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The rotten rip-off behind fruit sold in Coles, Woolworths

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Sydney woman severely burned by iPhone 7 as she slept

1 hr ago

ICAC chief Megan Latham is opposed to a three-commissioner model.

Baird's plan hits a roadblock as Labor digs in its heels

Sean Nicholls
45 mins ago

"Assessing conditions in the housing market had become more complicated," the RBA said.

RBA struggles to keep up as house prices accelerate

1 hr ago

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 02: Steve Smith of Australia addresses the media at press conference following an Australian ...

'It isn't working': Aussies suffer another humiliating defeat

Peter Siddle is the latest Australian fast bowler to miss a match due to niggling injuries, which coaches will hope to ...

After latest walloping, Microsoft has a plan to save Australian cricket

EXCLUSIVE

Sydney man arrested after travelling to Syria to fight

Rachel Olding
56 mins ago

'Aggressive': Amazon dumps 'rank and yank' employee review system

1 hr ago

PM's change of tune strains ABC friendship

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Women making one big mistake when starting their own businesses

CEO in strife over 'flawed joke' about assassinating Trump

Mike Pence, 2016 Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks ahead of an address by Donald Trump, 2016 Republican ...

He wasn't Trump's first choice, but Pence was saved by a sleight of hand

ANALYSIS

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

Obama said little but spoke volumes about Trump's pick

ANALYSIS

Aerial view over the old town and waterfront of Las Palmas, Spain.

Perfect weather all year round: Cities with the best climates

Stefanovic and Thorburn bought the classic Federation bungalow in 2010 for $2.3 million.

Karl Stefanovic secures snappy sale of Sydney family home

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

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Supermoon dominates the sky around the world

Adele has announced she will tour Australia in 2017

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

Young woman is having breakfast

Aged cheese could help you age well, study finds

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

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

Five classic Aussie pubs on the market right now

RSL national president Rod White has been stood down.

RSL payments scandal deepens as NSW officials quit

Heath Aston, David Wroe
29 mins ago

Inevitable demise: Barbaro survived previous shooting

Barilaro declares 'clean slate' for Nationals

Sean Nicholls
44 mins ago

Construction of the light rail line along George Street has already been delayed.

Moore gives Baird a $47m Sydney light rail headache

Matt O'Sullivan

Jerry Seinfeld is performing in Australia next year.

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

Last year police caught more than 200 people last year and seized LSD, magic mushrooms, cannabis, speed, ketamine, ...

Law firm to set up shop at music festival

Blair Thomson

The home in Ipswich allegedly was set on fire.

Residents hid from ex-lover as house burned, police say

QLD

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

Malcolm Turnbull with the ABC Bananas in Pyjamas.

PM's change of tune strains friendship with ABC

ANALYSIS
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

'Dark money' makes up most of the cash going to political parties

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

RSL payments scandal deepens as NSW officials quit

Heath Aston, David Wroe
29 mins ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will announce a policy designed to force employers into more rigorous advertising to find ...

Bill Shorten vows Labor will put Australian workers first

Mark Kenny

Queensland LNP MP George Christensen

Christensen joins Labor in pressuring PM to act on 457 visas

Fergus Hunter

Views on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have shifted.

Assange shifts from darling of left to Trumped-up hero

ANALYSIS

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

Pizza lives in an aquarium in a shopping mall in China.

Pizza, China's saddest polar bear is moving from his shop window

44 mins ago

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

Swedish prosecutor interviews Assange at embassy

Nick Miller

France will be next

Pro-Trump internet horde to focus on France

B.J. Bethel

A MIG 29

Russian jet just crashed during its debut off the Syrian coast

Keep your eye on business, not the ball: Sport talk at work has its limitations.

Stop using sporting cliches at work

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons
1 hr ago

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We've joined the trend for 20-somethings to live with mum and dad

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Donald Trump poses with his daughter Ivanka Trump.

Trump's tangled web of family and business ties

COMMENT
Timothy L. O'Brien

"Assessing conditions in the housing market had become more complicated," the RBA said.

RBA grapples with uncertain job market, accelerating housing

1 hr ago

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

Markets Live: Bond proxies lead sell-off

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II.

Amazon to change 'Hunger Games' staff review process

1 hr ago

Citi's six branches in Australia will no longer hold cash.

Bank getting rid of cash because so few customers use it

29 questions to ask at the end of a job interview

Channel Nine promises more local TV shows after ratings slump

Big data revolution comes at a huge cost

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

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

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thornburn have scored a buyer for their Lindfield home.

Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn sell family home for $3.8m

Try to be a good houseguest over the holiday season.

The seven worst things a guest can do in someone else's home

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

Five classic Australian pubs on the market right now

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

Stainless steel Patek Philippe 1518 is now the world’s most expensive wristwatch.

The most expensive watch of all time has sold for a staggering sum

Watches

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

Zen and the city: How CEOs are staying calm under pressure

Personal Development

Millennials will have a healthy superannuation balance by the time they retire.

Some rare good financial news for younger people

Jim Collins wrote about the hedgehog concept in his book, Good to Great.

The big mistake many female entrepreneurs are making

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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Voges and Ferguson's embarrassing dismissals

1 hr ago

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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

L-R Callum Linnane and Jake Mangakahia are rotating the lead role in The Australian Ballet's production of Nijinsky with ...

Fairfax photos of the week - November 10, 2016

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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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Emma Watson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty and the bore? Has Disney muddled their live-action remake

Ebony Bowden

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - OCTOBER 13: Canadian singer Leonard Cohen performs during his concert on October 13, 2010, ...

Leonard Cohen's son pens tribute to his father's 'gentlemanliness'

Rob Moran
17 mins ago

Adele will play venues throughout Australia in 2017.

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

Nathanael Cooper

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

Barnaby Joyce on Q&A.

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

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

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

OMG! Westworld shock twist could be show's undoing

COMMENT
James Poniewozik

Steve Price.

The Project furore: Sorry, but I'm with Steve Price on this one

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

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

The Simpsons gives nod to its President Trump prediction

Sarah Thomas

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

Anna Whitehouse and daughter Mae.

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

Anna Whitehouse

President-elect Donald Trump is both pro-life and pro-gay marriage, it turns out.

Why Trump will fight to overturn abortion law but not gay marriage

Aaron 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

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

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

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

Age liftout: My Top 5 Picks of the Program. Clementine Ford, Alice Pung, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Charlotte Wood, Rafael Epstein

A message to Steve Price and his supporters

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Dream Kardashian

The newest Kardashian baby is already more popular than you

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.

9 weird and wonderful dining trends of 2016

Callan Boys and Bonnie Sutherland

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

Cauliflower, green bean and fenugreek salad

Flower power: 25 delicious cauliflower recipes

Justin Ross Harris with his son Cooper.

Dad found guilty of murder after toddler's death in hot car

The dangers of tumble dryers.

Family dog saves boy, 5, stuck in tumble dryer by alerting parents

Cat Rodie

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

Air New Zealand - AirlineRatings.com's airline of the year.

Air NZ beats out Qantas to be named world's best airline

28 mins ago

Aerial view over the old town and waterfront of Las Palmas, Spain.

Perfect weather year-round: Cities with the world's best climates

David Whitley

Iririki Island Resort & Spa.

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

Sue Williams

burn

Woman burned by iPhone 7 as she slept

Tim Biggs
1 hr ago

A mouse with a taste for salt.

Scientists reveal why salt is so addictive

Bridie Smith

Apple CEO Tim Cook has talked up the benefits of augmented reality in the past.

Apple Glasses: iPhone-maker considers smart eyewear

Matt Harrigan, CEO of PacketSled.

CEO on leave after 'joke' about killing Trump

The NBN is a national mess.

One third of Australians apathetic about NBN

COMMENT

Skoda Superb 162TSI.

Skoda Superb Wagon reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley
59 mins ago

Volkswagen T-Roc concept.

New VW Golf-based SUV to break cover in 2017

Greg Kable

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

Skipper Steve Smith walks off after being dismissed on day four.

Lowest point in years: Australia collapse again to surrender series

Chris Barrett

Not a good look: Nick Kyrgios agreed to a "plan of care" after his bizarre performance in Shanghai.

At least Kyrgios was honest, says Murray

Linda Pearce

Going full throttle: Sam Burgess.

Burgess tells Inglis he regrets Four Nations punch

Steve Mascord

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

Thai FA offers huge bonus to beat Socceroos

Dominic Bossi

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

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

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

Simmons ready to step up to the plate

Tom Decent

Confident: Kei Nishikori.

Nishikori starts with a win, Wawrinka vows to rebound

Linda Pearce

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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