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

'Socialist' idea that could revolutionise nation's housing

COMMENT
Peter Martin

'Update briefing': Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who was transport minister in 2014, was given information on the ...

Premier warned of $549m blowout weeks before misleading public

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls
1 hr ago

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

An Afghan soldier stands guard at the military hospital after the attack.

Gunmen disguised as doctors attack hospital, leaving 30 dead

Police came under attack at an out-of-control house party in Armadale last night.

Man attacked with hammer outside his Sydney house

17 mins ago

Pauline Hanson, campaigning in?Mandurah on March 6 2017. At the presser Colin Tincknell is left of camera, Mandurah ON ...

It is no surprise Pauline Hanson came out against vaccines

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

The winner for best performance at the banking inquiry is...

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Decision to help woman proves fatal, court hears

Revamped Catalyst could inspire new-look 7:30, Lateline and News

'Obamacare lite': Republican health care bill faces internal revolt

Cricket Australia boss slams Kohli over explosive allegations

Pauline Hanson, campaigning in?Mandurah on March 6 2017. At the presser Colin Tincknell is left of camera, Mandurah ON ...

'She can't be trusted': One Nation implodes with sackings and infighting

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

Cricket Australia has defended the integrity of captain Steve Smith.

Open slather for series as ICC turns blind eye to Test antics

Steve Price comforts Lisa Curry who was evicted from I'm A Celebrity.

Lisa Curry gets her wish after being evicted from I'm a Celebrity

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 04: Jarryd Hayne of the Titans looks dejected during the round one NRL match between the ...

Will Hayne's Titans career end with a whimper or a bang?

Peter FitzSimons

These breakfast muffins are worth waking up for

These breakfast muffin recipes are worth waking up for

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Gunmen dressed as doctors kill more than 30 in Kabul hospital

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

Australia's Mitchell Marsh bats during a practice match against India A in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. (AP ...

Mitchell Marsh sent home, replacement named

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

Josè Maria Lo Monaco is to perform on Sydney Harbour.

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Josè Maria Lo Monaco is to perform on Sydney Harbour.

Fearless opera star 'walks' on the harbour

Nick Galvin, Arts Editor

Sydney Rains: Residents consider evacuating their homes as rising waters inundate Narrabeen St.

Listed companies duck for cover when it comes to climate

Peter Hannam

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

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Harjit Kaur and her husband Jagdish Singh.

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

'She's not going to win,' said Ron Medich of McGurk's widow

Kate McClymont

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

Eman Sharobeem has had her assets frozen by the NSW Crime Commission.

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 ...

Whose life was better: A young woman in the 70s, or one today?

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

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

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'

Audi has been swept up in the on-going VW emissions scandal.

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

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

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

Wholesale electricity prices are soaring.

Wholesale power prices have doubled since the carbon tax was axed

Adam Morton

The Climate Institute's John Connor: "The highest level of scrutiny should be [applied] when we are using taxpayer funds.''

Climate Institute to shut after philanthropic support dried up

Adam Morton
3 mins ago

Rosa Etelvina Ivañez cries at the entrance to the Virgen de la Asuncion children's shelter, in San Jose Pinula, ...

Fire at Guatemalan children's shelter kills at least 19

49 mins ago

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

'Word is kidnapping': Aussie child sex abuse survivor tells UK inquiry

Nick Miller

Despite Donald Trump calling the bill "tremendous", others in his administration seemed to concede that changes, ...

'Obamacare lite': Republican health care bill faces a revolt from the right

Jennifer Steinhauer

Protesters outside the Defence Ministry in Seoul.

China proposes North Korea-US nuclear compromise

Kirsty Needham

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

Bible reading can help people confront questions about human fate, forgiveness and mercy, and the stickiest dilemmas ...

Children should learn about the Bible in school

COMMENT
Greg Clarke

In a way, the National Housing Lotto already happens – how many lottery tickets are bought by would-be home owners, ...

Why not National Housing Lotto? Scattergun policy all the rage

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Less than 10 per cent of Australian companies say they are prepared for a digital future.

Few Australian companies equipped for digital future

Anna Patty

Prices in Melbourne and Sydney have skyrocketed, fuelled by record-low interest rates, increased demand from overseas ...

There's no housing bubble, heads of the big four banks say

38 mins ago

Illustration John Shakespeare

Is it last drinks at Coke for pig hunter Wal King?

Colin Kruger, CBD

Why Australians could shiver through cold winters

Brian Robins
1 hr ago

ASIC goes public on inflated asset valuations

Myriam Robin

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

Sarah Danckert

Expert warns of 'Claytons share buybacks'

Myriam Robin

An exuberant example of art deco design at 33 Campbell Parade in North Bondi.

New buildings squeeze into Bondi but these units are in demand

The Dromedary Hotel is for sale in Central Tilba.

What it's really like to live in one of Australia's tiniest villages

The apartment in Trump had been available to rent since at least last September - long after the building that helped ...

Welcome, Airbnb guest! Your neighbours are the Trumps

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

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

How will 40 per cent of the workforce learn to run a business?

Self-employment should be mandatory learning

Tony Featherstone

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

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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

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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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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

Steve Price comforts Lisa Curry who was evicted from I'm A Celebrity.

Waxing, coffee, Waleed? What the celebs miss after 40 days in Africa

Aja Styles

Amy describing how Tyson's cooking goes when he loses his cool.

Amy, Tyson fall from MKR grace after buckling under pressure

Broede Carmody

BRIE LARSON as Mason Weaver in Kong: Skull Island.

Kong: Skull Island review: A fun, if sanitised, spinoff

Jake Wilson

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.

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

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

One of the LGBTI pedestrian lights at Trafalgar Square, London.

Melbourne not the first city to give green light to gender equality

Latika Bourke

A screengrab from the Sydney Boys High video.

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

Annie Brown

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

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

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

Centre of the storm: Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

ICC turns blind eye to second Test antics

Andrew Wu

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

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

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

Andrew Wu

Australia's Mitchell Marsh bats during a practice match against India A in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. (AP ...

Mitchell Marsh sent home, replacement named

Andrew Wu

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

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

Support: Jarryd Hayne and Michael Jennings.

Clock ticking on Hayne's Titans decision

Adam Pengilly

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
17 mins ago

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