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Pasquale Barbaro escaped a hit in Leichardt in 2015

Barbaro's luck runs out after being shot dead in ambush

12 mins ago

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: Adam Voges of Australia walks off the ground after he was dismissed during day four of ...

Three wickets tumble early as Aussies face humiliating defeat

Live
20 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a resettlement option for refugees held in Nauru and Manus Island with the ...

Turnbull takes aim at ABC after being grilled by Sales

1 hr ago

Hotel guests gather in a car park after an earthquake in Wellington.

New problem hits residents left stranded by NZ earthquake

Most firms said that while special counsel prepared staff for partnership, the role was not assured.

29 questions to ask at the end of a job interview

24 mins ago

Tanami Nayler was spending a weekend away in Melbourne.

Sydney woman hit by stolen car at 152km/h thrown more than 80m

Australian facing 35 years in US jail over $233m insurance fraud

Australia's secret weapon to keep Trump on side

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Big data revolution comes at a huge cost

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

'Someone save the poor cows': Plight of livestock after quake

Salim Mehajer arrested in Ibiza after taxi incident

President Barack Obama listens to a question during a press conference at the White House.

In saying little, Obama spoke volumes about Trump's 'general'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
27 mins ago

John Oliver tries to make sense of Trump's America on Last Week Tonight.

'This is not normal': John Oliver rips into Trump's election win

46 mins ago

The view from the balcony of one half of the "mega" apartment, at 29/17 Raglan Street, Mosman.

Man's gamble pays off after buying unit next door for $2.68m

Young woman is having breakfast

Aged cheese could help you age well, study finds

Steve Price and Jamila Rizvi duelling on <i>The Project</i> after the US election.

It pains me to say so, I'm with Steve Price on this one

COMMENT

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What happened when NZ quake shook a shop full of golf clubs?

Adele has announced she will tour Australia in 2017

G'day, it's me: Adele announces Australian tour with Twitter note

Burger and chips from "Greaser" Bar, Brisbane.

Want fries with that? Scientists reveal why salt is so addictive

The Shipwrights Arms Hotel, in Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, is for sale.

Five classic Aussie pubs on the market right now

HIV

A promising study reveals new hope for an HIV cure

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Co-operation: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Putin calls Trump to build partnership, keep in close phone contact

1 hr ago

France will be next

Pro-Trump internet horde turns to French elections

President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech on election night, flanked by his running mate Mike Pence ...

Trump wants to unify - but his split personality may need attention

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

John Barilaro is poised to become the next deputy premier and NSW Nationals leader.

Barilaro becomes NSW deputy premier after Grant quits

Sean Nicholls

Moore gives Baird a $47m Sydney light rail headache

Matt O'Sullivan

From $100 to $500 in hours: Sydney fan fury over Seinfeld tickets

Lucy Cormack

Voting in the Orange Byelection Ross Williams and Janette Churchill. Credit: Jude Keogh

Baird presses on with council mergers despite Orange disaster

Jacob Saulwick

Troy Grant is stepping down as Deputy Premier and leader of the NSW Nationals

The revolt that claimed Grant can only benefit Premier Baird

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Olympic water polo player turned business entrepreneur Tyler Martin (right) wears a pair of his bathers from his line ...

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

Kim Arlington

The new metro rail line will include new stations at Olympic Park and the Bays Precinct around Rozelle.

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

Michael Johnson

Kebab shop pants-down video haunts Dockers star

1 hr ago

Phil Preston (left) and Duncan Amos, of Red Robot photo booth engineering are building a manufacturing innovation hub in ...

Canberra innovators looking to spark a local revolution

ACT

Artist's impression of the podium below the tower at Zone Q's 88 Mill Point Road development.

Plan C for city skyscrapers: high-level aged care

WA
1 hr ago

Terry Hansen and Bob Gallagher say goodbye to their co-host Robin Bailey.

Radio host Robin Bailey 'blindsided' by sacking

QLD

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a resettlement option for refugees held in Nauru and Manus Island with the ...

Turnbull turns attack on ABC and 'elite media'

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Lifetime visa ban for refugees in doubt as crossbenchers baulk

Mark Kenny

Bill Shorten vows Labor will put Australian workers first

Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Views on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have shifted.

Assange shifts from darling of left to Trumped-up hero

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (right) has suffered constant, often vicious attacks.

Lawyers want PMs in dock over asylum detention

Premier Jay Weatherill has committed South Australia to a referendum over the nuclear waste dump.

SA referendum to be a plebiscite on nuclear waste

Peter Martin

Julie Bishop has announced the winning design for the new embassy.

New design unveiled for Australian embassy in Washington DC

A MIG 29

Russian jet just crashed during its debut off the Syrian coast

President-elect Donald Trump has raised expectations of a fiscal stimulus.

Top news link for 'final election results' goes to a fake news, false numbers

Swedish assistant prosecutor Ingrid Isgren at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Swedish prosecutor arrives at embassy to interview Assange

Nick Miller

British lawmaker Jo Cox was killed in June.

Accused killer of Jo Cox said was acting 'for Britain', court hears

Michael Holden

You can be sure that Donald Trump has been learning about Pine Gap, too.

Australia's secret weapon to keep Trump on side

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Michael Atkins and Matthew Leveson before Matthew's disappearance in 2007.

Immunity must serve justice in the Matthew Leveson case

COMMENT
Nicholas Cowdery

A rainbow-flag wearing demonstrator at a Trump protest in Los Angeles.

Why I'm unblocking my Trump-loving uncle on Facebook

COMMENT
Joel Meares

The sheer quantity of data being created every day is staggering.

Big data revolution comes at a huge cost

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Investors keep selling bonds and the US dollar keeps going up.

Markets Live: Trump trade loses steam

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
17 mins ago

Most firms said that while special counsel prepared staff for partnership, the role was not assured.

29 questions to ask at the end of a job interview

24 mins ago

Despite slow improvements in gender diversity, boardrooms remain overwhelmingly the domain of older men.

Why it pays to be a man in your 70s in Australia

For $22 million, Goodman boss must be better than good

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

American Apparel files for bankruptcy again

The athletes turning their competitive edge to business

Facebook influence questioned following election shock

The view from the balcony of one half of the "mega" apartment, at 29/17 Raglan Street, Mosman.

Downsizer's gamble pays off after buying $2.68m unit next door

Transition Streets participants from Fitzroy Road, Lambton, Newcastle.

Group of neighbours take matters into their own hands

Beware of incorporating every trend into your home.

The nine decorating mistakes even the experts make

9 mins ago

Craig Lowndes, who grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne.

The 'modest' property play Craig Lowndes first made

The "tin shed" sold for $1.69 million.

Tin shed in inner west laneway sells for $1.69 million

Mad Men's Don Draper found peace when he started meditating.

Zen and the city: How stressed high-flyers are learning to chill out

Personal Development
1 hr ago

Run faster and longer without feeling like your lungs are about to explode.

Seven ways to breathe more efficiently on the run

The Long Run

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

Working for her husband's business is the subject of harassment for this letter writer.

Help, will the ATO catch my husband out?

Max Newnham

Asian markets for apps are not playing by Silicon Valley rules.

This proves messaging apps can make money

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Australia trail heading into day four

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Salim Mehajer arrested in Ibiza

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Fists fly in Ukrainian parliament

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Golf clubs topple as earthquake hits NZ

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 15

1 hr ago

seinfeld

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

the circus

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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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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Adele will play venues throughout Australia in 2017.

G'day, it's me: Adele announces 2017 Australian tour

Nathanael Cooper

Is Anthony Hopkins' Robert Ford an artist or a megalomaniac?

Westworld shock twist could be show's undoing

COMMENT
James Poniewozik

John Oliver tries to make sense of Trump's America on Last Week Tonight.

This is not normal: John Oliver rips into Trump's election win

Rob Moran
46 mins ago

Barnaby Joyce on Q&A.

Q&A; recap: Panel joins grim quest to grasp Donald Trump election

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

<i>The Simpsons</i> also featured Trump in a short clip last year.

The Simpsons acknowledges its President Trump prediction

Sarah Thomas

Dave Chappelle's welcome return to SNL including some stinging remarks aimed at Donald Trump.

'We elected an internet troll': Chappelle's hilarious SNL return

Steve Price.

Steve Price doesn't want The Project to apologise after 'bullied' petition

Ebony Bowden

Kerri Anne Kennerley on Sunday Night.

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

Rob Moran

Annette Fielding-Jones, a Herald staff reporter, outside French milliner Henriette Lamotte's salon in Rowe Street, ...

Sydney's most elegant street - and we ignore it every day

Lenny Ann Low

Pinchas Zukerman's sound was warm, clear and immediate.

'Toilet seats' are gone and the opera house never sounded better

Reviewed by Peter McCallum

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 local stage

Reviewed by Jason Blake

Hope Hicks once worked for Ivanka Trump, where she modelled for her eponymous fashion label.

The women of Donald Trump's inner circle

Jenna Clarke

Steve Price and Jamila Rizvi duelling on <i>The Project</i> after the US election.

A message to Steve Price and his supporters

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

The Duchess of Cornwall was accompanied by female members of the UAE Presidential Guard for her tour of the Middle East.

Camilla recruits all-female security team for Middle East tour

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

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

Take off your safety pins. We have been here before

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Dream Kardashian

The newest Kardashian baby is already more popular than you

Amy Croffey

Alessandro Michele sent models down the Gucci Cruise 2017 runway wearing a standout metallic blue.

When it comes to lipstick is blue the new red?

Stephanie Darling

Anna Whitehouse and daughter Mae.

My daughter helped me realise it is OK to talk about miscarriages

Anna Whitehouse

Katy Perry with Hillary Clinton last week.

'For the teenage me': Katy Perry donates $10,000

Amy Croffey

Dr Arne Rubenstein says rite of passage ceremonies can play an important part in preparing us for the next stage of life.

The missing link in the making of good men?

Sarah Berry

Say cheese.

Aged cheese could help you age well

Sarah Berry

Calming for digestion: Child's pose.

Five yoga moves to improve digestion

Suzee Skwiot

The Kuro Diamond (black diamond) burger.

Nine weird and wonderful dining trends of 2016

Callan Boys and Bonnie Sutherland
1 hr ago

Short Black:
Marcelleria in Bondi.
Pictured are owners Andy Anthony and Peter Zaidan
16th June 2016
Photo: Steven Siewert

Bondi favourite Marcelleria expands to the inner west

Scott Bolles
1 hr ago

Cauliflower, green bean and fenugreek salad

Flower power: 25 delicious cauliflower recipes

Emily and Seth Peterson with their twin sons.

Twin born first is officially younger than twin born second

37 mins ago

<a href="http://www.netmums.com/christmas/get-your-very-own-elf-on-the-shelf" target="_blank">Via Mumsnet</a>

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

Take a year off to travel in your 30s is not as unrealistic as you might think.

It's career suicide: Five myths about taking a year off in your 30s

Anne Fullerton

Emirates is the largest customer for the Airbus A380.

Emirates will now only fly superjumbos, 777s on all routes

Craig Platt

Iririki Island Resort & Spa.

Forget swim-up bars, this resort goes one step further

Sue Williams

A mouse with a taste for salt.

Scientists reveal why salt is so addictive

Bridie Smith

The NBN is a national mess.

One third of Australians apathetic about NBN

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

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

AdultFriendFinder hack a lesson to all of us

COMMENT

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

Facebook denies fake news impacted election

Last Year's Drive Car of the Year Small SUV Champion, the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, faces some stiff competition this ...

What is the best small SUV?

Kez Casey

2016 Audi RS Q3 Performance.

Quick Spin: Audi RS Q3 Performance

Andrew MacLean

2017 Mazda MX-5 RF.

New Mazda MX-5 RF reviewed

Stephen Ottley

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

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk.

Tested: Grand Cherokee Trailhawk

Stephen Ottley

Kyle Abbott celebrates the wicket of Usman Khawaja early on day four.

Australia lose two early wickets as quest to save Test wobbles

Live
Rohan Connolly
20 mins ago

Going full throttle: Sam Burgess.

Burgess tells Inglis he regrets Four Nations punch

Steve Mascord
24 mins ago

HULL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Mal Meninga of Australia looks on during the Four Nations match between the Australian ...

It looks like Mal can coach after all

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Thailand coach Kiatisuk Senamuang is swarmed by media at the team hotel.

Thai FA offers huge bonus to beat Socceroos

Dominic Bossi

Business trip: Jordan Spieth isn't in Australia for a holiday - he wants to win another Australian Open.

Spieth hopes Australia triggers return to No.1

Adam Pengilly

David Warner of Australia walks off the ground after he was dismissed during day three of the Second Test match between ...

'Help the captain out': Clarke's plea to Warner

Andrew Wu

Banned: Graeme Allan.

Former GWS officials banned over Whitfield

Caroline Wilson, Jon Pierik

Opportunity: Rob Simmons hopes to be calling the lineouts in the Test against France.

Simmons ready to step up to the plate

Tom Decent

Josh Hazlewood leaves the ground after taking 6/89.

A small step on road back to respectability

Malcolm Knox

Joe Burns leaves Bellerive Oval following his dismissal on day three.

It all began when I saw this ball on leg stump...

Greg Baum

No joy: Nathan Lyon appeals unsuccessfully for the wicket of Temba Bavuma during the second Test.

Lyon at crossroads after another blank

Andrew Wu

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