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There is a rumour that the Australian Taxation Office goes to the football at the weekend and checks the number plates ...

There's a real and present danger in IS terror call

ANALYSIS

Senator Sam Dastyari says he made a mistake - 22 times.

Bill Shorten would be kind to put Dastyari out of his misery

Tony Wright

Ho.Sydney.980615.SMH News story by Deborah Jopson. Photograph by Rick Stevens. Helen Sham - Ho ,Member of Legislative ...

Chinese donate 'just to be friendly', says first Chinese MP

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

The man says his Samsung Galaxy Note7 exploded in his hotel room in Perth.

Melbourne man burnt as Samsung phone 'explodes' as he slept

Heather McNeill

Jessica Kumala Wongso who is accused of murdering her friend by poisoning her with cyanide enters the courtroom prior to ...

Alleged cyanide coffee murder case takes another twist

Kitesurfers take advantage of the strong westerly winds on Botany Bay to sail their kites off the shore of Kurnell.

Australian kite surfer killed in shark attack off New Caledonia

Georgina Mitchell
19 mins ago

Most positive sign yet Roughead will play again

EXCLUSIVE
Caroline Wilson

ABC host breaks hip jogging while working from home - and sues

$1000 to London: Price war cuts airfares to record lows

'They're taking the house': 30 homes could go to fix level crossings

Embattled Dastyari fails to answer one key question

Judged by a double standard: Hillary Clinton.

Sick, sinking feeling it's happening again as Clinton gets Gored

COMMENT

Dayane Mello, Matteo Manzini and Giulia Salemi at the Venice Film Festival.

Have we finally hit peak nudity on the red carpet?

COMMENT

Australia's Glenn Maxwell plays a shot against Sri Lanka during their first Twenty20 cricket match in Pallekele, Sri ...

Maxwell tears into Sri Lanka with T20 century

Live

Lushsux's defaced mural of Kanye's Famous on Instagram.

Melbourne artist's Kanye, Kim and Taylor mural gets censored

The Arctic Snow Hotel features glass igloos.

World's best job available, if you like the cold and no sleep

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The Senator Dastyari remix

Castlemaine croissant

What the world's healthiest eaters have in common

Karlie and Will's winning guest bedroom.

Boudoir wow: How to create a beautiful bedroom

Australian man killed in shark attack while ...

12:51AM

China's never ending boom - but are we prepared?

12:17AM

'Tsunami' of patients as Sydney hospital ...

12:01AM

The Melbourne Cricket Ground features in the latest Islamic State call to arms.

'No chance of detecting it until it starts': counter-terror cop warns

Disgraced bishop’s estate to be used to help abuse survivors

Olivia Shying

Shoplifter slashes security guard's face with large knife

The CFA dispute has dogged the Andrews government

Secret report for CFA reveals anti-union ambitions

Early childhood educators earn as little as $20 an hour.

Gender pay strikes to shut childcare centres

Workers at an aged care facility in Melbourne's outer east each won $37,000 after their syndicate bought a winning ...

Aged care workers share in $1.9 million lotto win

There are concerns that the pipe organ at St Paul?s Cathedral will be vibrated out of tune and there will be damage to ...

Shake, rattle and rail threatens historic musical instrument

Still a mystery: All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and his team leave the Intercontinental Hotel after the listening device ...

All Blacks may have bugged players' hotel room: Police

Tom Decent

Danial and Benish Khan with baby Amelia.

'Devastating': Parents of gassed baby speak out

The cage at the centre of the ACT's withdrawal space crisis.

Apology for boy at centre of autism cage scandal

ACT

Police have searched a home on Meath Mews.

Missing woman identified as 'body in suitcase'

WA

Senator Sam Dastyari labours through a 25-minute grilling over the donations furore.

Embattled Dastyari fails to answer one key question

James Massola

Dastyari, former Labor star, talks his way to nowhere

Tony Wright

Ban unions, businesses and there goes 90% of donations

EXCLUSIVE
Fergus Hunter

Labor senator Sam Dastyari says the donation has been declared.

The rules stink! You know it, I know it and most MPs know it too

COMMENT

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten fronts the media in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne on Tuesday.

Shorten stumbles, Brandis blathers and voters turn off

COMMENT

Jack Ma welcomes Malcolm Turnbull to Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China on Tuesday.

PM condemns North Korea, Philippines' leader on way out of G20

Philip Wen

Four Corners reporting of the Don Dale Detention Centre has been brought into question.

Royal commissioner Gooda pledges impartiality

Iced coffee at Olivier Cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Expert questions cyanide poisoning in coffee murder trial

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies

A Kurdish man holds up a picture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Diyarbakir, Turkey, in March 2015.

Dirty little secrets that keep Syrian war going

ANALYSIS
Maher Mughrabi

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte boards his limousine upon arrival in Vientiane, Laos.

Duterte puts ally offside with rough rhetoric

ANALYSIS
Lindsay Murdoch

New 'I love Brazil' installation placed by the government in the centre of Brasilia.

We're open for business, Brazil tells Australia

Lia Timson

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IVF can be a cruel, debilitating and intrusive process physically and mentally.

We shouldn't be using taxpayer funds on IVF for older women

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Senator Cory Bernardi: A lightning rod for a new political conservatism in Australia.

Sarah Gill: It's all about rights – theirs, not yours.

Sarah Gill

Man sitting on couch with dog, using laptop, low angle view

Thoughts on this column? Go online and comment

Margaret Sullivan

John Brumby, chairman of the Australia China Business Council, said a shift from an investment-heavy economy to one ...

China's never ending boom - but are we prepared?

Brian Robins
53 mins ago

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

The end of a marathon innings by the RBA boss

Colin Kruger, CBD

Sliding: Total retail sales growth slipped from 3.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent last financial year.

Retail sales to continue to slow: Deloitte

Patrick Hatch

US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen: Future policy framework will include an 'expanded monetary policy toolkit'.

Negative interest rates hurt investor, consumer confidence

Housing association, government pay $10m for apartments

We are the champions of growth

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Merlin Diamonds investors fume

Sarah Danckert

Galaxy Note7 'explodes' in hotel causing $1800 damage

Heather McNeill

Croydon's Main Street shopping strip.

What's so great about this suburb that's not famous for anything?

Researchers have found 100,000 Australians are enduring poor quality to derelict housing.

Here's the solution to tenants' problems in Australia

Comment

Kitchen trends that are bound to fizzle out.

The current design trends that will date your kitchen the most

Fresh flowers are the perfect way of showing your grown-up hosting abilities.

Ten things guests always notice about your home

Water Hall looks like the perfect home for the party prince.

Is this $6.3 million mansion Prince Harry's new bachelor pad?

McLaren's design secrets.

Design secrets of the world's greatest supercar

Luxury Cars
Mark Gambino

Running off the beaten track in Tasmania.

22 of Australia's best places to run away on holiday

The Long Run
Laura Hill

The high-rise construction boom may have further to run, recent figures suggest.

Expect more cranes: apartment glut to dampen market

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

You don't have to decide immediately which family home to claim the CGT exemption for.

Your guide to capital gains tax on the family home

Noel Whittaker

Vivian Nguyen with her celebration cakes.

Making it work with a day job and a side hustle

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Tamar Krebs, CEO of Group Homes Australia.

The future of aged care is not what you imagine

Alexandra Cain

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Brandis ordered to hand over diaries

Federal Politics

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Bindi Irwin following father's footsteps

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Islamic State's magazine targets Australia

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Cruise ship destroys Italian marina

Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas touches his eyebrows before the paseillo or ritual entrance to the arena before a ...

World of Photos - September 6, 2016

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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

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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Fostering Connections

How foster care makes a difference

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LIU

Insurance in a changing market

Advertiser

Hamish calls James Lord the best bloke in Australia.

Hamish and Andy nominate 'best bloke in Australia' after prank

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

Lady Gaga.

Gaga's new song can't come soon enough as fans take to trickery

Aja Styles

Snezana Markoski and Sam Wood at the launch of Weet-Bix Blends in Sydney. They are ambassadors for the new range.

Why it pays to be on the Bachelor: Fame, fortune, freebies await

Ebony Bowden

Lushsux's defaced mural of Kanye's Famous on Instagram.

Melbourne artist's Kanye, Kim and Taylor mural gets censored

Hannah Francis

Daniel Craig in his first outing as James Bond in <i>Casino Royale</i>.

The price of Bond: Is Daniel Craig worth a $200 million payday?

COMMENT
Michael Idato

Happy to land at number one for the 11th time, Barbra Streisand.

Barbra Streisand beats Britney Spears the old-fashioned way

Bernard Zuel

Anne Lambert as Miranda from the Australian film Picnic At Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock to be 're-imagined' for Foxtel

Michael Idato

Musician Nick Cave and Susie Bick attend the inquest into his son's death at Brighton Coroner's Court in 2015 in ...

'He's in my heart, but he doesn't live at all': Nick Cave shares grief

Stephanie Bunbury

Director and actor Mel Gibson poses as he arrives on the red carpet for "Hacksaw Ridge" at the 73rd annual Venice ...

Could Hacksaw Ridge be Mel Gibson's comeback?

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

The surprise Australian hit of the Venice Film Festival

We Will Rock You production. ?Publicity photos supplied.

We Will Rock You's impressive return - with added twerks

Dayane Mello, Matteo Manzini and Giulia Salemi at the Venice Film Festival.

Have we finally hit peak nudity on the red carpet?

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

Wendi Deng Murdoch at the Met Ball in New York earlier this year.

Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife takes over Burning Man

Jenna Clarke

Rina Roat, in her restaurant-cum-fashion store.

I worked in a sweatshop and know how those $59 jeans are made

Daisy Dumas

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Just when you thought those US gymnasts had done it all...

Mary Ward

Dani Mathers' now infamous SnapChat image.

SnapChat body shaming victim found, and willing to testify

"Returning home brings with it an expectation that everything will be the same, but the people I left behind have moved ...

Why the hardest part of coming home is reverse culture shock

Mihal Greener

Kids don't like moving ... they crave familiarity

My kids hate it but I have moved house 14 times in 28 years

COMMENT
Lowri Turner

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Madonna attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at ...

The most scandalous dresses of all time just got a new entry

A young woman screaming uncontrollably while isolated on a black background

The riskiest emotions for your heart

Sarah Berry

Studio portrait of sexy sporty young man. Muscular man with naked torso and towel on hips

Why men should do pelvic floor exercises

Megan Blandford

Fried roman artichokes on kitchen paper, decorated with slices of lemon, mint leaves and garlic.

Get bitter if you want to feel better

Anthia Koullouros

Dan Hunter, owner-chef at Brae in Birregurra.

The Age Good Food Guide 2017 Chef of the Year finalists announced

Roslyn Grundy

Adam Liaw's ultimate steak sandwich.

Recipe: Adam Liaw's ultimate steak sandwich with soubise sauce

Adam Liaw

The new Stokehouse St Kilda will have a three-stage rollout.

Stokehouse St Kilda on track to open in October

Nola James

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'Whatever the price is, I'll pay for it': the mums 'too posh' to parent

Sadie Nicholas

Robbie Nettles has taken to Facebook to express his anger after his niece's school shamed her over her outfit.

School fat-shames girl, 9, for 'form fitting' clothes

Cat Rodie

Mum pens hilarious letter to husband as she is leaving for a girls weekend away.

Parents told to "beat their kids" after viral Facebook note

Heidi Stevens

The Arctic Snow Hotel features glass igloos.

World's best job available, if you like the cold and no sleep

Annie Dang

Prora, on the island of Ruegen on Germany's Baltic coast.

Giant Nazi holiday resort set for luxury makeover

Hugh Morris

Sensational suspension: Treehotel, Lulea, Sweden.

Move over, IKEA: This hotel has the world's coolest rooms

Craig Platt

The final form of Apple's new iPhone remains a mystery, but not for long.

Can minor iPhone upgrade fix sales slide?

ANALYSIS
Tim Biggs

NBN CEO Bill Morrow.

NBN plans a speed education campaign

Andrew Colley

Worms W.M.D review

Review: Party like it's 1999 in Worms W.M.D

Tim Biggs

The course was developed by Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway and Tina Overton.

Course readies students for life on red planet

Bridie Smith

Image and close up showing the Philae lander wedged in a crack in the Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Lost comet lander Philae has been found

Nick Miller

2016 Ford Mustang by Herrod Performance.

The supercharged Mustang tested

David Morley

Holden ute

How Holden's Ute could have gone global

Toby Hagon

The ultimate Golf GTI reviewed

David McCowen

2016 Suzuki Vitara S Turbo.

What small SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Nissan Kicks.

Nissan mulls CX-3 rival

Stephen Ottley

2017 Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo.

Skoda launches Fabia Monte Carlo

Stephen Ottley

Fan-favourite Roughead is playing active roles around the club.

Best sign yet Roughead will play again

EXCLUSIVE
Caroline Wilson

Lachie Henderson is in a race against time.

Lach and load: wildcard in the mix if Cats go big

Rising Star Award: Callum Mills has had a standout season.

Swan's Rising Star Mills tipped for greatness

Andrew Wu

Anthony Morabito has parted ways with Fremantle

Injury-cursed Anthony Morabito delisted by the Dockers

James Mooney

Josh Gibson, with teammates Shaun Burgoyne (left) and Bradley Hill, says the Hawks' form leading into the finals is ...

Hawks' form leading into finals irrelevant: Gibson

Jon Pierik

Rising Star: Callum Mills.

All hail Callum Mills, 2016 Rising Star

Samantha Lane

Back in the side: Western Bulldogs forward Jake Stringer.

Key four Dogs set to return for

Ronny Lerner

North Melbourne forward Jarrad Waite is set for return.

Key Roos pair bounce back from injury

'Rio is my last wish': Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort.

Belgian Paralympian considering euthanasia

Scott Spits

AB de Villiers is recovering from an elbow injury.

De Villiers back from injury to face Australians

Not holding back: Nick Kyrgios.

Nick Kyrgios takes aim at Roger Rasheed

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