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Sydney rental affordability falls to a record low.

Renters in Sydney on the 'threshold of disaster'

Cash

Not paid enough? Check how much people in your job earn

1 hr ago

The White House

White House placed in lockdown after person tries to jump fence

23 mins ago

The Sydney suburbs with the best access to jobs, shops and services.

The suburbs with the best access to jobs, shops and services

EXCLUSIVE

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Sydney's elite schools handed millions in secret windfall

FILE - In this April 25, 2011 file photo shows a bottle cap on a bottle of Coca-Cola in Philadelphia. A nonprofit funded ...

There was something missing from Coke chairman's exit speech

13 mins ago

At midnight on Monday, the second grenade was launched at BHP

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Hundreds of workers in danger of 'devastating' 40% pay cut

Trump defends his 'absolute right' to share intel with Russians

Israel was source of intel Trump gave to Russians, officials say

Cocaine customers 'ripped off' by Bondi dealer

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaking to the media.

Tempers flare at a White House under siege amid rumours of sackings

ANALYSIS
1 hr ago

The common cold and respiratory infections can trigger a heart attack.

The common problem that can trigger a heart attack

Missing out: Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova denied wildcard in French Open snub

1 hr ago

New deal? The Titans are waiting on Jarryd Hayne's signature for next season.

Why NSW Origin camp is set to become the Jarryd Hayne show

Smashed avocado on sourdough toast.

Australia's stupid avocado housing debate has spread to US

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Teen dies after caffeine overdose

Bill Cosby will stand trial over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman.

Bill Cosby blames racism for sexual assault claims

A higher bid for Fairfax Media is expected from private equity group TPG.

Apology to Chris Jermyn

Nathan Mayfield, Tracey Robertson and Leigh McGarth from Hoodlum Entertainment will create the first Netflix Original to ...

Netflix to produce first original Australian series

Jesse Hogan could return to the field this season.

Hogan expected to make full recovery, could play in 4-8 weeks

We've all met a know-it-all.

From the obliger to the know-it-all: Reno personality types

Young parents are the most concerned about the financial future of their children.

Most Aussie parents fear their kids won't ever move out, survey finds

Photo: Orbit Homes.

How to disguise one of your home's biggest eyesores

Listed at $2.3 million, this Manhattan apartment sale includes all the furnishings - like custom pieces by Poltrona ...

The perks of this $2.3m apartment make it worth every penny

Photo: Martyn Clarke Architecture

Declutter your house in a hour with these three jobs

Australian looking to make changes are looking to their superannuation funds for cover.

'Substantial rain': Sunny spell set to end with downpour

'Desperate': Parents pull children from school over horror bullying

'Something odd about this': Obeids lose last-ditch court bid

Kate McClymont

An artist's impression shows a new B-Line style bus.

'Contract area': The Sydney bus service that will stay in state hands

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian: This is one where she sees eye-to-eye with Daniel Andrews in Victoria.

Premier silent on divisive decision to hasten end of life

Sean Nicholls

The search began at about 11am on Tuesday.

Missing ultralight: Farmer spotted plane with 'wing falling off'

Police have established a crime scene at the property.

Man dies after being stabbed in the leg in a fight at suburban park

Cardinal George Pell

Police consider prosecutors' advice on Pell inquiry

VIC

The TGA has suspended the sale of Philips' IntelliVue MX40 Wearable patient monitor.

Fears patient heart rate monitors may be failing to sound alarm

Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court in Brisbane to face a hearing into the collapse of Queensland Nickel.

Palmer claims privilege more than 80 times in court

QLD

Christopher Ryan Jones will be sentenced next week.

School teacher recorded dozens of kids in stockings

WA

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A good father and partner needs to provide more than text-message prompted support and compliments.

Texts for dads show how low the bar for fatherhood is set

Kasey Edwards

RSL national president Robert Dick.

NSW branch shrugs off RSL demands to stand down

David Wroe

Former Family First senator Bob Day.

Ombudsman to examine Day's over 'sham contracting' claims

Heath Aston

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Revealed: the wealthy schools to win big under Gonski changes

Matthew Knott

'It's a sham': Bowen targets Morrison over housing package

James Massola

Government 'looking at' international flights laptop ban

Fergus Hunter

Health Minister Greg Hunt's Medicare rebate thaw only applies to seven per cent of diagnostic scans.

Medicare rebate thaw covers only a fraction of scans

Adam Gartrell

The government will not refer welfare recipients who test positive for drugs to the police, Assistant Minister for ...

Welfare receiving drug users 'won't be referred to police'

Amy Remeikis

Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

Dutton's department given go-ahead for $250m office upgrade

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Former Family First senator Bob Day.

Bob Day to face ombudsman over 'sham contracting' allegations

Heath Aston

John Zakhariev, the 21 year-old former Sydney schoolboy, in court in Bulgaria.

'This shows what kind of a justice system there is in this country'

Nick Miller
43 mins ago

In this April 6, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., after the U.S. fired a ...

Israel was source of intel Trump gave to Russians, officials say

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine disembark from a plane after arriving in Washington.

Donald Trump praises President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as ally

58 mins ago

Indigenous people sing and dance during the Indigenous Peoples Ritual March in Brasilia last month.

Brazil accused of anti-indigenous stance

Alex Spengler

Modern slavery may not always mean physical shackles.

Not relegated to history, slavery is alive and well

COMMENT
Molly Harriss Olson

Prejudice based on age has little connection with the reality of how individuals of various ages perform.

Age discrimination or a changing workforce?

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

school census data

The key to 'jobs and growth' too often overlooked

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Coca-Cola Amatil now expects first half net profit to decline, while full year earnings will be flat.

Coke chairman's exit speech was missing one big thing

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD
13 mins ago

Explosives group Orica says mining demand is gradually normalising.

Major manufacturer sees gas prices topping out by early 2020s

Brian Robins

Myer ambassador Rachael Finch (centre) with We Are Kindred designers Lizzie (left) and Georgie Renkert ahead of the ...

Myer returns fire at David Jones with new brand signing

Melissa Singer

About 83 per cent of cranes on Melbourne's skyline are building residential projects.

Apartment slowdown warning over stamp duty changes

EXCLUSIVE
Simon Johanson

Can kombucha get Coca Cola back on track?

Catie Low
1 hr ago

Fairfax Media keeping books closed, for now

Lucy Battersby

Billionaire swoops on a Bunnings in $71m super six shed buy

Carolyn Cummins

Harvey Norman hits back at the shorters

Catie Low

A whole new level of perks could be yours and you never knew.

VIP access: The secret frequent flyer clubs you never knew existed

High Flyer
22 mins ago

Charles Oates Fine Apple Brandy is an Australian homage to the French spirit known as calvados.

The new Tasmanian spirit every whisky lover needs to try

Fine Drinks

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Portrait of Tom and Irene Han at their North West Sydney home. The retired couple intend to ...

Budget incentives for downsizers only benefit the well-off

John Collett

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The basic money quiz no high schooler has aced. Can you?

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Thomas Hegarty was the founder of collapsed business Ready Flowers.

Phoenix activity investigation into Ready Flowers and ZFlowers

Cara Waters

It's hard to say no to work so delegation is the solution.

How I learned to delegate and not catastrophise

Comment
Alexandra Cain

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McMaster: Trump didn't know source of information

1 hr ago

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Light plane missing in north-east NSW

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Little boy takes a solo trip Aldi

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Minister heckled on Q&A

John Shakespeare

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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2 Broke Girls has been axed after six seasons.

Which of your fave US shows are coming back – and which aren't?

Rob Moran

Em Rusciano slammed radio veteran John Laws, calling the 81-year-old's comments "sexist" and "irrelevant".

Em Rusciano roasts John Laws after 'sexist' skirt comments

Broede Carmody

Actress Melissa McCarthy portrays White House spokesman Sean Spicer, while taping a segment for Saturday Night Live.

How Melissa McCarthy came to play Sean Spicer on SNL

George RR Martin has said HBO is in fact developing five potential scripts for a Game of Thrones spinoff series.

George RR Martin's Game of Thrones 'successor shows'

Broede Carmody

Will & Grace

Will & Grace tease comeback season with musical trailer

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John Oliver called the New Zealand PM "the very poorest man's Daniel Craig".

John Oliver roasts New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English

Broede Carmody

Nathan Mayfield, Tracey Robertson and Leigh McGarth from Hoodlum Entertainment will create the first Netflix Original to ...

Netflix to produce first original Australian series

Rob Moran

Education minister Simon Birmingham was interrupted by student protesters.

Cast adrift, clinging to a door, students slam minister

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Comedian, Becky Lucas, in Sydney. 28th April 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Uptight and wearing a sports jacket? Stay away, says Becky

Sarah Thomas

Songwriting success: Jeremy Marou (left) and Thomas Busby of Busby Marou.

The accidental band making it big despite being 'too Australian'

Bronwyn Thompson

Katherine Waterston faces a terrifying new version of the classic alien in <i>Alien: Covenant</i>.

Move over Sigourney: Katherine Waterston is Alien's new ass-kicker

Karl Quinn

"It can be exciting that, at 34, I don't have it all figured out yet."

Life no longer follows a set timeline, we have to be OK with uncertainty

Lisa Bonos

We are all complicit to different degrees in placing children in rigid gender boxes, including by our choice of gifts.

I threw away my 'parental GPS' and you should too

Jo Hirst

The adorable mismatched velvet loafers on the catwalk at the Magraw show at Fashion Week.

Mismatched shoes are officially a thing, but should we wear them?

Annie Brown

FILE - In this April 3, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby departs after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the ...

Bill Cosby blames racism for sexual assault claims

Fashion desgners Beth and Tess Macgraw with their assistants from the Country Women's Association Annette Hinde and ...

The CWA just made a charming Fashion Week debut

Jenna Clarke

Being 'zombied': when people come back from the dead to eat your brains and make you go crazy.

What modern dating and horror movies have in common

Kerri Sackville

The perfect holiday dress at Albus Lumen during fashion week.

The strong case for having a 'holiday' wardrobe

Annie Brown

A model falls over on the runway in a design by Victoria Bliss during the Project NextGen show at Fashion Week at ...

Relatable: Model takes a tumble at Fashion Week ... wearing flats

Amy Croffey

The common cold and respiratory infections can trigger a heart attack.

The common problem that can trigger a heart attack

Sarah Berry

Raia battled an eating disorder from age 11 until her death at 25.

We don't understand this about eating disorders, but we should

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Swap out the biscuit break.

Four healthy habits to start in the 'real world'

Jae Berman

Go-to dish: 'Caramel and nuts' from the hitokuchi-gashi menu.

'Squish, bite, smile': Japanese gem goes beyond sushi and teppanyaki

Jamie Oliver at the relaunched Jamie's Italian restaurant in Sydney.

'It's not trying to be hipster': Jamie Oliver on why his restaurants aren't cool

Andrew Bowden unveils his Rita cake on <i>MasterChef Australia</i>.

ICYMI: The Andy Bowdy cake made on MasterChef last night

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Should Aussie pregnant women wear these on public transport?

These Lego DIY fidget spinners are just some of the DIY options available.

How to make your own fidget spinners at home

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Your 'parent-teacher interview' survival guide

Qatar’s bar takes the prize, despite its roots in a largely dry country.

World's best in-flight lounge bar -and the drinks you should order

Michael Graziano and Alexander Thomas James Hennessy from Global Degree.

Backlash after pretentious 'sorry' from millennial travellers goes viral

Ben Groundwater

Australia is considering a ban laptops on some international flights.

Possible laptop ban in Australia: would it work?

COMMENT
Anthony Dennis

'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' was released at the movies in 2003.

Hackers reportedly hold Disney film for ransom

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Tetris returns to form, with a Japanese twist

The MP3 played no small part in the rise of digital music, and of the iPod.

RIP MP3: audio format has been officially terminated

xbox

The best deals of Click Frenzy 2017

Lifehacker
37 mins ago

Waymo's self-driving cars could find more test-riders thanks to the Lyft partnership.

Lyft, Waymo team up against Uber

2017 Hyundai i30 Premium diesel.

What open-road car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Mercedes-Benz EQ Concept.

How Mercedes-Benz plans to take on Tesla

Greg Kable

What are the best car related apps?

Top 10 motoring apps for drivers

Alessandra Melville

Volkswagen Spirit of Amarok.

How does the new VW Amarok handle going off-road?

Kez Casey

Google's Waymo self-driving division has won the first step in a court case against rival ride-hailing business Uber.

Uber's latest self-driving setback

Mike Isaac

Renault has unveiled an F1-inspired van.

Renault unveils F1-inspired van

David McCowen

New deal? The Titans are waiting on Jarryd Hayne's signature for next season.

Why NSW Origin camp is set to become the Jarryd Hayne show

Michael Chammas

Michael Vaughan celebrates England's Ashes win with teammates in 2005.

Vaughan fears for cricket amid pay dispute

Rob Forsaith

Missing out: Maria Sharapova.

Sharapova shunned by Grand Slam organisers

Christopher Clarey
1 hr ago

Coach's orders: Mitchell Moses, tackling Robbie Farah at the weekend, was criticised for his last performance in Tigers ...

Just run the ball: Arthur's instructions to new pivot

Michael Chammas

Match winner: Tim Horan is adamant Kurtley Beale is the key to the Wallabies' Rugby Championship chances.

Horan says Wallabies can't win Bledisloe without Beale

Tom Decent

"I can serve but I can't move that well": Nick Kyrgios.

Kyrgios withdraws from Rome tournament with hip injury

16 mins ago

Focused: Patty Mills.

Mills holds no fear ahead of battle with Warriors

41 mins ago

Ecstatic: Sydney FC players celebrate winning the grand final penalty shootout.

Seven to make late play for A-League rights

Dominic Bossi

Canterbury prop Sam Kasiano met with Storm officials in Melbourne this week.

Kasiano meets Bellamy during secret Storm meeting

Adrian Proszenko

Bench security: Dylan Walker had just nine minutes on the field in Origin I last year, but coach Laurie Daley will ...

Concussion concerns force Blues to carry a bench back

Adrian Proszenko

The Raiders have been fined for salary cap breaches.

Raiders fined for cap breach for second straight year

Caden Helmers

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