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A man fishing off South Curl Curl rocks is wearing a life jacket as recommended by the NSW government.

Search under way in Sydney as man swept off rocks

BREAKING
30 mins ago

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'Absurd': five barristers battle it out over alleged $5.8m legal bill

Michaela Whitbourn

Peter Dutton says Australia is in "discussions" in a bid to resettle people found to be refugees.

'Australia first' for jobs as foreign visa list faces cull

Amy Remeikis

Schapelle Corby with revellers at Stakz Bar and Grill, Kuta.

Schapelle Corby given return date to Australia

Lisa Visentin

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Politicians are terrified of the Angry White Man

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Guy Sebastian finished fifth at Eurovision 2015 with his song Tonight Again.

X Factor contestants lift lid on 'sickening' working conditions

EXCLUSIVE

$1.3 million cycle fines under new laws dwarf penalties for motorists

Matt O'Sullivan

Man in intensive care after suspected one-punch attack in Sydney CBD

Anna Patty

Kuridrani's aerobatic, diving try keeps Wallabies on winning track

Trump demands apology from 'rude' cast of Broadway musical

Concerns over plans to tap 'guest recognition' data from social media

An aerial view of the Riverstone lots which, for decades, owners have lobbied the government for the right to develop.

The suburb that Sydney left behind

The iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple acknowledges iPhone glitch

1 hr ago

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Asia-Pacific Economic ...

Zuckerberg outlines plan to fight fake news sites

1 hr ago

Peter FitzSimons.

How I quit sugar and alcohol and became a better husband

Attempted smuggleing of eight snakes into Australia was foiled by customs officers this week.The snakes, four young King ...

Inside Australia's thriving black market for snakes

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Wallabies edge out France in nail-biter

Auction. 3 Hartley St, Rozelle. Buyers Stefano Sacco and wife Sarah Sacco. Saturday 19th November 2016. Photograph by ...

Young couple outbid builders for $1.65m rundown home

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

Money problems most likely to affect men

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, NOV 20/16 ISSUE Margaret Zhang BY Bec Parsons Fairfax Media has rights to this image for 12 ...

How local fashionista Margaret Zhang became a force of fashion

A 1685 edition of Shakespeare's works for sale at Christie's in 2000.

Australian sleuths solve a 400-year Shakespearean mystery

The condition of 3 Hartley Street, Rozelle did not deter buyers.

Couple outbid builders for $1.65 million rundown Rozelle home

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Calling all lovers, hikers and mountaineers - a stay in the winter cabin on Mount Kanin ...

Extreme housing: Hiker's cabin on the mountaintop

Flat Chat Nov 19

Holiday apartment letting laws hit a roadblock

Fairlight, 1,17 Francis Street.

The house that's actually a boutique block of units

Apart from the main homestead, Judith Street's property Coolaroo, in Berrima, includes a guest house, a hangar and an ...

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's mum selling her NSW country estate

Anna Pavoni, co-owner of restaurant Ormeggio at the Spit in Mosman, is collecting customer data to enhance the dining ...

How your restaurant knows who you are and what you do for a living

Esther Han

Man facing court after allegedly sexually assaulting five-year-old

Sarah Muller
1 hr ago

Elderly man bashed after trying to stop teenage vandal

Lisa Visentin

A protester in the Reclaim Australia rally at Martin Place in July last year.

Our 'empty gesture': No prosecutions in 24 years

Kirsty Needham

Dionne Barton (left), with Lawrence, 5, and Georgia, 7, and Claire Ormiston, with Samuel, 4, have concerns about Kids ...

'All about the profits': Families desert childcare

Kelsey Munro

A 1685 edition of Shakespeare's works for sale at Christie's in 2000.

Australian sleuths solve a 400-year Shakespearean mystery

Marcus Strom

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

Woman charged with on-air assault of TV reporter outside court

The Green Lantern ride was 'delayed' according to a Movie World spokeswoman.

Reports of ride being stuck at Movie World

BREAKING
1 hr ago

"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

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

Refugees 'set up to fail' by long waits for family reunion

Deborah Snow

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

'Why did you do it?' First question put to alleged bank blaster

Former senator Ricky Muir at his newly purchased sawmill, which he affectionately calls ''George''.

'Absolutely repulsive': ex-Senator speaks out on Canberra's trickery

Latika Bourke

Turnbull banks on Trump changing his mind on trade agreements

Matthew Knott

Department forced to hand over documents on Bob Day controversy

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 02: Senator Rod Culleton is seen speaking at a press conference on November 2, 2016 in ...

Rod Culleton's bizarre letter to the 'elitist' High Court

Adam Gartrell

Illustration: Joe Benke

Perhaps Turnbull's refugee ban wasn't so bad after all

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and wife Lucy at The Lodge.

Embarrassing admission over $80k luggage lift for Lodge

Former Liberal leader John Hewson.

'Cheap': Hewson slams Dutton over Fraser criticism

Chatree gold mine general manager Brennan Lang at the project?s huge tailings dam, which he says is operated to high ...

Aussie miners struck gold in Thailand, then the military intervened

Lindsay Murdoch

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After Brexit and Trump, what will be the next domino to fall?

Nick Miller

Pope Francis with migrants in St Peter's Square in June 2016.

Pope denounces 'epidemic of animosity' against immigrants

Fake news on Google.

US election sheds light on how fake news became the new reality

Josephine Tovey

The benefits to society of a guaranteed income for all may outweigh the costs.

The case for a basic income, no questions asked

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton have come under fire from Bill Shorten over 457 visas.

Perhaps Turnbull's refugee ban wasn't so bad after all

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten: getting out of town and into factories.

Where will Angry White Man strike next?

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

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 Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet.

The game-changing new cars everyone is talking about

Luxury cars

The iPod changed how we listened to music.

13 brilliant Apple innovations that changed the world

Culture

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How to have a good divorce

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Wardrobe lessons from a reformed shopaholic

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

Senator Sam Dastyari said he made a mistake 22 times earlier this year at a press conference.

So you've stuffed up at work: now what?

James Adonis

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Wallabies edge out France in nail-biter

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Man hospitalised after assault in Sydney CBD

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Victor Anichebe of Sunderland (L) scores his sides third goal during the Premier ...

Sunderland grabs back-to-back wins

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Mike Pence gets booed at Hamilton

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.

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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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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Taking aim: Ruby Rose in the new <i>xXx</i> action thriller.

Ruby Rose is a natural with a gun but don't call her badass

Sarah Thomas
1 hr ago

Guy Sebastian finished fifth at Eurovision 2015 with his song Tonight Again.

X Factor's dire on-set conditions revealed

EXCLUSIVE
Ebony Bowden

"I never want to stop," Lauper says.

Cyndi Lauper on what goes wrong for so many parents

Lenny Ann Low

Kung Fu Panda 3

How a Kung Fu Panda copyright lawsuit backfired

Melissa McCarthy, Sookie, Gilmore Girls

McCathy and those Gilmore Girls rumours: Graham puts to rest

Michael Idato

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

Is this the film dud of 2016?

Review: Is this the worst film of 2016?

Paul Byrnes

Sharon Jones performing with the Dap-Kings in 2010.

Soul singer Sharon Jones dead at 60

Steve Kenny

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

Alcohol takes the edge off that stress, rewards our hard work and inflates our confidence.

What is the cost to our lives of self-medicating with alcohol?

Cosima Marriner

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

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, NOV 20/16 ISSUE Margaret Zhang BY Bec Parsons Fairfax Media has rights to this image for 12 ...

How Margaret Zhang has become a woman of influence

Georgie Gordon

In those unenlightened days, we female employees had to put up with this daily dose of condescending misogyny.

Why it's time to give blokes a taste of their own sexist behaviour

Kathy Lette

Leona Edmiston wants to expand into lifestyle and homewares.

Leona Edmiston gives new meaning to 'cat lady'

Jenna Clarke

SMH. Jenna Clarke story. Delilah Belle Hamlin, daughter of Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna is making her debut in Australia ...

Lisa Rinna's daughter on track to be the new Gigi Hadid

Jenna Clarke

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

St Paul's College at Sydney University.

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

COMMENT
Mary Ward

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

A Canadian study has found kids might be better off drinking full-cream milk.

Kids better off with full-fat milk, study finds

Laura Donnelly

Lamb and harissa pizza.

Weekly meal planner: Dinner recipes for late spring

Rachel Khoo's creamy bruleed almond rice pudding berry pots.

Vegan, dairy free: Bruleed rice pudding berry pots

Rachel Khoo

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 five best things to do at Hawaii's most famous beach

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

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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

Comfortable: Luke Morahan was impressive at fullback for the Wallabies.

Australia's win worth more credit than they'll probably get

Paul Cully

BANGKOK, THAILAND - NOVEMBER 15: Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou listens to questions form the media at the post match ...

The player Ange needs to pick for the Socceroos

Michael Cockerill

Not even close: A track invader beats the horses across the line.

Streaker at the Newcastle trots turns heads

Craig Kerry
1 hr ago

Holding on: Tevita Kuridrani celebrates the nail-biting win against France.

Wallabies remain undefeated with thrilling win over France

Tom Decent

Italy's Simone Ferrari, center, celebrates at the end of the international rugby union test match between Italy and ...

Italy seal famous win over Springboks

Out: Quade Cooper has been pulled from Australia's starting side for their match against France.

Cheika refutes claims he used Quade scratching for mind games

Tom Decent

Clinical: Juan Mata celebrates his sublime finish against Arsenal.

EPL video highlights as United, City and Arsenal all play

Set to lead a new-look XI: Steve Smith.

Selectors set to swing axe in bid to end slump

Andrew Wu

"Interesting watching": Mickey Arthur is not surprised at reaction to Australia's slump.

Mickey Arthur not surprised by Australian bloodletting

23 mins ago

South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis.

Proteas, Victoria draw in pink-ball tour match

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Test team is paying the price for years of neglect

Geoff Lawson

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