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Senator Sam Dastyari has stood down as Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs.

On reflection, Dastyari needs a new mirror

COMMENT
Tony Wright

The mouthpiece through which Dastyari reached millions

Philip Wen

David Lister leaves court in May. He admitted to trafficking ice between January 6 and April 3 this year.

Ex-cop who trafficked ice expected to dob in syndicate

Tom Cowie

Boy, 5, dies after falling down stairs at primary school

'Leave it alone morons': Fans react to new AFL X game

Marika Dobbin

Hurstbridge line suspended: Car and train collide in Ivanhoe

Broede Carmody

Call for ban on antibacterials in soap after US move

'A terrible thing to say': Howard on 50/50 gender split in politics

The drugs parents keep giving children despite the warnings

It's 25 years of economic growth, and happy returns

This is why iPhone will lose headphone jack

COMMENT

Senator Sam Dastyari announces his resignation from the opposition frontbench.

Sam Dastyari steps down over donations scandal

Banned Bomber Michael Hurley gave an emotional interview to Channel Nine's Footy Show.

Don't talk to me about 'Danksy', says an emotional Hurley

Tara Brown and sacked producer Stephen Rice on their return to Sydney, after being released from a Lebanese jail.

60 Minutes saga: Rice settles with Nine as fixer tells all to Seven

First elimination final: Clubs gamble on 'fit enough' players

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

The joy in my life would vanish if I lived in Australia

Flight attendant lands Looney Tunes impressions

Brownlow favourite Patrick Dangerfield is sure to feature prominently throughout the finals

Real Footy launches new way to stay on top of finals action

Loch Ness Monster: 'Monster of the glens and lochs'.

Ness is more: Real-life 'Loch Monster' surfaces in Scotland

AirAsia X flight from Sydney to Malaysia ends up ...

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Pilot dead after plane crash in Gippsland

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Too few police blamed for 'disturbing' threefold ...

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Jessica Short supplied Wangaratta with up to $10 million in methamphetamine during 2014.

Protege of Wangaratta 'Ice Queen' has year lopped off jail sentence

Pair accused of keeping a slave in suburban Melbourne for eight years

Tom Cowie

Sledgehammer jewellery store heist terrifies Elsternwick staff

An allegedly stolen BMW used to ram police in Northcote on Monday.

Lack of police blamed for 'disturbing' rise in rammings

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Pilot dead after plane crash in Gippsland

Marika Dobbin
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: John Holland engineers Jess Anderson(L) and Scott Bonnici are seen using tablets at the ...

Labor claims credit as state economy surges

Josh Gordon

Man suffers severe burns at Harold Holt swimming centre sauna

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Cameron Houston and Clay Lucas

'Banshe' was destroyed during bad weather overnight

Sailor rescued from remote island after 10-hour ordeal

Bindi Lee Porth stumbled across the dinosaur print on Cable Beach.

Woman stumbles across dinosaur footprints

Tara Costigan, who was allegedly murdered by Marcus Rappel, in Calwell on Saturday

'Lock your door': Murderer's sister warned victim

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 24: David Koch and Wyatt Roy pose for a picture on August 24, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. ...

Lindt cafe gunman confronted Sunrise host David Koch

Senator Sam Dastyari has stood aside from the Labor frontbench.

Sam Dastyari steps down as donation scandal builds

James Massola

Dastyari had to go, now the rules have to change

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

On reflection, Dastyari needs a new mirror

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Senator Sam Dastyari was energetic during his Tuesday press conference.

A tale of two press conferences

Dastyari donations scandal deepens over new breach claims

EXCLUSIVE

Five big ideas to fix donations (and why they may never happen)

Former prime minister John Howard at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday .

Donations reform would stifle people's political activity, says Howard

A Russian long range bomber flies during an air strike over Aleppo.

Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers, monitors say

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Panel to solve Rohingya Muslims conflict criticised as 'foreign'

Sarah Patel grabbed onto the robber's leg.

Six-year-old girl takes on axe-wielding burglar

Barack Obama speaks at the Lao National Cultural Hall in Vientiane, Laos.

Obama acknowledges scars of America

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The Apple Watch: a rare miss for the company.

Don't expect fireworks from Apple, those days are over

COMMENT
Jon Swartz and Marco della Cava

Target's controversial Batgirl T-shirt has been withdrawn from sale.

Way too much fuss over a simple T-shirt

COMMENT
Georgina Downer

Very interesting, very strange but shouldn't Tromps have some privacy?

COMMENT
Chris Johnston, Tammy Mills

artist impression of the front of St Collins Lane with the Debenhams sign.

Debenhams steps into Australia's designer void

ABC staff have accused management of being "harsh and unreasonable".

ABC staff to vote on first strikes in a decade

Cartoon by John Shakespeare. Sue and Glenn Stevens. 8 September, 2016.

RBA governor plots sweet revenge on the Aussie dollar

Colin Kruger, CBD

PM Malcolm Turnbull speaks at Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou in September, but, according to HSBC, Australian firms ...

Aussie stocks unranked in China winners

Super bonus to 'close gender gap' welcomed

GPT fund selling $300m share of Westfield Woden Plaza

Dick Smith CEO wanted out months before collapse

Offices should open their doors to dogs, study suggests

House prices in Melbourne's Hawthorn and Lilydale grew faster than anticipated.

Melbourne suburbs that have defied the odds to rise in price

Is it worth bringing up your true feelings about those lightshades?

What to do when you absolutely hate your partner's stuff

A history of unexplained lights: Australia's "most haunted home", Monte Cristo.

What it's like to grow up in Australia's 'most haunted' house

The toilet roll holder that's also an iPad stand

Seven gadgets that solve problems you didn't know you had

Kitchen trends that are bound to fizzle out.

The design trends that will date your kitchen the most

The Traditionnelle Chronograph Perpetual Calendar has won over fans for its complexity and innovation.

This elaborate $195,000 watch will probably outlast us all

Watches

Hayden Cox is one of Australia's most innovative entrepreneurs.

Wave of success: the advice that made Hayden Cox millions

Leadership

Chez Tonelli works for a financial company in Parramatta and commutes from the Central Coast.

Savings secrets of commuters who drive 1000km a week

Adam Courtenay

Lower earners need all the help they can get to build their super. Illustration: Karl Hilzinger

Top-up super to low paid held hostage by reform package

John Collett

Restaurants need to change the way they run to cope with new demands.

The downside of the on-demand meal boom

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Kate Carnell, Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman.

Kate Carnell on the new banking inquiry

Kate Carnell

Final US election sprint begins

Steven Seagal in Nomad Games

Runway protest airport mayhem

Australian surfer killed in shark attack

A fan dressed as the devil cheers for riders during the final stage of the Tour of Alberta cycling race, Monday, Sept. ...

World of Photos - September 7, 2016

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

Roadies - complete season 1 now streaming.

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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How foster care makes a difference

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Insurance in a changing market

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One Direction's Zayn Malik working on boy band TV show

Michael Idato

Fox settles sexual harassment case for $20m

Michael Idato

Melbourne musician Darren Hanlon, left, with Eric Isaacson, who owns Mississippi Records in Portland.

From Mississippi with love: folk legends on screen

Lilith comes from the jungles of Borneo.

Lilith review: subversive genius in a pile of pink mud

Anne-Marie Peard

Emily Goddard and Francis Greenslade in <i>You Got Older</i>.

Domestic drama You Got Older is kooky and sweet

Owen Richardson

Women shouldn't suffer in silence - at work or otherwise - when they miscarry.

Why working women keep quiet about miscarriage

Daisy Dumas and Anna Maxted

Oops ... David Jones ambassador Jessica Gomes models wrong label

Melissa Singer

The empty nest can be a time of mixed emotions for women.

How I am teaching my daughter to respond to bullies

Kylie Khouri

MERCURY. NEWS. Opening day of the new Wollongong H & M STORE..Pic by sylvia liber September 1, 2016

I know it's wrong but I can't stop shopping at H&M

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston spent two weeks together in Australia.

RIP Hiddleswift: Taylor and Tom call it quits

Mary Ward

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

Ridiculously good looking: The depressing reality of Bachelorette

SATIRE
Ben Pobjie

"If you go for a walk around the block and, upon your return, you can't remember what you were so steamed about, chances ...

7 questions to ask yourself before you leave that comment

Clem Bastow

Busting the breakfast myth

Benjamen Judd

Young red head woman really wants to eat pink cupcakes

Have we hit peak 'clean eating' neuroses?

Sarah Berry

An athlete is riding a bicycle on road at the evening. The man is wearing black bike shorts and shin guards along with a ...

Life lessons from the Olympics

Dr Tim Sharp

Federico Zanellato's eggplant parmigiana.

SMH Good Food Guide Chef of Year: how to cook Italian food at home

Federico Zanellato

Matt Sinclair's new Brisbane food truck is here. Is it any good?

Callan Boys

Try Rachel Khoo's one-pot wonders for spring

Rachel Khoo

7 tips to help you prepare your home for parenthood

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

Two preschoolers had a narrow escape when they decided to sneak off with parents' car to visit their grandma.

Preschoolers steal and crash car trying to visit grandma

Ariane Beeston

Zach Haumesser delivering his Looney Tunes safety announcement.

Flight attendant's Looney Tunes safety announcement goes viral

Annie Dang

La Sagrada Familia: St Peter's Basilica and Notre Dame might hog most of the attention, but by far the most impressive ...

The 10 religious sites every atheist should see

Ben Groundwater

The Titanic Belfast museum in Northern Ireland.

Better than the Eiffel Tower? Europe's best attraction named

Hazel Plush

Time to say goodbye to the headphone jack ...

This is why iPhone will lose headphone jack

COMMENT
Henry Cooke

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

Foxtel doesn't want to give people a way to only pay for Game of Thrones, but before long HBO will find a way to sell it ...

Why Foxtel needs to drop its bundle to beat Netflix

COMMENT
Adam Turner

In the pipeline: NBN won't be profitable until 2022.

ACCC wants your 'thoughts' on the NBN

Lifehacker

Have a Note7? Here's what you need to know

Chris Jager

New Audi A5 Sportback revealed

Dom Tripolone

Peugeot reveals new seven-seat SUV

Dom Tripolone

What seven-seat SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Holden's Ute could have gone global

Toby Hagon

2016 Ford Mustang by Herrod Performance.

The supercharged Mustang tested

David Morley

Driven: BMW's next-generation 5-Series

Greg Kable

CAS expects Essendon player appeal verdict in November

EXCLUSIVE
Samantha Lane

Josh Kennedy and the Eagles are supremely confident playing at home.

Eagles v Dogs: The key questions

Rohan Connolly

The finals selection gamble: will 'fit enough' be good enough?

Michael Gleeson

The Lions have delayed announcing the panel to decide on a replacement for sacked coach Justin Leppitsch.

Brisbane Lions delay decision on coaching panel

Andrew Stafford

Flashback: Israel Folau in action for the Giants.

Sheedy wants Giants to bring back Folau

Andrew Wu

Sydney Swans defender Alex Johnson running for the first time in almost three years.

Sydney Swans defender Alex Johnson runs first lap in 906 days

Brendan Foster

AFL's secret plan for new version of football

EXCLUSIVE
Larissa Nicholson

Easy as 1, 2, 3: Sam Gibson, flanked by Kangaroos teammates Lindsay Thomas and Ryan Clarke, has played 107 games ...

Gibson has played 107 straight, but it's all about the next game

Greg Baum

Victorious: Melbourne City's all-conquering women's team has the resources to support top-level players.

W-League players eye switch to better-paid AFL

Michael Lynch

On the move: Vixens star Madi Robinson is headed to Collingwood.

Collingwood poach new recruit from rivals

Linda Pearce

Axed: Opener Joe Burns was dropped during the Sri Lanka tour.

Joe Burns hopes to heat up for Test recall

Jon Pierik