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NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli.

Teachers should be recruited like police: Piccoli

Eryk Bagshaw
1 hr ago

Jo is the mother of two monkeys that went missing and the mating partner of Gomez, the other missing monkey.

'Very, very frightened': Stolen baby pygmy marmoset found

Phoebe Moloney
19 mins ago

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Australia, your chicken is ready: Red Rooster eyes meaty float

Madeleine Heffernan

The war on drugs has failed, say the Greens.

Just say no: peak body rejects new drug legalisation push

Stephanie Peatling

Fidel Castro pictured in 1957 with his brother Raul (left) and Camilo Cienfuegos (right), while operating in the ...

As dictators go, Fidel Castro was certainly a record breaker

COMMENT
Luis M Garcia

Queues are a regular feature outside Mamak in Haymarket.

Sydney's walk-in restaurants lose out as diners snub queues

'Not my baby': Mother's delusion led to knife killing

51 mins ago

Babies given Australian passports 'on basis of false documents'

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Lauren Huxley: 30 and living the life nobody thought she could

EXCLUSIVE

Angry Cheika demands meeting after agonising loss wrecks Slam hopes

Seven ways to make your kid smarter without spending a cent

Rachel Browne

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 27: Peter Handscomb of Australia and Matthew Renshaw of Australia celebrate winning the ...

Future looks bright with young batsmen at helm

Chris Barrett
13 mins ago

Marion Cotillard attends the premiere for <i>From the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres)</i>.

Cotillard on what really happened with Brad Pitt

Over and out: Adam Scott and Marc Leishman on the 18th hold at Kingston Heath.

'Just average', admits Adam Scott after World Cup blowout

Bec Hewitt is back in the limelight for Barbie.

Bec's back in the spotlight

Vince Papale.

'I want my kids to feel proud': Vince's radical $475,000 decision

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Tony Abbott's advice for the PM

Nude Live: Sydney Dance Company members Dave Mack, Fiona Jopp, Olivia Kingston, Zachary Lopez and Izzac Carroll perform ...

Adults-only Sydney Festival show

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Things foodies do to create Insta-worthy #foodporn

"A private, gentle and caring man": Actor Ron Glass.

'Don't go far': Firefly and Barney Miller star Ron Glass dead at 71

48 mins ago

Chicken and green olive tagine.

Hit a high note with this chicken and green olive tagine

15 Gillman Street, Hawthorn East.

The best Aussie fixer-uppers on the market right now

Nicholas Louisson used to rent at the apartment block behind him in Kirribilli, however his lease was terminated and the ...

Evicted tenants shocked to find rental on Airbnb for over triple the price

Willowdale, Zero Emissions home.

How a new airport will recharge this property market

Auctioneer Ricky Briggs prepares to drop the hammer.

Flight path, busy road no deterrent for buyers of $1.3 million terrace

Sir Ian Turbott at 38 Macmastes Pde Macmasters Beach

Macmasters Beach property market heats up for summer

Micaela Henderson.

'I died at the scene and three more times on the way to the hospital'

Julie Power

Poo parks: Major warning over popular Sydney splash playgrounds

Discipline or abuse? Court rules on dad's punishment

Kim Arlington

Baird has a ready-made successor in Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian.

Treasurer splashes $64 million on consultants in one year

'James', a massive Brown snake, shows it's agressive defensive behaviour during the La Perouse snake show. Photo: Brook ...

Volunteer bitten by eastern brown snake at refresher course

The Australian Press Council - a complaint about "The Secret Life of Gary Low" was not upheld.

Press Council: HIV disclosure about deceased man did not breach Standards

Sydney 2026: landing page

Sydney 2026: How we'll live and how our city will work in 10 years

Police at the scene.

Four women pushed onto railway tracks in bizarre attack

VIC
1 hr ago

Brisbane Circque du Soleil performer Lisa Skinner was injured in a fall during the show Kooza.

'Plummeted': Cirque du Soleil acrobat injured after fall during show

QLD
4 mins ago

The officer showing off some of his moves.

Cop shows off his moves when the beat drops at schoolies

WA

Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, in a photograph from an IS propaganda video.

Australian government seeks extradition of IS terrorist Neil Prakash

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The war on drugs has failed, say the Greens.

'Never': Greens' new drug legalisation push hits first hurdle

Stephanie Peatling

Tony Abbott: I don't have to idolise Malcolm Turnbull to work with him

Stephanie Peatling

The Greens will cop it for their new drugs policy. But they're right

COMMENT
Adam Gartrell

"We cannot ignore the reality of budget constraints facing all levels of government. The Commonwealth can no longer be a ...

Turnbull 'too busy' to scrap free travel for former politicians

Greens leader Richard Di Natale says the "war on drugs" has failed.

Greens in radical new drug legalisation push

EXCLUSIVE

New Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party MP for Orange Phil Donato.

One Nation buoyed by regional disaffection with Nationals

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull needs to work on his team

How Malcolm Turnbull can shape up for the new year

COMMENT
James Massola

A wounded man is trapped under the wreckage of collapsed buildings after air strikes on residential areas in Yaqid ...

Civilians in east Aleppo 'face starvation within days'

Hour Vanny, 35, who was paid a total of $US10,000 for her surrogate baby in August this year.

'They took her away from me. I didn't even get to see her face'

Lindsay Murdoch

Judge Robert Rosenberg uses a magnifying glass to examine a disputed ballot paper during the Florida recount of 2000.

US election: Hillary Clinton agrees to take part in vote recount

Raul Castro, right, his Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, centre, attend the 7th Summit of the Association of Caribbean ...

With big brother gone, what will Raul Castro do?

ANALYSIS

The ripples of Donald Trump's victory are challenging long-established norms of western politics.

We've fallen from the audacity of hope to the audacity of grope

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Peter Dutton holds great sway over Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.

Dutton erodes trust and fuels division

Cardinal George Pell ... retired judge Donnell Ryan has reviewed his Melbourne Response, but that review has not been ...

Rubbing salt into the wound for abuse victims

COMMENT
Judy Courtin

Major employers including McDonald's, Coles and Woolworths all pay significant numbers of workers less than the award ...

Greens push to plug huge wages underpayment loophole

EXCLUSIVE
Ben Schneiders

Caltex is still grappling with the extent of worker underpayment across its network.

Is Caltex worse than 7-Eleven?

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Red Rooster is tipping at least 5 per cent growth in sales this financial year to $500 million.

Red Rooster eyes meaty float

Madeleine Heffernan

Poker machines are a common vice.

Real estate fraud paying for gambling, drugs, entertainment

EXCLUSIVE

Hunt on for reasons behind America's slowing growth

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Dutton is very right, a little correct and very wrong

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Bait and switch: How companies fake customer online reviews

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Greek relief plan said to entail €33 billion euro bank bond swap

Christmas ideas for the tech lover.

Start your engines: The ultimate high-tech gift guide for Christmas

Handsome Things

There's a first timepiece for everything.

Nine mechanical watches perfect for first timers

Watches

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 24: Graham Hand and his wife, Deborah Solomon, bought one of the Harbour Mill apartments ...

Dodge the pitfalls of buying off the plan

Many miners earn high incomes but spend it all on things like nice cars.

The difference between winners and losers

Noel Whittaker

'It's a catch-22 - I can't get a job in Canberra without a security clearance; I can't get a clearance without a job.'

Job ads: why are they so awful?

James Adonis

Angela Ferguson of Futurespace.

Five ways to affordably create the perfect office

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Maradona mourns 'second father' Fidel Castro

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Several dead in NZ boat tragedy

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All Blacks win tough French test

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City come from behind against Burnley

Russell Ping Foon visits the City of Sydney Mobile Library in Redfern on 10 January 1957. SMH NEWS Picture by GORDON ...

Rewind - The written word

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

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The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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A.B. Original launch of debut album <i>Reclaim Australia</i>: Adam Briggs 'Briggs' (left) and Dan Rankine 'Trials'.

A.B. Original new album is necessary shock to system

Bernard Zuel
38 mins ago

Luke McGregor in Luke Warm Sex.

Week of sex on TV makes for titillating ABC2 viewing

Bridget McManus

Mel Doyle on Sunday Night v 60 Minutes Liz Hayes and Tara Brown.

This year's free-to-air winners and losers

Michael Lallo

Third-generation matchmaker, Patti Stanger.

In praise of 9Life, the best 'trash' of free-to-air TV

Rob Moran

Nude Live: Sydney Dance Company members Dave Mack, Fiona Jopp, Olivia Kingston, Zachary Lopez and Izzac Carroll perform ...

'Don't touch': Sydney Festival's adults-only show

Peter Munro

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 24: Neil Finn of Crowded ...

Alan Jones' posse hits back at Finn's Crowded House gig dig

Rob Moran

Actor Ewan McGregor, who is delighted to at last be part of a <i>Trainspotting</i> sequel.

'It hurt' - Ewan McGregor on losing out to Leo DiCaprio

Mick Brown

Samantha Armytage tells viewers that Prime Minister Malcolm refused to appear on <i>Sunrise</i> during the last election.

Samantha Armytage attacks Waleed in tweet

Ebony Bowden

<i>The Beach'</i> at the Cutaway, Barangaroo Reserve, is an immersive experience created by American artists Snarkitecture.

20 hot tickets for being entertained over summer

Elissa Blake

A Sumatran tiger is one of more than 18 million items in the Australian Museum's vast collection. The museum estimates ...

Keeping track of 18 million items a hard task for Australian Museum

Andrew Taylor

Paul Cullen String Project

Paul Cutlan review: an improvised reverie of centuries past

John Shand

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham as Rory and Lorelai in Gilmore Girls.

As a teen, I saw myself in Rory. Now I strive to be like Lorelai

Alana Saltz

Fabian Dattner, founder of the Homeward Bound Project, which aims to fundamentally shift gender bias in leadership.

Meet the woman leading the largest all-female expedition to Antarctica

Daisy Dumas

FILE-- First lady Michelle Obama during the Commander-in-Chief's Inaugural Ball on Inauguration Day, at the Walter E. ...

Michelle Obama's legacy of style

Robin Givhan

Gorman founder and head designer Lisa Gorman (second from right) with models.

Gorman wants to be taken off Oxfam's 'naughty list'

Amy Croffey

Amy Adams as gallery curator Susan Morrow.

Amy Adams shows that redheads rule

Stephanie Darling

Aliyah Charbonier (L) presenting Amaiya Zafar (R) with the belt she was awarded after Zafar was disqualified from their ...

A Muslim wasn't allowed to box in a hijab, so her opponent shared victory with her

Cindy Boren

Steve Price and Jamila Rizvi duelling on The Project after the US election.

The reason why women are interrupted more than men

Daisy Dumas

Kim Kardashian West poses in another dirty photoshoot by husband Kanye West.

Kardashian West makes comeback with 'dirty' photoshoot

Amy Croffey

Blame your nitrogen balance: We can eat the same foods and have very different responses.

The real reason why you don't lose weight on the same diet as your friend

Sarah Berry

Get dirty for good health.

The psychological and physical benefits of getting dirty

Linda Blair

Cheese please? Sure.

For a healthy diet, be choosy about your cheese

Hope Warshaw

Neil Perry's chicken and green olive tagine.

Tastiest chicken recipe ever: Chicken and green olive tagine

Neil Perry

White Christmas parfait

Good Food's favourite Christmas recipes of all time

Neil Perry's seared tuna salad with sesame dressing.

Weekly meal planner: Get your five serves of vegies each day

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Women swear more than men ... does that mean they're smarter?

Amy and Justin

Couple matched by dating site 30 years after pre-school crush

Russell Crowe helps Woolloomooloo locals replace their basketball nets.

Russell Crowe slam dunks with inner-city kids

Porto's old town skyline from across the Douro River.

The world's 10 prettiest river ports to arrive in

Brian Johnston

Castaway Island has turned 50 years old.

Even after 50 years, this is still a perfect paradise

Angie Kelly

You might still be able to get something back from that non-refundable flight

Traveller letters: Non-refundable bookings can be refunded

Amazon's The Grand Tour has come to Australia, but there's no simple way to watch it on your television.

Chromecast's arch rival could come to Australia

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Samsung introduced the Note 7 in August and recalled the first batch in September after customers reported they were ...

The top 10 technology flops of 2016

dishonored

Dishonored 2 review: a game of swords and sneakery

Tim Biggs

No Man's Sky mixes a saturated, low-fi presentation and meditative synth metal soundtrack with?mysterious, old-school ...

Was this the worst game of the year?

Kotaku

Researchers have developed a phone battery that could last for days after being charged for a few seconds.

Study may see phones that charge in seconds

Miriam Webber

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best Small SUV: Volkswagen Tiguan 110TSI.

2016 Drive Car of the Year revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 BMW Alpina B4 BiTurbo Coupe.

Driven: BMW Alpina B4

David Morley

2017 Toyota C-HR.

Toyota's new CX-3 rival reviewed

Stephen Corby

Last year's Drive car of the Year Best Performance Car Over $60,000, the Porsche Cayman GTS, has been replaced and has ...

Best Performance Car over $60k

Andrew MacLean

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

All smiles: Peter Handscomb, left, and Renshaw walk off the Adelaide Oval after claiming victory.

Future looks bright with young batsmen

Chris Barrett
13 mins ago

Over the top: Steve Smith played a quickfire innings and was dismissed with victory in sight.

Australia at rock bottom, but still mining for depth

Malcolm Knox
21 mins ago

Fast finisher: Robert Whittaker celebrates after knocking out Derek Brunson in round one.

Whittaker a knock-out success at UFC Fight Night

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 25: Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman John Grant speaking to the media at Rugby ...

NRL clubs want Grant gone, but for different reasons

Steve Mascord

Red-letter day: The Danes weren't lacking support at Kingston Heath.

Danes deadly pact wins World Cup

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Self inflicted: Will Genia sits dejected after the Wallabies' narrow loss to Ireland.

Like all hangovers, Wallabies' was self-inflicted

Paul Cully

Under fire: Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop and chairman Steven Lowy.

Tasmania have got the expansion ball rolling

Michael Cockerill

Dejected: Will Genia takes in the Wallabies' missed opportunity.

Cheika gutted by Australia's failed grand slam attempt

Tom Decent

Mitchell Starc collected 14 wickets at 30 as well as a handy half-century in Adelaide.

How they rated: Hazlewood and Khawaja shine in Adelaide

Daniel Cherny
6 mins ago

No rush: Pat Cummins is being managed carefully.

Cummins in the mix for Test tour of India

THE TONK
Andrew Wu, Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Strike weapon: Josh Hazlewood.

Australia's fast bowlers a well-oiled machine

Andrew Wu
1 hr ago

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