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The new resources boom: blink and you'll miss it

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka, right, during a "Coffee with Ivanka" presidential campaign event at Spring Mill Manor in ...

Ivanka Trump returns to campaign trail following emergence of lewd tapes

Trip Gabriel

Andrew Johnson has been in state care since 1999 due to his severe mental disabilities. Centrelink asked his parents, ...

Andrew has severe disabilities. Centrelink told him to prove it

Neelima Choahan
1 hr ago

She is smart, charming and Shorten should never have backed her

COMMENT

The driverless car that will hit pedestrians to protect passengers

Dear Coles, we don't deserve your contempt over a $2 avocado

COMMENT

Ex-Test stars out as Channel Nine shakes up cricket coverage

Stay in the 'Turnbull Suite': PM gets his own hotel room

Post Brexit pound sparks a tourism boom

Say goodbye to unnecessary cords and old technology.

Not sure what to do with your e-waste? Here's where to start

While some of us are guilty of not making our beds every day, it's a great habit to get into and soon becomes second-nature.

Sorry, you've been making your bed all wrong

The body of Thailand's King Bhumibol is taken to ...

12:50AM

Gonski's plan: Private funding for public schools

12:21AM

Families of 21 Chibok girls wait to be reunited ...

12:13AM

Your view of Melbourne as a value for money proposition will depend on where you live.

Price pain: why some suburbs have gone from bargain to boom

Demolish or not: the Hall Street cottage.

Is this house a heritage gem or a dive worthy of demolition?

The suburb where you get the best of both worlds

Open for inspection: what to see this weekend

Jacqui Hammerton

10 of world's cutest homes for your viewing pleasure

Andrea and Russell Kennedy near the internal lift Russell relies on.

'You can't be serious': Blackout homes hit with planned outages

Timna Jacks

Driver dead after fatal crash north-west of Melbourne

Darren Gray
1 hr ago

Man jailed for 'outrageous' sexual abuse of stepdaughters

Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie has stood aside.

Racing Victoria chairman stands aside pending integrity probe

Patrick Bartley

The HSU represents low-paid health workers such as hospital cleaners and orderlies.

Shorten power boosted as scandal plagued HSU asks to rejoin Labor

EXCLUSIVE
Ben Schneiders

Police are investigating after a number of properties were robbed during the widespread blackout.

Dandenong Ranges properties hit by thieves during blackout

Darren Gray

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 08: Agostino Giramondo and his wife Josie Giramondo for at their Greenvale home that is ...

How house prices have changed Melbourne in 20 years

Christina Zhou

The mother with her 8-year-old son, who was allegedly locked in a paddy wagon for almost an hour.

Officers charged after boy, 8, left in caged police wagon

The Supreme Court was shown photos of Gable Tostee and Warriena Wright taken on his own phone the night she died.

Wright decided 'to climb to certain death', court hears

The fire has burned over a million hectares.

Massive bushfire threatens wildlife sanctuary

Chief Minister Andrew Barr campaigned at the Canberra Hospital campus on election day eve. He met newborn Rhianna Khanna ...

Territory's 'most important poll' too tight to call

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka during a "Coffee with Ivanka" event at Spring Mill Manor in Ivyland, Pennsylvania.

Ivanka Trump hits campaign trail a week after lewd tapes leaked

Trip Gabriel

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee.

Trump 'could win if he had discipline': Beattie

Felicity Caldwell

Boris Epshteyn in one of his many TV appearances supporting Donald Trump.

The Russian-born lawyer who became Trump's top attack dog

Senator Barry O'Sullivan and Senator Linda Reynolds question Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson.

A petulant, red-faced tantrum: senators lose war with the law

Amy Remeikis
1 hr ago

Justin Gleeson flouts 'radical' directive from George Brandis

Michaela Whitbourn

PM accuses Labor of 'union stitch-up' over Kitching appointment

Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents

Former prime minister Julia Gillard at the Labor Party's election launch in June.

Sorry advocates, but the Gonski review didn't say what you think it did

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during the Summit for Refugees and Migrants at UN headquarters.

Terrible suffering in the name of protecting Australian values

COMMENT

Abbott blasts 'toxic' culture of leaks, says he stands 'ready to serve'

EXCLUSIVE

An arresting scene from the VR film <i>Collisions</i>.

Virtual reality tells Indigenous story as bones bound for home

Nick Miller
1 hr ago

Filipino drug suspect wearing a band with the name of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has his hands tied together ...

Philippine Duterte in sights of The Hague

Lindsay Murdoch

A resident attempts to pass a tree downed by the high winds of Hurricane Nicole in St Georges, Bermuda.

Hurricane Nicole hits Bermuda

Gina Miller a founder of investment management group SCM Private, waits before going in the High Court for the start of ...

Brexit's most significant legal test

Nick Miller

whole and half avocados isolated on white background Avocado

We don't deserve to be treated with such contempt over a $2 avocado

COMMENT
Duncan Fine

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said it was just "locker room banter".

What men really talk about in the locker room (hint: it's rarely women)

COMMENT
Nick Harding

The terrible suffering caused in the name of protecting Australian values

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself

IN DEPTH
Lucy Battersby

Billionaire Gina Rinehart during a tour of Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill Mine operations.

Gina Rinehart launches fresh legal attack on her children

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

How tweaking interest rates can transform the economy

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Liberal MP Julia Banks during the bank hearings at Parliament House in Canberra.

A shame ASIC's report on life insurers not out in the open

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Life insurance not so super as sector faces scrutiny

ANALYSIS
Ruth Williams

The new resources boom - blink and miss it

ANALYSIS
Elizabeth Knight

Work-life balance starts with smart offices

Suzette Lamont

Sydney landlords riding a high rental wave

Carolyn Cummins

Lark Distillery, Single Malt Whisky was a breakthrough.

Nine Australian spirits that changed the way we drink

Smart Sipping

Tom Cruise set tongues and Twitter wagging when he appeared on the red carpet at the BAFTAs in February.

Filler fail: Why do men get cosmetic surgery so wrong?

Grooming

Keep your ear to the ground for financial advice.

Motley Fool: What's a defensive investor to do?

Scott Phillips

Telstra was one of the big public floats of the 1990s and 2000s.

The best way to become a financial winner

Catherine Robson

Have you been at your workplace long enough to receive a gold watch?

The consequence of being a loyal employee

James Adonis

Rosario Chozas and Julia Ford-Carther, founders of Bammies.

Startup wants you to wear your pyjamas to work

Nancy Dahlberg

Final day of the Phil Hughes inquest

Shark swims into dive cage

Ron Iddles' emotional retirement announcement

Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature

The Tivoli Theatre aka The New Tivoli in Castlereagh Street, Sydney in May 1939. SMH HOME Picture by GORDON SHORT Sydney ...

Rewind - Illuminations

House of Lies Season 4 - now streaming on Stan.

Arctic Adventure Norm of the North

Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Why more people are studying online

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Brett Lee, Mike Hussey to leave Nine, Michael Clarke takes over

Long before he hosted the Oscars, Chris Rock was a busboy at Red Lobster.

Chris Rock to earn a massive $52m for two Netflix gigs

Ebony Bowden

Stormtroopers prove they ain't afraid of no damp in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

There's a new trailer for Rogue One. Here's what we now know

Garry Maddox

Musician Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel prize in literature.

Gasps as Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize for literature

Ron Charles

Addiction: Rapper 360 aka Matthew Colwell has written a song about his ordeal.

Rapper 360 says anti-ice ads only make addicts want to score

Aja Styles

Is Taylor Swift about to drop a surprise new album?

Ebony Bowden

James Nesbitt was enthusiastic for a Cold Feet reboot.

Was bringing back Cold Feet a brilliant idea or a terrible one?

Linda Morris

Comedy gold: Sam Pang on Have You Been Paying Attention?

Have You Been Paying Attention to the naughtiest show on TV?

COMMENT
Debi Enker

The free-skating troupe was banned from some municipal skating rinks in Canada.

Canada's Le Patin Libre steer clear of cheesy icecapades

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Stephanie Bunbury

Deborah Conway and Tim Rogers in rehearsal for Nothing Has Changed.

Local music royalty celebrate David Bowie in style: with an orchestra

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL
Hannah Francis

Artist Rone is having an exhibition of his work in the old Lyric Theatre in Fitzroy.

Rone makes mark on historic theatre as wrecking ball looms

Annabel Ross

More than 27 million men, women and children are estimated to be trapped in slavery today.

Chained to a bed and servicing 50 clients a day

Daisy Dumas

Why no woman won the Nobel prize this year

Jenna Price

The sad truth is that we can't afford to give harassers the benefit of the doubt.

We are expected to humour harassment. This is why we can't

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Jemima Khan attended the annual UNICEF UK Halloween Ball.

Jemima Khan dresses as Melania complete with groping Donald

Jenna Clarke

Rebecca Wilson waged a very private battle with cancer. She died aged 54.

'Rock on, darling Bec'

Andrew Hornery

Celeste Barber and #hothusband enjoy a two-week sojourn in the US.

I went away without my kids for two weeks

Celeste Barber

We need these safe spaces to have important conversations on manly topics.

Please don't take away our locker rooms

Ben Pobjie

Radio talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh.

Rush Limbaugh unwittingly gave a great lesson on consent

Mary Ward

Fitness First's Michael Cunico noticed his mental clarity was not as good.

What happens when fitness fanatics give up exercise

Sarah Berry

Most vitamins are useless, but these are the ones worth taking

Erin Brodwin

Michaela Werner and fellow mermaid, Vicky.

Mermaiding: The water sport making a splash this summer

Sarah Berry

Hosier Lane 'Caramelising the Streets' Kit Kat.

Edible graffiti: World's first Kit Kat store to open in Melbourne

Annabel Smith

You can eat eggs every day, according to new CSIRO study

Zoe Meunier

The Gilligan cocktail involves 'Frosty Fruit reduction'.

Melbourne's hot new rooftop bar

Michael Harry

The tip of baby Lilly's finger was cut off by a nurse.

Nurse cuts off part of newborn's finger

Donna-Lee Biddle

Queensland girl,7, left blind in one eye after magpie attack

Ariane Beeston

A child's grief deserves privacy, it is not for public consumption.

Don't watch the viral video of a boy learning of his mum's death

OPINION Kerri Sackville

Women be warned while travelling in Iran.

Traveller letters: My wife was groped by security guards

Stay in the 'Turnbull Suite': PM gets his own hotel room

Kylie McLaughlin

Entertainment monitors sit on the back of passenger seats in the economy class cabin of an Airbus SE A350 aircraft, ...

Airbus plans to create the 'perfect' economy class space

Justin Bachman

Samsung has recalled six models of its top-loader washing machines.

Samsung's history of problematic products

Brian X. Chen and Choe Sang

Scientists believe a comet hitting the Earth caused global warming 55.6 million years ago, an event that can help us ...

Clues to ancient climate change could help us

Sarah Kaplan

Virtual Reality is ready to come out and play, but does it have staying power?

Virtual reality is here, but how long will it stick around?

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Australia, as shown by Forza Horizon 3

Kotaku

PlayStation VR: virtual reality for the masses

Tim Biggs

Honda will offer its new model with a turbocharged engine.

Honda unveils new CR-V

David McCowen

2016 Maserati Quattroporte GTS GranLusso.

New Maserati Quattroporte prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

Hyundai Elantra SR Turbo reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Drive editor Andrew Maclean enjoyed an epic road trip across New Zealand.

The Long and Winding Road

Andrew MacLean

Road test: Isuzu MU-X LS-T 4x4

Toby Hagon

Revealed: New BMW 5-Series

Greg Kable

Jordan Lewis: His future is still slightly up in the air.

Hawks get crucial pick as Dees keep eyes on Lewis

Daniel Cherny and Michael Gleeson

Dogs on the move, Saints get Steele

Michael Gleeson

Bulldogs premiership player Matthew Boyd has re-signed with the club.

Matthew Boyd to play on with Bulldogs

Emma Quayle

Saints add midfield Steele

Michael Gleeson

'Some of you will be angry'. Sam's note to fans

Michael Gleeson

Sam Mitchell against his likely new team, West Coast.

AFL trade period 2016: Day Five

Live
Larissa Nicholson

Jimmy Bartel, of Geelong, is set to lose his beard at Crown on Tuesday.

Cats 'ex-communicate Bartel'

Sam McClure

Lions struggle to find potential takers for skipper

Racing Victoria chairman stands aside

Patrick Bartley

'Rock on, darling Bec'. Final farewell for journalist Wilson

Andrew Hornery

Despite the hefty fine, Nick Kyrgios took home more than half of his second round loser's prizemoney.

Nick Kyrgios needs to work out which madman fits best

Phil Lutton