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Renders for Walkercorp's proposed commercial towers

Big win looms for Parramatta after bank walked away

1 hr ago

President-elect Donald Trump's appointment will be closely watched.

Why Trump's victory is tipped to push up your mortgage repayments

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

'Tawdry, disgraceful': Baird accused of seeking ICAC chief's head

Sean Nicholls, Michaela Whitbourn
8 mins ago

Melanie Tan Pelaez posted a picture online showing burns received after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.

'It's really scary': Sydney woman burnt by iPhone 7 as she slept

32 mins ago

Pasquale Barbaro, 35, was shot dead in Earlwood in Sydney's west.

Sydney crime figure shot dead on his way to visiting girlfriend

The front window of the bus was shattered in the crash.

Boy, 7, thrown from bus among 20 injured as two schoolbuses crash

1 hr ago

Nine shareholders fight back against CEO's $1.38m salary

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

We've joined the trend for 20-somethings to live with our parents

COMMENT
Matt Wade

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

ANALYSIS

RBA struggles to keep up as house prices accelerate

Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, died during a weekend retreat run by "slapping therapy" practitioner Hongchi Xiao.

'Slapping healer' linked to death of Sydney boy arrested after woman dies

Patrick Begley
1 hr ago

A photo Taylor Swift requested be kept private in the lead up to legal case regarding her alleged assault has been ...

Swift furious as photo of alleged assault is made public

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

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

Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston inhabit a world that is quite different to the <i>Harry Potter</i> series.

JK Rowling's reign remains intact... but it needs an edit

Cheers to beer news.

A beer a day 'helps prevent stroke and heart disease'

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The fault lines between Trump and Pence

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

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

The Lindfield home sold for about $3.8 million, less than two weeks after it was listed.

Karl Stefanovic secures snappy sale of Sydney family home

English label Troubadour are focused on lifting the standard in luxury bags for men.

Totes hip: the latest trend in men's bags

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

Hazard reduction burning by the RFS.

Controlled burning 'caused 14 early deaths' in Sydney

Peter Hannam

Deputy Coroner visits the search site for Matthew Leveson

Emma Partridge
1 hr ago

Moore gives Baird a $47m Sydney light rail headache

Matt O'Sullivan

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 11: NSW Premier Mike Baird delivers a speech at the UBS Investment Conference on November ...

'Tawdry and disgraceful': Baird accused of targeting ICAC chief

Sean Nicholls, Michaela Whitbourn
8 mins ago

Police arrest a suspect in Wentworthville on Wednesday.

Transport NSW employee charged after fighting in Syria

Rachel Olding

Expensive yes, doubled? No.

The one person who could have stopped F6 bungle made redundant

Esther Han

WARNING MUST NOTE BYLINE PHOTOGRAPHER. SMH News. Sydney. Story by, Ava Benny-Morrison. Photo shows, Sydney crime figure ...

Inevitable demise: Barbaro survived previous shooting

Goodbye Charlie: Jobe Watson with the 2012 Brownlow Medal he opted to return.

2012 Brownlow Medal to go to Mitchell and Cotchin

UPDATED
1 hr ago

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

The bushfire warning areas for the Hopetoun fire. Emergency warning area in red (now downgraded to watch and act), and ...

Bushfire emergency: Out-of-control blaze threatens lives, homes

WA

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

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Foreign workers row: PM hits out at Shorten's 'rank opportunism'

Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Sex assault victims must return to Nauru for US resettlement chance

Amy Remeikis

PM's change of tune strains friendship with ABC

ANALYSIS
Stephanie Peatling

Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Labor is putting "Australia first".

Australian jobs: ground zero in the new political order

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Sea Shepherd's captain Adam Meyerson, pictured in the Ocean Warrior, is about the embark on his fourth protest campaign ...

Ocean Warrior: Inside Sea Shepherd's new Antarctic weapon

RSL national president Rod White has been stood down.

RSL payments scandal deepens as NSW officials quit

Several large corporate donors are curbing political spending or reviewing their approach.

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

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

Evacuation of tourists, residents stranded by NZ earthquake begins

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

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

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

Swedish prosecutor interviews Assange at embassy

Nick Miller

Will France be the next scene of electoral upheaval?

Pro-Trump internet horde to focus on France

B.J. Bethel

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

Stop using sporting cliches at work

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Prime Minister Modi managed to persuade voters that the choicest fruits in India were being stolen by an arrogant and ...

For India, Trump's calamitous ascent is all too familiar

COMMENT
Pankaj Mishra

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

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Gerry Harvey claims annual meetings will inevitably disappear.

Gerry Harvey threatens to walk away from AGMs

1 hr ago

The rally into Christmas will prove a sucker's rally, Watermark's Justin Braitling says.

'Sucker's rally' ASX set to plunge

Seven West CEO Tim Worner

Seven reveals support for expanding anti-siphoning rules

26 mins ago

Several smaller lenders have raised fixed interest rates in recent weeks as bond yields have risen.

Trump victory tipped to push up fixed-rate loans

Investors rally against exec pay as Nine comes close to first strike

Big tech companies pounce as hunt for unicorns fades

1 hr ago

Miners drag ASX lower as Trump bump wanes

Economy resilient, more govt spending needed: IMF

The beach box cubby from Castle and Cubby.

Forget prams, this is the new parenting status symbol

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 soon-to-be 'mega' apartment, at Raglan Street.

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

English label Troubadour are focused on lifting the standard in luxury bags for men.

Ban the briefcase: This is the latest must-have bag for men

Accessories

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

The most expensive watch ever has sold for a staggering sum

Watches

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

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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.

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston inhabit a world that is quite different to the <i>Harry Potter</i> series.

Fantastic Beasts confirms Rowling's reign but needs an edit

Paul Byrnes

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

In Trump era, SBS hopes to help counter racism in Australia

Sarah Thomas

Brendan Dassey of Making a Murderer fame in 2007.

Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey finally to walk from jail

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, ...

Cohen's son pens tribute: 'His music seduced me as a boy'

Rob Moran

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

Adele has announced she will tour 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?

OMG! Westworld shock twist could be show's undoing

COMMENT
James Poniewozik

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

Architect and arts patron Penelope Seidler has donated money to Sydney University's new museum, but she is angered by ...

Sydney Uni dumps museum redevelopment for new building

Andrew Taylor

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

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

Reviewed by Peter McCallum

Taylor Swift is on her way to Australia with her beau of three weeks, Tom Hiddleston.

Photo of Swift's alleged assault released against her wishes

Jenna Clarke

Ivanka Trump during the campaign trail.

Ivanka Trump vows she’ll keep fighting for women’s issues

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

First lady Michelle Obama speaks

'Ape in heels': Officials make racist comments about Obama

Lindsey Bever
1 hr ago

Anna Whitehouse and daughter Mae.

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

Anna Whitehouse

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

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

Donald Trump's campaign press secretary Hope Hicks (left) and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway become close to Ivanka ...

The women of Donald Trump's inner circle

Jenna Clarke

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

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

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

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

Career suicide? Five myths about taking a year off in your 30s

Anne Fullerton

Melanie Tan Pelaez posted a picture online showing burns received after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.

Woman burnt by iPhone 7 as she slept

Tim Biggs, Chloe Booker
32 mins 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

Jaguar i-Pace concept.

Jaguar reveals Tesla Model X rival

Stephen Corby

Skoda Superb 162TSI.

Skoda Superb Wagon reviewed

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

Volkswagen T-Roc concept.

New Golf-based SUV due 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

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

In question: James McDonald rides Astern to victory on debut.

One of Australia's best jockeys dragged into betting scandal

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Going full throttle: Sam Burgess.

Burgess tells Inglis he regrets Four Nations punch

Steve Mascord

Nation in mourning: A Thai woman holds up a picture of the late king in Bangkok.

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

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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