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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Axe hovers over 'hopeless' work-for dole program

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Ben McCormack leaves Redfern police station after being charged.

Nine reporter on child porn charges in hospital

Monetary policy has reached the point of providing stuff-all stimulus for anything other than increasing the bidding ...

Property investors cool as crackdown takes effect

Eryk Bagshaw

Eman Sharobeem has had her assets frozen by the NSW Crime Commission.

Australian of the year finalist spent $100,000 of taxpayer funds

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Evans
1 hr ago

Debra Kelliher, who has resigned as principal of Kambala School.

Head of private girls' school quits after 'nasty campaign' by parents

Jenna Price submits her Masters in 2013.

On my 60th birthday, this is what I wish I knew 30 years ago

COMMENT

'Who is referred to as 'dad'?' Obeid's wife quizzed over cafe cash

EXCLUSIVE

Beijing's unprecedented incentive to dob in foreign 'spies'

Kirsty Needham

'No place in our schools': Call to ditch 'archaic stereotype'

Girlfriend of alleged Queanbeyan murderer 'pulled knife on family'

Doug Dingwall

Legal action launched in desperate bid to save Western Force

Natasha Exelby, at the moment she realised she was on air on Saturday night.

ABC faced with backlash after reportedly banning 'daydreaming' presenter

Oliver Curtis being escorted to a prison truck on June 24, 2016.

Jacenko's husband Oliver Curtis gets detention after fight in jail

John Clarke and Bryan Dawe at the 2008 TV Week Logie Awards at Crown Casino.

Devastated Dawe pays tribute to his 'friend and co-conspirator'

Satellite images of the Abbot Point coal terminal and neighbouring wetlands. Before Cyclone Debbie on the left and ...

'Turned black by coal': Before and after cyclone images spark inquiry

Leanne Shanahan, left, and Georgina Sawyer, the mothers of young men killed in a car crash at Bilpin.

Mother woke from her nap, knowing something was wrong

John Clarke

John Clarke: the best of

Brisbane International Airport has the best bathrooms in Australia.?

Airport wins award for best public toilets in Australia

Terry Peck allegedly fled the Omeros Bros Seafood Restaurant on Sunday without paying his $621 bill.

Two lobsters, 21 vodka oyster shots, then dip before arrest

Smart cities map community preferences to improve services and infrastructure, using technology such as smart phones.

Why Sydney is far from the sharpest tool in the shed

Food writer Jay Rayner has written a scorching review of a Paris restaurant at which Michelin-starred Christian Le Squer ...

Veteran critic's scathing review of $850 dinner

After 17 years renting in Newtown, Alex Topic decided to swap the inner west for Parramatta.

'Last place on my mind': Sydneysiders swap city living for Parramatta

54 mins ago

In terms of the dream tenant, look for families, households with expectant mums or pet owners.

It's easy to spot a bad tenant, but what about a good one?

Work opportunities can drive the decision to move, but family can also be a factor.

What owners need to consider when moving interstate to buy

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55 Arcadia Road, in Glebe, has never been on the market.

The old Sydney homes that haven't ever been sold before

When you look at the data on mortgage stress the systemic risk of this overreach looks small.

Three charts that show mortgage stress isn't as bad as you think

Analysis

Roads in and around Macquarie Park suffer chronic congestion during peak periods.

'Fair dinkum': $60m plan to relieve traffic congestion at hotspot

'I got sucked in:' How Jason fell victim to online scammers

EXCLUSIVE

'Difficult position': NSW MP interviewed by police

Greice

Gambler sues billionaire over sex-for-stardom offer for actress wife

The state government told officials to prioritise motorways over public transport, documents show.

Ignore rail, build roads: Explosive internal documents revealed

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Martin

Boy, 16, critically injured in scooter bashing at Albion Park: police

Boy, 16, critically injured after being bashed with a scooter

Shanon Heidemann has been orphaned.

'Utterly devastating': Parents killed in separate accidents

Ambulance

Two people trapped after bus crash on Great Ocean Road

1 hr ago

Island operators have decided it doesn't make financial sense to try to reopen the tropical resort on Daydream this year.

Daydream Island closed until mid-2018, staff axed in wake of cyclone

QLD

Australia has the lowest fuel quality standards in the developed world.

Call to fine parents idling car engines near schools

VIC

Police have cordoned off Noosa Drive in Secret Harbour after shots were heard.

Police 'following blood trail' after shots fired in Perth's south

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Appreciation
Tony Wright

People gather outside the St George's Church after a the attack in Tanta, Egypt, on Sunday.

Solemn week takes on its most sombre tone yet after IS attack

ANALYSIS
Farid Farid

Language such as calling a little girl 'princess' or 'bossy' can have negative effects.

'Throw like a girl': new tool targets 'nasty' one-liners

Annie Brown

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Axe hovers over 'hopeless' work-for-the-dole program

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Property investors cool as crackdown takes effect

Eryk Bagshaw

Turnbull kills off Abbott's India free trade deal, for now

Mark Kenny

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has now seen the Young Nats defy national party policy on a key issue for the second time ...

Young Nationals back emissions trading

Heath Aston

John Clarke: satirist, polymath and nature lover with a great love of language.

'The highest accolade': Politicians unite to pay tribute to John Clarke

Stephanie Peatling

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten visited the CIT Trade Centre in Canberra.

Shorten seeks $620m council stimulus package

Adam Gartrell

Pauline Hanson during her live crosses at the Melvilee Bowling Club tonight after the Western Australian State election. ...

Hanson celebrates One Nation anniversary by banning ABC

Amy Remeikis

President Donald Trump greets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as he arrives at the White House in Washington on ...

Stuck between IS and Sisi, Coptic Egyptians cling to faith

ANALYSIS
Farid Farid

Espionage includes taking photographs and stealing state secrets from Chinese public servants.

Beijing offers nearly $100,000 reward to dob in foreign 'spies'

Kirsty Needham

Flowers are left on a police car to show their gratitude to law enforcement officers after a peace demonstration on ...

Stockholm suspect was denied asylum and told to leave in 2016

1 hr ago

All smiles: Then Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Rex Tillerson, then chief executive of ExxonMobil on ...

Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Assad

US President Donald Trump was dining with Chinese President Xi Jinping when a naval destroyer launched the first of ...

China took a very different message from Trump's Syria attack

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Australia needs policymakers to update the rules of the game so they are fit for purpose.

The rules of the energy market aren't fit for purpose

COMMENT
Andy Vesey

The Treasurer's highly anticipated speech on housing affordability on Monday has succeeded in articulating the depth and ...

Government's piecemeal housing fix simply won't work

COMMENT
Jenny Smith

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer.

Naming, shaming, reporting part of new reforms for banks

EXCLUSIVE
Sarah Danckert

Scott Morrison wants the vast majority of our housing market to keep doing just what it's been doing.

A considerable show of 'doing something' about housing affordability

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Deutsche Bank says we can thank a flood of offshore investment into Australian stocks.

Stock market edges closer to the magic 6000 mark

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Paul Harragon is seeking investor support to include a 240-bed rehabilitation facility on the Gold Coast.

The captain that became The Chief, is now The Boss

Carolyn Cummins

Dreamworld theme park hit by Cyclone Debbie

Carolyn Cummins

Wild ructions in commodities fail to worry investors

Jessica Sier

Barclays' Staley faces probe, bonus cut over whistleblower

Suzi Ring and Greg Farrell

BHP pressured to abandon UK listing

Brian Robins

Mother nature poses a very real threat to your beloved vehicle.

What people don't tell you about driving a supercar

Cars
Toby Hagon

Model Tess Holliday (second from left) and others in the Modcloth #effyourbeautystandards
campaign

How my partner changed my mind about overweight people

Life on Mars

Mortgage rates are on the rise and borrowers don't want to get in above their heads

How to avoid squeeze of rising mortgage rates

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The $300m GST grab hardly anyone knows about

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Anthony Svirskis, chief executive of Tribe and co-founder Jules Lund in London.

Jules Lund takes Tribe international with $5 million in funding

Cara Waters

Business travel does not include driving from home to work and return, or any travel for private purposes.

Is it worth keeping a logbook for my car?

Max Newnham

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Midnight Oil surprises Marrickville Bowling Club

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US navy strike group by the numbers

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Government looks at housing crisis

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Pauline pays out on the ABC

One Nation

A powerful cold front has swept the nation's south east delivering up to 20cm of new snow to the Alps in the first snow ...

Melbourne weather: Cold snap and severe weather to continue.

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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John Clarke and Bryan Dawe at the 2008 TV Week Logie Awards at Crown Casino.

What Bryan Dawe will most miss about co-conspirator John Clarke

Tony Wright

Natasha Exelby, at the moment she realised she was on air on Saturday night.

ABC faces backlash after news reader reportedly banned

Georgina Mitchell, Latika Bourke

Hmmm that was weird: Chris and Milanka call it a day on First Dates, with Milanka thinking of turning lesbian.

'What a disaster': First Dates puts older tastes on the menu

Aja Styles

The good sport: a keen swimmer and a diver as a schoolboy, Clarke is still described by friends as a totally natural ...

The Clarke Report: 'There are two kinds of actors'

from the vault
Fenella Souter

No, no Nanette: Hannah Gadsby has had enough.

If you have to bow out of comedy this is how: Gadsby's swansong

Debbie Cuthbertson

Comedian John Clarke

Vale John Clarke, master of deadpan, who died on Mt Abrupt

Karl Quinn

New Zealand-born comedian and writer John Clarke has died at the age of 68 while hiking in the Grampians National Park ...

Comedian's tribute to Clarke after shock end: 'How dare he die!'

Rob Moran

The moment newsreader Natasha Exelby realised she was on-air.

Newsreader's worst nightmare comes true

Broede Carmody

Michael Mulcahy's rendering of Carl Vine's new work was both smooth and deft.

Tricks of the mind make for compelling music

Peter McCallum

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From: Bernard Zuel
Date: 9 February 2016 at 11:23
Subject: FW: Bonnie Raitt ...

The passion is as strong as ever - it must be true love

Bernard Zuel

Rasputin Affair

He's got to go ... would anyone like a cyanide cupcake?

Jason Blake

Clementine Ford.

The actions behind the Dutch backpacker's brave escape are sadly familiar

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Jenna Price: In my 30s I felt like time was running out.

On my 60th birthday, this is what I wish I knew 30 years ago

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Constance Hall has defended herself on Facebook amid cheating allegations.

Constance Hall forced to defend herself after acrimonious split from husband Bill

Jenna Clarke

Rich and luscious ... Caroline Velik's chocolate mousse.

'Tastes like stale air,' critic's scathing review of $850 dinner

Oliver Curtis being escorted to a prison truck on June 24, 2016.

Oliver Curtis put in 24hr detention after prison fracas

Amy Croffey

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 08: Amber Sherlock at The Championships at Randwick Racecourse on April 8, 2017 in Sydney, ...

Since when did Sydney get so good at race day dressing?

Anne Hathaway

Why is Anne Hathaway still being asked to explain being 'hated'?

Natalie Reilly

Daenerys, mother of dragons, knows that power of a bold shoulder and a well-cut suit.

The GoT winter fashion is coming, and it's on point.

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Annie Brown

Letting go can be hard: Sometimes it just requires a little reframing of our stuff.

Six reasons why it's hard to let go

Paula Goodyer

Family fun without sugar: it's possible, Shenker says.

Could you raise a sugar-free family?

Sophie Ellis

Happiness is about a sense of progress, so try something new.

The one thing no one realises about happiness

Susie Moore

Snapper in crazy water

Easter weekly meal plan (with tasty fish for Good Friday)

The DASH diet can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

The DASH diet is proven to work so why hasn't it caught on?

Meatballs

We've got a meatball recipe to match every mood

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'My name gave me social anxiety - don't do it to your kids'

Tysen Benz, 11, hanged himself in his room after seeing social media posts indicating that his girlfriend had committed ...

Girl, 13, faces charges in 11-year-old boy's suicide

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The downside of dads being 'mates' with their sons

Eva Claire, plane captain and Instagram star.

Instagram star: Plane captain reveals what her life is really like

Hugh Morris

Hampstead Heath's mixed bathing pond: The one where bathers are required.

Bathers optional: Where London gets back to nature

Steve Meacham

Air New Zealand's Dreamliner premium economy seating.

Flight test: Dreamliner premium economy is worth it on long haul

Julietta Jameson

Lenovo's Miix 720 hybrid aims to offer the best of both worlds when you're on the move.

Hands on: Lenovo Miix 720 hybrid tablet

COMMENT
Adam Turner

NBN

What broadband speeds are you really getting?

Lucy Battersby

Is Snap even a 'public' company?

Myriam Robin

NBN

Homes without internet are stuck in regulatory limbo

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Turner

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Facebook takes new steps to stop 'revenge porn'

Hayley Tsukayama

Life & Leisure motoring column: SUV by Three (this is Land Rover Discovery Sport) Photographer: supplied by ...

New Land Rover Discovery Sport reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2007 Subaru Tribeca.

Was this Subaru's worst SUV?

David Morley

The Ford Fiesta Sport is the sweet spot in the Fiesta range.

The sweet spot: Which is the best Ford Fiesta?

David McCowen

Takata chief executive Shigehisa Takada apologised for his company's role in the death of motorists.

Five important questions about Takata airbag recalls

David McCowen

2017 Aston Martin Vanquish S Red Arrows Edition.

Aston Martin Vanquish S Red Arrows Edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

Infiniti QX80 Monograph concept will be on display at the 2017 New York motor show.

Infiniti tease future SUV

Dom Tripolone

Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses may get one final game together for the Tigers.

Eels shocked Tigers will place Moses with moral dilemma

Michael Chammas

Legal writ: The Western Force are taking their fight for survival to the courts.

Western Force serve writ on ARU over Super Rugby cull

Georgina Robinson

On the defensive: RugbyWA has started legal proceedings to stop the Australian Rugby Union from axing the Western Force.

How the ARU ended up with legal threats on two fronts

ANALYSIS
Georgina Robinson

AFR BOSS and AICD roundtable Marina Go, chairman Wests Tigers and director at Autosports 30th March 2017 Photo by Louise ...

Marina Go is thick-skinned but naive in the world of rugby league

Andrew Webster

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 10: Cameron McEvoy, Kyle Chalmers and Mack Horton of Australia catch their breath after ...

Confusion reigns after shock Horton win

Laine Clark
53 mins ago

Bill Pulver, CEO of Australian Rugby Union.

ARU admits 18-team Super Rugby model was a mistake

Tom Decent

Sad scenes: Almoonqith was euthanised after breaking down and dislodging jockey James Doyle.

ATC seek no-race warnings as Sydney Cup open to new entries

Adam Pengilly

"Pure relief": Sally Pearson enjoys her victory in Glasgow.

Pearson's last laugh in Glasgow

Michael Gleeson

Getting the balance right: Todd Greenberg says gambling is a virtual national pastime.

Greenberg won't appear as character witness for ex-CEO

Chris Barrett

Happy days: Joel Thompson at Dragons training.

Dragons ready for NRL 'big dogs'

Tim Barrow

Everything is pointing in the right direction for Canberra.

Off-field stability the reason for Raiders' on-field success

Caden Helmers

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