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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull share a joke ...

Australia sides with China as US stands on the outer

Children need to learn skills such as "digital empathy" to reduce bullying.

Instead of teaching your kids coding, they should learn this instead

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Loyalty schemes work ... for businesses, but not so much for customers.

Loyalty reward schemes are not designed to reward loyalty at all

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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

Australia signs secretive military deals with Saudi Arabia

EXCLUSIVE

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

'Offside': How social media guru tripped up on lewd tweet

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

1 hr ago

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

EXCLUSIVE
Adele Ferguson

Backpacker assault: attacker guilty of 'harrowing' kidnap

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

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Desperate first-home buyers queue from dawn for apartments

Australia's captain Steven Smith leaves ground after his dismissal by India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the first day ...

Run out adds to Australia's woes following middle-order collapse

Live

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Ethan Lowe of the Cowboys breaks through the defence during the round four NRL match ...

Cowboys off to a flyer against Gold Coast Titans

Live
38 mins ago

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'

Kory Stamper in the basement storage area of Merriam-Webster?s headquarters in Springfield, Mass., March 3, 2017. ...

The secret world of dictionaries

From runny to hard yolks, a visual guide to hard boiling eggs

From runny to hard yolks, a visual guide to hard boiling eggs

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Manly massacre Bulldogs

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

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

Sea Eagles smash Bulldogs to grab first home win of 2017

8 things the happiest couples do every morning

Eight things the happiest couples do every morning

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

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

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

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

65 View Street Annandale

Auction Results: See what sold near you on Saturday

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?

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

Laundry incident that nearly brought SA Premier undone

Mark Kenny

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

Beef breakthrough as China insists its regional intentions are peaceful

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

Turnbull government backs penalty-rate cuts for low paid

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

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'

Norway topped the happiness league table.

The six things that make for a happy nation

COMMENT
Matt Wade

According to George Brandis, free speech was one of the things the ANZACS fought for.

The truth about ANZACs fighting for our right to vilify each other

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

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

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

Nic Tait at his renovated cottage in Brunswick, Melbourne.

Home renovations that give you the most bang for your buck

Ben Hurley

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The true cost of loyalty programs

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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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 ...

Run out adds to Australia's woes following collapse

Live
James Lemon

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston shows his emotion during the NRL Preliminary Final ...

Thurston and Cowboys out to bounce back after shock loss

Live
Steve Mascord
38 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Bernard Foley of the Waratahs runs with the ball on his way to score the winning try ...

The youngster who said no to Folau and saved the Waratahs

Tom Decent

Coach Wayne Bennett.

Respect for Bennett is fast disappearing

COMMENT
Danny Weidler
1 hr ago

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 22: Allan Alaalatoa of the Brumbies shows his dejection as he leaves the field following the ...

Brumbies cross the tryline first after weathering storm

Live
Eamonn Tiernan
1 hr ago

Out-contested: Luke Parker of the Swans falls as he competes for the ball with Matthew Broadbent.

Swans downed by superb Port in season opener

James Buckley
10 mins ago

Banged up: Daniel Ricciardo snapped off a tyre in the crash in qualifying at Albert Park.

Ricciardo hoping for better luck in race

Matthew Clayton
1 hr ago

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

FILE - MARCH 20, 2016: Wests Tigers NRL club have sacked coach Jason Taylor effective immediately. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH ...

Taylor keeps his word at the end of a tough week

Adrian Proszenko

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

Sea Eagles smash Bulldogs to grab first home win of 2017

Matt Bungard

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: James Maloney of the Sharks scores a try during the round four NRL match between the ...

Sharks back on track as Parramatta slump to second straight loss

Tom Decent
15 mins ago

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