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Donald Trump has attacked the intelligence community.

'Ready to throw a rock': Anger grows over Trump's view

Chinese student Jing Su has enjoyed studying in Sydney.

Beautiful, but... : What Sydney's international students really think

EXCLUSIVE
28 mins ago

Morgan Stanley: "We can't help but think that the Republican sweep has created a more uncertain and volatile outlook for ...

Morgan Stanley names the moment to sell out of the 'Trump bump'

Dean Papas, owner of The Hub House Diner, wants his business to appeal to all likes of people.

'It was a huge risk': Beating Sydney's anti-hipster backlash

The winning ticket for the $55 million jackpot was sold in Queensland.

Is it yours? Single ticket wins entire $55 million Powerball jackpot

22 mins ago

Youth crime has been put in the spotlight by new statistics

'Hardcore': 10-year-olds charged with dozens of crimes

EXCLUSIVE
Nino Bucci

Hird remained calm on the outside as years of turmoil took their toll

COMMENT

Partygoers watched gunman smear himself in blood to blend in

'I don't think it's unfair': Porter's aim to claw back $4.5 billion

EXCLUSIVE

Military ties not 'completely severed': Indonesian minister

Jewel Topsfield

'People must stand up': Man films racial tirade at playground

Dylann Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, North Carolina, in June 2015.

Mass killer says it's 'not fair' he has to hear so much about his victims

1 hr ago

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 03: Nick Kyrgios of Australia plays a forehand to Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic in the ...

The worst of Kyrgios was on display

Dallas Mavericks' Andrew Bogut (6) looks for a shot against Orlando Magic's Nikola Vucevic during the first half of an ...

'Would I? I'm not silly': Bogut's most honest interview ever

50 mins ago

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Neil Patrick Harris performs during the Hillary Victory Fund - Stronger Together concert at ...

'Intentionally horrible-looking': Neil Patrick-Harris' new look

1 hr ago

A Sydney academic has created a tool that randomly generates examples of threats many women receive online, in a bid to ...

Academic creates one-click 'rape threat generator'

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Princess Diana notes sell for thousands

The caravan park at Freemans Waterhole, near Newcastle, is on 6 hectares. Photo: Supplied

Caravan parks disappearing as land prices soar

Michael Clarke.

Don't like listening to Michael Clarke call cricket? Get used to it

Beef wok stir fry with vegetables

Here's what health experts eat when they're feeling lazy

36 mins ago

Showering certainly wasn't conducive to good health for Janet Leigh in the film Psycho.

Should we wash with bacteria instead of soap?

Police examine the burnt-out ute on Thursday.

Police make horrific discovery after routine call-out

'Vacuum-sealed to her face': Warning for popular gift

Heat rollercoaster set to hit Sydney from the weekend

Council chambers: Past their use-by date?

It's not state government we should abolish

COMMENT
James Robertson

Uncertain future for 2500 school students after tribunal decision

One of Sydney's largest private schools set to close

Water police and paramedics at Clareville on Thursday afternoon.

Man dead after boat accident in Sydney's north

The scene where a truck driver who was pulled over by police on a road in Sydney's west got out of his rig only to be ...

Driver 'stumbled' into semi-trailer's path during police stop

Oliver Anderson

Australian tennis prodigy charged with match-fixing

EXCLUSIVE

A Perth teacher has been charged with child pornography offences.

PE teacher faces child porn charges after police seize computer

WA

The woman became aggressive while shopping at a Coles supermarket in Melton.

'It's disgusting': Woman with toddler unleashes racist rant at Coles

VIC

Canberra's soup kitchen lady Stasia Dabrowski on Thursday with her grandson and right-hand man Joshua Kenworthy.

Canberra's soup kitchen lady needs help after writing off van

ACT

Labor's human services spokeswoman Linda Burney.

Labor seeks audit office probe into Centrelink debt clawback

EXCLUSIVE
Fergus Hunter

NZ MP labels Roberts 'village idiot' over sanctions comments

Amy Remeikis
33 mins ago

Payne moves to restore trust, not a moment too soon

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Centrelink and Medicare offices on King St, Newcastle.

Centrelink referring Twitter users to Lifeline amid debt crackdown

Defence Minister Marise Payne declined to give details of the RAAF's involvement.

'We have indicated our regret': Payne on Indonesian insult

Australian and Indonesian flags

What's in Australia's formal co-operation agreement with Indonesia?

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says New Zealand has a 'hostile attitude' towards Israel.

'Appalled': One Nation seeks sanctions against New Zealand

Dylann Roof in June 2015.

Dylann Roof: it's 'not fair' I have to hear so much from victims' families

1 hr ago

Mehmet Kocarslan, co-owner of the Reina nightclub, scene of an attack on New Year's Day, reacts, during a memorial ...

Hiding, playing dead: survivors speak of Istanbul club horror

Senator Lindsey Graham questions witnesses during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyber threats to ...

Senator ready to 'throw rock at Russians' over election meddling

Mohammad Jaafar Maguid in a file photo from 2010.

Top Philippine militant who pledged allegiance to IS killed

Council chambers: Past their use-by date?

It's not state government we should abolish. Sydney's councils should go

COMMENT
James Robertson

Saeed Fassaie – in using the name Sam in work – regrets not contributing to the diversity and tolerance that are the ...

Why I regret changing my name to fit in

COMMENT
Saeed Fassaie

Be wary of a faulty fuel gauge. It could leave you stranded or embarrassed.

What I learnt from my bomb of a first car

COMMENT
Laura McGeoch

If the board spill succeeds, it will leave only chairman Rob Woolley and CEO Laura McBain of the existing directors on ...

Bellamy's chairman likely to quit if board spill succeeds

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Markets Live: First cracks in US dollar

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20 mins ago

Professions traditionally more dominated by women such as nurses are avoided by many men.

Why men don't want the jobs done mostly by women

Wing La Cakes owner Wing La expects fellow existing businesses to adapt to the newcomers.

'We need the hipsters': Old guard faces up to gentrification

Bitcoin ends spectacular run with a 20 per cent plunge

Watch out for black swan threats to commodities, says Barclays

Toyota reckons cars won't be self-driving for years to come

8@eight: US dollar falls, Trump trade unwinds

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1 hr ago

Three Parts House by Architects EAT.

The architecture trends to say goodbye to in 2017

Welcome to the year of the renter.

2017: Welcome to year of the renter

The dos and don’ts of applying for a rental property.

How to get the home: six tips for a successful rental application

Transitional Living Room by Found Associates.

How to make like Michelangelo and spruce up your ceiling

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

Sometimes the money and the car and the corporate card just aren't enough.

How my dream job turned into a nightmare

Life On Mars

"The rider of a bicycle must (a) sit astride the rider's seat facing forwards." Really?

The cycling road rule I never knew I was breaking

On Your Bike

Speak up, and put your hand up.

Invest in yourself in 2017

Annika Bradley

The excellent John Oliver, British comedian and host of the US Last Week Tonight Show, takes a satirical view of news, ...

Six ways to be better investor through entertainment

Chris Brycki

Wing La Cakes owner Wing La expects fellow existing businesses to adapt to the newcomers.

'We need the hipsters': Asian small business leader

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

HiSmile founders Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic have used Kylie Jenner to spruik their product.

Dental dimes: $10 millon turnover in 18 months

Kate Jones

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Dylann Roof tells jury he's not psychotic

54 mins ago

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Charlie Hebdo attack victims remembered

1 hr ago

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Izmir blast caught on CCTV

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Sock shocks Kyrgios with hot-dog winner

1 hr ago

Indians watch Rani, 7, perform a rope balancing act at a public park on the first day of the New Year, in Kolkata.

World of Photos

Good Behavior

Michelle Dockery as you've never seen her before. Good Behaviour, only on Stan.

Sherlock

Binge every episode of Sherlock before the Brand New Season Jan 2. Only on Stan.

Meghan Markle opens up about racial abuse online

Mary Ward

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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My sales are this big ... Adele finished 2016 as she finished 2015, with the highest selling album of the year in Australia.

Top seller of 2016: It went bigger than Christmas

Bernard Zuel

JonBenet Ramsay as Little Miss of Charlevoix County.

Australian director's JonBenet Ramsey doco success

Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform on NBC's Today in December.

Pharrell, Ellen address gospel singer's anti-gay statements

Kelly Lawler

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Neil Patrick Harris performs during the Hillary Victory Fund - Stronger Together concert at ...

Being ugly is refreshing: NPH relinquishes his vanity

Andrew Murfett
1 hr ago

The set of the movie <i>Peter Rabbit</i> in Centennial Park, Sydney.

Peter Rabbit film set in Sydney gets proper English welcome

The Real Housewives of ISIS, from BBC2's <i>Revolting</i>.

BBC sparks outrage after airing 'Real Housewives of ISIS' skit

Rob Moran

Jackie Chan (left) and Alan Ng in the new action comedy <i>Railroad Tigers</I>.

Jackie Chan's latest flick fails to hide that he's over the hill

REVIEW
Jake Wilson

Stephen Colbert parodies Mariah Carey on The Late Show.

Mocking Mariah: Carey gets the Colbert treatment

Olfactory artist Cat Jones working in the UTS Super Lab.

Sydney stinks like cheap coffee in an overpriced car wash

Peter Munro

Gadigal elder Uncle Charles Madden with his grand daughter Lillie Madden and artist Jonathan Jones 7th december 2016 ...

Warami, Sydney. The local language that refuses to die

Peter Munro

Cartier foundation curator Thomas Delamarre: "Exit makes the data visual in an elegant way."

Pretty patterns that paint an ugly picture of what we have become

Elissa Blake

A Sydney academic has created a tool that randomly generates examples of threats many women receive online, in a bid to ...

'Donated' insults turned into one-click 'rape threat generator'

Daisy Dumas

One of six handwritten notes by Princess Diana that went to auction.

Diana letter about troublesome Harry sells for $4000

Mad Men's Betty Draper.

What happens when narcissists become parents

Jody Allard
3 mins ago

Over half of women surveyed said they also prefer a male manager.

'Feminist' advice not for women

Kaitlyn Plyley
1 hr ago

Kayla and Darius Boyd.

What the backlash against Kayla Boyd really reveals

Natalie Reilly

Melania Trump, pictured with her husband President-elect Donald Trump, has once again set tongues wagging about her ...

Is Melania trying to tell us something in this D&G dress?

Melissa Singer

Enough's enough. It's time for women to hold a Twitter strike

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Lily Allen is no stranger to making thought-provoking comments.

'I've only ever been sexually assaulted by white males'

Nicole Economos

Showering certainly wasn't conducive to good health for Janet Leigh in the film Psycho.

Is cleanliness harming our health?

Sarah Berry

Starving for seven days won't help your body to 'detox'.

Don't let detox diets deceive you

Ellie Krieger

PMDD affects women more than PMS, and researchers may now know why.

Possible cause of severe PMS discovered

Melanie Eversley

Beef sliders with bacon, cheese and pickles.

Flip out: 21 irresistible burger recipes for grill season

Good Food

Pho from Hanoi Hannah, Windor. Pho will continue its world domination in 2017.

What's on the menu for 2017? Here are our food and drink predictions

Callan Boys

Sugar, sugar, honey, honey.

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

David Leonhardt

Jessie Swan says her son developed a rash after using the sunscreen.

Three-month-old's 'horrible rash' after using sunscreen

It's okay for mums to have a rest.

Why I'm aiming to be a worse mum in 2017

Family holidays are about sharing new experiences.

The five trends that will dominate family travel in 2017

The mouth of the Noosa River on the Sunshine Coast.

Two surprise Aussie cities make world's top 50 destinations list

Kylie McLaughlin
3 mins ago

Luxembourg: A tiny country that's big on freedom.

The world's most (and least) free and tolerant countries named

Hannah Meltzer

Plan what you'll take a few days in advance so you won't have a panic packing session the night before you leave.

Checklist: 23 things you must do before you head off on a trip

Michael Gebicki

Mr Russell and the result of a download-speed test.

Simple trick to speed up your NBN

Liam Mannix

The Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico, which was used to detect the radio bursts.

Radio bursts from 2.5b light years away

Faraday Future's FF 91 can summon 1000 horsepower and go from 0 to to 60mph (96.5kmph) in 2.39 seconds.

Faraday Future unveils FF 91 electric car

Google unleashes Go-playing AI online

Kotaku

LG's super-thin "wallpaper" OLED television, on show at CES in Las Vegas.

LG launches super-thin 'wallpaper' TV

COMMENT

2016 Toyota HiLux.

Australia's favourite car revealed

Stephen Ottley

Hyundai will be giving demonstrations of its Ioniq hybrid at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Hyundai's plan to stop you driving... and walking

Dom Tripolone

Autonomous Esky at 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Meet the autonomous Esky

David McCowen

BMW i Inside Future at 2017 CES.

BMW gets a bit touchy-feely

Dom Tripolone

2017 Toyota Concept-i

The car with a built-in butler

Andrew MacLean

The driverless valet function that the company touted as solving the headache of finding parking space failed to engage ...

The car you can open with your face

Andrew MacLean

Second knock: Matt Renshaw with Australia skipper Steve Smith after being hit on the helmet while fielding on Thursday.

Renshaw will need all-clear to play after second head knock

Chris Barrett

James Hird.

James Hird rushed to hospital

UPDATED
Sam McClure and Patrick Bartley

Going nowhere: Nine's Shane Warne and Michael Clarke.

Don't like listening to Clarke call cricket? Get used to it

Andrew Webster

Rafael Nadal is convinced there was almost no illegal activity among the tennis' best players.

Nadal applauds match-fixing crackdown

Phil Lutton

Philosophical: Andrew Bogut, in action for the Mavericks in November.

Bogut suspects the writing's on the wall in Dallas

Eddie Sefko
50 mins ago

Kyrgios has the potential to win major titles, says opponent Richard Gasquet.

Injured Kyrgios crashes in 49-minute loss

Oliver Anderson

Australian Open boys champion charged with match fixing

EXCLUSIVE
Nino Bucci

Disappointing: Kerem Bulut's second stint with the Wanderers hasn't worked out as anyone would have hoped.

Revolving door behind the Wanderers struggles

Dominic Bossi

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 01: Hilton Cartwright bowls during an Australian training session on January 1, 2017 in ...

Australia no closer to finding solution

Andrew Wu

Younis Khan of Pakistan

Younis ticks final box in stellar career

Malcolm Knox

Chris Lynn of the Heat bats.

Dazzling Lynn leads Heat to BBL win

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