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Traffic on Parramatta Road, Burwood, where development plans are driving up land values in the area.

One suburb's land value increases by almost 40 per cent

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

Julie Bishop waits in the wings after Turnbull's pragmatic move

ANALYSIS

There is widespread corruption in federal politics and an anti-corruption body is needed, according to Australians ...

Another fortnight of corruption - and the public is fed up

FILE -- A housing development in Santa Clarita, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014. The U.S. economy got off to an even weaker start ...

There's only one way to solve Sydney's housing woes

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Donald Trump's stimulatory policies may be mistimed.

Trump courts trouble with Nazi jibe at US intelligence

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Hillary Clinton was the wrong candidate for the Democrats, says Frank, who was a fan of the "democratic socialist" ...

Hillary Clinton is 'guilty as hell': Trump back on the attack

Could we see Kochie for Treasurer? Stranger things have happened

COMMENT
Dom Knight

'Odd couple' put their differences aside to steer Aussies to victory

Cargo ship stumbles upon 'lucky' surfer swept out to sea

Rolf Harris put hand up girl's skirt while mother was next to her: court

Trump hits out at 'failed spy' for 'phony' dossier, vows full report

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner is under scrutiny.

Seven boss heads to tennis as affair allegations fly

Power couple Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell together in 2011.

A rare and unfiltered glimpse into Anthony Bell's private life

PS

Julie Snook, Amber Sherlock and Sandy Rae on 9 News Now on Wednesday.

All-white tantrum video latest round of malicious bloodsport

COMMENT

United States? Jordan Spieth reacts after making a putt on the 12th hole during a singles match at the Ryder Cup golf ...

Sport, a wondrous lover, but also a cruel mistress

The Fitz Files

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 27: The bacon Bloody Mary served at Holla Food & Drink in Richmond on July 27, 2016 in ...

How to deal with a hangover: Tips from a bartender

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Australia too good in opening ODI

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Actress Nicole Kidman attends the 'Lion' American Express Gala screening during the 60th ...

Nicole Kidman tells Americans to get behind Donald Trump

Routine win: David Warner took a couple of catches late in the contest.

Australia cruise home to big win over Pakistan

Tom Oye in the avalanche.

Mates' early birthday gift helps Aussie man survive avalanche

Erratic sleep patterns can be harmful to maintaining a teen's healthy weight.

Feeling low in energy? Here's what you can eat to help yourself

Workers fitting a new weather vane on the lighthouse tower.

Challenge accepted? Live alone on this island for six months

The Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC), center, stand in Kuala Lumpur, and are the current tallest set in the world.

New tallest pair of towers headed for Cambodia

New apartment buildings

Sydney the exception as apartment development weakens

Analysis

In an undated handout photo, a 1977 bronzed steel cabinet with 23-karat gold leaf, among the Paul Evans pieces being ...

How much will someone pay for this offbeat cabinet? Quite a lot...

The Swedish concept of lagom, which means "not too much, not too little", is a dream come true for the minimalist.

The new Scandinavian concept set to dominate 2017

Blues Point Tower residents Frances Mullally and son Finn have grave concerns about building work.

'We might have to sell': Harbour suburb braces for tunnel chaos

Quiet detective weaved complex web to catch brutal killer

9 mins ago

Mother unable to wake newborn baby after GP drug 'error'

An artist's impression of the new faculty of arts and social sciences building to be built on the university's northern ...

Sydney Uni to get three new buildings in $2.3b transformation

Stephen Larkin leaves the Downing Centre, after appearing in court in 2015.

Former property mogul jailed for blaming others for traffic offences

Kate McClymont

Min and Lily Lin, who were beaten to death in their North Epping home.

How police worked out who was behind bloody Sydney massacre

"Middle-ground approach": Labor MLC Penny Sharpe is on the working group.

MPs push to require civil celebrants to conduct same-sex marriages

Trees down around Parliament House on Friday afternoon.

Motorcyclist injured, trees felled in sudden windstorm

ACT

Ibrahim Omerdic is an imam at a Bosnian mosque in Noble Park.

Imam forced child to marry 34-year-old, court told

VIC

AFR. LNP MP Steve Dickson(left) has defected to Pauline Hanson's One Nation, with the move giving the party a seat in ...

MP's One Nation defection nothing to do with cannabis: LNP

QLD

Melanie Anne Pears and Tony James Paraha were both sentenced to lengthy jail term for the death of their daughter Narelle

Perth parents jailed for killing their two-month-old baby

WA

Sussan Ley has resigned from the ministry.

Ley resigns from Turnbull frontbench over expenses scandal

Adam Gartrell, Amy Remeikis

PM's pragmatic call frees him for a Bishop manoeuvre

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

US 'threatens to involve Australia in war with China': Keating

Fergus Hunter

Health Minister Sussan Ley is facing calls to provide a full explanation of her trip to the Gold Coast or resign.

How a minister's career unravelled

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing the resignation of Sussan Ley from his frontbench in Sydney.

Malcolm's perfect storm

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

There is widespread corruption in federal politics and an anti-corruption body is needed, according to Australians ...

Federal corruption watchdog needed, say 80% of Australians: poll

Adam Gartrell

Supporters of LGBT and human rights wave rainbow flags during a rally supporting a proposal to allow same-sex marriage ...

Same-sex exemptions would be insulting, say LGBTI advocates

President-Elect Donald Trump planned a phone meeting with Putin after his inauguration.

Trump's top security adviser in contact with Russia since December

A billboard with words that read: "South China Sea, our beautiful motherland, we won't let go an inch" in east China's ...

China quiet on Secretary of State nominee tough talk

Lindsay Murdoch

President-elect Donald Trump has promised a 'full report' into hacking claims in his first 90 days.

Trump slams former British spy for 'phony allegations' against him

The women were arrested for terrorism-linked activity.

Belgian and a French woman arrested for terrorism links

Rob Stokes' achievements in the past three years as Planning Minister suggest he is either disingenuous or ineffectual. ...

Call me a cynic, but this plan for Sydney won't work

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Would Australians respond better to a budget delivered by David Koch?

Could we see Kochie for Treasurer? Stranger things have happened

COMMENT
Dom Knight

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop will oversee a foreign policy white paper.

Eight ways Julie Bishop can succeed in the age of Trump

COMMENT
Kelsey Munro

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner is under scrutiny.

Embattled Seven boss set to front at the Australian Open

For Rob Woolley, the Tasmania-based chairman of Bellamy's, his holidays were spent flying between Launceston and ...

Bellamy's rebels call on chairman to go

45 mins ago

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Chance and incompetence - our recipe for success

Jessica Irvine

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Copy picture Ray Kataryna who has since died. on January 13, 2017 in Melbourne, ...

Bank battles spur rethink on structure

Give ombudsman tools to tackle no-name wage fraud

COMMENT

Banks' retreat from Asia a worrying example

Alex Malley

Primary Health Care chief executive Peter Gregg resigns

Biotech boss axed over share trades

2016 saw a lot of endings, including some seriously good whiskey vintages.

Six rare whiskies you should buy before they disappear

Smart Sipping

Why make resolutions you know are out of reach?

How to fool people into thinking you're a better person in 2017

Culture

Sometimes focusing on the details means we miss the bigger picture.

Investors should focus on the forest, not the trees

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

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

How to avoid spending too much on gym memberships

John Collett

First lady Michelle Obama is perceived as a succesful leader.

The one factor that determines leadership success

James Adonis

Nick Haddow runs a successful cheese business from Bruny Island.

Meet the small business owners living in paradise

Nina Hendy

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Aussie dollar up

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Aussie's incredible avalanche survival

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Ed Sheeran forgets writing Bieber hit

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Justin Thomas shoots record 59

Elvis Express to Parkes leaves from at Central station. Photo by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 12th Jan 2017.

Fairfax photos of the week

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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James McAvoy as Dennis, one of 24 personalities he inhabits in <i>Split</i>.

James McAvoy, man of many faces, adds another 24 in Split

Andrew Purcell

Veronica Roth learnt a lot about world-building when she wrote the <i>Divergent</i> trilogy.

Divergent's Veronica Roth on anxiety, angry fans and Trump

Jason Steger

Searching: Dev Patel was desperate to land the leading role in the acclaimed Australian film <i>Lion</i>.

Dev Patel goes on 'a journey of real pain' in Lion

Garry Maddox

Meryl Streep.

Number of women making films in Hollywood is pitiful, says study

Rob Moran

Ed Sheeran in London on January 6 after a one-year hiatus from public life.

Ed Sheeran wrote Justin Bieber comeback songs

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

Michelle Obama says goodbye to the White House - and a potential 2020 POTUS run - on Jimmy Fallon's late night show.

Michelle Obama makes emotional final TV appearance on Fallon

Rob Moran

Psychologist Sandy Rea grimaces as Snook is told to find a jacket.

Nine News presenters in awkward off-air exchange

Georgina Mitchell

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

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's retro futuristic electronic music was never less than pleasant.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith review: pleasant but nothing special

Bernard Zuel

Not welcome: Teenage friends Lilian Proano and Cathy Emelianov.

We booze, you lose, Sydney festival tells unhappy teens

Elissa Blake

Julie Snook, Amber Sherlock and Sandy Rae on 9 News Now on Wednesday.

What we can really read into the Amber Sherlock controversy

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

The Obama girls sharing a sisterly moment.

Bush sisters write an open letter to Malia and Sasha

Nicole Economos

Nicole Kidman at the Golden Globes, where co-star Meryl Streep gave an impassioned speech.

Nicole Kidman thinks it is time Americans supported Trump

Australia day lamb ad

Lamb ad isn't landing well with Indigenous Australians

Arielle De Bono

Jackie Evancho has been met with criticism following her decision to perform at Trump's inauguration.

A 16-year-old girl has divided her community over inauguration

Katie Rogers

After you've accepted a negative thought, force yourself to challenge it.

How to stop the cycle of negative thoughts

Here are our predictions for what is going to be huge.

The five beauty trends to look out for in 2017

Natalie Reilly

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'

Running the same route? It's time to shake it up.

This is why you need to change the way you work out

Sarah Berry

Middle age does not have to mean a middle spread.

How to avoid a midlife middle

Maria Lally

Turn-around: From fat-shamer to apologiser.

Fat shamer apologises after he struggles to lose weight

Sarah Berry

Dishes at Tiong Bahru Hawker Centre including lontong, prata, iced milo and black carrot cake.

16 things to eat and drink in Singapore from wings to slings

Crumb creation: Golden Gaytime's "Unicorn Breath".

Crumbs! Golden Gaytime pop-up is coming to Sydney

Neil Perry's barbecued t-bone with red pepper and lemon salsa.

King of the grill: 39 summer barbecue recipes

Loyalty as a newborn and his mum, LaQueena Hunter Grover.

Mum gives birth to 'Incredible Hulk' baby

Dr. Groth performs surgery on his young patient's favourite stuffed toy.

Doctor performs 'surgery' patient's favourite stuffed toy

View from above into a box with many different colourful Lego bricks. Multiple generations of Legos (brick designs from ...

The scientific reason it hurts so much when we step on Lego

Politeness, including saying please and thank you when making requests or being served, creates a more positive mood for ...

Flight attendant reveals four top tips for a better flight experience

Monaco - it's tiny and shares its border with only one other country.

Traveller quiz: What is the only country that borders Monaco?

Mal Chenu

The citrus burst combined with the toasted bread is 10/10.

The one Melbourne dish worth booking a plane ticket for

Sinead Pearson

Ubtech's Lynx, a video-enabled humanoid robot with Amazon Alexa.

Robots must get smarter to rule the world

Mark Zuckerberg has described telepathy as the "ultimate communication technology".

Facebook targets a way to read your mind

The Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch off to wobbly start as pricing, timing unveiled

Exclusive shows like <i>Stranger Things</i> are one of the main reason consumers sign up for Netflix.

Apple looks to launch own content in 2017

Screenshot of <i>The Lion King</i> on the Jaunt VR app.

Want VR on the cheap? Try these phone apps

The Volkswagen I.D. Buzz concept was one of the stars of the show.

Six best cars from Detroit show

Stephen Ottley

Life and Leisure Abarth 124 Spider for Tony Davis Column

2017 Abarth 124 Spider reviewed

David McCowen

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

GM design boss: 'Shackles are off'

Stephen Ottley

2018 Lexus LS.

Lexus rejects autonomous tech war

Daniel DeGasperi

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

Routine win: David Warner took a couple of catches late in the contest.

Australia cruise home to big win over Pakistan

Phil Lutton

Tables turned: Charlotte Caslick wants the Pearls' hard work to count for something in the future.

'Play like a girl': why Australia must stay ahead of the curve

Georgina Robinson

Sitting comfortably: Danny Vukovic has endured a hard road back to form for Sydney FC.

From family tragedy to A-League's best

Dominic Bossi

"It's really nice to win another title. It is a very nice feeling": Johanna Konta.

Konta upsets Radwanska in Sydney International final

Michael Chammas and Cameron Mee

Roger Federer faces qualifiers initially but his draw quickly becomes tricky.

Kyrgios well placed as Williams, Federer get tough draw

Linda Pearce

Switzerland's No.1: Stan Wawrinka is keen to add to his three grand slam wins.

Stanimal the Swiss No. 2 no more

Linda Pearce

Muhammad Ali . Illustration: John Shakespeare

Sport, a wondrous lover, cruel mistress

Peter FitzSimons

Nick Kyrgios' T-shirt took aim at Donald Trump.

Nick, a profanity-laden T-shirt explains zilch about what you think

Darren Kane

Missing you already: Chris Lynn hits lustily for the Heat.

Mid-year report for the Bingewatch League

Malcolm Knox

The Big Bash League is on fire.

Today, the boundary rope. Tomorrow - the world!

Greg Baum

England's captain Alastair Cook plays a shot during their fifth day of the fifth cricket test match against India in ...

Cook's future as Test captain put on backburner

Jonathan Liew

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