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FILE - This is a April 22, 1975 file photo of Lord Snowden Anthony Armstrong-Jones, the husband of Britain's Princess ...

Royal rebel who broke 450-year tradition dead, Queen 'saddened'

1 hr ago

Clive Palmer addresses the media at a press conference on the High Court challenge, in Canberra on Thursday 10 November ...

Clive Palmer goes ballistic over 'rogue killers'

Adam Gartrell
52 mins ago

Kevin Andrews.

MP billed taxpayers $2000 to attend US prayer breakfast

Amber Sherlock, centre, was not happy about the mix-up with reporter Julie Snook, left. Psychologist Sandy Rea is on the ...

Jimmy Kimmel takes a swipe at Nine's Amber Sherlock

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

Sydney's sweltering night breaks heat records

UPDATED

The video shows the pilot staggering through security at Surabaya airport.

Pilot 'hallucinated' that ocean was part of the runway before crash

Nine's coverage is stale and blokey, don't let them near BBL

COMMENT

Only a matter of time: The moment it all fell apart for Bellamy's

Kidnapped as a baby, she 'had an inclination' something wasn't right

Making life harder for Aussies while ministers act like rich and famous

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Sydney's most valuable hotel room is worth more than $1.5m

Sue Williams

Saturday afternoon action on Tuff St at Summernats 30 in Canberra.

Infamous 100m strip 'the street where you don't go'

Carrie Fisher on the set of <i>Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. </i>

'Unseemly': Lucasfilm shuts down Carrie Fisher rumours

33 mins ago

Prince arrives with his then wife Manuela Testolini for the 2005 Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

'No restriction on spending': Inside Prince's luxe lifestyle

Swaying palm trees, white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, beautiful coral and fish filled lagoons, Fiji really is ...

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to Fiji

A group of women exercise at Bondi beach before temperatures reach 38 degrees in the city today. Bondi Beach, Sydney. ...

The trick to keeping a healthy social life and staying fit

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Trump's Friday morning Tweetstorm

Chocolate mousse with hazelnut praline

23 delicious Nutella and choc-hazelnut recipes

Dropped: Diego Costa

Chelsea star dropped amid unprecedented offer from China

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in a scene from La La Land.

There's nothing romantic about the dapper gentleman

Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell with their children Charlize and Thea together in happier times.

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

PS

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

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

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

'Missing part of a finger?': Grisly find in Sydney toilet block

'Very lucky' tourist spends night adrift at sea on surfboard

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

Detective Sergeant Joseph Maree, pictured on the far left in 2014, was the officer in charge of the Xie investigation.

Quiet detective weaved complex web to catch brutal killer

Grace has been in Campbelltown Hospital since Wednesday.

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

Trees down around Parliament House on Friday afternoon.

Power outages after Canberra's freak windstorm

UPDATED

A tiger shark released after capture in WA. There is disagreement between scientists and fishermen about mortality rates ...

Turf war brews over WA shark 'trophy hunters'

WA

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

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

Some refugees have no warm clothes, as the freeze settles in south-east Europe.

Little humanity in Europe for refugees stuck out in cold

Nick Miller

This undated handout image provided by the U.S. Mint shows the design for the 2017 American Liberty 225th Anniversary ...

Lady Liberty will be a black woman on a US coin

Erin McCann
42 mins ago

The photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a spinning wheel in a pose similar to Ghandi's.

Modi replaces Gandhi in iconic photo - some cry blasphemy

30 mins ago

General Michael Flynn.

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

Gone: Sussan Ley.

Ministers spare no expense in their devotion to the public

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Former prime minister Tony Abbott's National Schools Chaplaincy Program has so far been left alone.

There's one more Abbott indulgence Turnbull should scrap

COMMENT
Matthew Knott

Patrons enjoy a beer at a Sydney pub in 1955.

Celebrating great moments in Australian wowserism

COMMENT
Richard Glover

Bellamy's former CEO Laura McBain, who was ousted this week.

Milk shakes: Bellamy's disaster was only a matter of time

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner is under scrutiny.

Embattled Seven boss set to front at the Australian Open

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, ...

The relationship with his bank was clear. Then it started to blur

If banks can't make it in Asia, what Australian businesses will?

COMMENT
Alex Malley

Deutsche Bank bans text messages

Give ombudsman tools to tackle no-name wage fraud

COMMENT

Supermarkets urged to share customers' data

The 2012 Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Owned by Steven Tyler.

Million dollar babies: 10 rare luxury rides that could be yours

Cars

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

Six rare whiskies you should buy before they disappear

Smart Sipping

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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Sydney's hottest January night on record

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Private Sydney: Amber Sherlock's meltdown

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Obama: I'm 'forever bonded' with 'brother' Biden

null

Australia too good in opening one-dayer

Marjorie Cox Crawford serving during a tennis game, New South Wales, ca. 1930, 2 [picture]

Rewind - Tennis time

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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Carrie Fisher on the set of <i>Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. </i>

Lucasfilm shuts down rumours of digitally recreating Carrie Fisher

Sarah Thomas
33 mins ago

Jimmel Kimmel has cracked jokes about the Amber Sherlock video.

Kimmel takes a crack at Amber Sherlock's wardrobe tantrum

Amelia Zhou

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

Dev Patel stars in Lion.

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

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

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

Ed Sheeran wrote Justin Bieber comeback songs

Ebony Bowden

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

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

Saturday afternoon action on Tuff St at Summernats 30 in Canberra.

'The street where you don't go'

Jenny Noyes

Khloe Kardashian is expanding her television empire with <i>Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian</i>.

The trouble with Khloé's 'Revenge Body'

COMMENT
Catherine Bouris

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in a scene from La La Land.

There's nothing romantic about the dapper gentleman

Neha Kale

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

Turn-around: From fat-shamer to apologiser.

Fat shamer apologises after he struggles to lose weight

Sarah Berry

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

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

No fuss: Fried rice is best kept simple, says Thai food expert David Thompson.

14 inventive dishes to make with leftover rice

Chocolate mousse with hazelnut praline

23 delicious Nutella and choc-hazelnut recipes

Good Food

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

Crumbs! Golden Gaytime pop-up is coming to Sydney

Sarah Louise Bryan and the shoes that started it all.

Mum demands $530 for daughter's shoes after messy playdate

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

Swaying palm trees, white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, beautiful coral and fish filled lagoons, Fiji really is ...

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to Fiji

Sheriden Rhodes

The impressive architecture of Munich Airport Centre and Terminal 2.

Traveller letters: When things go wrong, this is the airport to be at

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

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

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

Nintendo Switch

Australian details for Nintendo Switch launch

Kotaku

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

'I knew something was wrong': Reagan Campbell-Gillard after the prowler tackle that broke his back.

'I knew': Campbell-Gillard reflects on season-ending injury

Jamie Marcuson
1 hr ago

Bash smash: The Big Bash has been a hit again this summer with fans.

BBL expansion not on cards any time soon, says league boss

Jamie Marcuson

Leadership material: Paige Hadley (left) and Abbey McCulloch.

Knee torment still motivates Hadley

James Buckley
1 hr ago

Leadership material: Josh Jackson.

Turmoil of 2016 driving Bulldogs this season: Josh Jackson

Jamie Marcuson

Dropped: Diego Costa

Chelsea star dropped amid unprecedented offer from China

Calum Puttergill has been banned for six months for betting offences.

Australian banned for for betting on matches

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

Melbourne Victory's Besart Berisha argues with the referee after being given a red card.

De Vere 'embarrassed' about Berisha's red

Michael Lynch

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

Mid-year report for the Bingewatch League

Malcolm Knox

Back in form: Matt Wade made an even 100 off 100 balls.

Australia cruise home to big win over Pakistan

Phil Lutton

Sixers players celebrate with star bowler Sean Abbott.

Big dollars, big hits: battle for the BBL

James Buckley

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