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Victory dance: Dave Warner's celebration blurred the line between joy and rage.

David Warner's incredible innings the stuff of fable

Malcolm Knox
13 mins ago

For many families, swimming lessons are not accessible due to cost or locality.

The important lesson our children are missing at school

COMMENT

Parts of the nation's property market is still flying.

Remember how the housing bubble was going to deflate?

Peter Dutton: part of the problem.

Immigration minister flags tougher citizenship test

Jacinta Jamieson with her third child William, who was conceived after her chemotherapy and radiation treatment ,as well ...

Heartbreaking phone call when a friend becomes a patient

1 hr ago

Make sure to keep the receipts.

Dud gift? Three magic words to use when seeking a refund

The 2016 event that scared me into supporting the Queen

COMMENT
Julie Lewis

'Crazy' airport queue snakes out of Virgin terminal

2 mins ago

Controversial debt collection system nets $300m

1 hr ago

'Local banks will kill us': Warning over $20b Asia retreat

'Trump bump': Why euphoria could turn to a credit crunch in 2017

COMMENT

I think I got away with it: Mariah Carey 'sings' at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New York.

Mariah Carey's lip-sync debacle just latest evidence of a star with no respect

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Renshaw hit in head

Nasty head knock in nervous 90s before rookie scores milestone ton

Live

Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino attend The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on ...

Depression strikes after Susan Sarandon's family accident

Loop

The award for most awkward New Year's countdown ever goes to ...

Director Ridley Scott

'Cinema is pretty bad': Don't get Scott started on superhero films

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GRAPHIC VISION: Hungry snakes

AMES Australasia will take over the Hills garden and laundry range, which includes the iconic Hills Hoist.

Hills unpegs its iconic Hills Hoist clothesline

Paul Weller

The celebrities who turned down their New Year's honours

Sugar, sugar, honey, honey.

Can you go 30 days without sugar? Here's why you should

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani sat next to a rude passenger who removed his pants for the duration of the flight.

World's rudest plane passenger removes shoes... then pants

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Justice Richard Gee, right, was the target of a bomb blast that flattened his home in March 1984. Miraculously, he and ...

Judge who survived bombing dies after being found in pool

Cellmate of triple-murderer 'killed with sandwich press'

'Unprecedented': Half of children finish school unable to swim

Antal Torok, born in January 1914, says the key to longevity is "not overdoing things, but always doing something".

The demographic set for a 744 per cent increase by 2050

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance with the co-ordinator general of CBD transport, Marg Prendergast, during a press ...

Minister gives grim traffic warning for Sydney commuters

Residents in the inner west protest in Pioneers Memorial Park, on Norton Street, Leichhardt. About 427 properties have ...

Property compensation higher after court hearing: analysis

Flames and black smoke were visible at a building blaze in Haymarket on Monday.

Three taken to hospital after George Street blaze

Stacey Tierney, 29, was found dead inside Melbourne strip club Dreams Gentleman's Club on December 19.

Dead in strip club for '12 hours': Mystery of English dancer

VIC
54 mins ago

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 02: Fans are seen trying to protect themselves from the rain as the match between Steve ...

Lightning strikes church as 6000 lose power

QLD

Former head of the Digital Transformation Agency, Paul Shetler.

Taxpayers billed $1 million for five months of 'agile coaching'

ACT

St Kilda beach was closed on Friday following thunderstorms the night before.

Tainted by faeces: Melbourne beaches unfit for swimming

VIC

Peter Dutton: part of the problem.

Less Australian trivia: Dutton calls for tougher citizenship test

Fergus Hunter

Centrelink's controversial debt recovery system nets $300m

Tom McIlroy
1 hr ago

Bernardi, Christensen to attend dinner for anti-Islam group

Aisha Dow

The government is considering a proposal which would see private health insurance rebates increased for patients in ...

Ensure better access to bush doctors before private health changes: AMA

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop.

Bishop rejects Abbott's comments on Israel and Palestine

Mehdi and Mohammad after they were released by PNG police on Monday.

Bashed asylum seekers 'deserved what they got': PNG minister

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2016, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks in Sydney. Turnbull said on ...

Turnbull's pet project spent $18m on temporary workers

US President-elect Donald Trump is still tweeting, the latest being about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

Trump tweets North Korean missile test 'won't happen'

Congress is likely to give many Trump policies the green light, while pausing others for debate.

US Congress opens with ambitious Republican agenda for Trump era

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

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu questioned in corruption inquiry

An artist impression of the Shivaji statue to be built inthe Arabian Sea off Mumbai.

India's next Taj Mahal-scale project will rise from the sea

Amrit Dhillon

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ride in a carriage during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London.

Why Trump scared me into supporting the Queen

COMMENT
Julie Lewis

Increased beer sales and and higher prices have helped the brewer report "good growth" in Australia.

Ten reasons to cut back on alcohol - and they're not all about your health

COMMENT

The what, when, and how of our eating speaks volumes about who we are and what we value – but perhaps the choice not to ...

Want to lose weight? You've been doing it all wrong

COMMENT
Jane Caro

Parts of the nation's property market is still flying.

Remember how the housing bubble was going to deflate?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Will investors get fireworks in 2017?

Markets Live: ASX tops 5700 in strong start

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

"Employees physically leave the office, but they do not leave their work," Benoit Hamon, Socialist member of Parliament ...

Work emails at home? Non merci!

28 mins ago

AMES Australasia will take over the Hills garden and laundry range, which includes the iconic Hills Hoist.

Hills unpegs its iconic Hills Hoist clothesline

13 mins ago

Why euphoria could turn to a credit crunch in 2017

COMMENT

'The local banks will kill us': Australians in $20b retreat

Hunter Hall shares plunge 30 per cent on chief investor's exit

Bitcoin jumps above $US1000 for first time in three years

49 mins ago

The Railway Hotel in Boort, Victoria, on the market for $135,000.

The Aussie pubs you can buy for less than a Sydney flat

Eclectic Living Room by Daleet Spector Design.

Creative and space-friendly ways to park your bike at home

I did something people in their mid-twenties don't usually do: I moved away from the city to a small coastal town.

My friends thought I was crazy: I made a sea-change at 25

It's time to review what's going on in your life and in your home.

New Year, new you: six style resolutions to make for your home

The Dreamy Camera Cafe, South Korea.

The shops that give us a reason not to buy online

If you've ever ridden a bike, it's extremely likely you've broken this rule, too.

The cycling road rule I never knew I was breaking

On Your Bike

There's more to weight loss than losing weight.

21 hard truths you learn after losing weight

Boot Camp

After the party is over, many of us wake up with a financial hangover.

One resolution to rule them all (and another to renounce)

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

You need at least two weeks to get the benefits of relaxation.

The new cash bonus for workers that could harm your health

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

Sexy doesn't always equal profitable.

What's the most profitable industry?

Louis White

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Ridley Scott shuns superhero genre

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India's giant new statue divides the nation

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A peephole view in the South Bronx

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Steve Smith hoping for series clean sweep

Will investors get fireworks in 2017?

Sydney New Year's Eve 2016 fireworks

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The Hunger Games - Binge all 4 movies now

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Brand new season of Mozart In The Jungle - now streaming on Stan.

Meghan Markle opens up about racial abuse online

Mary Ward

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Loop

The winner of 'most awkward New Year's countdown' is Ten

Rob Moran

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new boss of The New Celebrity Apprentice.

Post-Trump: Arnie's Apprentice catchphrase revealed

1 hr ago

I think I got away with it: Mariah Carey 'sings' at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New York.

Mariah Carey, read my lips: Your time is up, girl

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Director Ridley Scott.

'Cinema mainly is pretty bad', says Ridley Scott

Rob Moran

Not seeing eye to eye: Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

Sherlock return handles comedy and tragedy with equal brilliance

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

New album due in 2017: Ed Sheeran in concert at Sydney's Allianz Stadium in December 2015.

Comeback: Ed Sheeran tries Love Actually woo on Twitter

Aja Styles

Michael Fassbender's character Cal Lynch rebels against the world in a violent way.

Assassin's Creed has been turned into art film: review

Jake Wilson

Robbie Williams, reluctant hand-holder.

Robbie Williams uses hand sanitiser after touching fans

Rob Moran

John Berger.

Love him or hate him - no one could ignore John Berger

Randy Kennedy
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, NSW - DECEMBER 17: Helen Najjarine 47, and her children, Sorbrine, 18, Bilal, 8, and Ramzi, 3 from Condell Park ...

How to enjoy a top-notch show at the Opera House for just $5

Peter Munro

An ideal day at the beach - with a great read in hand.

Ten books of 2016 to keep you reading over the long, hot summer

Jason Steger

Writer Kate Iselin's most memorable Tinder date? "It was a gentleman who invited me to lunch, took me to the food court ...

Why Generation Tinder won't go back to dating 'the old-fashioned way'

Jenny Noyes

Backing down might be an effective solution, but it's a wholly unsatisfying one.

She called the police, then she snitched to the trolls' mothers

Jessica Contrera

Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Sarandon's daughter reveals depression after baby's fall

House guests can be a blessing or a curse. It all depends on how you, the host, handle the guest request.

How to handle guests who overstay their welcome

Jennifer Morton

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 02: General atmosphere during the Museum of Broken Relationships, Private Opening on June 2, ...

Inside the museum of broken relationships

Designers are taking fashion's power back from big brands

Melissa Singer

My friends and family care enough about me to understand my triggers and patters, but don't I owe it to them to work on it?

Calling an end to my own toxic behaviour

Koraly Dimitriadis

Lisa Origliasso and Logan Huffman pose in awards room during the 30th Annual ARIA Awards 2016 at The Star on November ...

The Veronicas star announces engagement with Instagram post

Mary Ward

Train like an angel: Daniela Braga.

How to work out like a Victoria's Secret model

Christina D'Adamio

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

Hot yoga is not always a peaceful experience.

Is hot yoga good for you?

Roni Caryn Rabin

Bathers Pavilion: Unbeatable location with smart food.

Summer daze: Sydney's best waterside restaurants for 2017

Good Food Guide Team

Back to the roots bowl with baby beetroot, millet and chilli herb dressing.

Bowled over: Five healthy one-bowl winning recipes

Anna Lisle

Sugar, sugar, honey, honey.

Can you go 30 days without sugar? Here's why you should

David Leonhardt

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Australia lags behind US when it comes to this birth practice

It's seen as a taboo subject, but some parents regret having children.

When parents regret having children

Keep the kids reading over the summer.

Summer reading list: ten best children's books of the year

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani sat next to a rude passenger who removed his pants for the duration of the flight.

World's rudest passenger removes shoes, then pants, on flight

Oliver Smith

Wonderland, on board Ovation of the Seas.

The 11 must-do dining experiences around the world this year

Ute Junker
1 hr ago

Enthusiasts from the long-established swimming club Les Ours Blancs (The Polar Bears) go for an annual swim in Biarritz, ...

Brave swimmers hit waters for New Year's dips in northern hemisphere

1 hr ago

The family allege the driver at fault was using FaceTime on his iPhone 6 Plus at the time of the crash.

Family sues Apple over FaceTime's role in crash

Richard Attenborough watches as a dinosaur hatches in <i>Jurassic Park</i>.

Eggs may hold secret to dino exctinction

Shantae

Review: Cult favourite heroine dances her way to new audiences

Merry Christmas from President-Elect Donald J Trump

A day on Donald Trump's Twitter feed

Horizon

17 games we're looking forward to in 2017

Toyota Prado GXL.

What serious tow car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Infiniti QX50 Concept.

New Infiniti QX50 SUV concept revealed

Drive Staff

2016 Volkswagen Scirocco R Wolfsburg edition.

The final VW Scirocco reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Holden Astra RS-V

Road Test: Holden Astra RS-V

Andrew MacLean

2016 Audi R8 V10 Plus.

Road Test: Audi R8 V10 Plus

Andrew MacLean

Ford Motor Company is introducing its next-generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle, just in time for CES ...

Revealed: Ford's new driverless car

Drive team

Renshaw hit in head

Renshaw brings up maiden ton after being felled by bouncer

Live
Rohan Connolly

Making hay while the sun shines: David Warner.

David Warner joins exclusive club with golden morning

Andrew Wu

Victory dance: Dave Warner's celebration blurred the line between joy and rage.

No guts, no glory: Warner is the avatar of all-out attack

Malcolm Knox
14 mins ago

Chris Sandow, left, has been charged over a public brawl in a street.

Chris Sandow charged with public nuisance after brawl

Tony Moore

Trophy hunter: A fan interrupts a Michael Van Gerwen throw during the final.

Trophy-hunting fan storms Van Gerwen's World Darts title victory

1 hr ago

American Serena Williams on her way to defeating France's Pauline Parmentier at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

Rusty Serena wins opener in Auckland

1 hr ago

Roger Federer celebrates his win on Monday.

Federer makes smoothest of comebacks in Perth

Linda Pearce

Arsenal's Olivier Giroud

So, what makes the perfect goal?

Hitting out: Ian Chappell did not hold back on Macquarie Radio.

Chappell slams Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq

Jake Bourke

Few England batsmen have, in fact, coped with captaincy quite so well as Alastair Cook.

Why Alastair Cook should lead England in the Ashes

Simon Heffer
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Steve Smith in action during an Australian training session on January 1, 2017 in ...

Australia have one eye on Pakistan, one on India

Andrew Wu

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