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Which sane country would wager its national security on the sanity of the mad king?

Trump fears spark warning of $37b cost to cutting ties

David Taylor arriving at Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

Bali death: Australian woman's boyfriend faces eight years in jail

1 hr ago

Max Quartermain, operator of Corporate and Leisure Aviation.

Pilot was already under investigation for near-miss with Sydney plane

Michael Pascoe

It's the debating trick Trump has mastered - and I fell victim to it

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Court documents say Meriton did not wish problem guests to receive special offers for its accommodation.

No phones, no hot water, no lifts: alleged plot to gag hotel guests

A new topic, the craft of writing, will be mandatory for all English students.

Top-performing Asian countries line up to buy HSC after overhaul

Socialite's brain 'deprived of glucose' during incident in cell

Boy, 10, pleads guilty to raping, threatening to kill eight-year-old

1 hr ago

'Enormous empathy': Sydney bishop reveals own story of abuse

Big win for shareholders as BHP posts profit increase of 157 per cent

Gumption ain't enough: Coalition's 'can do' attitude is out of order

COMMENT

Grant Hackett leaves Southport watch house on Wednesday after his arrest.

Hackett speaks out after 'toughest week of my life'

1 hr ago

Retailers have been forced to discount autumn and winter stock amid above-average temperatures.

US chain latest global retailer to open in Australia

Head chef Nelly Robinson of Nel Restaurant in the Sydney CBD.

Fed-up restaurants blacklist 38,000 diners who failed to show

Karl Stefanovic's kids found out about Jasmine Yarbrough by pictures of them kissing.

Stefanovic's wife, kids 'shocked' to learn of his new girlfriend

EXCLUSIVE

Le Bouche Ã Oreille in Bourges, a small city in central France, was mistakenly added to a map of Michelin-starred ...

'I laughed out loud': Bistro with plastic tables given Michelin star

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Massive goanna v waitress

This car space in Potts Point sold at auction for $190,000.

Hot property: buyers fight for 15sqm of Sydney concrete

Samia Lila dragged the goanna from the restaurant.

'I thought it was a dog first': Waitress drags goanna from eatery

Chris and Grant, the gay couple on Seven's reality series <i>Bride & Prejudice</I>.

Bride & Prejudice star adds twist after powerful TV moment

Mouldy

The foods that are safe to eat when they're mouldy

The new English syllabuses focus on grammar and punctuation.

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The new English syllabuses focus on grammar and punctuation.

The revamped HSC reforms have passed the first test

Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger speak together.

Confronting talk with rapist a blessing and a curse

Jane Gilmore

Australian Institute of Company Directors boss Elizabeth Proust

Big business joins push for elections every four years

Fergus Hunter

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City of Sydney councillor Linda Scott says the Powerhouse Museum should be part of the city's "cultural ribbon".

The astonishing cost of moving the Powerhouse Museum 20km

In the dark: Thousands of students at risk of losing funding

Eryk Bagshaw

How bias is creeping in to new drug trials

Premier Gladys Berejiklian with former health minister Jillian Skinner.

Skinner resignation clears path for North Shore byelection

Sean Nicholls

North Sydney mayor Jilly Gibson had a change of heart, voting to support the council's ongoing legal fight against a ...

North Sydney mayor backflips on merger fight

Lisa Visentin

Police remain at the scene of a house fire on Paringa Place in Bangor.

Woman killed in fierce Sydney house fire as she slept upstairs

A new topic, the craft of writing, will be mandatory for all English students.

HSC faces its biggest overhaul in decades

Karen Ristevski, with her husband Borce and daughter Sarah.

Mount Macedon body: Identity confirmed as Karen Ristevski

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49 mins ago

The 10-year-old boy leaving court with his family.

Boy, 10, pleads guilty to raping, threatening to kill eight-year-old

WA
1 hr ago

Friends and family remembered Tatu as a remarkable young man with a bright future.

'We lost a special person': Tributes flow after motorbike crash

ACT
1 hr ago

Devices have been installed in 120 Brisbane ambulances, allowing them to have a clear run of green lights.

Ambulances, fire crews given the power to turn traffic lights green

QLD

Sir Angus Houston addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.

Defence spend would break the budget if we go it alone: Houston

Mark Kenny

Most agree, keeping refugees on Manus and Nauru is cruel: pollster

Michael Gordon

Six years of childcare? The total cost came as a shock

COMMENT
Stephanie Peatling

Guest: Benjamin Netanyahu is making the first Australian visit by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister.

Jewish leaders hit back at Netanyahu visit critics as Labor splits

Adam Gartrell

Australian Institute of Company Directors boss Elizabeth Proust

Big business backs four-year parliamentary terms

Fergus Hunter

The Minister assisting the Treasurer Michael Sukkar on Sky News.

A 'highly paid job' is 'first step' to buying a home, says MP

MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA-OCTOBER 11, 2012: Photo of Ahmed Fahour MD Australia Post , announcing the company's annual results ...

Coalition's red tape repeal allowed Australia Post to hide huge salary

EXCLUSIVE

A Canadian Forces Griffon helicopter comes in for a landing near the Mosul dam on Monday.

Difficult battle for western Mosul could displace 400,000 civilians

Women who fled fighting in nearby Leer in recent months, queue for food aid at a food distribution made by the World ...

UN declares famine in South Sudan

Old Town in Stockholm,

The truth about Sweden, refugees and crime

A photo of Karen Connors from Saint Leo College's 1972 yearbook.

First a mistaken burial as a pauper. Then the indignities piled up.

"Just be more rich, poor people - then you won't be so darn poor all the time. Why must you make this so difficult?"

The experiment that shows how government insults the non-wealthy

COMMENT
Andrew P Street

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will have the opportunity to ask some tough questions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

A real friend of Israel would stand up for Palestinian rights

COMMENT
Stuart Rees

Which sane country would wager its national security on the sanity of the mad king?

Australia can't trust its ally with the 'mad king' in power

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Trump

I've been Trumped, and it is so very embarrassing

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

A T.J. Maxx store in Hialeah, Florida

Another offshore retailer T.J. Maxx arrives down under

Simon Johanson

A resurgent iron ore price has buoyed earnings at BHP.

BHP hikes payout, slashes debt as earnings surge

Brian Robins

Investors have been pushing for this separation.

Can Domain's float carry Fairfax forward?

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Healthcare stocks drag ASX lower despite iron ore strength

Myriam Robin

Where the world's wealthiest invest their billions

'This is war': Harrison promised to 'destroy' Seven boss

Michaela Whitbourn

'Ikea effect': Aldi seeks grocery guinea pigs

Madeleine Heffernan

This car space in Potts Point sold at auction for $190,000.

They paid how much? City dwellers battle to buy car space

Nicole Frost
23 mins ago

Court documents say Meriton did not wish problem guests to receive special offers for its accommodation.

Meriton staff 'doctored email addresses to hide bad reviews', court told

Kirsten Dunst has listed her refurbished Canal Street loft which comes with a private elevator entrance.

Actor Kirsten Dunst selling her edgy New York City loft

More than 18 per cent of all Australians use Airbnb.

Renting on Airbnb and Stayz poses Capital Gains Tax risk for sellers

A guide to the best kitchen layouts, according to experts in the field.

The best layouts to consider when designing your kitchen

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The superyacht life.

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Fascia stretch techniques target more than just muscle groups.

The one stretching technique every runner should know

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The rental market is competitive in the capital cities.

Why Generation Rent also needs to be heard in housing affordability debate

Jessica Irvine

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon, at Parliament House, is helping lead the charge to make Australians ''money smart''.

The one thing pollies agree on is money – that is, ours

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

David Lambourn and his son Aaran Lambourn are the fifth and sixth generation of their family to work in a butcher's shop ...

The little butcher's shop with a long history

Cara Waters

Kate Carnell says the opposition needs to back the company tax cut for small business.

Why small business needs the company tax cut

Kate Carnell

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US military 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil'

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Angelina Jolie raises son as 'proud' Cambodian

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Pence brings EU a message of partnership

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MKR: Curry paste scandal

Children make soap bubbles at sunset in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

World of Photos - February 21, 2017

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Chris and Grant, the gay couple on Seven's reality series <i>Bride & Prejudice</I>.

Bride & Prejudice's Chris reveals homophobic mum has shock past

Sarah Thomas

Josh Thomson, Jesse Mulligan, and Kanoa Lloyd from <i>The Project NZ</i>.

The Project NZ: A frightening trip into a TV bizarro world

Rob Moran

Katy Perry performs at last week's Grammys.

Awkward live mic feed of Katy Perry’s Grammys gig leaks

Rob Moran

George Brandis on Q&A.

Q&A questioner quietly fillets Humphrey B. Brandis on live TV

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Drake was the world's most streamed artist of 2016.

Drake questions Grammys win: 'It just doesn't feel right'

Broede Carmody

Sir Elton John will play regional stadiums in Queensland in 2017, skipping the state capital.

Sir Elton John skips Brisbane to play regional Queensland

Felicity Caldwell

David Attenborough will host a sequel to his acclaimed documentary series <i>Blue Planet</i>.

Still going: David Attenborough, 90, to host Blue Planet II

Nazeem Hussain's tears over Lindt terror threat not dividing Australians.

Nazeem Hussain's tears over Lindt cafe terror attack

Aja Styles

The Age, News/Arts. American dancer David Hallberg, who will perform in the Australian Ballet's revival of Sleeping ...

Australia saved his career and now he's repaying the debt

Sonia Harford

Tosca

Electrifying power in this brutal saga of torture and murder

Peter McCallum

Malavika Sarukkai in?Sammohanam

Happy feet - and arms - make for an enchanting show

Jill Sykes

Malcolm Roberts and Cory Bernardi: both highly deserving of a petition calling for them to be sacked.

10 people more deserving of being sacked than Abdel-Magied

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Shari-Lea Hitchcock leaves Waverley Court on Tuesday.

Pratt lover "deprived of glucose" during alleged police attack

Jenna Clarke

According to research from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), although most people start online dating with ...

Your dream partner isn't the person you're messaging: study

Mary Ward

Karl Stefanovic's kids found out about Jasmine Yarbrough by pictures of them kissing.

Stefanovic's family 'shocked' to learn of his new girlfriend

EXCLUSIVE
Amy Croffey

Transgender model on cover of Vogue Paris

Where Vogue went wrong with celebrating transgender beauty

COMMENT
Elizabeth Duck-Chong

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Kim Kardashian arrives at the 57th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 8, 2015 ...

Speaking about robbery for TV was 'therapeutic,' says Kim's mother

Amy Croffey

Octavia Spencer, from left, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae pose in the press room with the award for outstanding ...

Why I'm letting my daughter watch the Oscars red carpet

The actress had been picked up from her home by a car sent by a production house to take her to the studio for dubbing ...

Actress abducted from her car and assaulted for hours

Anuradha Nagaraj

A banana may be good for your immune system during or after intense or long exercise.

Eat carbs to support your immune system during exercise

Sarah Berry

Cannibalism: More common than we realise and not black and white.

Could cannibalism be 'perfectly natural'? This scientist thinks so

Sarah Kaplan

Problem solved? Not so fast food.

School lunchboxes: why kids deserve better

Paula Goodyer

Mike McEnearney, of Kitchen by Mike and No.1 Bent Street.

Kitchen by Mike to be reborn in Surry Hills

The pizza at Rosso Antico on Enmore Road, Newtown

Sydney's best pizza: the top 10 pizza joints across town

Holy deliciousness, Batman, it's a sweet pork sandwich.

Peckish? Try the barsnacks at Neil Perry's Eleven Bridge

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The Instagram account celebrating dads: 'I don't babysit. I parent.'

Sex without the chance of becoming pregnant - Yes.

7 reasons why getting a vasectomy is a good idea

Cafe date for Mental Health Day

Should we let kids take 'mental health days' off school?

The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Bucket list: The seven greatest wonders of travel named

Customers are increasingly relying on their own tablets and smartphones for entertainment on airlines.

Airlines are scrapping seatback TV screens and it's your fault

Christopher Mele

Views along the South Australian coastline on the Yorke Peninsula, with two women on walking trail

The spectacular Australian peninsula that no one knows about

Andrew Bain

An artist's impression of the Sky Muster II satellite.

What the NBN satellite shutdown means for you

The Galaxy maker pulled its Note7 smartphone off shelves last year after a series of reports about the devices bursting ...

Samsung's reputation takes nosedive in US

Aloy prepares to jump to a longneck robot, which can provide geographical data.

The mysteries of one of 2017's most anticipated video games

Snap has been on a hiring spree.

Snap looks beyond app to hardware

Uber

Uber launches 'urgent' harassment probe

Aston Martin Vantage S Red Bull Racing Edition.

Daniel Ricciardo's new car revealed

Andrew MacLean

2017 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline.

Skoda Kodiaq to arrive early

Andrew MacLean

Chinese car maker, Geely, is expected to make a bid for struggling Malaysian car maker Lotus.

Geely to takeover Proton and Lotus

Norihiko Shirouzu

2017 BMW i3 94Ah.

Eight things you need to know about the BMW i3 BEV

Stephen Ottley

The Roborace series for self-driving cars is underway.

First driverless race ends in smash

David McCowen

2017 Chevrolet Bolt.

GM and Lyft planning world's largest driverless car trial

Paul Lienert

Marching orders: David Klemmer of the Bulldogs reacts after being sent to the sin bin for dissent in a Bulldogs clash ...

Bringing back the bin

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 08: Wanderers fans cheer during the round one A-League match between the Western Sydney ...

Red and Black Bloc are a stain on the A-League

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Grant Hackett leaves Southport watch house on Wednesday after his arrest.

Hackett breaks silence after 'toughest week of my life'

1 hr ago

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Dustin Johnson and his son Tatum walk down to the 18th hole during the final round ...

Linked to a gangland killing, drug ban and now the world No.1

James Corrigan

2015 Rugby League State Of Origin. NSW Blues training in Coffs Harbour. Coaching Staff Assistant coach Matt Parish. ...

NSWRL to investigate Parish AVO application

Adrian Proszenko

Focused: Bernard Foley will be assessed on Tuesday to see if he has overcome concussion symptoms.

Waratahs bracing for setback after Foley a no-show at training

Tom Decent

Scott Higginbotham's case has been adjourned until March 22.

Video of Scott Higginbotham incident 'quite telling': lawyer

Jorge Branco

Setting out with a point to prove: Matthew Wade.

Thankless task: Wade is playing for his career in India

Andrew Wu

Intense: Dan Vickerman "always had a plan".

Big Vicks did 'transition' better than most

Georgina Robinson

Sure to be on board: Quade Cooper of the Reds.

Wallabies legend implores Australian teams to take risks

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Michael Cheika, head coach of Australia looks on during the Old Mutual Wealth Series ...

Michael Cheika trusts 'gut feel' on rising star halfback

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