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Rodney Minogue, a suspect in the 1986 Russell Street bombings who has now been arrested for heroin supply in Kings ...

A brothel, bombing and now heroin charges for couple

Feng Chongyi, an associate professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. Photo: supplied .

'Still a mystery to me': Sydney academic in the dark on China

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Andre Hendricks leaves Downing Centre on December 14, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo ...

Teens shuddered when they saw Hendricks walking Cronulla streets

It's not unusual for snakes to be found on aircraft.

'Snakes on a plane is real': How reptiles are sneaked into Australia

Mould behind walls in a northern beaches home. Pic nick Moir 30 march 2017

Family forced out of beachside home as dangerous mould sets in

Thomas Lacombe, in Potts Point, Sydney, has a BMI rating that puts him in the overweight category because BMI doesn't ...

'I'm overweight': The calculator that decided this man was fat

Ivanka Trump walking on perilous legal and ethical grounds

Scott Morrison says company tax cut stays on the table

Fox News paid out $17m to high-profile host's sex harassment victims

How to prepare for the NBN before it lands on your doorstep

Man assaults paramedics as girlfriend goes into labour: police

As he was leaving the station, Salim Mehajer was asked to leave another taxi by police.

Phone, eftpos machine seized as Salim Mehajer is arrested

26 mins ago

I absolutely gained was a sense of "knowing" about my body.

I spent a week at home in the nude, and this is what I learned

Nine's Sylvia Jeffreys and Peter Stefanovic, the brother of <i>Today</i> host Karl Stefanovic, were married on Saturday ...

'Upset': Karl Stefanovic's kids not invited to their uncle's wedding

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 01: <ATC Ambassador Melina Vidler and Erin Holland, The Star Sydney Ambassador at ...

Security on edge as actor wears $1.2 million hat to races

Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper in the series <i>Feud</i>.

Starring as 'the most hated woman in Hollywood'

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Salim Mehajer arrested at Star Casino

Gabbie

Year 12 is tough enough - then came the diagnosis

Unexpected demotion: Robbie Farah is facing time on the bench.

Could Cook take Farah's NSW State of Origin jumper too?

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Common cooking mistakes and how to avoid making them

Karl Stefanovic's three children were not invited to their uncle Peter Stefanovic's wedding to Jeffreys.

Channel Nine stars marry in intimate ceremony

Backyards are becoming as worth as much as houses.

What should come first? The house or the kids?

19 mins ago

32 Merriman Street, Millers Point.

Sell-off of public housing at Millers Point 'a real tragedy'

Borrodell Vineyard, Orange: The region is famous for fine wines.

Orange: the town that has everything... except for Oranges

Seasoned investor Hany Ibrahim beat out neighbours and families hoping to snap up this tightly-held property.

Investor with nine properties beats families in Leichhardt

The Garden Pavilion in Brunswick was designed by Bloxas architects to help its owner sleep.

How this house was designed for the perfect night's sleep

Luana Campione with her four-year-old daughter Zoey at their inner-west home.

A brave face: The crisis hitting Sydney's families

EXCLUSIVE

Sydney man caught drink-driving twice in one hour

'I don't know why no one told me': Pregnancy danger Kate never knew

Rodney Minogue, a suspect in the 1986 Russell Street bombings who has now been arrested for heroin supply in Kings Cross.

Russell Street bombing suspect arrested in Kings Cross heroin raid

The new NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller: an old-fashioned policeman

The right time to stop crime is before it happens: commissioner

An infestation of black mould in an apartment.

Who you going to call when the spores begin to form?

Julie Power

New NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller.

New NSW Police Commissioner is the insider's insider

Long time local resident Carol is assisted from her home by neighbours as flood waters rose in Kokoda Street on April 1 ...

Missing man found dead, Premier warns 'Debbie is not done yet'

UPDATED

Karmein Chan was abducted from her Templestowe home in a well-planned crime.

Sliding door murders – could they have been solved?

VIC

Perth musician Riley Pearce's guitar was smashed on a Qantas flight to London.

Perth musician gutted after guitar 'pulverised' on Qantas flight

WA

Auto Italia celebrating 70 years of Ferrari's. (from left), Ferrari Club Australia president Michael Rensch, and club ...

Most valuable car park in Australia: Iconic vehicles gathered

ACT

About 67 per cent of people in NSW are cremated.

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Workers move a coffin from a chapel to prepare for cremation in the crematorium in Sydney's south directly behind them.

Families leave thousands of cremated remains behind

Julie Power

Rebecca Cross has been seconded to Bupa after being Head of Domestic Policy at Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Bureaucrat moves between PM department and health insurer

EXCLUSIVE
Eryk Bagshaw

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Why I'm backpacking around the world at 72

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Geraldine Forster

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Waiting game: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with frontbenchers Josh Frydenberg, Barnaby Joyce, Christopher Pyne, Scott ...

Government secures $24 billion deal for company tax cuts

James Massola

Turnbull's company tax deal 'exxy' but effective

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

China treaty failure sparks war between Abbott and Turnbull

James Massola

Senator James Paterson takes a moment in the Senate.

Filibustering Senate holds itself hostage

ANALYSIS
Matthew Knott

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis in the Senate at Parliament House on Tuesday 28 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Senate kills off government's race hate law changes

Aerial photos of Lismore showing flooding from the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie. 31st March 2017. Photo:?Rotorwing ...

Once the storm passes, Debbie will still cost you

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Bishop condemns colleagues over China treaty collapse

EXCLUSIVE

Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix in Silverstone, England in 2013.

Red Bull heir stonewalls prosecutors years after alleged hit-and-run

Lindsay Murdoch

Nuclear power plants

British nuclear power stations on terror alert

Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor".

Bill O'Reilly accused of sexual harassment

Russian President Vladimir Putin: His country has been busy in other nations' elections.

Call the Russian Embassy and press 3 for 'election interference'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Question Time.

Is it any wonder politicians are on the nose?

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

"It's one rule for those on the conservative side and another rule for socialists": Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop.

Bronwyn Bishop, where do you get off with rants like that?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Mark Latham accused ABC broadcaster Wendy Harmer of being a "commercial failure".

There is nothing free about Mark Latham's speech

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

Daniel Ricciardo and Adam Gilchrist advise the young rich to play a conservative, long game when it comes to investing.

Ambushed: Company hit by the 'new-look short'

Myriam Robin

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Minimum wage rise could benefit all in the rat race

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

MORRIS.AFR.27 JUNE 2017.Photo by ROB HOMER ...... portrait of JEFF MORRIS cba whistleblower photographed at the fairfax ...

Death threats, smear campaigns: the lot of a whistleblower

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

The banks were seeking access to Apple's antenna inside the iPhone so they could use their own bank apps and their own ...

The big banks have been trumped by a bigger Apple

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

No 'patsy': Danni Roche steels herself for battle for AOC job

Mark Hawthorne

Why Australia isn't so easy for Trump to bully

ANALYSIS
Matthew Winkler

Extremist funding fears prompt government to pull YouTube ads

Lucy Battersby

Australia's hotel sector under the spotlight

Carolyn Cummins

The best places to spend up big.

Style surfing: 30 men's fashion websites you need to know

Men's Style

A formidable lineup of influential beers.

Hall of fame: The most important Australian craft beers ever

Fine Drinks

To save money, Simone Plaza and her family are having a camping holiday this Easter.

How to save on Easter spending

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

What you need to know about the war for super

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Michael Macolino, co-founder of Accodex, speaking at the Salesforce World Tour in Sydney.

Angry, young accountants lead exodus from big firms

Cara Waters

James Pearson says there is a future for Australian manufacturing.

What does manufacturing look like in 21st century Australia?

James Pearson

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Suspect on run after brutal stabbing in Sadleir

Vorayuth Yoovidhya

Thai Red Bull heir avoids court for seventh time

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GWS secure victory over Gold Coast

56 mins ago

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Watford with an easy win over Sunderland

53 mins ago

Aerial view of the Maitland flood in March 1955. SMH NEWS Picture by BERT POWER .

Rewind - Flood

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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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Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper in the series <i>Feud</i>.

Judy Davis stars as 'The most hated woman in Hollywood'

Andrew Hornery

Everyone returns for one last dinner party on Sunday's episode of <i>Married at First Sight</i>.

How Nine tweaked Married at First Sight to hurt MKR

Karl Quinn

Reunion: (From left) Thomas Lacey, Dena Kaplan and Keiynan Lonsdale are back, and on the big screen, in <i>Dance ...

Behind dreams and dramas of Dance Academy's move to movie

Matt Bungard

Batman discovers he may have to embrace teamwork.

Is Lego Batman Movie a Trump-inspired parable of our times?

Sandra Hall

Actors Valerie Bader and John Waters, who star in the STC's production of <i>Talk</i>.

Why Australia still celebrates the shock jock above news; a play

Elissa Blake

Petula Clark sang for Winston Churchill, danced with Fred Astaire and declined a ménage à trois with Elvis Presley and ...

In bed with John, Yoko and Petula Clark

Steve Meacham

Pierre Niney and Paula Beer in <i>Frantz</i>.

Francois Ozon ruffles French feathers with Frantz

Stephanie Bunbury

Comedian Denise Scott dreamt of being a serious actor as a child.

Denise Scott on getting serious, the C word and Judith Lucy

Kerrie O'Brien

Harvey Miller and Monte Morgan are Client Liaison.

An ode to the 90s delivered in an off-white limousine

Lucy Cormack

Actors John Waters and Valerie Bader who star in the STC's production of "Talk". 28th March 2017. Photo: Steven Siewert

'Alan Jones' clout plus the down and dirty of Ray Hadley'

Elissa Blake

GROOVIN' THE MOO - MAITLAND - 2016 Twenty One Pilots. PHOTO BY MARINA NEIL - 23rd APRIL 2016

Top show but then there's, er, the small matter of the music

George Palathingal

Nine's Sylvia Jeffreys and Peter Stefanovic, the brother of <i>Today</i> host Karl Stefanovic, were married on Saturday ...

Karl Stefanovic's kids not invited to Peter and Sylvia Jeffreys' wedding

THE GOSS
Amy Croffey

ATC Ambassador Melina Vidler (left) and Erin Holland, The Star Sydney Ambassador, at Championships Day at Royal Randwick ...

Million-dollar hat steals the show at day one of The Championships

Jenna Clarke

I absolutely gained was a sense of "knowing" about my body.

I spent a week at home in the nude, and this is what I learned

Cat Rodie

Thinking about the things you can't ask.

Things I'm afraid to ask my therapist

Megan Downey

Donald Trump and Jennifer Hawkins following her Miss Universe win in New York in 2004.

Hawkins on needing bodyguard because of Trump friendship

THE GOSS
Amy Croffey

Karl Stefanovic's three children were not invited to their uncle Peter Stefanovic's wedding to Jeffreys.

Sylvia Jeffreys wore Rebecca Vallance to her 'hilarious' wedding

Jenna Clarke
1 hr ago

My admirable friend has taught me that it is better to speak up.

My friends have told me when I've stepped out of line, and I'm grateful

Jane Caro

Kristen Stewart at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association press conference for "Cafe Society".

Kristen Stewart: Why I am finally in my happy place

A poor diet can cause inflammation in the body and affect your mood.

Anxiety: When it's not in your head but in your body

Sarah Berry

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, APRIL 2/17 ISSUE. cr:?Alan Benson My Day On A Plate -?Lisa Goldberg (supplied image, no archiving)

Chocolate cake and cabbage: Lisa Goldberg's day on a plate

Water is just as good as soap, the experts say.

Is it time to ditch your soap?

Evelyn Lewin

Chicken and corn soup.

Pre-Easter healthy Weekly Meal Planner

Savoury full point: Char-grilled beef short rib, glistening with fat and flavour.

Momofuku Seiobo lifts the game

Terry Durack

Tummy friendly: Braised beef cheeks with creamy polenta.

What is the low-FODMAP diet and how does it help IBS?

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'This is stupid!': the baby onesie that has dads fuming

Comfort and warmth! Style? Not so much.

Aldi, please don't let this be an April Fool's joke

The YouTube clips appear to be your children's favourites, until they take a darker turn.

The disturbing YouTube videos targetting top kids' shows

Americans are a friendly bunch.

Traveller letters: Australia, stop whinging about Americans

The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong.

The hotel room that changed history

Anthony Dennis

Russians have found a regular trip to the sauna, or banya, can help relieve stress.

Five unique urban experiences every traveller should try

NBN's Fixed Wireless towers are delivering metro broadband speeds beyond the major cities.

NBN to double speeds for regional customers

COMMENT

Zheng Long's app mypal lets you top up your myki on the go.

App developer has a fix for myki problem

Bixby AI assistant was unveiled in New York on Wednesday.

Samsung S8's Bixby assistant on hold for Australian market

Spotify, Apple boost music business

ISPs could conceivably begin sharing detailed information about a person's web usage.

What to expect from your ISP next?

Jeep? Quicksand Concept 2017 Moab Easter Jeep Safari: Jeep Quicksand concept

Jeep's hot rod revealed

Andrew MacLean

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with women small business owners in the Roosevelt Room of the White ...

The Breakdown: President Trump's effect on cars

David McCowen

2017 Volkswagen Tiguan 162TSI R-Line.

Range-topping VW Tiguan reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2017 Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport.

New Mazda CX-5 reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Suzuki's X90 combined sports car styling with four-wheel-drive underpinnings.

The cars that became a joke

David McCowen

The Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ concept has been revealed ahead of the 2016 Paris motor show.

Mercedes accelerates electric car investment

David McCowen

Mike Hall before taking on the Indian Pacific Wheel Race.

Hundreds ride to Opera House in memory of killed cyclist

Lisa Visentin

Thriller: Roger Federer celebrates his win over Nick Kyrgios.

Federer edges Kyrgios in one of greatest matches in recent history

UPDATED

Different class: West Adelaide's John Kosmina (left) scored the first goal in NPL football, 40 years ago.

Ghost of NSL still apparent 40 years on from humble beginnings

Michael Cockerill
1 hr ago

Point worth remembering: Argentina's Lionel Messi misses a chance to score against Chile in Buenos Aires on March 28.

Nervous time for Socceroos? Try being Dutch or Argentinian

Michael Lynch

Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor speaks to the media at the announcement of new captain Aaron Woods.
18th December ...

The decision that sealed Jason Taylor's fate

Danny Weidler

Sally Pearson celebrates after competing in the Open Womens Preliminary 100m Hurdles event.

Pearson posts worlds qualifying time in Sydney

Emma Kemp
33 mins ago

Bobo.

Sydney FC closing in on history after thrashing Melbourne City

Dominic Bsosi

Unexpected demotion: Robbie Farah is facing time on the bench.

Could Cook take Farah's NSW State of Origin jumper too?

Adrian Proszenko

Josh Addo-Carr .

Heroic Storm defence holds out Panthers

Roy Ward

Raiders' Nick Cotric celebrates with team mates after scoring off a magnificent solo effort in the second half.

Cotric brilliance holds off Eels fightback

David Polkinghorne

James Maloney (left) of the Sharks celebrates kicking a field goal.

James Maloney rescues Sharks from shock Knights comeback

UPDATED
Andrew Parkinson

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