of Sydney's who's who

An outdoor transformation like no other

Duart Castle, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, is a crumbling 14th-century structure with 16-foot-thick walls and a dungeon.

A 600-year-old money pit in the Scottish Highlands

Boy, 17, stabbed after fight breaks out at Sydney community centre

Phoebe Moloney
1 hr ago

NSW Liberals defy foreign policy by supporting Beijing's man

Kirsty Needham, State Political Editor

The free travel reward for Opal users has come to an end.

'Why should I pay for it?': No more freebies for Opal users

Wollondilly MP Jai Rowell hands over signed gumboots to the council on Friday.

The curious case of the MP's charity gumboots

James Robertson

Mitchell and Ella Tromp talk to media in Silvan.

'It's still inexplicable': children speak after bizarre family trip

Portrait of photographer Naomi Moon who studied at university but later dropped out to follow her passion for ...

Entrepreneur Naomi left a job and university, and she's not alone

Fair to say this doesn't count as an approved steering wheel.

Frying pan as a steering wheel. Not OK, police say

WA
1 hr ago

Evita Sarmonikas, 29, died during a cosmetic procedure on March 20, 2015.

Andrea's fight to avenge sister's cosmetic surgery death

Harriet Alexander

Labor could use parliamentary tactics to bring on gay marriage vote: Albanese

Tom McIlroy

'I won't be dissuaded': Bernardi to push forward with attempts to rewrite 18C

Stephanie Peatling

'Build a shield': China's runways a threat to Australia

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Australians with rare cancers and other diseases will be given early access to experimental and potentially life-saving ...

Sufferers of rare diseases to be given lifeline

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

PM could force voters to the polls three times in the next two years

Adam Gartrell

The number of older Australians on the dole is rising rapidly.

Turnbull's dole cuts will hit older Australians the hardest

Adam Gartrell

The PM can't blame Tony Abbott for this stuff-up.

Tony Abbott left grinning as Malcolm Turnbull flounders

COMMENT
Adam Gartrell

Chinese president Xi Jinping wants 'fairness' on Australia's investment rules.

Xi Jinping implores Turnbull over rules for Chinese investment

Philip Wen

A portrait of Mother Teresa is carried in the crowd during a vigil of prayer in preparation for her canonization in St. ...

Thousands crowd Vatican for chance to see Mother Teresa made a saint

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd addresses the United Nations, while PM, in 2009.

Rudd appears in Russia with Putin and Abe

Chris Zappone

Michelle Burton comforts a baby after responding to a call in Alabama.

This photo of an officer comforting a baby went viral. But there's more to the story

"We could have resigned," says Professor Clive Hamilton.

Why the Climate Change Authority lacks credibility

COMMENT
David Karoly and Clive Hamilton

The jobs eating Sydney's labour market

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Go gently into the night Bert, another Tobruk Rat gone

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

End of the road for the old Holden

Mark Hawthorne

Power plants in Victoria's Latrobe Valley: Brown and black coal generators will have to buy offset credits from ...

Behind the 'fourth way' in cutting carbon emissions

Ross Gittins

Emmaline and Rainer Mathews, with their daughter. Emmaline died in 2015 from cancer.

Cancer victim battles CBA for mortgage relief

Mario Christodoulou

Ricci Bartels, in the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, where she volunteers, after losing her job.

Too young to retire, too 'old to get a job'

Anna Patty

Ireland really doesn't want the $19b from Apple tax ruling

Mark Scott

Jobs data lifts Wall St, puts rate rise in doubt

Half-baked life insurance code needs more work

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The new retail property interrupter

Carolyn Cummins

Has your get up and go got up and left? Motivation can be closer than you realise.

Feeling flat? Doing these two simple things will get you going

Fitness

Father's Day: famous sons reveal the truth about their dads

Self
Jane Rocca

Father and daughter, Bella and Jim Buda, with Bella's daughter, Ruby.

Meet the dads teaching dollar sense this Father's Day

John Collett

ASFA's definition of a "comfortable" retirement standard is more luxurious than that of many working people, according ...

Five reasons we don't have a retirement savings crisis

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

Making breastfeeding work … at work

James Adonis

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

How long will this government last?

Parliament

Kyrgios out of US Open after injury

Cheaper prescription medicine

Courageous girl's euthanasia speech for PM

Serena Williams, of the United States, prepares to serve to Johanna Larsson, of Sweden, during the third round of the ...

World of Photos: September 5, 2016

Burnt - Starring Hollywood heart-throb Bradley Cooper.

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

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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This screengrab from Sue Williams' documentary Death by Design shows the rudimentary nature of e-waste recycling in China.

The doco that explains why you shouldn't buy a new iPhone

Karl Quinn

The Big Goodbye: <i>The Big Lebowski<i/> actor Jon Polito dies of cancer.

Actor Jon Polito of Seinfeld and Modern Family fame dies

It took Hugo Weaving until 1991 to really make his mark on the big screen, but he's rarely been off it since.

I took Hugo Weaving to a steak restaurant. He's vegetarian

Karl Quinn

Lindsay Lohan likeness? Not so, says a Manhattan court.

Lindsay Lohan loses bid to sue makers of Grand Theft Auto V

Michael Idato

Perth director Ben Young's first feature was a surprise hit at the Venice Film Festival.

The surprise Australian hit of the Venice Film Festival

Stephanie Bunbury

Autumnal beauty and chilled grooves make a fine blend on Vera Blue's Fingertips EP.

The best new homegrown music to listen to right now

Craig Mathieson

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander in The Light Between Oceans.

Real-life romance between stars in film of Australian bestseller

Michael Idato

The film <i>Snowden</i> centres on a tense six days inside a Hong Kong hotel room with Edward Snowden, played by Joseph ...

'It made me nervous' – behind the scenes of the film Snowden

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Supplied image for Spectrum (one time use only) Barry Humphries at home in London. Photograph by Helen White

Barrie Humphries's "degenerate" show takes Europe by storm

Kevin Jackson as Nijinsky in The Australian Ballet's upcoming production.

Australian Ballet brings the troubled Nijinsky to the stage

Ebony Bowden

Supplied publicity / production shots for Spectrum - My Fair Lady, 2016

"She smells delicious." Cast lavish praise on Julie Andrews

Lissa Christopher

Schoolgirls protest school hair rules that they claim are discriminatory against black students.

Why schoolgirls in South Africa are protesting about their hair

Krista Mahr

Sonia Kruger's position among Channel Nine's top-tier poster girls has come under considerable scrutiny of late.

Leave of absence: Is Sonia Kruger in hiding?

Andrew Hornery

Saudi Arabian women demand independence from men

Jenny Noyes

"A date not having the potential I'd hoped for is no longer a tragedy, and suddenly dating is fun again."

I am a female bachelor in my 40s - I'm grateful for that, not sad

Nicole Hardy

Mick Kyriacou (R) walks his daughter Joy Kyriacou down the aisle, alongside Joy's partner and her father, at her ...

Dear Mr Turnbull, look to your heart this Father's Day

Mick Kyriacou

Michelle Bridges: It's OK to just wear activewear to the shops

Jenna Clarke

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

Daisy Dumas

Singer songwriter Guy Sebastian attends a songwriter's retreat in Bali. Photo by Gusde Mahendranata Story by Gabriel ...

Guy Sebastian to his teenage self: 'Believe me, you have a lot to learn'

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

Middle Eastern BBQ beef and tahini slaw

Boy Lifting Weight.Photographed in the studio, background white.

How young is too young to lift weights?

Benjamen Judd

Sashimi of yellow fin tuna with jamon lberico cream avocado, baby radish, ponzu and pork crackling at Sepia restaurant

Restaurant of the Year Finalists from the SMH Good Food Guide Awards 2017:

Myffy Rigby, Callan Boys and Terry Durack

Tasty dinner or party idea: Beef and egg empanadas.

Weekly meal planner: Spring has sprung

Known fried egg and noodle fan, Dan Hong.

Use your noodle: Chefs share their instant ramen hacks

Callan Boys

Mum 'groped' while holding toddler in public pool

Staff writers

The weird and wonderful last texts mums sent to their partners

Ariane Beeston

A ground-breaking approach from the US is treating social difficulties in the playground.

How to teach your child to make friends

Tanith Carey

Luke Shadbolt 'Teahupoo Rainbow' Tahiti.

The world's best photographers name their best travel photo

Nina Karnikowski

Wet and wild adventures are fun for dads.

What dads want from a holiday: 10 essentials for a 'dadventure'

Daniel Scott

Thongs, Bintang T-shirt? Dress better, Aussie travellers!

High end: Sony's new NW-WM1Z Walkman, TA-ZH1ES headphone amplifier and MDR-Z1R Hi-Res Audio headphones.

Sony targets golden ears with Hi-Res Audio range

Adam Turner

Google Search trends show Pokemon Go hit its peak fast in July and dropped to half of that interest by August.

The lifespan of an internet fad

Hayley Tsukayama

Plex is kicking goals in Australia, adding the ability to watch any free-to-air recording on practically any device.

IFA 2016: Plex live TV recording comes to Australia

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Tickets 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

David McCowen (right) hit the road with his father Brian for a tour of northern NSW on BMW and Ducati motorcycles.

Riding with Dad on the open road

David McCowen

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

Testing the new Hyundai i30

David McCowen

Skoda reveals new seven-seat SUV

Dom Tripolone

Tested: France's RAV4 rival

David McCowen

New Nissan GT-R reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Driven: Hyundai's 30th anniversary Tucson SUV

Andrew MacLean

McEnroe launches scathing critique of Kyrgios

Darren Walton
1 hr ago

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

Franks denies he eye-gouged Douglas

Downward spiral: James Graham is placed on report during the Bulldogs' loss to South Sydney.

Dogs to lose Hopoate to religious observance for semi-final

Chris Barrett
28 mins ago

'Cleared by an investigation': News Corp journalist Phil ''Buzz'' Rothfield.

Buzz Rothfield to no longer punt with Hayson after Fairfax expose

Jamie Marcuson

Live: Panthers v Eagles

Live
Matt Bungard

Rout: Joey Leilua runs into the Tigers' suspect defence.

Raiders secure home final after belting stunned Tigers

Adam Pengilly

Melbourne Rebel Reece Hodge has trained so well with the Wallabies he has retained his place in the squad.

Why old school tie doesn't cut it for the future of the Wallabies

Phil Lutton

Roster spot: Jarryd Hayne may well have made the 49ers 53-man roster this season.

Hayne may have made 49ers roster after all

Peter Mitchell

On the burst: Parramatta's Michael Gordon looks to get around David Fusitu'a of the Warriors.

Eels' season from hell ends with thumping win over Warriors

Angelo Risso
1 hr ago

Finals dates, fixtures and venues for week one

Matt Bungard

Centre of controversy: Andrew Fifita with his "FKL" bandage.

‘I'm heartbroken’: Fifita wants to apologise in person to Kellys

Danny Weidler