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Heatwave warning.

'Everyone's under threat': Australia's big killer

Peter Hannam
1 hr ago

Then Marine General James Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2013.

Trump's 'Mad Dog' pick as defence secretary

Women are still under-represented in leadership roles.

The new focus for Australia's economic doomsayers

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Cherie Vize was stabbed to death in 2013.

Quadriplegic killer jailed after calling victim 227 times in 11 days

10 mins ago

Myriad anecdotes describe professionals taking microdose of psychedelic drugs to boost their alertness and creativity at ...

'No one knew': Magic mushrooms with your morning coffee

Peter and Rebecca McNeill hug after a jury found their son's killers guilty of his murder in October.

'Oh my God, what did I do': parents' torment at killers' hearing

ME Bank outage leaves customers stranded at shops

1 hr ago

Dutton's portfolio grows; that's his investment portfolio

Gift of the smile: special award for 'Fred Hollows of dentistry'

'You are angry, but wow': Clinton, Trump aides in shouting match

'Stunning, depressing' interview leaves news anchor dumbfounded

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How Sophia's YOLO attitude ruined her holiday

Filip Stempien
1 hr ago

George Christensen Federal Member for Dawson for the LNP in a sugar cane field with his grandfather?s cane knife near ...

Father's ultimatum that changed an MP's life

Glenn Maxwell

Lehmann's blunt message to Australia's loose cannon

The juvenile penguin was found in a drain pipe in Summer Hill to the surprise of Josh Pirini and Scott Martin in December.?

Penguin out of water: sea bird found in inner city suburb

1 hr ago

The hotel's lagoon-like swimming area.

Inside Australia's newest and most expensive hotel

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Jones continues Cheika jibes

Anderson was able to play on after the treatment.

Aussie sevens: world beaters, emergency physios

Pops bellini icy pole.

Boozy icy poles hit Australia in time for summer

Nihonium was the first element to be given a name with Japanese origin.

Oh, hello, oganesson: The new elements on periodic table

Netflix downloads are more fleeting than you might hope for.

Downloading Netflix? Make sure to read the fine print

COMMENT

Belated investigations in 2015 showed significant corrosion on a pier supporting the Hawkesbury River Rail Bridge. ...

'Consistent defects': Limits imposed on Hawkesbury rail bridge

Jacob Saulwick

Cyclist law hits the skids in latest Baird government about-turn

Jacob Saulwick

Passenger incinerated in car crash as neighbours pull driver out alive

Glowing testimonies: Eddie Obeid will be sentenced on December 15.

Cast of characters rally behind Eddie Obeid in fight to avoid jail

Kate McClymont

Members of the NSW Rural Fire Service fight a blaze at Londonderry in November.

Very high fire danger for Sydney as 'heatwave' strikes NSW

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - SEPTEMBER 27: A surfer enjoys a sunrise session at Tamarama beach on September 27, 2016 in ...

Sydney Now: What you need to know today

Luke Brett Moore bought paintings, cars and a boat with the money he kept withdrawing from a St George bank account.

Man who withdrew $2.1m after bank error wins fraud appeal

After a warm weekend, thunderstorms are expected to strike Melbourne on Sunday.

Asthma alert expected as ambos, forecasters swap notes on storm

VIC

Police want to speak to a man and a woman in relation to a fatal shooting in Carrara.

Manhunt: Police probe bikie links in fatal shooting

QLD

Bhajan Kaur's application for permanent residency has been refused because her disability would be a "burden".

Daughter, aunt, sister, 'burden': Disabled woman ordered to leave

VIC

Crown Towers Perth offers 'six star' luxury.

Perth's newest luxury hotel opens, at $25,000 a night

WA

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott wasted no time after the US election in speaking about "disenfranchised voters" in ...

Highlights, lowlights and lowlifes: Where did it go wrong?

Tony Wright

Why it's time to take George Christensen seriously

Matthew Knott

Dutton portfolio expands - his investment portfolio, that is

<i>The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott</i> by Andrew P. Street.

How to be a minister? Newly promoted MP consults a book

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson on Sky News on Thursday night.

Hanson angry at Culleton over backpacker tax vote

Donald Trump rode to power promising to restore manufacturing jobs in the United States rust belt, an economically ...

The economic crunch that could usher in an equality revolution

COMMENT

Employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash in her at Parliament House office with a quote from US President Ronald Regan ...

Malcolm Turnbull's secret weapon is a woman on the rise

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 ...

How Putin, ayatollah and Saudi prince got OPEC deal done

53 mins ago

Then Marine General James Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2013.

Trump chooses ex-Marine as defence secretary

Pro-Brexit demonstrators protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London last month.

Brexit Britain is paralysed

ANALYSIS
Anne Applebaum
1 hr ago

Brazil's Senate President Renan Calheiros, left, and Brazilian Federal Judge Sergio Moro, who is leading the Petrobras ...

Brazilian Senate president charged

Donald Trump rode to power promising to restore manufacturing jobs in the United States rust belt, an economically ...

The economic crunch that could usher in an equality revolution

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

"Dear St Santa, please bring me a shiny new attorney general…"

Turnbull 2016 report card: must try harder

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said Australia would bring a "principled and pragmatic" approach when serving on ...

We don't deserve a seat on the UN Human Rights Council

COMMENT
Alexandra Lancaster

Seekers of dark linings to silver clouds are in the process of switching horses ahead of Wednesday's National Accounts ...

Doom-and-gloomers are finding a new excuse to be miserable

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Shares are set for a cautious start.

Markets Live: Blue chips dumped

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
30 mins ago

Bill Gross. 'Record low yields are not worth the risk.'

'Move to cash': Bond king Bill Gross doesn't buy the Trump rally

Solomon Lew says the past five years were challenging for Australian retailers.

Premier's Solly Lew says Australian retail as bad as it gets

45 mins ago

Bellamy's shares plunge 43% on soft China sales

Commonwealth Bank raises fixed home loan rates

25 books by billionaires that will teach you how to run the world

Starbucks CEO Schultz steps down- to battle Trump?

A working paper by Treasury officials Chris Wokker and John Swieringa released on Friday said compared to the average ...

Foreign buyers have only 'slight' impact on prices, study shows

57 mins ago

Temple and Webster. Stylist: Allira Bell & Jono Fleming.

Experts predict the hottest interior design trends for 2017

The tower was designed by architects Woods Bagot.

Sale of $3.2 million penthouse smashes Parramatta record

In her first title, The Life‑Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo says, "When you put your house in order, you put your ...

What no one tells you about the Marie Kondo method

Anna Monette Roberts

Sydney is going through an infrastructure boom that experts believe property investors will benefit from.

Infrastructure hotspots investors have on their radars for 2017

Vintage Electric.

Christmas crackers: 42 gift ideas for men who have everything

Luxury

Nocturnal Animal's sumptuous set hides more sinister messages.

Animal instinct: Inside Tom Ford's glamorous prison

Luxury
Troy Patterson

Any change to the super system feeds public distrust.

Dump super in haste, repent at leisure

Noel Whittaker

Flight responses that protected our species so well can make us poor investors.

What was good for fending off mammoths is bad for investing

LinkedIn is handy for "networking".

'I write this with hesitation and a big gulp'

James Adonis

Kate Carnell is Australia's first small business and family enterprise ombudsman.

Four things the banks were forced to concede about small business

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Pauline Hanson slaps down own senator

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French tourist stabbed to death

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Sara Connor declares innocence at Bali trial

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OPEC deal: What's next for oil?

Senator Brandis addresses the media.

Fairfax photos of the week - December 1, 2016

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only 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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David Walliams, man of many talents.

David Walliams: from Little Britain to bedtime stories

Kerrie O'Brien

Sam Worthington lands major role in Unabomber drama

Garry Maddox

Neil Young will not be coming to Byron Bay for the 2017 Blues Fest

Neil Young pulls out of Blues Fest

Bernard Zuel

Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez as Napoleon and Pedro in the new ad for Burger King.

Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro recreate classic scene

Rob Moran

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has plans to reshape the organisation.

Don't like all that change at the ABC? Better get used to it

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Flume

Drake, Flume, Sia among Spotify's most streamed artists of the year

Rob Moran

David Oldfield, left, doesn't take the news too well. He's with Natalie Imbruglia and Ian 'Dicko' Dickson.

David Oldfield claims First Contact prison ban was 'payback'

Karl Quinn

Adele will play to more than 600,000 people in Australia in February and March.

Hello! Adele to reap upwards of $30 million in biggest Oz tour ever

Bernard Zuel

10 of the Best, dec 2

Sydney, we have your weekend plans right here

The Pinchgut Opera Theodora lead of Theodora Valda Wilson lying on a table set for a banquet. 9th November 2016. Photo: ...

Seraphic beauty would make choirs of angels sing with joy

Peter McCallum

An accomplished musician, Bailey frequently rocks out on stage.

Move over Alec Baldwin. THIS is a Trump impression

Sarah Thomas

Jennifer Lawrence attends the "Passengers" Paris Photocall at Hotel George V on November 29, 2016 in Paris, France.

J-Law brings back the preschooler's jumper and tutu

10 mins ago

Ian "Dicko" Dickson with Timmy "Djawa" Burarrwanga in East Arnhem Land.

First Contact was traumatic, and a bonanza for bigots

COMMENT
Celeste Liddle

Polyamory is now more accepted by millennials than any generation before.

What if we thought of monogamy as a spectrum?

Zachary Zane

It's "a messy, messy business" for women to honour their sexuality, says Emily Ratajkowski.

Emily Ratajkowski hits out at book of her nude pictures

Carly Mallenbaum

"Now I am a mother and I have learned to see my face through different eyes again", writes Clem Ford.

Having a baby has changed the way I view my own face

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

It's time to get waisted.

Elegantly waisted ... is this the accessory for 2017?

Melissa Singer

Michelle Williams arrives at the 2016 Governors Awards on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan ...

Heath Ledger's death 'won't ever be right', says Michelle Williams

Amy Croffey

For someone so extravagant her makeup is a surprisingly neutral affair.

Mariah Carey's makeup range is a surprisingly neutral affair

Stephanie Darling

Outdoor shot of a fit young woman running.

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Marin Lazic.

Have more fun: The unlikely tips of top trainers

Sarah Berry

You don't need a holiday to take a break.

Seven ways to slow down so you can actually get more done

Susie Moore

Pirate Life Throwback IPA

Create your own advent calendar with these 25 Aussie tinnies

6 mins ago

Double chocolate and peanut butter shake.

Shake it off: 19 smoothie and milkshake recipes

Justin Hemmes' empire now stretches from Sydney's northern beaches to the CBD, the east and the south.

Hemmes snaps up the Tennyson for record $37.5m

Keith and Sherri Papini with their two children.

Husband speaks out in puzzling case of kidnapped Sherri Papini

So many mums look and feel harassed at this time of year.

Let's not catch up before Christmas

Who can say what takes people to that point of no return?

The tragedy of realising too late that you had been a bully

The hotel's lagoon-like swimming area.

Just open: Australia’s most expensive hotel. Take a look inside

Ute Junker

Save money, time and stress when you use a travel agent.

Why you should you be using a travel agent instead of Skyscanner

What is glamping?

Travel quiz: What is glamping?

Mal Chenu

Netflix downloads are more fleeting than you might hope for.

Limits of Netflix downloads revealed

COMMENT

Snap started with a new idea but it has since branched out.

Snapchat not just popular – it's important

The recently-released $US100 Pebble 2 tracks activity, sleep and heart rate, is water resistant, allows for interaction ...

Fitbit to buy and kill off smartwatch pioneer Pebble

MSY

The ACCC is going after MSY, again

Kotaku

Martin Shkreli has congratulated a group of Australian high school students in a YouTube video.

Shkreli congratulates 'rival' schoolkids

'Do you think I'm the sort of person that worries about people's opinion of me?': Eddie Jones.

'I like to have fun, mate': No backing down by Jones

Tom Decent

Israel Folau and his Australia teammates will be seeking revenge against England on Sunday morning.

Rah rah! Buoyant union has league fearing for its survival

Peter FitzSimons
1 min ago

Glenn Maxwell

Lehmann's message to 'me, me, me' Maxwell: make some runs

Ronny Lerner

Anderson was able to play on after the treatment.

Sevens stars take desperate measures to treat teammate

Georgina Robinson

Out of reach: International offers for Robbie Keane have made him a long shot for the A-League

Keane may have priced himself out of A-League market

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Thon Maker (right) applies the pressure as Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon strips the ball from Nets guard Yogi Ferrell.

Thon Maker predicts scary future for Bucks and Boomers

Roy Ward
36 mins ago

''Always having a go'': Brisbane coach John Aloisi

'He's whingeing like a baby': A-League feud goes nuclear

Michael Lynch

Toxic relationship: Phil Gould.

'Clubs and the commission relationship is toxic': Gould

Adam Pengilly

2017 Porsche Macan

Cheapest new Porsche in 30 years

Andrew MacLean

2017 Maserati Quattroporte.

First drive: 2017 Maserati Quattroporte

Stephen Ottley

2015 Toyota HiLux 4x4 SR double cab 2016 Toyota HiLux SR 4x4 Double Cab.

Best new car deals this Christmas

David McCowen, Dom Tripolone

2017 Ford Everest Trend RWD

New cheaper Ford Everest reviewed

David Morley

Holden Monaro CV8.

Holden Monaro CV8 used car review

David Morley

2017 Mercedes-Benz G-Professional Cab Chassis.

Mercedes debuts military-grade ute

Dom Tripolone

Glenn Maxwell

Lehmann's message to 'me, me, me' Maxwell: make some runs

Ronny Lerner

Australia's Glenn Maxwell celebrates scoring a century against Sri Lanka during their first Twenty20 cricket match in ...

'Painful': Maxwell says Wade's decision to bat above him hurts

Chris Barrett

No fear: Sami Aslam of Pakistan bats during day five of the second Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan in Hamilton.

'Best chance to beat Australia': Waqar's high hopes for Pakistan

Andrew Wu

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