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US President Donald Trump.

'Pathological liar': Fears over Trump's mental health

3 mins ago

Jo Wallace

'No one wants their child to go through this': Mum's warning

1 hr ago

Domino's worker Tosif Varsi faces imminent deportation after the franchisee he was working for lost his store.

'I am so desperate': Ex-Domino's manager to be deported within days

Farmers battle a fire near Cassilis.

Small town 'all but wiped out' as bushfires ravage NSW

1 hr ago

Seth Klarman, founder of the Baupost Group LLC, arrives for a morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology ...

'If things go wrong...': The most sought-after letter on Wall Street

9 The Barbette Castlecrag

Sydney records stunning result despite record auctions - and the heat

ANALYSIS

PM ignored advice on cause of state-wide blackouts

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

No guilt: Parents spending their kids' inheritance

PM could be given 'rare' honour in US after volatile Trump call

Joanne Lees reveals she has an Australian father, long lost sister

Surreal day in the life of Donald Trump: Golf, missiles and weddings

Elizabeth Oliver is a Sydney GP.

What I do for the $37.05 that no one wants to pay

COMMENT

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

SNL is simply exhausted when it comes to Trump

COMMENT

"He and I were very close for about six months, until the inevitable falling-out ...": Peter FitzSimons with former ...

Shock jock details 'unbelievable' surgery pain ... then goes on rant

1 hr ago

Josh Lawson in Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story

Ridiculous hair isn't the only thing wrong with Hoges

COMMENT

The packed daily commute is more enjoyable if you talk to those with you, researchers have found.

Commuting is a bad thing, but I have found something to enjoy

NSW Bushfires

12 homes lost to NSW bushfires

Donald Trump tapes: Tom Arnold on I'm A Celebrity.

Tom Arnold says Clinton begged for Trump tape

Ponant's ship L'Austral in Sydney harbour tra17-shipnews

Sydney among most dynamic, fast-growing cities: report

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards ...

Duchess of Cambridge shines on BAFTAs red carpet

MArried At First Sight: Cheryl discovers Jonathan's 'dog move'.

Married At First Sight 'texting scandal' spells end of two couples

RBA governor Philip Lowe has spoken in favour of a lower corporate tax rate.

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RBA governor Philip Lowe has spoken in favour of a lower corporate tax rate.

Reserve Bank chief has a gentle dig at Turnbull

Ross Gittins

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 02: Laser technician Hilary Quinn poses for a photo at the Melbourne Tattoo Removal ...

Tattoos are the new normal - and regret is also on the rise

Cara Waters

Former Republican congressman Bob Inglis in Sydney on Sunday.

A former climate sceptic's conservative case for action

Adam Morton

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Heatwave leaves NSW as the hottest place on the planet

Peter Hannam
37 mins ago

How lonely hearts scammers upped their game to net $25m

Sydney father killed, four injured in popular water-ski race

Local band members Pat, Sam and Alex play in the outdoor courtyard of the Harold Park Hotel in Glebe.

Call for councils to back off after Harold Park live music furore

The female driver died at the scene.

Girl, 5, fights for life after siblings fall from apartment window

Bruce Scholz Macedo for Eamonn Duff story about Aussie on FBI most wanted list. Images that are displayed on the ...

'You have to be poor to go to jail': How a fugitive was caught out

EXCLUSIVE

Melanie Anne Pears and Tony James Paraha were both sentenced to lengthy jail term for the death of their daughter Narelle

Man arrested for starting bushfire during total fire ban

Michael Evans

Petroglyphs of mammals on Burrup Peninsula rocks.

CSIRO pulled out of Burrup Peninsula rock art study

Marcus Strom

The tragedy occurred at Norman Point near Tin Can Bay, south of Fraser Island.

Child dies, another criticial after inflatable toy tragedy at Qld beach

QLD

Former Liberal MP and Sky News host Ross Cameron at the Sydney fundraiser on Thursday night

'Don't belong in decent society': Lib boss blasts Cameron over remarks

Summersault Festival

Phones stolen, people assaulted as dozens of youths storm festival

VIC

Rural Australia wants you! Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Nationals, Liberals divided over preference deal with One Nation

Fergus Hunter
9 mins ago

PM and ministers told wind not to blame for SA blackout

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Liberals defend putting One Nation ahead of the Nationals

Adam Gartrell

Senator Pauline Hanson addresses the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 23 ...

Fallout from Liberals' decision to preference Hanson hits Canberra

Live
Stephanie Peatling
55 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison with a lump of coal during question time on Thursday.

Strange bedfellows urge politicians to ditch 'partisan antics' on energy

LNP MP George Christensen has previously signalled he would support a banking royal commission.

Push for banks probe set to test Nats-Labor resolve

EXCLUSIVE

Cory Bernardi

'Own goal': Bernardi's half-hearted criticism of Cameron's comment

A man watches a TV news program on North Korea's missile launches at Seoul Railway Station, South Korea.

North Korea says test of new nuclear-capable missile a success

8 mins ago

Stephen Miller, senior policy advisor for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

White House official attacks courts after immigration setback

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull could address US Congress

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders says President Donald Trump is a liar.

Bernie Sanders calls Donald Trump a 'pathological liar'

4 mins ago

Elizabeth Oliver is a Sydney GP.

What I do for the $37.05 that no one wants to pay

COMMENT
Elizabeth Oliver

Conservative senator Cory Bernardi speaks at the anti-halal fundraiser in Melbourne.

Small-l liberal voters have been abandoned in the race to the right

COMMENT
Tim Dick

The obsession with getting women back to work risks overshadowing the major benefit of investments in childcare: ...

What every parent needs to know about the childcare changes

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

JB Hi-Fi CEO Richard Murray.

JB Hi-Fi sales up 23.6 per cent, beating estimates

Catie Low
21 mins ago

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Markets Live: Miners on a roll

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Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Much of Seth Klarman's anxiety seems to emanate from the leadership style of US President Donald Trump.

'Shockingly unpredictable': The danger posed by Trump

Domino's Pizza Enterprises has a market cap of $6.5 billion with current consensus forecast fiscal 2017 earnings of $120 ...

Domino's scandal: franchisee caught on tape selling visa

Adele Ferguson

RBA chief's gentle digs at Turnbull

Ross Gittins

8@eight: Reporting season to dominate

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Gina Rinehart is beefing up, and fracking may be off the menu

Colin Kruger, CBD

No retreat: ANZ Bank 'regrouping' to target Asian growth

Clancy Yeates

The 1980s brick house is often deemed ugly and placed in the "too hard basket" by prospective buyers.

Before and after: Renovating the ugliest house on the street

Auctioneer Damien Cooley during the auction of 1 Callan Street, Rozelle which sold for $1,308,000.

Boom-time auction result despite record auctions – and heat

ANALYSIS

Jane Hall says given her interests, she doesn't make too many furniture and design mistakes.

Why actor Jane Hall prefers living by herself

A man walks inside the fenced off area on the Euston Road side of Sydney Park.

Alexandria locals fear "disaster" as West -Connex plans morph

1 hr ago

Europe's first vertical forest, the Bosco Verticale, was completed in 2014 in Milan.

Five of the coolest vertical forests in the world

New Year's Eve in Sydney felt like a million-dollar hen's night celebrating skyrocketing house prices.

In status-obsessed Sydney, only one question really matters

Culture
1 hr ago

Make it a day to remember.

18 gifts she'll actually love to receive this Valentine's Day

Handsome Things

Marrickville flatmates Arlo Alexander-Meylan, Harry Gregg, Nikita Podlasov, Tom Grimes and Isaac Ewald filled their ...

Smart money moves to avoid share-house hell

Christine Long

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Valentine's Day? Bah, humbug!

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Laser technician Hilary Quinn says tattooing is back in fashion leading to steady business.

In the business of tattoo regret

Cara Waters

Peggy Willcox, owner of Mooney Real Estate, had to let someone go for inappropriate dress.

How to #DressLikeAWoman in small business

Sylvia Pennington

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Liberals to direct preferences to One Nation

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Usain Bolt's All-Stars sweep Nitro series

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Wild weather contintues across Australia

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Trump weighs revised travel ban

Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons, Feb 13

6 mins ago

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Stan - this is England

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The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Flume attends The 59th GRAMMY Awards.

Grammys 2017: Flume wins award for best dance album

Broede Carmody
22 mins ago

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Has SNL exhausted the Trump material or are they just exhausted

COMMENT
MIKE HALE

Broadcaster Alan Jones wrote to Premier Mike Baird about John Boyd's development proposal for Cooks Cove.

Jones set to return to work, details "unbelievable pain' after surgery

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Ryan Corr as John 'Strop' Cornell, Josh Lawson as Paul Hogan and Justine Clark as Noelene in Hoges.

Lawson's ridiculous hair isn't only thing wrong with Hoges

COMMENT
Karl Quinn

Wrong? Della opts to be the 'meat' in a Pete and Manu sandwich on <i>My Kitchen Rules</i>.

MKR's second teams deliver distasteful dinner conversation

COMMENT
Christine Sams

MArried At First Sight: Cheryl discovers Jonathan's 'dog move'.

Married At First Sight 'texting scandal' spells end of two couples

Aja Styles

Donald Trump tapes: Tom Arnold on I'm A Celebrity.

Tom Arnold says Hillary Clinton begged for Donald Trump tape

Staff writer

Ivanka Trump fashions on sale from Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer on SNL.

McCarthy's Spicer on SNL attacks 'white terrorism' on Ivanka

Aja Styles

No more farewells: Rock legend Suzi Quatro in Sydney.

Put some clothes on, veteran rocker tells youngsters

Sarah Thomas

Beautiful role: Esther Hannaford will play Carole King in the Australian premiere of the hit Broadway musical.

Superstar approves Australian chosen to play her in musical

Debbie Cuthbertson

The only photo said to be taken of James Tyson, Australia's first self-made millionaire.

Meet the legendary Australian who we've all forgotten

Linda Morris

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards ...

Photos: Duchess of Cambridge shines on BAFTAs red carpet

Meryl Streep arrives at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. ...

'Catastrophic': Meryl Streep in fresh attack on Trump

Their hair: Maddie Ziegler and Sia at the 57th annual Grammy Awards.

Photos: The most memorable Grammys looks of all time

1 hr ago

Portrait of Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 August 2016. Photo: Alex ...

Sarah Hanson-Young on what it's like to be a 'fly in, fly out' mum

Joanne Brookfield

Actress Kate Bosworth is seen arriving at the Calvin Klein Collection fashion show with new chief creative officer Raf ...

Kate Bosworth is wearing fake Calvin Klein to NYFW

Mary Ward
41 mins ago

Specific patterns may make some people appear to be better dancers than others, a study has found.

What makes a good dancer? It's all in the hips, study says

Steph Yin

Australian model Nicole Trunfio with musician husband Gary Clark Jr and their son, Zion.

Nicole Trunfio speaks out amid US racial tension for her biracial son

Amy Croffey

Channel 7 Sunrise host, Samantha Armytage forced an apology from Daily Mail Australia.

Daily Mail to stop publishing 'fat-shaming' stories

Amy Croffey

A supplement that may be able to give you a kick-start.

Could this anti-ageing supplement help prevent diabetes?

Paula Goodyer

Bodyweight exercises are good, hand taping optional

Determining workout depending on your age

Lindsey Metrus

It looks like running could have been given a bad rap.

Study suggests running may be good for our knees

Sarah Berry

Snapper in crazy water Photograph by William Meppem

No-red-meat weekly meal planner

Spiced doughnuts with blood orange and whey butterscotch at Pei Modern, Sydney.

Mark Best shuts Sydney restaurant Pei Modern

Adam Liaw gives classic lemon and sugar crepes an update.

Adam Liaw gives lemon and sugar crepes an update

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'Women should have to take their husband's surname': study

She is still a mother who just always wants the very best for her child.

A note from the mother of 'that' child

Photo: Jaime Fahs Nystuen/Facebook

Boy's traumatic haircut prompts act of kindness from stranger

The Premium Economy offering from Qantas.

Flight test: There's a reason why Qantas premium is in high demand

Alison Stewart

Playa del Amor in the Marieta Islands of Mexico has an unusual history.

This amazing 'lovers' beach' is completely hidden inside a cave

Sinead Pearson

The Qantas Club in Sydney.

Letters: I can't believe what I saw people wearing in business class

Magic Leap promises to overlay interactive graphics onto real life.

Magic Leap device spotted for first time

54 mins ago

Just press escape? It's not as easy as that.

Here's how to disappear from the internet

The star Will Stamp discovered is half the size of the sun and 300 times the size of Earth.

Teen discovers star 300 times the size of Earth

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Google's test of AI's killer instinct

Gizmodo

Paraplegic Paul Jenkins learning to walk with bionic legs with exercise physiologist Jim Barrett.

Exoskeleton may help paraplegic walk again

18 mins ago

2017 Isuzu D-Max.

New Isuzu D-Max first drive review

Drive Staff

Audi plans to reveal high-performance RS Q8 at the 2017 Geneva motor show.

Audi set to reveal RS Q8 concept

Greg Kable
1 hr ago

Car column: Aston Martin DB11
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motoring October ...

Aston Martin DB11 road test

Andrew MacLean

Toyota is building a real-life Tonka truck

Toyota to build real-life Tonka truck

Andrew MacLean

2018 Audi RS3 Sportback.

Updated Audi RS3 revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo.

Driven: Nissan GT-R Nismo

Andrew MacLean

Robbie Farah had a solid hit-out for the Rabbitohs at the weekend.

Big questions confronting your NRL club in 2017

Michael Chammas

Hobbled: Brett Stewart was restricted to just 11 games in 2016.

What Watmough could prove to NRL but Stewart cannot

Michael Chammas

Dean Jones steps out to lift Shivlal Yadav to the fence on the second day of the First test against India played at ...

Was this the most baffling axing in Australian cricket history?

Tim Lane

OTTAWA, ON - FEBRUARY 5: Chair umpire Arnaud Gabas reacts to getting hit in the eye with a ballbhit by Denis Shapovalov ...

The true cost of Denis Shapovalov's attack on umpire

1 hr ago

Sharks coach Shane Flanagan.

Flanagan warns Wigan not to turn on the biff

Steve Mascord
17 mins ago

Andrea Petkovic said the incident was "the epitome of ignorance".

Germans outraged as US plays Nazi-era version of anthem

1 hr ago

Chelsea's Pedro scored the equaliser.

Stunning free kick stops Chelsea in their tracks

Crucial figure: George Burgess puts in a strong showing for Souths in their trial against Manly at Campbelltown Stadium.

Maguire says no excuses for Rabbitohs in 2017

Michael Chammas

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: The Chiefs celebrate their victory after the Rugby Global Tens Final match between ...

'Shocking start to the day:' Chiefs rally to take title for fallen mate

Phil Lutton

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 12: Gael Fickou of France dives over to score his team's opening try during the RBS Six Nations ...

Scotland the Brave wilt in the face of power

Richard Bath
1 hr ago

Lote Tuqiri, of the Waratahs, passes during the Rugby Global Tens match between Waratahs and Rebels at Suncorp Stadium.

Ten reasons the Tens are better than the Sevens

Phil Lutton

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