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A photograph of damage examined by Amnesty International.

Police backtrack on claims shots were fired at compound

EXCLUSIVE
13 mins ago

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'Very distraught' son found mother dead in her bed in south Sydney

UPDATED
1 hr ago

George Christensen has disavowed his connection with The Dingoes racist podcast.

Christensen calls for government to block white supremacist visit

48 mins ago

Senior types are typically less well placed – and willing – to cop Sydney prices.

I don't care what you're paying, I won't be moving to Sydney

COMMENT

No hand was injured in the making of this smashed avocado on toast.

The perils of avocado. Never has a fruit caused so many problems

COMMENT
Matt Holden

Scott Morrison is not among the most popular politicians.

An unpopular politician has found a way to be popular

ANALYSIS
Peter Hartcher

Trump still seethes over lack of credit for election win

ANALYSIS

The penny has dropped. Another leadership change is unthinkable

ANALYSIS

'Numbers are going up': Cyber attack spread to worsen

Packer's two decisions to ensure he'd be richer than his father

TPG makes a $2.7 billion bid for all of Fairfax Media

UPDATED
58 mins ago

Cassandra Sainsbury was allegedly caught with 5.8kg of cocaine.

Accused drug mule 'bullying another prisoner'

1 hr ago

Thomas Danel was in tears after Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix, and then met his idol.

Six-year-old Thomas sobs as F1 hero crashes out

1 hr ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Writer, film and television producer, and comedian Brian Nankervis is seen during ...

RocKwiz presenter was looking for a rental when he bought home

What's wrong this banana?

Supermarkets refusing to sell millions of ugly bananas

When sizes differ, it can be hard to work out the best deals

What it means when a food label says it has 'real ingredients'

1 hr ago

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Cyclists smash into motorbike in Giro d'Italia

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 21: Todd Spiewak and Jim Parsons attends the 2016 GLSEN Respect Awards on October 21, 2016 ...

Big Bang Theory star ties the knot in New York

Start gently and build up slowly.

You don't need to do high-intensity exercise to lose weight

The Bachelor Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski announce they are expecting a baby on Mother's Day.

Sam and Snez drop baby bombshell on Mother's Day

Netflix TV series The Crown.

Most expensive TV show ever fails to make the cut for awards

Strathfield's suburb record has been reset at $8.8 million.

Sanity boss sets $8.8m Strathfield record after upsizing to $47m home

Nature strips are where you'll discover which bits of furniture have been relegated to the scrap heap of style.

What became of the waterbed? An ode to the furniture time forgot

Clem Bastow

Brian Nankervis at his Melbourne home in 2014.

Brian Nankervis took a wrong turn after lunch and bought a home

Edmund Hillary's Hut with it's new colour scheme. Photo: Antarctic Heritage Trust

Award-winning paint job on a building almost no one will see

1 hr ago

Topiary is back, and landscape gardeners are taking it to creative new places.

The 1980s trend landscape designers are bringing back

Kate Neville, of Paddington, has suffered severe allergies since she was a baby.

'A huge relief': The one world title Australian children do not want

Paper trail solves $50m mystery behind tunnel, ill-fated bottle shop

The unintended consequences of No Jab No Pay policy

Train trips fell by 19 per cent during the morning peak last Friday, compared with the same period a week earlier.

Extra 200 trains a week scheduled to cope with demand on line

Former NSW RSL president Don Rowe.

Investigation triggered after $200k withdrawn on company credit card

The teenagers were taken to hospital in an unknown condition.

Wedding reception ends in 30-person fight on inner west street

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The quick fix 'devouring' Sydney school playgrounds

EXCLUSIVE

Carmichael Mine could would supply as much as 60 million tonnes of coal a year.

'Monumental experiment': Concerns over Adani's mine plans

Peter Hannam

Patrick Cronin died in April last year.

Murder charge dropped against man accused of killing footballer

BREAKING
11 mins ago

RURAL AFR 070927 MELB PIC BY JESSICA SHAPIRO Lemons are still being harvested on irrigated land in Cobram, Victoria. ...

Vegetable supplies left to rot without workers to pick and pack

Church

Abuse survivors call for acccess to their personal records

President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) and Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) face some big consequences in Scandal.

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President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) and Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) face some big consequences in Scandal.

Which shows are coming back, and which have been axed

Rob Moran
18 mins ago

Code

WannaCrypt: what you need to know about cyber attack

Tim Biggs
1 hr ago

I'm more likely to say to myself a version of, "I might be able to do this."

I thought I had 'anger issues' – but the real culprit was anxiety

Natalie Reilly

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison.

Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Budget delivers much-needed government boost

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Poll results: Don't pop the champagne just yet, Malcolm

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

Soldiers fired bullets into Manus Island centre, PNG police admit

EXCLUSIVE
Michael Koziol
13 mins ago

An unidentified Afghan man leans against a chainlink fence of a refugee camp after arriving with other asylum seekers on ...

'The system here is broken': Secret recording revealed

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a division in the House of Representatives on Wednesday 10 May 2017. fedpol ...

Tony Abbott gives the May budget his lukewarm approval

58 mins ago

Scott Morrison is not among the most popular politicians.

An unpopular politician has found a way to be very popular indeed

ANALYSIS
Peter Hartcher

Conservatives will complain that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's formula is one of over-correction.

'Middle ground' budget gives the Coalition something to build on

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Nearly 30 prisoners attacked two prison guards during a mass jail break at Buimo prison in Lae, Papua New Guinea. ...

17 prisoners shot dead in PNG jail break

13 mins ago

"It does seem like we have an upheaval, a crisis almost every day": Senator Susan Collins,

Republican senators have 'a lot less fear of' Donald Trump

1 hr ago

An Ivory Coast troop provides security before the arrival of incumbent President Alassane Ouattara at his election rally ...

Ivory Coast army to re-establish order after mutiny

New French President Emmanuel Macron observes a minute of silence during a a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Emmanuel Macron takes power, vows to overcome division

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Why the bank levy is a good idea, not just a populist tax grab

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump must be impeached. Here's why.

COMMENT
Laurence Tribe

Adelaide woman Cassandra Sainsbury is accused of being a drug mule.

Could Cassandra Sainsbury serve a sentence in Australia?

COMMENT
Nicole Young

Australians lost $59 million to investment scams in 2016.

The scams that netted $300m from Australians last year

Lucy Cormack

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Markets Live: Are the banks oversold?

Live
Patrick Commins
19 mins ago

Is there talk of annual bonuses, or performance bonuses, among your colleagues - but you've never received one yourself? ...

14 signs that you're underpaid

45 mins ago

Moody's said Qantas' financial framework stood out among corporate peers.

Qantas gets credit rating bump on market dominance, loyalty

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

TPG Capital makes new $2.7b offer for Fairfax Media

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby
58 mins ago

Liberals paying for Labor's bigger government, as usual

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Be like Ikea: 'Cheap' Big W told how to fix itself

Madeleine Heffernan

Big Australian getting a little smaller - BHP to drop 'Billiton'

Brian Robins

Does the cost outweigh the benefits of living in Sydney?

Sorry, but you couldn't pay me to move to Sydney

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

Good Beer Week has 300-plus events at more than 200 participating venues.

One country is stealing our craft beer thunder

Fine Drinks

If the bank levy drives up mortgage costs, home owners should consider refinancing.

Bank levy means home owners should shop around

Mark Bouris

Jeremy Becker, 23, did his research before buying his first car, a second-hand former fleet vehicle.

No lemons: how to buy a second-hand car

Barbara Drury

Tizzie Hall is in the business of getting babies to sleep.

The art and business of baby sleep whispering

Cara Waters

Helen D'Silva runs her psychology practice as a sole trader.

Doing it all on your own

Louis White

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Baldwin's Trump and McCarthy's Spicer kiss

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Putin the pianist: Can he really play?

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Trump: Let Congress do Russia Investigation

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France honours its new president

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons, May 15

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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How to create a better customer checkout experience

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

Advertiser Content
13 mins ago

This Oct. 1, 2016 photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin portraying Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ...

Saturday Night Live rides ratings high thanks to Trump gags

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

Michael Fassbender plays two androids in <i>Alien: Covenant</i>.

Why Fassbender loved shooting Alien: Covenant in Australia

Stephanie Bunbury

Netflix TV series The Crown.

BAFTAs 2017: BBC drama topples Netflix's crown

Broede Carmody

George Lazenby as James Bond in <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service</i>.

Why this Aussie turned down a fortune to play James Bond again

Karl Quinn

President Donald Trump, impersonated by Alec Baldwin, and Sean Spicer, played by Melissa McCarthy, lock lips on Saturday ...

McCarthy's Spicer and Baldwin's Trump kiss on SNL

Julie Andrews, pictured with Anna O'Byrne who plays Eliza Doolittle and Charles Edwards, who plays Henry Higgins.

How did Dame Julie solve a problem like Eliza?

Nathanael Cooper

Our voice: Australia's Isaiah Firebrace came ninth in the Eurovision Song Contest final.

Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest so where did we rank?

Michael Idato

Nicole Kidman is the undisputed queen of Cannes with four projects screening in the world-renowned festival.

Nicole Kidman emerges as the undisputed queen of Cannes

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Wagner

Even more than 100 years on, this music can still divide a nation

Jason Blake

Grounded: Olivia Kingston, Raegan Williams and Alex Warren perform vigorous dance in SE7EN.

Farts, burps and squeaky doors. Are they having a laugh?

Jill Sykes

Jenny Eriksson and her electric viola da gamba.

'A sound as foreign as dreaming someone else's dreams'

John Shand

It's OK to cry in front of children.

Should we cry in front of our children?

Jacinta Tynan

Street style at fashion week, day one.

MBFWA 2017: The street style not to miss, day 1

26 mins ago

Photo taken by my Instagram (and regular) husband.

I wore my pyjamas to fashion week, it was a great life choice

Annie Brown
1 hr ago

The Bachelor Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski announce they are expecting a baby on Mother's Day.

Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski drop baby news on Instagram

Amy Croffey

Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Confusingly, Kylo Ren is the fastest growing baby name in America

Annie Brown

Todd Spiewak (left) and Jim Parsons (right) attends the 2016 GLSEN Respect Awards in October last year.

Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons marries long-time partner

Annie Brown

There was nothing dramatic about the onset of our itch.

How we survived our seven year itch

Helen Russell

Akubra for Dion Lee was on show at Fashion Week in Sydney on Sunday.

Dion Lee opened Fashion Week in the most Australian way

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Jenna Clarke
38 mins ago

Start gently and build up slowly.

You don't need to do high-intensity exercise to lose weight

Paula Goodyer

Neil Laybourn (L) and Jonny Benjamin.

The simple words that convinced a suicidal man to keep living

Colby Itkowitz

Finding a good trainer can be as simple as asking a likeminded person for a recommendation.

How to choose the right personal trainer

Jo Hartley

Pan fried chicken with fregola.

Mid-May meal planner: Simple autumnal fare

Go easy on the oil and swap white rice for brown.

The tricks for turning fried rice healthy

Yotam Ottolenghi's feta and herb filo tart.

Meat-free Monday: Make Yotam Ottolenghi's feta filo pie

The Holdermess Family

How to pair wine with each kind of Mother's Day fail

The detrimental effects of smacking your kids.

What five decades of research has confirmed about smacking

Director Jonathan Levine, left, actress Goldie Hawn, actress Amy Schumer and producer Paul Feig attend a special ...

'Monogamy is a very tough order': Goldie Hawn on marriage

Leg room is surprisingly generous in economy-class seats onboard Cathay Pacific A350-900 aircraft.

Flying economy, where leg room is surprisingly generous

Tim Richards

Don't feel bad about taking your hotel toiletries with you.

The shameful truth about what happens to your hotel toiletries

Gavin Haines
35 mins ago

A gluten free meal on ANA.

Man orders gluten free meal, is given a banana (with cutlery)

Gavin Haines

A computer screen shows an error message after Britain's National Health Service was hacked.

Massive cyber attack earns crims only $35k

A computer screen shows an error message after Britain's National Health Service was hacked.

Australian business hit in global cyber attack

Friday's cyber attack ripped computers worldwide.

British researcher finds a 'kill switch' for global cyber attack

While we mostly jumped ship to Apple three years ago, there's a single reason we still run a PC for work as well.

NBN: Customers sold 'unattainable speeds'

Gizmodo

Telstra's Frontier Gateway keeps you online when your home broadband is on the fritz.

Hands on: Telstra Frontier Gateway

COMMENT

Head on: ANCAP crashed a 1998 Toyota Corolla with its 2015 cousin.

New vs old crash test highlights safety risks

David McCowen

2017 Toyota Yaris ZR 2017 Toyota Yaris

Which is the best Toyota Yaris?

Andrew MacLean

Hyundai has been busted testing its new i30N at Bathurst.

Busted: Hyundai caught testing new i30N at Bathurst

David McCowen

Honda is expecting big results from the new Civic hatch.

Honda targeting record sales for Civic

David McCowen

Alfa Romeo Giulia QV.

Alfa Romeo's Mercedes C63 rival reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Ford

The Breakdown: Autonomous emergency braking

David McCowen

Luke Brooks playing for the Tigers on Friday night.

Men jump from taxi to reignite pub altercation with Tigers half

Michael Chammas

Worth another punt? MItchell Pearce ran the show as the Roosters racked up a big win over the Eels on Sunday.

Pearce as NSW halfback? I've heard that song before

Andrew Webster

Nick Kyrgios has been without a coach for two years.

Former world No.4 set to coach Kyrgios

Simon Yates.

Motorbike collision wipes Orica-Scott and Team Sky out of Giro

Thomas Danel was in tears after Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the Spanish F1 Grand Prix, and then met his idol.

F1 Social media surge brings heartbroken six-year-old to the paddock

1 hr ago

Thirsty work: Lewis Hamilton earns another Formula One in spectacular fashion, losing almost two kilograms of fluids in ...

Hamilton loses two kilos in gruelling F1 win, Ricciardo hits podium

Oliver Brown

South Korea's Si Woo Kim celebrates on the 18th green after winning The Players Championship.

Kim shatters Scott's record with Players win

Enforcer: Sean McMahon just wanted to rip in and smash some bodies in the match against the Reds.

The two powerhouse displays to cheer Michael Cheika

COMMENT
Paul Cully

Concerning sight: Tom Trbojevic is taken from the field injured.

Trbojevic's Origin dreams dashed with eight week injury

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Hot or not: Laurie Daley has big decisions to make ahead of State of Origin 1.

Who's hot and who's not for NSW ahead of State of Origin

Matt Encarnacion
1 hr ago

"Unfairly fast": Sprinter Ben Johnson, who admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his career, in an ad for ...

Ben Johnson joke on NRL website makes light of substance abuse

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Steve Mascord

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