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Michael Gavanas, 50, (pictured with his father) was found with his ankles tied and face down in the Parramatta River at ...

Mystery of the body in the Parramatta mangroves

President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the matter, calling China's action "unprecedented."

China to return drone after Trump slams Beijing

Philip Wen

Outfall: A cliff sewer next to Eastern Avenue Reserve in Vaucluse on December 16.

Raw sewage flows into ocean near Sydney's richest suburbs

EXCLUSIVE

Sydney teen Ali Ziggi Mosslmani sues media outlets over mullet photo.

Ziggy's mullet defamation case gets a bit of a haircut

1 hr ago

Why do people shop online? "Price, variety and convenience," says Ben Franzi, Australia Post.

The Sydney suburb hooked on online shopping

Gareth Miggins, the trainer who allegedly ripped off his greyhound?dog's tail

'Gentle giant' accused of ripping off the tip of his greyhound's tail

'Keep the faith': PM charts course to an Australian republic

PNG earthquake has residents running for the hills

Boy, 4, revived by lifeguards after near drowning at Sydney pool

Top Liberal faces five-year ban over TV interview

How George Christensen came out as a republican

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Michelle Obama has an interview with Oprah airing on Monday.

The White House needs a 'grown-up', says first lady

1 hr ago

<em>Daily Mail Australia</em> has apologised to Samantha Armytage.

The most controversial thing a woman can wear

COMMENT

Coconuts with leaves on a white background Coconut. Generic.

Have you had your activated coconut charcoal today?

The top end of the Palm Beach holiday rental market has been the busiest, with the more affordable segment less in demand.

$40,000-a-week for a summer holiday at Palm Beach

Sabre Norris, 11, has a lot to say and her dad copped the brunt of her hilarious honesty.

The pint-sized Australian who caught Ellen DeGeneres' attention

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Sydney FC crush Perth Glory

Research has found there is no clear evidence that Anne Frank and her family were betrayed to the Netherlands' German ...

New study says Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazis

Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in Rogue One.

The Force is strong with Disney as Star Wars' Rogue One makes bank

Finn Carr of Marist College in Canberra Playing in the junior format cricket. This is a relatively new format of junior ...

The blueprint to save junior cricket in Australia

Johan Goosen dives over to score at Suncorp Stadium

The Springbok who has enraged French rugby by retiring at 24

The top end of the Palm Beach holiday rental market has been the busiest, with the more affordable segment less in demand.

The beach suburbs luring in big spenders over Christmas holidays

Ivanka Dwyer outside her recently sold home in Killara. Saturday 10th December 2016. Photograph by James Brickwood. SHD ...

The winners and losers of Sydney's spring property market

Emma Felice lives in a tiny apartment in Tokyo.

How to live in an apartment that's just eight square metres

Cuadra san Cristobal is considered one of Barragan's masterpieces.

Own an architecturally important home? Good luck selling it

Auctioneer Lachlan McDonald selling 5/52 Edward Street, Bondi.

House prices surge: Sydney is still seeing boom-time results

Ms Terry is hopeful Saraya will have surgery to insert grommets by June.

'Mum, I can't hear': Saraya's chance to beat the odds

The worst times for holiday burglaries in Sydney

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Death in Sydney's suburbs: 'We knew, he's killed them'

Coco Schwaighofer, Dominic Despot, and Anton Perumal at coding camp during their holidays at the International Grammar ...

Forget the tents: there's a new kind of camp in town

Milson Island Sport and Recreation Centre.

Sport and rec camps spared from privatisation

Police were led to the crime scene after stopping at a car crash.

Hotel staff's horrific find after man had not left room for five days

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

Obeid's legal bill given $10m boost with property sale

EXCLUSIVE
Kate McClymont

Anne Deveson ex broadcaster she is in her 80s and is Developing Alzheimer's.

Honest to the end: The truth tellers who said the unsayable

Zena Cumpston would rather community spirit was a concern all year round, not just in the festive season.

Christmas Street at loggerheads over festive spirit

VIC

Grace Corr can begin university without spending a year working to raise funds.

Reclusive millionaires help to fast-track 18-year-old's plans

China East Airlines beginning daily flights from Brisbane to to Shanghai.

Brisbane 'comes of age' with first-ever direct flights to Shanghai

QLD

Numbers of women in the Coalition have dropped to their lowest level in 25 years.

How long before parliaments have gender balance? We crunched the numbers

Stephanie Peatling

Turnbull reaffirms his support for an Australian republic

Deborah Snow

'It's laughable': Coalition slammed for housing affordability probe

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's office declined to comment on the Federal Court ruling.

Dutton wrong on refugees' citizenship, court finds

Michael Gordon

Minister for Justice Michael Keenan visited China in November and trumpeted an information sharing scheme.

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

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

China to return seized US drone after Trump slams Beijing

Philip Wen

Dr Henry Heimlich pictured in 2014.

Man who invented the Heimlich manoeuvre dies at 96

Children of eastern Aleppo sitting on the ground in western rural Aleppo, Syria.

New deal reached to resume Aleppo evacuation

A supporter holds a portrait of South Korean President Park Geun-hye during a rally opposing her impeachment.

Supporters of President Park Geun-hye stage rally in Seoul

Jeongeun Lee

Leading conservative backbencher George Christensen is whipping up support for a republic, but with a twist.

How George Christensen came out as a republican

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

<em>Daily Mail Australia</em> has apologised to Samantha Armytage.

The most controversial thing a woman can wear

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

What happens to Australia when Donald Trump makes the calls?

Could Australia win The Apprentice, international edition?

COMMENT
Daniel Flitton

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Float flops: the no-good, the bad and the ugly of IPOs

IN DEPTH
Sarah Danckert

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

Employment is growing. So is unemployment. Huh?

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

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CEO Harvey Norman
First woman appointed to the board of the National Rugby ...

The industry dominated by women - except at the top

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: 29 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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Sydney FC crush Perth Glory

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Santa goes for a swim

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Late goal saves Leicester

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West Ham send Hull to the bottom

59 mins ago

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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Netflix's new sci-fi drama The OA has been released on the platform without any pomp and ceremony.

Triple weird: the first word on Netflix's new cryptic drama

Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in Rogue One.

Star Wars' Rogue One the year's official box office hit

Puppet love: 'Catfished' digital dater just wants to know why

Karl Quinn

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

Tim Finn is about to have two shows at the Sydney Festival.

Tim Finn's sell-out musical heads to the Sydney Festival

Toby Creswell

Dane Swan doesn’t regret putting family and friends before football.

Party drugs, musicals, Burning Man: The Dane Swan you've never met

Levi Miller and Phoenix in <i>Red Dog: True Blue</i>.

The eight month search for Red Dog with the X factor

Garry Maddox

Lisa Gormley and Dan Ewing play Heath and Bianca in <i>Home and Away: Revenge</i>.

How Home and Away became the great Aussie soap opera

Michael Lallo

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Marion Cotillard, left, and Brad Pitt in a scene from, "Allied," in ...

Robert Zemeckis pushes into new territory with romantic thriller

Darryn King

Hollywood star and performance artist Shia LaBeouf with fellow performance artists Luke Turner and Nastja Sade Ronkko.

Hollywood A-lister Shia LaBeouf turns performance artist

Elissa Blake

Witty and charming illustrations: <i>Mr Chicken Arriva a Roma</i> by Leigh Hobbs.

A Christmas guide to children's books

Frances Atkinson

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION, Anthony Michael Hall, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Barron, 1983

Help, we are all going on a family hell-iday

Lola Borg

Those who repay nature's spectacle by leaving rubbish do not deserve to be there. End of story.

Know the beach etiquette basics, or cop my death stare

Wendy Squires

Alyce Pilgrim in Mykonos.

These women jumped on the 'Eat Pray Love' bandwagon and never looked back

Evelyn Lewin

Hailey Baldwin in Sydney last week.

Hailey Baldwin shares baking tips (but not for cakes)

Stephanie Darling

Melanie Chisholm opened up to Fairfax Media.

Melanie C on raising her very own Spice Girl

Amy Croffey

Diane von Furstenberg attends the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 6, 2016 in New York City.

Diane von Furstenberg is open to dressing Melania Trump

Sarah Polus

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

Benjamin Law.

Be armed and know your allies in the Christmas shopping war

Benjamin Law

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

Chef Michael Slade's Christmas gravy at his Thornbury restaurant Northern Git.

Chef's tips on how to make the perfect gravy

Jane Holroyd

'Neighbourghood': Chermoula roasted Orange and vegetables with chickpeas and cous cous.

Vegetarian salads for sharing from 'Neighbourhood'

Hetty McKinnon

Brigitte Hafner's grilled lamb summer salad.

The pre-Christmas meal planner: light, healthy recipes

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Mum sparks controversy by holidaying while her baby was sleep trained

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

Cityscape of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.

Forget Venice: Europe's best cities that aren't overrun with tourists

Tim Richards

Traveller letters: Beware in Barcelona train stations

Vinicunca Mountain (Rainbow Mountain) Peruvian Andes. The climb to get here is a challenge but well worth it to stand ...

The Big Picture competition: Readers' top travel photos

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

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Every Star Wars video game ever, ranked

Kotaku

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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 appeals for the wicket of Younis Khan.

Pakistan show fight, defeat looms

Phil Lutton

Under pressure: ARLC chairman John Grant.

Clubs still united but ARL chair Grant set to survive

Adam Pengilly

Another one: Sydney FC players celebrate.

Sky Blues too good for Glory

At it again: Steve Smith elected to bat instead of enforcing the follow-on.

Decision not to enforce follow-on a lost opportunity driven by fear

Malcolm Knox

Back-to-back?: Mike Hussey is attempting to guide the Sydney Thunder to a second Big Bash title, but from the office ...

Hussey ready to lead Thunder to another title – from the office

Jamie Marcuson

Triumphant: Chelsea's manager Antonio Conte celebrates the win.

Video highlights: Chelsea march on and United win again

47 mins ago

Main man: An increase in the A-League salary cap would help Sydney FC keep Milos Ninkovic.

New TV deal to hand players big pay rise

Dominic Bossi

Berisha celebrates after scoring the winner.

Berisha equals goals record as Victory see off City in thrilling derby

Michael Lynch

Breakthrough: Nathan Lyon celebrates dismissing Babar Azam.

Australia cruising as it goes the long way around

Greg Baum
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Ellyse Perry believes women cricketers have been well treated.

Ellyse Perry backs Cricket Australia over pregnancy clause

Larissa Nicholson

Pistol whipped: Paul Reiffel (centre) is helped from the field by England's support staff.

Why injured umpire won't wear helmet

Andrew Wu

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