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Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne meets with Crown Prince Mutain bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud in Riyadh ...

Australia signs secretive military deals with Saudis

EXCLUSIVE

Jay Weatherill , Premier of South Australia 21/3/2017. Pic Ben Searcy .

Laundry incident nearly brought Jay Weatherill undone

Mark Kenny

Ryan Holmes of Hootsuite walking the social media talk in Snapchat glasses.

How social media guru tripped up on lewd tweet

SHD. News. The Sydney Swans flag flies over the Harbour Bridge on the day of the AFL Grand Final, Sydney Swans vs ...

Sydney's real politics of envy isn't about wealth

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

The jury visited sand dunes in Salt Creek, where the man carried out the attack.

Backpacker assault: attacker guilty of 'harrowing' kidnap

President Donald Trump faced his first big legislative test.

'I think it's a statement': Trump left humiliated

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Cyclone Debbie theatens to become a super tropical storm

4 mins ago

Desperate first-home buyers queue from dawn for apartments

First her boss said he wouldn't pay her. Then, that she had to pay him

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

London attacker had dreams of 'killing someone'

Why it took Shannai years to get treatment for near-fatal illness

Australia's captain Steven Smith plays a shot during the first day of their fourth test cricket match against India in ...

Smith plays lone hand as wickets tumble

Live

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Daly Cherry-Evans of the Sea Eagles is tackled during the round four NRL match between the ...

Manly thump dogs as questions over Hasler's future rage on

Live
30 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia driving the (3) Red Bull Racing Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB13 ...

Local hope Ricciardo crashes, Hamilton on GP pole

20 mins ago

Fight to save river that spews 'man-eating monsters'

RuPaul (centre) with celebrity judges on <i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i>.

Their habits have cost our TV networks $2.5b so far

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Young people are killing TV

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Lance Franklin of the Swans marks during the round one AFL match between the Sydney Swans ...

Buddy and Reid on song for Swans as lead see-saws at SCG

Bluegogo chief operating officer Sun Ye says the Beijing bike sharing company is looking to expand internationally, but ...

Tech start-up wants to put 99c share bikes on Sydney's streets

Carrie Fisher in 2011.

Revealed: How the new Star Wars film handled Fisher's death

Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios' Twitter jibe goes down poorly in Miami

Auctioneer Vic Lorusso took 58 bids at the auction of 220 Edinburgh Road, Castlecrag, before it sold for $3.6 million.

'Very plain' house under conservation cloud sells $1m over reserve

1 hr ago

Whinging superheroes: Batman and Superman.

Calling wannabe superheroes: Here's the Aussie flat for you

Inside the second Opera Residences penthouse.

Mystery no more: Buyer behind record $27m apartment revealed

Trendy inner-city suburbs are awash with young renters, but when it comes to buying your first home, your best bet may ...

Is trying to buy into a trendy suburb actually worth it?

Double Bay Marina is a popular spot for locals to meet for food, drinks or a stroll along the waterfront.

Why a hip, young crowd is moving into Double Bay

Bob Bolin, from St Albans

Why the commoners of St Albans are up in arms

Jacob Saulwick

Penrith 'last bastion of Australian way of life in Sydney'

Sydney's epic neighbour dispute that began with a staircase

James Robertson

The 43-year-old man was arrested and charged on Friday.

Teenage girl allegedly indecently assaulted by Sydney Trains worker

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics found assaults had increased in areas around the lockout precincts, including The Star.

The Star casino group in bid to hire ex-gambling regulator

Sean Nicholls

Ron Medich outside the NSW Supreme Court.

Jury retires in Medich murder trial over death of Michael McGurk

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Melissa Jade Higgins enters the Downing Centre Courts to face charges of fraud. It is ...

Indignant childcare fraudster faces jail for $3.6m in bogus claims

A report has shown which health funds have won and lost customers.

Report shows which health funds have won – and lost – customers

Portrait of ACT Fire and Rescue station officer Rob Thompson who is sharing his personal experience with PTSD

Firefighter rocked by panic attacks after teenager's death

ACT

Health authorities fear the Strokecheck test does more harm than good.

Doctors sound alarm on controversial 'strokecheck' tests

Investigations are underway to find out what sparked Saturday's fight.

Six Port Phillip prison staff hospitalised after inmate, visitor assault

VIC

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Problems threaten to dog him to the next election.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Problems threaten to dog him to the next election.

Turnbull finds forward motion, but on the road to where?

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Zohra Aly in front of the shrine of Imam Husayn in Karbala

Taken hostage in Iraq, I hadn't returned - until now

Zohra Aly

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has criticised companies agitating for the government to take action on marriage equality.

The bamboozling plot twists in the marriage equality saga

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

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The Turnbull Government has waved through a proposed cut to penalty rates.

Turnbull government backs penalty-rate cuts for low paid

James Massola

'Islam is a disease we need to vaccinate': Hanson

Amy Remeikis

Beef breakthrough as China insists its regional intentions are peaceful

Mark Kenny

Education Minister Simon Birmingham is working on a new schools funding model to take effect from next year

Government shifts to school funding after childcare reforms pass

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs at an inquiry on Friday.

Triggs slams Turnbull's 'highly unsatisfactory' 18C race law changes

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has expressed special concern about IS activity in South-East Asia.

IS might form 'diaspora' caliphate, Brandis warns

Senator Cory Bernardi has led the push to kill of a China-Australia extradition treaty.

Cross-party coalition likely to block China extradition treaty

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Australia reverses Myanmar stance to co-sponsor UN resolution

Lindsay Murdoch

A Beijing commuter unlocks her share bike.

Bicycles retake China's streets with a new twist

Kirsty Needham

President Donald Trump faced his first big legislative test.

Donald Trump health plan goes down in a screaming heap

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

An undated photo released by the Metropolitan Police of Khalid Masood.

London attacker had dreams of 'killing someone'

Gold producer Blackham Resources is seeking to expand to more than 200,000 ounces of gold a year.

The real politics of envy isn't about wealth

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

The Man Jar: there'll be shiraz tonight.

Putting a price on happiness, before plastic makes it obsolete

SATIRE
Richard Glover

New ABC chairman Justin Milne will help managing director Michelle Guthrie ring in the changes at the national broadcaster.

Nine key questions for new ABC chairman

EDITORIAL

Pawanjeet Heir: is facing her worst nightmare - deportation, along with her husband and young son.

Blackmail, extortion and slavery at a restaurant near you

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

RuPaul (centre) with celebrity judges on <i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i>.

Their habits cost our TV networks $2.5b... so far

Catherine Armitage

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre.

Don't buy the 'money illusion': Here's what's happening to wages

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Jochen Haab, global head of engineering and development Mercedes Benz.

My car can beat Lewis Hamilton, but not a tram

Mark Hawthorne

How sports bodies keep winning the TV rights battles

Mark Hawthorne

Why Airbnb won't find a home in China anytime soon

COMMENT
Adam Minter

Australia's LNG exports to be hit by 'buyers club'

Amazon arrival sparks demand for industrial assets

Carolyn Cummins

Lewis Hamilton made a surprising admission before his appearance at Hugo Boss Crown.

The one thing about Australia that terrifies Lewis Hamilton

Cars

A Tasmanian Cask Company barrel maturing whisky for Tasmanian Independent Bottlers.

The secret weapon behind Australia's best whisky

Smart Sipping

Some health insurers allow kids' swimming lessons on extras coverage.

How to beat the April health insurance price rise

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Why women and men need to negotiate pay rises differently

Georgina Dent

WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was in Sydney for WeWork's official launch.

How McKelvey's side hustle became co-working giant WeWork

Cara Waters

One question still endures: Do leaders actually matter?

Is leadership irrelevant?

James Adonis

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Warner dropped first ball

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Blind race hate

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Healthcare failure a blow to Trump, GOP

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Waratahs down Rebels in superb comeback

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 22 ...

Fairfax photos of the week - March 23, 2017

STAN - Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks: The Return - May 22. Only on Stan

Stan - RPDR

Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres tomorrow. Only on Stan.

The difference between fine and gross motor skills

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Bad girls: Jessica Lange (left) plays Joan Crawford to Susan Sarandon's Bette Davis in the delicious mini-series Feud.

Review: Feud brings Baby Jane back to grotesque, brilliant life

Karl Quinn

Jake Gyllenhaal Editorial Shoot for Columbia Pictures' LIFE. Jake Gyllenhaal portrait. The actor is one of the stars of ...

Life's Jake Gyllenhaal says acting left him 'untethered and lost'

Karl Quinn

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 12: Brett Ratner attends the "Robin Hood" Premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 63rd ...

Hollywood director Brett Ratner slams 'insane' Rotten Tomatoes

Rogue One's director has revealed that Jyn Erso's mother was originally meant to be a Jedi.

Rogue One's rewrites were much more extensive than first thought

Broede Carmody

David Duchovny returns as transgender FBI agent Denise Bryson.

Lynch mob: Stunning first look at the cast of the Twin Peaks reboot

Michael Idato

''I'm President and you're not,'' says Donald Trump.

Trump accused of stealing a line from his bête noire Saturday Night Live

Michael Idato

A public memorial for Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Dying Debbie Reynolds 'asked permission' to 'be with Carrie'

Today's hipster movement has been light on language, Daddy-O.

Why today's hipsters are way less cool than their grandparents

David Astle

Spoon (EG, March 17)

The catchy riffs are great but have you got anything else?

Lucy Cormack

British comedian Phill Jupitus

That day when I nearly killed Belinda Carlisle ...

Sarah Thomas

There's a limit to the baby's adult personality traits.

Baldwin's turn as a toddler is just weird and confusing

Jake Wilson

I jadorbs this modern-take-on-Katherine-Hepburn suit by Alexander McQueen. Brie Larson has the je ne sais quois to pull ...

Brie Larson + Alexander McQueen = perfection

Ellie Kammer

How Ellie Kammer is channelling her battle with endometriosis into confronting art

Aimee Knight

Mayim Bialik arrives at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, ...

Big Bang Theory star explains why we shouldn't call women 'girls'

Mary Ward

Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett are alt-right idols, apparently.

What do we make of folks who are fans of Jane Austen... and Breitbart?

Ross Douthat

Sky News presenter and former NSW premier Kristina Keneally.

Keneally may take legal action over Latham's comments

Andrew Hornery

Mike Pence tweeted this photo of the meeting which discussed the future of maternity care in the United States.

Mike Pence tweets photo of men discussing maternity rights

Jenna Clarke

Grid girls at Albert Park on Monday, ready for the grand prix this weekend.

The time has come to retire 'grid girls' for good

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Justin Bieber's fancy Sydney digs had to be "de-odorised".

Bieber stinks out $20 million Sydney home

Andrew Hornery

The Tsimane are into exercise and bananas (well, plantains which are a low sugar variety).

What those with the world's healthiest hearts do differently

Sarah Berry

We often stumble when our hopes meet reality.

Does 'false hope syndrome' make it hard to lose weight?

Juli Fraga

Can you eat bread and lose weight? Yes, according to a new study.

'Dramatic' weight-loss possible without counting calories, study finds

Sarah Berry

Culinary fable: The story of butter says much about our relationship with food.

Does our complicated relationship with food stem from butter?

Flavour boost: Spaghetti of prawns and prawn oil with parmesan.

The one food rule chefs are breaking

T-bone steak with barbecue sauce by Neil Perry. Images by William Meppem, please credit.

34 different ways to cook a great steak. Find your favourite

Chris & Amy Rehs-Dupin and their two children.

Husband gives birth after his wife was unable to fall pregnant

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Girl, 12, suspended from school for selling 'sex toy'

Carter and Rowdy.

How Rowdy the dog is helping this boy accept his rare condition

A TSA agent waits for passengers.

Traveller letters: I'll never go through Los Angeles airport again

Alter do Chao Beach in the Island of Love in Rio Tapajos, Brazil.

One of the world's best beach towns is 1600km from the nearest coast

Simon Romero

Halong Bay in Vietnam.

It's time: The world's next big cruising destination

Brian Johnston

Samsung's new QLED televisions push the boundaries of colour and brightness.

Hands on: Samsung QLED Ultra HD smart TV

COMMENT
Adam Turner

Banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo say they want to give consumers access to their data, but are seeking new ...

Data the new gold as banks, tech firms battle

Webcity is experiencing a 24-hour outage.

Webcity services 'meltdown' leaves customers in the lurch

UPDATED

Any electronic device larger than 16 centimetres long is now prohibited.

How the airline laptop ban creates other risks

COMMENT

The Senate vote on Thursday foreshadowed a broader rollback of tech and telecom policies that have drawn the ire of ...

US moves to repeal internet privacy rules

MONTMELO, SPAIN - MARCH 08: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren MCL32 on ...

Why you can't miss the 2017 Australian Grand Prix

David McCowen

While Nissan's SUVs are popular, passenger cars such as the Altima present a challenge.

Nissan: Passenger cars 'challenging' for the brand

David McCowen

Bentley Continental GT.

Why the Bentley Continental is a used car bargain

David Morley

2017 Audi S5 Coupe.

New Audi S5 performance coupe reviewed

Peter McKay

2017 Nissan Navara Series 2. Embargo: 4am 24/03/2017

New Nissan Navara Series 2 reviewed

David McCowen

Aston Martin and the F1 Red Bull Racing have created the AM-RB 001.

The way F1 is changing Aston Martin

Stephen Ottley

Australia's captain Steven Smith plays a shot during the first day of their fourth test cricket match against India in ...

Mid order collapse as India fight back after lunch

Live
James Lemon

Thwarted: It was not the dream start to 2017 that premiership winning skipper Paul Gallen wanted.

Sharks head to Parramatta in Saturday night thriller

Live
Steve Mascord
30 mins ago

Match winner: Dave Horwitz seals the Waratahs' win against the Rebels on Friday night.

The youngster who said no to Folau and saved the Waratahs

Tom Decent

Lance Franklin takes a mark against Port Adelaide.

Swans staring at defeat as Port extend lead

1 hr ago

MONTMELO, SPAIN - MARCH 10: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was altered with digital filters. Image has been converted to black and ...

Ricciardo, holding his breath for more

Matthew Clayton

Lewis Hamilton and his new Mercedes GP teammate, Valtteri Bottas of Finland, share a joke.

The key to F1 success comes with a $700 million pricetag

Mark Fogarty

"I just wanted to come in, work hard and earn the respect": Giants recruit Tendai M'Zungu.

Mzungu ready to resurrect career

James Buckley

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 31: Sharni Layton of the Diamonds competes for the ball with Serena Guthrie of the Roses ...

Leaving Swifts harder than any break up: Sharni Layton

James Buckley

Too good: Daly Cherry-Evans starred against the Bulldogs.

Sea Eagles smash Bulldogs to grab first home win of 2017

Matt Bungard
8 mins ago

Issac De Gois

Concussion could force another NRL player into retirement

Adrian Proszenko
1 hr ago

Influential: Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston may be voted in as the new RLPA president.

Smith, Thurston and Maloney in line to be next RLPA president

Adrian Proszenko

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