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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton spoke to Ray Hadley.

Australia paying for Fraser's mistakes, Dutton claims

1 hr ago

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: David Pocock catches during the Australian Wallabies captain's run at Ballymore ...

'Dirty secret': Wallabies captain Pocock targeted by fake website

5 mins ago

Alcor Life Extension Foundation, one of the companies in the US that specialises in cryogenic preservation.

Girl, 14, wins right to be frozen so she can be brought back from dead

1 hr ago

Cheerful Charlie, as he calls himself, is in charge of the gourmet cheese selection in the Dromana store.

IGA goes gourmet in multimillion-dollar push to out-flank Aldi

1 hr ago

President-elect Donald Trump with his new chief of staff Reince Priebus.

'I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me'

News. Mike Baird. ACOSS National Conference: Leading the Big Debate is Premier MIKE BAIRD. Photo by Edwina Pickles. ...

In a year of bad decisions, this was one of the worst

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Tech tycoon bet big on Trump. Now he will reap the rewards

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

How much the earth moved in the massive New Zealand quake

Duo to find out how much unicorn billions are worth in real world

'It's the wrong call': Turnbull on collision course with Trump

Missing brother and sister found 130km away with father

34 mins ago

Melania Trump

Is Melania fuelling Trump, or desperately trying to escape a nightmare?

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley
1 hr ago

Campos coffee

Cult Aussie coffee takes US by storm as customers cross states

Hillary Clinton addresses the Children's Defense Fund's Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum in Washington, ...

Women are loving Hillary Clinton's post-election look

China Eastern Airlines will begin a non-stop service between Sydney and Kunming on November 24, 2016.

$1000 return to Europe: Chinese airlines' cheap flights for Aussies

Colonise or perish: Professor Stephen Hawking

Hawking gives deadline to find another planet for us to colonise

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Dog interrupts Test cricket match

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How good (and bad) 7 of the most popular fad diets are

Marc and Gillie Schattner sold their Bellevue Hill home for more than $5.5 million.

Sydney couple flip mansion with $1.5m profit in nine months

Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metallica go Wiggles: Metal legends play Enter Sandman on kids toys

47 mins ago

Top Gear: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

Amazon Prime Video quietly launches in Australia

COMMENT

Hamad Assaad, 29, was shot dead outside his Georges Hall home in Sydney's south-west on October 25.

Brother of slain crime figure charged after gun found in home

Viv the 'Vivisector' takes machete to council spending

Elite college boycotts review of students' sexual behaviour

Coca-Cola Amatil said 65 per cent of its products on campus were low or zero sugar.

University of Sydney considers ban on drinks

1 hr ago

"What you've done is deliver a Shooter's party member to this parliament": Adrian Piccoli in parliament this afternoon.

'Bang, bang, bang!': Piccoli sees red in question time

Sean Nicholls

Promised as guest: Miranda Kerr.

Miranda Kerr, the kebab shop and the alleged contract killing

Mark Leveson comforts his wife, Faye, as the search for their son Matthew's body in the Royal National Park is called off.

Heartbreak for Matthew's parents after seven-day search

The Dreamworld tragedy has deeply shocked the Australian public, which is reflected in other theme parks' attendances.

Minister pledges to take family on ride when theme park reopens

QLD
18 mins ago

Pasquale "Percy" Lanciana was arrested for the 1994 Richmond Road Gang Heist. 18th November 2016. Photo by Jason South

One-time kickboxing champ arrested over $2.4m Armaguard heist

1 hr ago

The man was using a blue Melbourne bike share bicycle.

Teenage cyclist left for dead on Melbourne road

VIC

A woman was arrested in her underwear after driving a ute into the river at the Gold Coast.

Woman in underwear drove car into Gold Coast river

QLD

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

Dutton turns attack on legacy of former Liberal PM Malcolm Fraser

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Don't follow Trump: Turnbull celebrates free trade, open markets

James Massola

Ex-Qld premier Newman spotted in talks with One Nation adviser

Amy Remeikis, James Massola

Italian migrants arrive in Sydney in 1950.

'We've been making immigration mistakes since the convicts'

SATIRE
Tony Wright
52 mins ago

"It is vital that we get this right": Treasurer Scott Morrison.

'Priority' tax cuts set to take summer break

RSL national president Rod White has been stood down.

RSL payments scandal: Local branches turn against NSW leadership

Social Services minister Christian Porter has announced a announced a $4.3 billion national redress scheme for victims ...

Abuse survivors call for Coalition action over compensation scheme

Antonio Bagnato after his arrest in Cambodia in December over the kidnapping and murder of Hell's Angel biker Wayne ...

Antonio Bagnato names Hell's Angels in his Thai murder trial

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Trump and Abe hold hastily arranged meeting in New York

Members of the Ku Klux Klan after a white pride rally in Georgia in April.

People are Googling the Ku Klux Klan like never before

Colonise or perish: Professor Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking tells humanity to colonise another planet or perish

NSW Premier Mike Baird has angered ICAC commissioners past and present.

In a year marked by bad decisions, this was among Baird's worst

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

US president elect Donald Trump.

We're not the 51st state of America and we shouldn't act like it

COMMENT
John Hewson

If public servants want pay increases above 2 per cent they need to come to the bargaining table.

Public service perks don't pass the pub test

COMMENT
Aaron Lane

Tradies are under watch.

Watch out tradies, the taxman is coming after you

2 mins ago

Shares are set to follow Wall St higher.

Markets Live: Aussie drops again

Live
1 hr ago

Campos coffee

'People were crossing state lines': Cult Aussie coffee takes leap to US

Myer CEO Richard Umbers (right) with Warringah store manager Alexis Pead (left) and Myer ambassador Jennifer Hawkins.

Myer can beat online shopping but 'there is a long way to go'

1 hr ago

Cutting company taxes boosts wages? That's hilarious

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Snap IPO to test unicorn founder fortunes worth $42b

Burger kings go to war over $300m Grill'd chain

Corporate watchdog seeks answers on Harvey Norman

Lorraine McIlvenna is unhappy with the development of Prospect, including a granny flat (left) in touching distance of ...

Blacktown residents angry about increase in granny flats

1 hr ago

It's not always easy to find the perfect housemate.

Six common share-house dwellers and how to handle them

Peter Barrett
48 mins ago

Marc and Gillie Schattner sold their Bellevue Hill home for more than $5.5 million.

High-end property flippers give The Block a run for its know-how

Croydon has been labelled the "new Paddington" thanks to its close proximity to the city, its thriving village-style ...

Why invest in the inner west?

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Horses are welcome at this villa on 10 acres in the Gold Coast hinterland with open fireplace, hot tub on the deck and a ...

Australia's most popular pet-friendly Airbnb listings

Want to move to a tropical island?

Dream on: This is what a $34 million beach house looks like

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IPAs come with a stronger hops flavour.

The unstoppable rise of Australia's new favourite beer

Fine Drinks

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What type of private pension should we take?

George Cochrane

The Aussie dollar is trending lower, but not enough to boost manufacturing.

Trump win could still bring higher interest rates

Matt Schneider says Optika employs a high ratio of employees with autism or Asperger's syndrome who, with unconventional ...

Secrets from Australia's top innovators

Kate Jones
1 hr ago

An envelope of cash for a business venture could be an investment in your child's future.

The best $5000 you could spend on your kid's future?

Tony Featherstone

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Turnbull: Trade must be free and fair

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Obama hopes Trump can stand up to Russia

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US surgeons separate Nigerian conjoined twins

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Khawaja hits Shield ton first day back

Jim Pavlidis cartoon for Letters page, Friday November 18, 2016

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Nov 18

Good Behaviour

Michelle Dockery as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour now streaming on Stan.

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

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metal legends play Enter Sandman on kids instruments

Rob Moran
47 mins ago

Neil Patrick Harris plays the evil Count Olaf, guardian of the orphaned Baudelaire children.

Series of Unfortunate Events trailer shows whimsy and doom

Sarah Thomas

Actress Shelley Duvall on Dr Phil.

Dr Phil slammed for exploiting Shelley Duvall's mental illness

Leonard Cohen in concert at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, 2009.

For Leonard Cohen, the end came with a fall in the night

BEN SISARIO

Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis).

Miss Fisher the action hero: Producers plans for the big screen

Ebony Bowden

Suranne Jones in <i>Doctor Foster:</i> Hell has no fury.

Is this one of TV's most perfect opening episodes?

Bridget McManus

Rob Mills is keen to get back to television after several years starring in musicals.

Rob Mills pivots away from musicals and into Ramsay Street

Ebony Bowden

Newcomer Auli'i Cravalho voices Moana, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson voices Maui in the new Disney film.

Disney renames Moana in Italy due to confusion with famous porn star

Rob Moran

Carriageworks director Lisa Havilah (second from right) with artists Mathew Cooper, Sarah Contos and Kate Beckett who ...

Carriageworks' visitor numbers outstrip rival arts institutions

Andrew Taylor

Artist Penny Ryan and her hearts.

Heart breaking: the toll of Australia's offshore detention regime

Peter Munro

Artist Mulga fires up young imaginations during a workshop for primary school students at Liverpool Library.

Writers go west to fire up young imaginations

Linda Morris

Cathy Freeman.

'I'm ready to face this': Cathy Freeman opens up about her family's deepest scars

Daisy Dumas

Paris Hilton attends amfAR's Inspiration Gala Los Angeles at Milk Studios on October 27, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

Paris Hilton voted Trump

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

MIAMI BEACH, FL - JULY 18: A model walks the runway at the Belusso 2016 Collection during SWIMMIAMI at 1 Hotel South ...

The swimsuit trend that's also good for you

Melissa Singer

Ivan Trump.

The real first lady? We need to decipher Ivanka

"Everything in India just seems more. Louder. Brighter. Busier." And more unequal, writes Ruby Hamad. Here, West ...

What a trip to India taught me about my own privilege

Ruby Hamad

Hillary Clinton addresses the Children's Defense Fund's Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum in Washington, ...

Women are loving Hillary Clinton's post-election look

Mary Ward

Marcia Langton warns that the same-sex marriage plebiscite will 'unleash the dogs' on Aborigines in a referendum campaign.

There's a new, dangerous culture emerging: Langton

Jenna Clarke

Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark have been included in this year's Vanity Fair Best Dressed list.

Vanity Fair inducts Princess Mary, snubs other big names

Jenna Clarke

A pizza from Al Taglio.

Why pizza is a health food

Sarah Berry

Makda Haji.

The extraordinary story of one runner

Sarah Berry

Walk before you run... or after.

Not getting enough out of running races? Walk.

Vicky Hallett

Three ingredient canapes for summer entertaining. Styling: Sharnee Rawson and Neela Shearer.

10 easy three-ingredient canapes

Kurobuta pork belly, pickled green tomatoes and beach banana at Sails on Lavender Bay.

Review: After 40 years does Sails on Lavender Bay still stand up?

Neil Perry's vanilla bean zabaglione with berries.

From acai to zabaglione: 23 foods you might be saying wrong

Chrissy Tiegen

Chrissy Tiegen gets real about weight loss

Staff writers
1 hr ago

Allie Casazza with her four children.

How giving away most of her kids' toys helped one mum gain control of her life

Ariane Beeston
1 hr ago

Audrey Nicole's daughter pictured with her dad's girlfriend.

Mum's uplifting post on the "other woman" in her daughter's life

China Eastern Airlines will begin a non-stop service between Sydney and Kunming on November 24, 2016.

$1000 return to Europe: Chinese airlines' cheap flights for Aussies

Michael Gebicki

Spicy Homemade Cajun Jambalaya with Sausage and Shrimp

The Traveller quiz: In which US state do you eat gumbo?

Mal Chenu

The XB-1 Supersonic will be 10 per cent faster than the now defunct Concorde and two-and-a-half times faster than ...

New Virgin supersonic jet will fly Australia to US in half the time

The Mini is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Mini NES is more than just a nostalgic novelty

Tim Biggs
59 mins ago

David Irvine, former head of both ASIO and ASIS, said savings from offshore storage could be dwarfed by the liabilities ...

Former spy boss' advice on Mumbai cyber breach

David Ellery

Amazon granted Aussies access to Prime Video just in time to watch The Grand Tour.

Amazon Prime Video arrives in Australia just in time

COMMENT

earthvr

Google Earth in virtual reality looks incredible

Kotaku

Twice the GPU power, bumped up CPU, same PS4 games.

Review: PlayStation 4 gets powered up

Tim Biggs

The Mazda MX-5 returns to defend its Best Convertible crown, but faces some stiff competition from some iconic models, ...

What is the best convertible?

Andrew MacLean

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

Jeep? Compass Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Compass.

New Jeep Compass revealed

Peter McKay

Tesla's latest car is incredibly quick.

More speed for Tesla's groundbreaking Model S

David McCowen

2017 Mazda CX-5

Mazda reveals new CX-5

Stephen Ottley

Alfa Romeo reveal new SUV

Peter McKay

Bogus: A snippet from the web page.

Bogus site claims to expose Wallaby skipper's 'dirty secret'

Georgina Robinson
5 mins ago

Finger on the pulse? Wayne Bennett.

What Trump and bringing back the biff have in common

COMMENT
Steve Mascord
53 mins ago

Bowing out gracefully: Peter Senior.

Australian golf legend quits Open mid-round

Adam Pengilly

Former NSW Rugby Union chairman Nick Farr-Jones.

Farr-Jones cleared over Learn Earn Legend: report

Georgina Robinson

Set for a baptism of fire against Les Blues: Kyle Godwin.

Cheika challenges new boys to stand up against Les Blues

Tom Decent

Adam Voges sinks to his knees after being struck in by a bouncer.

Batting partner relives sickening Voges head blow

"We have to be the underdogs": Steve Hansen.

All Blacks fear legacy is at stake

Daniel Schofield

New South Wales Minister for Sport, Stuart Ayres.

Parramatta stadium on track despite asbestos finds

Georgina Robinson

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 17: Victoria batsman Peter Handscomb raises his bat after scoring a century during day one ...

Handscomb stakes Test claim with Shield ton against NSW

Phil Lutton

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 17: Interim Australian Selector Greg Chappell is seen during day one of the Sheffield ...

Chappell will push for youth: Hussey

Chris Barrett

Masterstroke: Kyle Abbott was a late addition.

As heads begin to roll, CA loosens law on neckwear

Chris Barrett

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