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Disappointing results: NSW Premier Mike Baird.

With Clover's win Baird must change his stupid laws

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Jacob Saulwick

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 06: Andrew Fifita of the Sharks fends off Aidan Sezer of the Raiders during the round 22 NRL ...

New details emerge as to why police warned Sharks star

Steve Mascord
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The swimming pool Obeid was building for his grandchildren.

Obeid's $1.6 million mansion renovation turns to dust

The scene of the explosion in Darling Street, Rozelle.

Appeal lodged over conviction for deadly Rozelle explosion

Emma Partridge

How a pair of trousers turned Sara Blakely into a self-made billionaire

'Surrounded by hate': Nine days before death, killers hopped in grave

Disgruntled buyers left in lurch with plots of land but no home

Secondwife.com gaining traction in Australia, founder claims

Minto stabbing victim Wayne Greenhalgh with his wife, Bronwen.

'Somebody is going to die today':Chilling details of alleged terrorist act

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Big return: Sam Kasiano is back from suspension for the Bulldogs.

Panthers gain ascendancy over Bulldogs in must-win final

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Couple overdosing with kid in car was bad. Sharing pic was worse.

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Fingers pointed at touring 'booty' phenomenon Bines

AHMEDABAD, INDIA - MAY 16: BJP leader Narendra Modi gestures to supporters as he sits with his mother Heeraben Modi, ...

'India's gift to the world': Modi's secret weapon of diplomacy

Australian sports broadcaster Norman May dies, aged 88

Mr Wall's Facebook post has gone viral, receiving overwhelming support for his kind action.

Aboriginal man brews a novel response to racist remarks

Morale-booster: Bernard Foley is mobbed after scoring a crucial five-pointer.

At last! Wallabies finally beat someone

Man charged with committing terrorist act and ...

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Referees OK to discuss score during match, says ...

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OPEC focus moves from freeze to output ceilings ...

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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - SEPTEMBER 10: The winning bidders for 127 Annandale Street Annandale on September 10, 2016 in ...

Young family nabs Sydney dream home in tight spring market

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

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

Alyise and Brendan Roberge, Makayla (11) and Fiona Cosgrove, Stuart and Christina Bate and Jean -Camille ...

Two years later, still no home: When house and land disappoints

Transforming a shack into a million-dollar property

While strata law doesn't specifically forbid bullying, there are powers there to curb it.

How to fight back against bullies in apartment blocks

NSW Premier Mike Baird gives the State Of The Region Address at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.

Backlash for Baird in council votes in western Sydney, regional NSW

Jacob Saulwick, Anna Patty and James Massola
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How Deena turned a sewing circle into a start-up

Rachel Browne

Catchment coal mine wants to expand despite 'very significant damage'

Peter Hannam

Clover Moore at Crown Street Public School on election day.

Four Moore years as jubilant Clover celebrates comprehensive win

Jacob Saulwick

Little penguins at Manly Sea Life Sanctuary in Manly.

Sydney penguins' nest 'cleared' by restaurant

Six-hundred persons of interest, one little boy lost

Ava Benny-Morrison

Police console a woman at the scene of the crime on Brisbane Street.

Sydney shooting victim died in front of his fiancee

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 07: Karen and Frank Alpert on September 7, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Robert ...

Americans renounce citizenship to protest tax policy

Julie Power

Dentist Dr Andrew Gikas with the Grenville family, Henry in the chair.

Dentists in last-ditch bid to save child subsidy scheme from PM's cuts

Adam Gartrell

WorkSafe is looking at introducing a cut-off date for asbestos checks.

Dirty tactics damaging injured workers

A woman is suing Movie World after falling off a flower bed at the popular theme park.

Woman sues Movie World after falling off flower bed

Former prime minister John Howard gave a rather underwhelming response to a question about the under-representation of ...

Howard calls for Turnbull to water down Racial Discrimination Act

What has Turnbull achieved in his first year in power?

Adam Gartrell

Donations, Dastyari and Chinese soft power

Joyce blames Baird's greyhound ban for local election results

Is Malcolm Turnbull turning into Malcolm Fraser, extolling free trade abroad, but practising protectionist policies at home?

'So far, so good': Malcolm Turnbull reviews his first year as PM

Adam Gartrell

Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash says she would like to 'level the playing field' over political donations.

Momentum builds for donation reform

James Massola

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

PM, Joyce at odds over 'troubling' $7.2 billion tax proposal

A jubilant American sailor clutching a white-uniformed nurse in a back-bending, passionate kiss as he vents his joy ...

Woman in WWII Times Square kiss photo dies

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton .

Clinton apologises for 'deplorables', doubles down against racists

Jennifer Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli

In this file photo from a June attack, civil defense workers and Syrian citizens rescue people after airstrikes hit a ...

Jets strike Syrian city of Idlib, killing 25

Would-be Ronald Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. freed after 35 years

Shawn Boburg and Moriah Balingit

Supporters of Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore cheer her entrance on Saturday.

Moore triumphs despite shameful attempt to rig election

Tim Dick

Peter FitzSimons photographed at Fairfax Studio, ODI on March 13, 2012. SHD photo by Marco Del Grande

Republicans moving, but not marching ... yet

Peter FitzSimons

Why John Howard is wrong. Very wrong

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Annabel Crabb

Dick Smith's strategy and accounting have come under the forensic microscope.

Who built Dick Smith's House of Cards?

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Elizabeth Knight

A Masters' fire sale looks set to dent trade at other hardware stores nationwide.

Under the hammer: Is the DIY industry screwed for spring?

Two more Queensland coal miners have been diagnosed with black lung this week.

Coal rises from grave to become one of hottest commodities

The detailed annual study from one of the world's biggest banks argued that all the conditions underlying the previous ...

Deutsche sees world economy reversing for next 35 years

No stimulus, no peace as US stocks end two-month snooze with plunge

The economic numbers game - it's not as bad as you think

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Ross Gittins

Cashing in on the TitanTrade boiler room

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Horror at 7-Eleven: no compensation, no goodwill

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Adele Ferguson

The Audi R8 V10 Spyder has a top speed of 318 km/h in the open air and is priced at close to $400,000.

Hot rods: New luxury cars we can't wait to drive in 2017

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Peter McKay

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

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Luke McCarthy

Marie Najjar is very happy with painters from Maikhael Painting who were recommended to her.

Renovation boom means a shortage of good tradies

John Collett

The family home is protected in public policy settings.

The truth about home ownership and the age pension

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

Man charged with committing terrorist act in Minto

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Clover Moore claims another election victory

Sharks edge Raiders in thriller

Committed Wallabies down Springboks

Senator Sam Dastyari leaves his home in Russell Lea, Sydney on Wednesday morning.

Fairfax photos of the week - September 8, 2016

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

Power - From Executive Producer Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson.

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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American journalist and author Lionel Shriver.

US author's Brisbane Writers speech prompts walk-out

Nathanael Cooper

Actor/director Ewan McGregor reveals nerves over American Pastoral film ay the Toronto International Film Festival.

Ewan McGregor admits to nerves in debut as director

Matt Scuffham

<i>Q&A</i> host Tony Jones. The top concern for TV Tonight viewers is ensuring ABC and SBS remain independent of ...

Aussie TV viewers' biggest gripes revealed

Michael Lallo

Flight Facilities filled the Domain with beats, an orchestra and a few lessons

Flight Facilities gig is a lesson to Sydney's lockout laws

Bernard Zuel

Filipino film maker Lav Diaz holds the Golden Lion award for his movie Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) during ...

Venice top prize delivers blow to capital-C cinema

Stephanie Bunbury

Margaret Cho: offending people "the right thing to do"

Kylie Northover

A Broad Shield, Lower Murray River, South Australia, 19th Century. Carved and engraved wood (inner bark of the gumtree), ...

Aboriginal artefacts in Sotheby's auction prompts questions

Debbie Cuthbertson

Kevin Parker has co-produced a new Lady Gaga single.

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker lends a hand to Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Mikael Wood

Robert Collins (left) teams up with Cleverman colleague Josh McConville for <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>.

Rob Collins and Josh McConville: From Cleverman to the Bard

Elissa Blake

Kate Miller-Heidke is co-writing the music for <i>Muriel's Wedding the Musical</i>.

Hopes to make Muriel's Wedding a musical beyond Aussie shores

Andrew Taylor

Catherine Wait, aka Missy, in Love, Loss and Lattes.

Roll up! Circus goes from zombies to coffee and hula hoops

Elissa Blake

Elle Ferguson and Tash Sefton: the Australian Trinny and Susannah.

Are these Aussie bloggers the new Trinny and Susannah?

Jenna Clarke

Juliette Binoche has a message for Europe about Muslim women

Marton Dunai

-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 2016. -- Humberto Leon and ...

Opening Ceremony: The designers bringing politics to the runway

Guy Trebay
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Reshma Quereshi preparing for her appearance at NYFW.

Acid attack survivor redefines beauty at NYFW

Patricia Reaney

***EMBARGOED FOR SL, FIRST PERSON PIECE - SEPT 11/16*** Why I secretly love my house of hormones (supplied image, no ...

The 'hormonal hell' of being a menopausal mum of teens

Annabel Abbs

"The long and the short of it is that we've decided to regularly stay over at each other's houses, so we can both spend ...

Meshel Laurie: Why I rarely find celebrities memorable

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London-based Australian model, Rosie Nelson.

Aussie model's #nosizefitsall fashion campaign

Daisy Dumas

The Age, News/Online. Melissa Singer story on Black Tie Melbourne. The people who service Melbournes A list. David ...

Another world: Meet the (real) life-hackers of the super-rich

Melissa Singer

Why men neglect their mental health

Sarah Berry

A front view photo of a male fitness instructor

7 expert tips to kick start your spring training

Neela Shearer

Science still can't agree on the whole gluten-free thing

Benjamen Judd

Weekly meal planner: early spring recipes

Cauliflower gratin recipe. It's almost Paleo. Almost.

Neil Perry

Consumers have demanded the return of the original flavour since it was removed.

Arnotts snack backtrack: Pizza Shapes return to orignal

David Allan-Petale

Is it acceptable to request people only give your baby handmade gifts?

Request for handmade christening gifts branded 'ungrateful'

Cat Rodie

Lisa Gash and her daughter Bethany, and the recently rediscovered letter.

Dying mum's heartbreaking letter found 15 years later

Adam Boult

The wedding gift that sat unopened for nine years.

Why this couple waited nine years to open one of their wedding gifts

Ariane Beeston

Deer Cave, which is home to a colony of wrinkled-lipped bats when they're not out feeding.

The extraordinary corner of Southeast Asia tourists forgot

Anthony Dennis

Bird's eye: Poolside paradise on the Celebrity Solstice.

With 2850 party people on board the ship named Australia's best

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Julietta Jameson

Male Aussie tourists dress much worse than women

Sony's new PlayStation 4 Pro plays the same games as the regular PS4, but will make many of them look better.

What the PlayStation 4 Pro is all about

Tim Biggs

William Shatner, left, DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy on the set of the TV series <i>Star Trek</i>, which has clocked ...

Fan clubs bear the brunt of modern technology

Adam Turner

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

Peter Wells

Pokemon GO will be on Apple Watch this year

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3SIXT's digital lightning buds plug into an iPhone's Lightning port, but they don't sound too flash.

My first experience with Lightning buds sucked

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Adam Turner

Mid-size luxury comparison test: Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Lexus IS, BMW 3-Series, Jaguar XE

Where does your car come from?

David McCowen

Road test: Jaguar F-Pace 20d R-Sport

Stephen Ottley

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

New Flying Spur W12 S revealed

Dom Tripolone

Porsche unveils 278km/h hybrid

Greg Kable

Panthers and Bulldogs fight for survival

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Matt Bungard

Powerhouse performance: Sharks prop Andrew Fifita.

New details emerge of Fifita's police warning

Steve Mascord
40 mins ago

Shining bright: Will Genia starred for the Wallabies against South Africa.

Wallabies like golfer with the yips - par against Boks is good enough

Paul Cully

Renowned commentator Norman May dies, aged 88

Michael Gleeson
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Second no more: Stan Wawrinka is stepping out of the shadow of countryman Roger Federer.

Wawrinka will be big challenge for Djokovic

Lisa Dillman

Michael Cheika says Cooper-Foley combo will flourish

Phil Lutton

Unimpressed: Jose Mourinho was fuming after Manchester United's first half performance against City.

Mourinho lashes players after derby loss to City

Foran fears taskforce will stop return

Danny Weidler

Sight lines: The Gold Coast Titans were incensed by a string of refereeing decisions in Friday night’s elimination ...

It's time to hit pause on video refereeing

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Phil Gould

Dale Finucane was injured against the Cowboys.

Storm confident injuries will be right for prelim

Roy Ward

Disc problems: Sharks' skipper Paul Gallen

Flanagan delighted with extra week

Michael Chammas