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Homes being built in Elderslie, one of the new suburbs surrounding Camden.

Sydney postcodes that are set to burst at the seams

Jacob Saulwick

Troubled NRL star Kieran Foran starts a new job - in retail

Adrian Proszenko

Iranian paracyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, has died after a serious crash during the men's C4-5 road race at the ...

Fatal crash: Paralympian dies while competing in Rio

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A heavy police presence greeted revellers at the Defcon.1 dance festival.

Dozens arrested as police target Sydney dance music festival

Damien Murphy
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Education Minister Adrian Piccoli, Skills Minister John Barilaro (centre) and NSW Premier Mike Baird.

How to get a scholarship in two minutes, at taxpayer expense

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Eryk Bagshaw

SMH News story by, Ava Benny-Morrison. Story: Cold case story on the 1973 murder of Lynette White. Ms White was at home ...

40-year-old bloodstain found in famous Sydney cold case

Ava Benny-Morrison

Major road closures: the streets and suburbs to avoid today

Melanie Kembrey

The satisfaction of school justice, decades later

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Slow internet? Here's how to ditch your ISP

Lucy Cormack

Man who shot Good Samaritan jailed 20 yrs

Gina Rinehart could set up 25,000 start-ups

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Susan Carland and her husband Waleed Aly whom she met when they were both teenagers.

How it feels to swim against tide of exposed flesh: Susan Carland

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: TV personality Karl Stefanovic and his wife Cassandra Thorburn arrive on the red carpet ...

Karl Stefanovic separates from wife of 21 years: reports

Hair-raising interview: Jimmy Fallon has been criticised for his soft interview of Donald Trump.

Jimmy Fallon's Trump hair rub prompts angry response

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The mystery of Sydney's 1000 tagged trees

Jul 5, Sun Herald, The Goss, Jenna Clarke, Cara Delevingne with best friends Kendall Jenner, Taylor Swift, Karlie Kloss ...

When hitting 'unfollow' on social media can send global shockwaves

Swans down Crows to make prelim

Cricket's biggest sledge: Please, he got runs on an absolute road

Cocktails: The final frontier of sugar

Police crackdown at dance music festival

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US admits carrying out airstrike that killed ...

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Sydney Running Festival road closures to cause ...

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The successful bidder, Robert, and his family celebrate after the auction.

Retired couple buy one-bedroom apartment for $1.51 million

Antony Lawes

An artist's impression of a penthouse in The Artisan at Centennial Park.

Suburbs where it's almost impossible to buy a new apartment

Stephen Nicholls

Auctioneer Damian Cooley selling 3 Sardinia Place, Birchgrove.

Property market hits highest clearance rate in more than a year

'We wanted to prove we could do it': Dea Jolly's home renovation

Oh là là: A sophisticated French-style semi in Queens Park

Kate Farrelly

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The training of greyhounds would continue for five years after racing was banned in NSW, under draft recommendations ...

Greyhound transition to take five years

Kirsty Needham, State Political Editor

How a Liberal identity won a $1m contract for graffiti removal

Kirsty Needham

Inside Sydney's most controversial apartment building

Melanie Kembrey

The Sydney Running Festival will cause havoc on Sydney's major roads on Sunday.

Running festival road closures to cause chaos for Sydney drivers

Hillsong United, the youth worship band of Hillsong Church, feature in the new movie.

Rockumentary from most famous band you've never heard of

Nick O'Malley

A motorcyclist has been killed in Sydney's CBD.

Motorcyclist killed after collision with truck in CBD

A crime scene has been established on McFarlane St Merrylands after a man was stabbed in an altercation on Saturday ...

Man stabbed outside cafe on shopping strip

Phoebe Moloney

Close to 80 per cent of people believe health insurance companies put profits before patients, a new poll says.

Crisis looms as more look to ditch private health insurance

Transport Minister Dean Nalder has quit Cabinet.

Liberal party in tatters with Dean Nalder quitting Cabinet

Jill Meagher was a "blameless" victim, grabbed randomly just walking down the street on September 22, 2012.

How police caught Jill Meagher's killer

'Mistaken identity' behind siblings' murder

Malarndirri McCarthy, Ken Wyatt, Linda Burney, Pat Dodson and Jacqui Lambie at Parliament House.

In historic gathering, nation’s Indigenous MPs reject hate

Fergus Hunter

The dark side of Australia's border protection success

Michael Gordon

Conroy quietly exits politics for expected business role

Heath Aston, Fergus Hunter

Stephen Conroy with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in 2015.

Hardman's soft exit could leave Bill Shorten exposed

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Former communications minister, Labor senator Stephen Conroy is believed to be one of the people being raided.

Stephen Conroy: the Right's man of political intrigue

Outgoing Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 Brigadier Kathryn Campbell, CSC, left, with incoming Deputy Commander ...

Women may soon have clean sweep in defence and foreign affairs

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

Julian Leeser: young fogey and constitution lover

At least 80 Syrian soldiers were reported killed in the air strike.

US admits carrying out airstrike linked to dozens of soldier deaths

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The explosion stirred memories of the deadly blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.

Bomb explodes ahead of New York City road race

Residents of Bukit Duri, on the banks of the Ciliwung river are fighting to be able to stay.

Proud slum residents fight eviction from Ciliwung river bank

Jewel Topsfield

Eddie Braun did what Evel Knievel couldn't.

Daredevil powers rocket over US canyon

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 13 September 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

Hanson is, sadly, deeply Australian

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Neil Albert Futcher (left) leaves Downing centre court

The satisfaction of justice, at long last

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Dangerous rhetoric can create victims such as Curtis Cheng (right), who was shot dead by a 15-year-old boy outside NSW ...

Love, compassion must fight message of hate

Alpha Cheng and Mariam Veiszadeh

A copper ore miner in Zambia: Antofagasta sees the glut in the red metal lasting for another two years.

Commodities in 2016: In with a bang, out with a whimper?

The penalty regime in Australia needs to be far harsher

Counting the cost of banks breaking bad

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The dual camera feature on an iPhone 7 Plus is shown during an event to announce new Apple products on Wednesday, Sept. ...

There's a backlash brewing against big tech

COMMENT
Conor Sen

The money men: Guy Debelle and Philip Lowe.

Meet the odd couple who'll be running our central bank

How Gina Rinehart could help create 25,000 start-ups

ANALYSIS

The Apple store line is dying

Is the power of king coal overstated?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Why the house price souffle is rising again

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

You can't got wrong with a Comme des Garcons striped T-shirt.

Weekend style checklist: what to wear when you're off duty

Stitched Up

Canberra’s Bentspoke has become one of the country’s busiest brewpubs.

Twelve great Aussie brewpubs making their own beer on-site

Fine Drinks

Demand from China has sent Bellamy's stock soaring, making it one of the ASX's recent success stories.

There's no such thing as 'smart money'

Scott Phillips

The best way to give property to your children

George Cochrane

This huge trend in start ups continues apace

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Joji Felicitas Pantoja speaks in an inclusive business conference.

The best country in the world for women social entrepreneurs

Fast start gives Wallabies victory over Pumas

Swans overcome Crows to make prelim

Max Verstappen avoids lizard in Singapore

Canberra survive Penrith fightback

Theda Station's Megan and Brandy Jones rely on the plane to deliver their schoolwork, as well as movies and presents ...

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The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

Younger - from the creator of Sex and the City.

The role parents play in nursing sick kids

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Emmys 2016: who's nominated, who should win and why

Michael Idato

Edward Albee in Sydney in 2010, aged 83.

Edward Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? playwright dies

Jacqui Taffel

The teenage cast of Gonzo: (DETAILS OF NAMES TO COME)

Boys and porn, in their own words: the facts of modern life

Kylie Northover

Tim Verlinden said he has no plans rekindle his romance with ex Nikki Gogan now that The Bachelor Richie Strahan has ...

Leah Purcell pulls no punches in her play The Drovers Wife

Elissa Blake

A parliamentary inquiry is examining ICAC inspector David Levine's report on the watchdog's powers.

Sydney Modern dismissed as 'money-making pleasure dome'

Andrew Taylor

Rosie Batty is the new face of Lancome's Australian Love Your Age campaign.

Rosie Batty cast in new domestic violence awareness campaign

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 11: Dascha Polanco attends the Blonds September 2016 New York Fashion Week at Milk Studios on ...

The most revolutionary moments of New York Fashion Week

Is this the end of Aussie fashion's 'blonde-ocracy'?

Andrew Hornery

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Netflix's <i>Stranger Things</i>.

Eleven from Stranger Things is a new style icon

Natalie Reilly

The was a national outcry when Strahan chose Nation.

I wasn't supposed to like The Bachelor. But I did

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

WOODSTOCK, ENGLAND - MAY 31: Alexa Chung attends Christian Dior showcases its spring summer 2017 cruise collection at ...

How to wear sequins in the daytime

Melissa Singer

And the award for worst feminist goes to ...

Andrew Hornery

Miranda Kerr in Harper's Bazaar Australia.

Cleaning up, Malibu Miranda style

Andrew Hornery

Shot of a group of people doing squats in a gym

Understanding the 'cult' of group fitness

Lindy Alexander

Why the Mediterranean diet works

Ellie Krieger

Male Athlete Doing Pull Ups - Chin-Ups In The Gym

How to do the perfect pull-up

Benjamen Judd

Five dinners you can make-ahead and freeze

Sophie Gilliatt and Katherine Westwood

Buttermilk fried chicken with hot sauce.

Buttermilk fried chicken and hot sauce recipe

Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy

Pumpkin pie cheesecake recipe

Adam Liaw

A US fertility doctor is accused of using his own sperm while treating patients.

Fertility doctor used own sperm '50 times' when treating patients

Cat Rodie

Addison Quinn, 16, is in search of a weekend job.

Down syndrome teen's letter asking for a job goes viral

Ariane Beeston

Jonathon Taylor Thomas, Zachery Ty Bryan, and Taran Noah Smith starred in Tim Allen's <i>Home Improvement</i>.

Home Improvement is 25 years old and the boys are all grown up

Ariane Beeston

Himalayan ride 6 - Riding the Friendship Highway, Tibet Must credit?Nomadic Knights ?Iain Crockart

The world's 10 most epic motorcycle rides

David McGonigal

Mantua, View towards Mantua and Lago Inferiore.

Italian city-states where art was used for power and influence

Ute Junker

Welcome to Australia? Customs at Melbourne Airport.

Traveller letters: Melbourne Airport is embarrassingly bad

As Tim Cook hones Apple's smartphone design, what will the next iPhone look like?

Has iPhone's weight loss finally plateaued?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The fundamental nature of lithium batteries means the potential for 'thermal runaway' is always there.

Why your phone is a ticking time bomb

Alex Cranz

Review: Fixing the past to save the present in Dragon Quest VII

Tim Biggs

Latest Pac-Man game breaks the rules

Kotaku

The Galaxy S7 Edge, which debuted in March.

Does S7 Edge have battery problem too?

Jon Swartz

One in a million

Andrew MacLean

Mazda hopes Australian car fans will turn to the Mazda6.

Mazda chasing Aussie car refugees

David McCowen

Driven: Audi A4 allroad

Peter McKay

The car offers a choice of four cylinder petrol or diesel engines.

Volvo's SUV alternative

David McCowen

What little runabout should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Driven: Mercedes-Benz E350d

Andrew MacLean

"I don't need to listen to him": Michael Cheika responds to Sir Graham Henry's critique of the Wallabies.

Cheika says he doesn't care what Sir Graham Henry thinks

Tom Decent

Blake Austin scored the first try of hte match.

Raiders end Panthers' season to reach prelim final

Michael Chammas

Pocock could miss games with suspected broken hand

Tom Decent
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Guardiola's weapons: Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne ran riot against Bournemouth.

City go five points clear at EPL summit, Arsenal thrash Hull

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MSN: Barcelona are back on top of La Liga.

Barcelona cruise, Ricciardo to start second

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Proving a point: Will Genia beats Tomas Cubelli to score.

Genia inspires Wallabies to send big message

Tom Decent

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Lance Franklin of the Swans is tackled during the First AFL Semi Final match between ...

Swans advance after overcoming Crows

James Buckley
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Dogs board grills Foran on off-field woes

Danny Weidler

Late change: The Cowboys handed an NRL debut to Kalyn Ponga on Friday night despite not naming him in the original squad.

League eyes shake-up to beat fixers

Adrian Proszenko

Familiar feeling: Paul Gallen, left, has been on the wrong end of some of Cronulla's most crushing losses.

A history of heartbreak: Sharks' finals woes

Matt Bungard

Foran starts work in retail during NRL hiatus

Adrian Proszenko