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Min "Norman" Lin, 45, (second from left) with his wife Yun Li "Lily" Lin, 43,and their two sons Lins' Henry, 12, and Terry, 9

Xie found guilty of murdering family in savage attack

3 mins ago

Robert Xie and Katthy Lin arrive at the King Street courts at the beginning of Xie's fourth trial.

Grieving sister, loyal wife: the woman who stood by killer

47 mins ago

Peter Dutton: part of the problem.

Taxpayers foot bill for Dutton's $4000 'working dinner'

Alan Langdon and his daughter Que.

Poster may have brought end to father's epic voyage with girl

1 hr ago

Former TV presenter Kelly Landry, wife of Anthony Bell, leaves Waverley Local Court.

Anthony Bell 'never wants to see his model wife again'

1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,

Turnbull desperately wanted a clean slate for 2017 - it didn't last long

COMMENT
33 mins ago

'Markets disappointed': Trump speech sends Aussie dollar soaring

Fake news is a real thing, and it is not what Donald Trump says it is

'Too risky': $200m wiped off Bellamy's shares in two days

Ex-spy who compiled Trump dossier flees as identity revealed

Tigerair forced to cancel all flights to and from Bali

Robert Xie is escorted to a prison truck after being found guilty of the murder of the Lin family.

How police worked out who was behind massacre

56 mins ago

Australia day lamb ad

There's something missing from the new Australia Day lamb ad

You recognise male privilege is a thing. Your hackles and ire are legitimately raised by structural inequalities you see ...

The things men would do if they weren't afraid of being 'feminine'

Michael Jackson was charged with child molestation in 2005. Robson was a witness for the defence.

'Blatant disrespect': Fury at actor's portrayal of Jackson

Netflix has released a new sci-fi series with no pomp and ceremony; is their silence the new disruption in the ...

Your Netflix binge-watching may not be good for the environment

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Lamb ad features Australia's 'boat people'

Passengers were lucky Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen, rear) was on board in 1980 comedy film Flying High.

What airlines do when someone dies on board

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Deputy PM Julie Bishop attends the Emirates marquee during Melbourne Cup day at ...

A minister in the marquee is worth a tent-full of D-listers

How on earth did someone persuade not just Will Smith but Helen Mirren to appear in <i>Collateral Beauty</i>?

This is probably the worst movie these fine actors will ever be in

REVIEW

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge speaks to Aoife, 9, during his visit to a Child Bereavement UK Centre in Stratford on ...

'I couldn't believe it': Prince William opens up to grieving girl

A mass of hot air settles over NSW causing heatwave conditions this week.

How to stay healthy during a big Sydney heatwave

Kate Aubusson

Four children locked in car as temperature hit 40.9 degrees

Blue Mountain Anzac Day services to go ahead

Police at the house in Fairfield West, where toddler Henry Tran fell into a fish pond.

Toddler dies in hospital after being pulled from Sydney pond

Megan Levy

Sydney housing

Map reveals staggering spread of Sydney housing crisis

Sydney's weather is expected to heat up for the rest of the week.

Sydney Now: Temperatures to spike again tomorrow

A man walks over the Pyrmont Bridge, crossing Darling Harbour, linking Pyrmont to the city CBD. 22nd January, 2014. ...

$1b plan to build two towers on harbour foreshore

James Fairfax at his Woollahra home in 1999.

Prominent philanthropist James Fairfax dies

1 hr ago

Emergency services work to free the woman from underneath the truck, January 12, 2017.

Female motorcyclist dies after being struck by a truck at a red light

VIC
37 mins ago

A protesters is hand-cuffed by police after the fences guarding the site were pushed down

Roe 8 protests ramp up as activists clash with police

WA

Tigerair cancelled Bali flights due to "new administrative requirements".

Holiday havoc: Tigerair forced to cancel all flights to and from Bali

Peter Dutton: part of the problem.

Taxpayers slugged for Dutton's $4000 dinner at luxury US hotel

Adam Gartrell, Amy Remeikis

Rod Culleton's last-ditch effort to stay in the Senate

Fergus Hunter
14 mins ago

How DFAT is tackling its male culture, a room at a time

Amy Remeikis

Voters say Mr Turnbull is more intelligent and knowledgeable than Mr Shorten.

Study shows right-wing politicians are better looking

"Absolutely disgraceful": retiree Helena James says it's not fair that politicians spend profligately while pensioners ...

Pensioners get first reduced payments amid anger over MP expenses

23 mins ago

Sussan Ley, under fire for her use of travel allowances, has certified all her entitlements as being within the rules.

'This is not the Sussan Ley I thought I knew'

Human Services Minister Alan Tudge.

Centrelink to resume debt letter push

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen poses for photos after she received Guatemala's highest honor 'Orden del quetzal' on ...

Taiwan president meets likely Trump staffer

39 mins ago

Donald Trump is going to make life tough for investors.

The Moscow dossier is as plausible as Donald Trump's fake news

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.

The moment Trump's press conference degenerated into chaos

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Road are covered in mud after a landslide triggered by a storm in the village of Volcan, Argentina.

Mudslide in Argentina triggers evacuation

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,

Could 2017 already be the PM's worst year ever?

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
34 mins ago

"There was one performance this year that stunned me - it sank its hooks in my heart," Meryl Streep said as she accepted ...

Hollywood smugness isn't a political strategy

COMMENT
Megan McArdle

Senators David Leyonhjelm and Pauline Hanson blame the childcare fee increases on the fact educators have to be certified.

Ignorant senators couldn't be more wrong about childcare

COMMENT
Lisa Bryant
1 hr ago

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York Wednesday, Jan. 11, ...

Why most economists are so worried about Trump

COMMENT
Justin Wolfers

There was bloodletting in healthcare stocks following Donald Trump's press conference.

ASX slips on healthcare stocks

6 mins ago

Tigerair Australia

Licence breach blamed for Tigerair's Bali grounding

38 mins ago

Investor appetite for Australian infant formula companies seeking to break into the China market has not soured despite ...

'Too risky': $200m wiped off Bellamy's shares in two days

Mining's next boom isn't as high tech as you might think

COMMENT

Australia Day lamb ad drops Australia Day

'Vicious cycle': the biggest global risks over the next decade

13 mins ago

Tiling for tips: Bank exec jailed for inside info to plumber mate

8 mins ago

It won't matter how good you look on paper, you still have to prove yourself in person.

Share house success: seven tips for getting the room you want

It doesn't look like Sydney's house price growth is set to slow in 2017.

House price growth in 2017 could spell trouble around the corner

India is looking to convert its centuries-old decaying housing into modern living.

'Those looking to buy vanished overnight': India's house crisis

Even if the RBA doesn't hike rates, it's likely lenders will.

Your home loan is about to get more expensive, experts warn

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 08: Richard Roxburgh, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton attend the Broadway cast photocall for ...

Cate Blanchett sells $20m mansion for a second time

EXCLUSIVE

Made using recycled sails, Salty Bags are already well travelled accessories.

This nautical-inspired bag really has sailed the Seven Seas

Men's accessories

The best new fitness tech to get you over the line in 2017.

The 20 best new fitness tech to help smash your PB in 2017

Technology

Many people are paying for gym services they don't use.

How to avoid spending too much on gym memberships

John Collett

Matt Torcasio has quit gambling with the help of girlfriend Lauren Britt and the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation.

Beating the curse of problem gambling

Leo D'Angelo Fisher

Nick Haddow runs a successful cheese business from Bruny Island.

Meet the small business owners living in paradise

Nina Hendy

Small Business Minister Michael McCormack.

MP urges government to extend $20,000 instant asset writeoff

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

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Most popular baby names in 2016

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The secret lives of snowflakes

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Year's worth of pollution in five days: London

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Neighbours misspell own casts names

Cody Rohrich chips away at a large snowdrift while working in the blowing snow on a rooftop in downtown Bismarck on ...

World of Photos - January 12, 2017

Preacher - STAN

Every episode of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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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John Legend in Los Angeles last year.

Ariana Grande and John Legend sing Beauty and the Beast theme

Ebony Bowden

Black Mirror actor Jerome Flynn also features in Game of Thrones as the lovable swordsman Bronn.

Finding something decent to watch can be a thankless task

COMMENT
Red Symons

Girls TV show creator Lena Dunham is making a new comedy called Max.

Lena Dunham regrets whitewashing the cast of Girls

Ebony Bowden

Undressed: Take off your clothes and get to know each other.

Getting naked is the latest trend of the TV dating show

Maureen Matthews

Neighbours regular Ryan Moloney, aka Toadie, had his name misspelled.

Neighbours producers say credit typos result of 'too many sherries'

Rob Moran

How on earth did someone persuade not just Will Smith but Helen Mirren to appear in <i>Collateral Beauty</i>?

Worst movie ever stars Mirren and Winslet

Paul Byrnes

Natalie Portman at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards earlier this week.

Portman reveals Kutcher got paid three times more for movie

Sarah Thomas

Guy Pearce as LGBTI activist Cleve Jones in the upcoming miniseries. During filming he felt how tenuous civil rights for ...

Pearce delivers powerful TV series message to all the LGBTI haters

Rob Moran

Opera singer Diego Torres who is a Mexican Australian and who will be singing two dramatic roles for Opera Australia. ...

Twice a night puts Diego in very exalted company

Elissa Blake

Not welcome: Teenage friends Lilian Proano and Cathy Emelianov.

We booze, you lose, Sydney festival tells unhappy teens

Elissa Blake

Romain Boulet argued that the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa showed that a person could convey happiness while ...

You can keep your Mona Lisa, give me karaoke any time

Michael Koziol

Selena Gomez is the followed person on Instagram.

Selena Gomez just had the Disney date of your dreams

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

If it weren't considered feminine, would more men knit fun coloured beanies?

The things men would do if they weren't afraid of being 'feminine'

The inventor of the tankini, Anne Cole, died this week but her invention has helped many women overcome their anxiety ...

An ode to Anne Cole, inventor of the tankini

Melissa Singer
1 hr ago

The idea that girls are being forced into chub-rub garments that they can’t easily run in seems to ignore the ...

The school dress 'debate' is nonsense

Lauren Rosewarne

Ruby Rose attends the premiere of "XXX-Return Of Xander Cage" at O2 Cineworld on January 10, 2017 in London, England.

Ruby Rose is a technicoloured dream at movie premiere

Hayden Szeto as Erwin Kim plays opposite protagonist Nadine Franklin (Hailee Steinfeld).

The love story in Edge of Seventeen was a revelation

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge speaks to Aoife, 9, during his visit to a Child Bereavement UK Centre in Stratford on ...

Prince William comforts 9-year-old girl: 'I lost my mummy too'

David Panton and Julie Bishop at the Portsea Polo on Saturday January 9, 2016.

Why Julie Bishop goes to the Portsea Polo

Melissa Singer

Cravings? Research shows alcohol activates the hypothalamus, the part of the brain usually stimulated by starvation.

Why drinking makes us binge-eat

Evelyn Lewin

There are better things to focus on than weight.

The simple, cheaper choices that can help you lose weight

Sarah Berry

Forget the date health bar and save it for a slice of cake?

The 'boringly simple' diet (that's not a diet)

Radhika Sanghani

Stick to house wine and tap water and opt for the pasta section.

How to eat at a hatted restaurant on a budget

Meat appetizer selection or wine snack set. Variety of smoked meat, salami, prosciutto, bread sticks, baguette, olives ...

Why homemade salami is the next big thing

The world's favourite choc-hazelnut spread uses palm oil as a key ingredient.

Nutella defends palm oil use in spite of cancer warnings

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'Mum, please don't be mad but I've just had a baby - it's on the table'

'I have watched my son stand at the window and wait, I have watched him cry.'

An open letter to absent parents on behalf of their children

A man has labelled two women shopping in their pyjamas "bloody disgusting".

Man faces backlash after complaining about pyjama-wearing shoppers

United Airlines will stop flying jumbo jets this year, earlier than originally planned.

End of an era: US airlines to stop flying 747 jumbo jets

Passengers were lucky Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen, rear) was on board in 1980 comedy film Flying High.

Is anyone a doctor? What airlines do when someone dies on board

Michael Gebicki

CFED93 Gelato, Rome, Italy

The 15 foods every visitor needs to try in Italy

Ben Groundwater

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously announced measures to limit misinformation on the network.

Facebook announces its own journalism project

This image from the video a frame shows the man with his mouth taped shut.

Reddit user helps raise $160k for attack victim

Razer's prototype can automatically switch from a single-screen setup to three screens.

Three-screen laptop prototypes stolen from CES, bounty issued

Illustration: Paul Rogers

Is 150 times a day too much phone usage?

COMMENT

Interactive Batman story flips the script

Electric cars like the Chevrolet Bolt (pictured) have the potential to dramatically change car design.

GM design boss: 'Shackles are off'

Stephen Ottley

Inside the Czech Hyundai plant at Nosovice.

How to build a car

David McCowen

2017 Kia Stinger

Kia doesn't need sub brands

Andrew Maclean

2018 Toyota Camry.

New Camry won't be as popular

Daniel DeGasperi

<b>Nissan VMotion 2.0</b><br>

Nissan set to kill traditional sedan

Daniel Degasperi

18MY Jaguar F-TYPE, 400S. 2017 Jaguar F-Type.

Jaguar reveals new F-Type

Dom Tripolone

Chris Lynn will make his debut for Australia.

Lynn, Stanlake to make Aussie debut against Pakistan

UPDATED

Determined: Sixers wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy is keen to settle the score

Healy desperate to nullify Matthews

James Buckley

Brief, and ill-conceived spell in the Kangaroos jersey: Semi Radradra.

Why I'm not saddened by Semi Radradra's defection

COMMENT
Steve Mascord

Import: Carlos Brathwaite is looking forward to his first Sydney derby.

Police ready for Sydney derby double

James Buckley

Finals are looming in the sixth edition of the Big Bash League. Here's a look at what each team must do to qualify for ...

How your team can make the BBL finals

Andy Murray remained the requisite one step ahead of rival Novak Djokovic in the duel for the year-end No.1 ranking.

Channel Seven callers told to address world No.1 as 'Sir Andy'

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Chammas

Loss of meaning: Paul Wade has decried the expansion.

Australia issues mixed response to FIFA's expansion of World Cup

Dominic Bossi

Night to remember: Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao.

Horn to fight Pacquiao in April mega-bout

Handy option: Kevin Pietersen says teammate Adam Zampa should tour India.

Zampa a 'no-brainer' for India Test tour: KP

Daniel Cherny

Pietersen and Pollard debate the matter.

Stroppy KP in strapping spat with bowler

UPDATED
AAP and Daniel Cherny

Caught in the middle: Josh Hazlewood.

The curious case of Hazlewood's disappearing finger

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