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Kyle and Jackie O left their replacements with a poisoned chalice at Austereo.

Kyle, Jackie O have left 2DayFM with poisoned chalice

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Health Minister Sussan Ley says the government is working towards a "mutually satisfactory outcome" over a funding ...

PM under pressure to sack health minister over Gold Coast unit

51 mins ago

A 30-year-old man has died in hospital after being injured in a 'single vehicle incident' at the Summernats Car Festival ...

Man dies after 'single vehicle incident' at Summernats

17 mins ago

Tania Hird leaving her home on Friday.

Tania Hird breaks her silence on husband's overdose

NSW police officers carry the coffin moments after the funeral of Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson at St Patrick's ...

High Court appeal after cop killer's sentence reduced

1 hr ago

Katrina Hetherington with Charley.

'It would have been a game-changer:' allergy advice flipped

1 hr ago

US intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win

Market stunned as Bitcoin plunges 20% in a matter of minutes

President orders 1½ tonnes of cake, citizens struggle in recession

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

'I'm ready to throw a rock': Anger grows over Trump's view on Russia

A tiger shark caught today at Forster NSW by professional fisherman Jacob Bowland.

Massive haul: NSW fisherman's catch was nearly as big as his boat

33 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Sharjeel Khan of Pakistan watches as an edge flies past a diving Usman Khawaja of ...

First breakthrough as Pakistan chase huge total in third Test

Live
25 mins ago

Actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

Streep delivers eulogy for Carrie Fisher at star-studded memorial

1 hr ago

A Bundanoon woman woke up to this funnel web spider crawling on her and biting her - in her bed.

Nightmare scenario: woman bitten several times by funnel web

Snakes found at a post office in Glendale, near Newcastle.

Three snakes discovered in parcel sent from a Newcastle post office

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Australia's itty-bitty space program

The government is being urged to erect a permanent fence around the Darling Harbour precinct to prevent further tragedies.

How dull must Sydney get before we say it's enough?

Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in The Force Awakens.

Carrie Fisher's scenes may be cut from Star Wars film

Tastes like a "roasted peanut": Nick Jarvis samples a cockroach.

Sydney venue puts cockroaches on the menu

Qantas has been named the world's safest airline again.

World's safest airlines named in annual rankings

1 hr ago

Some apartment owners are declaring war on short term renters.

Dirty tricks and dodgy laws as Airbnb fight gets ugly in Sydney

Beautiful, but..: What international students really think about Sydney

EXCLUSIVE

It's not the state government we should abolish

COMMENT
James Robertson

Police examine the burnt-out ute on Thursday.

Police make horrific discovery after routine call-out

Nevil Whitlock, 76, became engulfed in an air lounger on Christmas Day.

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

The blinding dusk at Cape Conran give Victorians a chance to see the sun set over the water, rare because of the state's ...

Heat rollercoaster set to hit Sydney from the weekend

Uncertain future for 2500 school students after tribunal decision

One of Sydney's largest private schools set to close

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

21 workers shared in $55m jackpot. Their 14 colleagues missed out

UPDATED

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

'I'm very worried': Why men don't want the jobs done by women

Maree Adshead

$200k part-time job has businesses 'shaking their heads'

QLD

WA had a hot, wet 2016.

WA town where the average maximum temperature is 37.5C

WA

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

This is not the time of year to submit to the pub test, Minister

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

'No apology': Government doubles down on Centrelink debt clawback

Fergus Hunter

One Nation will get bigger but can Hanson steady the ship?

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

Health Minister Sussan Ley.

Ley bought house from Liberal donor on taxpayer-funded trip

PNG MP Ronny Knight: "This is Papua New Guinea. This is not Australia."

Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon
39 mins ago

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

NZ MP labels Roberts 'village idiot' over sanctions comments

Labor's human services spokeswoman Linda Burney.

Labor seeks audit office probe into Centrelink debt clawback

EXCLUSIVE

Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian National Defense Force General Gatot Nurmantyo and Chief of Defence Force Air ...

Cable suggests Indonesia never planned to cut ties

1 hr ago

Peter Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, is seeking election as chairman of the Democratic party.

Ordained by Obama, gay ex-sailor joins race to revive Democrats

The Elrond figurines can be bought on auction site eBay for about $12.

Old lady wasn't praying to a saint, but Lord of the Rings character

1 hr ago

Muslimin, "Pawang Hujan" perform rituals to control the rainfall in the Ancol area, Jakarta. . Photo?Jefri Tarigan

The shaman who redirects rain away from events

After downpours marred Jane McGrath Day, it seems rain has become a regular fixture for Test matches at the SCG.

Sydney deserves more elite cricket at the SCG - despite the rain delays

COMMENT
Dom Knight
57 mins ago

Darling Harbour and King St Wharf were fenced off to prevent people falling into the water during New Year's Eve ...

Sydney isn't a big retirement village. It can't be perfectly safe

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

To be a successful real estate developer is to commit to speed and risk, and to always be looking for the next deal.

Has Trump used his developer skills to play Russia?

COMMENT
Hugh Hewitt

Winha chairman Jackie Chung visiting a Shepparton pear farm.

It's a win-ha! Investors love new China food stock

1 hr ago

Gold miners are among the week's biggest winners, extending a bull market that has seen the sector rally more than 20 ...

ASX hits new highs in strong start to the year

1 hr ago

Trump's bromance with Vladimir Putin is a re-run of the Nixon/Kissinger playbook, with a twist.

Trump's Russian bromance: Doing a 'Nixon goes to China'

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

The rise in coal and iron ore prices has surprised economists and contributed to the export surge.

'Double whammy' lifts economy beyond recession

1 hr ago

'The world's best asset in the world's worst market'

How Elon Musk's brother is disrupting farming

Dreamworld takes $6m ticket hit after tragedy

More than $8b wiped off Toyota shares after Trump threat

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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Hard reality sets in for Brazil

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Minister's expensive impulse buy

Federal Politics

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Tesla shares fall as deliveries miss forecast

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Is China's epic short squeeze a return to 2016?

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Jan 6

Room

In "Room", 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life.

Sherlock

Brand new season of Sherlock now streaming, 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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2DayFM's fledgling breakfast show stars Rove and Sam have been axed and moved to a national night show.Supplied.

Bye, Rove and Sam, you never stood a chance

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper
1 hr ago

Nailed it: Tony Di Blasi, shown here during an Avalanches show in London, and the Avalanches got the party tone just ...

The Avalanches review: Ultimate party time

Bernard Zuel

JK Rowling was the top-selling author in Australia in 2016.

J. K. Rowling Australia's bestselling author in 2016

Jason Steger

Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in The Force Awakens.

Carrie Fisher's scenes may be cut from the eighth Star Wars film

Broede Carmody

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

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

Kelly Lawler

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

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

Former Sydney Festival director Lieven Bertels brought the festival back into the black.

Box office, profits plunged for Lieven Bertels' final Sydney Festival

Nick Galvin

The action in <i>Prize Fighter</i> is carefully choreographed but punches do sometimes land accidentally.

Why Pacharo punches on every night to make sense of his past

Lenny Ann Low

Guy Pearce in the short film, Lorne.

Young filmmakers land Hollywood superstar for their short movie

Rob Moran

Actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

Meryl Streep delivers eulogy for Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds

1 hr ago

The organisers of the March On Sydney

Women bring anti-Trump inauguration rallies to Australia

Arielle De Bono
1 hr ago

Crowds at the Falls Festival in Lorne.

Falls Festival calls on men to 'have some respect' for women

Nicole Economos

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Tamara Mellon arrives at the Diane von Furstenberg & Stephen Alden party at Claridges on ...

Jimmy Choo founder reveals plan to shake up shoe sales

Mad Men's Betty Draper.

What happens when narcissists become parents?

Jody Allard

Young woman indoor using technology

'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

State Rep. Ilhan Omar takes the oath of office as the 2017 Legislature convened Tuesday.

First Muslim woman sworn in to US Congress

Arielle De Bono

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

Chipotle chicken in adobo.

Bunker down, Sydney: 100 dishes from 10 tins in your pantry

Adan Liaw

Ruby Tandoh.

"Flavour Over Fad": A cook's fight against fad diets

Tejal Rao

Fratelli Famous pizza is available to eat-in or takeaway to the park.

Why it's better to eat your pizza cold

Callan Boys

Grant Kessler in the waiting room.

Why the internet is swooning for this teen

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

Qantas has been named the world's safest airline again.

World's safest airlines named in annual rankings

Sinead Pearson
1 hr ago

Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives: But what does this place have in common with Jordan, London and Iceland?

Traveller quiz: What do Iceland, Maldives, London have in common?

Mal Chenu

Tim Baxter, president and COO of Samsung Electronics America, speaks at CES.

Humble Samsung blunt about its 2016 struggles

A 75-inch Samsung QLED TV.

Everything Samsung announced at CES

The Cerevo Taclim VR shoes.

VR shoes let you feel the surface you're not walking on

Google unleashes Go-playing AI online

Kotaku

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

Mercedes-AMG has teased a new hybrid supercar at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Mercedes teases F1 hybrid supercar

David McCowen

2017 Hyundai Sonata.

2017 Hyundai Sonata reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Skoda Kodiaq.

Skoda now offers five year warranty

Andrew MacLean

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

Dom Tripolone

2016 Drive Car of the Year Best Luxury Car over $80,000: Mercedes-Benz E220d

In-car health monitors to prevent crashes

David McCowen

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 04: Nathan Lyon of Australia reacts after a delivery during day two of the Third Test match ...

Lyon makes the breakthrough

Live
Rohan Connolly
25 mins ago

Oliver Anderson

Junior targeted by syndicate, as footage of fixed match emerges

EXCLUSIVE
Nino Bucci
1 hr ago

Bloodied and beaten: Ronda Rousey leaves the Octagon after her loss last weekend.

Brutal 'sport' UFC will leave a tragic legacy

Peter FitzSimons
1 hr ago

Wanted man: Aaron Woods will be off-contract at the end of the 2017 season.

Tigers can re-sign all four stars: Taylor

Matt Encarnacion

Promise: Nick Kyrgios will play in Monday night's Fast4 exhibition tournament despite struggling with a knee injury.

Kyrgios vows to play in Sydney despite injury scare

Michael Chammas
1 hr ago

Matt Renshaw leaves the field after being struck on the helmet on Thursday.

Renshaw head knocks reopen concussion sub debate

Andrew Wu

Big deal: Jeff Horn is in line for a possible bout with Manny Pacquiao.

Horn wants to be that 'one fight too many' for Pacquiao

Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

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

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

Andrew Webster

malcolm knox Live Sports Day icons

Rain of terror killing cricket

Malcolm Knox
1 hr ago

New master blaster: Chris Lynn has hit a staggering 26 sixes so far in this season's BBL.

Mr Big Bash likely to miss ODI selection

James Buckley
1 hr ago

Pat Cummins: Dean Jones says he's a protected species.

Jones: Take Cummins out of cotton wool

Dean Jones

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