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Donald Trump

Trump's view of US role in world '20 years out of date'

Matt Wade

Mr Acharya is believed to have stolen the identity of Indian doctor Sarang Chitale.

Private firm outed 'fake' doctor who spent years working in hospitals

53 mins ago

Eight charged over $324 million meth haul. Vision shows the arrest of some of a group of eight people over a ...

'Not what they ordered': Pals arrested over 540kg of 'protein powder'

The RBA governor Philip Lowe

Growing gap: Household trend has Reserve Bank very worried

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Ron McLean and wife Marye Louise Daniels have begun legal action after Pauline Hanson dumped them from One Nation for ...

'Too old': Couple set to sue Hanson as party implodes

Harjit Kaur and her husband Jagdish Singh.

Son found mother dead hours after his father 'bought a knife at Coles'

Crime Commission swoops on unit of Australian of the Year finalist

EXCLUSIVE

Distract your enemies: Nightmare plan has one key benefit for PM

COMMENT
1 hr ago

ACCC sues Audi over 'misleading' software in 12,000 Australian cars

Esther Han

Cory Bernardi's $1m secret shows the rules are broken

ANALYSIS

Sage rage: Students in tears as fitness institute collapses

Greg Gibbins died in hospital after being stabbed on the Central Coast.

'What are you doing?' Stranger's decision to help woman proves fatal: court

1 hr ago

India's captain Virat Kohli celebrates the dismissal of England's Jos Buttler during their second day of the fifth ...

Cricket Australia boss slams Kohli over explosive allegations

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Jarrod Mullen has been issued with an anti-doping violation notice.

NRL star's career all but over after second positive test result

QAYYARAH OIL WELL FIRES Two men provide security at Well 77 in the Qayyarah oil fields. When ISIS retreated from the ...

Islamic State's expensive final act of vandalism

E2H2R4 Cambodia South coast Kompong Song province Sihanoukville Otres beach

Travel hotspot people thought you were crazy to visit 30 years ago

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Here's a novel way to prove to the police you're sober....

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: Australian captain Steve Smith looks on during day four of the Third Test match between ...

Smith did cheat, but that's not the real story from top Test

A screengrab from the Sydney Boys High video.

Video from Sydney all-boys school about feminism goes viral

David Stratton is the subject of a new film.

David Stratton chokes up as he reveals his greatest regret

Steve Bellotti

Mosman mansion sells after three years and $3m cut in asking price

India's Ravindra Jadeja, second right, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Australia's captain Steven Smith, ...

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India's Ravindra Jadeja, second right, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Australia's captain Steven Smith, ...

Australia are back where they began - behind the eight ball

Greg Baum

Jenni Murray

What makes a 'real' woman, anyway?

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey

Victims of institutional child sexual abuse will be compensated under a national redress scheme.

Child abuse helpline clogged with less serious cases: inquiry

Rachel Browne
48 mins ago

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New mother Leanne Larwood with her child Amelia. 7th March 2017. Photo: Steven Siewert

Mother's 'traumatic' fight at hospital to ensure she survived

Andrew Taylor

Accused fake doctor was detected by private medical company

Harriet Alexander and Rashida Yosufzai
53 mins ago

Fraud probe into former Australian of the Year finalist widens

EXCLUSIVE

Portrait of 26yo Laura Vassallo for International Women's Day. 6th March 2017, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning ...

Why life was better for women in the 1970s

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 07: Carlingford West Public School students are seen reading on March 7, 2017 in Sydney, ...

NAPLAN's biggest improving Sydney schools revealed

The state government is planning another 10,000 homes at Olympic Park by 2030.

Apart from transport, new Sydney suburb also faces thirsty challenge

Julie Bullock, pictured with her husband Darren, was killed while driving her twins to school.

Horrific tragedy on school run claims lives of mother and son

Parents of unvaccinated children have told a national poll one in six were denied medical treatment

Health services accused of 'refusing to treat unvaccinated children'

Noel Faure in July 2004

Hitman paid $150,000 to gun down Lewis Moran, dies in prison

VIC

Police said the young woman showed 'great courage' in detailing her abuse after being rescued at Mitchell.

British backpacker reunited with family after alleged rape

QLD

Pauline Hanson is due to appear at a Perth pub for an event with free beer and pizza.

Pauline Hanson to shout free beer and pizza at Perth pub

WA

Liberal MLA Peter Abetz is fighting to retain his seat in the state Parliament.

Fighting for his political life: on the road with Eric Abetz's brother

Matthew Knott

Cory Bernardi's $1m secret shows why the rules are broken

ANALYSIS
Adam Gartrell

Veterans' anger over personal info laws prompt privacy review

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Ron McLean and wife Marye Louise Daniels have begun legal action after Pauline Hanson dumped them from One Nation for ...

Too old? Axed One Nation officials turn lawyers on Hanson

Dryer conditions are making inland Australia less habitable.

205 records in 90 days: Australia's 'angry summer'

Stephanie Peatling

Federal Trade Minister Steve Ciobo has apologised for announcing a boost in Garuda Indonesia flights between Australia ...

Trade Minister apologises for insensitive plane crash statement

Peter Varghese says a super-department is not needed because the present system 'works pretty well'.

Super-department not needed to fight terror, say security experts

A publicity shot for the Fairbridge Farm in Molong, NSW, where migrant children worked.

'The word is kidnapping': Australian child sex abuse survivor tells UK inquiry

Nick Miller

The hospital where gunmen are believed hiding, in Kabul.

Explosion, gunfire reported at hospital in Afghan capital

Protesters outside the Defence Ministry in Seoul.

China proposes North Korea-US nuclear compromise

Kirsty Needham

Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.

Assassination suspects barricaded in embassy in Kuala Lumpur

Lindsay Murdoch

Let parents decide on vaccines: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Hanson's distrust of experts runs deeper than vaccines

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

REALESTATE AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 30 OCTOBER 2007. GENERIC- houses, interest rates, building, house market, ...

The 'socialist' idea that could revolutionise housing

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton.

A new department seems a lot of effort just to keep Dutton busy

COMMENT
Andrew P Street
1 hr ago

Full-time female employees in the banking and insurance industry could expect to earn on average around $30,000 or 20 ...

Westpac closes the gender pay gap... well, almost

Sarah Danckert
58 mins ago

Kerr Neilson, CEO and founder of Platinum Asset Management, which has yet to undertake any of its 10 per cent share ...

Expert warns of 'Claytons share buybacks'

Myriam Robin

bank

Winner for best performance at the banking inquiry goes to...

Elizabeth Knight

Cotton On has backed the AFLW.

AFLW puts some muscle into Cotton On's fight

Catie Low

Women live longer, on less money than men

Olivia Maragna

ASX closes flat in choppy trade

Myriam Robin

Brace for rate hike this year, Goldman says

Jens Meyer

We all feel accountable: Westpac CEO rejects shaming of bad banks

Sarah Danckert

The view from 14d Eastbourne Road, Darling Point, which is available from $5950 a week.

From $3000 to $6000 a week: Prices double for Sydney's fanciest places

Steve Bellotti

Former ANZ banker Steve Bellotti scores $10m for mansion

City of skyscrapers: The vast majority of high-rises across the world are examples of poor design - but there are some ...

Most of world's skyscrapers "crap pieces of design," expert says

Georgia Willis, Senior Developer Manager - Acquisitions for Caydon Property Group?

The changes property's (few) top women want for the industry

2 mins ago

The shop opposite Bronte beach is expected to sell for about $2 million.

Just 46 square metres: Bronte fish and chip shop selling for $2m

A truly iconic object and symbol not only of Philippe Starck but of Alessi itself, this citrus squeezer is as ...

Five iconic design moments that changed the world

Handsome Things

Frequent flyer points are often a means to an end, and not just the destination.

True frequent flyers are chasing something better than points

High Flyer

Lesley Anton has made a career change into real estate.

The wins and losses in financial wellbeing for Australian women

EXCLUSIVE
Bianca Hartge-Hazelman

Casual workers should check if they are entitled to super.

Claim super to help offset the hit to penalty rates

John Collett

Damian Oliver, deputy director of the Centre for Management and Organisation Studies at University of Technology Sydney ...

Should interns pay to do work experience?

Caroline James

Mortgage broker Ashley Simmons (far right) finds it challenging to separate work from home and recommends physically ...

Avoiding the post-work witching hour

Alexandra Cain

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Kohli slams Smith's 'brain fade'

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Poachers kill rhino in French zoo

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What is the biggest challenge facing women?

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WikiLeaks releases 'vault 7'

QAYYARAH OIL WELL FIRES Two men provide security at Well 77 in the Qayyarah oil fields. When ISIS retreated from the ...

Flames of Qayyarah

Stan - Underground

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STAN - American Gothic

Gripping murder mystery American Gothic - all episodes 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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Are there changes in store for <i>7.30</i>? ABC boss Michelle Guthrie says she wants to find new ways to tell stories.

Revamped Catalyst could inspire new-look 7.30, Lateline and News

Michael Lallo
1 hr ago

David Stratton is the subject of a new film.

David Stratton tears up as he reveals his greatest regret

Karl Quinn

Blanchett left host Colbert flustered with an unexpected vagina joke.

Blanchett says the Oscars debacle was a win for Trump

Rob Moran

Ash Pollard has come clean about her career aspirations.

Ash Pollard admits she has used reality television to get a TV role

Broede Carmody

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has announced sweeping job cuts, and a $50 million investment in content and ...

Cut the buzz, Guthrie and tell us what this means for ABC viewers

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

Gary Cole as a Trump-inspired wealthy politician.

Donald Trump-inspired episode of Law & Order won't ever air

Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>.

Baldwin says impersonating Trump revived his 'dead' career

Josh Gad as Le Fou, left, and Luke Evans as Gaston in a scene from <i>Beauty and the Beast</i>.

Russia imposes 'gay propaganda' ban on Beauty and the Beast

Michael Idato

Nathaniel Rateliff (front) & the Night Sweats.

Nathaniel Rateliff review: Both kinds of music, all kinds of fun

Bernard Zuel

Paz Lenchantin (left), David Lovering, Black Francis and Joey Santiago - Pixies.

No one sounds quite like the Pixies when they hit their stride

REVIEW
George Palathingal

The Stella Shortlist for 2017.

Then there were six: The Stella Prize shortlist

Linda Morris

Susan Carland on her recent recce to Phnom Phen, with Cambodian women’s rights activist Mu Sochua

Why today is a good day to ask who made your clothes

Clare Press

A screengrab from the Sydney Boys High video.

This video from a Sydney all-boys school is a must-watch today

Annie Brown

Childcare worker Alicia Smith looks after babies from six weeks to 19 months.

Meet the childcare worker who earns more as a cleaner

Jenna Price

Anne Summers nailed a manifesto to the door of the Australian Education Union in Victoria on Tuesday night, the eve of ...

Call to action: Anne Summers releases her manifesto

Jenna Price

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: frank body and Willow & Blake co-founders Jess Hatzis (grey shirt) and Bree Johnson ...

Friends turn coffee into a $20-million beauty brand

Melissa Singer

Ruby Hamad.

This IWD, a reminder that 'intersectionality' is not a brand

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Actress Emma Watson sit with the crowd during the Women's March on Washington, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington. ...

Emma Watson reveals her unconventional beauty tip

Cara Delevingne attends the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week.

Cara Delevingne manages to make boxer shorts look chic

Time in nature is good for our health

Watch birds and be in nature for better mental health

Sarah Berry

More vegetables makes a happier body.

Vegan diet may let you lose a few kilos

Marta Zaraska

Human hand wearing rubber glove and holding spray bottle

Fragranced products are making us sick, study finds

Sarah Berry

They may be big on taste, but are Grill'd burgers also big on calories?

Are Grill'd burgers healthier than McDonalds? Apparently not

Silky, mouth-watering, delectable, clean-tasting wontons.

Kylie Kwong's Prawn wontons with spring onion and ginger vinegar

Kylie Kwong

Soft shell crab, kewpie with sriracha sauce at Mocan and Green Grout, NewActon.

The supermarket item that chefs can't get enough of

The Sense a Life device alerts carers to the presence of a child in the car.

The simple device to prevent child deaths in hot cars

Suzi Catchpole

The boy doesn't like it when teachers accidentally use his first name.

'Should I let my six-year-old change his rather unusual name?'

The restaurant manager has said he does not know how the juice became contaminated.

Kids hospitalised after drinking contaminated juice at restaurant

Airlines are opting for rows of 10 seats, rather than nine, in the Boeing 777.

Seat squeeze: Airlines put extra seat into Boeing 777 economy rows

Lauren Zumbach

A holiday in Cambodia? It's no joke these days.

If you said you were coming here 30 years ago, you'd be called crazy

Ben Groundwater

Hotels around Kapalua in Hawaii are among the most expensive in the world for Australians.

Most expensive (and cheapest) destinations for Aussies revealed

Kylie McLaughlin

Download traffic will inevitably grow, particularly as demand for streaming services increases.

Telcos feed growing appetite for downloads

Walt Disney has decided that Australians no longer need free digital downloads when buying blockbuster movies like ...

Disney scraps free downloads for Aussies

COMMENT

Fire serves many purposes, just keep it away from dry grass unless you have an escape route.

Review: new Zelda game is hard to fault, impossible to put down

NBN is coming.

The cheapest NBN plans for each available speed

Lifehacker

Anas Modamani, a Syrian refugee, posed for a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015 in Berlin.

Refugee loses fake news case against Facebook

McLaren 720S on the stand at the 2017 Geneva motor show.

Top six supercars from Geneva motor show

Drive Staff

The Mitsubishi Lancer looks likely to be dropped.

The Mitsubishi Lancer's future looks bleak

Stephen Ottley

Audi Australia confirms presence of 'cheat' software used to dupe emissions testing.

ACCC takes Audi to court over diesel emissions

David McCowen

Honda's 2017 Honda Civic Type R will inject aggression into its local line-up.

Honda unveils new Civic Type R

David McCowen

Showcar Mercedes-AMG GT Concept 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT Concept. EMBARGO: 7.45pm 7/3/2017

Merc's four-door master blaster revealed

Greg Kable

2017 Audi RS5 Coupe.

Revealed: Audi's new RS5 coupe

Greg Kable

India's captain Virat Kohli celebrates the dismissal of England's Jos Buttler during their second day of the fifth ...

'Outrageous': Cricket Australia slams Virat Kohli

BREAKING
Andrew Wu
1 hr ago

The real issue: For Australia's batsmen to fail to get anywhere near a target of 188 is going to be the legacy of the ...

Did Australia cheat on DRS? Yes, but it's a sideshow

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Off contract: Canterbury five-eighth Josh Reynolds.

Reynolds playing for his future, and $800,000-a-year deal

Chris Barrett

On the outer: Jarryd Hayne hasn't covered himself in glory at the Titans so far.

Titans' culture will triumph over Hayne's attitude

Peter FitzSimons

On the outer: George Burgess has been listed outside the top 17 for Souths' match against Manly.

Burgess twins on outer but 'far from finished', say teammates

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Support: Jarryd Hayne and Michael Jennings.

Clock ticking on Hayne's Titans decision

Adam Pengilly
4 mins ago

Tension: Things got heated between Western Force and Queensland Reds players on the weekend.

The pros and cons of cutting your Super Rugby team

Tom Decent

Feeling the pain: The Raiders were within their rights to feel hard done by on Saturday night.

Why the NRL must get rid of golden point extra time

COMMENT
Phil Gould

In doubt: Bryce Cartwright, who missed a team-high eight tackles against the Dragons.

Cartwright in doubt for Tigers clash as controversy swirls

Adam Pengilly

"He made me the person and player I am": Manly's Cameron Cullen says his late brother is his inspiration.

Brotherly bond helping Manly's Cullen overcome tragedy

Adrian Proszenko

Jarrod Mullen has been issued with an anti-doping violation notice.

Jarrod Mullen's career all but over after B sample result

Matt Encarnacion

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