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An Airbus A320, similar to the plane pictured, diverted to Brisbane after its engine was switched off.

Plane left flying on one engine in flight from Sydney

Georgina Mitchell
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten confirms the Mediscare text campaign began in Labor's Brisbane Headquarters as he visits ...

Mediscare claims new victim as 'complete lie' attack backfires

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Fears of asbestos outbreak near Sydney primary school

Those who sat in on the 12-week trial have described it as the worst case of child abuse they have heard.

Daughter's powerful witness to parents 'putrid acts of torture'

Nick Ralston

New Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe wants major investment by government in infrastructure.

New RBA chief lashes out at 'disappointing' bankers' bonus culture

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Radhika and Pankaj Oswal and their children leaving court last month.

Why ANZ blinked first in six-year battle with Indian billionaires

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'Unelectable': Nationals MP sends a warning to Baird government

Sean Nicholls

Cartel behaviour: Australian surgeons accused

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Uber, Airbnb customer reviews face legitimacy probe

Georgia Wilkins

If Super Rugby walks the disgraceful path of the EPL, count me out

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Paul Cully

Suitcases of cash: Chinese travel figures show money exodus

Stanley Forward was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years' jail.

'Mind if it's messy?' one killer said to another. The answer was no

"Harold Park can now become an example of ... how to do sustainable development": Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore.

Clover Moore's vision of 'how to do density' becomes reality

We can't all be Cameron Smith: Ennis takes aim at critics

'It's spiralling': Marion Cotillard responds to Brad Pitt affair claims

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One person shot as Charlotte protests erupt

This nighttime view of northern Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula was captured by the Expedition 49 crew aboard the ...

Four photos that remind us we're far too blase about Earth

Experts say being overweight or obese is not a hopeless situation.

'A good news story': don't blame your genes for your weight

Jetstar flight shuts off engine after smoke fills ...

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RBA chief hits out at bankers' bonus culture

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Stubbornly uninformed Trump confuses domestic ...

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Rowers in the dying days of daylight savings.

Daylight saving plan a 'thought bubble gone too far'

James Robertson

NSW Liberals forced to forgo almost $600k over unlawful donations

Sean Nicholls

Sydney's new recipe for 'how to do density'

Lucy Cormack

NSW Premier Mike Baird is facing a media campaign against his greyhound industry ban

Baird in high-stakes battle against an axis of anger

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Video links are becoming much more common in court rooms.

Boy, 12, denies rape of girl, 6, at Sydney school, court told

Top Sydney university drops in prestigious global rankings race

It is believed the girl was targeted at random.

Man charged with sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl

A skydiver is being treated for back pain.

Underworld figure shot in head, drives himself to Hospital

Richard Thorburn in police custody, before his collapse.

Tia's foster dad, her alleged killer, out of coma

A taxi driver has disarmed a man who threatened him with a hammer.

'Haunted': Woman became pregnant when raped on first date

Major Geoff Freind pictured with his wife Lyn.

Australian Salvation Army Major dead after being bashed in Africa

Detail from the Children's Future leaflets that feature anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

Has Attorney-General George Brandis misled parliament?

Help me out, run up more debt, says RBA boss

Malcolm Turnbull with then prime minister Kevin Rudd in March 2010.

Turnbull slams Rudd: 'Biggest policy failure' in Australian history

Mark Kenny

School children walk by as heavily armed members of a police anti-gang force search men in El Salvador.

The 'triangle of death' Australian-bound refugees are fleeing

Acid attack survivors participate in a candlelit vigil protesting violence against women.

Dating the 'wrong man' can mean death in India

Amrit Dhillon

China sentences Ai Weiwei's lawyer

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari meets United Nations General Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at U.N. headquarters.

Nigeria ready to negotiate kidnapped schoolgirls' release

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Stubbornly uninformed Trump is confused

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Paul McGeough

Feeling the squeeze: Australian households have the highest debts in the world, new figures show.

How can Aussie households get away with the biggest debts in the world?

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

"Gross inequalities": federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham.

The real story of how Gonski was corrupted

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Yusra Metwally is a policy advisor, community advocate and lawyer.

Ouch, that poll hurt but it doesn't tell the whole story

COMMENT
Yusra Metwally

Harvard University benefits from substantial donations from private donors.

Australia's rich and powerful need to back universities

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

The ACCC is investigating customer reviews for platforms such as Uber.

Uber, Airbnb customer reviews probed

Philip Lowe handled the politicians with ease.

Philip Lowe makes a good first impression

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Peter Martin

Things aren't getting easier for the big four

Colin Kruger, CBD

Telstra launches LANES, a secret mobile network

Coming soon: Instant transfers, phone numbers to replace BSBs

Peter Alexander to grow abroad post pyjamas peak

Help me out, run up more debt, RBA boss asks government

MP John Alexander out in Eastwood talking with local residents.

MP involved in housing inquiry set for tidy windfall on family home

Lucy Macken

Cheap, and not-so-cheap Queensland islands for sale

Jason Quelch

Finding a home under $750,000 that's still close to a city CBD isn't entirely out of the question.

Bargain homes you can buy for under $750,000 in the city

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie represent one of the last 'Old Hollywood' couples.

How will Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split up all their houses?

An artist's impression of AutoHouse, a luxury apartment complex just for cars.

Prestige apartment just for your car on sale for $2 million

Irreconcilable differences: we should go easy on both those in and out of the public eye who meet this common fate.

The first thing you hear when you announce your divorce

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Tech-savvy fashion start-ups are changing the ways goods are ordered, made and sold.

Your next pair of shoes could come from a 3-D printer

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Howard and Gillian Tuxworth, with their children Harry and Molly, at the Collingwood home the Victorian government ...

What you can do if you're facing compulsory acquisition

Christine Long

If it's true love, like Wesley and Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride, you might want to consider putting assets ...

The Money guide to shacking up with your partner

Melissa Browne

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How workers cope with shattered office morale

Tony Featherstone

David Poxon's start-up company, Velvet, allows people to sell their unused internet data to others nearby via Wi-Fi.

Aussie entrepreneur's plan to sell unused data

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Economy exceeding expectations

Economy

Malcolm Roberts said what about Waleed Aly?

Migrant crisis: Boat capsizes off Egypt's coast

Hayne scandal bikie arrested

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

You've got mail - meet the flying postie

Catch up on Transparent ahead of Season 3 on 24th September.

Season 3 of cult classic Adventure Time now streaming

Exposing the history of lingerie

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Directors facing more personal liabilities

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Cate Blanchett in a still from RED, 2016, a high resolution digital video, by Del Kathryn Barton.

Cate Blanchett plays a poisonous, man-eating spider in new role

Andrew Taylor

'The weak get weeded out': Carlos explains Darwin's theory of evolution in the season debut of <i>The Bachelorette</i>.

Bachelorette hopeful brings the bling - then gets dumped

Michael Lallo

John Olsen is still going strong at 88 years old.

Review: John Olsen's art is shallow and cliched

Robert Nelson

Hell no he won't go. Angus Young the only remaining original member of AC/DC shouldn't quit because we want him to.

Could AC/DC become the Wiggles of rock 'n' roll?

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Bernard Zuel

Netflix original series House of Cards attracted subscribers when Netflix launched in Australia in early 2015.

Netflix 'Binge-o-meter' can tell when viewers are hooked

Ebony Bowden

Adele is also in the top 10 first dance tunes with <i>Make You Feel My Love</i>.

Just what Brangelina need: Two hours of Adele misery

Bernard Zuel

Robert Downey Jr lead the cast of The Avengers in the new ad.

'Avengers' call out 'racist, abusive coward' Trump

Libby Hill

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden in the film Snowden.

Hero or traitor? How Snowden has changed US politics

Paul Byrnes

Leah Purcell as the heavily pregnant Molly in <i>The Drover's Wife</i>.

The Drover's Wife review: Purcell stands tall in gripping drama

Jason Blake

Nigel Helyer and John Drummond's Heavy Metal turns a painting by Arthur Boyd into a musical instrument.

What does an Arthur Boyd painting sound like?

Andrew Taylor

Former prime minister Gough Whitlam and Director of the Australian National Gallery James Mollison in front of Blue ...

Australia's most controversial investment goes on display

Latika Bourke

'I wonder why he felt the need to self medicate?': Chelsea Handler.

Chelsea Handler lets loose on Brangelina

Amy Croffey

Hopes of an amicable divorce between Pitt and Jolie is in doubt.

Amicable divorce for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in doubt

Amy Croffey

Iranian women defy cycling fatwa: 'We're not giving up'

Daisy Dumas

Kate Symons, showing the enhancing effects of Snapchat's butterfly halo

The ugly side of Snapchat's 'pretty' filter

Kate Symons

"We always said 'I love you'. But we would also say, 'I like you'. That second part was just as important."

It's not enough to love your spouse, you have to like them

Melissa Gould

I envy those who come into Islam from the outside, like Susan Carland

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Ruby Hamad

Four reasons why Brangelina's split is not a surprise

Lisa Bonos

The Mirror Cube at Treehotel in Harads, Sweden.

Five deluxe treehouses for grown-ups

Mitchell Parker Houzz

Loneliness: Some people are more inclined to feel it.

Why we are predisposed to loneliness

Sarah Berry

Is omega-3 the holy grail of health?

Benjamen Judd

Getting a late start at long-distance running

Mike Plunkett

Roast salmon with macadamia and rocket pesto.

Healthy dinner: Roast salmon with macadamia pesto

Adam Liaw

Expect cocktails and cool interiors at Kittyhawk.

The CBD is back! Sydney city is the hottest new spot to eat or drink

Bonnie Sutherland

The signature dumplings at The Dandylion.

Fine and dandy vegetarian fare at the Dandylion

Lee Tran Lam

Researchers say intelligence genes come from a child's mother.

Proof that children really do inherit intelligence from their mothers

Mara Wilson, as a child actor and as she is now.

Where Matilda's Mara Wilson is now - in her own words

Amy Kaufman

Feisty fifth-grader shuts down boy who can't keep his hands to himself

Cat Rodie

Flight test: Singapore Airlines launches new Australian route

Julietta Jameson

Empty seats: Do airlines cancel a flight at the very last minute if too few passengers show up?

What's the real reason why airlines fly half-empty planes?

Michael Gebicki

The amazing destination no one cares about

Ben Groundwater

Carers trying out EDIE, a free Cardboard VR free App, at the Alzheimer's Australia launch event in Melbourne. The App ...

See through eyes of a person with dementia

Tim Biggs

One-click system could change web transactions

Andrew Colley

Breathtaking photos from space remind us of our common home

Marcus Strom

Four three-pronged structures off the coast of Itu Aba, as seen on Google Earth.

Taiwan wants Google to blur new facilities

China's Tiangong-1 is heading back to Earth.

Space station to hit Earth in 2017

Ben Guarino

Volkswagen has a lot riding on the new Tiguan.

Driven: New Volkswagen Tiguan

David McCowen

Audi confirms Q2 details for Australia

Andrew MacLean

Bentley reveals first diesel

Andrew MacLean

Apple is reportedly in talks for a stake in British supercar maker McLaren.

Will Apple buy McLaren?

The Ford Ranger will get a performance upgrade from the new Tickford operation.

Tickford returns to build fast Fords

Stephen Ottley

Short Haul: Holden Colorado Space Cab LTZ

Mark Short

Foran signs one-year deal with the NZ Warriors

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Out: Jarrad McVeigh will miss the clash due to injury.

Swans pick injured stars but McVeigh misses out

Andrew Wu

Exhibit A: Who in their right mind would trust SANZAAR to manage future expansion any more effectively than the ...

Why I'm falling out of love with Super Rugby

COMMENT
Paul Cully

Greg Bird has found himself in trouble yet again.

One weekend, two 'incidents'

Adrian Proszenko

Set for a recuperation period: Tatafu Polota-Nau.

Wallabies give Polota-Nau time to heal ahead of move offshore

Georgina Robinson

Ennis: We can't all be Cameron Smith

Andrew Webster

Set of Six: Where Sharks v Cowboys will be won and lost

Adam Pengilly

Of the AFL preliminary finalists, the Giants have the smallest membership base.

Give leftover GWS tickets to rival members: fans

Ronny Lerner

Ennis: We can't all be Cameron Smith

Andrew Webster

Speaking sense: Blues coach Laurie Daley.

A small step in the right direction

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Steve Mascord