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Peter Dutton says Australia is in "discussions" in a bid to resettle people found to be refugees.

Dutton's $8 million spend on army of spin doctors

I hereby swear ... but we're not allowed to in this forum.

Religions should lose their tax-exempt status

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Garry Linnell

A Chinese fishing boat catches fires during an inspection by the South Korean Mokpo Coast Guard in the water off Hong ...

Chinese fishermen die after clash with South Korean coast guard

A Bulldogs fan had a heart attack as the final siren sounded.

Close game gives Bulldogs fan a heart attack - literally

Neelima Choahan

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Ali Dandan and his wife Rianne after the auction of 97 North Road, Ryde, on October 1, ...

'Testosterone Tony' destroys young couple's dreams in Ryde

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Cronulla Sharks Captain Paul Gallen during a training session on September 27, 2016 in ...

Sharks would have to get things terribly wrong to lose

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Phil Gould

Trump defends his 3am tirade, says he's not insomniac

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It's game on in Forest Lodge as terrace sells for $229,000 over reserve

Farmers swamped after 35,000 mega litres released from dam

NSW plan to keep the lights on following SA blackout

Sydney driver's lucky escape as branch pierces windscreen

Bathtubs full of tusks: Australia's ivory trade

Lucy Cormack
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Actor Alexander Siddig played Prince Doran Martell in season five of <i>Game of Thrones</i>.

It's a fine whine indeed as stars throw themselves a pity party

The Age, News, 30/09/2016, photo by Justin McManus. AFL Grand Final Parade. Western Bulldogs and Sydney Swans. Dejected ...

Too many Swans stars go missing on the biggest stage

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Clarke, Mornings hosts David Campbell and Sonia Kruger will be reunited on air ...

Cosmo distances itself from nominee Sonia Kruger

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If our interest in success is legitimate, so too is our close and, yes, prurient scrutiny of failure and the mechanics ...

Temporary deal reached in Brangelina divorce settlement

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte likens himself to Hitler

"It's time we start recognising the paternal baby-name tradition for what it really is: just another way to perpetuate ...

Benefits of including childless adults in your parenting village

Gary Ogden claimed $63,294 in work-related expenses on a declared salary of $209,048 in 2011.

Scored a bonus? Most of it might be down to luck, not your skill

'Bathtubs full of four-foot tusks:' Australia's ...

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Turnbull MP Stuart Robert's close ties to ...

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World's deepest water cave found in Czech Republic

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The talk of $1.5 million price guides for one-bedroom units and $3.5 million for two-bedders at Opera Residences won't ...

Sydney's next Barangaroo is already in the works

Stephen Nicholls

Prestige agents Sydney Sotheby's have invested in a new larger Rolls Royce to take buyers on a property tour.

Sydney agents pull out all the stops to lure Chinese buyers

Jen Melocco and Philip Wen

Australia's first flat-packed, off-grid tiny home is affordable and rethinks the way people live.

'IKEA on steroids': Australia's first flat-packed, off-grid home

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 01: Auctioneer Mark Roberts during the auction of 97 North Road, Ryde, on October 1, 2016 in ...

Auction results: Footy fever fails to deter eager buyers

Architect Matthew Bird's Toorak apartment

Amazing design: inside an architect's extreme apartment

Jenny Brown

Revealed: Sydney metro's property acquisition cost

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Sean Nicholls

The inside story of how the pokie industry seeks political influence

Flood evacuation order issued for low lying areas of Condobolin

Convicted killer caught out in high security jail by 'stealth' staff

Farewelled: Carly McBride's mother Lorraine Williams (right) hugs a mourner following the funeral of her slain daughter.

Carly farewelled two years after she was first reported missing

Victim: Hairdresser Nasrin Abek was allegedly murdered by her husband in their Potts Point unit.

Nasrin was 'stalked by increasingly angry husband' before death

Emma Partridge

Year 9 students from next year will have to get a mark of Band 8 or above in their NAPLAN tests to get their HSC in year 12.

'It labels them as failures': fears over HSC reforms

Kelsey Munro

In the pipeline: NBN won't be profitable until 2022.

The NBN fee telcos say is holding back super-fast internet speeds

Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton.

Police on 'journey of cultural change' to stamp out sexism

Big swells could prove fatal to unwary fishers.

Thousands without power as widespread storm hits Perth

A rescue helicopter crew was called to retrieve a woman in her 40s who slipped at Mt Glorious.

Woman airlifted from mountain after falling five metres

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he is introduced by boxing promoter Don King.

Black votes matter: Trump's efforts to woo African Americans

Paul McGeough

"This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs," Hillary Clinton said of her opponent Donald Trump in the ...

Women problem so bad he is breaking up relationships

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Anne Summers

Donald Trump in Florida earlier this year.

Donald Trump broke Cuban embargo, report says

Education is a major life spend, says John Velegrinis, CEO of Australian Scholarships Group.

Wealthy private schools over-funded by hundreds of millions

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Matthew Knott and Fergus Hunter

Shape-shifters at 50 paces as pollies punt on footy finals

Malcolm Turnbull and Daniel Andrews are in a new war of words over renewables.

A lack of leadership is to blame for Australia's malaise

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<i>Making Headlines</i> book launch, NSW state parliament.

Former editor launches book, and Malcolm feels the love

EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND - OCT 1/16 ISSUE. The Lost Ones - buy in story from?New York Times Magazine. Yasuo Takamatsu ...

'Trying to find my wife in the sea': life after Japan's 2011 tsunami

A man checks out a garment left at the Wall of Kindness in Bhilwara, India.

Against tradition and scepticism, India's Wall of Kindness flourishes

Seven-month-old Luhandra Vitoria, who was born with microcephaly, sits with her sister Jasminy in Recife, Brazil, where ...

Thailand confirms first Zika microcephaly cases in Southeast Asia

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, is escorted to a waiting helicopter after his arrest.

'El Chapo' sons likely behind deadly ambush in Mexico

Labor loses a leader who outlasted many

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Peter Hartcher

The Cash clan live a life of isolation in the Oregon wilderness away from what patriach Ben (Viggo Mortensen), sees as a ...

Welcome to peak crazy, where truth is elusive

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Elizabeth Farrelly

Religions should lose their tax-exempt status

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Garry Linnell

Among the largest 100 companies, on average their top executives are getting only one third of their pay packet from ...

When bosses get big bonuses for simply doing their job

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Elizabeth Knight

Customers enter a Deutsche Bank branch in Boblingen, Germany.

Deutsche shares surge on $US5.4b settlement report

Wait times for people seeking help with their financial stress has increased from a fortnight to six weeks.

Road to ruin: Auto manufacturing workers fear for their futures

Nick Toscano

Credit Suisse downplays the systemic risks of SMSFs.

Shadow selfie super funds face spotlight

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Adele Ferguson

Charities, Australia's biggest sports tied into ghost ad probe

The fee telcos say is holding back super-fast internet speeds

In search of classical Athens' elusive economy

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Ross Gittins

Sydney CBD an office landlord's paradise

Carolyn Cummins

Keep your cool with 15 of the hottest new sneakers

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The retro range at the new $6.6 million Twenty Third Street Distillery in Renmark, South Australia.

Your grandparents' favourite spirit is back for a new generation

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Families give their verdict on the NDIS: daunting, but worth it

Rachel Browne

Will Donald Trump be the next US president, or Hillary Clinton? Some fund managers don't care either way because they ...

Why I changed my super strategy for the US election

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Dr Paul May in front of his new vet hospital.

'This has been the most stressful thing in my life'

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Former Prime Minister John Howard: is he a benevolent sexist?

The benevolent sexist: is there such a thing?

James Adonis

Van Gogh paintings found in Naples farmhouse

Clinton calls Trump's beauty queen tweets 'unhinged'

De Kock obliterates with eleven sixes

Crash-landing ends Rosetta's epic comet mission

2015 AFL Grand Final Parade

Younger Season 3 now streaming on Stan.

House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

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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The true story of Sydney's unsolved gay hate crimes

Craig Mathieson

Keith Urban: why the country star worked with Katy Perry's producer

Chris Johnston

Meet the Italian metalheads making art for the stars

Barry Divola

Pacific Heat: Working Dog's first adult animated series will premiere on Foxtel before becoming available on Netflix in ...

Working Dog's new animation "A-Team meets Hawaii 5-0"

Gabriel Wilder

How Todd Sampson uncovered a repressed childhood memory

Todd Sampson

Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman in the 1970s Warner Bros TV series.

Wonder Woman is bisexual, says the comic book's writer

Amy Croffey

Original Dynasty cast members (from left) Joan Collins, John Forsythe and Linda Evans.

Peak reboot achieved with revival of '80s supersoap

Michael Idato

We want to see Frank Underwood succeed on <i>House of Cards</i>, despite his worst deeds.

Dark desires: Why we love watching sociopaths on screen

Michael Lallo

Adoring crowd worships at the altar of the Trap Lord

Jonathan Seidler

A spokesman for Arts Minister Troy Grant said cultural institutions, like other government organisations, are required ...

'Blunt instrument': Efficiency dividend harming museums

Andrew Taylor

The Bear Pack - Carlo Ritchie (L) & Steen Raskopoulos (R)

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

The benefits of including childless adults in your parenting village

Louise Fabiani

Alicia Machado (centre) at the 1996 Miss Universe pageant, where she was crowned the winner.

What Donald Trump's 'Miss Piggy' comment shows us about the sin of weight gain

Danielle Paquette

Alex Nation and Richie Strahan after Nation was named the winner of The Bachelor.

Reality bites for Richie

Andrew Hornery

White Australia's obsession with 'problem people'

Randa Abdel-Fattah

After Sun columnist Rod Liddle dismissed Emma Watson's work for the UN as "leftie, PC crap", Sansa Stark (actress Sophie ...

Celebrity friends who have each others' backs

Put down the smartphone and allow yourself to be bored, says Manoush Zomorodi.

The case for bringing boredom back into our lives

Daisy Dumas

THE BEST: This Preen dress is now among my top five Duchess of Camb' looks of all time (straight to the pool room with ...

Best & worst dressed celebrities of the week

Fitness icons like Lorna Jane refuse to embrace size diversity

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Chloe Papas

Who needs a foam roller when you can have a vibrator instead?

Forget your foam roller and buy a vibrator instead

Sarah Berry

The psychology of forced decisions

Dr Tim Sharp

The best diet: one you can stick to. Photo: iStock

The ketogenic diet: Can eating fat help you lose weight?

Christy Brissette

Make Longrain's poached ocean trout at home

Does two-hatted chef burger bar, Bar Ume, live up to expectations?

Myffy Rigby

Cucamelons are also known as Mexican sour gherkin and mouse melons.

Hot List: Introducing the world's cutest vegetables

Sofia Levin

Brad Kearns with his wife Sarah and their children, Knox and Finn.

'Just a stay-at-home mum?': Dad's defense of wife goes viral

Cat Rodie

Jennifer Garner on motherhood: 'I give it all I can'

Ariane Beeston

Little kid leaves thoughtful warning on spelling test

Cat Rodie

Lion's rock (Sigiriya) is a large stone and ancient fortress ruin in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka. UNESCO ...

Two-hundred-metre high rock: Asia's own version of Uluru

Glenn A. Baker

Traveller letters: I'm glad machines have replaced immigration staff

Japanese fashion, past and present, at the cherry blossom festival in Japantown, San Francisco.

The Japanese town in the heart of an American city

Steve Meacham

Uber has rolled out panic button in South Africa after a string of incidents.

Uber tries out 'panic buttons' after rape cases

Krista Mahr

The keyboard that turns your iPad into a laptop

Peter Wells

Google is spending a lot of money to remind consumers that something big is coming.

Google spends big on hype ahead of phone reveal

Eli Blumenthal

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

No Man's Sky false advertising claim

Kotaku

The iPhone is beautiful, but its shape and design hasn't been cutting edge for years. Plus my inner tech geek can't ...

iPhone 7: impressions of an Android user

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Tim Biggs

Audi has revealed the all-new Q5 at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Audi reveals new Q5

Stephen Corby

Buying a Ferrari: It takes more than money

David McCowen

Mazda has added value to its popular CX-5.

Mazda adds more gear to CX-5

Dom Tripolone

BMW X2 concept at the 2016 Paris motor show. Embargo: 9pm 29/9/2016

Revealed: BMW X2 concept

Greg Kable

The Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept has been revealed ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show.

Mercedes reveals its Tesla fighter

Greg Kable

Lexus UX concept at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Lexus' bold plan for small SUV

Andrew MacLean

Tough to take: Dejected Swans players leave the field.

Too many Swans stars go missing on the big stage

Andrew Wu

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 28: Jordan McLean of the Storm walks off with his son Archie during a Melbourne Storm ...

McLean 'changed forever' after tackle

Michael Chammas

Live: Wallabies take on the Springboks in Pretoria

Difficult day at the office: Lance Franklin.

Buddy brought low in third grand final

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James Buckley

Guts and glory: Paul Gallen is chasing the kind of success that opposition skipper, Cameron Smith, has achieved with ...

Sharks would have to get things terribly wrong to lose

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Phil Gould

Terrible scenes: A police officer shields a man during the infamous Cronulla riots of 2005.

Sharks have chance to change Cronulla's reputation

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Paul Suttor

Killer caveat: Coach Des Hasler has been asked to agree to a clause that belies his experience in taking clubs to success.

Dogs want termination clause in new Des deal

Danny Weidler

Hooper happy to keep doing things his way

Tom Decent
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Getting used to the spotlight: Suliasi Vunivalu is wished well by Storm fans during the week.

Vunivalu stunned by rapid rise

Adrian Proszenko

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Ben Barba, James Maloney and Paul Gallen of the Sharks celebrate Maloney scoring a try ...

'We avoided certain death', says Irvine

Adrian Proszenko

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 10: Suliasi Vunivalu of the Storm runs away to score his teams first try during the ...

Vunivalu torn between Roos and Kiwis

Adrian Proszenko