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Phil Donato has secured the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party its first seat in the lower house of the NSW Parliament.

Byelection decided: Orange is state's most marginal seat

BREAKING
Sean Nicholls
22 mins ago

Attorney-General George Brandis captured by the Sky News camera and microphone.

Brandis caught on hot mic: What he really thinks of his colleagues

Tom McIlroy
28 mins ago

Changing of the guard: Xi Jinping and Barack Obama pass each other at the APEC summit's opening session in Lima.

China's influence rises from ashes of trans-Pacific trade pact

ANALYSIS
53 mins ago

President-elect Donald Trump says he doesn't plan on setting up a blind trust.

Trump's colossal mistake will haunt his presidency

ANALYSIS

Senator Rod Culleton departs the press gallery after addressing the media, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 21 ...

'I've already won': How Rod Culleton sees his High Court bid

Amy Remeikis

Sydney 2026 schools

Schools future: As families move out, high-rises move in

SYDNEY 2026: A HERALD SERIES

Body of schoolgirl missing for 18 years may be close to home

3 mins ago

Coalition staffers' workplace revolt escalates

Noel Towell
1 hr ago

NASA chief's slapdown of climate sceptic Malcolm Roberts

1 hr ago

Detainees 'among highest recorded' group for mental illness

Michael Gordon
14 mins ago

South Africa lose the plot and security guard should be sent home

COMMENT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Portrait of UNSW Industrial Design Student Greta Saggus with her prototype that ...

'A little bit too hard for women': How Greta went to the top of the class

Heidi Klum arrives at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Los Angeles. ...

Heidi Klum makes a rare misstep on the AMAs red carpet

1 hr ago

Adele will tour Australia for the first time next year

Ticketing websites buckle under 'phenomenal' demand

US President Barack Obama hugs and sings "Happy Birthday" to his daughter Malia during Independence Day celebrations in ...

What Barack Obama told his daughters about Trump's win

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Cyclist v animal: when nature attacks

Triple J's Matt and Alex have announced they're leaving the station.

'We're jumping': Triple J duo's emotional farewell

Germany has long had a relaxed attitude to nakedness.

Why Germans are the champions of going nude in public

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Ten of Sydney's favourite office buildings

Remembering her power: Zoe Kazan.

This is me. I'm not perfect. Can you still love me?

COMMENT

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SMH News. Harriet Alexander. Story about risk factors for prostate cancer. Photo shows, Rob Delaporte decided to get ...

'It was a huge shock': New factors increase cancer risk

Your commute of the future: A smooth ride for $25 return

SYDNEY 2026: A HERALD SERIES

How Jim fought back from near-death

Rachel Olding

The truck crash on the M1.

Truck driver critical after fiery crash closed motorway for hours

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

More houses, more jobs: the focus of a new vision for Sydney's future

Police at crime scene

Man denied driving crashed car before blowing 0.342: police

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

Chris Wilson was attacked by an emu when riding along the Cotter River.

Emu attacks Canberra cyclist in 'freaky experience'

ACT

Girl out on the ledge at an apartment on the Gold Coast.

'Do something funny for Snapchat': Schoolie filmed on balcony ledge

QLD

The simple room where alleged Springvale bank attacker Nur Islam spent his days.

They live on $30 a day, banned from work. This is life in Australia

Lizz McCarter is a 23-year-old uni student struggling with rent.

'We're struggling': When renting is the only housing option

ACT

Attorney-General George Brandis captured by the Sky News camera and microphone.

Brandis caught calling colleagues 'mediocre' and 'not very good'

28 mins ago

Rod Culleton has his High Court debut. It was rocky ride

US alliance now security threat to Australia, says Di Natale

1 hr ago

MONEY AFR 100421 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO... GENERIC cash, banks, interest rates, wages, pay, import, export, notes, ...

Morrison signals another surplus delay on the cards

Amin Afravi is an Iranian refugee on the Manus Island regional processing centre.

Mental illness of detainees 'amongst highest recorded'

14 mins ago

Immigration minister Peter Dutton during question time at Parliament House Canberra on Monday 21 November 2016. Photo: ...

'I'm not interested in [Shorten's] politically correct nonsense'

Stephanie Peatling
7 mins ago

Senator Malcolm Roberts during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 November 2016. Photo: ...

NASA chief slaps down climate sceptic One Nation MP

1 hr ago

Changing of the guard: Xi Jinping and Barack Obama pass each other at the APEC summit's opening session in Lima.

Only one winner in collapse of Trans-Pacific Partnership

ANALYSIS
53 mins ago

Police on an anti-drug trafficking operation patrol as a woman pushes a child along the sidewalk in the Cidade de Deus ...

Bodies found, chopper crashes after clashes in Rio slum

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech after his defeat in the first round of the French 'Les ...

Sarkozy gone after French left-wingers pay to vote him out

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Angela Merkel 'to run for fourth term as German chancellor'

A win's a win, maybe: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Turnbull is about to find out if the election was worth it

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
55 mins ago

Health advice provided in many magazines is quite often poor and not based on reliable evidence or medical guidelines.

Why you shouldn't look to magazines for health advice

COMMENT
Amanda Wilson

Little did she know she was about to walk straight into a tree.

If you walk and text, you'll look a bloody idiot

COMMENT
Peter Barrett

The markets are clearly taking Trump on his word.

Trump supplies gravy to flavour Boral's $3.5 billion buy

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Boral

'Not much to smile about' as ASX slips

Jessica Sier
24 mins ago

The predicted blowout in this year's federal deficit, despite sharply improved commodity prices, means the government ...

How to get wages bang for the tax cut buck

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Despite the mini-boom in commodity prices, the Aussie dollar has over the past months hardly strengthened.

Goldman turns bullish on economy and $A

12 things successful people do as workday ends

Caltex boss warns 'immoral' franchisees

COMMENT
Julian Segal

How Trump could use his office to enrich himself and his family

ANALYSIS

Crown staff 'formally arrested', face months behind bars

Real estate buyers and sellers have been warned to be wary of online companies promising to connect them with the best ...

Buyers and sellers warned about agent comparison websites

1 hr ago

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Ten of Sydney's favourite office buildings

The Boulevarde in Punchbowl, which is attracting plenty of interest from property watchers.

Most unlikely suburb tipped as Sydney's next property hotspot

1 hr ago

When we met, he owned a three-seater sofa in the most opulent fabric I have seen outside Versailles.

Design wars: what to do when your styles don't match

Millennials repeatedly fall into five design traps.

The five biggest decorating mistakes millennials make

Even with the top down, the Dawn's bespoke audio system measures ambient noise via two microphones.

Which luxury car has the sweetest sound system?

Luxury Cars
1 hr ago

Bianchi's new release is one mean machine.

This top-of-the-line road bike is not for the faint-hearted

Sporting Style

Renting can make more financial sense than buying in some circumstances.

Why I own an investment property but rent my home

3 mins ago

Credit card companies will often entice new users with a honeymoon offer.

How banks cash in with parallel deals

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Maddison Lawrence of Slick Azz Auto

No degree is no problem in small business

Sylvia Pennington

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

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Stink in Canada's parliament over the word 'Fart'

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Girl trapped under truck rescued

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Trump not happy with Saturday Night Live

Fiete, a two year-old male polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) from Rostock Zoo.

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Adele will tour Australia for the first time next year

Adele fans left empty-handed over website crashes

Ebony Bowden

Triple J's Matt and Alex have announced they're leaving the station.

Alex Dyson and Matt Okine announce Triple J departure

Rob Moran

Kanye West's latest rant has turned even his loyalest fans against him.

Kanye walks off stage three songs into gig after slamming Beyonce

Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump: "Google what is ISIS?"

Baldwin returns as a very nervous Trump on SNL

Aja Styles

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2016 file photo, Adele holds the Best British Female Solo Artist award onstage at the Brit ...

Get Adele tickets despite the demand with these handy hacks

Ebony Bowden

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

X Factor's dire on-set conditions revealed

EXCLUSIVE
Ebony Bowden

McDonald's movie paints a less than cheering picture

Sandra Hall

Ruby Rose says she shocked her trainers with how easily she picked up her sniper skills.

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

Sarah Thomas

Jonathan Brown and Kassidy Walters perform a scene from the dance work <i>Emeret Lu</i>, part of <i>From Sand to Stage</i>.

Dances with sand display power of protest

Jill Sykes

Lorenza Borrani, violin playing superstar.

Lorenza Borrani provides a fitting end to the ACO's Beethoven series

Peter McCallum

Strong performances by Jeanette Cronin and Mark Lee elevate <i>The Shadow Box</i>, a play about about three characters ...

Despite its age, The Shadow Box performs admirably thanks to creative staging

Jason Blake

Gigi Hadid impersonates Melania Trump alongside co-host Jay Pharoah during the 2016 American Music Awards on Sunday in ...

Gigi Hadid lights up social media with Melania Trump impression

Amy Croffey
14 mins ago

Heidi Klum arrives at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Los Angeles. ...

The best and most creatively dressed on the AMAs red carpet

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 20: Singer Z LaLa attends the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November ...

Big hair and sheer dresses rule the AMAs red carpet 2016

Meghan Markle took to Instagram to thank her friends and fans for their support after the "wave of abuse and harassment" ...

Meghan Markle breaks silence on social media amid 'abuse'

Amy Croffey

Girl, domestic violence, child, sad, alone, afraid

Should we get involved in our kids' friendship battles?

Kasey Edwards

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Students protest against Columbia University's wrestling team following the publication of sexist and racist messages ...

Protest leads to suspension of university athletes

Mary Ward

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 15: Chrissy Teigen attends the Host One To Remember event at Haven's Kitchen on November 15, ...

'Look who wants a safe space now': Teigen blasts Trump

Charmed and dangerous?

Charm offensive: A surprising red flag for domestic violence

Paula Goodyer

The reward is in the effort: Don't be afraid to push yourself.

How to get the most out of every workout

Jordan D. Metzl

Remembering her power: Zoe Kazan.

Zoe Kazan on overcoming an eating disorder

COMMENT
ZOE KAZAN

Rolando Schirato, from Vittoria coffee, is looking at expanding into the US.

Australian coffee brewing a US takeover

Scott Bolles

The Blue Ducks' mixed-grain dhal is a convenient and healthy mid-week dinner recipe.

Give this comfort food dhaling a healthy Blue Ducks' boost

Neil Perry's orecchiette in tuna ragout.

Weekly meal planner: Warm-weather pasta recipes

Some of the teen mums from the original documentary series.

The trials and tribulations of teenage mums, 10 years on

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Jessica Whelan, 4, passed away on Sunday.

Girl whose portrait touched thousands has died from cancer

Ariane Beeston

Santa is watching you ...

Forget Elf on the Shelf: this Christmas it's all about the Santa Cam

Ariane Beeston

Germany has long had a relaxed attitude to nakedness.

Why Germans are the champions of going nude in public

Tim Richards

Top view photo of beautiful blonde girl lying on wooden floor. Young woman smiling, holding passport and tickets, and ...

Every country Australians can enter without needing a visa

Kylie McLaughlin
28 mins ago

The Belmond Grand Hibernian on the line to Cork.

Green with envy: Europe's newest luxury train journey rolls out

Alison Stewart

The iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple will fix iPhone 6 'touch disease', for $230

LG's E6 and G6 Ultra HD OLED have a sound bar across the front to improve the audio.

The new gold standard for home cinema

COMMENT

Getting fit, accomplishing tasks and making money. But can Deliveroo be full time?

Deliveroo for a day: can you make a living in the gig economy?

nbn

NBN's $20b government loan to finish rollout

Gizmodo

Aedes notoscriptus - better known as the common backyard mosquito.

What actually works to stop mozzies?

Bridie Smith

Can last year's Best Luxury Car Under $80,000, the Mercedes-Benz C200, see off the new Audi A4.

The Best Luxury Car under $80,000

Andrew MacLean

LDV says its new T60 ute should receive a five-star crash rating.

LDV unveils new T60 ute

David McCowen

2017 Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda's new Kluger rival reviewed

Kez Casey

Molly Taylor has mad history as the first woman to win the ARC as a driver.

Molly Taylor wins Australian Rally Championship with Subaru

David McCowen

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

Manual returns to Porsche 911 GT3

Andrew MacLean

Mazda rotary-powered RX-Vision concept.

Mazda plots rotary sports car return

Stephen Ottley

South African security man-handle a journalist trying to ask Faf Du Plessis a question.

Security roughs up journalist asking Du Plessis question

Andrew Wu

Ambassadors: Cooper Cronk, Mal Meninga, Cameron Smith and Darius Boyd have restored international rugby league's former ...

Kangaroo Tours to return after Australia's Four Nations success

EXCLUSIVE
Steve Mascord

US jaunt: Valentine Holmes during the Four Nations fiinal.

Holmes, Taumalolo to trial for NFL

Matt Encarnacion
35 mins ago

Big Sam no longer: Sam Kasiano, pictured in a photo shoot for Johnny Bigg, has trimmed down to 128kg.

Why Kasiano won't take up Origin offer

Adrian Proszenko

Best spine in history: Mal Meninga has labelled the current spine of the Kangaroos as the greatest ever in international ...

'The greatest ever': Kangaroos' spine shines

Steve Mascord

Peter Hanscomb, Matthew Renshaw, and Nic Maddinson

Axe falls: Maddinson, Renshaw, Handscomb to make Test debuts

Chris Barrett

Josh Dugan scores Australia's second try against New Zealand at Anfield on Sunday.

Australia secure Four Nations with ease

Steve Mascord

Retiring race caller Greg Miles.

Legendary Cup caller Greg Miles calls it a day

Patrick Bartley

Confrontation: Zunaid Wadee shoulder charges reporter Will Crouch.

Security guard should be sent home

COMMENT
Chris Barrett

New dawn: Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade and Nic Maddinson after receiving the news of their Test selection.

Bold selections must be given time to mature

ANALYSIS
Geoff Lawson

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 17: Queensland's Matthew Renshaw celebrates bringing up his century during day one of the ...

Australian selectors back their 'gut'

ANALYSIS
Chris Barrett

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