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President Donald Trump tucks away his notes near the conclusion of a joint news conference with British Prime Minister ...

Assumptions made about Trump were deeply misguided

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged President Donald Trump to remain engaged in the region.

Australia will support US border policies: Bishop

51 mins ago

THE AGE. NEWS. MELBOURNE. POWER. The Electric Power Station on the corner of Spencer and Lonsdale Streets in the city. ...

Your life really does flash before your eyes before you die

1 hr ago

Emirates has been forced to change its rosters for pilots and crew as a result of US President Donald Trump's ...

Airline caught off guard by Trump order as crew pulled from flights

15 mins ago

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.

'It all looks as if the world is preparing for war': Mikhail Gorbachev

1 hr ago

The way of the future? Self-service checkouts.

This is why I can't stand self-service checkouts: retail CEO

1 hr ago

Trump's first military strike leaves soldier dead

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Confusion over details of Trump's order after White House statement

As Aussies panic over Muslim ban, Turnbull remains silent

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Significant design flaw found on Sydney's new ferries

Matt O'Sullivan

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 29: Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates championship point in his Men's Final match ...

'It's cheating and it's being allowed': Federer faces criticism after rare move

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 30: Marcus Stoinis of Australia dives for a catch during the first One Day International ...

Aussies fight back with key wicket against New Zealand

Live
22 mins ago

NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 10: Actor Tom Arnold attends the 2015 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 10, 2015 ...

I'm A Celebrity contestant has 'no idea who anybody is'

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The question mothers should be able to answer without any guilt

COMMENT

Which milk? A nuts question.

How a dairy-free diet can work wonders on your skin

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I'm A Celebrity Australia 2017: Cast skydive into jungle

Charlotte and her father Louis

I got a perfect score in year 12, I don't want that for my daughter

He's been here before: Federer talks to the media after winning the Australian Open on Sunday.

The secret to Roger Federer's Australian Open success

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JANUARY 27: 2016 City to Surf winner Harry Summers is pictured while training during a break ...

'Making mum proud': Athlete's plan to win back-to-back titles

The influx of residents to suburbs such as Oran Park and Gledswood Hills will have to wait years for new public ...

The suburbs with some of Sydney's longest and slowest commutes

Shot of Coke sign at Kings X. 25/01/1996.

$100,000 for eight letters: Forking out for a piece of Sydney history

The problem with Sydney's new ferries

Matt O'Sullivan

The 'missing link' in Sydney's new land release

New NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian's state budget has been boosted by $9 billion in transfer duty in 2015-16.

Stamp duty jackpot will only make things more difficult for Berejiklian

Matt Wade

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 19: Luke Foley Leader of the ALP oppersition in the Parliament of NSW gives a press ...

New counter terrorism role 'against the public interest'

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier John Barilaro announce the government's new cabinet in Queanbeyan.

Berejiklian's cabinet: rewards, square-ups and an eye on the polls

ANALYSIS
Sean Nicholls

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Portrait of Professor Theresa Jacques on duty at the ICU in St George Hospital January ...

Female doctors sent to fetch tea and sandwiches

Angelo Gargasoulas is recovering in hospital after his brother allegedly stabbed him the morning of January 20.

'Stay strong': Brother of accused Bourke St killer speaks out

The federal government's child support payment system is emerging as the scene of the latest Commonwealth tech wreck.

$3 billion child support system the latest govt tech-wreck

Noel Towell

Kia Pajouhesh, managing director of dentistry Smile Solutions. Photo: Arsineh Houspian

'Greedy': Dentist sues patient over scathing online review

VIC

Chocolate and Chanel don't go together as the fashion house defends the trademark of its signature scent.

An Aussie study could alleviate the world chocolate shortage

QLD

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged President Donald Trump to remain engaged in the region.

Australia will support Trump's border protection policies: Bishop

Tom McIlroy
52 mins ago

Turnbull's soft-shoe shuffle around Trump is either clever or craven

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

What Trump told Turnbull about the Nauru and Manus refugee deal

David Wroe

Treasurer Scott Morrison in London. Housing affordability will remain a key battleground for the Coalition and Labor ...

Morrison to lift credit limit as debt hurtles towards $500 billion

Transport Minister Darren Chester.

Two MPs run up $200,000 tab on private flights to Canberra

Sam and Naser Dastyari in Sam's dad's shop, King of Knives, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney.

Sam Dastyari lashes Trump ban, says he may be affected

29 mins ago

Refugee Loghaman Sawari who after being released from the Manus Regional Processing Centre now lives in the East ...

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

EXCLUSIVE

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would welcome those fleeing war and persecution.

Global backlash grows against Trump's immigration order

A search at sea.

Six people missing in Borneo shipwreck

President Donald Trump on Air Force One.

US Special Forces raid on al-Qaeda compound in Yemen

Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.

'It all looks as if the world is preparing for war': Gorbachev

1 hr ago

Gladys Berejiklian is the real thing.

Finally, a politician who doesn't suffer from delusions of grandeur

COMMENT
Amanda Vanstone

Monday is the first day of kindergarten for many NSW students.

I got a perfect uni entrance score, but I don't want the same for my daughter

COMMENT
Louis Wang

Newly announced High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel in her chambers in Brisbane.

'Whatever it takes' approach a challenge for first female chief justice

George Williams

From stealing US jobs to manipulating its currency to failing to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions, Trump's ...

Five reasons why Trump needs China

1 hr ago

Investors will look for reasons to keep the rally going.

Markets Live: Sticking to the sidelines

Live
Jens Meyer
20 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: NSW Gladys Berejiklian delivers a speech at the Western Sydney Australia Day Community ...

NSW is being run by bankers with no vision

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

New move: Real-time payments between bank accounts may increase the risk of fraud.

Fraud problem set to rise with real-time payments

Why I don't like self-service checkouts: retail CEO

1 hr ago

Mad scramble: Trump travel ban causes business chaos

Best since Gough: Australia's current account deficit set to tumble

8@eight: Trump takes on the world

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Manu's kitchen rules: what he won't allow for his own kitchen

Welcome to the strangest town in Australia: Coober Pedy.

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Auction

Solid start to Sydney's home auction season

1 hr ago

The endless investing in household gadgets doesn't always make life easier.

Home products that aren't worth your money

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

Things could be worse: You could be Donald Trump's press secretary.

Think 2017 is going badly? At least you're not Trump's press secretary

Life On Mars

Riviera Maya

Nine reasons why Mexico is the place to go this year

Luxury

Dennis Reddy is working on clearing a $6000 debt on his credit card.

Zero-interest balance transfer cards can have sting

John Collett

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Childcare is expensive, but not working costs more

Georgina Dent

How a local small business managed to sign an Australian Open champion

Being a director has huge responsibilities attached.

You could be needlessly risking your family finances

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Federer wins 18th Grand Slam title

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Widespread criticism for Trump's immigration crackdown

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Last moments of Perth plane crash

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Federer jumps for joy after Open win

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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Meghan Markle opens up about racial abuse online

Mary Ward

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Tom Arnold became a fan of I'm A Celebrity .... Get Me Out of Here ahead of entering the jungle himself.

Tom Arnold chooses jungle over Trump's United States

Ebony Bowden

Retired Magpie Dane Swan enters the jungle.

Look who is going into the jungle: I'm A Celebrity lineup revealed

Ebony Bowden

Actor Ben Mendelsohn awarded at the 2017 G'Day USA Black Tie Gala at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California.

G'Day USA honours Hollywood's man of the moment

Michael Idato

Rainbow Serpent Festival.

Rainbow Serpent dance reveller dies

Brendan Wrigley

Sundance Grand Jury Prize winners: Actor Melanie Lynskey, from left, director Macon Blair and actor Elijah Wood for the ...

Sundance standing ovation over anti-Trump, Muslim nod

Jungle mission: Steve Price is ready.

Steve Price to star on reality show he won't watch

Ebony Bowden

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi poses for his film The Salesman during the premier in Paris.

Nominated director may miss Oscars after Trump's Muslim ban

Rachel Donadio

"The single most important life-changing thing that I ever did was on January 2, 1990": Australian screenwriter Luke Davies.

Heroin to Hollywood: the amazing rise of Lion screenwriter

Garry Maddox

Prize Fighter.

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

SMH reviewers

concert images of Nigel Kennedy's concert in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Friday 27 January Nigel Kennedy ...

Has classical music's original rebel still got what it takes?

Peter McCallum

Dori Freeman has the voice and the songs, now she needs to set them free on stage

Small room show needs a bigger presence

Bernard Zuel

Orange is the New Black's Danielle Brooks looks a far cry from Taystee at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on ...

SAG Awards 2017: All the best looks from the red carpet

1 min ago

President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump and Major General Bradley Becker review troops in Washington.

Is there room for compassion towards Melania?

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey
54 mins ago

The idea that "good" women should be totally fulfilled by caring for their children is not uncommon.

When people ask 'aren't your children enough?'

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Thousands protest against the Muslim immigration ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New ...

Kim Kardashian joins celebs criticising Trump's 'Muslim ban'

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 14: Victoria Beckham seen on the streets of Manhattan on September 14, 2016 in New York City. ...

How to build a work wardrobe with just five basics

Melissa Singer

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (L) and actress Nicole Kidman attend the 2017 G'Day Black Tie Gala at ...

Bishop, Kidman say G'Day USA at black tie event

1 hr ago

Melania Trump on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico.

Is this Melania Trump's 'let them eat cake' moment?

Emily Heil

Emily Ratajkowski.

Emily Ratajkowski: I won't apologise for my sexuality

Being overdue can be a problem.

Can an overdue pregnancy raise the risk of stillbirth?

Paula Goodyer

Bare your soul.

Kick off your shoes: the benefits of going barefoot

Lindy Alexander

Happy... or naive?

The downside of happiness at work

Rex Huppke

Pete Evans' paleo zucchini prawn pesto noodles?

Introduce paleo to your palate with this week's low-carb Meal Planner

Frank Camorra's reuben sandwich

Make lunch at work interesting: 53 sandwich, wrap and jaffle combos

A sample of the menu at Eastside Grill in Chippendale

Chippendale's Eastside Grill a New York grill with a Japanese twist

Scott Bolles

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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

Cathay crew know how to handle awkward moments.

Flight test: Cathay Pacific crew handles awkward moment perfectly

Katrina Lobley

Emirates has been forced to change its rosters for pilots and crew as a result of US President Donald Trump's ...

Emirates changes pilots, crew for US flights after Trump order

15 mins ago

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

The Twitter accounts of Donald Trump and members of his administration were under scrutiny last week.

Twitter security tips we can learn from Trump

1 hr ago

Dr Julian Finn explores the water at Williamstown for the weirdest marine creatures.

The seven strangest sea creatures near you

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

Bond's gadget expert Q exists ... and is a woman

Mobile phone use can be addictive. Those afflicted may feel panic when they misplace or break their mobile, or have no ...

CSIRO: most mobile VPNs are not secure

Gizmodo

Moodnotes, an iOS download, helps you chronicle variations in mood.

Best journaling apps to inspire and organise

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

Four-wheel-steering set to be 'a commodity'

David McCowen
1 hr ago

Kia Carnival Platinum reigns supreme when hauling around a large family.

Which large family-hauler should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

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

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 30: Marcus Stoinis of Australia dives for a catch during the first One Day International ...

Australia fight back against New Zealand with key wicket

Live
Jamie Marcuson
22 mins ago

The moment he won: Roger Federer celebrates championship point.

Artful Roger: Federer beats old foe to snatch fifth Australian Open

Linda Pearce

Embarrassing: The gold-medal winning Pearls will be forced to play on a training pitch for some of their games at the ...

ARU promises 'better balance' after women's gaffe

Georgina Robinson

Rare occurrence: The Australians celebrate their series win in India in 2004.

Gilchrist's advice on how to handle seven weeks in India

Andrew Wu

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah of Great Britain may not be able to compete in the United States.

'Trump made me an alien': Olympic gold medallist's fears

Ben Farmer

He's been here before: Federer talks to the media after winning the Australian Open on Sunday.

The secret to Roger Federer's Australian Open success

Linda Pearce

Drawing back the curtain: Fuifui Moimoi.

Fuifui Moimoi's Twitter account compromised

Josh Dye

Roger Federer en route to victory.

Medical time-out was within the rules, says Federer

Scott Spits

Matthew Wade pulled out ahead of the start of the first ODI versus New Zealand.

Wade a late withdrawal because of back spasms

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 14: Kim Garth of the Sixers celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Alex ...

Sixers import the accidental hero of WBBL win

James Buckley

Magic moment: Renshaw salutes the crowd after making 100 in Sydney.

Renshaw to get tips from legend on India

Andrew Wu

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