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

Kim'wants to end the world': plea for Trump restraint

15 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison said "Australia has some of the toughest rules in the world dealing with cross-border transactions".

Intense lobbying triggers major tax carve-up review

1 hr ago

Allambie Heights Public School principal Angela Helsloot led a decision to stop giving students daily homework tasks.

How a Sydney school solved the homework problem

EXCLUSIVE
33 mins ago

President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum on April 28 in ...

'A bully and charlatan': the incompetence of Donald Trump

COMMENT
Nicholas Kristof

A message for Turnbull's minders: clear the fog around him.

The simple lesson leaders need to get through MPs' skulls

COMMENT

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove toast during a lunch reception for ...

Does this Mike Pence tweet make you cringe?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

'Uncomfortable about inviting a chick': Young Libs in misogyny stoush

EXCLUSIVE
38 mins ago

Illegal brothel complaints skyrocket after reforms stall

EXCLUSIVE

Man with three kids in car allegedly tries to run down store staff

1 hr ago

Australian dads missing out on little-known paternity benefit

Cory Bernardi warns of most pressing danger to freedom of Australians

Perth actress Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker in <i>13 Reasons Why</i>.

Never has a TV show rocked me to the core like 13 Reasons Why

Comment

Sydney escort Samantha X, real name Amanda Goff.

An escort tells: the day I got a call from the wife of my client

EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, APRIL 30/17 Cover, Kate Bosworth CR:Thomas Whiteside / trunkarchive.com(no archiving, HUGE ...

When Kate Bosworth instantly knew she'd found The One

On his way: British boxer Anthony Joshua, right, fights Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko for Joshua's IBF and the ...

Joshua delivers one of the greatest nights in boxing history

An aerial view of Fame Cove, where Chinese businessman Phillip Dong Fang Lee owns 100 hectares of oceanfront land.

Chinese billionaire in battle with local council to develop bushland

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Trump trolls White House press dinner

Little did Tracey Spicer know what was waiting for her at work after having her second child.

Tracey Spicer: Sacked because I was 'not hot enough' for TV

The sector unanimously criticised the changes at a Senate committee hearing in Parliament on Thursday.

The Sydney suburbs with an oversupply of childcare

Roxy Jacenko at her In Conversation with... business seminar on Friday at The Westin, Sydney.

Roxy Jacenko keeps teasing about her marriage

The Goss

Grant and Cheryl Denyer open up to Fairfax Media's Amy Croffey on the Logies red carpet.

'They are the accidents that kill people', says Grant Denyer

The Goss

An aerial view of Fame Cove, where Chinese businessman Phillip Dong Fang Lee owns 100 hectares of oceanfront land.

Chinese billionaire in battle with local council to develop bushland

It would be naive to ignore the potential impact of President Donald Trump's policy decisions in Australia.

The butterfly effect: How Trump could affect Australian buyers

The Mersey Bluff lighthouse in Tasmania.

Australian lighthouses that have survived out of the spotlight

The Lennox's has two four-bedroom penthouses known as Skyvillas.

The perks of penthouse living

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Scott Farquhar has bought Australia's most expensive residence, the Elaine estate in Point Piper.

Sydney billionaire, 37, smashes $70m house price record

EXCLUSIVE
Lucy Macken

"It's not true what they say, that it's not safe here": resident Fanya Tesler, 97.

'At 97, can I move somewhere else? I can't': Waterloo estate residents

Hadley axes major sponsor Dyldam after subbies go troppo

EXCLUSIVE
Kate McClymont

'Can't be trusted': New charge to cost home owners up to $500

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Eman Sharobeem, pictured with her husband Haiman Hammo, at an Australian of the Year dinner in Gunnedah in 2016.

Eman Sharobeem returns to Egypt ahead of ICAC hearings

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Evans and Farid Farid

Wounds on Cooper Allen's leg after being bitten by a shark at Lighthouse Beach in Ballina in September.

'You're never going to get it out of your head': Shark attack victim

Girls are better at literacy and reading from the age of four but boys aren't any better at maths until they turn eight.

Reading superiority in girls starts early, Naplan study finds

Pallavi Singhal

Jennifer Anderson, Mayor of Ku-ring-gai.

NSW government abandons option to force council merger

The woman fell from a third-floor balcony when the bricks collapsed.

Woman injured when balcony collapses at housewarming party

Alexandra Laskie

Specialist Criminal Defence Lawyer, Rob Stary in a Melbourne laneway EMBARGOED FOR USE IN GOOD WEEKEND, 29/17 ISSUE Rob ...

'I don't judge. I don't prosecute. I defend': criminal defence lawyer

Good Weekend

Police cordon off the crime scene at the house.

Woman stabbed to death at home in Brisbane's north

QLD

The worse the news for immigrants and their lawyers, the better it has been for the two prison operators.

Major underworld figure stabbed in prison

VIC

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 07: Street artist, Scott Marsh paints turns the depiction of The Simpson's mobster 'Fat Tony' ...

Graffiti artist morphs 'Casino Mike' into Malcolm Turnbull

Lenny Ann Low

A message for Turnbull's minders: clear the fog around him.

Politics isn't show business for ugly people. It's ugly people.

COMMENT
Imre Salusinszky

Only a quarter of students surveyed at Allambie Heights Public School said they liked doing homework, which partly led ...

How a school solved the stressful homework problem

EXCLUSIVE
Pallavi Singhal
33 mins ago

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The Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 power station in Talbingo.

After flashy announcement, here's what's next for Snowy expansion

Chris Hammer

Scott Morrison bows to pressure from colleagues, orders GST review

Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

One Nation under fresh scrutiny over possible electoral breaches

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Happy family, vector illustration, child; son; parent; baby; sky; sun; grass; happiness; family; pleasure; field; ...

Fathers of newborns failing to take up paid leave scheme

Amy Remeikis

Where royalty-based taxes are based on revenue, the PRRT is a profit-based tax.

Gas tax review confirms nation faces decade wait for revenue

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin.

Police reveal they have illegally accessed journalist metadata

Michael Koziol

Police commander David Yapu says only the behaviour of military personnel is being investogated.

Dutton comments could raise Manus tensions: police chief

Michael Gordon

Police officers detained dozens of activists during the protests.

Russian protesters arrested during 'sick of Putin' march

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has presided over a crackdown since last year’s coup attempt.

Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia with no explanation

Onur Ant

Demonstrators pass a policeman in the March for Science in New York last week.

Thousands march to demand Trump acts on climate change

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Between lobbing missiles, Kim Jong-un looks to Russia

ANALYSIS
Kirsty Needham

A message for Turnbull's minders: clear the fog around him.

When it comes to exposure in politics, less can be more

COMMENT
Imre Salusinszky

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove toast during a lunch reception for ...

Does this Mike Pence tweet make you cringe?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Kathy Lette receiving her honorary doctorate at the University of Wollongong this month.

Snobbery among academics: it's a matter of degrees

COMMENT
Kathy Lette

Pizza Hut franchisees are hoping to take the company for $80 million.

Pizza Hut set for the courts over its cut-price pizzas

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Simon Bosch

How high is too high for Australia's marijuana stocks?

Patrick Hatch

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

The basic economics Scott Morrison can't grasp

ANALYSIS
Jessica Irvine

Joseph Gutnick outside the Federal Court in Melbourne.

Diamond Joe's business life stacked up in sad, neat binders

Sarah Danckert

'Un-investible': Why Network Ten is now only worth $99m

Lucy Battersby

'Culture' hampering probes into financial crimes

Georgia Wilkins

'We can't hold back the tide' on house prices, says bank watchdog

Clancy Yeates

Westpac branded 'wimps' over coal pledge

Peter Hannam

The Alpha Romeo Giulia is one of many modern classics.

Money makers: 13 new cars that will make you richer

Cars

Shooting tequila with salt and lemon is not the way to do it.

Wait, you're officially drinking this the wrong way

Fine Drinks

Nicolas Butcher,Olivia O'Neill, Lucinda Chismon, Matthew Slate.

Good savings all about the little things

John Collett

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

How money changes your brain, behaviour and beliefs

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Tattoos can result in reverse discrimination.

Tattoos can be good for your career

James Adonis

CBA says its changes will give small business customers more control to avoid defaulting.

CBA removes controversial loan clause

Clancy Yeates

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Cyclist killed at Banksmeadow overnight

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One Nation risks being deregistered

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Sydney cruise to victory over Perth

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Donald Trump's first 100 days

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Dame Carol Kidu argues the point with police at Paga Hill in May 2012, as seen in <i>The Opposition</i>.

The 'student film' that ended up in court gets its day on screen

Karl Quinn

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

House Rules judge on what he got wrong about Australia

Nathanael Cooper

The Big Bang Theory - cast shot. (Supplied by Channel Nine, 2014.)

Rejoice! All of Big Bang Theory cast on board for new seasons

The painting Big Blue Lavender Bay is taken from court.

Brush with notoriety: what now for 'Whiteley' paintings?

Analysis
Gabriella Coslovich

"I'm constantly confusing people. But I think everything is really confusing": Nevo Zisin.

'I look in the mirror and see I'm neither male or female'

Linda Morris

'You get appreciated and remembered, sometimes booed, hated, reviled': Oliver Stone.

Director Oliver Stone on his newest film subject: Putin

EXCLUSIVE
Garry Maddox

Harry Styles is on his way to Australia in November Photo: SNL

Harry Styles to tour Australia in November, but few will see him

Lenny Ann Low

Classic 90's sitcom Roseanne is being revived

'Roseanne' being revived with original cast

Joe Otterson

"I'm constantly confusing people. But I think everything is really confusing": Nevo Zisin.

Transgender activist Nevo Zisin 's inspiring story of life

Linda Morris

The Bodyguard: Never quite rises to the level of guilty pleasure.

This modern diva is the real deal as she does Whitney

Jason Blake

Annanroma Food, Beer and Wine Festival has a new Sweet Street this year.

Mmmm! Got a plan for the weekend? We have, right here ...

Little did Tracey Spicer know what was waiting for her at work after having her second child.

Being 'not hot enough' brought out the fighter in me

Tracey Spicer

My daughters are aged eight and six and both desperately want to earn pocket money.

Dear Jess: Should I give my kids pocket money for doing chores?

Jessica Rowe

A publicity shot for Samantha Bee's show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Bee just held her 'Not the White House ...

Samantha Bee toasts journalists, mocks Trump at her parody event

Sopan Deb
12 mins ago

Topshop's plastic knee jeans.

From plastic to fake mud, the most absurd jeans of the year

Roxy Jacenko at her In Conversation with... business seminar on Friday at The Westin, Sydney.

Roxy Jacenko keeps people guessing about her marriage

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Sydney escort Samantha X, real name Amanda Goff.

An escort tells: the day I got a call from the wife of my client

Samantha X

Grant and Cheryl Denyer open up to Fairfax Media's Amy Croffey on the Logies red carpet.

'Highly medicated' Grant Denyer on his second 'close call'

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth opens up on love, optimism and her one career regret

Jane Cornwell

Walk it out, shake it off.

4 ways to detach from work and finally enjoy your downtime

Susie Moore

Craving protein? It might be in your guts.

Listen to your gut - it can tell you what you need to eat

Sarah Berry

Man Kaur of India celebrates after competing in the 85-year-olds age group 100m sprint at the World Masters Games.

'Winning makes her happy': She's 101 and still competing

Cindy Boren

Energy load: A large kale smoothie can contain 2500 kilojoules.

People think juice is good for them - they're wrong

COMMENT

Barbecued pork belly with spiced vinegar. ?Photo by William Meppem

Weekly meal planner: From pork belly to chilli fried eggs

Michael Scandiuzzo, owner of No Name restaurant, is shutting up shop this weekend after 50-plus years in the business.

Darlinghurst's No Name restaurant closes after 50 years

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Guess what? The birth of our baby is not about you

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The note every kids wishes their mum would write

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If your kids haven't asked for one of these yet, they will soon

Have vegetarians become the sacred cows of air travel?

Traveller letters: Special meal? Get over yourselves, vegetarians

Disney are building two Star Wars theme parks: one in Orlando, one in California.

Disney unveils plans for huge Star Wars hotel

Tom Mulvihill

There's a wild side to Europe.

The 10 wild parts of Europe that should be on your bucket list

Ute Junker

It stands up like a regular all-in-one PC if that's what you prefer.

For Microsoft, Surface loses but Windows wins

Neither side of politics can claim the moral high ground when it comes to bending the truth.

War on fake news lost as phrase gets corrupted

Reviewers have been praising of the wall-to-wall glass screen.

Samsung Galaxy S8: The good and the bad - so far

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch ticks over the millions

Kotaku

A concept Airbus A3 from Uber's flying cars plan.

Don't expect to catch a flying taxi soon

HSV's GTSR W1 is the ultimate Aussie V8.

Final Aussie muscle car reviewed

David McCowen

Neighbours star Carla Bonner poses with her Renault Megane RS.

Star and Car, Carla Bonner, actress

Owen Thomson

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance Edition 1.

VW reveal three door Golf GTI

Dom Tripolone

Terrafugia

The Breakdown: Flying cars

David McCowen

The driver received serious facial injuries as a result of the smash.

Australian injured by Takata airbag

David McCowen

Ferrari GT4CLusso at Targa Tasmania.

Targa Tasmania in a Ferrari

Andrew MacLean

Eventful night: Aaron Woods is wrapped up early in the game.

Woods injury met with cheers from Tigers fans in loss to Sharks

Adam Pengilly

Leading the way: Michael Hooper shows a clean set of heels, leaving Quade Cooper in his wake.

Hooper immense as Waratahs overcome Reds in spiteful derby

Phil Lutton

On his way: British boxer Anthony Joshua, right, fights Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko for Joshua's IBF and the ...

Joshua crowned heavyweight world champ after Klitschko KO

Ian Chadband

Feeling good: Sydney FC's finest celebrate Josh Brillante's stunning opener.

Sydney one win from Premiership glory and all-time status

Dominic Bossi

Fan favourite: Josh Reynolds is moving to the Wests Tigers.

Revealed: Another reason why Bulldogs fans love Reynolds

SIN BIN
Adrian Proszenko

Dark times: Dan Hannebery walks off after the Swans' loss to Carlton.

Swans' reputation is on the line: Longmire

Scott Spits

Hamstring injury: Josh Reynolds limps off the field on Saturday.

Reynolds and Graham injured in costly win

James Buckley

Wise words: Michael Cheika, pictured at the helm of the Tahs in 2015.

Cheika urges Super sides to throw off shackles

Phil Lutton

Mum knows him best: Jodie and Jarryd Hayne.

Child has changed Hayne's priorities: mum

Danny Weidler

Winning matches and respect: Australia coach Mal Meninga with senior players Sam Thaiday and Cameron Smith.

Thaiday's ode to Kangaroos penned on morphine in hospital

Andrew Webster

Bulldogs bound? Former Bulldog Curtis Rona is open to an NRL return if the Western Force are culled.

Former Bulldog eyes NRL return if Force fold

Adrian Proszenko

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