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Treasurer Scott Morrison announced more money will be spent on MPs' offices and staff.

Fiscal cuts enforced but more money for MPs' staff

Stephanie Peatling

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Steve Smith of Australia celebrates scoring a century during day one of the First ...

'I lost my fingernails': What it cost Smith to seal dramatic win

Police at a home in Guildford West where a young girl was found 'unresponsive'.

Man arrested, 2-year-old girl critical after 'incident'

27 mins ago

Asad Shafiq in one of the great rearguard innings.

As Pakistan batted on, hell froze over, the snowball had a chance

COMMENT
Greg Baum
45 mins ago

Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore Global Conversations ...

Suu Kyi's peace deal in tatters amid claims of ethnic cleansing

Senator Rodney Culleton heads in to court in Perth on Monday morning.

Former One Nation senator walks out of court hearing

53 mins ago

In store v online: Where we prefer to spend our Christmas dollars

Midyear budget update reveals $10.4b hit to Morrison's bottom line

Abbott's pet projects sacrificed by Turnbull for budget repair

Pay war between Cricket Australia and players erupts as talks shelved

Teacher's online chat with girl started innocently enough

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The 'Vlonald' bromance is bad news for America's moral high ground

COMMENT
56 mins ago

TV presenters, from left, James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are photographed on the set of their new show, ...

Here comes The Grand Tour: From Top Gear to over-the-top

1 hr ago

Travelers use self service kiosks to print out boarding passes at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, ...

Heading to the US? These are the airports you should avoid

Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian at Onyx Nightclub on March 27, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Keeping up with K reserve grade

Kurt Gidley helps Alex McKinnon onto the field

Ex-Newcastle Knights player Alex McKinnon has every right to sue

Peter FitzSimons

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Bat vs python

Pricey: Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

The most (and least) affordable countries for Aussies to stay in

Work and life coach Dr Lara Corr advocates addressing the tasks you're avoiding head-on.

Ten ways to plan - not plod - your way into the new year

Sabre Norris, 11, won Ellen's heart after her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The 11-year-old Aussie surfer who stole Ellen's heart

Season greetings from SNL: Beck Bennett as Russian president Vladimir Putin and Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump.

There was a special guest on SNL's Christmas special

1 hr ago

Students are dropping tech courses for the HSC.

The HSC course that has plummeted to just 1885 students

Lord Mayor, minister at odds as first tram tracks laid in George St

Jacob Saulwick

Sydney man desperately tried to call mother, but police officer replied

Father and former school bus driver Raffi Moskofian arrives at the District Court to be sentenced for online grooming ...

Strike Force Trawler: The dark world of online grooming

Rachel Olding

"Nudges" drawing on behavioral psychology can deliver big savings at hospitals.

Little nudge that saved a hospital $66,000

EXCLUSIVE

NSW Road Minister Duncan Gay, left, and Premier Mike Baird.

Taxpayer bill for tolls cashback races past $1.5 billion

Matt O'Sullivan, James Robertson

An ambulance officer comforts cyclists after a woman was killed on Mona Vale Road, Pymble.

Female cyclist killed in Sydney road collision

Amber Harrison

'It was never about love': Affair haunts Seven boss

Kate McClymont

Pauline and Bill Thomas died in April 2013.

Man who murdered parents in fight over hairdryer jailed for life

Karen Ristevski was last seen at her Avondale Heights home in June.

Police drain rural dams in search for missing mum

36 mins ago

Construction works affecting traffic on Collins Street on Monday.

Melbourne's building boom to reduce city traffic to gridlock

1 hr ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison arrives at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.

Scott Morrison avoids AAA shame as budget update gets the tick

James Massola

Call that a budget improvement? The ratings agencies won't

COMMENT
Peter Martin
21 mins ago

Bad budget news now in the hope of good news in May

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

One Nation Senator Rod Culleton

Culleton and Hanson's war of words continues

Fergus Hunter
36 mins ago

The Productivity Commission believes Australian rules that permit the use of copyrighted works only in specific ...

Copyright: What you see and hear could be about to change

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Treasurer Scott Morrison announced more money will be spent on MPs' offices and staff.

MPs to benefit from $47.8m spend on more staff and parking

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

'A joke': Nine-month wait to find out who funded our election

COMMENT

Members of FPI, the Islam Defenders Front, take to the streets in Jakarta.

Emboldened hardliners target Christmas costumes at malls

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

People shout slogans as anti-government protesters gather in front of the Constitutional Court in Warsaw, Poland.

Polish protesters win on proposed media crackdown

A Muslim woman wears a mask of Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally against the persecution of ...

Myanmar accused of Rohingya ethnic cleansing

Lindsay Murdoch

It's going to be all quiet on the Westminster front as Big Ben is repaired.

Big Ben to fall silent for facelift

Donald Trump has appointed people with anti-LGBTQI records to his team since the election.

The 'Vlonald' bromance is bad news for America's moral high ground

COMMENT
Joel Meares
56 mins ago

Pauline Hanson spent 11 weeks in prison in 2003 before her conviction for electoral fraud was quashed.

One Nation is doing exactly what it does best

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

There are reasons for optimism about Australia's economic prospects, according to former Reserve Bank board member, John ...

Seven reasons to smile about Australia's future

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

A fairly data-intensive day meant there was plenty of information for investors to sift through.

ASX, $A shrug off budget update

48 mins ago

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has abandoned plans to privatise the ASIC Registry.

Government abandons ASIC registry sale

The Chatree gold mine in central Thailand.

The biggest losers from the Chatree shutdown

This year has been the first turnaround year since 2009.

The unloved stocks that delivered for contrarians in 2016

21 mins ago

Ireland accuses EU of exceeding power in Apple tax case

The tale of two housing inquiries

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Woolworths rejects Coles push for $1 pokie bet limits

Commonwealth Bank sells stake in Visa for $439m

1 hr ago

Commutes aren't all that bad.

The six best (surprising) things about living in Sydney

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 10: Auctioneer Lachlan McDonald selling 5/52 Edward Street, Bondi which sold for $1,070,000 ...

Sydney auction market ends the year on a record high

Dragon

A muso kitchen so disgusting that they "nailed the door shut"

It pays to think outside the box.

Seven weird and wonderful homes from around Australia

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

Sullivans Cove French Oak Cask whisky, which won best single malt at the 2014 World Whiskies Award.

Sullivans sale: Australia's most decorated whisky brand sold

Fine Drinks

Designer Demna Gvasalia.

Return of the cool kids: How fashion got its edge back

Men's Style

Illustration: Simon Letch

Can I spread risk by having two super funds?

ASK NOEL

Resilience is a tool on the path to wellbeing not an end in itself.

Why financial resilience is not an end goal

Work and life coach Dr Lara Corr advocates addressing the tasks you're avoiding head-on.

Ten ways to plan - not plod - your way into the new year

Larissa Ham

With big crowds expected at the beach today Surf Life Saving WA has issued a warning about rip tides.

I run my business from a surf boat in the Maldives

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Zsa Zsa Gabor dies aged 99

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Could the electoral college stop Trump?

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Son's grief over hit and run death

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The bad budget news

Federal Politics

A peacock displays its colorful feathers at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

World of Photos

Preacher on Stan

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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Younger new season 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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Highest paid star on Rogue One 'by far': Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso.

Rogue One delivers fat pay cheques to Felicity Jones, Disney

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

TV presenters, from left, James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are photographed on the set of their new show, ...

Hammond defends The Grand Tour being over-the-top

Craig Mathieson
1 hr ago

2Day FM hosts Dan Debuf and Maz Compton have bowed out after four years with the network.

2Day FM pair Dan and Maz quit radio after failed tilt at breakfast

Ebony Bowden

Forget you ... Cee Lo Green passed up on 'Happy', which Pharrell Williams turned into a huge hit.

CeeLo Green forced to apologise over 'exploding phone'

Rob Moran

Marie Wawa in Tanna. The movie, shot in Vanauatu with an amateur cast, is one step from an Oscar nomination.

Australian film Tanna is now just one step from an Oscar nod

Karl Quinn

George Clooney in <i>Hail, Caesar!</i>

Our film critics select the 20 best films of 2016

Sandra Hall and Craig Mathieson

Actor Dustin Hoffman, second from right, shares a laugh with his two daughters, Rebecca and Alexandra, and his wife, ...

Franco's dating comedy inspired by Jonah Hill meeting daddy Hoffman

Sarah Thomas

Season greetings from SNL: Beck Bennett as Russian president Vladimir Putin and Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to SNL

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

Arts. Young indigenous actor/playwright Katie Beckett with her father Uncle Les Beckett. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken ...

Kate's beautiful tribute to her 'embarrassing, loving' dad

Elissa Blake

Cate Blanchett, with husband Andrew Upton, came up with the idea of a "cultural ribbon" linking Sydney's arts institutions.

Cate Blanchett's cultural ribbon replaced by walk around casino precinct

Andrew Taylor

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

Robert Zemeckis in new territory with romantic thriller

Darryn King

Russell Crowe and Terri Irwin are not romantically involved, says an Australia Zoo spokesperson. The pair pictured ...

Terri Irwin and Russell Crowe rumours take a new direction

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

First lady Michelle Obama at an ending veterans' homelessness event in the White House in November.

How Michelle Obama rewrote the First Lady playbook

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 24: Tilda Swinton attends the red carpet launch event for "Doctor Strange" at Westminster ...

What Tilda Swinton still doesn't get about white privilege

COMMENT
Omar Sakr

Kensington Palace issued the rebuke on behalf of Prince Harry.

It's all coming good for Prince Harry

Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian at Onyx Nightclub on March 27, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.

As Kim goes quiet, these Kardashians steal the spotlight

Mary Ward

Cosmetologists in Illinois must take domestic abuse recognition training after January 1.

Chicago's unusual approach to fighting domestic violence

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The secrets of in-store make-up applications

Melissa Singer

Zsa Zsa Gabor with Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt in 1995.

Zsa Zsa Gabor dead aged 99

Mary Ward

Balance: Experts say we need more research to get a clearer picture of how omega-3 fats might influence weight.

Fat: Why we need to get the balance right

Paula Goodyer

Too much of a good thing? There can be a fine line between positive traits, like creativity, and disorders.

Personality trait or mental disorder?

Melissa Healy

Breathing affects the way we feel.

How breathing affects our brain

Sarah Berry

Nahji Chu, former owner of MissChu restaurants.

What next for Miss Chu?

Scott Bolles

Russell Smith said anyone can learn to taste cheese like a pro.

Eat cheese like a champion: Getting the most out of your cheeseboard

Katie Burgess

Hot, hot, hot! Corn fritters with jalapeno butter.

Make room for Christmas with light, healthy dinners all week

Elsie, 3, was found with a cord around her throat.

US footballer's daughter dies in tragic accident at home

Sabre Norris, 11, won Ellen's heart after her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Meet the 11-year-old Aussie surfer who stole Ellen's heart

The wine lipstick collection we need in our lives

Wine lip gloss is now a thing - where do we pay?

Pricey: Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

The most (and least) affordable countries for Aussies to stay in

Kylie McLaughlin

Qatar Airways' seat has excellent storage, is comfortable and clean, with everything in good working order.

Flight test: Business class on the airline rated No.2 in the world

Fiona Carruthers

O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. This is a hub for the world's largest and third-largest airlines, and sits at ...

Heading to the US? These are the airports to avoid at all costs

Justin Bachman

Apple's new laptops are faster, much thinner and lighter than the previous generation, and they have about 10 hours of ...

Why tech upgrades aren't great anymore

COMMENT

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Six-Second video app Vine is not dead

British pirates have developed a taste for Amazon's <i>The Grand Tour</i>, despite local piracy blocks, highlighting the ...

The Grand Tour shows futility of Pirate Bay block

COMMENT

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ordered compliance with the intelligence request.

Where is Yahoo's Marissa Mayer?

Gizmodo

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Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

A wide variety of Porsches made an impact on the Drive Team, but the Porsche 911 Carrera S was a particular favourite.

Hits and Misses: Something Special

The Drive Team

Rolls-Royce Wraith and Ghost Black Badge.

Rolls-Royce reveals its dark side

Andrew MacLean

Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace design sketch

VW confirms Tiguan Allspace

Andrew MacLean

Uber launches self-driving pilot in San Francisco with Volvo Cars Uber's self-driving car trial in San Francisco.

Uber to continue self-driving car trial despite ban

Elizabeth Weise

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

Hits and Misses: Best Daily Driver

The Drive Team

Lexus has the highest customer satisfaction amongst all car brands in Australia.

Japanese car brands top satisfaction survey

Dom Tripolone

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Steve Smith of Australia celebrates scoring a century during day one of the First ...

'I lost all my fingernails': Smith seals dramatic Test win

Chris Barrett

Resilient: Asad Shafiq "made a match out of nothing", according to his captain.

How Asad Shafiq almost conjured victory from certain defeat

Phil Lutton
37 mins ago

Kurt Gidley helps Alex McKinnon onto the field

McKinnon has every right to sue

Peter FitzSimons

New deal: Graham Arnold with Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow after signing a new contract.

Arnold signs new deal with Sydney FC

Dominic Bossi

Shocker: Dan Carter has one of his worst games in his gloried rugby career.

'Non performance': Dan Carter puts in shocker

Star power: Gun players such as Melbourne City's Tim Cahill have helped the FFA broker a better TV deal.

FFA set to announce new TV deal

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Not impressed: Zak Hardaker has hit out at Jamie Soward's comments on the quality of the Super League.

Hardaker fires up at Soward's Super League barb

Steve Zemek

Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola congratulates his players after beating Arsenal 2-1 during the English Premier ...

Video highlights: City beat poor Arsenal

Australia's Steve Smith, left, and David Warner celebrate victory after defeating Pakistan on the final day of the first ...

When Plan A didn't work for Smith he turned to ... Plan A

Malcolm Knox
54 mins ago

Asad Shafiq in one of the great rearguard innings.

Pakistan's mission impossible made plausible

COMMENT
Greg Baum
46 mins ago

Matthew Renshaw of Australia plays a shot.

How the Australian players rated

James Buckley
1 hr ago

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