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US STRIKES SYRIA

The USS Ross fires a Tomahawk missile at Syria from the Mediterranean Sea.

'We are not at war': Single strike sends a strong message, Turnbull claims

Live
1 hr ago

A Tomahawk missile is launched during a test in 2010 in the Pacific Ocean.

US launches missile strike on Syria: What we know so far

Craig Butt
7 mins ago

President Donald Trump speaks after ordering air strikes against Syria.

Trump finally clarified America's role as 'free world's policeman'

ANALYSIS
Michael Bachelard
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the flightdeck of a C-17 Globemaster during a visit to the Middle East.

Trump crossed Obama's red line. What does that mean for Australia?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

President Donald Trump speaks after ordering air strikes against Syria.

US launches cruise missile attack on Syria over gassing

1 hr ago

London's homes have more than doubled in price since 2009.

London is what can happen if you don't fix the housing crisis

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller
11 mins ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian with Liberal candidate James Griffin in Manly.

Berejiklian predicts 'huge swings' in byelections

Sean Nicholls
1 hr ago

Police and emergency services at the scene on Friday morning.

'Horrific': Terror police investigate after man fatally stabbed at servo

UPDATED
29 mins ago

Ousted from NSC principals commitee: Steve Bannon, chief strategist for Donald Trump.

Bannon's scam is unmasked, and the knives are out

COMMENT

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ASX dives after US launches cruise missiles attack

Live
1 hr ago

The big problem for Donald Trump is what comes next in Syria

ANALYSIS

Hillary Clinton admits she is 'pretty worried' about Trump's America

Australia's success evading global recession comes back to haunt us

ANALYSIS

Turnbull says bad polls not a trigger for a leadership challenge

'This will end in tears': Warning over bank lending

COMMENT

It was an unhappy night for Kyrgios.

Kyrgios doesn't deserve Australia's love and shame on you for contemplating it

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, left, and Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford in a scene from Feud.

Susan Sarandon reveals the truth about those Julia Roberts rumours

Australia's Steve O'Keefe, center, celebrates after Ajinkya Rahane's wicket during third day of the first cricket test ...

Test spinner in strife over drunken tirade at cricket function

Whatever you do, don't gripe. Even if you're totally justified, it will just sound like sour grapes.

The worst sentences you can say at a job interview

In this image provided by the US Navy, the USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile on Friday, April 7, ...

Why Tomahawk missiles were the weapon of choice against Syria

ANALYSIS

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Video shows US missile launch against Syria

Times have changed since the golden age of air travel.

Shocking things you used to be allowed to do on planes

Insult comic Don Rickles has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 90.

Legendary comic Don Rickles dead at 90

In the thick of it: NRL referee Matt Cecchin.

'I can't do this': Moments before the game, Matt panicked

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

When I hear those coughs, I just want to yell, go home!

Brought wine to the dinner party? It's a gift, don't expect your host to open it.

Never arrive on time to a dinner party: Etiquette for the modern world

Ai Shin Cruz and her husband Erik live with their three children in a townhouse in Toongabbie. They managed to pay off ...

What a difference 10 years makes when paying off a mortgage

North America's tallest home - the 'Falcon's Nest' in Arizona.

View from the top: North America's tallest house for sale

Auctioneer Will Hampson at 46 Reiby Street, Newtown, which sold for $1.125 million on Saturday.

While it's a day off for most, Will prepares for busiest Saturday ever

Justin Gleeson, SC, is selling his inner-city terrace.

Top lawyer lists city digs for $4.8 million, heads for the beach

Lucy Macken

An artists impression of the $500 million theme park proposed for the Central Coast.

'Urgent meeting': Chappypie China Time theme park plans in doubt

Jacob Saulwick

'Mummy, look! That's the car that came to shoot Daddy'

Catholic schools bring in selective tests to retain 'best, brightest'

EXCLUSIVE

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti.

We're in trouble when politicians are left to police themselves

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

The campaign to save the Sirius building reached the Land and Environment Court on Thursday.

Court battle over Sydney building that divides opinion

"The mean price of an average house in Sydney would have been $50,000 higher if not for our policies": NSW Premier ...

Houses $50,000 cheaper because of state government: Berejiklian

Minister for Sport and WestConnex, Stuart Ayres.

Minister went to 16 GWS games before link became clear

Martin Cook, owner of WaterPave Australia is owed tens of thousands of dollars for construction work by Watersun Homes.

Failed builder 'may have been trading while insolvent'

EXCLUSIVE

QUU receives about 35,000 sewerage and water "interruptions" a year.

Response to Qld's sewerage complaints slips down the gurgler

QLD

Minister for Health Meegan Fitzharris.

'Clear problems': Canberra Hospital fire turns political

ACT

"Error 53" disabled phones that had been repaired by unauthorised shops.

Apple accused of false and misleading conduct

Treasurer Scott Morrison has a family trust. Malcolm Turnbull does not

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Treasurer Scott Morrison has a family trust. Malcolm Turnbull does not

Maybe this is why politicians won't act on family trusts

INVESTIGATION
Royce Millar, Ben Schneiders

Children's favourite Lauren Child is coming to Sydney.

Sydney Writers' Festival provides refuge in a mad world

Linda Morris

Contributing to the low rate of home ownership may be that the "Bank of Mum and Dad" is less likely to help out in ...

Thwarting Millennials' home-owning dreams: deposit, salary

Jens Meyer

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UNSPECIFIED, PERSIAN GULF REGION - JANUARY 09: A airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from ...

Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?

ANALYSIS
David Wroe

Turnbull 'knew in advance' of US plan to strike Syria

David Wroe
1 hr ago

Former RBA governor warns of 'danger point' in inequality

EXCLUSIVE

Malcolm Turnbull has denied consistent poor polling is a metric for a leadership challenge.

Turnbull says bad polls no trigger for a leadership challenge

Tom McIlroy

Cloud of constitutional uncertainty: assistant health minister David Gillespie.

Labor demands PM investigate minister over eligibility cloud

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Former Liberal minister Bruce Billson is spearheading the behind-the-scenes campaign to water down a government bill to ...

Franchise group works to water down new exploitation laws

Before the strike, Mr Turnbull had said in an interview he had been in close touch "with our American allies".

Australia well-placed to power Indian economy, Malcolm Turnbull says

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump hails 'friendship' with China's Xi Jinping

"Let us get what is ours now," Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said about islands in the South China Sea.

Philippine President orders troops to live on South China Sea islands

Lindsay Murdoch

Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch.

Senate goes 'nuclear,' ending blockade of Trump court pick

Ousted from NSC principals commitee: Steve Bannon, chief strategist for Donald Trump.

The comeuppance of Stephen Bannon

COMMENT

Garry Linnell (bottom right) with his grandfather, great grandmother, mother and sister.

The big question I wish I could have asked my grandfather

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Emojis are widely used in digital communication, yet the study of how we use them is in its infancy.

Why I use emoji in teaching and research

COMMENT
Jennifer Fane

GENERIC

Child

Selective Focus

Close-up

Menorah

Hanukkah

Little Boys

Igniting

6-7 Years

Judaism

Jewish ...

As a Jewish parent, I'm horrified by calls to ban Islamic schools

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

This and other challenges to Telstra's balance sheet have analysts at UBS recommending it cut the very thing that keeps ...

Squeezed profits put Telstra dividend under threat

Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

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Markets Live: ASX skids after US attack on Syria

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

German superstore chain Kaufland: What led to its decision to chose Melbourne over Sydney for its Australian headquarters?

Taxpayers in dark over promises to German retail giant

Madeleine Heffernan
1 hr ago

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Westfield eyes 1500 apartments in US, UK next year

Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

Did Australia miss a recession it had to have?

ANALYSIS

The 'inconvenient truth' behind the rise in energy prices

Brian Robins

Australia braces for lost business as coal buyers race elsewhere

Jack Donaghy was a master of a lunchtime business drink.

Liquor laws: The new rules for having a boozy lunch

Fine Drinks

Think more Billy Crudup in Almost Famous, less Greg Brady.

Back to the future: How to rock this season's biggest menswear trend

Stitched Up

Caring professions such as nursing tend to be female-dominated and low paid.

How to avoid retiring with insufficient super

COMMENT
Georgina Dent

It's better to trim your sails than suffer mortgage stress or worse, a distressed sale.

Banks are lending too much to property buyers

COMMENT
Noel Whittaker

Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business Australia, is calling for an investigation into the loans ...

Call for ASIC and ACCC to investigate 'coercive' small business loans

Cara Waters
19 mins ago

Almost two thirds of genuine sickies can be traced back to work-related infections.

Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.

James Adonis

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Clashes erupt at Argentinean labor union marches

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McCormack suspended after child porn arrest

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Don Rickles dead at 90

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Queanbeyan service station attendant stabbed to death

Murray Wilkinson with his cattle dogs, at the Easter Show in Sydney. 4th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Fairfax photos of the week - April 6, 2017

STAN - better call saul

Criminal. Lawyer. Better Call Saul returns April 11 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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Hit the road and escape the city

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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A former Saturday Night Live cast member said Trump ''didn't get the jokes'' either in 2015.

Trump 'struggled to read' while preparing to host SNL

Broede Carmody
58 mins ago

Louis CK's controversial new special launched on Netflix this week.

Streaming comedy: Which stand-up shows are worth your time?

Rob Moran

Ben McCormack is a reporter for Channel Nine's <i>A Current Affair</i>.

A Current Affair reporter arrested over child porn offences

Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal, Ed O'Neill, David Faustino during Married With Children's final season.

Married With Children star Katey Segal calls hit show 'misogynistic'

Rob Moran

Insult comic Don Rickles has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 90.

Legendary comic and voice of Mr Potato Head Don Rickles dies

Broede Carmody

Alex Dimitriades plays Joe Marin with a strut, his chest puffed out, in <i>Seven Types of Ambiguity</i>.

The ABC's new drama that's set to rival The Slap

Debi Enker

Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara in Man Down.

Is Shia LaBeouf's Man Down really that bad?

COMMENT
Rob Moran

Alec Baldwin has come under fire for claiming he never knew his co-star in Mini's First Time was underage.

Baldwin accused of lying about sex scene with under-aged actress

Biennale 2018 announcement of the first 21 artists for the 45th anniversary edition of Australia's largest contemporary ...

The man who can read stories in manhole covers

Elissa Blake

Children's favourite Lauren Child is coming to Sydney.

Forget Trump and Brexit: Bury yourself in a good book

Faster is inspired by the world of elite sports.

Toned and terrific: Ballet gets a sporty makeover

Annabel Ross

Amy Schumer covers Instyle magazine. Photographed by Carter Smith.

Amy Schumer and the tricky thing about body confidence

Annie Brown

Take note: Being a good bloke takes more than just not being a bad one.

Clementine Ford: What it really means to be a 'good bloke'

COMMENT

Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in Stepmom, the pair were rumoured to be fighting with each other.

It's time to stop asking female co-stars about on-set feuds

Stephanie Merry

Lara Bingle in Harper's Bazaar.

Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington reveal son's unusual name

Andrew Hornery

Erin Molan.

Nine's Erin Molan and policeman Sean Ogilvy engaged

Amy Croffey

Tina Brown, Hillary Clinton and journalist Nicholas Kristof speak on stage at the 8th Annual Women In The World Summit ...

Hillary Clinton: 'As an American, I'm pretty worried'

Josephine Tovey

Scarlett Johansson arrives at the 2017 Oscars.

Scarlett Johansson doubles down on 'complicit' criticism

Josephine Tovey

Lisa McAdams , domestic violence survivor and now teaches corporations how to humanely support staff effected by it. ...

I was a victim of domestic violence, my boss saved my life

COMMENT
Lisa McAdams

A University of Queensland report estimates that rates of depression had increased 18.4 per cent in the past 10 years.

Let's talk about changing these depression statistics for World Health Day

Sarah Berry
33 mins ago

Artificial sweeteners do not help with weight loss, study finds.

Why low-calorie sweeteners are making us fat

Evelyn Lewin

Adrenal fatigue? It may be a question of meaning.

Is adrenal fatigue real? Forget the label and treat the stress.

Christy Brissette

Plating like the dark nemesis of Donna Hay: Charcoal-dusted chocolate truffles.

Review: Darkly beautiful #foodporn in the Southern Highlands

Bob Hawke pours a glass of his namesake brew.

Enjoy a bevvy with Bob. Former PM launches Hawke's Brewing Co

Slow-roasted lamb with tarragon, peas and crispy potatoes.

Plan your feast with these 39 hearty Easter Sunday recipes

Image Source: Carrie Hall

Birth notice: mum, baby and midwife's hair all doing well

The young girl was found in January and is still unable to speak.

Girl found living with monkeys in Indian forest

Kimber Walker has an all-consuming love for Costco and has the party photos to prove it.

Is this the most unusual kids' party theme ever?

Times have changed since the golden age of air travel.

The 16 shocking things you used to be allowed to do on planes

Where will you find these guys?

The Traveller quiz: Where can you find these mysterious statues?

Mal Chenu

The amazing "underwater waterfall" effect can be seen from the air looking back towards Le Morne.

The incredible 'underwater waterfall' in paradise

Craig Platt

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC, pauses while speaking at the ...

'I want humans in space': Bezos sells $1.3b in Amazon stock a year to pay for it

Spencer Soper

Even among those that planned to switch, 2 per cent said they planned to switch between 18 and 24 months after it ...

ABS calls BS on Aussie broadband performance

COMMENT
Adam Turner

City SUV comparison: Toyota C-HR, Suzuki Vitara, Holden Trax, Honda HR-V.

New Toyota C-HR v Honda HR-V v Holden Trax v Suzuki Vitara

Toby Hagon

2018 Subaru Outback.

Updated Subaru Outback revealed

Drive Staff
1 hr ago

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2018 Mitsubishi ASX.

New Mitsubishi ASX city SUV revealed

Drive Staff

Audi SQ7.

The luxury SUV that feels like a performance car

Stephen Ottley

Land Rover has updated its Discovery Sport SUV.

Land Rover's stylish entry-level SUV reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Volkswagen Golf R. EMBARGO: 11pm 10/11/2016

New Volkswagen Golf R details revealed

Drive Staff

Making waves on and off the court: Nick Kyrgios.

No excuses: Why Kyrgios doesn't deserve Australia's love

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Steve O'Keefe, left, talks with Test captain Steve Smith in Ranchi, India last month.

Australian Test star fined in wake of drunken tirade

Tug of war for Teddy: The Roosters and the Bulldogs are interested in James Tedesco but the Tigers want him to stay.

Minichiello gets real with Tedesco: Join me or stagnate

Andrew Webster

Jordan Thompson

Thompson stuns Sock to give Australia a dream start in Cup

Phil Lutton
27 mins ago

Four of five? Australia faces crunch-time on the future of its Super Rugby involvement.

ARU to meet Sunday to prepare for vote on 15-team Super model

Georgina Robinson
14 mins ago

Resignation: Tim Worner.

Worner resigns from Swans board under pressure from female fans

James Buckley

Mixed start: Adam Scott.

Australians struggle early, as World No.1 leaves door open

Taking Horn lightly: Manny Pacquiao.

Nonchalent Pacquiao expecting little from Horn in Brisbane

Phil Lutton

Dark places: NRL referee Matt Cecchin knew he needed help.

'I was going to fake an injury': NRL referee Matt Cecchin

Andrew Webster

Try time: Korbin Sims of the Broncos dives over to score at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday.

Robinson delivers brutal assessment in wake of Broncos hiding

Phil Lutton

Josh Dugan continued playing after a head knock against Cronulla.

Anger lingers over concussion fines

Chris Barrett

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