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This photo by David Ashley captures the heavy weather coming in over the city.

Severe weather warning for Perth and the South West

Richard Rojas is accused of mowing down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians.

Descent into paranoia preceded horrific Times Square rampage

24 mins ago

Lance Franklin of the Swans

Tigers take on GWS, Buddy booted amazing goals for Swans win

Live
1 hr ago

The man is escorted off the American Airlines flight after it landed in Honolulu.

Fighters scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit' on flight

Lauren Child: Children must come to reading out of a sense of pleasure.

Parental pressure to perform risks killing love of reading

Seeding is a crucial time for farmers.

Drone video reveals beauty of Wheatbelt from the air

More than half the missing $165m will not be recovered

EXCLUSIVE

Our parents all gave us the name Isabella, should we thank them?

Wurst day ever: Mandurah man chokes on sausage, crashes car

Equality push: doctors declare same-sex marriage a health issue

EXCLUSIVE

Rio or rust: More than 100 defective Olympic medals handed back

Trump wrote on Twitter that the inquiry "is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"

Live TV gaffe: 'If he took a dump on his desk you would defend it'

18 mins ago

Seeing how amaze-bouche Princess Mary of Denmark looks here makes us want to see finger-waves on Duchess Cathy one day ...

Princess Mary remains one of the most underrated style icons

1 hr ago

Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

'I'm just tired': Last words of Chris Cornell

Joel Herat at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place: "I try to treat it as a normal job."

Lindt Cafe siege victim still working where horror happened

Beware: British food critic Jay Rayner is heading to Australia.

Food commandment: don't mistake food for pharmaceuticals

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Cousins incident over coffee not footy

The man behind the mascot masks is the same.

The dark secret behind the Eagles and Dockers' mascots

Athletes at last years event.

World's best athletes venture to Leonora in battle of the titans

Labor's accountant deduction limit to hit mostly ...

3:41PM

Senator's warning about Australia's 'most ...

3:25PM

Canberra cops a month's worth of rain in one night

3:20PM

The six things Australians blame for high property prices.

The six things Australians blame for high property prices

Many of Britain's famous phone boxes have been turned into micro offices that can be hired for short stints.

Someone is turning London's phone boxes into micro offices

Andrew Parr's Peninsula House.

The awards bringing 'street cred' to interior design

SMH 100319 - Generic welcome mat, doormat. Please credit iStockphoto.com/Westbury REUSE OK, ARCHIVING OK, ONLINE OK. ...

Flat Chat: Why bans on prams and doormats are rubbish

Comment

A fresh lick of paint can help keep moisture out and prevent water damage to timber.

Winter is coming: How to weatherproof your home

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The four-wheel-drive smashed though a fence and a parked car.

Man chokes on sausage, crashes car

Marta Pascual Juanola

WA's Wheatbelt from the air

David Allan-Petale

Severe weather warning for Perth and the South West

David Allan-Petale

RSPCA WA inspectors pulled a dog from an underground puppy farm in 2014.

Perth puppy farms: attempts to lift lid on covert WA industry

Hannah Barry

Premier Colin Barnett gets the boot after eight years leading WA.

Premier Mark McGowan labels Barnett sad and bitter

The flyers were found on cars and pinned to university noticeboards.

UWA student outrage over Holocaust denial flyers

Hannah Barry

The fire took nearly three hours to put out.

Ex-Bunnings headquarters fire racks up $9 million damage bill

Hannah Barry

Police in John Street, Waterloo.

Three boys arrested after boy, 10, stabbed

NSW

Michael Spence redacted email .

The secret emails Sydney Uni doesn't want you to see

EXCLUSIVE

Koala and the impacts of land clearing for new residential

Injured koalas not returned to the wild: RSPCA

QLD

The fire took nearly three hours to put out.

Ex-Bunnings HQ fire racks up $9m damage

The HMAS Canberra was to host the RSL fundraiser.

Two new $1.5 billion warships may have design flaws, navy chiefs say

David Wroe

Seventy terrorism investigations under way across Australia

David Wroe

Doctors throw weight behind same-sex marriage push

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Manus Island

Calculated cruelty on Manus is a reflection on all of us

COMMENT
Michael Gordon

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Trump's Russia conversation 'within expectations', says Bishop

Fergus Hunter

Both full and part-time workers appear to be putting in fewer hours.

Jobless rate down, but Australians are working fewer hours

Peter Martin

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 20 April 2017. ...

Generational change forces Nats to consider emissions scheme

US President Donald Trump waves while walking towards Marine One with wife Melania Trump.

Trump flees as Washington reels

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Voters show their ink-stained fingers outside a polling station for the presidential election in Tehran.

Iran counts votes after big turnout in election

Employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency ...

Hackers' bluff called as ransomware deadline nears

The man is escorted off the American Airlines flight after it landed in Honolulu.

Fighters scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit'

Well-designed transit oriented developments (TODs) can bring huge prosperity to a city.

Metronet 'needs to be loved' or else it will fail...

James Berry

Illustration John Shakespeare

Welfare crackdown at odds with the real story

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Scott Morrison, selling a budget whose projections stretch credulity.

The 2017 budget's inconvenient truth

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Illustration: Simon Bosch

'Not sure it's a great idea': Early struggles for Britain Bunnings

Neil Craven and Catie Low

David Gonski chaired the 2011 government inquiry into school funding.

Gonski 2.0: A sequel worth watching

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Most investors thought Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton.

The Trump punt: the latest fashion in gambling

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

All three major US indexes clocked losses for the week with the Dow and S&P falling 0.4 per cent and Nasdaq off 0.6 per cent.

More Trump turbulence on Wall Street

Ailes' death leaves behind several harassment-related lawsuits

Jena McGregor

Numbers add up for childcare centres

Carolyn Cummins

Macron can lead France to a Napoleonic ascent

COMMENT
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Coming for the tax lawyers – and quantity surveyors?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

10 of the best world whiskies for WWD.

Celebrate World Whisky Day with one of these innovative drams

Smart Sipping

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This shirt, it’s YSL I got it in Paris which sounds very douche but it’s the nicest thing ever.

Trend setters: The 24 best-dressed men at Fashion Week

Men's Style

Remember: An investment's tax benefits are the cream on the cake.

The one thing most investors get wrong

Noel Whittaker

Reverse mortgages are not very popular in Australia, probably because the rates tend to be higher than standard loans.

How would a reverse mortgage affect my age pension?

George Cochrane

Wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat can be an issue at work.

Politics is supposed to be a no-go zone for the workplace

James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, says small businesses are a far more attractive target for scammers than ...

Business scams top $3.8 million: ACCC

Cara Waters

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If Trump 'took a dump on his desk'

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Fighter jets scrambled after man 'rushed cockpit'

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Three victims critical in Times Square attack

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Trump tells Russians that firing Comey eased pressure

A man enjoys the autumn sun at Bondi Beach while exercising on the open air gymnasium equipment, on May 17, 2017 in ...

Fairfax photos of the week - May 19, 2017

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Chris Cornell was one of grunge's 'big four' voices - and now only one remains.

'I'm just tired': Last words of Chris Cornell

On his new album, <i>Is This the Life We Really Want?</i>, Roger Waters draws heavily on his rage about contemporary ...

Pink Floyd's Waters drops C-bomb on Trump

Andrew Purcell

Everywhere: Amy Shark's rise has been meteoric.

Amy Shark's epic six-month adventure

Nathanael Cooper

Lauren Child: Children must come to reading out of a sense of pleasure.

Testing may damage kids' love of reading, say authors

Linda Morris

Legal tangle ... Prince on stage during his 1984 Purple Rain tour.

Prince's multi-million dollar estate carved up

The past 10 years have seen the emergence of a feminism that isn't interested in being palatable or popular. ...

Meet the new-wave feminists sick of playing nice

Rachel Hills

Harry Styles channels Elton John on his debut solo album.

Harry Styles' solo debut is actually really good

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario attend the Australian premiere of 'Baywatch' at Hoyts EQ on ...

Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario on body parts and Baywatch

Sarah Thomas

Artists impression of the World Trade Centre.

Transit Oriented Developments - the way city life is changing

James Berry

The wonderful world of Frizz Ferguson's Wonder Woman collection.

The eccentric world of Perth collectors

Brendan Foster

The 2012 Henschke Hill of Grace vintage was superb, the winery says.

Long wait over for 2012 Henschke Hill of Grace

David Prestipino

Seeing how amaze-bouche Princess Mary of Denmark looks here makes us want to see finger-waves on Duchess Cathy one day ...

Princess Mary remains one of the most underrated style icons

1 hr ago

Roger Ailes' treatment of his female employees is being treated as a footnote to the greater story of his corporate ...

Sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes should be more than a footnote

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

UTS students with variations on the name Isabella.

Our parents all gave us the name Isabella, should we thank them?

Jenna Price

One more sleep ... Pippa Middleton and James Matthews will marry on Saturday morning, London time.

Pippa Middleton's wedding: what you need to know

Melissa Singer

InStyle editor Laura Brown, designer/buyer Yasmin Sewell, and Vogue fashion editor Christine Centenera after speaking at ...

The real 'influencers' came home to roost at Fashion Week

Jenna Clarke

Pamela Anderson attends the Global Gift Gala 2017 at Hotel George V on May 16, 2017 in Paris, France.

Pamela Anderson and Lady Gaga rally to cause of Julian Assange

Jill Serjeant

Co-founder of Etre Cecile, Yasmin Sewell.

Yasmin Sewell wants Myer and David Jones to be more 'kick ass'

Jenna Clarke

"Other people's comments, though meant to soothe, might feel like coldhearted jabs."

5 things I hated hearing when I got divorced (but were all true)

Leah Spellman

Confusion over healthy food leads to a big spend-up on junk.

Healthy eating is cheaper, but we're spending big on junk

Sarah Berry

Tuck into water with lemon before your morning coffee.

5 ways to jump-start a healthy morning

Jessi Roti

Sylvia Keays.

The struggle to make people take gut health seriously

Sarah Berry

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Mesmerising video of baby being 'unwrapped' after birth

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The reason girls are getting their period earlier

Daniel Neman

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Parents, keep cotton buds out of your kids' ears

Magic: Adam Liaw's bitter caramel and cocoa custard layer cake.

Magic caramel and chocolate custard cake - separates on its own

Adam Liaw

Incredible hunk: Aged parmigiano reggiano is rich in umami - and sometimes 'cheese crystals'.

What are those weird, crunchy bits in cheese?

Choc-coffee combo: Caffeine addicts and chocoholics beware.

Have your brew and eat it too: Coffee-in-a-cone hits Australia

Sherilyn Fenn and Kyle MacLachlan in the original Twin Peaks.

Behind the scenes Twin Peaks: on the secret set

USA
Kylie McLaughlin

The baggage carousel, often a source of frustration for travellers.

Letters: Why does everyone stand so close to the baggage carousel?

Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger's Nest),a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple in the ...

Why this is the ultimate trophy destination

Anthony Dennis

Facebook is the world's fifth-most-valuable company by market value.

How Facebook moved from flop to supremacy

A new documentary shows that it wasn't the size or scale of the asteroid's impact that ended the dinosaurs, but where ...

Dinosaurs 'minutes away' from surviving

The tech industry's huge investments in AI might be cause for alarm, because they are not balanced by anywhere near that ...

Google, not the government, is building the future

Farhad Manjoo

The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is vying for a place in Australian homes.

What Aussies can expect from the Google Home smart speaker

COMMENT

Getting ransom money in Bitcoin is easiest for cyber-crooks, but it isn't the most secure.

Why bitcoin may soon fall out of crims' favour

The new Honda Civic Type R is due to arrive in October.

New Honda Civic Type R now available to order

Dom Tripolone

The 2017 Mini Countryman Cooper is finally a family-friendly proposition.

2017 Mini Countryman Cooper road test review

David McCowen

2018 Hyundai i30N preview drive.

Is the new Hyundai i30N better than a Golf GTI?

Andrew MacLean

Michelin was the first tyre maker to commit to sustainably sourced rubber.

GM switches to sustainable sourced tyres

Drive Staff

2017 Mercedes-Benz E220d All-Terrain.

Mercedes-Benz's SUV alternative reviewed

Daniel DeGasperi

Renault Kangoo Z.E. using the dynamic wireless electric vehicle charging road.

Renault's ambitious plan for EV charging

Drive Staff

Lance Franklin of the Swans

Swans surge back into season

8 mins ago

Heading to Cronulla: Josh Dugan.

Done deal: Sharks confirm four-year Dugan coup

56 mins ago

'At 10 I remember putting a sign on my wall saying I am the world's greatest athlete': Cathy Freeman.

Cathy Freeman: Planting the Olympic gold medal seed

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Cousins incident was over coffee not footy

37 mins ago

Daniel Ricciardo talks with Red Bull race engineer Simon Rennie.

Ricciardo's Red Bull team 'a bit in no-man's land'

David Luiz (centre) has splashed out on his teammates after their EPL title win.

Luiz spends $1.75m on gift for Chelsea teammates

19 mins ago

Playing a dangerous game: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

Take heed of the concussion horror stories before it is too late

The Fitz Files
Peter FitzSimons

Australia A captain Usman Khawaja.

Pay dispute: Cricketers could boycott tour of South Africa

Jon Pierik