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Ten shares dive after reporting huge $232m loss

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Sarmad Nisan (truck driver) departs his sentencing hearing, he was the truck driver who caused a massive crash in Dee ...

Truck driver hurtled into line of traffic at twice speed limit

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 03: Alan Jones honours Gina Rinehart during a function at the Four Seasons Hotel on ...

2GB's Jones effect: you could have put your money on it

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Coles delivers bad news for owners as Woolies hits back

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Audi car chase

Test drive in $230k sports car ends in wild chase across Sydney

Man with cancer only told the truth just before he died

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We have a problem with excess drinking - and we know it

Cricket has flipped on its head and CA is facing a disaster

ANALYSIS

'Biggest tax cut' in US history leaves unanswered questions

This photo distributed on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows what was said to be a ...

US vows to bring Kim Jong-un 'to his senses' after 'total war' threat

Thew new Qantas premium economy seat for the 787 Dreamliner.

Prices revealed: Qantas' non-stop flights to London go on sale

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18: Actor Johnny Depp accepts the Favorite Movie Icon award onstage during the People's ...

'If I want to buy 15,000 cotton balls a day, it's my thing'

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"If you went in there on a Friday night you'd be shocked at the number of people.": Alan Payne, a Blockbuster franchise ...

Forget Netflix: The 'Last Frontier' where Blockbuster is still thriving

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Regular cow's milk now competes with goat's, rice, coconut, soy, nut and oats milks on supermarket shelves.

How to easily make your own nut milks at home

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Trump's tax cuts unveiled

Gippsland Dairy's Choc Cherry Twist Yoghurt 160g topped the list of the most sugar-laden yoghurts in Australia.

The yoghurts with as much sugar as ice-cream

Demme, left, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins all won Oscars in 1992 for their work on 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Acclaimed Silence of the Lambs director dies aged 73

Nervous return: Maria Sharapova.

'Cheater': Sharapova cops it from rival after winning return

UPDATED

Anna Wintour attends the Jean Paul Gaultier show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

'Dissent is not enough': Anna Wintour's candid views on Trump

Tegan Lawson is a single mum and has used fractional investing to get into the property market.

How a single mum got her foot on the property ladder with one brick

1 hr ago

Qubix is a year-old company founded by Youssef Farag and Karim Rafla.

'Cargotecture' company transforms shipping containers into homes

A townhouse that was painted in red and white stripes by its owner Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring after a planning dispute ...

Court rules homeowner can keep red and white stripes on house

What qualifies as a dream home around Australia?

The six most incredible dream homes across Australia

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The renovated carriage is located in no ordinary train. We're talking Great Southern Rail's iconic Ghan.

The inside of this train is more glamorous than most restaurants

Artists' impressions of Arthur Phillip High at Parramatta.

High-rise school cost blowout as minister plans more

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

The yoghurt with more sugar than ice-cream revealed

Esther Han
20 mins ago

Mother sees daughter, 5, killed after being hit by truck

Mohammed Ali Baryalei suggested using a child to transfer money to him in Syria.

Plot foiled when boy's mum picked up shorts to wash them: court

Rachel Olding

More than 70 per cent of Australians say they would prefer to die at home.

Man with cancer only told the truth just before he died

Security fears over new technology being rolled out across NSW

Salim Mehajer leaves Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.

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

Mick Gatto leaves court.

Gatto settles $15m tax bill for less than $4m

EXCLUSIVE

The image of Dylan Voller in a spit-hood at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre that helped trigger the royal commission.

'Dude, you're not going to get it': minister's response to help plea

Damien Murphy

Two mountain bike riders have been allegedly attacked by a man and his dog near Belgrave.

Man attacks mountain bikers with pole, chases them with chainsaw

VIC

Former policeman Mark Ellis has withdrawn his candidacy for One Nation.

Ex-cop One Nation candidate quits over 'threats to family'

QLD

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Erin, Cassey and *Jennifer have all experienced harassment while working in hospitality.

Sleaze, assault, rape claims: Harassment rife in hospitality

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION
Gina McColl

Lucy Gichuhi, who will take the Senate spot vacated by Bob Day, will sit as an independent.

Bernardi and Family First game a flawed system

EDITORIAL

Shale oil threatens to undermine OPEC's hopes of raising oil prices.

BHP prepares to clean up its $49 billion mess

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system in action.

Australia 'must build' a missile defence shield as threat grows

EXCLUSIVE
David Wroe

Turnbull promises cheaper gas prices through export restrictions

James Massola

Why PM has made extraordinary intervention on gas prices

ANALYSIS
Adam Morton

Treasurer Scott Morrison will deliver his final pre-budget speech on Thursday.

Budget to allow Treasurer to boost big project spending

A photograph showing an injury allegedly sustained in the Good Friday incident at Manus Island regional processing centre.

'We didn't do anything wrong': refugees hit back at Peter Dutton

EXCLUSIVE

Kelly O'Dwyer, cabinet minister and member of powerful expenditure review committee, hard at work with her newborn baby. ...

Going after an MP days after she has given birth a new low in politics.

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Cory Bernardi announced on Wednesday that his Australian Conservatives movement will merge with Family First

Cory Bernardi looks for more mergers after Family First takeover

A Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

ASEAN nations nudge closer to South China Sea code of conduct

Lindsay Murdoch
17 mins ago

Kim Jong-un at a "combined fire demonstration", held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army in ...

US vows to bring Kim Jong-un to his senses

President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order in Washington on Wednesday.

Trump orders review of national monuments to open land for drilling

The moon.

China talking with ESA about moon outpost

Illustration: Matt Davidson

The irony of the push to unseat Kelly O'Dwyer

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

On Thursday, Scott Morrison will tell business economists in Sydney of his plans for infrastructure investment borrowing.

Finally, we could have a budget that will do something

COMMENT
Peter Martin

In a richly multicultural society, it is essential that parents, and children when they are mature enough, have all ...

Churches should play fair in teaching scripture

COMMENT
Kelsey Munro

Freefall: Ten shares slump as it reports $232m loss

Lucy Battersby
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Markets Live: Trump tax talk flops

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Coles has posted its slowest growth since the Wesfarmers takeover nine years ago, with same-store food and liquor sales ...

Coles sales growth slows to trickle as Woolies fights back

Catie Low
37 mins ago

By financial standards, the social media company may be a diving joke. But tell that to the nine million users that have ...

Twitter's business shrinks, but investors still find reason to party

'Price paid was high': CEO reaps $240m more than shares worth

Colin Kruger, CBD

Why Obama should be praised for $530,000 Wall Street speech

COMMENT
Mihir Sharma
42 mins ago

Mr Pineapple, 94, eyes Wall Street

Michael de la Merced

Ardent's new boss gets $1.5 million sign-on bonus

Sarah Danckert

Risk or ridiculous?

The pattern designed to blend in is now the best way to stand out

Men's Style
27 mins ago

Deep-fried tortilla cups called salbute are filled with dried tomato concasse and deliver a crunch thanks to crickets ...

You'll find the 'meal of the decade' in the middle of nowhere

Fine Dining

If you're investing in property, you're probably better off buying it in your personal name than your self-managed super ...

Buying property with your super fund has drawbacks

Daryl Dixon

John Collett dinkus. 7th February 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Chasing returns in super usually a losing bet

John Collett

Do you patronise older workers by saying they are 'too qualified'?

Great for the job, pity about your age

Tony Featherstone

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

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Police chase Audi through Sydney

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MKR judges knot impressed with pretzels

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Trump plan slashes business taxes

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Lee Spurr pranks Jeremy McGovern

Illustration: John Shakespeare

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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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Demme, left, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins all won Oscars in 1992 for their work on 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Acclaimed 'Silence of the Lambs' director dies at 73

Valarie and Courtney fight back tears after it's announced they made it into the grand final.

MKR grand final battle revealed as one team crumbles

Broede Carmody

Jude Law and Diane Keaton in <i>The Young Pope</i>.

The Young Pope is a very human story, says Jude Law

Michael Idato

From English language teacher to writer, Marija Pericic has been named winner of the 2017 Vogel Literary Award for ...

Fake memoir wins richest prize for undiscovered manuscript

Linda Morris

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

Did Mark Hamill give away The Last Jedi plot twist?

Broede Carmody

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

Die Hardy: Tom Hardy chases down motorbike thief in London

Rob Moran

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

Nick Earls, shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for the third novella in a series of five published to ...

NSW Premier's Award shortlist celebrates short storytelling

Linda Morris

Normal Rickard taking part in the Artful program.

A creative way to tackle one of our greatest scourges

Peter Munro

Romesh Ranganathan is well-known on the British panel show circuit.

Sydney Comedy Festival review: When bile becomes beautiful

Sarah Thomas

This was not the plan.

Yeah, Serena Williams did not mean to announce her pregnancy via Snapchat

Need rockers apply for Sophie Monk's The Bachelorette after Benji Madden split?

Should rockers apply for Sophie Monk's The Bachelorette?

Amy Croffey

Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte met when he was 15 years old and she was his teacher.

Reactions to Emmanuel Macron's marriage with an older woman show we're stuck in the past

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Angelia Jolie

Why you shouldn't ignore chapped lips (and how to deal with them)

Anna Wintour attends the Jean Paul Gaultier show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

'Dissent is not enough': Vogue's Anna Wintour on Trump

Bethan Holt

Bill Cosby and Evin Cosby attends the launch of the pb&Caviar store on August 7, 2008 in New York City.

Bill Cosby's daughter defends 'punished' dad in essay

Maria Puente

Emma Watson is understandably wary of the role model title.

We get why Emma Watson is afraid of being a role model

Annie Brown

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

Ivanka jeered while defending her father's views on women

Fitness: Find a friend.

Running may be socially contagious

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

The weather affects whether we want to exercise.

How climate change could affect the way we exercise

Sarah Berry

Like several well-known musicians, Lorde is a synesthete.

Lorde says synesthesia helps her creativity

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter.

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter recipe

Adam Liaw

Bones loom large: Roasted bone marrow with meat dust.

When viking meets booze and modernism in Redfern

Food relief: OzHarvest's Ronni Kahn at her rescued food supermarket in Sydney.

Pop-up supermarket lets shoppers pay what they can

33 mins ago

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

Thew new Qantas premium economy seat for the 787 Dreamliner.

Prices revealed: Qantas' non-stop flights to London go on sale

Craig Platt
1 hr ago

Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Atlanterhavsveien) been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the ...

Amazing roads: Europe's 10 most spectacular coasts to drive

Brian Johnston

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

If you were designing a technology purpose-built for attention-seeking monsters, it would probably look something like ...

Social networks must be responsible for content

COMMENT

As the adage goes: if you're not paying for it, you are the product.

Reminder: popular apps are never truly 'free'

Instagram's confident moves seem to be paying off.

Why Instagram is becoming Facebook's next Facebook

COMMENT

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

Tech world witnesses robbery by Zuckerberg

ANALYSIS

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

NBN regional Fixed Wireless trials hit 1Gbps

COMMENT

2017 BMW 4-Series range

Driven: New BMW 4-Series

Jonathan Hawley

McLaren 540C v Jaguar F-Type SVR.

Jaguar's best takes on McLaren's cheapest

Andrew MacLean

Uber has revealed plans for flying taxis by 2020

Uber promises flying cars by 2020

Amy B Wang

Honda Odyssey VTi.

She says, he says: Honda Odyssey VTi

Daniela Intili and Stephen Ottley

Harley-Davidson Street Rod.

Harley's sportiest little Hog

David Morley

One of the 600 Chrysler Pacifica people mover modified by Waymo, Google's self-driving car company.

Google expands self-driving fleet

Stephen Ottley

Off and running: Bulldogs playmaker Josh Reynolds will join the Wests Tigers in 2018.

Reynolds won't seek early release as merry-go-round hits overdrive

Adam Pengilly

Nervous return: Maria Sharapova.

'She's a cheater': Sharapova cops it from rival after winning return

UPDATED
Simon Briggs

Woeful: The Waratahs' loss to the Kings was one of their most embarrassing performances ever.

Thought it couldn't get worse? Waratahs sink to a new low

Tom Decent

The Wanderers have suffered their biggest loss in Asia.

No excuses: Wanderers crash out of ACL with worst ever defeat

UPDATED

Price to pay: Ticket prices for the A-League finals series are among the least affordable of the four major winter codes.

Finals tickets more than double the price of NRL seats

Dominic Bossi

Lleyton Hewitt has plenty of faith in Nick Kyrgios' clay court game.

Kyrgios to cause damage at French Open: Hewitt

Liz Cambage, pictured at Flemington last November, has signed with the Melbourne Boomers.

Cambage returns to Australia after five-year absence

Roy Ward
1 hr ago

Stock movements: John Coates and Danni Roche are heading in opposite directions.

Buy, sell or hold your sporting investment portfolio?

Peter FitzSimons

Trading places: John Grant.

Contract window could open a trade circus, says Grant

Adam Pengilly

Centre of attention from a young age: Mitchell Pearce.

Pearce credits NRL layoff, rehab for career-best form

Voice of experience: Manly's Jackson Hastings .

'It can do damage mentally': Hastings warns of pitfalls

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