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A woman exercising early in the morning along the Bay Run in Lilyfield before the temperatures rise today in Sydney. ...

Parts of Sydney hit 35 degrees already as city sizzles

Live
23 mins ago

President-elect Donald Trump questioned nearly four decades of US policy on 'Fox News Sunday'.

If Trump pushes on Taiwan, this is how China could push back

ANALYSIS
43 mins ago

The shape of development across Sydney remains uneven.

Treasury braces for Sydney property market slowdown

Hamza, 3, before he fell ill last week.

'He would have died': Boy on life support after hospital's misdiagnosis

1 hr ago

Mortgage brokers are expected to maintain their market share, presently about 50 per cent, despite a review of ...

The sellers who 'won the powerball' in Sydney's property boom

Statins like Lipitor might protect people against dementia.

Common drugs offer fresh hope in the fight against Alzheimer's

We're sticking with project despite Trump attack, says Pyne

38 mins ago

Why so-called 'flushable' wipes will face the Federal Court

Journalist and broadcaster Anne Deveson dies, aged 86

1 hr ago

Australia can't afford to build a new Melbourne every decade

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Sydney set to sizzle in record heat as fire threat surges

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

In Peter Dutton, Australia has its own little Trump

COMMENT
26 mins ago

The moon rises in Bondi, Sydney, on November 15, a day after the official supermoon was obscured by clouds.

Look up! Another supermoon set to rise over Australia tonight

1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 21: Seven Network Executive Adam Elliot and presenter Samantha Armytage pose for a picture ...

Treatment of Sam Armytage isn't just creepy, it's harassment

COMMENT

Is it a leaf? No, that's a magical new spider named after the Hogwart's sorting hat. It was named eriovixia gryffindori

Fantastic beasts: Harry Potter spider found by scientists

1 hr ago

An artist's impression depicts a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc.

Fatal attraction: Black hole shreds wandering star

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Sydney weather: the heat is on

North Melbourne president and media personality James Brayshaw.

Footy Show host reveals reason for Nine split

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Someone keeps face swapping Donald Trump with the Queen

Nicole Kidman

Surprises among Golden Globes nods as Aussies score big

Divvy founder and CEO Nick Austin, has struck a deal with some hotels that will allow commuters to use their unused ...

City hotels unlocked for commuter parking

Year 7 students sitting the NAPLAN exams.

Half of year 9 students would fail first HSC test, results reveal

Sydney Now: What you need to know today

James Robertson

Sydney photographer pleads guilty to sexual assault on model

Clover Moore has ordered urgent action to address climate change.

'We need bolder action': Clover Moore's latest plan

SMH. News. Story by Rachel Olding. Pictured are Mamdouh Habib (left) and his wife Maha Habib, on Friday 9th December ...

Wrongly accused Guantanamo detainee still fighting in courts

Rachel Olding

Inspector Bryson Anderson

'Persecuted': Anger as inspector's murderer's sentence cut

A photo of the 2.3 carat diamond ring worth $145,800 stolen from Musson Jewellers in December, 2013. Matthew Mark ...

'Homeless' bike-riding thief had expensive taste in diamonds

Mary Kate Heys says she sent text messages to her father in the UK in a bid to escape a man who wouldn't let him out of ...

'Thinks he's an alien': Captive backpacker texts father in UK

QLD
1 hr ago

Don Subasinghe, jailed for touching clients' genitals during hair removal treatments, has lost an appeal against his ...

Beautician who touched clients during treatments loses fight

WA

Melbourne is tipped to reach 34 degrees on Tuesday.

Melbourne to swelter, but a cool change is coming

VIC
1 hr ago

Comfortable in the cool but at what cost?

Australia's eight-hour-a-night bad habit costing $1.1 billion

President-elect Donald Trump made immigration control a hallmark of his election campaign.

Secret trip to sell Turnbull-Obama deal to team Trump

EXCLUSIVE

Teenager tells royal commission of road trip from hell

Damien Murphy

Dramatic evidence vindicates PM's strong, snap decision

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer and Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne during ...

Joint Strike Fighter to stay despite Trump's attack, says Pyne

38 mins ago

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says the government's new Regional Broadband Scheme will raise about $40 million a ...

Government announces new 'NBN tax' on broadband companies

Matthew Knott

Native Fijians and ethnic Indians in a queue to vote in Fiji.

Open Australia to workers from the Pacific, says Lowy Institute

Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Pat Dodson question Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion during Senate estimates ...

ABC boss urged to abandon 'alarming' decision

Syrian army soldiers fire their weapons during a battle with insurgents at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria.

Syria and Russia must answer for Aleppo militia atrocities: UN

50 mins ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday backed an investigation into Russian hacking.

Senior Republican backs Russian hacking inquiry

Under pressure: Ahok, right, with his gubernatorial running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat, a Muslim, in Jakarta last month.

Indonesia's democracy in the dock as Ahok blasphemy trial begins

ANALYSIS
Jewel Topsfield
59 mins ago

Since his victory, Donald Trump has returned again to deregulation, raising the one-in, two-out rule specifically.

Media, hack this president

COMMENT
Chris Zappone

Since his victory, Donald Trump has returned again to deregulation, raising the one-in, two-out rule specifically.

Trump's good idea could work in Australia, too

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley
52 mins ago

Educators not only need to know and understand the individual interests of a child but nurture their interests by ...

'We're overworked, overlooked and grossly, grossly underpaid'

COMMENT
Joanna Marshall

David and Marco Bulmer-Rizzi were on their honeymoon in Adelaide when David was killed in a fall.

Why we shouldn't wait for tragedy before making laws fairer

COMMENT
Joel Meares

Australia's largest bank said on Tuesday its standard variable investor loan rates would be 5.56 per cent from Friday.

CBA lifts variable rates for property investors

4 mins ago

A rise in oil and iron ore prices may not be enough to lift the sharemarket today.

Markets Live: ASX on back foot

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
14 mins ago

Domino's chief executive Don Meij says technology including GPS pizza tracking and 10-minute deliveries will boost ...

Domino's doubles down on takeaways

Charles and Anita Perrottet from Melbourne aim to cut delivery times from 45 to 30 minutes.

Move over, the big bottles are coming to town

More tax details come to light from secretive Aldi

Australia can't afford to build a new Melbourne every decade

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

The Australian helping Trump 'Make America Great Again'

Colin Kruger, CBD

'Get stuffed': Trump's likely message on tax to Australia

Investors who bought in while cranes were in the skyline would have done well during the Sydney boom.

The sellers who 'won the powerball' in Sydney's property boom

Don't tell the agent you're not willing to negotiate and then offer more money.

The things you should not say in front of a real estate agent

1 hr ago

An outdoor pool should be both functional and impeccably designed.

Taking the plunge: The future of swimming pool design

A simple way to feel happier at home is to declutter and tidy.

11 small changes you can make at home for a happier life

Chateau d'Aubiry, in France, is reported by website Curbed to be heavily discounted.

Grand French chateau on the market for half the original price

An Apple Watch Nike Plus is shown during an event to announce new products on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in San ...

Five of the best supercharged watches for runners

The Long Run

Pressure of presents: For some men, the days leading up to Christmas are a time of panic and dread.

You shouldn't have ... Why are men so bad at giving gifts?

Culture

Heather Watson helped find her aunt Marjorie MacLeod a place in the same nursing home as Heather's parents.

Everything you need to know about paying for a nursing home

Superannuation is a marital asset that can be split in divorce, but it's still best to make sure your relationship is ...

Can I switch to making super contributions for my wife?

George Cochrane

Big Apple Buddy founders Ben Chaung and Phillis Chan spotted a gap in the online retail market.

Aussie couple making a mint from exporting American goods

Adam Courtenay

alcohol delivery?

How small business is leading the booze delivery game

Kate Jones

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Plays of the Week

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'La La Land' tops Globes with 7 nominations

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China warns Trump to uphold 'one China' principle

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McConnell: 'The Russians are Not Our Friends'

Illustration: Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Dec 13

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Season 2 of Blunt Talk now streaming on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Marvel's Captain America: Civil War..L to R: Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ...

Chris Evans named 'Hollywood’s best value actor'

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Anne Deveson, 86, has died

Journalist and broadcaster Anne Deveson dies, aged 86

Michael Idato
1 hr ago

Amazon's <i>The Grand Tour</i> has become the most illegally downloaded show in history.

The Grand Tour is most illegally downloaded show in history

Rob Moran

<i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>.

'Rogue One' premieres to raves, relief and an actual X-Wing

Bryan Alexander

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 04: Samuel L. Jackson attends the New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown on January ...

Samuel L. Jackson slams Hollywood's 'Oscar bait' movies

Rob Moran

Former US vice-president Al Gore after meeting with Ivanka Trump and President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower.

Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth gets a sequel to open Sundance

Ellen McCarthy

Bryan Cranston as his <i>Breaking Bad</i> character Walter White on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>.

SNL goes after Trump with Walter White as the head of DEA

Elahe Izadi

Adam Driver attends the 26th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in ...

How Adam Driver went from marine to movie star

Karl Quinn

Young talent time: First time published students (L to R) Finbar Clayton, Phoebe Lu, Briana Terman, Bindi Mutiara; ...

Most adults can only dream of what these kids have achieved

Linda Morris

Photo by WinkiPoP Media 2016 RAD Genee International, Sydney Gold Medal Winner, Joshua Price .

He's just 16 years old and already the world is at his feet

Jill Sykes

Melbourne playwright Patricia Cornelius.

It's still a boys'club with only one notable exception

35 mins ago

Good sex and intimacy starts at home.

Improving your sex life starts at home

Bella Ellwood-Clayton

Pippa Middleton and her fiance, James Matthews.

Pippa Middleton sets her wedding date: reports

Maria Puente

Regularly subjected to media abuse: Samantha Armytage.

Let's call Daily Mail's treatment of Sam Armytage for what it is

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Bryce Dallas Howard on the Critics' Choice Awards.

Bryce Dallas Howard rocks Topshop at Critics’ Choice awards

Nicole Economos

Divorce leaves women and children financially vulnerable.

Women with children biggest financial losers of divorce: report

Daisy Dumas

Ibraham Sakalaki and Kat Mehajer married in August.

The Mehajer's latest diversion tactic: a 'gender reveal'

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

A young girl creating art on the concrete ground

If gender theory is a 'bogeyman', it's one we should all embrace

Senthorun Raj

A smoky almond pigmented eye is the go-to for Selena Gomez.

The perfect eyeshadow for your eye shape

Stephanie Darling

How much you feel you have invested influences your decision to stay or go.

Why people stay in unhealthy relationships

Sarah Berry

The 'Dailay mile craze' is teaching children to enjoy exercise.

'Daily mile' craze in Britain hopes to tackle national obesity crisis

Karla Adam

Choline, contained in foods including brussel sprouts, is important for good health, research says.

The nutrient you didn't know you were missing

Christy Brissette

Bacon-roasted turkey with pumpkin, sausage and fruit mince stuffing.

From turkey to frosé: Jill Dupleix's traditional-with-a-twist Christmas

Matcha Mylkbar's blue latte combines algae with ginger, lemon and coconut milk.

Melbourne's Matcha Mylkbar is bringing its blue latte to Sydney

Rachel Khoo's nutty no-bake ice-cream cake.

Can't stand the heat? Try Rachel Khoo's no-bake ice-cream cake

11 mins ago

Karla Barry walking down the aisle.

Maid of honour goes above and beyond for friend's wedding

Can children learn the truth about Santa, by becoming Santa?

How to break the news about Santa without traumatising your kids

Should parents be graded on their commitment to their child's education.

The school 'grading' parents on their performance

The new economy seats on Qantas's Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Would you sit here for 17 hours?

17-hour slog: Non-stop flights to London aren't without problems

Michael Gebicki
7 mins ago

It's easy to forget how great Australia is when you live in it.

It's time for Australians to stop taking Australia for granted

Ben Groundwater

Malaysian Airlines Business Class cabin, Airbus A330-300.

Flight Test: Cheap business class fares, but you get what you pay for

Brian Johnston

An artist's impression depicts a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc.

Black hole shreds wandering star

It's possible to let kids enjoy phones and game consoles without giving them unfettered access to its capabilities and ...

Manage your kids' safety, spending online

Tim Biggs

International team OG, which recently added Australian Dota player Ana, won their third Boston Major against ...

24/7 eSports channel launches just in time for Aussie's win

Once your home or business is declared 'NBN ready', you have 18 months before your old service is disconnected.

These suburbs must join NBN or be disconnected

Adam Turner

Target's Nintendo Classic Mini NES sale was the kind of disaster that will see Amazon eat Australian online retailers alive.

NES fail paves the way for Amazon-ageddon

COMMENT

Nissan 370Z Super GT.

Inside the 2016 Nismo Festival

Kez Casey
1 hr ago

Tesla Model S P85+ race car to compete in the inaugural Electric GT Championship.

New Tesla-only race series revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 BMW 5-Series.

New BMW 5-Series prices revealed

Andrew MacLean

Mercedes-AMG GT R.

Mercedes-AMG GT R sets Nurburgring lap record

Dom Tripolone

The AAA conducted real-world emissions testing using sophisticated exhaust sensors.

Fuel use figures unachievable

David McCowen

2016 Audi SQ7.

Driven: Audi's red-hot SQ7

Stephen Ottley

Burnt out: Jonathan Trott.

First Ashes day-night Test to be played next summer

1 hr ago

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Ord on three other occasions.

Ronaldo wins fourth Ballon d'Or award

James Brayshaw: "I continue to learn about the appropriate way to broadcast every day."

'Part of my life I got wrong': Brayshaw on reason for Nine split

Greg Baum

Social media storm: Bryce Cartwright.

Cartwright targeted by social media posts

Adam Pengilly

Argentina and Brazil have an old and fierce rivalry.

Brazil, Argentina to play in Australia: report

1 hr ago

Lighting up: Nathan Lyon impressed with the pink ball in Adelaide but wants Test cricket's traditions maintained.

Lyon urges restraint with pink ball revolution

Chris Barrett

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has never won the UEFA Champions League.

Arsenal dealt cruel blow in UEFA Champions League draw

Matt Bungard
45 mins ago

Composed: Ellyse Perry guides the ball during her controlled knock at Drummoyne Oval

Perry too hot for Brisbane as Sixers open account

James Buckley

Stoic: Matt Renshaw and Usman Khawaja during the third Test against South Africa.

Renshaw out to prove doubters wrong

Chris Barrett

It's a rout: India celebrate the wicket of Jonny Bairstow.

Ashwin leads India to series win over England

Former ACA boss Paul Marsh has slammed the move by Cricket Australia.

'Pure greed': Former players' union chief slams cricket pay deal

Chris Barrett

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