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US President Donald Trump

Australia's role in exposing Donald Trump's weakness

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

20110401. BRW. Generic. Melbourne Grammar School, private, education, school, private school, private education, ...

Sydney struggling to cope with surge in school enrolments

FILE - This undated file image posted on an extremist website on Jan. 14, 2014, shows fighters from the Islamic State ...

Islamic State calls on followers to kill Australian clerics

EXCLUSIVE

SMH NEWS. Photo shows, Police at a crime scene in Pine St Yennora, in western Sydney. Photo by, Peter Rae Monday 13 ...

'Oh my god': Forklift driver's shock discovery in industrial complex

iStockphoto. Tired Feet. Teenager, Homelessness, Child, Footwear, Men, Depression, Little Boys, Talking, Sadness, ...

A 'network of sexual perpetrators' preyed on young boys for decades

Farmers battle a fire near Cassilis in the central west of New South Wales.

Heat to return after 'extremely rare' event

'This is NOT a drill': 200,000 people flee as spillway crumbles

Australian firm set to counter Trump by moving work to US

Turnbull hints at thaw in long standoff over Medicare freeze

No wonder we use cars: It shouldn't be this hard to get my son to school

COMMENT

Phone call furore: blood in the water for Trump's ticking time bomb

Paul McGeough

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

'You'd be shocked': The mistake 24 per cent of women may live to regret

Amber Harrison has disobeyed a court order preventing her from publishing confidential information about Seven West Media.

Seven boss' former EA flouts court order, releases more details

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the ...

One person upstaged the Duchess of Cambridge on the red carpet

COMMENT

Crowded trains.

If you hate your commute, take a leaf out of my book

A wild dog described as being a Hannibal Lecter due to his surgical attack methods of removing only kidneys from his ...

'Hannibal Lecter of dogs' meets grisly end after years tormenting

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Valentine's Day's hairy origins

Andrew Walker playing for the Brumbies in 2003.

Former Wallaby in line for Super Rugby comeback - at age 43

Warning: Snails are known mail eaters.

Nice try: the excuses for a late return that the tax office rejects

Tim Worner outside Channel 7 at the height of the Amber Harrison affair.

Worner cannot stay on Swans board in light of lover furore

COMMENT

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the ...

Duchess of Cambridge shines on BAFTAs red carpet

Treasurer Scott Morrison is playing hardball.

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Treasurer Scott Morrison with minister Christian Porter and minister Senator Simon Brimingham at Parliament House in ...

Memo Scott Morrison: there ain't no jam jars

COMMENT
Peter Martin
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Upswing: Revenue from gate takings, merchandise, memberships and sponsorship grew in 2016.

Money trail unlikely to placate clubs as NRL posts $2.6m loss

Roy Masters

The federal government will review penalty rates paid to hospitality staff.

Labour 'flexibility' has come at a cost: underemployment

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

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Crackdown on parents trying to beat Sydney school catchment rules

'Bigger bottle, same neck': Motorway plans stoke fears for suburb

'We've lost everything': residents return home after catastrophic fire

Matt O'Sullivan

An Anglican youth group provided opportunity for a "network of sexual perpetrators".

Boys abused on camps, sailing and fishing trips, commission finds

Jo Wallace

Sydney mum's heartfelt vaccine warning

Carolynne Wawrzyniak says she and her husband "worked huge hours" before retiring and their children would rather they ...

No guilt: Parents spending their kids' inheritance

Heat records kept tumbling on a hot Saturday.

Heatwave leaves NSW as the hottest place on the planet

Peter Hannam

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 20: A large crowd packs Swanston Street during White Night Melbourne on February 20, ...

Cops on alert for White Night after youth mobs storm public events

VIC

Dave and Claudine Fitzgibbon with their son Harvey.

Unborn baby Harvey gets helping hand within the womb

QLD

Crash on the Kings Highway, near Braidwood on Saturday.

Bystanders pull family from wreckage after horror highway crash

ACT

The footage was filmed in the yard of a Rottnest chalet.

Charges laid over Rottnest Island quokka kicking

UPDATED

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has labelled Labor's approach to renewables "negligent" and "complacent".

PM dubs Labor's renewable policies mindless, negligent

Mark Kenny

Turnbull government ties welfare cuts to NDIS funding

Adam Gartrell

Memo Scott Morrison: there ain't no jam jars

COMMENT
Peter Martin
1 hr ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has played politics over same-sex marriage but complains that the Coalition are doing the ...

Hypocrisy, thy name is politics

COMMENT

An unidentified Afghan man leans against a chainlink fence of a refugee camp after arriving with other asylum seekers on ...

Push to target private companies for alleged abuses on Nauru and Manus

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson became convinced that a proposal for a ban on racial discrimination in the constitution ...

Pearson's model for recognition wins support

Michael Gordon

SBS chair Bulent Hass Dellal.

Turnbull government appoints Bulent Hass Dellal as new SBS chair

Matthew Knott

Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron listens as he visits the Entrepreneurs Fair in Paris.

France's Hollywood presidential candidate is gaining ground

Nick Miller

A dolphin performs for the crowd.

Animal activists call for a ban on dolphins on planes in Indonesia

Jessie Chiang

Alejandro Toledo is accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes from a Brazilian conglomerate in return for ...

Peru asks Trump to consider deporting wanted ex-leader

A gay-rights protester holds a banner in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2009.

Homosexuality ruled not a crime, but persecution continues

Farid Farid

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

We already have Trump 2.0, thanks to Turnbull

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

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

The best reaction to bigotry and hatred isn't anger

COMMENT
Joel Meares

Scientists must actively seek to influence public debate by pushing it towards evidence-based arguments and points of ...

The antidote to populism is being grown in labs

COMMENT
Emma Johnston

Allan Fels

Fels calls for compensation scheme for Domino's workers

Accommodation and food services has the highest rate of underemployment.

Labour 'flexibility' has come at a cost: underemployment

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Might a Mexican wall prove a financial saviour for one of the worst takeovers in Australian corporate history?

Trump's wall might salvage worst deal in Australian history

Colin Kruger, CBD

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Whistleblower bounties could give billions to budget

Sarah Danckert

Heavy Toll: Transport giant axes 200 staff in job cut drive

Nick Toscano

We'll shift work to the US if Trump makes us, says Ansell

Patrick Hatch

Senate inquiry told ABCC law will not 'level the playing field'

Anna Patty

Little Creatures spearheads Lion's push into craft beers abroad

Brian Robins

Collete Dinnigan and husband Bradley Cocks.

Collette Dinnigan and husband list Milton country retreat

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

Residents fear Alexandria will soon become 'unliveable'

Seemingly harmless items in your home could pose the greatest danger.

The most dangerous decor items in your home

Photo: Noah Darnell | Lauren Bryan Knight

Working from home? How to maintain a work-life balance

House prices falling? Try telling that to first home buyers in Sydney and Melbourne.

Melbourne overtakes Sydney on list of world's most dynamic cities

Herringbone and Rhodes & Beckett have confirmed that seven of their stores will close immediately.

Retail reapers: Seven stores close as administrators show no mercy

Men's Style

The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955.

An old-school Swiss watch legend finally joins the digital age

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Nicole helps… identify a good financial adviser

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Superannuation is a safe place to keep your cash if you have a partner who gambles.

How to plan for the future if your partner gambles

George Cochrane

Adore Beauty founder Kate Morris decided that "the interests of the company are best served by being independent again".

Adore Beauty sells stake to Woolworths then buys it back

Cara Waters

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

In the business of tattoo regret

Cara Waters

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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 continues across Australia

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Trump weighs revised travel ban

An animatronic baby is displayed during the press preview for the 'Robots' exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

World of Photos.

Stan - Billions

Binge every episode of Billions before the brand new season - 20th Feb

Stan - Trainspotting

Ahead of the reunion, choose life with Trainspotting - now streaming on Stan

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Surprise: Cheryl's Scottish and Andrew is Is caomh leam thu (I like you).

Married At First Sight turns into First Dates Australia

Aja Styles

Adele collects the Grammy for Song of the Year for <i>Hello</i>.

Black lives matter; English ones matter, and win, more

Bernard Zuel

Carol Lloyd performs with Railroad Gin in 1974.

A Matter of Time singer Carol Lloyd dies

Tony Moore

James Hetfield of Metallica is forced to share Lady Gaga's mic during the Grammys 2017.

Adele's blunder is nothing given Metallica's meltdown

Karl Quinn

In a display of regal brilliance, a heavily pregnant Beyonce performs at the Grammys.

Pregnant Beyonce wows Grammys with gilded ode to motherhood

Broede Carmody

Nicole Kidman attends the British Academy Film Awards.

Sorry Nic, La La Land continues awards season domination

Broede Carmody

Adele's tribute to Beyonce at Grammys 2017.

Blog: Adele dedicates Grammy to Beyonce: 'We f---ing adore you'

Rob Moran

Alan Jones is set to return to the airwaves in March.

Jones set to return to work, details 'unbelievable pain'

Broede Carmody

No more farewells: Rock legend Suzi Quatro in Sydney.

Put some clothes on, veteran rocker tells youngsters

Sarah Thomas

Phillip Johnston: Surprises abound in his new work.

Twelve gun musos all fire together after just one rehearsal

John Shand

Pekka Kuusisto.

Collision of art music and folk tunes adds little to either

Peter McCallum

Nayser Ahmed, a Rohingya refugee, is currently in Manus Island's detention center after being separated from his family ...

If we're angered by the 'Muslim ban,' why not the slaughter of Muslims?

Ruby Hamad

In a display of regal brilliance, a heavily pregnant Beyonce performs at the Grammys.

The Baftas and Grammys: A tale of two red carpets

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

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

Model walks for Creatures of Comfort wearing a 'We are all Human Beings' sweater, expressing unity of all people.

Political statements might be the biggest trend of NYFW

Victoria Beckham after her show at New York Fashion Week.

Team Beckham show unity in face of email scandal at NYFW

Annie Brown

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

Blue Ivy Carter and Jay Z waiting for Beyonce to perform at the Grammys on February 12 in LA.

Why Blue Ivy was the best dressed at the Grammy Awards

Amy Croffey

Mergler and Hazelden finish their day with the run leg. They welcome supporters joining in.

Illness and heatwave don't stop couple's marathon effort

Sarah Berry

Bodyweight exercises are good, hand taping optional

Determining workout depending on your age

Lindsey Metrus

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

Could this anti-ageing supplement help prevent diabetes?

Paula Goodyer

Orecchiette with eggplant and ricotta.

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

Pete Evans' paleo butter chicken with cauliflower rice

Pete Evans's healthy butter chicken without the butter

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

Expat life

10 best countries to raise your children in

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

A note from the mother of 'that' child

Sasso Barisano, topped by Matera's cathedral.

Before Rome and Athens: Italy's 9000-year-old city

Andrew Bain

The Premium Economy offering from Qantas.

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

Alison Stewart

The real cost of plane of turnarounds - it's not just about angry passengers.

The reason why fast turnarounds are essential for airlines

Samsung said it retrieved 96 per cent of the more than three million Note 7s it had sold and activated.

Who owns your phone: you or its manufacturer?

Be sure that your dreams of romance don't turn into a nightmare this Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day: beware lonely hearts scammers

LoL OPL 2017

Esports: all the latest action from LoL's Aussie league

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Google's test of AI's killer instinct

Gizmodo

Magic Leap promises to overlay interactive graphics onto real life.

Magic Leap device spotted for first time

BMW Australia has confirmed the X2 is coming to local showrooms

BMW confirms X2, X7 SUVs for Oz

Drive Staff

2017 Isuzu D-Max.

Isuzu's new HiLux rival reviewed

Drive Staff

2017 Volkswagen Golf.

New high-tech VW Golf revealed

David McCowen

Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet ;*Kraftstoffverbrauch kombiniert: 17,0 l/100 km, CO2-Emissionen kombiniert: 397 g/km ...

Mercedes' million-dollar bush basher

Greg Kable

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Aston Martin DB11 road test

Andrew MacLean

2017 Maserati Levante.

Maserati Levante to double local sales

Jez Spinks

Upswing: Revenue from gate takings, merchandise, memberships and sponsorship grew in 2016.

Money trail unlikely to placate clubs as NRL posts $2.6m loss

Roy Masters

Sydney FC and the Wanderers

Pitch in 'good shape' for Sydney derby despite Guns N' Roses

Dominic Bossi

Crowd pleaser: The champion mare had a big, adoring audience.

Tradies, suits and celebrities flock to watch Winx crush them – again

Andrew Webster

Andrew Walker playing for the Brumbies in 2003.

Ex-Wallaby, 43, in line for shock Super Rugby comeback

Chris Dutton

Tim Worner outside Channel 7 at the height of the Amber Harrison affair.

Worner must step down from the Swans board

COMMENT
Caroline Wilson

Too easy: Winx eases to the line to win the Apollo Stakes.

Bowman hopes Winx a tonic for firefighting mates

Chris Roots

Retirement: Brett Stewart.

Mediator may decide Stewart's retirement appeal

Michael Chammas

Adjournment: Semi Radradra arrives at Parramatta court.

Radradra free to play for Eels until at least round nine

Michael Chammas

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 13: Michael Hooper of the Waratahs poses during the 2017 Super Rugby Media Launch at ...

Tahs look west, north for new digs

Georgina Robinson

Staying put: Daryl Gibson says he wants Israel Folau to attack and defend at outside-centre this year for the Waratahs.

Gibson's plan for Folau to become a complete No.13

Tom Decent

State rivals: James Slipper of the Reds and Michael Hooper of the Waratahs.

Forget Origin, play more derbies, say coaches

Tom Decent

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