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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

'Disastrous': PM set to steer clear of WA campaign

51 mins ago

The "greyball" program created "phantom" cars to appear on the Uber app.

Calls for Uber to be investigated over 'greyball' tactics

10 mins ago

The search for the missing 5-year-old boy has resumed.

'He was so little, it was awful': boy's body found

1 hr ago

Seller Edward Crawford outside 35 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills.

The Surry Hills owner with 660,000 reasons to smile post-auction

1 hr ago

Whitegoods

Welcome to the Lemon Age where nothing lasts forever – or even a year

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Kirsty Dayment, centre, arrives at the Downing Centre District Court for sentencing.

Pregnant eastern suburbs socialite to give birth in jail, court hears

Croc pair Snap and Crackle go missing in Sydney's south west

1 hr ago

What is the future for blue collar workers? Answer is in plain sight

Steve Bannon makes the cover of al-Qaeda newspaper

More rain to come but things looking brighter for Mardi Gras

The continent that climate change has not forgotten

Nick Adams with US President Donald Trump.

From Ashfield councillor to Trump's endorsement: the rise of Nick Adams

1 hr ago

Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates the dismissal of India's Abhinav Mukund.

Handscomb makes amends as Lyon strikes before lunch

Live

Season in doubt: Greg Inglis has ruptured his ACL.

Inglis suffers nightmare injury in Rabbitohs opener

A koala drinks from a bird bath at a property in rural NSW. Photo credit Kate Wilson

'They literally drop out of trees': Why koalas are driven to drink

Farah and Maryam: "We're entering a new life!"

The fiery moment when life changed for Farah and Maryam

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Banksy opens hotel on West Bank

This Dec. 9, 2016 image released by NBC shows Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new boss of "The New Celebrity Apprentice," at ...

Schwarzenegger quits reality show over Trump 'baggage'

Carrying the load: Brad Arthur went to hell and back trying to hold the Parramatta Eels together in 2016.

To hell and back: How Arthur kept the Eels afloat

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Expect more chest-bursting terror in the new Alien

Masterclass: Steve O'Keefe celebrates the dismissal of Virat Kohli on day three.

Warne's opinions carry weight - but this borders on persecution

COMMENT

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Tutor Paul Leone (right) with Year 12 biology student Benjamin Huang, both of Castle Hill, were connected by the ...

The matchmaking sites for students and tutors

Catherine Armitage

A vote for Senator Pauline Hanson's One Nation is perhaps the most effective protest against both the government and ...

What Senate gridlock? The government's reliable partner

Matthew Knott
26 mins ago

Justen Thomas was helped by the Intellectual Disability Rights Network and its Criminal Justice Support Network. He now ...

NSW support services facing funding cut in NDIS transition

Kelsey Munro
25 mins ago

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Seller Edward Crawford outside 35 Lansdowne Street, Surry Hills.

The Surry Hills owner with 660,000 reasons to smile after auction

1 hr ago

There's nothing quite like fresh produce for Indira Naidoo.

How Indira Naidoo 'found her purpose' in an apartment garden

Brendan McAssey has paid more than $17.3 million for the home of next door neighbour Donna Doyle.

Sydney's ultra-wealthy trade property amid housing debate

Darren Palmer: A dramatic makeover by changing three things

David and Kristen Bird are cashing in on the hot auction market, having already sold their Epping investment property ...

Overflow of eager buyers triggers record February

The bridge is along the route of one of Sydney's most notorious traffic snarls.

Premier's promise for notorious Sydney traffic snarl

'Quite ruthless:' 12-year career over in just 30 minutes

For more than three decades Robert Adams kept a dark secret

Police are looking for the male attacker who was armed with a knife.

Man third shooting victim in three nights in Sydney's west

Firefighters at the intersection of Eddy Avenue, where a burst water main has clogged traffic.

Flooding cut access to Central Station for buses and light rail

Laurie Starling was found dead in his car outside his business in West Gosford.

Shot dead in his driveway after feud over prized bike

Students Marlia Stewart, Chloe Pratt, Knox Murray and Cameron Trulove, with assistant principal, Katie Harmon, try out a ...

The 10,000 pieces of evidence that will settle the homework wars

The father of the boys, who for legal reasons can not be identified.

Father 'numb' after ex allegedly tried to drown sons

The drugs were concealed in items posted from China and Hong Kong to Sydney, police say.

Chinese drug syndicate members charged over record 300kg drug haul

Karen Ristevski.

Ristevski to be laid to rest two weeks after her body was found

VIC

A Queensland University Technology administration officer is now facing having to pay costs of up to six figures to ...

Judge denies QUT admin officer's 18C racism appeal

QLD

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and WA Premier Colin Barnett tour an LNG project on Barrow Island last year.

Turnbull set to steer clear of WA as Barnett fights to hold power

Matthew Knott
51 mins ago

Hug a farmer, they've just saved Australia's economic bacon

Eryk Bagshaw

A national sexual health crisis nobody is talking about

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Warren Entsch says he is not concerned that the penalty rates issue could cost him his seat.

Coalition MP Entsch makes kamikaze penalty rates pledge

James Massola

Alastair MacGibbon, Cyber Security Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, during a "Lunch with" at the Dickson Dumpling ...

Lunch with: Cybercop has no time for hackers

Fergus Hunter

One of the two new Australian Joint Strike Fighters at the Avalon Airshow

Australia's first Joint Strike Fighters unveiled

Summonsed home: DFAT is trying to wrangle 113 Very Important Diplomats back to Australia.

Foreign affairs aghast: Only $1.1m to fly diplomats home?

SKETCH

Doorman stands at the entrance of the "The Walled Off Hotel".

Artist Banksy opens Bethlehem hotel

A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi Special Forces armored vehicles as they advance towards Islamic State held territory ...

Mosul victims treated for chemical attack as more civilians flee

Xie Yang

China's response to reports of torture? 'Fake News'

Trump talks: Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, will visit Washington later this month.

Germany's Angela Merkel to meet with Trump in Washington

Women on average earn at least 20 per cent less than men, and in some sectors the gap is growing.

We're still fighting the battle I thought women would win 30 years ago

COMMENT
Anne Summers

I'd like to be reimbursed for the time I've spent waiting, each and every night, in traffic on the Anzac Bridge.

Giving the game a final crack

COMMENT
Richard Glover

Think about it, every eye roll a woman gives a man in an ad is re-enforcing the notion that men are incompetent.

When did men (particularly dads) become so idiotic?

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

Uber says its "greyball" program protected its drivers from physical harm.

Fake apps and ghost cars: The lengths Uber will go to to win

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

The recession that never was, didn't happen... Phew

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The launch of Legoland at Chadstone Shopping Centre, with John Gandel, owner and founder of Chadstone Shopping Centre, ...

'Adapt or perish': Old-style town centre makes comeback

Carolyn Cummins

Illustration: Simon Bosch

'Dinosaurs still exist': boardrooms in 2017

IN DEPTH
Nassim Khadem

A 'broken-down old shearer' takes on Commonwealth Bank

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Chance meeting leaves lasting imprint

Mark Hawthorne

Fed's Yellen sets stage for March rate hike in US

Banks may rue not facing a royal commission

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

A well-proportioned sleeve can make tiny hands look normal.

There's something very different about Donald Trump

La Corniche ticks all boxes.

Big business: The boutique hotels wooing high-flying CEOs

First Class

The truth is, not everyone can afford to buy a home and renting is cheaper than buying.

The case against letting first-home buyers use super

Noel Whittaker

The highest risk option for parents is to act as guarantor for the child's loan.

Reducing the risk of helping adult children into property

Daryl Dixon

Founder of Boost Juice Janine Allis speaking at the Sage Summit.

Janine Allis' advice to entrepreneurs: Marry well

Cara Waters

Father and son team Ben and Bill Stuth run Bill & Ben The Electrical Men.

The rise of the iTradie

Cara Waters

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Body of boy found in Murray River

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Trump considers splitting families at Mexican border

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Wests upset Souths to start season

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Sydney beat Victory in Big Blue

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as Beast in Beauty and the Beast.

Drive-in cinema bans Disney movie over gay character

1 hr ago

This Dec. 9, 2016 image released by NBC shows Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new boss of "The New Celebrity Apprentice," at ...

Arnie fires himself from Celebrity Apprentice all because of Trump

Michael Idato

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Expect more chest-bursting terror in the new Alien

Garry Maddox

Mark Colvin (front) with actor John Howard.

How ABC journo's pen pal stepped in to save his life

Elissa Blake

From left: Jing Tian as San, Brie Larson as Mason Weaver, Tom Hiddleston as James Conrad and Thomas Mann as Slivko in ...

Nothing can topple King Kong: Tom Hiddleston

Michael Idato

Germaine Greer in 1970, at the height of her campaign for women's rights.

Trailblazing feminist Germaine Greer's secrets revealed

Gina McColl

Elle McPherson at Industry Beans in Fitzroy.

Elle Macpherson on business, health and her vegan, digital detox

Melissa Singer

Ed Sheeran had a year off but the new album shows him happy, settled and hit-filled

REVIEW: Ed Sheeran's album will divide and conquer the charts

Bernard Zuel

Sydney Queer Irish rehearsing for Mardi Gras in the Domain. 1st March 2017, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

They're queer. They're Irish. And the gods are smiling on them

Nick Galvin

Fabulous: Dame Shirley does her best Trevor Ashley impersonation.

Call me Shirley ... Trevor Ashley unleashes his inner Dame

John Shand

Nicholas Harding and the 'tasteless' painting

'It was tasteless': Artist licks priceless Van Gogh

Peter Munro

American writer, Lindy West, is in Sydney for the All About Women Festival. 2nd March 2017 Photo: JAnie Barett

The question that irks Shrill author Lindy West

Jenny Noyes

Jessa Crispin is done with the f-word, but not for the reason most give for avoiding the label.

I no longer call myself a feminist, because the word is meaningless

Jessa Crispin

Former model Victoire Dauxerre has written a book detailing the pressure faced by young models in a market saturated ...

'I was imprisoned in my body': model exposes dark side of industry

Radhika Sanghani

Middle age does not have to mean a middle spread.

The seven dream partners I would create from scratch

Kate Iselin

Pregnancy and birth and kids change almost every woman, but they don't have to limit our choices.

Kim wore heels to play tennis - and I applaud her for it

Natalie Reilly

Adele: an early red carpet highlight.

Adele hits back at Princess Fiona Grammys comparison

Ruby Rose is home for Mardi Gras.

Ruby Rose lines up for Mardi Gras

Andrew Hornery

Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge in 2014.

Why the 'semi-split' is replacing the divorce

Flic Everett

Weight and what we eat can affect fertility.

The best fertility diet may be low-carb, research finds

Sarah Berry

Olympic diver Greg Louganis.

How Greg Louganis survived and thrived after a HIV diagnosis

Sarah Berry

A good egg: What's the story?

Butter or olive oil? Eggs or no? New nutritional review cuts through the myths

Cara Rosenbloom

Neil Perry's spaghetti with bottarga.

Neil Perry's simple cherry tomato spaghetti

Kitchen by Mike has launched at the Sydney International Airport with Fly by Mike packs to take on flights.

Kitchen by Mike off to a flying start at Sydney International Airport

Scott Bolles

Jill Dupleix's berry cheesecake pancakes.

Did we say cheesecake pancake recipe? Yes, yes we did.

Jill Dupleix

Steph Eden-McIlroy used a hosiptal grade breast pump to stimulate milk production.

Same sex couple shares the joy of breastfeeding their baby

"Take the photos. While you have time": Cath Hughes' message to families.

The heartbreaking story behind this blurry family photo

Some kids are raking in up to $40, but the average per pearly white is $2.62.

Kids receiving up to $40 per tooth as Tooth Fairy expectations rise

The spectacular Na Pali coast, Kauai, Hawaii.

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to Hawaii

Sheriden Rhodes

Dressing up a bit for a business class lounge shouldn't be difficult.

Letters: Dressing decent in the Qantas lounge - it's not that hard

This is the world's most visited country, according to the figures. But where is it?

Traveller quiz: Which country gets the most international visitors?

Mal Chenu

A flat phone battery might lead to a fine.

Battery life the big issue for mobile phone users

The AWS outage lasted slightly more than four hours.

Amazon's cloud outage due to human error

Moving from portable to home console and back again is as easy as dropping the Switfch into its dock, or lifting it out.

Review: Hybrid console Nintendo Switch is simple, but smart

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What to believe from the Galaxy S8 rumours

Kotaku

Artist impression of a habitable planet in the volcanic Hydrogen habitable Zone.

TRAPPIST 1: prospects for life getting better

Car v Bike: BMW M4 GTS v BMW S1000RR.

Car vs Bike: Which is faster?

Andrew MacLean

The go-anywhere image of SUVs has helped them outsell passenger cars in Australia.

SUVs sales overtake passenger cars

David McCowen

2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet.

Mercedes E-Class Cabrio revealed

Greg Kable

2017 Holden Astra sedan prototype.

Prototype drive: Holden Astra sedan

Andrew MacLean

2017 Volkswagen Passat Alltrack Wolfsburg Edition.

Driven: Volkswagen's anti-SUV

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW 5-Series.

New BMW 5-Series reviewed

Drive Staff

Australia's Mitchell Starc, right, celebrates the dismissal of India's Abhinav Mukund during the first day of the second ...

Handscomb makes amends as Lyon strikes just before lunch

Live
Daniel Cherny

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: Greg Inglis of the Rabbitohs walks from the field injured during the round one NRL match ...

GI 'wanted to play on,' after potential season-ending ACL tear

Adam Pengilly

Super finish: Waqa Blake scores in the corner.

Fancied Panthers on the ropes as Dragons roar out of the traps

Live
Steve Mascord
21 mins ago

Fast Eddie: England coach Eddie Jones stalks the field prior to England's clash with Italy. If he knew what was to come ...

England are on course for the Steven Bradbury of world records

COMMENT
Matthew Burke
9 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: Lance Franklin of the Swans reacts during the 2017 JLT Community Series AFL match between ...

'No Buddy worries' about big hit on Giants teenager

James Buckley

Blistering form: Ed Cowan will be vital as NSW look to force their way into the Sheffield Shield final.

Overnight sensation O’Keefe made over 10 years, says Cowan

Jamie Marcuson

Determined: Sydney FC skipper Alex Brosque says he wants to play on for another year with the Sky Blues.

Brosque tells Sydney FC 'leave me to last'

Dominic Bossi
21 mins ago

Ian Roberts: ''We've come so far. It's come on in leaps and bounds but there are still leaps and bounds to go."

Ian Roberts: 'Gay men have to be visible'

Andrew Webster

Running man: Josh Reynolds takes on the Storm defence on Friday night.

Fuming Reynolds now Des' conductor

Adam Pengilly

Ratings bonanza: David Nofoaluma of the Tigers is tackled by Siosifa Talakai of the Rabbitohs during the Tigers' victory ...

Friday night game puts a Tiger in Fox Sports' tank

Adam Pengilly
15 mins ago

Costly affair: NRL integrity boss Nick Weeks and chief executive Todd Greenberg announce the findings against Parramatta ...

How league can win a moral and financial victory over AFL

Roy Masters

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