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The NSW Government will set aside funds from a new round of asset recycling to upgrade Sydney?s iconic Circular Quay ...

How Sydney's waterfront will be reborn in the city of the future

Sydney 2026: A Herald Series

ICAC Chief Megan Latham before the parliamentary inquiry on Thursday.

Baird move either a bungle or pure political cowardice

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls
51 mins ago

Australian teenager Jamie Murphy is searched by security at the entrance to the Sky Garden club in Bali.

Aussie teen's white powder test 'negative': Bali lawyer

BREAKING
7 mins ago

Labor MP Emma Husar speaks about her personal experience with family violence in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Labor MP opens up on her history of domestic violence

Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

Clarence and his wife, Amanda Leo.

'Gentle giant': Fourth victim of thunderstorm asthma identified

47 mins ago

In August John McGrath stepped down as chief executive of McGrath Estate Agents after 28 years in charge.

Home owners' fear spells bad news for real estate group

Peter FitzSimons.

Faf, you cheated, you got caught, you should be banned

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Man stabbed to death on Sydney street after alleged argument

19 mins ago

Gusty winds, heavy rain trigger delays across city

1 hr ago

'Beyond over the top': Government threatens to sue grandfather

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

The moment Bali security found 'white plastic bag' on Aussie teen

Why Trump's bold infrastructure plan is good for Australia

COMMENT

Senator Pauline Hanson at a white ribbon breakfast at Parliament House Canberra on Wednesday 23 November 2016. Photo: ...

Hanson heals rift with the 'well-oiled machine'

Amy Remeikis
1 hr ago

Ellen DeGeneres tears up as President Obama presents her with the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom.

'Incredible burden': Ellen shares teary moment with friend Obama

1 hr ago

Labor senator red-faced after zebra joke at Michaelia Cash falls flat.

Senator likens minister to a zebra on White Ribbon Day

Hortense in the corner of the letterbox before the egg sac expanded.

Celebrations as huntsman sets up home - with hundreds of babies

53 mins ago

Donald Trump.

How to spot a fake news story

17 mins ago

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Ball tampering through the years

Megan Washington arrives for the 30th Annual ARIA Awards

Iced Vovos and uterus accessories star on very wet ARIAs red carpet

Bouquet of flowers in watering can on wooden table a day to remember

Ten ways to make your flowers last longer

Gwyneth Paltrow was called an "asshole" by her own father.

Gwyneth Paltrow's ridiculously expensive Christmas gift guide

Live 'la dolce vita' in Italy.

The eight countries where locals enjoy life the most

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ICAC chief Megan Latham has resigned two years before her term was to end.

ICAC chief quits after being forced to reapply for job

Bushfire burning out of control near Blue Mountains township

Nick Ralston

Sydney uni beats Oxford, Cambridge in global rankings

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 22: Connie Wilson with her kids at home. Kostya 14, Zoey 8, Anastacia 11 and Steffan 10 ...

'Seems to get harder every year': Christmas nightmare for families

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 22: Salim Mehajer arrives to Downing Centre courts complex on November 22, 2016 in Sydney, ...

Home from Ibiza, back in court: Mehajer facing fresh charges

Children are vaccinated at six to eight weeks of age, then at four months, six months, four years and high school.

The child deaths that immunisation could have stopped

Shoppers are forking out for Christmas presents in a way not seen since before the Global Financial Crisis in 2008.

The 12 things you definitely don't want for Christmas

A crane lifts the metal box from a dam at Logan.

'Screams got louder' as box was pushed into Logan dam: court

QLD

Horty Mokbel was involved in the bashing of film director Dale Reeves outside a Lygon Street restaurant last week.

Mokbel brother 'bashes nightclub identity in Lygon Street'

VIC

Ben Cousins has reportedly been hospitalised after a car crash.

Cousins under police guard in hospital after minor car crash: reports

Police were investigating after a fatal stabbing at Alexandra Hills.

Bloodied children seen outside after fatal stabbing

QLD

Minister for Women and the Minister for Employment: Michaelia Cash.

Senator likens black and white-dressed female minister to zebra

Heath Aston

'For many years I was embarrassed and ashamed'

Matthew Knott
1 hr ago

We don't like health shaming. But let's talk about Barnaby

Tony Wright
1 hr ago

Senator Pauline Hanson at Parliament House.

One Nation senators heal rift - for now

1 hr ago

Hat

'I need to be a catalyst for change': Bernardi's New York awakening

Latika Bourke

Mark Rogers, a Sydney grandfather of two, is being pursued by the Australian Government Solicitor over his 'save ...

Government threatens to sue grandfather over 'save Medicare' website

EXCLUSIVE

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce

'The ATO is not a better solution than... going for a swim'

President-elect Donald Trump wants the media to fall in line.

Donald Trump still doesn't get the First Ammendment

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, as Lu Wei, left, China's internet ...

Facebook has built a software tool to help China's censorship

1 hr ago

Turkish men and women protest the bill. The placard reads: "Punish the rapist, not the child."

Turkey withdraws 'rape amnesty' sexual abuse bill, outcry continues

The Brex Pistols with Donald Trump. (From left) unidentified, Arron Banks, Trump, Nigel Farage, Andrew Wigmore, and ...

How the 'Brex Pistols' sparked anarchy in UK diplomacy

Nick Miller

It might be time to keep a track on how many times the word "bubble" is being used.

Things are bad outside the Sydney-Melbourne bubble

COMMENT
Peter Martin
34 mins ago

Getting in early: young surfers head an early dip at Cronulla Beach on Thursday morning.

The four charts that show Australia is better than America

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Constructive plan: Donald Trump promises "a bold, visionary plan for a cost-effective system of roads, bridges, tunnels, ...

Why Trump's bold plan to rebuild America is good for Australia

COMMENT
Paul Fletcher

Dell Australia and New Zealand managing director Angela Fox.

Whinge, complain, leave - the bad ride for women in IT

1 hr ago

There was broad-based buying on the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday.

Miners boost ASX, Fortescue at 5-year high

1 hr ago

The Port of Melbourne had to back down from a 750 per cent rent hike after hearing from the ACCC

'Best deal in decades' for dockers

1 hr ago

John Mcgrath

Sydney property market in 'severe disequilibrium'

Chinese business travellers put a rocket up Webjet

Five years after the boom, battle rages over mining wages

Why bets on a Trump mining boom are tempting fate

ANALYSIS

Trump insider bets on a futuristic fix for climate change 'hoax'

Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle blog, Goop, is famous for its luxurious Christmas gift guides.

Extravagant homewares from Gwyneth Paltrow's Christmas gift guide

JQZ's development Prime, in Macquarie Park was said to appeal to younger buyers. The average price paid for a ...

$630,000 for a one-bedroom unit the new norm in Sydney

These designers’ mums have helped pave the way for successful design careers and happy homes.

Style lessons designers learnt from their mothers

Our landlord ran a colony for "clothing optional" enthusiasts.

Five important lessons I learnt living next to a nudist colony

Housing stress is a common reality for people in the rental market.

New apartments sit empty while homeless sleep rough

Christina Zhou

Hipsters before it was even hip, The Rolling Stones even invented the awkward lean.

Original hipsters: Is this the most stylish rock band of all time?

Culture
1 hr ago

The GLC Coupe is ready for all terrain.

Our love affair with the SUV rolls on with this new high rider

Cars

Pam Graudenz, resident of a retirement village and vice president and village liaison officer from the Retirement ...

Buying into a retirement village? Beware these traps

John Collett

Pensioners have incentives to hoard cash

Jenny Brockis is a brain specialist.

Exhausted? Three tips to fire up your brain

Alexandra Cain

Trov on-demand insurance app

Millennial-aimed insurance startup moves to UK market

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CCTV: Jamie Murphy searched at Bali nightclub

41 mins ago

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Jewellery store heist caught on camera

1 hr ago

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The worst red light run ever

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Unbelievably awful missed goal

Queenie the Elephant elephant handler Henry Maynard (on the left) at the media preview of Circus 1903, a modern take on ...

Circus 1903

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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Amber Heard will be donating her divorce settlement to charity.

Amber Heard sued for $13 million over sabotage claims

Ebony Bowden

This image released by Warner Bros. shows Colin Farrell, in a scene from, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." ...

Rowling hints at Fantastic Beasts film series finale

Emily Smith
43 mins ago

Cam Pascoe, the beloved bartender on First Dates Australia.

First Dates' Cam The Barman on handling flirty contestants

Rob Moran

Portrait of actor Devon Terrell in the QT Hotel promoting his new movire Barry where he plays the role of a young Barack ...

Aussie actor lands first big role as most powerful man in the world

Sarah Thomas

Adele may have revealed she is expecting her second child during a concert in Arizona.

Adele's cryptic pregnancy 'announcement'

Tim Doutré

Australian Peter Sumner played Pol Treidum in the original Star Wars (1977).

Peter Sumner, only Australian to appear in Star Wars, dies at 74

Garry Maddox

Can Montaigne break through a pack of previous winners to win best female artist at the 2016 ARIA Awards?

ARIA Awards form guide: who should win; who will win

Bernard Zuel

Prince's estate has released a previously unheard track as part of a greatest hits collection available on iTunes.

New Prince music released seven months after his death

Tim Doutré

The CEO of Penrith Performing and Visual Arts, Hania Radvan, says cultural infrastructure is a vital part of Sydney's ...

Western Sydney waits for a fair share of arts funding

Andrew Taylor

Director George Miller has created a black and white version of his Oscar-winning film Mad Max: Fury Road.

More extreme version of Mad Max: Fury Road is heading for cinemas

Garry Maddox

Nude opened at the Art Gallery of NSW this month.

Art Gallery of NSW half as popular as Victorian rival

Andrew Taylor

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 23: Jessica Mauboy arrives for the 30th Annual ARIA Awards 2016 at The Star on November 23, ...

Celebrities still manage to shine on ARIAs soggy red carpet

1 hr ago

Ellen DeGeneres tears up as President Obama presents her with the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom.

Ellen DeGeneres shares a teary moment with a friend

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 23: Robbie Williams arrives for the 30th Annual ARIA Awards 2016 at The Star on November ...

What happened on the ARIAs red carpet

Jenna Clarke

Taryn Brumfitt, found of The Body Image Movement, has released a documentary called Embrace

The question from my seven-year-old daughter that shook me

Taryn Brumfitt

Former Coalition MP Dr Sharman Stone retired from the House of Representatives this year after deciding not to contest ...

Shrewd move: New appointment for women and girls

Jenna Clarke

A couple of disagreements is no bar to happiness for Dallas Baird and Lucinda Crossley Meates, pictured on their wedding ...

What my bipartisan marriage can teach us about living in harmony

COMMENT
Dallas Baird

These days, you can hardly talk about narcissism without the president-elect coming up.

I fell for a narcissist, and this is what we can now all expect

Jon Shadel

When it comes to abortion, women still face stigma on multiple fronts.

Women don't need Pope Francis' forgiveness for having abortions

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

Strong , serious looking soldier

An exercise in mindset: Lessons from a special forces trainer

Sarah Berry

From fancy footwear to injury?

Runners who wear hi-tech trainers more at risk of injury

Henry Bodkin

Running towards better mental fitness.

How exercise might keep depression at bay

Gretchen Reynolds

Flavoured kombucha.

Kombucha: How to brew this superstar health drink at home

Adam Liaw's easy cheeseburgers.

Adam Liaw shows you how to make the easiest-ever cheeseburgers

Head Chef Pablo Tordesillas Garcia at the Resident.

Guess which acclaimed Sydney restaurant has just closed?

1 hr ago

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Photo shows mum's delivery room shock

Mum's taxi is now earning her money

Mums are embracing Uber as a family friendly career option

Bridgette Veneris, 10, is on her way to NASA thanks to her invention.

How this 10-year-old Australian girl won her way to NASA

Live 'la dolce vita' in Italy.

The eight countries where locals enjoy life the most

Ben Groundwater

Hydon, Australia - August 4, 2013: Wave Rock is a natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in ...

Australia's six most incredible, must-see rocks (besides Uluru)

Brian Johnston

Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley.

How airline Emirates created a perfect resort in Australia

Jane Reddy

The mp4 video that causes iPhones to crash when viewed in Safari.

Corrupt video can cause any iPhone to freeze

Tim Biggs

"In 2016, people no longer go online, they are online," said the UN report.

Half the world will be online by end of 2016

The Touch Bar is great in some apps, a little clunky in others.

The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is a worthy upgrade

The Note 7 was recalled because it battery could overheat.

Despite disaster, people still love Samsung

Lifehacker

VicHyper's prototype Hyperloop rail pod.

Aussie students unveil Hyperloop prototype

Walkinshaw Performance has unveiled its W407 tuning package.

Walkinshaw unveils HSV rival

David McCowen

2017 Suzuki S-Cross Turbo Prestige.

New Suzuki S-Cross prices revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Ford Focus ST is back to defend its Best Performance Car under $60,000 title against two of its stablemates the Ford ...

Best Performance Car Under $60k

Stephen Ottley

Exotic cars including the Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 will hit Bathurst this weekend.

Supercars set for Challenge Bathurst

David McCowen

Can the new Jaguar XF, Mercedes-Benz E-Class or Volvo S90 knock the Tesla Model S off its perch in the 2016 Drive Car of ...

Best Luxury Car over $80,000

David McCowen

2015 Chrysler 300 SRT

Chrysler to stay in Australia

Peter McKay

Faf Du Plessis has received little sympathy from the ICC.

Faf, you cheated, you got caught, you should be banned

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

New dawn: Australia captain Steve Smith believes his new-look team can start turning results around straight away.

Smith calls for continuity as he makes youthful new Australian team his own

Chris Barrett
56 mins ago

Flashpoint: Wallabies players outside The Brazen Head pub in Dublin during the 2013 Spring Tour.

How the Dublin incident changed the Wallabies

Tom Decent

Big three: Nic Maddinson, Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb will make their Test debuts on Thursday.

New boys must realise that cricket is a game of failure

Malcolm Knox
45 mins ago

Jackson Bird.

Bird gets Australia recall for third Test

Andrew Wu

Supportive: Rickie Fowler enjoys the atmosphere at the World Cup of Golf.

The change that could rejuvenate golf at the Olympics

Adam Pengilly

In the clear: Jarryd Hayne.

NRL clear Jarryd Hayne over party video

Details man: Eddie Jones.

Eddie Jones goes to the skies to get an edge

Du Plessis seen rubbing the ball with a mint in his mouth.

'Scapegoat': I'm no cheat, says du Plessis

Andrew Wu
52 mins ago

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 22: (L-R) Nic Maddinson, Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb of Australia pose during a ...

'We want everything': Nine buys into renewal of team

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

To say Hilton Cartwright was a surprise inclusion in the Australian ODI team would be an understatement.

Hilton who? Bolter named in ODI squad

Andrew Wu

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