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A Chinese Navy frigate and a Russian Navy ship take part in a joint naval drill in the South China Sea.

Chinese warship seizes US drone in South China Sea

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Gaming moguls Lawrence Ho and James Packer are parting ways.

James Packer's second big relationship split this year

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Isabelle Lagace, 28,(right) has pleaded guilty to importing cocaine. Her travel companion Melina Roberce, 22, (left) ...

She landed in Sydney on day 51 of a world 'cocaine' cruise

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Why it's bonkers to pay the rich to destroy the world around us

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Kevin Rudd at the ceremony on Friday.

'Civility is lost': Former PM Kevin Rudd slams vicious public culture

Peter FitzSimons.

Walk with me into the minefield of women's sport and pregnancy

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Trump's next foreign policy move could be as controversial as Taiwan

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... for Australian retailers

'He must have done it': Push to have juries hear past offences

Dutton put citizenship applications 'in the bottom drawer'

Michael Gordon

Cuba wants to pay off $373m of its Cold War debt in rum

Eddie Obeid arrives at the Darlinghurst court complex for sentencing on Thursday.

Obeid family's sale nets $10 million pay day

EXCLUSIVE
Kate McClymont

ARMYTAGE-MENDES 2

Baby-faced pap isn't snap-happy

PS

Howzat: Josh Hazlewood celebrates taking the wicket of Younis Khan.

Hazlewood leads fearsome assault as Pakistan crumble

Stephen Colbert and Michael Stipe farewell 2016.

'The End of the World as We Know It': Colbert farewells 2016

1 hr ago

Parents have been warned to be careful with hand sanitiser.

Our obsession with personal hygiene is really dirty

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AI beer: taste testing robot brew

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

COMMENT

The pride and pain of attending school Christmas concerts

wewantplates

The disturbing things restaurants use instead of plates

Can someone please tell Beyonce Vogue says cleavage is "over"?

2016's not been all bad! 16 utterly excellent moments

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

Airbus unveils new cabin design with beds, cafes and showers

Ivanka Dwyer did well by selling her Killara home in spring – selling for $100,000 more than she'd expected.

The winners and losers of Sydney's spring property market

Jennifer Duke

cover story, sept 5/6 - Ben Collier, McGrath Estate Agents

McGrath's top agent leaves after 23 years, following others out

Artists transform bland buildings by creating lively scenes

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

Aim for diplomatic and respectful engagement.

How to deal with 'fun police' neighbours over the holidays

The class of 2016: James Ruse Agricultural High School achieved the triple - first overall, and first in higher English ...

New rising star as top schools in English and maths revealed

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

Coastline walking, cycling route to get $32.6m upgrade

The Australian Lawyers Alliance has warned against proposed criminal trial evidence ...

'He must have done it': Push to have juries hear past offences

Oliver Curtis arrives with his wife Roxy Jacenko during his Supreme Court trial in May.

Oliver Curtis loses appeal against insider trading conviction

Michaela Whitbourn

Van Ngo and police officers on Campbell Street in St Peters.

Former homeowner freed from prison after WestConnex eviction

Lisa Visentin

Former deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas wants to halt the release of the Operation Prospect report.

'Distress before Christmas' if Kaldas bugging report released

Michaela Whitbourn

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan admits police "failed Ms Dhu".

'We failed Ms Dhu': Police Commissioner announces overhaul

WA

Roz Ward gives a clenched fist salute after returning to work at La Trobe University following controversy earlier this year.

Safe Schools set for revamp as founder Roz Ward is removed

VIC

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

ACT Wildlife Flying Fox coordinator Kirstie Hawkins with the bats that she is currently caring for at her home in Kambah.

Warning to keep clear of baby flying foxes 'falling out of the sky'

ACT

The home ownership inquiry, commissioned by Joe Hockey in April 2015, has a long and tortured history.

'It's laughable': Coalition slammed for housing affordability probe that proposes no changes

Dutton wrong on refugees' citizenship, court finds

Michael Gordon

Australia poised to ignore protests and ratify China extradition treaty

Philip Wen

One opportunity for a fresh start for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull looms in an area former prime minister Tony Abbott ...

Turnbull's chance for a fresh start

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten are both trying to come to grips with the fact that ...

How to be an outsider when you're already an insider

COMMENT
James Massola

Greens leader Richard Di Natale wants Labor to join with his party to push for a federal ICAC-style body.

MPs say Obeid sentence supports case for federal ICAC

James Massola

Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour

We can't rely on being Asia's quarry: Australia Post chief

Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi is the de facto leader of the country.

'Daily reports of killings and rapes in Myanmar': United Nations

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security advisor, Michael T. Flynn.

The tangled web of deals compromising Trump security adviser

David Kocieniewski

Smoke rises in east Aleppo.

Aleppo evacuation in limbo again as gunfire strikes convoys

David Friedman (far left) gives interviews at a Trump campaign event entitled "Jerusalem forever" in East Jerusalem in ...

Trump's ambassador pick foresees moving embassy to Jerusalem

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten are both trying to come to grips with the fact that ...

How to be an outsider when you're already an insider

COMMENT
James Massola

Australian coal is exported to India.

Our bright future can't have black heart of coal

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Do you really have what it takes to be a true Sydneysider?

How obnoxiously Sydney are you? Take our quiz

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Float flops: Why investors are giving IPOs a wide berth

IN DEPTH
Sarah Danckert

It's wrong to think that part-time jobs are inferior to full-time jobs.

Unemployment, take a step back for the big picture

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Harvey Norman's Katie Page is one of few female CEOs in the ASX 200.

Australia's retail industry is still a boys' club

IN DEPTH
Catie Low

Col Fullagar is principal of Integrity Resolutions and also volunteers as a firefighter.

From firefighting to the life insurance frying pan

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Why Packer's Crown is cashing in its chips at Macau

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Fake news is sickening, don't make the cure worse than the disease

COMMENT
Margaret Sullivan

Star Wars, cricket books and drones: Christmas 2016 shapes up

SurfStitch strikes back against ex-CEO, Coastalcoms

<b>Archie Rose Copper Cocktail Kit</b><br>
As used by leading Aussie distiller Archie Rose, this deluxe cocktail kit ...

Holiday cheers: 27 boozy gift ideas for a very merry Christmas

Fine Drinks

There are some trends we hope don't make it into the new year.

What were we thinking? Nine shocker trends to kiss goodbye

Men's Style

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

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Thinking of buying a new apartment?

Domain

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Lamborghini shredded by Taiwanese authorities

null

Obeid belongs in jail: Shorten

Federal Politics

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AI beer: taste testing robot brew

Outside view of the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney on 13 September 1966. SMH NEWS Picture by R.L. STEWART Sheraton Sofitel ...

Rewind - The Wentworth Hotel turns 50

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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Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling put on their dancing shoes for <i>La La Land</i>.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone make the musical sexy again

In '80s-era <i>Home and Away</i>, even the guys had shoulder pads.

How Home and Away became the great Aussie soap opera

Michael Lallo

Dane Swan at lunch with Karl Quinn at The Smith in Prahran.

Party drugs and musicals: The Dane Swan you've never met

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

Check out this new solo material by Michael Hutchence

DiCaprio and the <i>Growing Pains</i> cast in 1992.

Leonardo DiCaprio pens touching tribute to Alan Thicke

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in <i>Passengers</i>.

'Creepy' twist in Passengers leads to unexpected backlash

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

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

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

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

Can someone please tell Beyonce Vogue says cleavage is "over"?

2016's not all bad! 16 excellent moments of the year that was

Dom Knight

Chrissy Teigen, right, poses with her 8-month-old daughter Luna and a couple of other familiar faces.

Chrissy Teigen's solution to Legend missing Santa photos

Nicole Economos

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are the Hollywood pair most revered for their red carpet appearances, that is until their ...

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively make public debut with family

Amy Croffey

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

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

"The couple of minutes of joy gained from my children was scant compensation for the forty-plus minutes that the parent ...

The pride and pain of attending school Christmas concerts

Ben Pobjie

Artist Julia Kaye.

This artist has created a cult following with her cute comics

Doctors caution against following celebrities like Pete Evan for health advice.

The real reason we consult Google before visiting the doctor

Natalie Reilly

Breathing affects the way we feel.

How breathing affects our brain

Sarah Berry

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

Jill Dupleix's Nutella pancake stack.

Australia's most searched recipes for 2016 are...

Eggplants.

Is eggplant the new avocado?

ryan reynolds

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

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner at an Oscars party in March. In June, the couple announced their intention to divorce.

Ben Affleck calls Jennifer Garner 'world's greatest mum'

Mum's genius Santa hack to remind her kids to behave.

Mum's genius Santa hack for getting her kids to behave

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

Blue lagoons at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.

Traveller quiz: Which country is known as the land of fire and ice?

Mal Chenu

VPN-related searches on Google skyrocketed last year after new website-blocking measures were approved, and again this ...

Pirate Bay block won't stop VPN-savvy Aussies

Tim Biggs

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

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

star wars

Every Star Wars video game ever, ranked

Kotaku

surface

Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

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

Hits and Misses: Best Daily Driver

The Drive Team

BMW Australia will introduce a limited-edition M4 to celebrate victory in the European DTM championship.

BMW's M4 DTM on the way to Australia

David McCowen

2016 Volvo XC90

New Volvo XC90 hybrid reviewed

David McCowen

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

Swansong Commodores confirmed

Andrew MacLean

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

New VW Polo Beats reviewed

David McCowen

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

Toyota confirms GTI rival

David McCowen

Howzat: Josh Hazlewood celebrates taking the wicket of Younis Khan.

Hazlewood leads fearsome assault as Pakistan crumble

Chris Barrett

Peter FitzSimons.

Walk with me into the minefield of women's sport and pregnancy

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

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

Rugby player banned three years for violent tackle on female ref

Assault: Josh Hazlewood is congratulated by Nathan Lyon after dismissing Wahab Riaz.

Pakistan mugged by pace cartel in Gabba's dark alley

Malcolm Knox

On the market: Todd Carney, Chris Sandow or Jackson Hastings may all be looking for an NRL club.

Dragons put in-house talent ahead of Carney, Sandow for No.7

Shania-Lee Swart.

One woman scores 169, rest of the team 0

Still swinging: Brad Haddin of the Sixers.

How Big Bash manipulates us – and why we love it

Malcolm Knox

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 12: Wanderers fans sing and support before the start of play during the round 10 A-League ...

Overpriced stadiums: Why A-League needs view from cheap seats

Michael Cockerill

Only notable example: Cricketer Sarah Elliott made an Ashes century, feeding her son Sam during the breaks.

Pregnancy issue has been misrepresented, says Sutherland

Long walk back: Nic Maddison departs at the Gabba.

Fresh failure puts Maddinson in firing line

Phil Lutton

The expression that said it all at Trent Bridge.

Broad 'likes' Smith's decision not to walk

Chris Barrett and Phil Lutton

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