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Sydney's young families are showing signs of moving out... to Melbourne.

Inflation back in RBA's target range after March rise

BREAKING
44 mins ago

John Hewson (right), with Chief Scientist Alan Finkel at a renewable energy summit last year.

'Australian train wreck': Hewson issues warning over super

Salim Mehajer leaves Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.

Mehajer fronts court over alleged assaults of taxi driver, TV reporter

1 hr ago

Windy conditions are on the way.

'Very, very cold': Winter chill and gale force winds to hit Sydney

1 hr ago

Speaking to the media after Ardent Leisure's AGM on 27th October 2016.

Thomas quits CEO role six months after Dreamworld tragedy

1 hr ago

Building the wall was one of President Donald Trump's campaign centrepieces.

Sorry, Trump voters, you got scammed. There won't be a wall

COMMENT

'Amazing what he's doing, but...': Questions over France candidate

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

ABC backs presenter after Facebook post sparks Anzac Day anger

Obama under fire for reported $530,000 fee for bank speech

$40m black hole: Nine urged to ditch cricket coverage

Economy at risk over housing policy 'sham', Turnbull warned

EXCLUSIVE

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg.

The tech world just witnessed a robbery led by ruthless Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

On the move: Josh Reynolds.

Reynolds to quit Bulldogs for $3m deal with NRL rivals

BREAKING
1 hr ago

Disney's mega release date announcement is part of a Hollywood land grab.

Disney just dropped the world's biggest 'save the date'

ANALYSIS

Air Koryo only offers one dish on board, and no one is quite sure what it is.

'World's worst airline' serves only one dish: A cold, mystery burger

24 mins ago

Doughnuts decorated with house-made sprinkles.

How to make doughnuts at home with just one new baking pan

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Actor Tom Hardy apprehends 'fleeing motorbike thief'

End of days or exactly what we deserve?

$600 mud-stained jeans are exactly what we deserve

NSW State of Origin players, Aaron Woods and David Klemmer, in Coffs Harbour. 24th May 2016 Photo: Janie Barrett

The real story behind Woods' catch-up with Klemmer

Ivanka Trump defended her father's views and record on women.

Ivanka jeered after defending father's views on women

Back to his best: Jarryd Hayne celebrates with teammates during the Titans' win over the Sharks.

We'll take Hayne on our terms - and things will be different: Eels

Many see the property market as out of reach, or aren't yet convinced it's the best place to park their savings.

Plenty saved, so why don't these millennials want to buy a house?

1 hr ago

If an investor buys the property they can also buys the furnishings at cost price.

Sweet Surry Hills pad headed for auction - for a good cause

Tamsin and daughter Martha in their vegetable garden.

'The hills were so green, I cried': Tamsin's triumphant treechange

Altair Guimarães, 62, lives in an apartment block in Rio.

One man, one city, three evictions: The human cost of Rio's growth

1 hr ago

“City shapers” can hold contradictory opinions on urban consolidation.

Vested interests behind 'city shapers' often subvert good policies

COMMENT

Sydney ferries

Six years after last revamp, ferry wharf undergoes another makeover

Traffic chaos as motorway crash causes major jam

1 hr ago

Fears buses, roads won't cope with Sydney's new 9000 person suburb

Felicity Wilson was smiling following a successful byelection result.

Typo could save new Sydney MP after voter reported her to police

Sydney's Anzac Day march ended in Hyde Park.

Man accused of filming girl in Hyde Park after Anzac Day march

The Origami Horses sculpture in West Ryde.

Origami Horses to be torn down after pedestrians injured

Thousands turned out for the Anzac Day march in Sydney.

Thousands line streets for Sydney's Anzac Day march

A boat has overturned near North Stradbroke Island with 11 people onboard.

'Brave' cop dived into bay to save striken boaties

QLD

Police surrounded a house in Wangaratta.

Man and woman found dead after police hunt for armed man

VIC

The drone perfectly captured the shadows of each bowler as they walked to collect their bowls.

Drone footage of bowls club creates optical illusion

WA

Filipino workers Walter Morales, Anotonio Enriquez and Ricardo Bernardo Junior were employed as powerline maintenance on ...

Fears new visa scheme will be used to bring in low-paid workers

Delegation of Interpol member countries attend a conference in Bali in November.

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Delegation of Interpol member countries attend a conference in Bali in November.

Cyber criminals make hay of government websites

Lindsay Murdoch
40 mins ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un: Under his watch, North Korea has been aggressively pursuing a decades-long goal of ...

Entrepreneurs are thriving in the country you'd least expect

COMMENT
Justin Hastings
1 hr ago

Catie Low story Furla to buy back Australian distribution from Luxury Retail Group images supplied

Furla buys back Australian business on soaring sales

Catie Low

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Interest rates are lower than a year ago despite a crackdown on investor loans.

Labor sounds alarm as interest rates fall despite crackdown

EXCLUSIVE

Cory Bernardi's Conservatives to merge with Family First

Latika Bourke
1 hr ago

Australian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for long term: PM

David Wroe

Andrew Laming - national anthem

MP calls for 'Australian values' verse in our national anthem

EXCLUSIVE

The Property Council's chief executive Ken Morrison.

Developer lobby urges more urban land, low-deposit loans

Donald Trump will travel to New York on May 4 for the meeting.

Malcolm Turnbull to meet Donald Trump in New York next week

Errors in your resume may not seem like a huge deal, but can be the difference from snagging your dream job and having ...

Work for the dole a 'demonstrable failure', charity says

Alex Jones, arrives for a child custody trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas in April.

US yoghurt-maker sues Alex Jones over sexual assault report

Bruno Fernandes de Souza was found guilty and sentenced to 22 years for murdering his girlfriend.

Brazilian goalkeeper-killer Bruno ordered back to jail

1 hr ago

Demonstrators chant against US President Donald Trump's executive order on "sanctuary cities" in Cincinnati in January.

Donald Trump suffers third setback on immigration

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch during an operational test in 2013.

US to launch test missile off California coast

Illustration: Andrew Dyson.

The missing word from Morrison's vocabulary

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Perth actress Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker in Netflix's Thirteen Reasons Why.

What I learnt from watching 13 Reasons Why with my teen son

COMMENT
Alan Stokes

An allegedly flawed 2002 study gave hormone replacement therapy a bad name.

Menopause made worse by misinformation

COMMENT
Jen Vuk

Japan Post has shocked the market with a $4.7 billion writedown on its Toll acquisition made two years ago.

Japan Post books $4.7b writedown on Toll, cuts 1700 jobs

Thomas Wilson and Taro Fuse
36 mins ago

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Markets Live: ASX eyes 6000 points

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Patrick Commins
42 mins ago

The police report appears to blame Dao for his own injuries.

United passenger caused his own injuries, police report claims

The consumer price index rose 2.1 per cent in the year to March 31.

Inflation back in RBA's target range, but below expectations

BREAKING
44 mins ago

Deborah Thomas quits CEO role at Dreamworld owner Ardent

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

'Hypocritical': Obama under fire for reported $530,000 speech fee

Uber to test flying taxis by 2020

'Australian train wreck': Hewson sends super warning

Clancy Yeates

When do you know you've finally transitioned into adulthood?

When does adulthood begin? Here's five signs you've officially made it

Self
23 mins ago

A leather jacket is a right of passage.

The one item of clothing that makes any man instantly cooler

Men's Style

A-REITs have done very well, including ALE Property Group, which owns pubs.

The best-performing asset class of the past five years

John Collett

Vendors will potentially pay less tax if the hammer falls after June 30.

You'll lose 2 per cent of your taxable profit selling before June 30

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

There's a steady stream of would-be childcare educators who don't understand the basics.

No clue in reality: when vocational training falls short

Sylvia Pennington

Physiotherapist Pete Hunt is starting to see a lot of people with neck and back pain related to their mobile.

There's one very good reason your neck's sore

Alexandra Cain

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MKR: Tyson feels the Semi Finals heat

4 mins ago

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Trump's wall delayed amid government shutdown threat

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Ivanka Trump defends father's stance on women

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Melbourne crack Warriors in Anzac Day special

Illustration: Simon Letch

Best of Fairfax cartoons, April 26

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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Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Die Hardy: Tom Hardy chases down motorbike thief in London

Rob Moran
8 mins ago

The ABC has said Yassmin Abdel-Magied's personal views do not represent those of the national broadcaster.

ABC stands by Yassmin Abdel-Magied after Anzac Day outrage

Broede Carmody

Disney's mega release date announcement is part of a Hollywood land grab.

Why Disney's 'save the date' spree is the new normal

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Scott Baio at the Republican National Convention last July.

Baio blames 'fake news' for harsh comments about Erin Moran

Rob Moran
1 hr ago

Flash and dazzle: House of Bond.

House of Bond boils Alan Bond down to basics

COMMENT
Debi Enker

John Boyega and Oscar Isaac as Finn and Poe in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

A Star Wars first? Lucasfilm fails to shoot down gay fan theory

Broede Carmody

Amy and Tyson impressed at David and Betty's MKR score.

Angry, Angry Man failed to show in MKR grand finals decider

Aja Styles

'I thought he was joking': Faye Dunaway, left, and Warren Beatty before announcing the Oscar for best picture.

Dunaway speaks about Oscars gaffe for the first time

Artist Reg Mombassa (aka Chris O'Doherty) with his daughter and artist Lucy O'Doherty at the shacks at Garie Beach. 12th ...

No roads. No phones. No coffee carts. No worries.

Peter Munro

Portrait of Stephen Taberner, leader of the Spooky Men's Chorale. 14th April 2017, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney ...

The endless search for the perfect boofchord

Nick Galvin

Academy of St Martin in the Fields led by Joshua Bell come together in a true collaboration.

Like someone leaping on a moving train

Harriet Cunningham

Madeleine Ryan.

How my autism diagnosis helped me accept the person beneath the act

Madeleine Ryan

Ivanka Trump defended her father's views and record on women.

Ivanka Trump jeered while defending her father's views on women

In some significant ways, it’s the single people who are doing particularly well.

More people than ever before are single - and that's a good thing

Bella DePaulo
44 mins ago

In a display of regal brilliance, a heavily pregnant Beyonce performed at the Grammys.

Beyoncé to award scholarships in celebration of Lemonade's anniversary

Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

End of days or exactly what we deserve?

These $600 mud-stained jeans are exactly what we deserve

COMMENT
Annie Brown

Changing a lightbulb just seems too risky to contemplate.

The one household chore I cannot bring myself to do

Jenna Price

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is sprayed with water during the London Marathon.

Prince Harry sprayed William with water and Kate Middleton loved it

Jenna Clarke

Topshop has released a pair of clear plastic 'jeans', which cost about $100.

An open letter to those $100 clear plastic Topshop jeans

COMMENT
Melissa Singer

The weather affects whether we want to exercise.

How climate change could affect the way we exercise

Sarah Berry

"Flossing": Easing in and out of a nerve stretch.

Nerve Flossing – the easy method for pain relief?

Elizabeth Clarke

Drinking at home over dinner still counts.

More older Australians are drinking booze in a risky way

Sarah Berry

Neil Perry's bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, basil, olives and feta.

The Mediterranean diet is healthy. But is it actually Mediterranean?

The Happy Kitchen's sesame seared tuna with crunchy Asian slaw.

Good-mood food: Seven recipes to boost your happiness

Australians are consuming too much sugar.

Hospitals kick soft drinks out of vending machines

Abby Plested's children Houston, 3, and baby Goldie.

'Let them learn': why this mum doesn't believe in baby gates

Bradley Herbst, dressed in his daily costumes, with daughter Sydney.

Dad's social media deal with teen gets job done in hilarious way

Mackenna posted this photo to Twitter.

Husband keeps sick wife company in sweetest way

Air Koryo only offers one dish on board, and no one is quite sure what it is.

'World's worst airline' serves only one dish: A cold, mystery burger

Jonathan Kaiman
24 mins ago

COMAC could be the single biggest threat over the coming decades to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus, both in China's ...

China's answer to the Boeing 737 ready, but will anyone fly it?

Working as a tour guide means you get to see all of the destinations the paying clients see.

No 'begpacking': The nine jobs any backpacker can do

Ben Groundwater

Hipchat is Atlassian's long-running chat app.

Atlassian's Hipchat hacked for user details

1 hr ago

Concept image of a Joby S2, one of the emerging flying vehicles highlighted by Uber in a new White Paper.

Uber to test flying taxis by 2020

In Silicon Valley, what matters is having the biggest and most engaged network. And because Facebook is that network, ...

'Ruthless': How Zuckerberg keeps Facebook king

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

usb-c

Is the USB-C standard really that good?

Lifehacker

Hyundai badge

Hyundai app exposed cars to cyber thieves

Great Wall's Steed did not fare well in ANCAP's crash test.

Great Wall ute's 'poor' crash result

David McCowen

2017 Nissan GT-R Nismo.

Nismo set to expand

Stephen Ottley

2015 Hyundai i30 Series 2.

What cruising car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Few cars can match what HSV's Tourer offers.

Quick spin: HSV Tourer LSA

David McCowen

Hyundai Tucson

The Sweet Spot: Hyundai Tucson

Andrew MacLean

Honda Civic TypeR Nurburgring Time Attack
April 2017
Worldwide Copyright: ? Patrick Gosling, Chris Brown/ ...

Honda's supercar-beating hatch

David McCowen

On the move: Josh Reynolds.

Reynolds to quit Bulldogs for $3m deal with rivals

BREAKING
1 hr ago

NSW State of Origin players, Aaron Woods and David Klemmer, in Coffs Harbour. 24th May 2016 Photo: Janie Barrett

The real story behind Woods' catch-up with Klemmer

Michael Chammas

Back on the court: Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova readies for frosty locker room reception

Simon Briggs

Caught in the middle: Lexi Thompson.

Golf moves decisively in wake of Lexi Thompson saga

Bill Pennington

'Half English, half tattooed': Chris McQueen watches on from the bench during the Titans' match against the Sharks.

God save McQueen: Knives out for England's former Origin forward

Back to his best: Jarryd Hayne celebrates with teammates during the Titans' win over the Sharks.

Eels will only take Hayne back on their terms - and less money

Adrian Proszenko

All-round athlete: Jordie Barrett of the Hurricanes.

What the All Blacks can learn from Cheika's Folau experiment

COMMENT
Paul Cully
1 hr ago

Rough patch: Kieren Jack of the Swans.

Jack to miss at least two games for Swans

James Buckley
19 mins ago

Milestone man: Cameron Smith.

Meninga names strong squad to face New Zealand

1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Mitchell Pearce of the Roosters celebrates kicking a field goal to claim golden point ...

Pearce earns special praise after performing in the clutch

Adrian Proszenko

Game-breaker: Felise Kaufusi celebrates his try against the Warriors at AAMI Park.

Storm's rising stars prove the difference in win over Warriors

Roy Ward

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