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NEWS: OPAL card runners - Pyrmont. Story about Opal runners people who run, walk or cycle between stops in order to ...

Opal changes to 'sting' commuters the hardest

Matt O'Sullivan
1 hr ago

Pauline Hanson: Please Explain. Sunday 31st July at 8.35pm on SBS. M Mag TV Previews by Melinda Houston. Image supplied ...

Howard's treatment of Hanson should be a lesson to us all

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Tom Switzer
1 hr ago

Google may now be in the sights of the EU over its tax structures

Google, McDonalds, Starbucks, Amazon next on global tax hit-list

Hon Angus Taylor MP and Assistant minister for cities and Digital Transformation.

Western Sydney 'city deal' the next cab off the rank

Jacob Saulwick
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: Robbie Farah of the Tigers is pictured before the round 20 NRL match between the St George ...

Why the Tigers will help Farah become almost the best paid NRL player

1 hr ago

Man and woman found dead in a western Sydney suburb.

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

DNA-covered lighter allegedly left at scene of Bremner's burning body

Ava Benny-Morrison

'It's a family matter': Tromps convinced they were watched, followed

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

Jacqui Lambie too thick to worry about, Cory Bernardi says

Stephanie Peatling

Menacing clowns may be part of a horror movie publicity stunt

'I've had it with the big banks': Small businesses turn to new lenders

Nina Hendy

SOCHI, RUSSIA - APRIL 28: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Red Bull Racing walks in the Paddock during previews ahead ...

'Savage' side of Ricciardo has finally reared its head

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 27: Tatafu Polota-Nau of Australia looks on during the Bledisloe Cup Rugby Championship ...

Private school pathway is hurting the Wallabies

COMMENT

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

'What's the point?': Nick Kyrgios remonstrates with medical staff at the US Open.

'Do something else': McEnroe dares Kyrgios to quit tennis

US, China ratify Paris climate agreement

Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Avishka Fernando as non-striker Dhananjaya de Silva ...

Live: Starc helps Aussies restrict Sri Lankan batsmen

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

How much time do you have left with your pet?

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Clover Moore slammed for running 'autocracy' by ...

12:06AM

Key seats at risk as Baird government's ...

12:15AM

Clover Moore slammed for running 'autocracy' by Liberal rival

Josh Dye
59 mins ago

Call for more judges as backlog of criminal cases unlikely to ease

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Michaela Whitbourn

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

Phoebe Moloney

The Franciscan Order has promised to support sexual abuse victims.

NSW Liberals defy foreign policy by supporting Beijing's man

Kirsty Needham, State Political Editor

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

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

Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis

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

Xi Jinping implores Turnbull over rules for Chinese investment

Philip Wen

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

Reality check: Howard had right answer to Hansonism

Tom Switzer
1 hr ago

The furore over Sam Dastyari's bill shows the dangers of foreign interests investing in our politicians.

Sam Dastyari is the canary in the coal mine for donations reform

George Williams

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

Why the Climate Change Authority lacks credibility

COMMENT
David Karoly, Clive Hamilton

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

The Block 2016 - guest bedroom screenshots

'You absolute bogan': guest bedroom boilover on The Block

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

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

Arts. Belvoir 2017 season launch story . Eamon Flack, Toby Schmitz and a couple of other actors/playwrights. Photo by ...

Mark Colvin's kidney scores starring role at Belvoir

Andrew Taylor

Tragedie by Olivier Dubois explores the gap between being human and embracing humanity.

Tragedie review: Conformity leads to dull and disappointing work

Jill Sykes

Mara! the band (from left) Llew Kiek, Mara Kiek, Paul Cutlan, Sandy Evans and Lloyd Swanton.

Mara! review: Still a jewel in Australia's world-music crown

John Shand

"I will be lying there, kind of being slammed by a naked body, thinking, 'I want out of this bed. I want out of this ...

Lena Dunham's learning curve continues

Jenny Noyes
49 mins ago

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

Saudi Arabian women demand independence from men

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

"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

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

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

Tigers to pay Farah $750,000 next year as hooker drinks beer on scoreboard

1 hr ago

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

McEnroe launches scathing critique of Kyrgios

Darren Walton

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

Franks denies he eye-gouged Douglas

Big win: Nico Rosberg celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Grand Prix.

Hamilton's poor start gifts Rosberg Italian Grand Prix

Andrew Tate
33 mins ago

Australian captain David Warner wants to give crowds more entertainment.

Live: Sri Lanka v Australia, fifth ODI

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Special exception: William Hopoate is unavailable for games on Sundays to due to his Mormon faith.

Dogs to lose Hopoate to religious observance for semi-final

Chris Barrett

Josh Mansour crosses the line for the first of the Panthers' six tries.

Panthers secure home final with win over Bulldogs

James Buckley

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

Buzz Rothfield to no longer punt with Hayson after Fairfax expose

Jamie Marcuson

Leapfrog into sixth spot: Peter Wallace celebrates scoring a try with Panthers teammates.

'We'll play anywhere': Panthers host semi

James Buckley

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

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

Raiders secure home final after belting stunned Tigers

Adam Pengilly