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President Donald Trump's daughters, Tiffany (left) and Ivanka.

Trump's daughter exposed as one of his 'fraud' voters

1 hr ago

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

'They're just miserable people': Joyce launches extraordinary attack

President Donald Trump says construction of the wall will begin within months.

Trump signs order to start building wall within months

Isaac and Susan Wakil. Donated $10.8 million to the University of Sydney in May 2015.

Reclusive Sydney couple gave away millions for good causes

Eric Wu and his wife came to Australia as international students and now have a property portfolio worth almost $5 million.

He 'didn't have much', now Eric has property portfolio worth millions

Portrait of Professor Jennifer Byrne ( Professor of Molecular Oncology Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, The ...

'Horrified': Discovery made cancer expert sick to the stomach

An average Aussie is 38, weighs 68kg and her name is Rebecca

Matt Wade

Turnbull's fearful and pessimistic vision for Australia

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Australian of the Year achieved feat 'better than moon landing'

Newtown Social Club to shut down due to 'regulatory climate'

Chips are down: Potato shortage never this bad, farmers say

Qantas's Chairman's Lounge at Sydney Airport includes Rockpool-influenced food, and a well-stocked self-serve bar.

The secretive Qantas club that's invite only and doesn't charge a fee

53 mins ago

Cate Blanchett appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Trump fans turn on Blanchett after she mocks president on TV

28 mins ago

Older doesn't mean worse.

How to trick your body into being younger

Dizzying: The Belmore Falls, South Coast, NSW.

The 26 most wonderful places in Australia, state by state

domestic violence

Australia is my family's haven. But not everyone feels safe

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Australia Day's highest honours

The king of clay is back, defeating Milos Raonic in three sets in Wednesday nights quarter-final.

The heavyweight final we're all waiting for is now one step closer

Henriques Moises was at his bruising best for the Sixers.

Henriques blasts Sixers to BBL final in super over thriller

Actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.

Television icon Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni said her victory made the bad things in her life "OK".

Two decades of troubles washed away in a moment

Eden Hasson surfs at Samurai Beach in Port Stephens on January 24, as a shark rolls in the wave behind him.

Man taking photos of 10-year-old son captures lurking shadow

'So angry': Victim's tragic loss after horrific Dee Why crash

What's on across Sydney on Australia Day

Diya Mehta

Jan Utzon has expressed concerns about the staging of outdoor events at the Sydney Opera House.

Why Utzon's son is up in arms over the Opera House

Fred Nile says he was deemed a security threat.

Fred Nile denied visa for Trump inauguration

James Robertson

New Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said that fixing housing affordability is one of her three top priorities. She owns a ...

How Premier worked her way up the Sydney property ladder

Barry Goldman, of Leda Real Estate and Portfolio Property Solutions. Goldman was sentenced to two years' imprisonment ...

'Robbing Peter to pay Paul': Agent convicted over $600,000 fraud

Lucy Cormack

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Four teen escapees arrested, three on run linked to 'crime wave'

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Dimitrious Gargasoulas is expected to be charged with murder.

Documents unclear if police opposed bail: magistrate

VIC

Police tweeted this image about the incident.

'Champagne thief' who targeted exclusive suburbs arrested

WA

Johann Ofner died after he was shot in the chest during the filming in Brisbane.

Mad Max stunt co-ordinator oversaw fatal Bliss N Eso video

QLD

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Joyce attacks 'miserable' Australia Day date change advocates

Fergus Hunter

Scientist who made paraplegic walk named Australian of the Year

Matthew Knott

Senator who wanted Adler ban lifted joins 'Friends of Gun Control'

Men far outnumbered women in the Australia Day honours list. Illustration by Ryzhi

Where are the women? Oz day list dominated by men (again)

Tom McIlroy

US president Donald Trump is poised to slap a blanket ban on migration from a raft of countries including Iran and Iraq.

Trump's immigration move could scuttle Turnbull's US deal

Mark Kenny

Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine announcing Peter's project Charity home on 3/24 Wangoom Road. Pictured Vickie Jellie ...

Vicki Jellie, the unsung cancer widow keeping families together

Tom McIlroy

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a meeting with American Labor leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White ...

'Dangerous and damaging': Labor slams Trump's global gag rule

Workers raise a taller fence along the Mexico-US border between the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico.

Donald Trump moves ahead on Mexico border wall

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korean defector says Kim Jong-un control is crumbling

Choe Sang-hun
1 hr ago

Alexander De Croo, deputy prime minister of Belgium.

Belgians, Dutch join abortion funding ban response to US

1 hr ago

Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat.

Congress wants documents on Russia election probe

A woman passes by graffiti depicting US President-elect Donald Trump vandalized with paint, in Belgrade, Serbia.

How to navigate through "Trump world"

John Hewson
11 mins ago

Overwhelming force: Protesters march the day after Trump's inauguration.

Protest gives Trump a rare glimpse at reality

COMMENT
Josephine Tovey

'The truth still matters, facts still count:' Phil Glendenning.

In the time of fake news, we cannot be silent about the truth

COMMENT
Phil Glendenning

The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday

Dow crosses 20,000 for first time on reinvigorated Trump rally

Jamie McGeever and Herbert Lash

RBA governor Philip Lowe is expected to hold rates for now.

Rates on hold as inflation bottoms

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

The Qantas Chairman's Lounge in Melbourne.

Take a look inside secretive Qantas club

53 mins ago

Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour.

Australia Day honour in the mail for chief postie

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Potato shortage never this bad: farmers

Rio Tinto investors to toast sale of coal mines

Bruised gambling giants thrive in Australia

Miners lead the charge as bulls return

Eric Wu and his wife came to Australia as international students and now have a property portfolio worth almost $5 million.

From student to multi-million dollar property investor

Jennifer Duke

Airbnb Handsfree take care of exchanging keys, managing online profiles, filtering guests and keeping the apartment clean.

This start-up will help organise your life as an Airbnb host

Don't be afraid to mix up your renovation and make a space yours.

The most important decision to make for a successful renovation

If your bin ever begins to smell, you know it's long overdue for a clean.

15 household items you really should be cleaning (but aren't)

New Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said that fixing housing affordability is one of her three top priorities. She owns a ...

How Gladys Berejiklian got her foot on Sydney's property ladder

A vigorous weekend workout is better for you than once thought.

Exercise less: How 'weekend warriors' became the new healthy

Fitness
4 mins ago

As far as national holidays go, Australia Day is, well, a bit rubbish.

Advance Australia Unfair: How do we fix our national holiday?

Culture

The US President is talking a big economic game.

TPP not main game in Trump's trick bag

Jessica Irvine

Interest rates are low in Britain.

How can we help our disabled son?

George Cochrane

Zoi Vafias found getting capital to grow her fashion business difficult.

How women are succeeding in export

1 hr ago

Rhys Allan of Digital Done Printing in Ballarat said the NBN rollout is too slow.

Why Rhys couldn't turn his business into a full-time job

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Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic medal

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Nadal downs Raonic to set up Federer showdown

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Trump could reopen CIA 'black site' prisons

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Malmsbury riot: seven inmates on the run

John Shakespeare

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Jan 26

1 hr ago

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Gripping escape thriller Underground - all episodes 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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Actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80.

Television icon Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

Rob Moran

Dan Aykroyd has paid a touching tribute to his former fiance Carrie Fisher.

Brilliant and hilarious: Aykroyd's remembrance of Carrie Fisher

Michael Idato

Actor Tim Daly watches during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, ...

Sundance accident: actor Tim Daly breaks both legs skiing

Michael Idato

Briggs and Trials (Adam Briggs and Dan Rankine) are AB Original.

A.B. Original to give Laneway a 'large dose of reality' today

Annabel Ross

Kellyanne Conway has defended the White House's use of 'alternative facts'.

Sales of '1984' spike after Trump team's 'alternative facts'

"I don't have 'followers', they're not 'following' me – they're queens."

Constance Hall is hitting the national airwaves

Aja Styles

Sandra Sully survives Ten Eyewitness News' anchor cull.

Ten Eyewitness News whittles down anchors to single faces

Sarah Thomas

str7-take-off Vanuatu - Tanna

Tanna director hopes partner Liz Jackson will make the Oscars

Garry Maddox

Australian film-makers Martin Butler (second left) and Bentley Dean (fourth left) with members of the Yakal tribe (from ...

Tanna's unlikely Oscar nod thrills directors after tough time

Garry Maddox

Justin Stewart Cotta and Lisa Gormley in David Williamson's <i>Odd Man Out</i>

The confronting and funny side of Asperger syndrome

John Shand

Portrait of playwright David Williamson. 20th January 2017, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

Could the Trump era be a golden age for playwrights?

EXCLUSIVE
Elissa Blake

Photograph by Damian Bennett - Madeleine Madden (SL, april 17 issue)

Madeleine Madden: we need to change the date

Madeleine Madden
27 mins ago

Madonna with son David Banda and daughter Mercy James and Sean Penn at Haiti gala last year.

Madonna denies plans to adopt two more children from Malawi

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo

While some friendships can tighten following the benefits, negotiation is necessary.

The upside of having a 'friend with benefits'

Jack Rushall

Uluru with Aboriginal flag flying

5 alternative things to do this Australia Day

Arielle De Bono

Dami Im.

Dami Im and other women on their Aussie childhoods

Jane Rocca

Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, now the CEO of the YWCA in NSW, is being appointed a Companion of the Order of ...

The Australia Day honours list has a problem. But you can help

Vivienne Pearson

It may be Christmas, but Chris Pratt threw it right the way back to Easter with this childhood snap on Instagram.

Throwback Thursday

Retro fun

Cate Blanchett had the idea of a 'cultural ribbon' a decade ago.

Stars with adopted children

Older doesn't mean worse.

How to trick your body into being younger

Sarah Berry

Do what you will enjoy.

Five questions that'll help you find the best workout

Rachel Carlton Abrams

Vitamins for flu? Your money is better spent elsewhere.

If you take supplements for colds or flu, maybe you should reconsider

Marlene Cimons

Luxury pick: For something top-shelf, bust out some succulent beef.

Get to the grill: Top meat cuts for the barbecue

For die-hard fans: Salted caramel with vanilla Tim Tams.

Tim Tam biscuit flavours inspired by Gelato Messina

Megan Johnston
55 mins ago

Ben Greeno's Chicken Shop is opening as part of the Paddington, Merivale's gastro-pub in Paddington.

Just open: The Chicken Shop serves up old-school fare in Paddington

Scott Bolles

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Mother charged after tragic change table accident

Five-year-old Colton shares his shoelace tying hack in a viral tutorial.

Five-year-old's genius shoelace tying hack is must see viewing

Hatchimals .... exciting or just disappointing?

Angry parents sue manufacturer after Hatchimals don't hatch

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers check passenger's identification at a security checkpoint at ...

Interview required: Trump may dump US visa-waiver program

17 mins ago

A handout picture released by Emirates Airlines shows an Emirates Airbus A380 before its departure from Dubai airport on ...

The world's busiest international airport sets new record

Oliver Smith
1 hr ago

Dizzying: The Belmore Falls, South Coast, NSW.

The 26 most wonderful places in Australia, state by state

Sue Williams

An artwork made from mobile phone e-waste.

Spendthrift Aussies quick to replace phones

36 mins ago

Facebook has made live, user-generated video a top priority, but it has been repeatedly used to broadcast disturbing ...

Three arrests for alleged Facebook Live rape

Social apps are not making news-makers enough money, report says.

News outlets' Facebook, Snapchat deals not paying off

Professor Michelle Simmons who gave the 2017 Australia Day Address at the Conservatorium of Music.

Professor's horror at 'feminised' physics

Lei Wang said his research was partly inspired by Star Wars.

Star Wars spurs ANU hologram breakthrough

2017 Volkswagen Tiguan 162TSI R-Line.

VW's GTI-powered Tiguan reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2016 Mitsubishi XR-PHEV II Concept.

New Mitsubishi SUV teased

Drive Staff

Tickford Ford Mustangs 2017 Ford Tickford Mustang.

Tickford ups Mustang's power

Dom Tripolone

Isuzu MU-X tackled the Flinders Ranges with aplomb.

Pushing the limits at 4km/h

Lucas Kennedy

2016 Subaru XV concept previews the second-generation hatch due to be revealed at the 2017 Geneva motor show.

New Subaru XV teased

Drive Staff

2017 Mazda CX-9 Azami.

What seven-seat SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 24: Kevin Pietersen of the Stars walks back to the rooms after being dismissed by Mitchell ...

Umpire calls for Kevin Pietersen to be banned over BBL comments

1 hr ago

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni celebrates after winning her quarter-final match against Karolina Pliskova.

After escaping domestic violence, Mirjani sobs through interview

Corey Norman uses his mobile phone in the dressing room while the game is still live.

NRL bans mobile phone from dressing rooms

Roy Masters

The king of clay is back, defeating Milos Raonic in three sets in Wednesday nights quarter-final.

Nadal and Federer on collision course for deja-vu clash

Michael Chammas

Roger Federer chases down another ball en route to another Australian Open semi-final.

Fed express: 'It comes at you so quickly'

Greg Baum

Eddie Jones gave two explanations for his injured face.

England coach Eddie Jones switches story over injured face

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt pictured in 2012.

Bolt stripped of Olympic gold medal after teammate's drug test

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22: Lachlan Scott of the Wanderers celebrates scoring a goal during the round 16 A-League ...

Wanderers player charged with assault after altercation

Dominic Bossi

Henriques Moises was at his bruising best for the Sixers.

Henriques blasts Sixers to BBL final in super over thriller

James Buckley

Channel Ten's boss is not so sure the Big Bash needs Mitchell Starc storming in for the Sydney Sixers.

Why Ten is not fazed Australia's stars don't play BBL

Andrew Wu

Celebrations: The Sydney Sixers celebrate their win over the Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League semi-final on ...

Sixers women march into WBBL final without Perry

James Buckley

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