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Terror targets

'Stabbings, bombings': Alleged terror plot designed to create maximum casualties

EXCLUSIVE
John Silvester
22 mins ago

Numan Haider, left, shot by police in 2014.

Melbourne terror raids: Near misses and tragic resolutions

15 mins ago

Zakaria Dabboussi, 20.

'No need for this': Man's family says he's not an extremist

Nino Bucci, Michael Bachelard
24 mins ago

Police conducting a raid at a home in Meadow Heights in relation to the Christmas terror plot in Meadow Heights.

Christmas day terror attack plan: What we know so far

Shackled and cuffed: Terror suspects face court

23 mins ago

Myer says it will defend the legal action brought against it by Chadstone's landlords.

Chadstone mogul sues Myer for $20m before Christmas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Trump and son-in-law back Israel, slap Obama over UN vote

Compulsory, state-subsided preschool is something economists are switching on to.

There's a sure-fire budget fix. But pollies don't have the guts

COMMENT

Petra Kvitova

Knife attack: The tragedy of Seles hangs over Kvitova's ordeal

Donald Trump campaigned against the TPP and China.

Trump upends $525b program with a single tweet

Man stopped raping woman to take call and order food

'Completely different person': Tenant sues over electric shock

Accused Claremont 'serial killer' faces court

7 mins ago

How crisis sparked change in Steve Smith's leadership

How to handle office relationships in case they go wrong

Hello old friend: the sun is on its way.

Warnings as Victorians set to roast through Christmas heatwave

30 mins ago

Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall in "Sex and the City."

They're back! Third Sex and the City movie on way

17 mins ago

Wines for drinking outdoors with old mates and an Esky.

Christmas cheer: 50 great Aussie wines under $50

Fine Drinks

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JUNE 04: Olivia Palermo attends the 2016 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park on June 4, ...

Throwing shade: How to find the perfect pair of sunnies

Nine places to visit in Australia that are mystically beautiful

Nine places to visit in Australia that are mystically beautiful

44 mins ago

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Politics 2016: the journos' picks

Lingerie.

I share my name with a sex shop. It's no longer funny

Hard Bargain. It's a podcast, and it's free!

Hard Bargain: Should you buy a cheap smartphone?

Toast the new year with the perfect party.

How to throw the party of the year with these NYE tips

How to take your stress levels down a notch in 2017

How to take your stress levels down a notch in 2017

33 mins ago

Michael Jack in hospital after the electric shock.

Tenant sues landlord over electric shock from live light fitting

Track where the most bushfires have been deliberately lit

Police called to 40-person brawl in Johnston St, Fitzroy

PSO

'Amazingly beautiful eyes': Predatory behaviour by PSOs

A man was stabbed outside a pub in Melbourne's south-east.

Man stabbed after brawl outside Melbourne pub

Paul Sant poses in a cockpit.

Bail for man accused of making hoax radio calls to airport, pilots

Firefighters are battling a grass fire in Carrum Downs.

Firefighters control fire area with flammable tea-tree plants

The first stage of the Kidston power station will be a 50 megawatt solar farm.

Making power while the sun don't shine

QLD

Beau Chatley has walked out of hospital to spend Christmas with family.

Spinal injury footballer walks out of hospital

WA

The animals of the National zoo and aquarium get their christmas presents early. Pictured sunbears, lima and meercats. ...

Santa delivers the bear necessities at Canberra's zoo

WA

Chad Robinson, pictured with his sister Monique Brennan.

Family pays tribute to former NRL star Chad Robinson

NSW

Senator Rod Culleton has been declared bankrupt.

Rod Culleton declared bankrupt, place in Senate in doubt

Fergus Hunter

How to fix our broken political system

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

A sure-fire budget fix - but politicians don't have the guts

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Seventy-six per cent of the 1443 people surveyed agreed that the ABC should be protected from political interference.

ABC most trusted news source, poll shows, as minister accuses it of 'fake news'

Many experts have warned that personal phone data could be mined for civil lawsuits.

Australians' phone, email records could be used in civil lawsuits

The hard-left Greens faction has grouped around Senator Lee Rhiannon.

Hard-left faction forms inside Greens aiming to 'end capitalism'

EXCLUSIVE

Steam rises from the Loy Yang coal power station in Victoria.

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are rising

Adam Morton

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Trump and son-in-law intervene to stop UN vote on Israel

Seven arrested as police foil planned Christmas Day terror attack in Melbourne

German police arrest two suspected of planning mall attack

President-elect Donald Trump has signalled an apparent reversal of a decades-long reduction of the nation's atomic weapons.

Arms race fears as Trump talks 'nukes' on Twitter

Sara Connor (right) with her interpreter in the Denpasar District Court.

'It's not fair': Sara Connor accuses Bali police of fabrication

Jewel Topsfield

Illustration: Simon Letch

Obvious establishment creatures are playing pretend revolutionaries

Waleed Aly

The popularity of gift cards continues to boom.

Remember Dick Smith gift cards? Don't become a victim

COMMENT
Esther Han

Treasurer Scott Morrison assumed "we have a can opener" this week.

We're on the brink but the government is ignoring reality

COMMENT
John Hewson

Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart.

Gina Rinehart loses costs case against journalist

Department store owner Myer has been slapped with a pre-Christmas court action by the billionaire property magnate John ...

Chadstone mogul John Gandel sues Myer ahead of Christmas

Doom costs about $80 from Steam, owned by Valve Corporation.

Online games site Steam fined millions for refusing refunds

1 hr ago

Investors cashed in on the Santa rally, leading the ASX lower on Friday.

Investors cash in on Santa rally as miners lead ASX lower

Deutsche agrees to pay $10 billion for its role in triggering the GFC

Shaver Shop suffers razor burn as Christmas sales flop

Trump upends $525b program with a single tweet

Mesoblast wins key backing from US drugmaker

Toast the new year with the perfect party.

Throw the party of the year with these New Year's Eve tips

The Greendo units are made to replicate the landscape of Takamatsu, Japan.

An architectural experiment: A rolling hill or a home?

The history behind Australia's most common architectural styles.

The history behind our most common architectural styles

"It's not a house, it's a home." The Kerrigans in the 1997 movie, "The Castle".

House from The Castle's future uncertain, won't be heritage listed

Supply alone won't address Sydney's housing affordability crisis, academics say.

Migration surge drives housing markets and economies

Wines for drinking outdoors with old mates and an Esky.

Cheers to that! 50 of the best Australian wines under $50

Fine Drinks

<b>Range Rover Vogue</b><br>

Nine of the best luxury SUVs that really can go off-road

Cars

Don't take the jolly out of your holiday season by overcommitting on your Christmas spending.

Warning about new 'buy now, pay later' system in festive frenzy

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Illustration: Simon Letch

What happens to my health care card when I lose my pension?

Noel Whittaker

Exit interviews are standard: but do they need to be rethought?

How to make exit interviews work

James Adonis

Small business owners make the mistake of coming back to work too soon.

You don't want to think about 2017 yet but you should

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Rebels leave eastern Aleppo

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Santa Claus Village ready for big day

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Sarah Connor accuses Bali police of fabricating evidence

null

Claremont serial killings breakthrough

SMH NEWS
A buyer wheels out some Yellow Fin Tuna after the sales at the Sydney Fish Markets. 17th December ...

Christmas rush at the fish market

Masters of sex - Stan

The sexual revolution will be televised. Every episode ever of Masters of Sex now streaming.

younger

Every episode ever of Younger, now streaming.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

Advertiser Content

Hit the road and escape the city

Advertiser

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City 2.

Look out for Carrie and co in the third Sex and the City movie

Kerrie O'Brien
17 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 29: Father Bob Maguire is seen during lunch with Age journalist Kerrie O'Brien at the ...

Father Bob urges us to remember we're all in this together

Kerrie O'Brien

ALBURY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 13: Alex Blackwell of the Thunder dives to make her crease as she runs between the wickets ...

What the Big Bash League can teach other codes

Melinda Houston

Bachelor Richie Strahan with Alex Nation and her son Elijah, 6, in an <i>OK! Magazine</i> photoshoot.

TV Reality romance kids at risk

Ebony Bowden

Robbie Maddison rides his modified motorbike along the surface of the Yarra.

Can someone tell this guy you can't ride a motorcycle on water

Karl Quinn

Celine Dion (pictured here in June) was reportedly promised for Trump's inauguration by billionaire Las Vegas hotelier, ...

Another star rejects Trump's inauguration, this time Celine

Ebony Bowden

16 and Pregnant reality star Valerie Fairman

Reality star found dead in suspected drug overdose

James Lemon

Baz Lurhmann, The Get Down.

60 Minutes debacle to Please Like Me: 10 things TV taught us in 2016

Air Play Pantomime

From gobbledygooks to giant balloons: kids' summer shows

Hannah Francis

Warin Jean (1604-1672). Versailles, ch?teaux de Versailles et de Trianon. MV224. Jean Varin Bust of Louis XIV 1665-66 in ...

NGA's Versailles exhibition a journey into obscene decadence

REVIEW
Sasha Grishin

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

Sappy Red Dog: True Blue has marketing paw prints all over it

REVIEW
Paul Byrnes

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JUNE 04: Olivia Palermo attends the 2016 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic at Liberty State Park on June 4, ...

How to find the perfect pair of sunnies for any face

Melissa Singer

I'm always into occasional pops of magenta, which is exactly what we have here with Viola Davis in Cinq A Sept. There ...

No rhinestones: just flawless Viola Davis in a flawless dress

Actress Lena Dunham at the Glamour Live Summit 2016.

Criticism of Lena Dunham's latest gaffe has gone too far

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Tess Holliday has 1.4 million Instagram followers.

Tess Holliday hits back at 'one size fits all' hotel bathrobes

Nicole Economos

What does it mean for a child when his mother's best present was the destruction of her marriage to his father?

One of the best Christmas gifts I received was divorce papers

Sonya Huber

Martin Freeman (L) and Amanda Abbington attend a champagne reception ahead of The London Evening Standard Theatre Awards ...

Sherlock stars split after 16 years

Mary Ward

This Christmas we are celebrating together as a family, and it's not something I'm taking for granted.

2016 was a terrible year, but it's time to see the glass half full

COMMENT
Caroline Duncan

If you don't learn what "woke" means now, you will just keep blankly nodding your way to irrelevance, you old geezer.

From 'cuck' to 'woke': Five words to stay in the know

Mary Ward

Turn it around in the new year and have more fun.

Lessons in wellness from 2016

Sarah Berry

Cheyann Shaw.

The bodybuilder Instagramming her battle with ovarian cancer

Lindsey Bever

Run for your brain.

Running as the thinking person's sport

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Jill Duplex's bacon-roasted turkey with pumpkin, sausage and fruit mince stuffing.

Best ever recipes: Our bumper Christmas feasting one-stop shop

Hokkaido Baked Cheese tarts have hit Australia.

Is it worth lining up for a Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tart?

Breakfast doesn't have to be a blowout like the rest of the day - start your Christmas with something easy, like baked eggs.

Genius breakfast ideas for an indulgent Christmas morning

The incredible MRI image shows the rupture (indicated by the white arrows) and the protruding amniotic sac, which ...

Incredible MRI shows unborn baby's legs breaking through uterus

Wollongong brothers, Jason and Daniel surprise their mum with her dream car.

Brothers save for ten years to buy mum her dream car

candy

Mariah Carey's ex-husband builds a 'candy room' for the kids

Open the shades - it's not just about getting a good view.

The real reason cabin lights are dimmed for take-off and landing

Gavin Haines

Morning sunlight over the amphitheater at Bryce Canyon viewed from Inspiration Point.

The gift of travel: Trips that will change your life

Traveller writers

Airlines are making plane toilets even smaller so they can fit in more seats.

'It's an insult' - Airlines to make plane bathrooms even smaller

DINAH ENG

There might be hope to jump on the high speed bandwagon even if Telstra has previously denied you access to the HFC ...

How I finally got Telstra to fix my internet

COMMENT

Mario

Mario sets app records, but price a sore point

When we leave our daily routine for the holidays, our data usage typically skyrockets.

Don't get sucked down the mobile data drain these holidays

The NBN is supposed to be completed by 2020 thanks to this loan.

NBN's searchable rollout map is now live

Kotaku

surface

Christmas tech gift guide: Over $1000

Mercedes-Benz is set to expand its small car range with a new A-Class sedan, featuring a more conventional body style ...

Mercedes-Benz plans A-Class sedan

Greg Kable

Ford commit $450m to research and development in Australia in 2017.

Ford to invest $450m in Oz

Drive Staff

2017 Audi Q8 concept

Audi set to reveal new Q8 concept

Greg Kable

The Volkswagen Group has settled a compensation claim with owners of vehicles fitted with the 3.0-litre diesel engine in ...

Volkswagen reaches deal with 80,000 US owners

David Shepardson

Hits and Misses: Best Concept Car

The Drive Team

Volkswagen teases its Microbus concept ahead of the 2017 Detroit motor show.

VW teases electric Kombi concept

Greg Kable

Matt Renshaw looks a little like the great Matty Hayden and Graeme Smith when playing on the leg side.

How are our new batsmen going? Two out of three ain't bad

Dean Jones

Petra Kvitova

The tragedy of Seles hangs over Kvitova's ordeal

Oliver Brown

All smiles: Brad Hogg of the Renegades on Thursday night.

New boy making his mark at the age of 45

Security was tightened at MCG last summer, but the "ring of steel" removed during the AFL season.

Extra police for MCG in wake of 'terror plot'

Ronny Lerner

Moises Henriques

Live BBL: Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes

Live
44 mins ago

Evan Gulbis

Melbourne Star axed by his NZ team for late night out

Daria Gavrilova

'My back is so sore from carrying you': Kyrgios' sledge for Gavrilova

Michael Chammas

joe981227.001.003 digital Pic by Joe Armao. Cricket, 4th Test, Australia V England at the MCG. Aust n captain Mark ...

Boxing Day legends, bolters and one-Test wonders

Mark Baguley is set to be rewarded for hard work

Injury behind him, Bomber Baguley is raring to go

Ronny Lerner

Isaac Smith has turned his back on free agency and re-signed with Hawthorn.

Hawks re-sign triple-premiership winger Smith

Allegations of illicit drug use by Lachie Whitfield were raised last year.

Giants fined $100,000, lose draft points over Whitfield affair

UPDATED
Jon Pierik

The moment: Gary Ablett soars in the 1989 grand final.

Ablett moment says much about ruck rule hand-wringing

Rohan Connolly

Key AFL personalities

Football's most influential of 2016

Rohan Connolly

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