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Julian Leeser delivers his first speech at Parliament House on Wednesday.

'Dad's gone': Stunning speech unites house

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Senator Pauline Hanson delivers her first speech in the Senate.

Senators walk out as Hanson delivers fiery speech

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 27: Jarryd Hayne of the Titans looks dejected after losing the round 25 NRL match between ...

Where was Jesus Jarryd? Is this really who He wants you to hang with?

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Peter FitzSimons

Donald Trump has released minimal information about his own health.

Trump backs away from plan to discuss medical exam with Dr Oz

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This week's roller-coaster has been a long time coming.

The best economic news in years – and markets don’t like it

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Michael Pascoe

The accident scene where Ms Shaylor's handbag was allegedly stolen.

Charges laid after handbag stolen from fatal crash site

'We are here to cut your heads': chilling video from a Sydney home

Half a million houses without power as typhoon lashes Taiwan

The 3426 killed in Duterte's 'war on drugs' are just the start

Lindsay Murdoch

Threat is mindlessness, not Muslims in Hanson's Australia

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Inmate caught allegedly planning to kill prison boss

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Ex-Twitter exec hits out at Howard's gender comment

Will this be the last we see of Asher Keddie's Nina Proudman?

Dear Offspring, if we take you back again here are our conditions

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Deja vu for Sydney's Sirius building: a union Green Ban will halt its demolition.

Union orders ban on Sirius redevelopment

The larger iPhone 7 Plus also features a second camera lens to allow 2x optical zoom.

Apple killed the headphone jack... so how do I charge it in my car?

The impact stress has on fertility (and how to manage it)

The future of storms - more, or just more violent?

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This is what plane food looks like around the world

Contestant Clare Verrall was battling PTSD when she was matched with TV husband Jono Pitman, who had been charged with ...

Married at First Sight star unloads on show during finale

Pauline Hanson's 2016 maiden speech to the ...

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Pauline Hanson's 1996 maiden speech to ...

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Trump scraps plan to discuss his medical exam ...

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"We tell the truth, he tells the lies": Neil Albert Futcher leaves Downing centre court after a hearing on August 30.

'I've been fighting this so long': Former Trinity Grammar teacher guilty

Melanie Kembrey

Warning for motorists: The lane closure that will cause traffic chaos

Double Bay man accused of importing 88kgs of cocaine from US

The NSW economy has been leading the nation, but economists are wondering if it is about to slip back to the pack.

The three things putting the brakes on NSW economy

Matt Wade

Some interest groups say the possible reforms proposed by Ian Callinan don't go far enough.

Emergency services plea to Baird on lockout laws

A crime scene was set up on Links Avenue at Milperra after a woman died and a man was critically injured.

Wife found dead, husband critical after couple missed party

Sydney: 160911: SMH News: Portrait of Tim Heiderich who is a full-fee paying student who has had issues with Sydney Uni ...

Tim quit job to move to Sydney but soon became collateral damage

Flooding close to Burrumbeet Creek, near Ballarat.

Worst September deluge in a century hits Victoria

Cost of childcare to most Aussie families set to rise, industry claims

A car crashed into a train on the Union Road crossing near the Surry Hills train station. 14 September 2016. The Age ...

Horror crash as car crushed by train at level crossing

Federal Minister for Health Sussan Ley has announced faster approval for medicines that have been registered overseas.

How we will get new medicines much faster

Harriet Alexander

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Prime Minister's suite at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.

Defiant PM pledges: 'We will deliver'

James Massola, Michael Gordon

'Being swamped by Muslims': Hanson's fiery maiden speech

Amy Remeikis

By walking out, the Greens gave Hanson what she craves

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Tony Wright

'Dad's gone': MP's speech prompts sound of furious compassion

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Special Minister of State Scott Ryan released the government's referral for the post-mortem on Wednesday.

Election post-mortem widened to include foreign donations

TV networks will be forced to run ads for the yes and no campaigns.

TV, radio networks forced to air yes and no plebiscite ads

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during debate on the Omnibus Bill at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 14 ...

'Big moral issue': PM introduces plebiscite legislation

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a pilot's jacket presented to him during a visit to Air Force headquarters in ...

Frightened French want answers. This man doesn't have them

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Richard Ogier

Is Senator Malcolm Roberts already operating in a closed loop?

Is Roberts the Senate's new Socrates?

Simon Morris

Girls can choose to explore who they are as people in a safe place.

Girls learn better without boys

Louise Robert-Smith

Women in prison are more troubled than troublesome.

Support rather than prison best solution for female inmates

Jean Corston

Kirstine Stewart says old-fashioned views about the role of women must be challenged.

Ex-Twitter exec hits out at sexism in business, politics

More fizz needed to restore Blackmore's $400m wealth loss

Colin Kruger, CBD

Gerry Harvey: the Harvey Norman chain could benefit from JB Hi-Fi's acquisition of The Good Guys.

Harvey Norman could win from 'corporatisation' of Good Guys

Anti-coal seam gas protestors block the front entrance to Parliament House Canberra on Thursday 20 June 2013. Photo: ...

Gas exploration bans will hurt households

Roy Hill admits unlikely to meet 'aggressive' export target

Morphic waits to make move against billionaire's baby

Parliament to grill life insurers on payouts

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Adele Ferguson

The best economic news in years – and markets don’t like it

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Michael Pascoe

Even lazy people have to do their laundry eventually.

20 laundry hacks every lazy person ought to know

Kathleen Lee-Joe

The Block judge Neale Whitaker has put his Surry Hill home of more than a decade on the market.

The Block judge Neale Whitaker lists his Sydney home

Union orders ban on Sirius redevelopment

A bed in this share room for four in a Pyrmont apartment cost $160 a week.

Exploited students crammed into tiny Sydney apartments

The nine worst things about homes in Australia

Elicia Murray

Swimmers, either open water or pool, can now track laps, distance and average pace.

Everything you need to know about the revamped Apple Watch Series 2

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Mark Gambino

St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort is one of the new hotels to watch.

Dream on: Eight hot new luxury hotels to put on your wish list

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Spaceship founders Paul Bennetts, Andrew Sellen, Dave Kuhn and Kaushik Sen have raised $1.6 million from tech heavyweights.

Tech-focused super product called Spaceship to target millennials

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Reduce the hassle of reapplying for the pension

Noel Whittaker

Jada Moxham and Leigh Newlan are unable to save for retirement.

Small businesses may never retire at this rate, study shows

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

The millennial mentor also brings a different take on business and career development.

Would you take career advice from someone much younger?

Tony Featherstone

Snakepits and ladders: the PM's first year

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Olympian data leaked by Russians, claims WADA

A little girl takes a picture of a lion in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Every episode ever of Nurse Jackie now streaming on Stan.

Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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Dear Offspring, if we take you back again here are our conditions

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Larissa Dubecki

Manhandled: Colin Firth, Renee Zellweger and Patrick Dempsey in <i>Bridget Jones's Baby</i>.

Zellweger's Bridget Jones gets no wiser or funnier: Baby review

Jake Wilson

Dev Patel, who nails an Australian accent in the upcoming <i>Lion</i>, is starring in a film about the Mumbai terror ...

Harvey Weinstein gets Oscar boost after Lion screening

Brooks Barnes

Married at First Sight star hijacks finale in Twitter rant

Ebony Bowden

Dakota Johnson gives an impressive performance, but Jamie Dornan has less to work with in <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i>.

Could 50 Shades be getting a little tired of all that sex?

Ebony Bowden

Mel B, Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton are the only three Spice Girls who have committed to a reunion.

So you really, really wanna be a Spice Girl? They're recruiting

Sarah Thomas

The artist formerly known as Chet Faker, now back to being called Nick Murphy, will be one of the headliners at Laneway ...

Laneway Festival's 2017 lineup announced: More variety

Bernard Zuel

Rapper Tupac Shakur, who was murdered in 1996.

Murdered 20 years ago, Tupac is still hip-hop's $100m man

Sarah Thomas

Younger gallery visitors liked pop art by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein.

Like this painting? What your taste in art says about you

Andrew Taylor

Tommy Wiseau (centre) in a still from his film The Room.

'World's worst filmmaker' threatens Sydney festival

Andrew Taylor

Deborah Cheetham as Ella and Jessica Hitchcock as Alice share their final moments in Pecan Summer.

Pecan Summer review: Deborah Cheetham leads strong cast in epic stolen generations story

Peter McCallum

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 12: Actors Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling attend the "La La Land" Premiere during the 2016 Toronto ...

Ryan Gosling reveals secret to his showmance with Emma Stone

"I am sure fewer parents would set out on high-performance parenting if they could foresee how miserable it would make them."

I was a tiger mum - it made us all unhappy

Tanith Carey

Serena Williams and her fashion mentor Anna Wintour at the coach show prior to her Serena Williams Signature Statement ...

Serena Williams launches fashion collection for 'strong women'

Jenna Clarke

"From now on, I'll stop following or breaking The Rules. Instead, I'll do exactly what I want to do."

Breaking all the dating rules was liberating

Abby Green

US gymnast Simone Biles competing at the Rio Olympics.

Biles not ashamed to reveal her ADHD after medical files hacked

Rob Moran

Tara Moss: "Every time we call rape 'sex', we do the public and injustice."

Rape is not 'sex' and survivors don't 'confess'

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Tara Moss

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media, with Homeland Security Advisor, Lisa Monaco and National Security ...

How women in the White House have battled to be heard

Juliet Eilperin

Amy Schumer hospitalised for food poisoning in Paris

Michael Idato

It's a wonderful world: Why are we scared?

Dr Tim Sharp

Someone is trying to pick up a dropped slice of bread with peanut butter and jelly from the floor.

The gross truth behind the 'five second rule'

Ben Guarino

Easy prawn and avocado san choy bao

Zoe Bingley-Pullin

Five dinners you can make-ahead and freeze

Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood

New toaster lets you custom-print your breakfast

Sofia Levin

Food waste is a bigger problem for the environment than most people realise.

Is food wastage really a problem?

Zoe Meunier

Leonardo Sanchez suffocated underneath a beanbag.

Toddler dies after being accidentally suffocated under beanbag

Ariane Beeston

Lifesaving surgery was performed on a Brisbane woman's goldfish.

Goldfish mum spends $500 on surgery to remove a lodged pebble

Ariane Beeston

"I think if we just have one more day, we'll both be happy with that," said Katie Prager.

Real life 'Fault in our Stars' love story takes a heartbreaking turn

Ariane Beeston

Petuna trout served on Virgin in Business.

Why won't airlines tell you what's in your food?

Hugh Morris

11 things you should know before travelling to a Muslim country

Ben Groundwater

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China - East Asia, Shanghai, Business, Tourist, Cityscape

Traveller quiz: How well do you know Asia?

Mal Chenu

Upgrading to Apple's iPhone 7 might offer a good excuse to give your old wheels an audio overhaul.

Death of headphone jack prompts car rethink

Adam Turner

Buddying up with a Pokemon can benefit you both.

Pokemon GO: how the buddy system works

Alex Walker

Riot Games co-founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck.

League of Legends creators celebrate 10 years, 100m players

Tim Biggs

The iPhone 7 Plus, unveiled by Apple on Thursday.

Every change between iPhone 6s and 7

Lifehacker

iOS 10 update fails for some iPhone users

Alex Webb

Ken Block in Gymkhana Nine, which he originally hoped to film in Sydney.

Sydney rejected Ken Block

Stephen Ottley

Subaru has revised its BRZ sports car for 2016.

Subaru BRZ future unclear

Stephen Ottley

Subaru's new Mazda3 rival tested

Stephen Ottley

The finalists competing during the 2016 Nissan GT Academy competition.

Nissan GT Academy Australian finalists announced

Dom Tripolone

2016 Hyundai Tucson 30 Special Edition.
Embargo: 2/9/2016

Hyundai adds Android Auto

Dom Tripolone

Jag's new thrifty petrol engine

Dom Tripolone

Broncos star Roberts banned by NRL judiciary

Tough year: Israel Folau admits he has been below his best for the Wallabies so far this year.

Folau says he is struggling to reach his full Wallabies potential

Tom Decent

Usman Khawaja celebrates making a century during day one of the second Test between Australia and the West Indies at the ...

Khawaja has chosen his mission and it's not overcoming spin woes

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Jarryd Hayne of the Titans during the round 24 NRL match between the Newcastle Knights ...

The highs and lows of Jarryd Hayne

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Peter FitzSimons

Headed for Victory: Former Chelsea superstar Michael Essien.

Victory confirm talks with former Chelsea star Essien

Michael Lynch

Cubelli's cheeky Snapchat jibe to Wallabies

Tom Decent

Door opens for world club rugby competition

Fighting win: Doubles team Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson.

Australia in fighting wheelchair tennis gold win

Scott Spits

Giving thanks: Panthers players huddle after winning the elimination final against the Bulldogs.

Winning on a prayer: the spirit driving Penrith

Michael Chammas

Innocent bystander: Jarryd Hayne said he did not know of Chris Bloomfield's alleged bikie links.

Hayne was warned by NRL about mixing with known criminals

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Kiwi calling: Wests Tigers assistant coach David Kidwell.

Kidwell firming to take over as Kiwis coach

Adrian Proszenko