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Gina Rinehart buys Australia's largest cattle station

Simon Johanson
1 hr ago

Trump campaign in crisis as Republicans abandon ship

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Women set to be big losers from high-end tax cuts

Peter Martin
1 hr ago

Key supporters told Donald Trump he had no choice but to say sorry: "I said it, I was wrong, and I apologise".

Inside Trump Tower: The defiant and insulated nominee

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US senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican in a tight congressional contest, has turned on Donald Trump.

Top Republican women vent their anger on Donald Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Bob Day: "It is important to fix the problems and I am working to ensure everyone who is owed money is paid and every ...

Families in ruin as Senator Bob Day's company crumbles

Woman killed by bus on Cleveland Street in Redfern

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'I'm in a nightmare': Two officers shot dead at California home

15 mins ago

A million women share their sexual assault stories after Trump remarks

New audio reveals Donald Trump's view of women over 17 years

Aldi ramps up spend on advertising as Coles and Wooworths cut down

16 mins ago

NBC has dumped Donald Trump as a presenter because of his ''derogatory statements'' regarding immigrants.

Trump's Apprentice footage under wraps

15 mins ago

Clutch: Kyrgios saved 11 of 12 break points.

Nick Kyrgios wins Japan Open in high-quality spectacle

53 mins ago

Final charge: Will Davison of Tekno Autosports leads the field.

Davison claims drama-filled Bathurst 1000

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Kyle and Jackie O were usurped by Nova's <i>Kate, Tim & Marty</i> at 2016 Commercial Radio Awards.

There's a new king in town: Kyle and Jackie O lose the crown

What high functioning anxiety really feels like

Thousands protest against Sydney's lockout laws

Trump with Zucker outside the Access Hollywood bus.

A million women share their sexual assault stories

Moving on: Holden engineers are being offered new opportunities abroad, as well as outside the company.

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A sad goodbye to a country that once built cars

Trump's Apprentice footage under wraps

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Gunman captured after shooting two police ...

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Woolies, Coles ditch ads as Aldi ramps up

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The only apartment on the market in this suburb is a charmer

A creative Airbnb listing in Lisbon, Portugal has been turned into a tribute to the Mushroom Kingdom.

Video game fans can stay in a Super Mario-themed home

Give your personal great outdoors a spring makeover

Auctioneer Mark Morrison takes bids at 388 Catherine Street, Lilyfield.

First-home buyers score Lilyfield semi for $1,426,000

The restored facade of 78 Gladstone Road, Leura. The beautifully renovated property was previously used as a bed and ...

Leura bungalow in bloom with magnificent garden

Man charged after drawing replica gun at Kings Cross club: police

Kieran Gair

Outrage over principal's use of 'inappropriate' image in speech

Eryk Bagshaw

Woman allegedly kidnapped, hit with baseball bat by former partner

Bullied: Newtown Senior Constable Christian McDonald.

NSW Police accused of targeting gay cops in drug sting

Eamonn Duff

Chris Puplick, president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board in the 1990s.

'Failure': NSW discrimination board has sat vacant all year

NSW Premier Mike Baird is facing a crisis over the greyhound racing issue.

Man fighting for life after jogger's one-punch attack

The WA government has confirmed drones will aid in shark surveillance this summer.

Drones to look for sharks off WA beaches

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Hannah Barry
57 mins ago

Top Republican women turn their anger on Donald Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, in Prescott ...

Party poised to walk away from its nominee

ANALYSIS

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall meet in New Hampshire.

New audio of sex talk adds to candidate's woes

Eryk Bagshaw

Slammed by the United Nations: the detention centre on Nauru.

UN slams Australia's regional processing centres in Nauru

Michael Koziol, Michael Gordon

The seven-figure surpluses of Australia's overfunded private schools

Fergus Hunter

Brandis faces embarrassing defeat in Solicitor-General advice row

Michaela Whitbourn, Heath Aston

Marcia Langton (left) and Josephine Cashman's (second left) attempts to build a national anti-violence campaign around ...

Australia's great shame is the result of policy failure, not silence

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles says Australia should assert its rights to navigate the high seas under ...

Navy should be authorised for freedom of navigation in South China Sea: Marles

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James Massola

Former PM Gough Whitlam and director of the Australian National Gallery James Mollison (left) in front of Jackson ...

Selling Blue Poles, a shameful abrogation of Australia's cultural history

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with vocational training and employment ...

Turnbull in sixth attempt to fend off royal commission

Tom McIlroy and Clancy Yeates

A candle marks the spot where three bodies were dumped by unknown men along a secluded street in suburban Quezon City ...

100 turbulent days that have shaken Asia

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Lindsay Murdoch

UNICEF representative in Syria Hanaa Singer speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, after ...

Russia vetoes UN measure on Aleppo

Louisa Loveluck

Medics carry the body of a victim of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen.

US 'deeply disturbed' at air strike on mourners in Yemen

A car stands on its side after being blown away by winds brought by Hurricane Matthew in Jeremie, Haiti.

Death toll rises in Haiti, US as Hurricane Matthew causes havoc

What if the banks were forced to treat us like everyone else?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Facts are verifiable...unless they are built on assumptions.

Here's a fact: an opinion is not the same as a fact

COMMENT
Kitty Flanagan

Andrew Fifita: Was not selected in the Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations tournament on "character" grounds.

The issues with Fifita are wider than his friendships

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Potential bidders for Twitter have lost interest.

Twitter seeks new path after potential bidders said to back off

Sarah Frier, Brian Womack and Alex Sherman

Tesco's turning tide raises Woolies hopes

Madeleine Heffernan
24 mins ago

Gold has been pushed back onto the radar of investors, helped by the recent recovery in the gold price.

Barrick Super Pit sale draws local, foreign bidders

Scott Deveau, Brett Foley and David Stringer

No Australian liquidation for Astra Resources

Sarah Danckert

Did the inquiry into the big four banks do its job?

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Top sommelier takes on Fiat Chrysler as deal goes sour

Australia Post gets books in order, privatisation feared

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What other business is able to get away with this?

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

A curated collection of apps to hack many areas of your life and reap the benefits.

25 essential apps to supercharge your life and your business

Management

"Wild young men can't be expected to act like saints when they're worshipped as gods."

Aaron Smith's tryst isn't excusable, but it's understandable

Life On Mars

George Ray, 85, has small amounts of money in super and in savings accounts.

Retirees find savings hit by record-low interest rates

John Collett

New ways to save on travel with summer just around the corner

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Swipe right: why small businesses are turning to Tinder

Larissa Ham

This company bucked all the start-up cliches and still succeeded

Farhad Manjoo

Flares again lit at Sydney derby

Maxwell's amazing acrobatic catch set-up

Sky Blues thump Wanderers in derby

Samu Kerevi of Australia celebrates a try.

Wallabies beat Pumas at Twickenham

Geoff Croxson son, Ethan is captivated by the paper crane installation at the Night Noodle Markets in Hyde Park.

Sydney Night Noodle Market 2016

The hilarious Stan Original comedy No Activity, now streaming

Every episode of The Circus now streaming on Stan.

Activities that could make your kids smarter

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Jerome Meyer as Joe Cinque and Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh.

Key voice missing in film on Joe Cinque murder

Sandra Hall

At the age of 36, Agatha Christie suffered from amnesia and went missing for 11 days.

Agatha Christie's mysterious lost days gets solved, of sorts

Karen Hardy

Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones in <i>Inferno</i>, the latest Dan Brown novel to become a film.

Dan Brown defends Inferno: 'I'm not trying to solve the problem'

Stephanie Bunbury

Matt Le Nevez says taking on the role of iconic hero Peter Brock was daunting.

Le Nevez on Brock's flaws: 'I certainly am not one to judge'

Andrew Taylor

Kyle & Jackie O lose crown at Commercial Radio Awards

Michael Lallo

Rock legend Jimmy Barnes signs copies of his autobiography <i>Working Class Boy</i>.

A clear winner emerges from Barnesy v The Boss book sales

Susan Wyndham

Donald Trump on The Late Show with David Letterman.

David Letterman on Donald Trump: 'A person to be shunned'

Homer meets the famous Opera House seal in a special cartoon for Matt Groening's visit to Sydney.

Matt Groening in Oz: Simpsons creator makes peace with us

Michael Idato

Julia Lezhneva soars to secret heights in Baroque Brilliance

Reviewed by Peter McCalllum
1 hr ago

Actor Richard Roxburgh has turned children's author and illustrator.

Richard Roxburgh writes a kids' book based on his own childhood

Linda Morris

Ellie Goulding brought a little bit of everything on her Sydney leg of the 2016 Delirium tour.

Ellie Goulding review: high energy but not quite delirious

Lucy Cormack

How three suicide survivors turned their pain into power

Linda Moon

Talitha Cummins on the Weekend Sunrise set with friend Edwina Bartholomew.

How a Facebook glitch saved Talitha Cummins

Jenna Clarke

Learning how to snowboard, play out kung fu scenes and speak Italian are all in a day's work for Inferno actress ...

Felicity Jones is finally an A-lister to be reckoned with

Jane Cornwell

I fill my days with meaningless life clutter: Jo Stanley.

There's nothing wrong with being a 'quitter'

Jo Stanley

The Girl on the Train starring Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson.

Girl on the Train is more than just a thriller

Jill Serjeant

Apr 17, Sun Herald, The Goss, Jenna Clarke, Michelle Bridges. Pic credit: Supplied.

Michelle Bridges to fight paparazzo in court

Andrew Hornery

How to keep acne under control as the weather gets sweatier

Stephanie Darling

Sep 13, Sun Herald, The Goss, Jenna Clarke, ModelCo founder and Celebrity Apprentice advisor Shelley Barrett. Pic ...

ModelCo founder's expensive name change

Jenna Clarke

The breathing trick that can make you more productive

Seth Porges

Cold baths: helping or hindering your performance?

Sarah Berry

Ellie Goulding works out at Nike Sydney this week.

'I wanted to run like Forrest Gump': Ellie Goulding

Cauliflower and chickpea salad with almonds, fried onion and sultanas.

Banish boring salads for good with these Middle Eastern inspired recipes

Linda and Paul Jones

Adam Liaw's belly porchetta with fennel, sage and chilli.

Adam Liaw's easy belly porchetta

Adam Liaw

Photograph by William Meppem (GW food - may 28) Neil Perry Recipe : Sweet potato, garlic and rosemary gratin

Weekly meal planner: early - mid October

The letters from 18-year-old Abby's time capsule.

Teen says 'letters from heaven' the best birthday gift ever

Ariane Beeston

Five ways to NOT become a helicopter parent

Merete Kropp

Britney had left school and planned to join the police force following her 17th birthday, but tragically she ended her ...

16-year-old posts chilling message to bullies before death

Cat Rodie

Clifftop path at the White Cliffs, Dover, England.

Update the bucket list: Spectacular new hiking trails opening next year

Andrew Bain

Stop whinging about Australia's customs and immigration

This image was taken while I was holiday in Honolulu in August 2016. We were staying at the Hilton Waikiki Village ...

The Big Picture competition: Readers' top travel photos

Sony's MDR-1000X Bluetooth wireless headphones raise the stakes when it comes to noise-cancelling.

Sony cans' next level noise cancelling

COMMENT
Adam Turner

The Rift headset from Facebook's Oculus.

Facebook, Google chase wireless VR experiences

Joshua Brustein

Dag Kittlaus and his team previously built Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.

Samsung buys AI firm founded by Siri creators

Elizabeth Dwoskin

The best video game control pads

Kotaku

Pixel is filled with all sorts of custom tweaks not found in the standard version of Android.

Why Google's Pixel is the anti-iPhone

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

Dick Johnson with the 2016 Ford Falcon Sprint.

Driving the last Falcon with Dick

David McCowen

Is this the world's best hot hatch?

Stephen Ottley

The last Australian-made Ford Falcon rolls off the production line.

The final Ford Falcon

Stephen Ottley

Holden built over 100,000 Cruze in Australia between 2011-16.

Holden Cruze production ends

Stephen Ottley

Ford Australia's Broadmeadows plant has stopped running.

Could Ford have been saved?

Andrew MacLean

Driven: BMW's updated i3 electric car

David Morley

TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 09: Nick Kyrgios of Australia poses with the trophy after winning the men's singles final match ...

Nick Kyrgios wins Japan Open

53 mins ago

Davison holds nerve to claim Bathurst 1000 win

5 mins ago

"What an awesome weekend. It's beautiful to win here."

Rosberg wins, Mercedes clinch constructors' title

1 hr ago

Dream debut: Wayne Brown scored the Jets' first of the season.

Jets grind out draw with Adelaide

Robert Dillon
14 mins ago

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 01: Tomi Juric of Australia celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup ...

Socceroos shrug off Saudi hangover and brace for Japan

Michael Lynch

Unstoppable: Australia's Caitlin Bassett shot a perfect 47 from 47 against the Silver Ferns.

Bassett perfect as Australia destroys Silver Ferns

James Buckley
55 mins ago

Australian rugby has a debt to the Pacific Islands

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

Redemption: Michael Bisping retained the title.

Bisping defeats Henderson to retain UFC middleweight belt

Philip O'Connor

Ironic: England coach Wayne Bennett is set to lose captain Sean O'Loughlin for the Four Nations, as his club Wigan do ...

Bennett faces fight for England captain

Steve Mascord

Pride of the peninsula: Tom and Jake Trbojevic.

Manly secure Jake and Tom Trbojevic for next four years

Danny Weidler

Dazed and confused: Why wasn't Dale Finucane removed from the pitch?

Brain expert says NRL blew chance to take concussion stand

Adam Pengilly