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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 15: Federal Resources Minister Senator Matt Canavan freash off a jet from Japan speaks at the ...

Same-sex marriage 'resolved', says Resources Minister

A daily struggle: If nothing in your job comes easy, you might be in the wrong line of work.

Long hours at work are displacing time for sleeping, eating: report

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 18: Brendan Elliot of the Knights is treated for injury during the round three NRL match ...

My challenge to NRL: Look at this footage and take serious action

Peter FitzSimons

The test firing of a US nuclear weapon code-named Operation Hardtack was included in a new series of declassified ...

Terrifying images revealed in declassified nuclear test videos

Students laugh at the Prerna Girls School, a place where girls are taught their rights as women in the world.

'Sons are no longer so important': the school transforming girls' lives

There are plenty of packaged muesli bars to choose from in the supermarkets.

'Consumers kept in the dark': The health star ratings you can't see

Sydney braces for another soggy week after wet weekend

Deadly calm before the storm hits Australian tourist mecca

Family pleads for war veteran who is facing deportation

EXCLUSIVE

Turnbull channels Trump in Twitter tirade aimed at Shorten

Woman at the centre of Simona scandal speaks out

EXCLUSIVE
Danny Weidler

SAM AULTON, former lead singer of Hunter Valley rock band Crimson Tide who died of breast cancer. Sams daughters, the ...

The non-traditional funerals changing how loved ones say goodbye

Julie Power

Dream return: Pat Cummins has been the pick of the Australian bowlers in the third Test.

Demoralised Australians prepare for an eight over onslaught

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Pete Evans face said it all on MKR.

Pete Evans' face said it all on MKR

1 hr ago

Pia Miller wearing a $3000 bodysuit by Steven Khalil for her new spread in Elle Australia.

Pia Miller's 'zealous level of control' canvassed in new Elle profile

Good Food Cover. A tipping jar. Story: How and how much to tip. Shot at Ruby's Diner in Bronte. hoto: Edwina Pickles. ...

How to navigate the etiquette and ethics of tipping around the world

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Umpire's head scratcher

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 19: Josh Dugan of the Dragons receives attention from the trainer during the round three NRL ...

Another concussion drama as Dugan felled in Dragons victory

Jaci (in blue) and Nicola Moriarty. Story details: Jaci and Nicola Moriarty are sisters and writers. Nicola is the ...

The Moriarty sisters: When blood is as thick as ink

Australia's favourite Big Thing, the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago.

Affordable and affable: Why Coffs Harbour is a spot to watch

Aliens may be using giant radio beams to travel the cosmos

Aliens may be using giant radio beams to travel the cosmos

Channel 9 launch their Upfront and Personal content for 2017 at the Star Casino Sydney. Pictured are the Block presenter ...

With a $10m splash, will The Block make its money back?

Adrian Lowe

Jorge Campano entertains the blokes during lunch at the PUG Men's Shed at Glebe.

Underneath the arches: inside Glebe's Men's Shed

The colourful Point Lonsdale home of Kate and Mal Heppell. Above, main sitting room (upstairs). Cushion by Kip & Co, ...

Inside the beachside home that narrowly escaped demolition

Budgeting can be overwhelming, especially on a low income. Start by setting yourself specific targets.

How to budget for a home on a low income

Brougham Place by Smart Design Studio certainly makes heads turn in Potts Point.

Vivid variation takes shape in geometric Potts Point terrace

Tolls are due to be reintroduced on Sydney's M4 in June.

More bad news around the corner for Sydney's toll road users

The app that sent Harriet into mobile phone bill shock

Criminals 'using encrypted phones in gangland hits'

A shark breaches at Bennetts Beach.

Picture-perfect water at tourist hot-spot is swarming with sharks

A swimmer braves grey clouds at Manly on Saturday morning as Sydney faces another week of rain.

Sydney's miserable March: the wet weather has just kept coming

police

Seven arrested after fight between police and partygoers

Passenger Alyce Fisher's photograph of emergency services outside the plane.

'It's really gone': pilot tells passengers of plane's lost propeller

Father Tomy Mathew.

'I've been stabbed': Priest attacked outside Fawkner church

VIC
42 mins ago

Mike Nahan has revealed the Liberal party expected Colin Barnett to step down prior to the state election.

Nahan drops bombshell about Barnett and why the Liberal Party lost

WA

Canberra teen William Nash didn't hesitate when he saw a family of five struggling in a rip on the South Coast.

'30 seconds later, he would have been gone': Teen helps save family

ACT

The man will remain in a Queensland jail indefinitely.

Man jailed indefinitely after filming sex acts with partner, her son

QLD

Sex behind bars: Royal Commission told of rioting inmates sex romp.

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Sex behind bars: Royal Commission told of rioting inmates sex romp.

Rioting teenage detainees had sex in pool at detention centre

Damien Murphy
45 mins ago

Go Johnny Go: Chuck Berry has died at 90 years of age.

Chuck Berry, rock'n'roll legend, dies at 90

Damien Murphy and Kate Aubusson

Cormac Farrell at his home in Evatt with one of the beehives he will be moving to Parliament House.

Parliament House abuzz with plan for new beehives

Tom McIlroy

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Cormac Farrell at his home in Evatt with one of the beehives he will be moving to Parliament House.

Parliament House abuzz with plan for new beehives

Tom McIlroy

'He could not survive deportation': 92-year-old denied visa on costs

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol

Same-sex marriage 'resolved': Turnbull government minister

Stephanie Peatling

Lesson learnt: Arts Minister Mitch Fifield has taken the axe to George Brandis' arts funding vehicle Catalyst.

Arts sector 'delighted' as government axes 'slush fund'

Michael Koziol

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton warned the Turnbull government was "not going to be bullied" by chief executives "or ...

'There is no pathway at this stage': Liberal MPs in marriage backdown

Michael Koziol

'We aren't going to be bullied by CEOs or anyone else': Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

We 'won't be bullied' by CEOs on same-sex marriage: Dutton

Michael Koziol

Outgoing ABC chairman Jim Spigelman.

ABC boss delivers home truths about the broadcaster

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

John Zakhariev told an Australian TV network he only went to a couple of ranges in Sofia and had help from an instructor ...

AFP 'sold me out', Australian terror suspect says

1 hr ago

US Secret Service officers stand in the cordoned off Lafayette Park after a security incident near the fence of the ...

Driver arrested after vehicle approaches White House gates

Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres: "Better prospects" for agreement with Australia.

Frontrunner for East Timor presidency offers Australia hope on oil

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the Great Hall of the ...

Xi talks up 'friendly' ties after Trump's Twitter strike

Tony Abbott can't admire Brexit in Britain and yet remain a monarchist in Australia ... can he?

Abbott tied in knots over Brexit and the monarchy

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Pornography is easily accessible to children online.

How to talk to your children about porn

COMMENT
Catherine Manning

Trump: called President Obama "Barrack" twice.

Alternative facts, why not alternative speling too?

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Gladstone's main thoroughfare, Goondoon Street, sits empty as the city struggles to adjust to the aftermath of the LNG boom.

The biggest loser from gas shortage is city sucking it all up

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

How the two-speed economy worm has turned

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Illustration: Simon Bosch

Game of phones: Telstra's regional roaming rage

Lucy Battersby

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Dishonest, illegal and fraudulent 'bad apples' still at large

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Banks are itching to increase your mortgage interest rate

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

A lawyer's love for all creatures great and small

Mark Hawthorne

Boom time for the box out the back of Bourke

Lucy Battersby

Big gun malls in the billion-dollar sales club

Carolyn Cummins

The Porsche Mission E.

The future of driving: Self-driving cars are just the beginning

Cars

In his 50s, George Clooney sets the benchmark for aging gracefully.

Want to look great at 50 and beyond? Start doing this now

Grooming

Digital native Elizabeth Barry can't remember the last time she logged on for internet banking.

Smartphones set to dominate digital payments

John Collett

Savers are bearing the brunt of sharp cuts in deposit interest rates.

Nicole helps… find the best savings rate

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Rob Deutsch, the founder and owner of F45 Training, has relocated to the United States.

The fastest growing franchise you've never heard of

Cara Waters

Call centres are often denigrated, ridiculed, avoided and despised.

Life in a call centre: could you handle it?

James Adonis

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Raiders get their mojo back

1 hr ago

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Twitter tirade and government woes

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Owen Wright completes emotional comeback with Quiksilver Pro

1 hr ago

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Declassified US nuclear testing videos unearthed

National Zoo and Aquarium Jura, Cheetah.

Wild Side: Building a zoo

Stan - Billions

Brand new season of Billions - now streaming. Only on Stan.

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 on Stan

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Pete Evans face said it all on MKR.

Pete Evans' face said it all on My Kitchen Rules

Aja Styles
1 hr ago

Flawless and seemingly effortless.

What Adele boasted over Justin Bieber while in Australia

Hannah Francis

Australian actress Melissa George and former husband Jean=David Blanc in happier times.

Teary Melissa George promos signal lifting of Seven PR fatwa

Andrew Hornery

US rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry.

Tributes flow for Mr. Rock'n'roll Music, Chuck Berry

Kate Aubusson

Amy Shark.

Niggling fear Triple J darling Amy Shark may be one-hit wonder

Reviewed by George Palathingal

Adele, performing at Etihad Stadium, felt compelled to point out her big-screen image had some flattering filters on it.

Adele gets shock about Melbourne that's usually butt of jokes

Hannah Francis

This is not the first time Hasbro has used a public marketing campaign to update the game's pieces.

Booted: Hasbro ditches 'tokens' and unveils new Monopoly

Michael Idato

HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 10: Adele performs at Barclaycard Arena on May 10, 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern ...

Give it up, Australia. You've been owned by Adele

Bernard Zuel

Close friends: Denise Scott (left) and Judith Lucy.

Sydney Comedy Festival: Why comics love, and hate, teaming up

Joanne Brookfield

Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley in <i>Lion</i>.

Special treat in store for fans of hit movie Lion

Garry Maddox

Jordan Rakei: Part of a renaissance for jazz.

Review: Jordan Rakei proves that groove is in the heart

Jonathan Seidler

"I'm living out my rebellious side on set."

How teen actor Tiarnie Coupland is living out her 'rebellious side'

Cosima Marriner

Natalie Reilly and her best friend

I don't like how I look, and I'm OK with that

COMMENT
Natalie Reilly

Pia Miller wearing a $3000 bodysuit by Steven Khalil for her new spread in Elle Australia.

Home and Away star's 'zealous' control almost cost her an Elle profile

Jenna Clarke

Last year's The Bachelor Richie Strahan with contestants, including Keira Maguire (in the front, second from left).

STD tests, critique a stranger: The Bachelor's odd casting process

Amy Croffey

Jenny Eclair.

Why Jenny Eclair's partner rejected her marriage proposal

Robyn Doreian

All of a sudden, you're back in the middle of that school yard surrounded by people you don't know.

There’s always room for new friendships, even as a grown-up

Nicola Moriarty

Brooke Hogan.

A Day on a Plate: Mum's cooking tops Brooke Hogan's food diary

Kyle Sandilands with Michael and Kyly Clarke's baby, Kelsey Lee, last year.

A clucky Kyle Sandilands will have to wait for a baby says girlfriend

Amy Croffey

Breakfast: it's worth the effort.

Breakfast, fasting, snacking: the verdict on meal-timing

Amby Burfoot

Fuel your mood with happy foods.

Eating your broccoli can make you feel less stressed

Sarah Berry

Taryn Brumfitt believes that there has been a shift in the way many people view the "perfect" body; it no longer has to ...

Taryn Brumfitt on stripping down to shape up

Sarah Berry

Jo Alderdice saved a 3-year-old child from attempted abduction.

'I thought I would have to stab him': mum stops child abduction

Five siblings seeking a forever home have sparked a viral response.

Five siblings on the search for their 'forever family'

Jason Momoa with his two children with Lisa Bonet, Nakoa Wolf, 8, (left) and Lola, 9.

Jason Momoa's photo of daughter with 'naked' rock star causes outrage

Adam Liaw's classic roast chicken with bread and butter stuffing.

15 things you should be able to cook by the time you're 30

Leading Melbourne chef Teage Ezard.

Ezard severs ties with The Star Casino

Yotam Ottolenghi's rosemary, olive oil and orange cake with crystalised rosemary sprigs.

Yotam Ottolenghi on baking with citrus

Qantas A380 QF2 is stranded in Dubai due to technical difficulties.

Traveller letters: Qantas flight delay results in five-star stay

Bondi Beach girls ... but can anyone become one?

What it's like to be a Bondi chick for a weekend

Annie Dang

Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park. Western Australia. must credit: Sean Scott Photography, supplied by Western ...

Photos: Stunning images of the Kimberley's record-breaking wet

The S8 would be the first to use the technology to verify financial payment applications.

Samsung S8 users to pay with their faces

This wanted poster provided by the FBI shows Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev, 33, a Russian national and resident. The ...

What the Yahoo case says about Russian spies

COMMENT

Quantum physicist Professor David Reilly in his lab at the University of Sydney.

The Australian helping Microsoft deliver its billion-dollar project

A screenshot from the first instalment of the game.

Video game banned by Australian censors over 'ritualistic' sex scene

LoL

The League of Legends team house that folded

Kotaku

Which is the best dual-cab ute: Volkswagen Amarok V6 Highline, Ford Ranger XLT, Toyota HiLux SR5 and Holden Colorado Z71.

What is the best dual-cab ute?

Stephen Ottley

The Australian consumer watchdog is continuing its investigation into Volkswagen Australia.

Aussies slow to grab VW's diesel fix

David McCowen

KTM X-Bow.

The $170k four-wheeled motorcycle

Andrew MacLean

Mobileye suppliers sensor technology to car companies including BMW.

The Breakdown: Intel buys Mobileye

David McCowen

Lexus LC500 Coupe.

Is this the best looking car on sale?

David McCowen

Hyundai has been refining its i30N hot hatch.

Too cool: Hyundai tests new hot hatch on ice

David McCowen

Off: Elliot is taken from the field by medicos after being knocked out for a second time.

My challenge to NRL: Take serious action over this

Peter FitzSimons

Investigation: Police speak to Adelaide staff in the tunnel after allegations Brisbane assistant coach Ross Aloisi ...

FFA probe allegation Ross Aloisi punched rival coach

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

India's Cheteshwar Pujara, right, plays a shot during the fourth day of their third test cricket match against Australia ...

Australia two down and staring down the barrel at stumps

Live
Cameron Mee

Floored: Josh Dugan receives attention after clashing with teammate Russell Packer.

Another concussion drama as Dugan felled in Dragons victory

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Come in spinner: Ashton Turner celebrates the wicket of Sean Abbott.

Blues fall agonisingly short of Shield final in Western thriller

4 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 19: Brendon Santalab of the Wanderers celebrates with team mate Mitch Nichols after scoring ...

Wanderers break Spotless curse with defeat of woeful Nix

Emma Kemp
29 mins ago

Donkey-licked: Hugh Bowman rides Winx to win the George Ryder Stakes.

How would have Winx fared against Sunline and Makybe Diva?

Max Presnell
1 hr ago

Under pressure: Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson.

Gibson needs to start taking some heat for sub-par Waratahs

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

Stampede: Jack Wighton adds to the Tigers' misery.

'This is horrible': Johns takes aim at erratic young Tigers

Michael Chammas

Acrobatic: Josh Rapana launches himself for the try line.

Raiders show healthy arrogance to run roughshod over Tigers

Phil Gould

Brendan Elliot was motionless after receiving a head knock against the Rabbitohs.

Knights under scrutiny again over treatment of Elliot head knock

Robert Dillon and Chris Barrett

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