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The CareFlight team treats a tradesman who was attacked by three dogs at a property in Kenthurst.

'It was horrific': Tradesman mauled by three dogs

11 mins ago

Lotto

'Tough decisions': Unusually blunt economy warning

1 hr ago

Former prime minister Tony Abbott with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion during a visit to the Torres Strait ...

Abbott jibes Turnbull over 'panic', accuses ABC of bias

52 mins ago

Security forces rush to respond to a Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul ...

Navy SEALs rescue bid missed Australian hostage by hours

35 mins ago

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors' players Marcus Kemp, left, Steven Lakalaka and Makan Kema-Kaleiwahia, right, take advantage of ...

Teen charged over alleged threats outside Sydney Opera House

Josh Dye
1 hr ago

'I was going to kill myself': Kieran Foran.

Bookmaker rejected $30,000 deposit into Foran's account

Chris Barrett

'Hasn't been banked yet': Mystery over $2000 cheque

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls
39 mins ago

Report reveals two costs that stress out households the most

Lucy Cormack

Australia, we have too many days off and it's not doing us any good

COMMENT

Junior rugby league player 'offered $500 bribe to feign injury'

Packer throws financial weight behind Republican movement

Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes.

Apology more stunning than $26m settlement

ANALYSIS
50 mins ago

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What's new in Apple's latest OS updates

Amanda Knox's story is investigated in a new Netflix documentary.

Believe her/suspect her: Netflix doco tackles Amanda Knox

20 mins ago

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Jarryd Hayne of the Titans warms up before the start of the game during the round 24 ...

Jarryd Hayne is in danger of becoming a circus

COMMENT

DO NOT USE Huffpo

What being the first Aussie to study in North Korea taught me

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Obama: Trump's 'wacky ideas'

Record-breaker: Lakeisha Patterson.

Gold and world record for Lakeisha at Paralympics

Is there anything more frustrating than waiting for the internet to load?

Australia's best suburbs for high speed internet access

Wells Fargo to pay $240m for unauthorised accounts

10:10AM

'It was just horrific': Tradesman mauled by three ...

10:07AM

Morris ready for fullback return, says Hasler

9:52AM

"Just an analogy": The managing director of TAFE NSW says it should operate more like a "large supermarket chain".

TAFE should operate like a 'large supermarket chain'

Eryk Bagshaw
1 hr ago

Student went missing from festival after getting up to go to toilet

Don't become China 'propaganda vehicles': warning to universities

Matthew Knott

Supplied image -?Nrityagram Dance Ensemble.

'Worshipped' dancers descend on Sydney

Matt Wade

070508 GRADUATE AFR PIC JOSH ROBENSTONE 0422207839 AFR GENERIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATE MELBOURNE PIC JOSH ROBENSTONE ...

Sydney universities with the most drop-outs revealed

20160620: AFR: Canberra: Canberra Australian Leadership Forum at Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National ...

Winners and losers in the billion-dollar science cash splash

Marcus Strom

NSW Lands Minister Niall Blair concedes management of Crown land needs to be improved.

Some Crown land tenants 10 years behind in the rent, report finds

A new study finds Australia's ''fair share'' of carbon emissions will be exhausted within a few years.

Why one Australian industry must become history

Peter Hannam

Andrew Churchyard was able to continue to practise as a doctor despite facing charges of sexually abusing patients.

Doctor 'molested more than 70 patients'

Susan 'Suze' Kilner

Mother of four killed while cycling with husband in US

VIC

A photo from CCTV clearly shows the group of men around the car after having moved it.

CCTV footage solves Perth's weirdest parking fine dispute

WA

Former prime minister Tony Abbott once reneged on a deal for donations reform, but is now a firm advocate.

Abbott challenges Turnbull on donations reform

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Europe urges Australia to halt free trade talks with Britain

Nick Miller

Australians fought and died here - now the Taliban is back

Xiangmo Huang is a prolific political donor and his $1.8 donation founded the Australia-China Relations Institute.

Don't become 'propaganda vehicles' for China, unis warned

Former prime minister Tony Abbott with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion during a visit to the Torres Strait ...

Abbott jibes Turnbull for 'panic' over royal commission

Fergus Hunter
52 mins ago

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton hands a refugee visa to the Syrian refugee family of Marwan Alkhdah in Jordan earlier ...

One year on, just 3500 of promised 12,000 refugees settled here

Fergus Hunter

Bronwyn Bishop on Sky News with David Speers

Dastyari to join list of great political comebacks?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

IS backs Trump as a president to 'inspire jihad', says Clinton

1 hr ago

The Cable car at Chamonix.

Dozens stuck in Mont Blanc cable car overnight

Hillary Clinton as she appears on the Humans of New York webpage.

'I can be perceived as aloof or cold': Hillary Clinton explains why

Lia Timson

A new report has found "clear evidence" Chinese propaganda has moved offshore from the mainland and become integrated ...

Chinese media a threat to social cohesion

Philip Wen

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New research has revealed the worst place to dine out.

Economics behind dishing out dining advice

Jessica Irvine

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

I'm against ban, but burkini still makes me uncomfortable

Julie Szego

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has quit the opposition front bench

Get a real job: why Sam Dastyari should have followed his own advice

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Gretchen Carlson 'Getting Real' book cover.

Why Fox's apology to former anchor is so stunning

ANALYSIS
50 mins ago

A man uses his mobile phone in front of electronic stock boards at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Ltd.) ...

Markets Live: Soft end to week

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Senator Sam Dastyari as he tried to justify his actions at a 25-minute grilling earlier this week.

Dastyari's lasting damage to our policy on China

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Facebook decides what appears in your News Feed by giving each post a score depending on who posted it and how popular it is.

Don't rely on Facebook for your news, says Facebook exec

37 mins ago

House prices cause Glenn Stevens 'discomfort'

Cotton On aims for $2 billion in sales as it takes on the world

We can't afford for you to relax on your RDO

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Beer sackings spark push for national inquiry into mistreatment

Is there anything more frustrating than waiting for the internet to load?

Australia's best suburbs for high speed internet access

Kirsten Robb

The Knob, Quality Knobs, Pinnacle Knob, Scrubby Knob or Iron Knob – take your pick, Queensland apparently has them all.

Wiggle Belly Beach: Australia's funniest place names

Nicole Frost

The Vaucluse's Keeper's Cottage.

Historic Vaucluse lighthouse cottage hits the market

Lucy Macken

Follow our tips for the kind of building problems you should be keeping an eye out for when buying an apartment.

Five apartment building problems that can cost buyers dearly

Nicole Frost

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

Suburbs that have defied the odds to rise in price

Christina Zhou

Japanese whisky.

Sensational single malt whiskies (that aren't from Scotland)

Smart Sipping
Luke McCarthy
15 mins ago

Will we ever see a production bike weighing in at less than four kilograms?

Riding on air: Just how light can modern road bicycles get?

Handsome Things

Knowledge asymmetry can cause problems when dealing with tradies.

Plumbing, planning and the curse of knowledge

Catherine Robson

Corporate Travel Management chief executive Jamie Pherous started the company more than 20 years ago.

The best Australian CEOs who fly under the radar

Scott Phillips

Franchising seems like a safe bet but that's not always true.

This 'safe bet' in business is anything but

Michael Schaper

Belonging to a faith shouldn't leave you excluded and demeaned at work.

Religious harassment at work: would you intervene?

James Adonis

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Bulldogs triumph over Eagles

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Ryan Lochte suspended

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Raw: Texas school shooting

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iPhone 7: Everything you need to know

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Sept 9

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

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Roadies - complete season 1 now streaming.

NPS

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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NSWGOV

Healthy employees save you money

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LIU

Insurance in a changing market

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Amanda Knox is the subject of a new Netflix documentary.

Should we believe her? Netflix previews Amanda Knox doco

Michael Lallo
20 mins ago

Harrison Feldman as Elliot and Bethany Whitmore as Greta in Rosemary Myers' <i>Girl Asleep</i>.

Is Girl Asleep Australia's Napoleon Dynamite?

Karl Quinn

Katy Perry and Tony Marrero both cried when meeting each other for the first time.

Katy Perry's tears as she meets Orlando shooting victim

Ebony Bowden
51 mins ago

To boldy go: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and appear ...

Star Trek, the sci-fi western with a sexy ensemble cast, turns 50

Michael Idato
52 mins ago

Bruce Springsteen reaches out at Allphones Arena in Sydney on the 2014 tour. Will he return there in 2017?

Is the Boss coming our way? Chisel, Jet tipped to support

Bernard Zuel

Andy Lee has accidentally reinvented himself as a children's book author.

Andy Lee on becoming an instant bestselling kids' author

Linda Morris

Jack Thompson in the 1971 version of <i>Wake in Fright.</i>

Wake in Fright joins TV's new wave of classic reboots

Michael Idato

Tom Hanks in <i>Sully</i>.

Sully movie soars with Hanks and Eastwood at their best

Jake Wilson

The wedding scene from <i>Muriel's Wedding</i> with Bill Hunter, Toni Collette, Belinda Jarrett and Sophie Lee. ...

Not such a terrible idea: STC says I do to Muriel's Wedding musical

Andrew Taylor

Arts Friday. Sophie Hutchings. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 7th Sept 2016.

Quiet, please: Piano holds the keys to Sophie Hutchings emotions

Bernard Zuel

Judith images as promised
Judith Lucy

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What are you doing this weekend? Here's 20 things to see and do

Sex? Yep, there's an app for that.

10 apps to improve your sex life

Bella Ellwood-Clayton

Natalie Portman attends the premiere of 'Planetarium' during the 73rd Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September ...

Natalie Portman soft launches pregnancy on the red carpet

Celeste Barber does Kim Kardashian. Kind of.

The big business of body shaming

Celeste Barber

Elizabeth Gilbert and Rayya Elias.

Eat Pray Love author reveals she is in love with her best friend

Jenny Noyes

Lawyer Amal Clooney, with husband George, was to headline the Women World Changers summit in Australia in October.

Paid $2200 for a VIP ticket? Too bad, as Amal Clooney cancels

Christine Sams

Some models fainted during the Yeezy Season 4 collection by Kanye West on Wednesday at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four ...

Calls to boycott Yeezy after cruel treatment of models

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Being fat and fit is a myth, says new research.

I lost a third of my body weight - and kept it off

Jenna Price

Kim Kardashian wearing summer's ugliest shoe.

Crocs are no longer the world's ugliest shoe

Jenna Clarke

Close up on a man and a woman holding hands at a wooden table

Why having a therapist is my must have accessory

Jo Hartley

Fresh broccoli on aged wooden table

It's not sexy but it will work

Michael Cunico

A front view photo of a male fitness instructor

7 expert tips to kick start your spring training

Neela Shearer

A dish worth sharing: deep-fried prawns.

Attention chilli freaks. David Thompson's Long Chim is hot.

Terry Durack
27 mins ago

How much cold-drip is too much cold-drip?

Australia's strongest coffee is literally not for the faint hearted

Callan Boys

Salmon and sweet potato croquettes.

Friday night fritters: Salmon and sweet potato croquettes

Adam Liaw

The kind passenger who helped a pregnant woman on a flight.

Stranger helps pregnant mum on flight, moves others to tears

Cat Rodie

From left to right, Anna Aronson, Jessica Morse, Erica English, Ellie Uematsu, and Michelle Crispin picture with some of ...

Teens stick notes on 3600 lockers after classmate's suicide

Cat Rodie

Beau Jessup at work on her baby naming website.

Teenager makes small fortune giving Chinese babies English names

Patrick Sawer

Why dropping your phone on a flight could be more dangerous than you might think.

Why Qantas won't let you pick up your phone if you drop it on board

Hazel Plush
1 hr ago

Vietnam Airlines is one of the airlines to operate the impressive Airbus A350 XWB.

Airbus A350 vs the Dreamliner: Which plane is best on a long haul?

Michael Gebicki

Zayed National Museum is one of Abu Dhabi's upcoming attractions.

Abu Dhabi no longer wants to be part of 'the Middle East'

Craig Platt

The iPhone lineup as of next week.

Why iPhone 7 pricing strategy is really weird

COMMENT
Alex Kidman

20160620: AFR: Canberra: Canberra Australian Leadership Forum at Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National ...

Winners and losers in science cash splash

Marcus Strom

ios 10

What's new in Apple's iOS 10, macOS Sierra and watchOS 3

Peter Wells

snorlax

Pokemon GO will be on Apple Watch this year

Kotaku
29 mins ago

Mario run

Super Mario finally coming to mobile

Tim Biggs

2017 Holden Trailblazer. Embargo: 9/9/2016

Holden's newest SUV reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Lexus has revealed its UX concept ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show

Lexus UX Concept hints at city SUV

Andrew MacLean
19 mins ago

2017 Bentley Flying Spur W12 S.

New Flying Spur W12 S revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid.

Porsche unveils new 278km/h Panamera 4 E-Hybrid

Greg Kable
49 mins ago

2017 Hyundai i30.

New Hyundai i30 revealed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mercedes-AMG SLC43.

Benz reveal SLK replacement prices

Dom Tripolone

'I was going to kill myself': Kieran Foran.

Bookmaker rejected $30,000 deposit into Foran's account

Chris Barrett

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Jarryd Hayne of the Titans warms up before the start of the game during the round 24 ...

Premiership winner or punchline? It's time for Hayne to decide

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 08: Jordan Roughead of the Bulldogs is congratulated by team mates after kicking a goal ...

Dogs romp home in upset win

Brad Elborough

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

SANZAAR referees, judicial system under scrutiny

Georgina Robinson

Court date: Jason Taumalolo of the Cowboys.

Cowboy Taumalolo charged with egging cars

UPDATED
Megan Levy

Keen to stay a Panther: Matt Moylan.

Moylan attracting interest from rivals

Michael Chammas

Rejoice: Giants veteran Steve Johnson celebrates after a goal during the clash with the Sydney Swans in June.

The derby defeat set to sting Swans into action

Andrew Wu

Record-breaker: Lakeisha Patterson.

Patterson wins Australia's first gold

Scott Spits
1 hr ago

"Experienced campaigner": Brett Morris.

Morris ready for fullback return, says Hasler

26 mins ago

New Eels CEO: Bernie Gurr.

New Parramatta CEO Gurr sees 'huge upside'

Adrian Proszenko

Josh Reynolds.

Reynolds happy to shoulder some blame

Adrian Proszenko

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