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Premier Mike Baird has confirmed he will reverse a ban on greyhound racing in NSW.

Baird's bad news week: $2.5bn rail blowout revealed

EXCLUSIVE
Jacob Saulwick

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, is seen through a teleprompter as he speaks during a campaign event ...

What Donald Trump did when his teleprompter broke down

The suspended Sydney sergeant whose Facebook account revealed a morbid fascination with the devil.

Police could be charged over social media attack

EXCLUSIVE
Eamonn Duff

Federal Liberal MP Steve Irons was married in Melbourne in 2011.

MP's unexplained $17k travel bill: taxpayers fund flights to the races

EXCLUSIVE
Amy Remeikis

Cian Moore nearly went blind from vitamin A deficiency.

How 14-year-old Cian nearly ate himself blind on junk food

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Trump claims Clinton used drugs, demands testing before debate

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Bulldogs persist with 'top four' termination clause in Hasler deal

Danny Weidler

'I can't believe how dumb they are': Packer employees held in China

Philip Wen and Nick Toscano

Motorist stabbed in alleged road rage attack in Mascot

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Clinton's shrewd moves pay off as Trump implodes

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Aussie cinematographer charged with multiple child sex offences

Eamonn Duff

'We should just go buck wild': The men pushing Trump into dark waters

Nick O'Malley

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The former Kate Fischer should be left alone to live her quiet life

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Tim City: Cahill celebrates after scoring the opening goal.

Cahill strikes unimaginable stunner from 40 metres out

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 15: Lesley and Robert McMurray are selling their Curl Curl home (behind them) next week at ...

Up 40 per cent in six months: Boom time at the beach

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The simple hack for peeling a butternut pumpkin

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Cahill explodes into A-League with freakish strike

Another try: Johnathan Thurston, Greg Inglis and Valentine Holmes celebrate.

Kangaroos too good for Kiwis in Four Nations warm-up

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 11: Founder of RewardStyle and LikeToKnow Amber Venz Box poses for a picture on October 11, ...

Fashion's next big thing helped generate $2b in five years

Motorist stabbed in alleged road rage attack in ...

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'It's not right': Fury grows over Metro ...

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Air passengers caught with Samsung Note 7 phones ...

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Collette Dinnigan bought the home 18 months ago for $6.25 million.

Not too shabby: Dinnigan's $2.5m renovation windfall

Lucy Macken

The one-bedroom unit sold for $1,175,000 - $75,000 above reserve.

One-bedroom loft? That'll be a million bucks

Toby Johnstone

The extended Lynch family [left] celebrate the sale of their family home at 5 Rectory Avenue Ashfield alongside buyers ...

Poignant farewell made sweet by bullish sale price

Saturday Auction Results: see what sold near you

The property has seven bedrooms and sweeping views.

Luxury home in the hills comes with 18-hole golf course

Sue Williams

Airbnb hosts get green light, but no 'vomiting bridesmaids' please

Kirsty Needham

Australia's fourth-biggest MDMA bust nabs drugs worth $145 million

Daisy Dumas

Stabbing in Sydney's west leaves two in hospital

Sarah Muller

Agreement with the government is "clear-cut": Brenton Scott.

Greyhound industry and Baird in dispute over reform plan

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

NEWS REVIEW - Lunch With - Justin Hemmes at Long Chim Restaurant, Angel Place, Sydney 12 October 2016 Photo by Louise ...

'Melbourne's laughing at us': Hemmes frustrated by lockout laws

Foreign businesses with a turnover of less than $75,000 will be exempt from the requirement to collect the tax.

House hunters warned they will bear cost of Baird decision

The 16-year-old boy arrested on Wednesday is pictured in 2012, then aged 12, speaking through a megaphone to rioters in ...

Terror suspect protesting at 12, allegedly ready to die at 16

EXCLUSIVE

Opposition leader Jeremy Hanson casts his vote.

Canberra Liberals leader concedes defeat in ACT election

ACT
Daniel Burdon

A skip bin truck has fallen into a rubbish pit at a Brisbane transfer station

Heavy load takes truck with it into Brisbane dump

QLD
Drew Creighton

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr campaigning in Canberra.

'It's just so clichéd': The risky election stunt that could backfire

Woman's head slashed while helping neighbour

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands on stage with female supporters during a campaign rally North Carolina.

Why do women stick with Donald Trump?

Nick O'Malley

Wandering hands: Trump's big problem is himself

Paul McGeough

Billy Bush was suspended after the video was released.

Billy Bush to receive multi-million dollar payout from NBC: report

Ellen Connolly

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

No deals with One Nation: Voters' warning to Turnbull

Adam Gartrell

Families in limbo as Bob Day attempts to keep company afloat

Adam Gartrell

Census meltdown played out in new FOI documents

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

The Gonski review didn't say what you think it did

ANALYSIS

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

ANALYSIS

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis fronts the Senate inquiry on Friday.

Justin Gleeson flouts 'radical' directive from George Brandis

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

People display flags during the test cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in August.

How Zimbabwe made its own flag illegal

Seven people drowned in Quang Binh province.

Floods kill 11 people in central Vietnam

Thai Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok in May.

Thailand names a temporary regent

Lindsay Murdoch

A Cuban woman, in traditional colonial costume, with a famous Cuban cigar in Old Havana.

Obama eases restrictions on Cuban rum and cigars

Singer, songwriter and now Nobel winner Bob Dylan.

No one measures up to the genius of Bob Dylan

Peter FitzSimons

Trump has hurt America right in the sweet spot

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Same-sex marriage could be further away now than before.

Naive campaign shattered the goal of marriage equality

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Westpac's life insurance arm, BT Financial Group, briefed politicians on Friday night then issued a public statement ...

The insurer that knocked back 1-in-3 TPD claims

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Telstra's fight to keep mobile network to itself

'I can't believe how dumb they are': Crown staff held in China

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

Gina Rinehart launches fresh legal attack on her children

EXCLUSIVE

How tweaking interest rates can transform the economy

COMMENT

Life insurance not so super as sector faces scrutiny

ANALYSIS

The new resources boom - blink and miss it

ANALYSIS

Work-life balance starts with smart offices

'70s inspired swimwear is on the radar for men this summer.

22 hot boardshorts to keep you looking cool this summer

Handsome Things

Lark Distillery, Single Malt Whisky was a breakthrough.

Australian spirits that changed the way we drink

Smart Sipping

Robo-advisers are pitching their services at self-directed investors.

Can robots beat humans as financial advisers?

John Collett

We derive more happiness from buying an experience than an object. How about BridgeClimb?

12 smart things to do with the average tax return of $2112

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

Trump's teleprompters break on stage

Asian backpackers vulnerable to exploitation: report

Fisherman takes on shark with broom

Former 'The Apprentice' contestant accuses Trump

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

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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Sexual allegations force network to pull Trump-inspired episode

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How Norah Jones found freedom in a tiny piano in her kitchen

Chris Johnston

The secrets and scandals of the world's great nudes

Justin Paton

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 was 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

Louise Hearman: transcending space and time

John McDonald

DMA's: melancholy vibes moving the crowd to tears.

DMA's review: Melancholy vibes move crowd to tears

George Palathingal

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How a brutalist villain became a modernist hero

Lissa Christopher

Tremendous: A guide to what's wrong with Donald Trump's suits.

Donald Trump's suits don't fit

Amy Croffey

Six babies a day are stillborn everyday, says Stillborn Australia's Victoria Bowring.

'Last week you were pregnant, this week you're not and you don't have a baby to show for it'

Daisy Dumas

Razer takes knife to ABC cooking show over 'fatuous property porn'

Andrew Hornery

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian have dominated the headlines for the past 24 hours but ... what are they actually ...

Cyberbullying is a form of PR - just ask Kim and Taylor

Amanda Hess

It can be difficult to know exactly when to discuss mental health issues in the delicate early stage of a relationship.

Dating with a mental illness

Linda Moon

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

Saori Inokuchi's bento box from a class in Tokyo on preparing school lunches.

The Japanese art of making school lunch

Anna Fifield

Adam Liaw's almond milk panna cotta

One of the traditional palace desserts that's on the menu at Chat Thai's newest branch

At the new Chat Thai, you can eat like you're from Noma

Lee Tran Lam

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

Tourists at the Full Moon Partyh on Koh Phangan, Thailand. Thousands of people from around the world pack the Haad Rin ...

Tourists warned about behaviour in wake of Thai king's death

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

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

Surrounded: Blake Ferguson is tackled by Jesse Bromwich, Issac Luke and Adam Blair.

Kangaroos too good for Kiwis in Four Nations warm-up

James Buckley

Cahill strikes stunner as City rout Victory in derby humiliation

Michael Lynch

Des still the man: Raelene Castle is confident Hasler is the right coach to break the Bulldogs' title drought.

Dogs reassess lofty goals, but Des the man to chase them: Castle

Adrian Proszenko

No time to chat: Canterbury Bulldogs coach Des Hasler arrives at ANZ Stadium for the emergency board meeting.

Bulldogs persist with 'top four' termination clause in Hasler deal

Danny Weidler

All class: Filip Holosko celebrates opening the scoring against the Mariners.

Sydney FC thrash Mariners to record best start to season

Dominic Bossi

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 15: Nicholas Hall riding Jameka celebrates winningrace 8 the BMW Caulfield Cup during ...

Jameka primed for rare double after Caulfield Cup triumph

Chris Roots

Chairman of the boards: Josh Powell rebounds for the Kings at Qudos Bank Arena.

Cadee explodes to life as Kings beat Taipans

Tall timber: Gretel Tippett of the Diamonds shoots for goal.

Bassett fires Diamonds to victory over Silver Ferns

Marc Hinton

Full support: Former Bulldogs premiership coach Warren Ryan is confident Des Hasler can transform the Dogs back into ...

Hasler will get Bulldogs back on track, says Ryan

Adrian Proszenko

Brightest young star to become hot property

Adrian Proszenko

Hasler survives Dogs board meeting

Adrian Proszenko and James Buckley