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Temperatures will top 45 degrees in some parts of the state.

NSW heatwave to send temperatures above 45 degrees

Former One Nation candidate for Bundamba Shan Ju Lin.

Hanson wields axe after One Nation candidate's homophobic post

UPDATED
58 mins ago

A 19-year-old woman was killed in a head-on collision in Central Tilba on Saturday.

Teen dead as Corolla smashes head-on into LandCruiser

47 mins ago

Columnist Wendy Squires: "Oh where to begin?"

Everything's my fault because I'm a left-wing commentator

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

President-elect Donald Trump has preferred making statements over Twitter than traditional press conferences. That will ...

After weeks of tweeting, Donald Trump finally faces open questioning

Going, going, gone: Parramatta residents will have one last summer to enjoy their public pool before it closes, creating ...

Fate of council swimming pools hangs in the balance

'Code blue': Jamie knew his baby's birth had gone horribly wrong

1 hr ago

Dozens dead as car bomb tears through busy market

In heart-stopping moment, spy chiefs confront Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Warning Peppa Pig sunscreen outcry may not be what it seems

Airport gunman 'specifically' flew to Florida for attack, FBI

Donald Trump swearing

F-bomb explosion: Data shows just how the world reacted to Trump's election

Roxy Jacenko with husband Oliver Curtis, daughter Pixie and son Hunter.

'In hindsight, it was a disaster': Roxy's big mistake with her kids

Disgraced deputy Auburn mayor, Salim Mehajer, wants to return to politics in 2017.

Mehajer to return to politics to do what he loves most: 'help others'

Divorce, Wedding, Photograph, Torn, Rudeness, Married, Separation, Tearing, Bride, Groom, Relationship Difficulties, ...

It's the ultimate romance killer and it played out in court

All but two of the 56 high earners paid no income tax at all.

Man got a Centrelink debt for a time he wasn't even on Centrelink

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Who the government has left behind

A shark's weak spot?

Interactive

This weak spot may hold the key to stopping shark attacks

Mariah Carey performs at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

Mariah joins Kylie Minogue in a cringeworthy club

Mel Gibson takes a selfie with Nicole Kidman as they attend The AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles.

Mel and Nicole celebrate film wins with a selfie for the ages

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 29: Seagulls pester patrons dining at Circular Quay on December 29, 2016 in Sydney, ...

'I had to drop my food and run': Vicious seagulls hit Sydney

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

CCTV vision allegedly shows Paul Azzo leaving the Vy Vy Garden Cafe.

Sydney politician accused of offering $80,000 bribe

EXCLUSIVE
James Robertson

Google to gangster: Elite engineer jailed for notorious criminal links

Michaela Whitbourn and Nick Ralson

Father and son allegedly try to scam $200,000 in fake kidnapping

Amelia Zhou

Opal card.

Opal overhaul brings bad news for Sydney drivers

EXCLUSIVE

Workers on the oil spill clean-up at Viva Energy's Gore Bay site.

Oil spill in Sydney Harbour a 'significant issue' for community

Peter Hannam

Is James Packer doing a deal with ClubsNSW?

The Packer deal everyone in the industry is talking about

COMMENT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 04: Communications Director and Co-Founder Donna Armstrong and sons Sonny Gibson,4yrs and ...

No more distractions: Sydney mums ditch their devices

Naomi Neilson

Claremont victims Ciara Glennon (left) and Jane Rimmer (right). Investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Spiers ...

Police seize car in Claremont murders investigation

WA
Adrian Beattie

Police vehicles at Melbourne Youth Justice Centre in Parkville late on Saturday night.

Teens sent to Barwon Prison after new Parkville riot

UPDATED
Neelima Choahan, Goya Dmytryshchak, Broede Carmody
3 mins ago

Luke Newsome and partner Caity Lye.

Blanket ban after Luke died falling from ute at Summernats

ACT

Brighton Beach was one of the beaches to record consistently good water quality.

The Melbourne beach that fails to make the grade

VIC

Senator Pauline Hanson and her increasingly powerful chief of staff James Ashby.

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

COMMENT
Amy Remeikis

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

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

How Centrelink unleashed a weapon of math destruction

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Health Minister Sussan Ley said she was meeting patients on the Gold Coast to discuss access to new medicines when she ...

Health Minister under pressure over Gold Coast home purchase

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

'No apology' on Centrelink debt clawback

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

Australia's dirty little secret

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

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

NZ MP labels Roberts 'village idiot' over sanctions comments

Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump and Melania Trump pictured in June, 2016.

Trump insider Kushner chases massive Chinese deal for family firm

Susanne Craig, Jo Becker and Jesse Drucker
19 mins ago

Ahok is now on trial for blasphemy after mass rallies, spearheaded by Islamic hardliners, called for him to be jailed.

Intolerance a challenge for Indonesia's moderate Muslims

Jewel Topsfield

President-elect Donald Trump is still questioning the validity of the Russian hacking findings.

'Gross negligence' by Democrats led to Russian hacking

John Wagner

Suspect Esteban Ruiz Santiago flew specifically to Florida to carry out the attack.

Airport gunman suspect chose Florida to carry out attack, FBI

"These photos I take now, they make up for all the ones I never took before."

Unphotogenic people need their photo taken more than anyone

COMMENT
Meena Evers

Perhaps the most stinging of David Leyonhjelm's remarks were his thoughts on what it means to 'be poor', and his view is ...

Poverty shaming pensioners is low blow

COMMENT
Kasy Chambers

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Out of the blue: Aged must get the best mental help

Trump's plan for the US to spend itself out of trouble just "won't work", says Nobel laureate and globalisation expert ...

'It will not work': Nobel Prize winners slam Trumponomics

UBS says stocks including Domino's Pizza, Cochlear, Ramsay Health Care and REA Group are vulnerable to any profit ...

Extra toppings: Domino's staff get big Sunday pay rise

Fig is a popular scent used by several fashion retailers.

Why figs could make you spend more on clothes

Forget using the iPhone in the car - the info may soon be on your windscreen.

Move over smartphone: Smart windshields are the next big thing

Looking into the crystal ball: Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

'Mismatch': There'll be too many doctors in Australia this year

Wall Street parties like it's 19,999, with indices closing at records

Trump tweets again? New app alerts investors

Bausele Oceanmoon.

Eight Australian watch brands you need to know

Watches

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

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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Government denies elderly of public mental health services

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Jets edge Roar with late goal

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Smith eyes difficult India test

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Michelle Obama emotional final speech as first lady

2SM Sports commentator Reg Grundy, pictured in January 1953. SUN NEWS Picture by LAURIE SHEA Radio broadcasting hhollins ...

Rewind - When they were young

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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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Actor Joe Klocek poses for a photo on January 6, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo ...

Kidman, Jackman ... Klocek. Our rising stars revealed

Broede Carmody

Mel Gibson attends the 6th Annual AACTA International Awards held at Avalon Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los ...

'I wanted to strangle him' - Mel is still dirty on Gervais

Jenny Cooney Carrillo
1 hr ago

Elvis and Priscilla Barbie dolls are displayed for sale at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP ...

How Elvis makes more money now than when he was alive

Nick Miller

Melbourne author Liam Pieper.

Holiday hell: Why trying to relax sends me into a panic

Liam Pieper

Tony Martin and Damian Cowell of TISM

TISM's Damian Cowell and Tony Martin's star-studded adventure

Michael Dwyer

06.tif David Bowie: Fenton Lake, New Mexico, 1975. From the Blender Gallery's Celebrate Bowie exhibition. To be run only ...

The untold story of how John Lennon's killer targeted Bowie

Gabriel Wilder

Carrie Fisher, left, and her mother Debbie Reynolds perform together in archival footage from the documentary, ...

'Heartbreaking' film shows Fisher and Reynolds together at home

Yvonne Villarreal

This image released by STX Films shows Hailee Steinfeld, left, and Haley Lu Richardson in a scene from "The Edge of ...

Hailee Steinfeld and the birth of a new teen classic

Paul Byrnes

The Sydney Festival always strives to include family friendly shows and events.

Our guide to the Sydney Festival's best family-friendly events

Elissa Blake

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

Roxy Jacenko with Hunter, two, and Pixie, five.

What Roxy Jacenko tells her kids when they ask to see their incarcerated father

Amy Croffey

Michelle Obama delivers remarks honouring the 2017 School Counsellor of the Year and counsellors from across the country ...

'I hope I've made you proud': Michelle Obama's final speech

Joe Heim

"Everything we did, we did ourselves. There wasn't any fanfare to it."

Forget the big wedding as more couples 'include' you through Facebook

Megan McDonough

Sunglasses, $429, Karen Walker.

Monochrome swimwear: anything but boring

Melissa Singer

Disgraced deputy Auburn mayor, Salim Mehajer, wants to return to politics in 2017.

Salim Mehajer to return to politics to do what he loves most - 'help others'

Amy Croffey

Emma Jane

Rapeglish - the hyberbolic, sexualised vitriol found online

Emma Jane

Carrie Fisher attends the European Premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at Leicester Square on December 16, 2015 ...

Carrie Fisher's urn shaped like an anti-depressant

Mary Ward

Crowds at the Falls Festival in Lorne.

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

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

The Fuel Bento box from Bento Buzz is great for organised people.

How to nail work lunches every day (when you have no spare time)

Sharnee Rawson

Good Food. The Norfolk Hotel in Surry Hills. Photo Edwina Pickles. 7th March 2013.

Sydney's best beer gardens

Callan Boys

Peach and prosciutto salad.

Weekly meal planner: Fruit-spiked summer meal ideas

smart cycle

The latest gadget that's dividing parents: smart idea or just ridiculous?

Staff writers

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

Italian guys, they're so good looking?

'Why are Italians so handsome?' What people Google about Italy

Hazel Plush

Symi island, Dodecanes, Greece .

Fourteen amazing islands that offer more than just beaches

Brian Johnston

Have you been issued a speeding fine after driving a hire car?

Traveller letters: Speeding fine? I wasn't even in the country, Avis

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

Striking problems: Ronda Rousey was visibly outmatched in her boxing skills against Amanda Nunes.

The reason Rousey's sparring partners aren't talking

Marissa Payne

Under-employed: Hilton Cartwright in the change rooms after Australia's victory.

Cartwright the forgotten man after just 24 deliveries

Malcolm Knox

Death threats, jealousy and lonely days for Bouchard

Michael Chammas

Advantage Djokovic: The Serbian world No.2 beat rival Andy Murray to win the Qatar Open.

Djokovic's loud Australian Open statement

52 mins ago

Hornet v Pacman: Jeff Horn will likely fight Manny Pacquiao in Australia.

Sydney in line to steal Pacquiao-Horn fight

Phil Lutton

Record: Wayne Rooney tied Sir Bobby Charlton's goals record for Manchester United.

Rooney equals record as EPL sides lose in FA Cup

Modest goals: Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Kokkinakis not perfect but ready for Sydney

1 hr ago

Winners are grinners: Trio Peter Handscomb, Steve Smith and Matt Renshaw inside Australia's dressing room at the SCG ...

Batsmen face grind in India: Lehmann

Chris Barrett

Incoming: Billy Stanlake.

BBL sensation the bolter in ODI squad

Andrew Wu

Tail up: Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets to put Australia within reach of a series clean sweep.

Crisis over? India tour will be ultimate test

Geoff Lawson

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BBL, here for a good time not a long time?

Tim Lane

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