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A minibus and ute smash on Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Five people injured after minibus crash in Sydney CBD

17 mins ago

The man dragged from the overbooked United Airlines flight.

Dragging doctor from plane was a colossal mistake

COMMENT

Graduation day.

Students in limbo after colleges stripped of funding

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - MARCH 04: Auctioneer Damien Cooley starts the bidding for the sale of 35 Lansdowne Street, ...

Census data reveals possible 'tipping point' in property ownership

1 hr ago

"One thing the federal government could do that would ease some of the demand pressure is to scale back immigration at ...

Abbott is wrong about immigration and house prices

Comment

The University of Sydney is standing by controversial lecturer Tim Anderson.

Gas attack 'hoax': Sydney Uni caught in pro-Assad push

Despite high prices, the typical NSW home is owned outright

58 mins ago

Supermarket giant facing $100 million class action

UPDATED
9 mins ago

Catherine Burn removed as state's top anti-terror cop

Seven News presenter drops the f-bomb in frustrated protest

Platypuses decapitated in 'despicable act of cruelty'

Luke Lazarus and the young woman were captured by CCTV outside the Soho nightclub.

CCTV footage showed 'bewilderment' on face of alleged rape victim

48 mins ago

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka have split.

Jealousy cited in Mariah Carey split with post-Packer boyfriend

Bill Gates

Good habits: What successful people read every morning

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

'Humans, not robots': ABC hits back at claims it sacked reporter

Ian and Leanne Neeland own the?Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery and newly opened Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie & ...

The couple who risked everything for their chocolate dream

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'Regret of waste'? There's a word for that

Some days are more productive than others.

The best day of the week to ask for a pay rise

How airlines decide who gets kicked off an overbooked flight

HuffPost

The moment I told my fiancee I was transgender

The 'Stagger Seat' offers three inches of more width space.

New plane cabin design makes middle seat the best seat

Home owners with a mortgage are still the most typical Australian household, but in some areas the dial has moved.

The biggest difference between NSW, Victoria when it comes to houses

1 hr ago

If potential buyers have a target of $50,000 for a deposit in Sydney, by the time they get to the eighth year the ...

Government keen to help young buyers get into the market 'ASAP'

1 hr ago

Scott Morrison's reform package includes a focus on renters.

Government finally admits what we already knew about property

Comment
1 min ago

The Casa degli Atellani also has four self-service apartments, which are available for rent.

Spend the night at Leonardo da Vinci's house

"Our job is to make the vendor money": Sara Chamberlain from The Real Estate Stylist.

Selling a property? This could be your secret weapon

Ben McCormack leaves Redfern police station after being charged.

Nine reporter on child porn charges admitted to hospital

'I strayed ... for that morsel': Vegan MP spotted eating seafood

Eddie Obeid's family grilled over Circular Quay cash profits

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn, Kate McClymont

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

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

EXCLUSIVE

The man was arrested in Tamworth several days after the alleged attack.

Woman stabbed in face and neck in alleged attack by partner

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

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

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

Spanish company Talgo is proposing to run its state-of-the-art trains (pictured) between Canberra and Sydney.

Momentum builds for Canberra to Sydney high-speed train

6 mins ago

Eddie Betts has again been racially vilified by a Port Adelaide fan, on social media.

AFL club investigating racist taunts aimed at Betts, Ryder

UPDATED
1 hr ago

Police circulated this image of Wayne Youngkin, who went missing in 1986 and whose remains were found in Brighton in ...

Police search wetlands after body found in septic tank

QLD

The girlfriend of a teen charged with murdering a service station attendant in Queanbeyan has been accused of pulling a ...

Teen girlfriend of alleged murderer 'pulled knife on family'

ACT

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Unlike almost all other rich economies, Australia runs three school systems rather than one.

Why local schools don't look like their suburbs anymore

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, right, wife Nor Mahmudah Ahmad and an unidentified child pose in front of an Islamic State ...

Senior Malaysian IS recruiter now on US most-wanted list

Lindsay Murdoch

The mother-in-law gave me a questionnaire when I first met her.

The day my future mother-in-law handed me a questionnaire

Claire Hooper

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Graduation day.

Funding stripped from two of Australia's largest colleges

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

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Cut immigration to reduce housing pressures, says Tony Abbott

Fergus Hunter

Sydney University senior lecturer Tim Anderson.

'Syria hoax': Sydney University at centre of pro-Assad push

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

Joyce 'surprised' by Young Nats' support for emissions scheme

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is received by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a ceremonial welcome at the ...

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

Australia's banks look to have acted before the latest warning from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to ...

Property investors cool as crackdown takes effect

Chinese police officers patrol on motorised platforms on Tiananmen Square

China hides 'grotesque' level of capital punishment: Amnesty

A cross on a church.

It's time to acknowledge the war on Christianity

COMMENT

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, at a memorial in Santa' Anna di ...

On Syria, Trump has a different message each day

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Activists hold posters which read "Jokowi, stop the executions" during a candlelight vigil outside the presidential ...

Hope for future inmates on Indonesia's death row

Jewel Topsfield

Some days are more productive than others.

The best day of the week to ask for a pay rise

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The author, Zachary Zane.

The moment I realised monogamy was not for me

COMMENT
Zachary Zane

Susan and Bob

I wrote my boyfriend's obituary - and left myself out

COMMENT
Susan Shain

supermarket

Supermarkets set to pass rising costs on to customers: Citi

Madeleine Heffernan
16 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX rally finds more energy

Live
Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

The Australian dollar started the year at US72¢, and surged above US77¢ in the middle of March.

$A takes a dip but avoids a dive

Myriam Robin
1 hr ago

In effect, Australia has swapped a resources bonanza for a housing boom.

Overheating housing market threatens to end good times

COMMENT

Business conditions best since GFC, says NAB

Patrick Hatch

Woolies facing $100m class action over 2015 profit downgrade

UPDATED
Georgia Wilkins
9 mins ago

It's not just Fox: why women don't report sexual harassment

ScoMo's double backflip with a twist on housing

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Snoring doesn't just keep your other half awake, it can also be detrimental to your own health.

Sweet dreams: A two-minute exercise can stop snoring

Self
49 mins ago

Losing fat without exercise: Sounds way too good to be true, right?

The 'magic' way to lose body fat without exercise

Fitness

Despite public concerns, Nant kept advertising its scheme of selling barrels of whisky and cattle.

Who's to blame when bad investments hit the wall?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

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My blueprint for buying your first property – safely

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Anthony Svirskis, chief executive of Tribe and 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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Yum yum insect ramen

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Midnight Oil surprises Marrickville Bowling Club

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A rough week for newsreaders

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Government looks at housing crisis

A man dressed as the Pope jumps into a pool of mud as competitors take part in the annual McVities Mud Madness 8km cross ...

World of Photos

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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Cate Blanchett as Thor's foe, Hela.

Cate Blanchett turns supervillain in the first look at Thor: Ragnarok

Rob Moran

Ron and Patricia Fellows told the Q&A panel that they would look into some form of euthanasia instead of going into an ...

One word from Q&A audience summed up emotional debate

COMMENT
Neil McMahon

Milanka's face on learning Chris' oldest date was 50 pretty much said it all.

First Dates' Milanka opens up on mid-date bombshell

Rob Moran

Jessica Adamson and Mark Soderstrom from 7 News Adelaide.

Seven News presenter Jessica Adamson drops f-bomb live on air

Rob Moran

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

Journalists put their bloopers out in solidarity with Exelby

Broede Carmody

Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star Wars fans converge as The Last Jedi's trailer is tipped to land

Michael Idato

Tributes have flowed for John Clarke, who died suddenly on Sunday.

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

Amber McMahon and Rory Walker in State Theatre Company South Australia?s The Popular Mechanicals presented by Sydney ...

Fart jokes and rubber chickens - yes, it's Shakespeare (ish)

Jason Blake

Shadow hangs over long-term future of Art Gallery of NSW director

Peter Munro

Gregory Porter

How the big man in the hat took 40 years to be and overnight success

John Shand

Pepper

Can robot children be the answer for lonely couples?

Rieko Kawachi

Drawing on other data, the long-term trend from the mid '90s onwards is bad news for gender equality.

Is my belief that 'things will be better for my daughters' a delusion?

Kasey Edwards

Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive to ...

Prince George, Princess Charlotte to be in aunt Pippa's wedding

Maria Puente

One way to avoid grease (and also not wash your hair) is to just wash the front and dry just that section.

What happened when I cut back washing my hair to just once a week

Natalie Reilly

Lara Trump models the new MAGA cap.

Trump brings out 'Make America Great Again' caps in pastel colours

Mary Ward

And Perry who shocked (in a good way) fans last month when she cut her hair debuted her even shorter pixie cut in April. ...

Katy Perry rocks a pixie cut while Lindy Klim goes blonde

Jenna Price submits her Masters in 2013.

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

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Edward Enninful represents a shift in fashion, and an exciting future for British Vogue.

New British Vogue Editor: A barrier-breaking choice

Vanessa Friedman

Our outdoor lifestyles have a downside.

Why Aussie women are ageing up to 20 years faster than US women

Sarah Berry

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

Savour the good parts of life to shift the focus.

Get happy: Four well-being workouts

JULIE SCELFO

Waiter

What's the best way to complain to your waiter at a restaurant?

The Easter egg taste test

Chocolate taste test: We reveal Australia's best Easter eggs

One of Dani Valent's Thermomix dishes.

Future of food: Kitchen gadgets you don't yet know you need

Naomi Facey with husband Neil Bolton and baby Emilia

How a hand in a birth canal for 90 minutes saved baby Emilia's life

Jak's mum says bullies pushed her son and he hit his head on a metal pole.

Mum's plea to parents after son hospitalised by bullies

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The downside of dads being 'mates' with their sons

The 'Stagger Seat' offers three inches of more width space.

New 'stagger seat' design makes middle the best place to sit

Soo Kim

Best for March: Jordan.

Where to go, when: The world's best destinations, month by month

Ute Junker

The Ultimate Abyss, the tallest slide at sea: Harmony of the Seas.

Biggest, most luxurious: The world's 10 coolest new cruise ships

Brian Johnston

The OLED screen can display the time, date, and steps walked.

Hands on: Fitbit Alta HR revamps wearables

<i>Minecraft</i> has sold over 121 million copies worldwide.

Microsoft's Minecraft to launch its own currency

NBN's NG-PON2 fibre trials promise to benefit all NBN users, not just those relying on fibre to the premises.

NBN paves way for 10Gbps to the home with fibre trials

Samsung already has Citibank's Mastercard and Visa credit card holders on board, as well as American Express.

Westpac gets on board with Samsung Pay

Gizmodo

Facebook has said it will tweak its News Feed ranking algorithm to deemphasise fake news and make it easier for users to ...

Facebook, Google battle for ad dominance

2017 Jaguar XE R-Sport.

Jaguar's Mercedes C-Class rival reviewed

David McCowen

2017 Kia Sportage Si Premium.

Kia adds new Sportage and Cerato models

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

The LDV D90 SUV will launch in Australia.

Meet China's answer to the Ford Everest

Dom Tripolone

Land Rover Discovery Sport SE SD4

New Land Rover Discovery Sport reviewed

Stephen Ottley

2017 Bentley Bentayga Diesel.

World's most luxurious SUV reviewed

David Morley

2014 Nissan Pathfinder.

What used seven-seat family car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Making the hard decisions: Australian Rugby Union chairman Cameron Clyne and CEO Bill Pulver.

Force and Rebels made to wait as ARU back down

Tom Decent

Logos a no-go: Sonny Bill Williams.

SBW set to wear special Super Rugby jersey

7 mins ago

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

Sexism claim masks the mess the Tigers find themselves in

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Winning team: Angela Akins and Sergio Garcia.

The driving force behind Garcia's drought-breaker

James Corrigan

Swans coach John Longmire is happy with the efforts of his young players.

Longmire happy with Swans youngsters, despite losing start

Victim of an 'unprovoked attack': Ross Barkley.

England midfielder attacked in city bar

James Ducker

San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills.

Australians in the hot seat as NBA gets set for play-offs

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

Force launch legal fight with ARU over cull

Georgina Robinson

Under the magnifying glass: Mitchell Moses.

Moses not worth $850k a season: Kenny

Under the NSW Registered Clubs Act, the club could face fines up to $250,000.

Parra Leagues Club issued show-cause notice

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 08: Johnathan Thurston of the Cowboys is helped from the field during the round six NRL ...

Thurston may be back in fortnight: Cowboys

Laine Clark
1 hr ago

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