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Afghan refugee Gulima Wahidi says her family is among the lucky ones.

'Set up to fail': Long waits for family reunion

Deborah Snow
37 mins ago

Japan PM Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump shake hands, as Ivaka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner watch.

Why did Ivanka Trump attend meeting with Japanese PM?

The Opera Residences is a luxury development on the site of the old Coca Cola Amatil building.

$27m penthouse sets new Australian apartment record

Lucy Macken
1 hr ago

Justice

Sydney man charged after allegedly trying to organise hit on ex-wife

Ava Benny-Morrison
56 mins ago

Alex Doolan is examined by medical staff after he was forced to retire hurt following a classy knock of 202.

Aussie Test hopeful concussed after hitting double century

Father-of-12 Junior Dean ran to saves staff and customers.

'Why did you do it?': Man who caught alleged bank arsonist

EXCLUSIVE

Embarrassing admission over $80k luggage lift for PM's residence

Adam Gartrell

Hunt reins in CSIRO boss: new national science priorities

EXCLUSIVE
Marcus Strom

It's a man's world, but being a man doesn't always pay big

Leo D'Angelo Fisher

Making America hate again: Welcome to Trump's new USA

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Lovestruck Aussie mum scammed, ends up in foreign jail hell

Sky News reporter Amy Greenbank was left bleeding after the incident outside court.

Woman charged with on-air assault of TV reporter

Returning Ricky: Ricky Ponting has quit the Mumbai Indians

Intrigue builds over Ponting as he quits IPL

1 hr ago

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., gestures as he speaks during a session at the ...

Fake news is the new reality

An Indian woman shows discontinued Indian currency notes and a photocopied ID card as she queues outside Reserve Bank of ...

Why India's rich are begging the poor to help them

February 21, Saturday Herald, PS, Jenna Clarke Chef Guillaume Brahimi and his wife Sanchia Pic credit: Supplied ...

New woman in the life of husband who lost wife in Lindt cafe siege

Private Sydney

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What would make young drivers slow down?

Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso's relationship was rekindled on the set of On Your Side.

Why the Veronicas latest video is groundbreaking

Cheering young couple take a selfie portrait on the road standing next to a kangaroo warning sign, Australia.

Sydney to Melbourne by road: The nine best stops along the Hume

SMH/NEWS. Portrait of Sue Wiles aged 76 from Wentworth, has 10 plates from the Cole Classic and just wants to keep going ...

After a decade of Cole Classics, 76-year-old has no plans to stop

Analysts were underwhelmed by Coca-Cola Amatil's investor briefing on Friday, their subsequent reports sending shares in ...

50 nifty uses for Coca-Cola that have nothing to do with drinking it

A caveat on the title names the buyers as the Hunters Hill-based Huang family.

Point Piper's Altona has sold to a Chinese billionaire family

Vendors Danielle and Neil Rapley with their 11-year-old son William.

Renovation sees heritage home sell for $270,000 over reserve

41 mins ago

Sydney's skyline will be dramatically transformed under a City of Sydney proposal.

Sydney must learn from planning failures of the past

The residential entry is through the old hall presenting the dichotomous relationship between the old and the new.

Heritage restoration gamble pays off in Parramatta

The Six Degrees townhouses in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Amazing design: Finding architecture's missing middle

Pasquale Barbaro was shot dead in Earlwood on Monday.

Tensions as rival crime families came head-to-head at Rockpool

Ava Benny-Morrison

Biggest housing construction boom in Sydney's history

EXCLUSIVE

A great sight of nature only being kept alive by life support

Julie Power

Manly Wharf, owned by Seagrass Capital, has a DA approved to build a second story addition to the precinct.

Manly Wharf set for $9m facelift

Carolyn Cummins

SHD. News. The Sydney Swans flag flies over the Harbour Bridge on the day of the AFL Grand Final, Sydney Swans vs ...

Study reveals the eight biggest threats that could paralyse Sydney

Matt Wade

Ben Conan, who continues to ride to work in the city, but who has stopped riding around Manly because of blitzes and ...

'It's alarming': Why there are fewer cyclists on Sydney's roads

Jacob Saulwick

Four charged over violent home invasion in Sydney's inner west

Officer breaks arm, four charged over violent home invasion

Phalla Neary Khmer with daughters Claudia and Angel.

'All I saw was a man on fire running up and down the hallway'

VIC

"Please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as possible... yeeaaa...."

Department of Whatever: WA govt's voicemail fail

WA

Elly Warren, pictured here with her boyfriend Luke Tempany, was on a trip in Africa when she died.

Elly's father convinced she was murdered by suffocation

VIC

Agincourt Reef on the outskirts of the Great Barrier Reef.

Third person dies after scuba diving incident off Great Barrier Reef

QLD

Peter Dutton said Malcolm Fraser made mistakes bringing some people to Australia in the 1970s.

'Cheap': Hewson slams Dutton over Fraser criticism

Tom McIlroy

Shorten claim of a million foreign workers questioned

James Massola

Playing to prejudices does politicians no credit

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

The creators of fake news quickly found it was more profitable to create stories that played to the views of Donald ...

The Trump effect takes hold Down Under

Michael Koziol

Barnaby Joyce spoke to Chris Smith.

'Sack Joyce for reneging on Murray-Darling promise'

Fairfax Media revealed up to 60 per cent of students at some universities were being admitted below the advertised ...

An unlikely alliance: Victoria and NSW fight school funding changes

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton

Dutton turns attack on legacy of former Liberal prime minister

Protesters sell "Bersih" T-shirts outside a national mosque during the rally in Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday.

Malaysian police ready as thousands take to the streets to demand Najib's resignation

Lindsay Murdoch

Imelda Marcos kisses the refrigerated crypt of her husband at a mausoleum in Batac, Philippines, in 2005.

Are they fake bones? Doubts over Ferdinand Marcos' buried remains

Lindsay Murdoch

Then reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him in 2005 at the announcement the ...

Trump agrees to pay $US25 million to settle Trump University lawsuit

Actor George Takei was five when his family was imprisoned.

George Takei: Don't do to Muslims what you did to my family

COMMENT
George Takei

Mark Zuckerberg hasn't let a broken arm get in the way of his project to turn himself from nerd to muscular jock.

The most dangerous person on the planet isn't who you think

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Renovation inspiration found in the most unlikely of place: a magnetic knife holder in a movie.

When even a murder scene can provide home renovation inspiration

COMMENT
Richard Glover

Malcolm Turnbull has sought to hitch his policy wagon to Trump's runaway horses.

Australia has only seen the start of the Trump effect

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Rio Tinto paid $US4.5 billion in tax in 2015.

'Rio offered to pay me off': ex-Guinea mining minister

Charities should start taking a stand instead of waiting until they are shamed into it.

Workers pay price as charities turn their back

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

blue chips

Bond yields a bad sign for expensive ASX

ANALYSIS

CROWE AFR 090731 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... Simon Crowe, Founder of fast-growing hamburger chain Grill d. Story by ...

Grill'd in court: inside a big-league bun fight

Here are Goldman Sachs' top trade ideas for 2017

Suicide prompts ad agency to review 'work to death' principle

Basketball stars caught up in Shane Heal alleged fraud

How little Oz rolls with the economic punches

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The iPod changed how we listened to music.

13 brilliant Apple innovations that changed the world

Culture

The Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

The game-changing new cars everyone is talking about

Luxury cars

Men are less likely to seek treatment for depression, and this can intensify the associated problems.

The money problems most likely to affect men

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What type of private pension should we take?

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

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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Unwitting drug mule busted at Melbourne Airport

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SAS 'openly hostile' says ex-soldier

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The woman paid to worry for Sydney

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Turnbull: Trade must be free and fair

Professor Richard Kingsford wades into an Ibis colony in the Macquarie Marshes. A flood has brought a breeding event ...

Thousands of waterbirds flock to Macquarie Marshes

Good Behaviour

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

seinfeld

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

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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LA-based Australian screen producer Bruna Papandrea.

The Australian producer tackling Hollywood sexism

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Is this the film dud of 2016?

Review: Is this the worst film of 2016?

Paul Byrnes

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 17: Comedian and actor Luke McGregor is seen during lunch with Age journalist Kylie ...

We watched his sexual journey, now Luke McGregor has a partner

Not happy Paul, says John Lennon.

Bitter Beatles letter fuels memorabilia boom

22 mins ago

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones play at Desert Trip.

New studio album for the Rolling Stones

Jon Pareles

Michael Keaton's new shot at Oscar glory

Karl Quinn

Meryl Streep's move to the small screen has scored her a massive payday.

Meryl Streep to earn $1 million+ per episode for new TV series

Metallica, the kid-friendly version.

Metallica get their Wiggles on, rocking out on kids instruments

Sharon Jones performing with the Dap-Kings in 2010.

Soul singer Sharon Jones dead at 60

Steve Kenny

Canberra trio, Safia, wraps up tour on a high note.

Safia review: taking a well-deserved bow

George Palathingal

Actor Bryan Brown: a dedicated writers' centre for western Sydney is a ''bloody good idea''.

A bloody good idea: Bryan Brown backs literary talent

Linda Morris

This is a teeny tiny breaking of beauty chains, because nobody - nobody - should tell women what to do.

Five beauty rules that are crying out to be broken

Natalie Reilly

Michelle Obama walks with Barack Obama wearing Sophie Theallet at an Independence Day barbeque on the South Lawn of the ...

Michelle Obama's go-to designer refuses to dress Melania

Mary Ward

Ruby Rose and Jess Origliasso's relationship was rekindled on the set of On Your Side.

Why the Veronicas latest video is groundbreaking

Nicole Economos

Sarah Christian was seven years old when she lost a patch of hair the size of a 20-cent piece.

Think dating is hard? Try navigating it with alopecia

Daisy Dumas

Death is a huge part of life and the more you know about it, the better off you are.

How embracing death can make our lives richer

Daisy Dumas

Joy Smithers is now focusing on her true passion of ceramics.

Actor Joy Smithers won't use 'fame' to leverage latest project

Nicole Economos

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

Sexual assault is a campus, not just a college, problem

COMMENT
Mary Ward

Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson will long be remembered after a foundation was set up to assist young women in ...

Lindt cafe siege widower finds new love

Andrew Hornery

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

Anthony Bourdain demonstrating his appetites ahead of his book <i>Appetites</i>.

'Bad boy, coke-snorting, man-slut' no more - What Anthony Bourdain did next.

Adam Liaw's crunchy lamingtons (with rice bubbles).

Perfect match: 32 chocolate and coconut recipes

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

10 easy three-ingredient canapes

The toddler needed hospital treatment after ingesting alcohol.

Mother charged after toddler drinks vodka from sippy cup

Allie Casazza with her four children.

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

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

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

The perfect place to try it surfing: Waikiki Beach.

The top five things to do in crazy Waikiki Beach, for young and old

Brian J. Cantwell

The Hume Highway is the fastest transport route between Sydney and Melbourne.

Sydney to Melbourne by road: The nine best stops along the Hume

Penny Watson

Singapore Airlines disappointed a Traveller reader.

Traveller letters: Singapore's service 'completely frustrating'

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

Mini NES is more than just a nostalgic novelty

Tim Biggs

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

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

Porsche is set to offer a manual gearbox again on its 911 GT3 road racer

Manual returns to Porsche 911 GT3

Andrew MacLean

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

Subaru has unveiled the VIZIV-7 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) concept at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Subaru Viziv-7 ...

Subaru concept to target Kluger

David McCowen

Jeep? Compass Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Compass.

New Jeep Compass revealed

Peter McKay

Tesla's latest car is incredibly quick.

Tesla Model S to go even faster

David McCowen

Legal aid: Faf du Plessis may have South African lawyers fighting his ball-tampering charge.

Faf du Plessis in Test limbo as feud escalates

Andrew Wu
9 mins ago

Steve Johnson: watch the thumbs.

Johnson injures hand in strange phone accident

Larissa Nicholson

Returning Ricky: Ricky Ponting has quit the Mumbai Indians

Ponting quits IPL - ready for major CA role?

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Family: Samu Kerevi with his cousin in Fiji.

Why Wallabies star is sleeping on a mattress on the floor

Tom Decent

Taking nothing for granted: Geoff Ogilvy.

Ogilvy keeps low profile as Spieth lurks

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Sensitive soul: Andy Murray during his match against Kei Nishikori of Japan on day four of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Would the real Andy Murray please rise?

Linda Pearce

Workhorse: Jason Taumalolo.

Taumalolo stands by his decision to snub Roos

Steve Mascord

In the ring: Peni Terepo training at Blacktown PCYC.

Eel to make professional boxing debut

Adrian Proszenko

Geoff lawson dinkus, dink, sports dinkus, sports dink

Test team is paying the price for years of neglect

Geoff Lawson
1 hr ago

Alex Doolan is examined by medical staff after he was forced to retire hurt following a classy knock of 202.

Another Test hopeful concussed

Under pressure: Captain Steve Smith is having a tough summer so far.

Uproar shows Tests remains ultimate prize

Jon Pierik

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