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Obeid's son-in-law Majid Saab

'Absolutely appalling': Eddie Obeid's family lashes out at jail sentence

Live
1 hr ago

Eddie Obeid arrives to Darlinghurst court complex for sentencing

Obeid's jailing may help 'drain the NSW swamp'

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls
12 mins ago

Moses Obeid's lies ultimately led to the jailing of his father.

How a son's lie led to his father's sentence

Kate McClymont

Rex "Buckets" Jackson, former minister for corrective services jailed for corruption.

Obeid the latest to join the jailed pollies club

Michaela Whitbourn, Kate McClymont
1 hr ago

HSC students who topped a subject this year with education minister Adrian Piccoli.

HSC results: Clear winner between boys and girls

Live
8 mins ago

A Mazda dealership asked customers to give "only the highest scores possible" to a customer satisfaction survey.

Customers 'disturbed' at car dealer's advice in letter

49 mins ago

Village Roadshow and Hollywood studios have successfully got a court order forcing ISPs to block torrenting and free ...

The end of torrenting? Pirating sites to be blocked by telcos

31 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Eddie Obeid arrives to Darlinghurst court complex for sentencing on December 15, 2016 ...

Obeid to lose $120k parliamentary pension

Sean Nicholls

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: David Warner of Australia plays a shot during day one of the First Test match between ...

Renshaw leads Australia's fightback

Live

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Claim Putin 'personally involved' in hack campaign on US election

Someone needs to tell Abbott he's not going to be PM again

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 min ago

'Loud thud, and that's it': Student killed while walking home

1 hr ago

'Political correctness gone mad': Dutton calls for Christmas uprising

Leanne's call 'one of the lowest acts' in Australian politics

So how do you like your interest rate cut this morning?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Another view from the series of images from Gavan Reef, Hughes Reef and Johnson Reef in the South China Sea.

'Tension and mistrust': Bishop attacks China as satellites reveal truth

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Click here to find out how your school did in the HSC

James Packer is effectively handing Crown Melco to his venture partner, Lawrence Ho.

Packer's plan to shore up Crown mothership after global retreat

COMMENT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 02: Keith Urban performs during the 2016 NRL Grand Final match between the Cronulla Sharks ...

Shiny and shallow: Keith Urban's two-star Sydney show

Books

The best non-fiction books of 2016 to read this summer

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Eddie Obeid jailed for five years

Southern Stars captain Meg Lanning.

Cricket Australia responds to 'pregnancy clause'

FILE - In a Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho poses for a portrait in New York. ...

Obama had Beyonce. Trump's inaugration has X-Factor finalist

"Basically, you end up spending the majority of your life eating Google food, with Google coworkers, wearing Google ...

What staff hated most about working at Google

Not every home will see the same price growth in 2017.

The 15 Sydney suburbs set to outperform in 2017

James Ruse school leader Justin Wu made the honour roll in five subjects.

The school that has topped the HSC 21 years in a row

Remembering Tori and Katrina with flowers

1 hr ago

Company collected thousands charging for free credit report

Yahoo7 reporter Krystal Johnson has been found guilty of contempt of court.

Journalist who forced mistrial found guilty of contempt of court

14 mins ago

HSC. Hicham Jansis, first in Arabic extension with his proud parents.. Story -Students who have come first in course in ...

At 14, Hicham fled a city in rubble. Now he's topped his HSC course

EXCLUSIVE

Moorebank. 17.04.2014. Photo Wesley Lonergan. Meeting Peter De-Angelis, owner of the land where a 24 hour pub is ...

Sydney pub baron loses battle to open new venue after backlash

Carmel Pickup watched her father die of pancreatic cancer and was determined to avoid the same fate.

'Scared I'd end up like dad': How Carmel beat a silent killer

Driverless cars will soon be seen on Melbourne's freeways.

Melbourne gets a start date for driverless car trial

VIC

The person police wanted to speak to over the incident.

Cyclists in road rage attack on elderly couple caught on camera

WA

Pasquale Barbaro was shot dead in November

Mourners scarce at funeral of suspected underworld 'snitch'

ADF members at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Defence's management of its bases has been savaged by the National Audit Office.

Defence Department's $1 billion waste of time

ACT

Four weapons installations shown in one of the satellite images released by CSIS.

Bishop accuses China of fuelling 'tension and mistrust' by weaponising artificial islands

David Wroe

'Makes my blood boil': Peter Dutton calls for pro-Christmas uprising

I hope you haven't flown here to have a fight: Pyne invokes Trump

"It is one of the lowest acts I can recall hearing about or seeing in Australian politics": Christian Porter is angry.

'The coward's punch of Australian politics': ministers livid at calls

Shelburne Bay: A new generation of Wuthathi celebrate winning back their ancestral land.

Pristine Shelburne Bay returns to owners after decades-long battle

43 mins ago

Child Dental Benefits Scheme

Child dental scheme saved, but with less cover

1 hr ago

Mark Rogers, a Sydney grandfather of two, has won his battle against the Australian Government Solicitor over his 'save ...

Grandad claims victory over government on Medicare logo threat

A demonstrator shouts during a protest against the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers at the airport in Frankfurt, ...

Germany deports 50 rejected Afghan migrants

A man holding an AR-15.

Colorado school district may arm teachers

People holds poster and candles during a gathering in in Paris on Wednesday.

Aleppo evacuation stalls, UN sees war crimes

A Chinese base under construction in the South China Sea.

China installs weapons in South China Sea

There was a public perception that, despite his callous abuse of his political power, Eddie Obeid was being favoured by ...

Leniency for Obeid, not so Joe Blow

LETTERS
41 mins ago

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad appears to prefer military solutions over negotiations.

Stop calling Syrian conflict 'civil war'. It's not.

COMMENT
Hanin Ghaddar

The after-hours home doctor service aims to relieve pressure on hospitals' accident and emergency facilities.

Home doctors help keep patients out of hospitals

COMMENT
Walt Secord

Bellamy's is facing another two potential class actions.

Bellamy's faces two more class actions

37 mins ago

Trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Stocks are opening ...

Markets Live: Surprise surge in full-time jobs

Live
Patrick Commins, Jens Meyer
1 min ago

It's been a shocker of a year for James Packer.

Packer's annus horribilis is now complete with Crown's retreat

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

'It looks like an invitation for shonks and sharks to come out and put consumers at risk.'

'Invitation for shonks, sharks': ASIC deregulates finance startups

1 hr ago

SMSFs says $1m is enough for retirement. Others aren't so sure

The dos and don'ts of work Christmas parties

1 hr ago

Five reasons you should care about the US rate hike

Enjoying your interest rate cut this morning?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

IKEA launches products inspired by relationship problems

Tony Briggs and his wife Vicki have enjoyed their time of Pelorus Island.

This couple owns the only home on a secluded island

Danny Katz sums up what you're really thinking of festive revelries.

A guide to surviving the most obnoxious of Christmas parties

Danny Katz

Not every home will see the same price growth in 2017.

15 suburbs set to shine in 2017, while Sydney to grow modestly

Agent recommendation site LocalAgentFinder has been the target of criticism from both agents and property sellers.

Furious criticism prompts agent website to make changes

Cahors, a French malbec, is revamping its image.

You know red, white, pink and orange wine ... what about black?

Fine Drinks
23 mins ago

A ride with a view, the Rolls Royce Dawn.

Top down, music up: Convertibles we'd love to drive this summer

Convertibles

Shopping centres play Christmas carols because it's proven that it makes customers spend more money.

Six psychological tricks retailers use to make you overspend

Few borrowers fixed their loans when fixed rates were at their cheapest.

Why so few of us fix interest rates at the right time

Clancy Yeates

"We completely reverse engineered the business rather than just overlaying a digital strategy" – Adam Laurie of Digital360.

Data pros bought a waste water plant to prove their point

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

TONY FEATHERSTONE

Help! My ISP has screwed up again

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SAG announces this year's film nominees

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Duterte personally involved in killing criminals

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Pedestrian dies in Wolli Creek ute crash

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How will Eddie Obeid be remembered?

Christmas Tree Lights on Camellia St, Greystanes.

Christmas lights cheers up Sydney streets

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

seinfeld

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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Harry Styles playing a British soldier in his on-screen debut, Dunkirk.

One Direction's Harry Styles makes his big screen debut

Ebony Bowden
1 hr ago

Was that the end for Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Have we seen the last of Josh Thomas' Please Like Me?

Rob Moran

Keith Urban, good bloke, musically soulless

Two stars: The blandness of being Keith Urban

REVIEW
Bernard Zuel

Donald Trump has booked a 16-year-old opera singer to perform at his inauguration.

Donald Trump fails to book big star for inauguration

Ebony Bowden

Jimmy Kimmel, host of the 2016 Emmy Awards.

Oscars gift bag: $232,000. Jimmy Kimmel's hosting salary: $15,000

Ebony Bowden

Amber Heard will return to the Gold Coast to film Aquaman.

Amber Heard's Gold Coast return for Aquaman

Ebony Bowden

Heidi was found on "death's door".

Pound puppies: Red Dog stars saved from 'death's door'

Ebony Bowden

Netflix has released a new sci-fi series with no pomp and ceremony; is their silence the new disruption in the ...

Netflix's silence could be the ultimate TV disruption force

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Composer Cyrus Meurant who has composed a series of soundtracks to play to residents of a dementia care facility in ...

Cyrus' unique work lets dementia patients re-connect with the past

Peter Munro

Steve Gadd delivered a performance that was close to perfection.

Almighty Gadd comes close to perfection as he weaves his magic

John Shand

Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard at home in New York on publication of her final novel, >i<The Great Fire>i<.

'One of the most quietly formidable writers of the 20th century'

Susan Wyndham

Melbourne Stars' Meg Lanning in action in the popular Big Bash League last season.

Female players contractually obliged to reveal pregnancies

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in the 2017 film.

Why the UN should have stuck with Wonder Woman

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Emmy Rossum attends The 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, ...

Emmy Rossum's equal pay standoff appears to have worked

Karlie Kloss at Tamarama.

Karlie Kloss has turned her Insta account into a Sydney tourism ad

Mary Ward

Ailan Tran with Elisabeth in Malawi.

Ailan's moment of reckoning

Daisy Dumas

Beauty treatments for introverts can be plain awkward.

The introvert's guide to getting a beauty treatment

Natalie Reilly

Ruby Hamad

Why Western obsession with the face veil is failing girls

Ruby Hamad

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: Actress Elle Fanning attends the "Live By Night" New York Screening at Metrograph on ...

Red carpet watch: It was a good week for celebrity style

New research: Look to the mind before the body.

Is this the missing link in weight-loss?

Sarah Berry

'Strong' mums get depression too.

Fashion girls don't get depression... do we?

Ginnie Chadwyck-Healey

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Bad posture not a pain in the neck: study

No-cook party plates.

11 delicious no-cook plates to bring to a party

Porteno has moved its stylish digs into MoVida's old Surry Hills site.

Terry Durack review: How does the new Porteno measure up?

MERCURY ZEST - Asain market Lucky Haque in her store Habib Hala Butchery and Vina mini mart in Wollongong for zest story ...

Why people are drinking fat. Yep, it's a thing.

Kat Smith and baby Ryder.

'Suddenly he was in the bath with me': mum's lightning quick labour

Inventor Colin Furze with his son.

Dad makes epic life-size Stars Wars Playhouse for son

Hilary Duff's sweet Disneyland snap attracted a harsh backlash.

Hilary Duff hits back at criticism for kissing son, 4, on the lips

Ovation of the Seas arrives in Sydney for the first time.

Biggest cruise ship ever based in Australia arrives in Sydney

Annie Dang

Hawaiian Airlines' new premium seat converts to a flat bed.

New seat: You can now lie down on flights from Australia to Hawaii

David McGonigal

Mt. Rushmore, USA.

The world's most overrated tourist attractions named

Australia's gold medal winner Mack Horton celebrates on the podium during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

What Australians Googled In 2016

The Galaxy Note7 may have been a disaster, but Samsung is plotting a 2017 comeback.

2016 was a huge, hectic year for smartphones

COMMENT

One of Uber's test self-driving cars on the road in Pittsburgh

Uber expands its self-driving cars, but drivers aren't worried

Yahoo's latest disclosure potentially twice the number of users as the breach disclosed in September.

New Yahoo breach affects 1 billion accounts

Several ads for Game of War have mixed generic battle scenes with sexy shots of Kate Upton.

Embezzler spends $1m playing Game of War

Holden has launched a micro site for a trio of limited edition Commodores due to revealed in January

Swansong Commodores confirmed

Andrew MacLean

Toyota will build a Yaris hot hatch following its WRC experience.

Toyota confirms GTI rival

David McCowen

Uber driverless car running a red light in San Francisco.

Uber driverless car runs red light

Dom Tripolone

The new Mercedes-Benz SL Roadster will share its underpinnings with the Mercedes-AMG GT.

AMG take charge of new SL roadster

Greg Kable

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe.

Mercedes E-Class Coupe revealed

Greg Kable

The open-topped machine has carbon fibre roof panels for emergency use.

Ferrari unveils exclusive spider

David McCowen

Australia's Matt Renshaw watches the ball while batting during play on day one of the first cricket test between ...

Renshaw brings up maiden half-century as Australia dig in

Live
Andrew Wu

Worse for wear: Adam Zampa at the MCG on Thursday.

'I've got a head of concrete,' says Zampa after clash of heads

Daniel Cherny
15 mins ago

Blow up: John Tomic scolded a chair umpire during daughter Sara's losing play-off match.

Tennis dad Tomic warned after blow up at chair umpire

Peter Fitzsimons has lost a third of his body weight.

Listen fatso, get off the couch and back on the field

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Wahab Riaz was pushed in the chest.

Pakistan bowlers involved in training stoush

Off-contract: Josh Dugan.

McGregor walks away from signing players

Mitch Jennings

England's Australian head coach, Eddie Jones, is at the top of his coaching game.

Eddie v Cheik, reloaded and live at Twickenham next year

Georgina Robinson
50 mins ago

Wanted: The services of Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold are in demand.

Arnold happy at Sydney but doesn't rule out other options

Dominic Bossi

Southern Stars captain Meg Lanning.

Cricket needs to bridge gender gap: Howard

Ronny Lerner

Under pressure: Coach Darren Lehmann needs a Test series win.

Why a loss to Pakistan could cost Boof his job

Malcolm Knox

Backs current deal: Steve Smith speaks to the media at The Gabba.

CA proposes to restructure player bonuses amid pay talks

Chris Barrett

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