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LIFE TIME - WEAR - L&L - AFR - JAN 25 Glendale Herringbone grey wool jacket $650. Julian purple cotton jumper $220. ...

Fashion labels collapse in latest retail carnage

Five of the 78 incidents occurred in Australia , including Man Haron-Monis' 2014 attack on Sydney's Lindt Cafe - in ...

White House uses Lindt siege to back President after Trump attack

Nick Ralston
1 hr ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian may be preparing to give ground on the council amalgamation issue, but the government ...

Berejiklian's council merger plans just got more complicated

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 16: New Zealand All Blacks coach Steve Hansen speaks to the media during a New ...

Bugging affair: All Blacks coach stunned as consultant charged

Generics of St Catherine's Waveley

The most contentious issue in Australia will be no surprise to parents

Scenes around Petersham from the storm that hit on Tuesday.

'Never seen anything like it': storm cell hit with little warning

Moves to curb property investors likely to have big impact on market

COMMENT

Australia Post loses bid to keep boss' salary a secret

Fresh concerns for 21,000 babies thought to be in the clear

Australians plead for help amid fears of visa crackdown

Tom McIlroy

Trump's troubles raise new questions about Bannon

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Former Liberal Party Senator Cory Bernardi has joined Pauline Hanson on the Senate crossbench

Alliances crumble as right wing goes to war

Matthew Knott

Scabies

'People tear their skin off': the itch Australia has to scratch

COMMENT

Amber Harrison

'Dear Amber...': Seven exec's love letters posted on Twitter

'Pretty much nothing in it': Chocolate cloud cake from Anthia Koullouros.

These smart sweet swaps will crush sugar cravings

Angelia Cuming and her husband Paul walk down the aisle on their wedding day.

My wedding was the loneliest day of my life

COMMENT

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Plays of the Week

Tony Abbott

The end of a boat-shoe bromance: Why Cory dumped Tony

You may think he's cute, but Dexter probably just pooed somewhere.

Self

What to do with a big mistake: I secretly hate my new puppy

HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 05: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots gestures late in the game against the Atlanta ...

Brady's Super Bowl jersey goes missing - could be worth $625k

Queen Tamar Airport in Mestia, Georgia

Hope for a delay: The world's most beautiful airports

Bill Shorten is engaged in tit-for-tat politics no matter how he tries to spin it.

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Bill Shorten is engaged in tit-for-tat politics no matter how he tries to spin it.

Shorten nails key problem for voters - now he has to fix it

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

"If only you could see yourself the way other people see you."

The two-week challenge to silence your inner critic

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards
49 mins ago

Senator Cory Bernardi resigned from the Liberal Party but many colleagues were happy to see him go.

They're weeping in the halls of Parliament, but not for Cory

Tony Wright
50 mins ago

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian may be preparing to give ground on the council amalgamation issue, but the government ...

'Turkeys don't vote for Christmas': Some Libs want mergers to proceed

Sean Nicholls, Lisa Visentin

Sydney toll-road collector's huge profits - and plans for more

Matt O'Sullivan

Rogerson, McNamara part of plot to extort Medich: court

Patrick Begley

Liam Fogg and Layna Nona at the Aeronautical Engineering department at the University of Sydney.

Layna's 3000km trip to university

Kelsey Munro

Anna McPhee is seeking special permission to run for Liberal preselection in North Shore.

Woman rejoins Libs on Friday, nominates three days later

Artist impression: Randwick Council plans to create about 200 affordable units along the light rail line between ...

Rob Stokes' parting gift to make housing affordable

A man has fled on foot after crashing an allegedly stolen car in Berwick.

Man charged with stabbing murder at health facility

A royal commission hearing has been told that almost 4500 people have made claims of child sexual abuse in Catholic ...

What the Vatican did when it heard abuse was 'nuts': priest

Police want to speak to this man over the Doncaster death.

'Vicious attack': CCTV shows man at shopping mall before brutal death

VIC
1 hr ago

The missing ring from the severed finger...

Man severs finger on nightclub razor wire, loses wedding ring

WA

A sample of a drugs sent from Melbourne to a Spanish testing lab.

Police defend decision not to warn public of drug after club deaths

Mr Abbott during the joint party meeting in Canberra on Tuesday.

Alliances and friendships shattered as right wing politics fractures

Matthew Knott

High-speed rail and a Hyperloop: MP's crusade for cheaper housing

Michael Koziol

Senate move could lift the lid on Centrelink debt letter debacle

Tony Abbott

The bromance is over: Why did Cory turn on Tony?

Jacqueline Maley

Senator Cory Bernardi addresses the media after delivering a statement in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra, on ...

Courageous or crazy? Political defections that ended in tears

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called time on the Gold Pass.

PM takes the axe to the most notorious political perk of all

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a service in Canberra to mark the start of the parliamentary year.

Even the one comfort in Turnbull's disastrous run is bad news

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Samar, 8, an asylum seeker from Sudan at the protest outside the UNHCR in Jakarta on Monday.

'I like Australia': Refugees beg UNHCR to decide their fate

Jessie Chiang

A settler reacts as police evict the last settlers from the West Bank outpost of Amona on Thursday.

Israel passes law to seize private Palestinian land

Footage from the attack.

Fresh video of suicide boat ramming Saudi frigate

Pro-government supporters hold up the national Syrian flag and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo ...

Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison: Amnesty

Clients of banks in Australia find it hard to leave their financial institution despite scandals.

The nudge you might need to finally switch banks

COMMENT
Rob Nicholls

Senator Cory Bernardi in the Sentate on Tuesday.

Hypocritical Bernardi must quit the Senate now

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

Trade Minister Steve Ciobo needs to look to Mexico to make a trade deal.

How Australia can clean up Trump's trade mess

COMMENT
Alex Malley

Ahmed Fahour

Senate committee tells Aus Post it can't keep CEO's salary a secret

Transurban CEO Scott Charlton said the company wasn't anticipating an immediate boost from Donald Trump's promised ...

Transurban to wait patiently for Trump's road bonanza

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-APRIL 6, 2011 : Generic photo of the ASX board in Melbourne on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. AFR / LUIS ...

Four graphs that show why you should buy Australian shares

Sydney suit maker Herringbone and stablemate Rhodes & Beckett are the latest Australian brands to collapse.

Herringbone, Rhodes & Beckett add to retail carnage

Will Snapchat last, or will it fade before our eyes?

COMMENT
James Titcomb

Parmalat's dairy factory pay battle heads to tribunal

French populism fears boost the Aussie

1 hr ago

Worner's love letters to Harrison released online

Cranes on the skyline of Melbourne, Brisbane and, to a lesser extent, Sydney, have experts concerned about an oversupply.

'Only a matter of time' before prices fall in Sydney: economist

Turn your home into a romantic sanctuary this Valentine's Day.

Romancing the room: how to add a touch of romance to your home

Prices in some popular public school catchments soared by as much as a third last year.

The Sydney school zones where house prices have surged

Got noisy neighbours? We've got tips to help bring peace and quiet to your apartment.

Noisy neighbours? This is how to sound-proof your apartment

Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Government orders sale of illegal foreign property purchases

Angry puppy.

Expensive, noisy, messy: Why getting a dog was a big mistake

Self

Longines' Flagship Heritage timepiece, 60th Anniversary edition, 1957-2017.

Four of the hottest new timepieces to watch this year

Watches

How much is your home worth? The answer is more complex than you may think.

Home truths about how we actually measure home prices

Jessica Irvine

Under the current super system, employees can only make concessional contributions if their employer offers salary sacrifice.

One way super is changing for the better for employees

Noel Whittaker

Peter Wallace is backing marriage equality.

Small businesses back marriage equality

Determining value is important when you're spending your redundancy payout.

How much should I spend buying a business?

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Meteor lights up skies in midwestern US

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Tech giants battle Trump's immigration ban

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Trump should not speak in UK parliament

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Gun salute for Queen's 65th Jubilee

8yo Frederic Lan is the youngest participant in this years Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. He has been practicing his ...

Fairfax photos of the week

Stan - Underground

Gripping escape thriller Underground - all episodes now streaming. Only on Stan.

Stan - Jurassic

65 million years in the making, the Jurassic Park trilogy will never get old.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Fake: The kisses exchanged didn't really mean much to Lauren who ran out on Andrew on Married At First Sight.

Runaway bride Lauren says it wasn't looks that made her run

Aja Styles
57 mins ago

Putting on a show: Amy and Tyson top score in the whole MKR competition.

MKR highest score smashed in one night by 'villains'

Christine Sams
59 mins ago

John Jarratt will reprise the role of Mick Taylor for the second season of <I>Wolf Creek</I>.

Stan to roll out offline viewing, Wolf Creek given second season

Broede Carmody

Golden boy: Shane Warne at the announcement of his <i>Warney Uncut</i> national tour.

Warney show promises 'nothing but the truth' about personal life

Karl Quinn

George RR Martin has said <i>Game of Thrones</i> fans will love his new short story.

Is Daenerys' origin story on the cards for a GoT prequel?

Broede Carmody

'A living hell': You can hear Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine from 8pm on 3AW.

'For Christ's sake, Miranda': Bolt threatens to hang up on Devine

Ebony Bowden

George Michael on stage in 2012.

George Michael's body still hasn't been returned to his family

Broede Carmody

Tom Arnold on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here Australia season 3, 2017.

Donald Trump a 'sexist, racist phoney' says Tom Arnold

Karl Quinn

"Year of fervent discussion about inclusion and constructive community": chair of the judges Brenda Walker.

It's a fact. Non-fiction dominates Stella Prize longlist

Jason Steger

Pekka Kuusisto?

Sex, murder and that awkward thing about David Bowie

Kathy Evans

SMH News story by, Peter Munro. The City Recital Hall is holding its first Sydney Flash Mob Choir. It's an impromptu ...

The strange new choir where terrible singers are welcome

Peter Munro

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, left, speaks as Hillary Clinton ...

Anti-establishment pin up Bernie Sanders inspires luxury fashion collection

Jenna Clarke

Nora Ephron once wrote,"There's not a damn thing you can do about a neck."

This is how you can stop feeling bad about your neck

Natalie Reilly

By the time she died, I had my own family, but still the grief came for me every day.

I am still not ready to be eldest sister, and never will be

Jenna Price

Kylie Minogue has successfully blocked Kylie Jenner from trademarking the name "Kylie".

Battle of the Kylies: Minogue beats Jenner

Amy Croffey

Attempts to phone Centrelink would end up with me on hold and no further advanced in the phone queue by the end of my ...

How Centrelink has terrorised me over an ex-partner's debt

COMMENT
Andie Fox

Actress Jamie Lynn Spears with her daughter Maddie Briann Aldridge, and mother Lynne Spears.

Britney Spears’s niece seriously injured: reports

Nicole Economos

Demonstrators hold signs while marching towards Trump Tower during the Women's March in New York, U.S., on Saturday, ...

Women's March organises second day of action

Mary Ward

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Actress Emma Stone attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The ...

The best looks from the 2017 Oscar Nominee Luncheon

Health is not one-size fits all but personalised health is not quite here.

The problem with personalised nutrition and health

Sarah Berry

Good dancing is expressing what's on the inside.

Why everyone can learn to dance well

Sarah Berry

Performance doesn't have to decrease with age.

An athlete's age not the most important for performance

Ginny McReynolds

'Pretty much nothing in it': Chocolate cloud cake from Anthia Koullouros.

19 smart sweet swaps to crush sugar cravings

GOOD FOOD: Sydney Fish Markets. Chef Brent Savage tours the fish market showing us how to pick fresh seafood. Spanner ...

How to buy the freshest seafood at the market

Pete Evans' paleo spaghetti with prawns, pesto & pistachios

Paleo spaghetti with prawns, pesto and pistachios

Pete Evans

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One mum's plea to dads: 'Take the goddamn photo'

Facebook: Melinda Tankard Reist

Aussie preschooler's lunchbox prompts scathing note home

Movie time

What I said when my daughter asked me about my sex life

These airport terminals are set to beautify any commute.

Hope for a delay: The world's most beautiful airports

Sinead Pearson

Star Ferry, Hong Kong Harbour, at night.

Ten of the world's greatest travel experiences for $10 or less

Angie Kelly

Travelling in the US will be the same as it ever was.

Why you should still visit the US despite President Trump

Ben Groundwater

An artist's rendition of how Uber sees the future of on-demand urban air transportation, from last year.

Uber eyes flying cars, hires NASA veteran

The FTC says the Vizio case shows how a television or other appliance might be telling companies more than their owners ...

Vizio TVs apparently spied on their owners

A robot fills orders inside an Amazon fulfilment centre in the US.

Amazon ponders robot-run supermarket with staff of 3

Daniel John Sobieski, a retiree in Chicago is credited with an increase in the pro-Trump social media presence.

The 'cyborg' Twitter drive of conservatives

The Primo app scans a QR code.

This app lets you skip the shopping queue

2017 Volkswagen Amarok Core Plus.

Updated VW Amarok revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Mercedes-AMg Gt R sets bathurst lap record.

The fastest car around Bathurst is ...?

Andrew MacLean

The BMW M4 GTS has arrived in Australia.

Driven: BMW's hardcore M4

Stephen Ottley

2018 Holden Commodore Sportwagon.

New Commodore wagon revealed

Drive Staff

2018 Subaru Liberty.

2018 Subaru Liberty revealed

Drive Staff

18MY Jaguar F-TYPE, 400S. 2017 Jaguar F-Type.

Thieves steal $4.9m worth of engines

Dom Tripolone

Charged: Security consultant Adrian Gard, pictured with former US president Bill Clinton.

Police charge man over listening device found in All Blacks hotel

Tom Decent

Eyeing up a homecoming: Drew Mitchell.

Wallabies winger's Barba warning: Watch out for the owner

Bash or block? David Warner and Steve Smith.

Who is the world's best batsman? Ricky Ponting gives his verdict

Jon Pierik

Flat out: AOC president John Coates is reforming the ARLC constitution.

Why reforming ARLC may be John Coates' biggest challenge yet

Roy Masters

Quick: Jai Field goes into score a try playing for Shellharbour in 2015.

Dragons young gun may be the fastest man in league

Matt Encarnacion

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 04: Eoin Morgan of the Thunder and Pat Cummins of the Thunder celebrate victory after ...

The price on Cummins' head in IPL auction soars

James Buckley

Raiders player Junior Paulo.

Canberra Raider banned after road rage charge

Caden Helmers

Limited powers: The bunker will now only rule on point-scoring plays, in-goal restarts and reportable fouls.

NRL bunker's jurisdiction dashed for 2017

Adrian Proszenko

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 02: Rob Horne of Waratahs in action during the round 15 Super Rugby match between the Sunwolves and ...

England-bound Horne hasn't given up on Wallabies

Tom Decent

TOULOUSE, FRANCE - OCTOBER 23: Danny Cipriani of Wasps catches the ball during the European Champions Cup match between ...

Former England star caught in stripper blackmail attempt

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 1: Joost van der Westhuizen for South Africa breaks away from Semo Sititi for Samoa ...

The Springbok warrior who kept on fighting in the hardest of battles

Mick Cleary

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