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Anything, it seems, is possible as the political certainties of the West disintegrate in the face of the voter ...

Trump backer says refugee swap deal 'dead on arrival'

Paul McGeough

Part of the destruction caused by the earthquake.

Kiwis on edge after 'severe' 6.3 magnitude aftershock

Live
19 mins ago

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 13: Ivana Trump attends the Dennis Basso fashion show during September 2016 New York Fashion ...

Trump's first wife picks out a role for herself under his presidency

1 hr ago

Carrie Bickmore chastising Price over his tone.

The Project urged to apologise over Bickmore bullying claims

Metro West takes matters into its own hands and offers to build a fast train from Sydney to Parramatta.

Parramatta metro rail line confirmed - but it's $10b and 10 years away

Matt O'Sullivan
3 mins ago

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn's pay lifted after the bank sold poorly performing assets.

Bank boss gets a $1.2m salary boost after dumping businesses

1 hr ago

New details emerge about Amazon's plans to disrupt Aussie retailers

1 hr ago

Why we're falling for fake news more than ever before

COMMENT

Trump advisers call on Obama, Clinton to intervene

1 hr ago

$566m in write-offs, and the worst is yet to come for Gerry Harvey

Long-time residents worried about future of inner-west suburb

A map from GeoNet showing the distribution of aftershocks.

Twin quakes, hundreds of aftershocks - and experts warn of more to come

Marcus Strom
55 mins ago

Kerri Anne Kennerley on Sunday Night.

'I hate this new life': Kerri-Anne opens up after crippling accident

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 14: Josh Hazlewood of Australia bowls during day three of the Second Test match between ...

Pressure builds on SA as Hazlewood claims a wicket

Live
43 mins ago

For a whole body workout, the rowing machine beats running or cycling.

The cardio that beats running and cycling

President Barack Obama jokes Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on February 9, 2015.

'Joe, no!': Obama, Biden memes imagine pranks to pull on Trump

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'Supermoon' rises over Spain

Some parts of China are very crowded, but others are almost empty.

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to China

Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton on SNL following the shock US election.

Kate McKinnon pays tribute to Clinton and Leonard Cohen

A delegate dressed as Uncle Sam smiles during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...

What the new world order means for your hip pocket

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Anything, it seems, is possible as the political certainties of the West disintegrate in the face of the voter ...

Trump softens promise of border wall, says parts could be fence

1 hr ago

Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks to the media following the vice presidential ...

Trump picks Priebus as White House chief of staff

A protester demonstrates in an anti-Trump protest against President-elect, Donald Trump

New Yorkers take to the streets in thousands to protest against Trump

Tyler Martin

'Find a way to survive': how Tyler combined passion and profit

Kim Arlington

'The vitriol was palpable': Poll finds voters opt for One Nation

ANALYSIS
Sean Nicholls

Worst of fire is over for now, but dangerous conditions could return

Marcus Strom

Matthew Leveson's parents, Faye and Mark Leveson, at the search area of Royal National Park.

Tempers run high in day four of the search for Matthew Leveson

Police arrested two men, aged 21 and 20, who were taken to Kings Cross police station.

Woman knocked out in attack after row at Potts Point restaurant

Mother Amy Dawes with her daughter two-year-old daughter Eliya. .

Amy had no idea her 'normal birth' could leave her so broken

Kate Aubusson

Business is looking up for the early learning industry.

Where your $190 a day childcare fees really go

Kelsey Munro

Josh Gouldswaard never boarded his flight home on November 6th.

Perth man vanishes in Bali with Tinder date

WA
Fran Rimrod

Storm carnage at the Port of Brisbane.

Shipping containers knocked over 'like a giant game of Jenga'

QLD

The man asked for the woman to give back her engagement ring after their relationship soured.

Man sues ex-fiancee to recoup cost of engagement ring

ACT

Police at crime scene

The best and worst Melbourne suburbs for crime

VIC

US President-elect Donald Trump visits US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House last week.

Trump will axe refugee deal on day one, says US think tank

The beginning of the end of a shameful chapter

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Turnbull 'confident' Trump will honour deal, unsure of numbers

Latika Bourke

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with US President Barack Obama earlier this year.

The good news story that had to wait a year

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

An anti-TPP protest last year in Atlanta, Georgia

TPP dead, before Trump even takes office

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a resettlem

Confusion, fear and joy from asylum seekers to US resettlement plan

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while speaking to the media during his and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...

Turnbull government takes wraps off US refugee deal

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, Myanmar police officers patrol along the border fence between Myanmar and ...

Fighting flares in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

France's far-right National Front president Marine Le Pen.

Fears for Russian influence in French vote next year

Nick Miller

Products lie on the ground in a chemist after an earthquake.

New Zealand earthquake: Large tremors shake South Island

Live
19 mins ago

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center left, and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, fourth right, pray after ...

Pakistani PM welcomes first large Chinese shipment to key port

On notice: Deputy Premier and Nationals leader Troy Grant.

We haven't seen the last of Australia's 'rise of the deplorables'

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

Bill and Hillary Clinton have had a stranglehold on the Democratic party for the past two decades.

When inclusiveness isn't: how the Democrats got it so wrong

COMMENT
Frank Bruni

Instead of fencing off Everest as a pristine wilderness, China is approaching the Himalayas as a tourism opportunity.

China has big plans for Mount Everest

COMMENT
Adam Minter

Jeff Bezos is one of the world's richest people. His Amazon empire is about to take on Australian supermarkets

Amazon to open small stores, online supermarket in Australia

1 hr ago

Investors need a break after last week's wild swings.

Markets Live: No relief for gold miners

Live
Jens Meyer
1 min ago

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn's pay lifted after the bank sold poorly performing assets.

National Australia Bank chief's pay rises to $6.7m

1 hr ago

Claire Bird spoke to Gerry Harvey.

$566m written off and more pain to come for Harvey

CBD

Trumponomics: The Donald is a cunning con man, not an idiot

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

China releases one of detained Crown casino staff

Philip Wen
52 mins ago

Aldi to sell Australian products to China

Revealed: Harvey Norman's secret $62 million start-up

Lyn Collingwood she is worried about what the suburb will look like in the future.

Long-time residents on edge about future of inner-city suburb

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The 2017 bedroom trends you're going to love

Winners Karlie and Will with The Block co-host Shelley Craft, watching the auctions unfold.

Lights, camera, sold: The Block auctions smashes price record

Benn & Penna Architecture.

The best (stylish) ways to block out your neighbours

Winners are grinners: Karlie and Will take out The Block 2016.

The Block's big payday: contestants share in nearly $3m prize money

The iconic Eames chair and ottoman.

Man cave must: The chair every good bachelor pad needs

Property
2 mins ago

A few extra hours sleep is so powerful that it could actually translate into thousands of dollars in wages.

The surprisingly powerful effect of sleeping more

Self

As the world waits to see the new face of America, so far so good for Australian investors.

What the new world order means for your hip pocket

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Ride the Trump rollercoaster of money and emotions

Karen Lawson, CEO of corporate start-up accelerator Slingshot.

Why are so many start-ups failing?

Adam Courtenay

The waterproof-backed Sandusa beach towel gets a workout.

'Summerpreneurs' cash in on bright spot in calendar

Christine D'Mello

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Australia prepares to regroup as rain hits Hobart

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Guevara's spectacular Moto3 save

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Bataclan reopens on eve of Paris attacks anniversary

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The Block winners net $815,000

Domain

A float featuring a man in a bath parades past St Paul's Cathedral during the Lord Mayor's Show on November 12, 2016 in ...

World of Photos - November 13, 2016

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Every single episode of Seinfeld now streaming. Only on Stan.

1 hr ago

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The Final episode of The Circus fast tracked from the U.S.

1 hr ago

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Steve Price has claimed he was 'ambushed' by a question on domestic violence on the ABC's Q&A.

Calls for The Project to apologise after Steve Price 'bullied'

Ebony Bowden

Kriv Stenders

Go-Betweens doc for Kriv 'Red Dog' Stenders

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Kerri Anne Kennerley on Sunday Night.

I hate this new life: Kerri-Anne opens up on husband's recovery

Rob Moran

Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton on SNL following the shock US election.

Kate McKinnon pays tribute to Clinton and Cohen on SNL

Jenna Clarke

Gable Tostee did set things straight, although probably not in the way in which he had intended.

Tostee recalls night with Wright, but didn't hear her final scream

Drew Creighton

Elton John, left, greets Leon Russell on the stage during their joint concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. ...

Leon Russell, hit maker and musicians' musician, dies at 74

JON PARELES
1 hr ago

Jimmy Fallon and David Blaine.

What happened to the frog? Jimmy Fallon shocked at illusion

Aja Styles

Dan Barkalow, left, and Bruce Springsteen poses for a photo in Wall Township, N.J. Barkalow and a group from the ...

Like a Boss: Bikers help stranded Bruce Springsteen

Rose Byrne and Damon Herriman in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Speed-the-Plow</i>.

The play that lured superstar Rose Byrne back to the Sydney stage

Reviewed by Jason Blake

Callum Linnane and Jake Mangakahi deliver an epic performance.

Sex, war and madness create a powerful dramatic cocktail

Reviewed by Jill Sykes

MCA Kids Committee in Tatsuo Miyajima family space.

Put down your phones and come see the real thing for a change

Elissa Blake

Women are well versed in grinning and bearing it.

The label that helps men more than women

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Ivana Trump attends the Dennis Basso fashion show on September 13, 2016 in New York City.

Ivana has picked out a role for herself in Trump's presidency

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

President Barack Obama jokes Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on February 9, 2015.

You need these memes of Joe Biden trolling Trump today

Mary Ward

Life without flirting is like tonic without the gin.

How to achieve the flirtation without real-life infidelity?

The safety pin movement is gaining momentum in the days following the US election.

Why some Americans have started wearing safety pins

Jenna Clarke

Pink

Pink announces second pregnancy with surprise photo

Jenna Clarke

He'd walk into a bank and slide a handwritten note across the counter: "This is a robbery, give me all the bills in your ...

The day I found out my father was a bank robber

Molly Brodak

Stars of the TV series Silicon Valley, Thomas Middleditch (centre) and Kumail Nanjiani (front left), had a run in with ...

Trump supporters allegedly threaten stars of Silicon Valley

Jenna Clarke

The HPV vaccine is helping to shrink the numbers of Australians carrying the virus.

The vaccine that can stop cancer in its tracks

Paula Goodyer

For a whole body workout, the rowing machine beats running or cycling.

The cardio that beats running and cycling?

Stephanie Kanowitz

Happy rats like being tickled.

When rats get tickled for science

Sarah Kaplan

Tatts on show: Automata's favourite hand model, Joeri Timmermans.

Is it possible to be a credible chef without tattoos?

2 mins ago

The calamari hot dog served at Huxton's in Bronte

The calamari hot dog: Will it be Sydney's summer must-have?

Moorish pork skewers with black olive & orange salsa.

Weekly meal planner: Tasty, globe-trotting dinners every night

Aaron Curtis

'Tastes like liver': Bodybuilder films himself eating placenta

40 mins ago

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25 hilarious places to hide your child's Elf on the Shelf

Are we giving kids too many dress up days? Melissa Radke sure thinks so.

Why this mum's rant about school dress up days has struck a chord

Some parts of China are very crowded, but others are almost empty.

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to China

Brian Johnston

The rear of the main cabin on Hawaiian Airlines.

Flight test: Airline's 'economy extra comfort' class to Hawaii

Jamie Freed

White Desert camp, Antarctica.

Jaw-dropping: Luxury revamp for incredible Antarctica hotel

21 mins ago

The NBN is a national mess.

One third of Australians apathetic about NBN

COMMENT
3 mins ago

A fake email address is a sensible precaution when making new friends online.

AdultFriendFinder hack a lesson to all of us

COMMENT

Fruit Ninja, one of the most successful games of all time, was an unexpected hit for Halfbrick.

After Fruit Ninja: Aussie company's fall from grace

Mark Serrels

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10 crazy technologies to expect by 2100

Gizmodo

Mark Zuckerberg says it's unlikely fake news posts on Facebook influenced the US election.

Facebook denies fake news impacted election

Last year's Best City SUV champion, the Suzuki Vitara, goes up against the new Jeep Renegade.

Drive Car of the Year: Best City SUV

Peter Mckay

The new Mercedes-AMG E43 arrives locally in February 2017.

Mercedes-AMG E43 price revealed

Dom Tripolone
43 mins ago

Tesla has made groundbreaking claims about the driver aids available in its Model X.

New Tesla Model X reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Porsche Panamera 4.

Porsche extends Panamera line-up

Greg Kable and Dom Tripolone

Can the Ford Focus Trend defend its small car crown against the new Honda Civic, Renault Megane, Holden Astra and Kia ...

Which is the best small car?

Kez Casey

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best People Mover.

2016 Drive Car of the Year: Best People Mover

Stephen Ottley

Quinton de Kock celebrates after reaching his century.

De Kock powers to ton as Australia on the ropes

Live
Rohan Connolly
43 mins ago

History making: Ben Hooper is aiming to become the first person to swim the Atlantic Ocean.

Will this 'ordinary' man be first to swim the Atlantic Ocean?

Eleanor Steafel
1 hr ago

Too many penalties: Sam Burgess has lashed out at the referee for having an 'agenda', but was criticised by coach Wayne ...

Bennett criticises Sam Burgess for discipline issues

Steve Mascord

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men's 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the Rio ...

Usain Bolt targets new career in a new sport

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The coffee no-show that changed the Socceroos' culture

Dominic Bossi

Player of the year: Charlotte Caslick in full flight during the Rio Olympics.

Caslick wins women's sevens player of the year

1 hr ago

Valentine Holmes touches down against England at London's Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

Kangaroos cruise into Four Nations final

Steve Mascord

Too good: Hamilton dominated all week in Brazil.

Hamilton wins in Brazil to keep title race alive

Ton up: England's cricket captain Alastair Cook celebrates after scoring a century against India.

While Australia self-destruct, England destroy the game

ANALYSIS
Malcolm Knox

Under the pump: Steve Smith and Darren Lehmann watching the rain at Blundstone Arena.

Howard puts Lehmann on notice

Chris Barrett

Lean trot: Adam Voges is just one of several Australian batsmen struggling at the moment.

Chappell laments 'broken system'

Andrew Wu

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