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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning refugees and people from some Muslim-majority countries.

Detained on arrival as Trump's 'Muslim ban' kicks in

BREAKING
52 mins ago

Story on the lack of infrastructure and Govt bungles that are preventing the proposal of Oran Park Rail Station. 27th ...

At 90 minutes, this suburb may have the city's worst commute

United States' Serena Williams, right, holds her trophy after defeating her sister Venus, left, during the women's ...

They were the best of friends, but that fell away on centre court

Greg Baum

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 28: Sofia White and Anouk Gould who are both 6 yeras old, will be returning to go to year ...

Scorching temperatures to soar into the 40s for first day back at school

Floodwaters in parts of the Top End have made it easier for saltwater crocodiles to move outside their normal ranges.

Three dead after failed 15-person river crossing in Northern Territory

NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has said she will refocus on the regions.

Major cabinet reshuffle as Gladys Berejiklian makes her mark

Qantas winds back deal with major American airline

May, Turnbull play second to the phone call that Trumps them all

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Mundine left terrified when police aimed their guns at his head

Andrew Webster

Is Serena Williams the greatest of all time?

Linda Pearce

Turnbull and Trump to speak as refugee deal hangs in the balance

Michael James HOLT, a white supremacist charged with several firearm offences.

Australia's new terror threat: White supremacist threatens to shoot up mall

EXCLUSIVE
Rachel Olding

Jungle mission: Steve Price is ready.

Grab your hat! Guess who's heading to the jungle?

Kylie Minogue out with her fiance Joshua Sasse.

Why is a trailblazer like Kylie Minogue bothering to marry?

COMMENT

Unconquered Tigers maul Magpies Mar 31, 2015 | By Tigers Moses Suli being congratulated by his team. Balmain?s?all ...

$1.3 million man: Mosese Suli is the best-paid star yet to play NRL

EXCLUSIVE

Dev Patel with Luke Davies at a screening of <i>Lion</i> in Los Angeles.

Heroin to Hollywood: the amazing rise of the Lion screenwriter

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The debt ceiling fight

Kim Garth is congratulated after taking the scalp of Nicole Bolton.

Jubilation as Sixers claim maiden women's BBL title

Feeling the heat: Daniel Hughes walks off after making 8 runs.

... But heartbreak as men's Sixers slump to record BBL final loss

Chloe Allan 7 and Lucas Shi 4 with lanterns on display in Darling Harbour for the Chinese New Year Lantern Festival at ...

Where to go and what to see for Chinese New Year in Sydney

Molten custard buns from Let's Do Yum Cha.

If you're heading to the Lunar Markets, don't miss these treats

Jenna West with her husband Winston and their son. She has embraced living without the Sydney commute in a town that ...

The town where prices are on the up thanks to young professionals

Candice is moving house with her boyfriend due to the rental increase.

Tenants 'desperate to buy': Prices, rents rising faster than incomes

This two-bedroom Waverton apartment has views of the Harbour Bridge and a price guide of $1.1 million. What if we traded ...

What Sydney's median will buy you around the rest of Australia

Heritage touches: Herringbone brickwork gables can be seen from the nearby streets.

Whimsical meets sensible in this unusual bungalow restoration

Peter and Carolyn Wright knocked back an offer of more than $9 million for Arcadia last year.

Converted garage in Paddington sells for more than $10m

Lucy Macken

Spousebusters founder Brett Sutcliffe walking in Wollongong.

Spouse-busting private detective failed to cover his own tracks

Tripodi's email confirmed what many had long suspected

Kate McClymont

'Everyone does it': How kids are surviving selective schools

It's alleged the driver was caught doing 137 km/h in a 110 km/h zone.

Teenager dies after falling from high-rise balcony in Pyrmont

Inga Ting

Man charged with indecent acts in front of children.

Man charged for several indecent acts in public places

Dominica Sanda

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge for Chinese New Year

Where to go for Chinese New Year in Sydney

Jillian Skinner said a severe influenza season caused a surge in patients.

Berejikian's need for renewal trumped Jillian Skinner's record

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

The number of patients using insurance in public hospitals is going up.

GP pestered patient for sex, promised disability pension help

VIC

It's alleged the driver was caught doing 137 km/h in a 110 km/h zone.

Man capsicum sprayed after hitting cars while standing on the road

ACT

A teenage alleged car thief abandons his car near Waroona before being arrested by an officer from the police helicopter.

Police officer jumps out of helicopter to arrest armed teenager

WA

A man was knocked unconscious and a woman punched in the altercation.

Man knocked out in one-punch attack at Gold Coast

QLD

Loghman Sawari with his identify card in 2015.

Escape from Manus Island: Refugee flees to Fiji to seek asylum

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Gordon

Turnbull confident about US refugee deal despite Trump order

Adam Gartrell

Green charged with police assault in 'invasion day' march

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JANUARY 27: Arthur Sinodinos pictured on January 27, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by ...

Arthur Sinodinos on why he deserves a second chance

ANALYSIS
Matthew Knott

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has not allayed concerns about whether the Turnbull government's refugee swap deal will go ...

Joe Hockey's advice for Australians on President Donald Trump

Patrick Hatch

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

'Vulnerability': PM calls for more bollards in pedestrian areas

Fergus Hunter

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has launched a stinging attack on internal warfare inside the NSW Greens.

'Cabal driven by factionalism': Labor slams Greens 'civil war'

Deborah Snow

President Donald Trump

'Ban on Muslims': Trump freezes refugee program

German TV presenter Constantin Schreiber.?

'The worst case scenario': Constantin's big gamble

The masks of Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin on a world map.

Trump joins Putin's strongman club a threat to global institutions

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Peter Scully (2nd from left) arrives at the Cagayan De Oro court handcuffed to another inmate on his first day of his ...

Child sex predator dealt legal blow as police apprehend key witness

Lindsay Murdoch

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Abbott of the jungle set for another swing

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Demonstrators hold signs while marching towards Trump Tower during the Women's March in New York.

Is it the time of the warm, feminist city?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

"Oh television, you've come back into my life again".

An old flame flickers again

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

From left: Steven Ciobo, Julie Bishop MP, Alan Joyce, and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Qantas winds back American Airlines deal, tries again for JV

Coles, Woolworths

Struggling supermarkets rely on beer, babies and smokes

IN DEPTH

Titanium dioxide is one of the five engineered nanomaterials commonly used in consumer products, like lollies.

More than sugar to worry about in your lollies

Buffett and Gates

Billionaire buddies optimistic for America's future

Investors to pump $30b-plus into bricks and mortar in 2017

Skill and luck have nothing to do with each other - don't forget it

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Australia must learn from the likes of Singapore and Shanghai

COMMENT

One for the books: how traditional print beat digital

COMMENT
Leonid Bershidsky

Premixed cocktails used to be looked down on. Not anymore.

This surprising new drink trend for 2017 is a true Aussie icon

Smart Sipping

Chucking a sickie is an honoured tradition.

Nine totally believable excuses to chuck a sickie

Self Improvement

Lifestyle changes need to be permanent for long-term success.

Eight rules to lose weight and make money

Noel Whittaker

You need to advise Centrelink of an inheritance.

Should I declare my inheritance to Centrelink?

George Cochrane

Playing sport at work has proven health outcomes.

Team sports at work: Love 'em or hate 'em?

James Adonis

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

Why Australian women are succeeding in export

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The world is moving closer to catastrophic peril, scientists say

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Plane crashes into river during Australia Day celebrations

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Trump: Brexit 'wonderful' for UK

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'Same problems as London': Morrison doubles down on negative gearing

The Tivoli Theatre aka The New Tivoli in Castlereagh Street, Sydney in May 1939. SMH HOME Picture by GORDON SHORT Sydney ...

Rewind - Illuminations

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The 8th film from Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight. Now streaming on Stan

Stan - Underground

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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Actor John Hurt in 2007.

British actor John Hurt dead at 77

Jacqui Taffel

Matthew McConaughey gained 20 kilos for his role in <i>Gold</i>.

Fat, bald, washed-up: Matthew McConaughey's mega makeover

Karl Quinn

Ed Sheeran at last year's Grammy Awards.

Ed Sheeran: More copycat claims for new single 'Shape of You'

Ellen Parsons

The Boss hugs a fan at a signing for his book <i>Born to Run</i> in London last year.

Nick Hornby and the mega-fans who can't get enough Springsteen

Barry Divola

Moonlight, movie, film still

Moonlight gives off a golden glow as the Oscars approach

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

New movie <i>Kuso</i> has caused controversy at Sundance.

'Grossest movie ever made' sparks mass walkout at Sundance

Rob Moran

Every dog's favourite, apparently: Bob Marley in 1980.

Dogs love reggae and soft rock, new study finds

Rob Moran

Amy Shark

Hottest 100: Top solo female artist was 'on the floor' after placing #2

Nathanael Cooper

Prize Fighter.

Hits and misses: how this year's Sydney Festival shaped up

SMH reviewers

str7-take-off Vanuatu - Tanna

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

Sydney artist Alli Sebastian Wolf with her 'Glitoris', a 100:1 model of a clitoris exhibiting at The Bearded Tit in Redfern.

How well do you really know the clitoris?

Jenny Noyes

Malia Obama seems to back her father's policy decision.

Malia Obama attends Dakota Access Pipeline protest

Mary Ward

Sham & Leena Khamis,womens Sydney FC players, two Iraqi sisters playing together for Sydney FC as the womens league ...

Finals a family affair for Sydney FC's Khamis sisters

Mary Ward

Girls as young as 6 are more likely to associate brilliance with men.

Girls begin to doubt their own intelligence at age 6, study shows.

Amina Khan

You must be fun at parties and other insults from the treacherous edge of the internet.

I couldn't care less if men think I lack a sense of humour

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Mariah Carey and her ex, James Packer.

Here comes the Jamiah break-up ballad

Andrew Hornery

Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley welcomed a son, Joshua, on December 20.

After her first natural birth, Katherine Heigl 'prefers' adoption

Nicole Economos

Jennifer Lawrence was one of the 30 celebrities involved in the hacking ordeal.

Jennifer Lawrence ‘celebgate’ hacker jailed for nine months

Nicole Economos

The type of workout you enjoy may depend on your personality.

What the best fitness routine for your personality?

Gabriella Boston

DIet is different for everyone.

'Diet is a four-letter word'

Ellie Krieger

On your bike: Eric Adams has pedalled his way back to health.

Fighting diabetes, and leading by example

JANE E. BRODY

Shots of the new Olio at Chippendale?

Italian restaurant moves into Kensingston St - hotspot of Chippendale

Closeup of the Roasted Potatoes Baked potatoes with herbs for Owen Pidgeon's column March 2.

This just in: potatoes are not unhealthy

Street food: Chef Luke Nguyen can't go past a soft bao.

Luke Nguyen's hit list for Sydney Lunar Markets: what to eat

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My toddler had his first taste of racism on Australia Day

Other kids are capable of breaking your child's heart.

'Since when did mean girls behaviour start in kindergarten?'

Eight-year-old James is recovering in hospital after attempting to recreate the dangerous YouTube "fire bending" stunt.

YouTube craze leaves 8-year-old boy with second degree burns

There are some things the travel brochures never tell you about France.

The 10 things you should never do in France

Paul Byrnes

Maldivian capital Male: You can stroll around it in a relaxed couple of hours.

Why you need to visit this island paradise's tiny capital city

John Borthwick

Premium economy class on board Qantas.

Traveller letters: You can't go wrong with premium economy

Ben Whishaw stars as Q and Daniel Craig stars as James Bond.

Bond's gadget expert Q exists ... as a woman

The cinema will soon, once again, be the only place for 3D films.

Bad news for 3D TV fans: it's officially dead

A four-week-old human-pig embryo.

Scientists create a human-pig embryo for organ transplants

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch launch line-up gets beefier

Kotaku

Discard e-gadgets are rife across south-east Asia.

Asia buried beneath discarded devices

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

We drive the wildest supercar in the world

David McCowen

The Ford Mustang received a two-star crash test rating.

Two-stars: Ford Mustang's shock crash test result

David McCowen

Mercedes-Benz Aesthetic A sculpture previews its next generation styling.

Mercedes-Benz previews next generation styling

Greg Kable

2017 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid.

Driven: Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid

Toby Hagon

2017 Skoda Kodiaq Scout.

Scout ahead: Skoda's SUV gets off-road ready

The Drive Team

2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT.

'Buy a Toyota 86 if you want power': MX-5 boss

David McCowen

Record breaker: Wests Tigers young gun Mosese Suli.

Teenage prospect signs record-breaking $1.3m deal with NRL side

EXCLUSIVE
Adrian Proszenko

Serena Williams with the cup after beating sister Venus Williams.

Serena Williams: Little sister, but the big winner on centre court

Greg Baum

All too easy: Michael Klinger goes big.

Off-colour Sixers slump to record nine-wicket BBL final loss

James Buckley

Drawcard: Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson is one star who may have to rest after the World Cup instead of playing in the ...

World Cup could spell end for fledgling NRL festival

Liam Napier

Danny Green on Anthony Mundine: "He doesn't push my buttons at all. I have no emotion towards him."

Toxic relationship with Mundine here to stay, says Danny Green

Phil Lutton

Team of the year: Brisbane Heat captain Brendon McCullum was outstanding in BBL06.

Who makes our team of the Big Bash League?

James Buckley

Serena Williams celebrates winning the Australian Open over her sister Venus.

Williams notches up record in straight sets

Linda Pearce

Way back when: Nadal and Roger Federer have only met once in an Australian Open final, in 2009 when Nadal won in five sets.

Can Federer turn the tables on his nemesis?

Sam McClure

Australia's Matt Renshaw – new blood in the Test team.

What are these footy ruffians doing?

Geoff Lawson

Kim Garth is congratulated after taking the scalp of Nicole Bolton.

Bowlers fire as Sixers claim women's title

UPDATED
James Buckley

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16: Peter Nevill of the Melbourne Renegades comes from the field with an injury to his ...

Nevill fights to win back Test spot

Jamie Marcuson

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