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Natalie Teh reacts to opening up her ATAR this morning.

'I got 99.9!' NSW students get their ATAR results

Live
49 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 24: Insider trader Oliver Curtis arrives to St James court for his sentencing hearing on June ...

Oliver Curtis to spend Christmas in jail after losing appeal

1 min ago

AFR. Pic of Eddie Obeid walking down from Phillips Street with his lawyers into the ICAC hearing at 133 Castlereagh st ...

Seven words uttered by Eddie Obeid shocked colleagues

Kate McClymont

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - DECEMBER 15: Extreme heat gives way to cooler tempratures and heavy rain on December 15, 2016 ...

Sydney's Christmas Day forecast revealed, and it's not great

1 hr ago

US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to label China a currency manipulator.

Trump may force China to engage its secret 100-year plan to beat the US

ANALYSIS

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison: "Well, I'll send (Ms Palaszczuk) the bill then."

Morrison's epiphany is a bit late and rather half-hearted

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

Nurofen 'specific pain' range fine increased to $6 million

17 mins ago

Thousands of pilots who suffer from suicidal thoughts fly every day

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

Traces of explosives found on remains of EgyptAir crash victims

Putin personally oversaw US election hacking, officials claim

The so-called 'Latte Line'.

The 'Latte Line' that separates Sydney's haves from have-nots

21 mins ago

Banned: Bruno Andres Doglioli shoulder charges referee Maria Beatrice Benvenuti.

Rugby player banned for violent tackle on female ref

The concept could allow for radical new designs including sleeping compartments.

Airbus unveils new cabin design with beds, cafes and showers

1 hr ago

Leonardo DiCaprio with Growing Pains stars Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron.

Leonardo DiCaprio pens touching tribute to his TV foster dad

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Poland

Traditionally ...

This teabag trick for broken nails will blow your mind

FILE -- 1994 file picture of Michael Hutchence, the late singer and songwriter for Australian rock group INXS, taken ...

Michael Hutchence solo music set for release

Holiday parties bring together people you know you know but can't quite remember how or from where.

Why I secretly dread the holiday party season

As long as you're running, old foes like goombas and koopas won't stop Mario this time. He vaults right over them.

Mobile Mario an addictive hunt for coins and high scores

Chef Monty Koludrovic highly recommends checking out the eclectic cluster of independent food businesses in lower Randwick.

Four top chefs reveal Sydney's best suburbs for foodies

Babies

Incredible study shows importance of cuddling premature babies

Some of the high-achieving VCE students who have been offered a Melbourne University scholarship for obtaining an ATAR ...

The four things you need to know about your ATAR

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

Sydney Now: What you need to know today

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

Inga Ting

Found: Claudia was last seen leaving Sydney Children's Hospital on foot.

Girl, 13, found after going missing from Sydney Children's Hospital

Eddie Obeid arrives at Darlinghurst court complex for sentencing on Thursday (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media)

Baird reacts: Eddie Obeid to be stripped of pension

Sean Nicholls

Sydney experienced back-to-back above 37 degrees temperatures

Welcome rain will be shortlived as heat ramps up for weekend

Phoebe Handsjuk was found dead in the chute at a St Kilda road apartment building in 2010.

Phoebe's garbage chute death prompts review of Coroners Act

EXCLUSIVE

Randall Williams, 51, drove his car into Lake Ginninderra after threatening to kill his wife of 28 years.

Wife 'feared death' as husband drove car into lake

ACT

Logan councillor Stacey McIntosh.

Councillor charged with defrauding firm of $180,000

QLD

An Armadale family has won $10 million in Tuesday's OZ Lotto draw.

Young family living 'pay-to-pay' wins $10m Oz Lotto draw

WA

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh sit the throne during State Opening of ...

Majority support in Parliament for a republic, movement claims

EXCLUSIVE

Pyne denies angling for Defence job and hits out at 'liar' colleague

Latika Bourke

Bishop accuses China of fuelling 'tension and mistrust'

David Wroe

Attorney-General George Brandis has previously come under fire for appointments he has made.

Brandis names former Liberal MPs for $200,000 tribunal role

Amy Remeikis

"I think we need to rise up against it. People need to speak against it": Peter Dutton calls for a fight against ...

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

Education Minister Simon Birmingham says universities must become more transparent about their admissions policies.

'No more double speak': Universities to come clean with students

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

Child Dental Benefits Scheme

Child dental scheme saved, but with less cover

Russian President Vladimir Putin: a former intelligence officer.

Putin supervised Russia cyber attacks in US election: officials

US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to label China a currency manipulator.

Is Trump starting something with China he can't finish?

ANALYSIS

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, residents gather near a green government bus for ...

Aleppo evacuation begins after ceasefire deal

Harris, 86, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of indecent assault and one of sexual touching, against seven females ...

Rolf Harris to 'virtually' attend sexual assault trial by video link

Nick Miller

US President-elect Donald Trump is known for success in business but will that translate into success in politics?

Praying for a political 'messiah' like Trump won't help us

COMMENT
John Hewson

Education bureaucrats fear Education Minister Adrian Piccoli will be moved on.

How Baird should spend his $4b war chest

COMMENT
James Robertson

Admission based on scaled academic ranking alone is anathema in universities overseas.

ATAR alone will not find our future leaders

COMMENT
S Bruce Dowton

Twenty US states allege company executives propped up the prices of two drugs, the New York attorney general's office ...

Mayne Pharma shares dive on US price fixing lawsuit

12 mins ago

People who are prone to be bulls or bears are displaying cognitive bias.

Markets Live: The beat goes on

Live
Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

James Packer is quick to finalise Crown's retreat from international markets.

Crown doubles down on Macau exit with additional share sale

21 mins ago

Convicted insider trader Oliver Curtis being escorted to a prison truck in June.

Curtis loses appeal against insider trading conviction

1 min ago

How ScoMo discovered good and bad debt on the way to MYEFO

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

NAB's Henry calls for 'narrative of economic reform'

34 mins ago

Life wasn't meant to be easy: our kids must learn to take a risk

COMMENT
Harold Mitchell

Bleak Christmas for 1500 Timbercorp investors

Chef Monty Koludrovic highly recommends checking out the eclectic cluster of independent food businesses in lower Randwick.

Four top chefs reveal Sydney's best suburbs for foodies

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 24: Miranda Kerr seen out in Manhattan after a photo shoot at Spring Studios on May 24, 2016 in New ...

Miranda Kerr's favourite Hunter Valley rental sold for $6 million

Greenacre will be the busiest auction suburb this weekend, including 19 Marina Crescent with a $1.2 million to $1.3 ...

Record rush to sell as 2016 auction market comes to a close

Artists transform bland buildings by creating lively scenes

IKEA launches products inspired by relationship problems

Writer Michael Jarosky in Sydney with his mother Barbara.

Hearing these two little words shattered my whole year

Boot Camp

A flock of sheep at Achill, an Australian farm renowned for its superfine merino wool.

An Italian fashion powerhouse is buying up Aussie sheep farms

Men's Style
31 mins ago

Kyle Frost and Amy Miller planned exactly how much they would spend on their three-week trip to the US and Mexico – and ...

How to budget daily spend for your holiday

The lies we tell ourselves are the most dangerous of all.

The lies we tell ourselves about investment

Cutting corners in a workplace can lead to injuries.

Corner-cutters at work: a profile of the main culprit

James Adonis

"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

NBC News reports Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in U.S. election hacking. Lisa Bernhard reports.

Was Putin involved in US election hacking?

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FBI investigating Yahoo breach

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Aleppo rebel evacuation under way

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59 vehicles crash in snowy pile up

Illustration Andrew Dyson

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Dec 16

1 hr ago

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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Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers.

'Creepy' twist in Passengers leads to unexpected backlash

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Will Smith and Helen Mirren in <i>Collateral Beauty</i>.

Will Smith's latest, Collateral Beauty, is ripped apart by critics

Rob Moran

Leonardo DiCaprio with Growing Pains stars Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron.

Leonardo DiCaprio pens touching tribute to Alan Thicke

Rob Moran

Harry Styles playing a British soldier in his on-screen debut in <i>Dunkirk</i>.

One Direction's Harry Styles makes his big screen debut

Ebony Bowden

Was that the end for Josh Thomas' <i>Please Like Me</i>?

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. Kimmel's hosting salary: $15,000

Ebony Bowden

Camilla Ah Kin and Suzanne Pereira are starring in the Roman Season of plays with multi-award winning theatre company ...

Julius Caesar as a woman? Got a problem with that?

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

Cyrus' unique work gives hope to dementia patients

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

Artist Julia Kaye.

This artist has created a cult following with her cute comics

Jay Newton-Small started a business writing anecdote-filled profiles of dementia patients after her father got Alzheimer.

Former journalist's 'weird' idea is transforming patient care

Emma Stone gives us three solid looks this week by sticking to her winning red-carpet formula - two parts great colour ...

This is Emma Stone's year, and she's dressed for it

1 hr ago

Olivia Olsen belts out Mariah's hit 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' in the most unrealistic scene ever.

The pride and pain of attending school Christmas concerts

Ben Pobjie

"Remember when kale was weird?"

The real reason we consult Google before visiting the doctor

Natalie Reilly

Silly teen girl in fuzzy white sweater wearing reindeer antlers For Daily Life: mini trend/christmas dress

Christmas inspired looks that you can wear all year

Melissa Singer

Al Matrooshi said the birth of her baby was "like a miracle."

Woman has a baby with ovary she froze before puberty

Demonstrators hold signs and flags during a protest against US President-elect Donald Trump outside of the Federal ...

Women's March on Washington officially has a permit

Breathing affects the way we feel.

How breathing affects our brain

Sarah Berry
33 mins ago

Bad fat and good food? People are confused.

It's time to get over our fear of dietary fat

Carrie Dennett

It's surprising that a demographic so conscious of appearance is failing the tooth-care test.

Young women have the worst dental hygiene

Aldi's Turducken

The Aldi Christmas food taste test

Flavours of summer: Coconut vanilla cake with stone fruit and almonds.

Chefs share their recipes for the perfect long, lazy summer lunch

Eggplants.

Why eggplant is the new avocado

37 mins ago

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Ryan Reynolds thanks Blake Lively, gives first look at their kids

34 mins ago

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

The underground tunnel is efficient but bleak.

There's a good reason to avoid the world's longest train tunnel

Keith Austin

The concept could allow for radical new designs including sleeping compartments.

Airbus unveils new cabin design with beds, cafes and showers

Justin Bachman
1 hr ago

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

Biggest cruise ship ever based in Australia arrives in Sydney

Annie Dang

As long as you're running, old foes like goombas and koopas won't stop Mario this time. He vaults right over them.

Super Mario Run is elegant and addictive

Tim Biggs

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

What Australians Googled In 2016

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and founder of Facebook: "extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth".

Facebook rolls out anti fake news measures to select newsfeeds

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Every Star Wars video game ever, ranked

Kotaku

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Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

1 hr ago

The Mazda CX-9 is a great everyday family car.

Hits and Misses: Best Daily Driver

The Drive Team

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

Swansong Commodores confirmed

Andrew MacLean

Volkswagen has produced a new Polo 'beats' special edition.

2016 Volkswagen Polo Beats quick spin review

David McCowen

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

Steve Smith

Livin' on the edge: Smith hits ton after Pakistan fail to appeal nick

Chris Barrett and Phil Lutton

Questions asked: The ACA's submission to pay negotiations with Cricket Australia have been endorsed by Steve Smith and ...

Australian players call for audit of $400m cricket revenue 'gap'

Chris Barrett

Banned: Bruno Andres Doglioli shoulder charges referee Maria Beatrice Benvenuti.

Rugby player banned three years for violent tackle on female ref

Season over: Dragons half Drew Hutchison was injured at training.

Dragons half Hutchison out for season

Mitchell Jennings

In demand: Luciano Leilua has just re-signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons.

Young gun Leilua re-commits to Dragons on two-year deal

EXCLUSIVE
Adrian Proszenko

Breakout year: Isaac Heeney chases possession during the grand final against the Western Bulldogs.

Heeney signs five-year extension with Swans

James Buckley

Winning combination: Bart Cummings with Saintly.

Melbourne Cup champ Saintly has died

UPDATED
Patrick Bartley and Ronny Lerner
48 mins ago

Matt Renshaw celebrates after reaching his half century during day one of the first Test match between Australia and ...

Why Matt Renshaw is cricket's youngest fogey

Malcolm Knox

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Australian fans shows show their colours during day one of the First Test match ...

Crowds roll in, clouds stay away for Gabba

Phil Lutton

Practice drama: Yasir Shah during a Pakistan nets session at The Gabba.

Riaz and Yasir Shah release video together after training clash

Chris Barrett and Phil Lutton

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

'I've got a head of concrete,' says Zampa

Daniel Cherny

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