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CoreLogic said house prices have fallen in Sydney and Melbourne this month.

Property prices drop in Sydney as market cools

21 mins ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejilkian.

Premier puts new levy on the backburner after backlash over cost

BREAKING
32 mins ago

Treasurer Scott Morrison has introduced the $6.2 billion bank levy into the parliament.

'They earn more than $30b': Morrison details why he is taxing banks

1 hr ago

Ricky Maddison was shot dead by police on Tuesday.

Accused cop killer shot dead as he tried to run away after 18-hour siege

Mr Cini was known to keep his day's takings in two safes in his home.

Wife played dead as her husband was murdered for the days' takings

BREAKING

'There was never any apology from the man who sent the email.'

One of my online trolls works for my bank. So I called and talked to him

COMMENT
Jenna Price

NIB 'cut health benefits without telling members'

1 min ago

'No deals were done': ATO launches review over $130m fraud

'We're in a bubble': Fund manager chairman sells the lot

'Child rape holidays': Paedophiles to have passports cancelled

1 hr ago

'Deeply insecure' Trump makes others feel small to build himself up

ANALYSIS

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Interest rate cut back on the cards as graphs chart Australia's fall from grace

1 hr ago

Shari Lea Hitchcock posted a photograph on Instagram, claiming she was assaulted.

'Too upset to talk': Shari Lea's shocking Instagram post

49 mins ago

Kim Kardashian West

Kim Kardashian reveals when she knew her last marriage was over

58 mins ago

Hoyts CEO Damian Keogh receive 18 month good behaviour bond.

Cronulla chairman resigns from board after drugs guilty plea

The stratosphere allows aircraft to operate in more stable weather.

Why do jet aircraft fly so high?

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Car reverse parks ... and plunges into a river

Prince William and Duchess Kate watch "a lot of children's programmes" with Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

'They will never know her': William opens up in GQ interview

Kate Robertson

FIRST PERSON

'Giving up drinking saved me $4000 a year'

Campbell Simpson.

Five years ago, I threw out my hard drive. It cost me millions

COMMENT

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 29: Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand during the ladies singles first round match ...

Stosur hints at player boycott of Margaret Court Arena

Without the family home, the age pension and superannuation balances are unlikely to meet the day-to-day living needs of ...

Women rely on family home more than men in old age

The hottest design trend this year is everything IKEA.

Your old IKEA furniture could be worth thousands

Home prices in Hong Kong have surged more than 137 per cent since the financial crisis in 2008.

Shadow lenders ready to fill the gap in Hong Kong's hot market

27 mins ago

Harry Seidler's Blues Point Tower.

Five apartment blocks that revolutionised the way Sydney lives

Photo: Lisa Atkinson Photographer

Creative ways Millennials have moved out, while still at home

Drivers are swabbed but only for certain classes of drugs.

The crime that has risen by 300 per cent in NSW

1 hr ago

Four men plead guilty over daylight murder of Sydney bodybuilder

Fireball erupts on Sydney street after gas line cut

Frost and fog in western Sydney. Weather. cold weather. May 30.

Sydney shivers through coldest May night in nearly two decades

Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson while she was a solicitor at law firm King & Wood Mallesons.

Lindt siege psychiatrist 'should never influence police' again

Salim Mehajer gave "implausible evidence", a court has found.

Councils to be stripped of planning powers after Mehajer furore

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Under Mike Baird's timetable, the Metro West line was to be built next decade, and be "operational in the second half of ...

West and inner west to get up to 12 new train stations

EXCLUSIVE
Jacob Saulwick

Akon Guode has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years jail for killing three of her children.

Mother wails in court after being jailed for killing three sons

UPDATED
26 mins ago

Kylie Maybury was six-years old when she was killed.

Killer caught by new-age science, old-fashioned policing

VIC

Renewable energy's new dawn in Australia as uncertainty clears.

Australia's clean energy 'rocketing' towards record year

Peter Hannam

Schapelle Corby appears in a video posted to Instagram after her arrival in Australia.?

'Didn't you know? She caught a flight': Corby's mum taunts media

QLD

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The ugly side of politics we rarely hear about

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The Abortion Law Reform Campaign by Mehreen Faruqi held an action outside NSW Parliament House earlier this week.

Why I'm not giving up my fight to get abortion decriminalised

COMMENT
Mehreen Faruqi

Trend or alien fad?

'It's about showing off': Is 'alien yoga' really healthy?

Jo Hartley
18 mins ago

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Carbon capture and storage technology buries emissions underground.

Turnbull government wants green bank to fund clean coal

Adam Morton
40 mins ago

Scott Morrison locks $6.2 billion bank levy rate into law

James Massola
1 hr ago

'Child rape holidays' are over: paedophile passport crackdown

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Fury over "clean coal" and schools funding as question time heats up

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

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Mabo lawyer urges 'gutless politicians' to support decision

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, pictured during a recent visit to troops in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan troop boost backed but 'where's the strategy?'

Minister Julie Bishop at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday 23 May 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

WA Young Liberals creating headaches for Turnbull and Bishop

North Korea has tested a number of missiles.

Why North Korea's older-style Scud missile is bad news

Kirsty Needham

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.

Can Jeremy Corbyn win the UK election?

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

The bomb exploded in the upper middle class district of Baghdad, initial reports say.

Baghdad attack: car bomb targets diners breaking fast

Lia Timson

Amy Barlow, 12, a victim of Manchester Arena bombing with her mother, Kathy, and father, Grant, at the Royal Manchester ...

Inside the hospital saving Manchester's young bomb victims

Nick Miller

Donald Trump adjusts his jacket as he stands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before a group photo during the G7 summit.

The one leader who would see Trump's trip as a success

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has tweeted Kellyanne Conway over her misuse of words.

Why it is important we don't overuse powerful words

COMMENT
Gary Nunn

'There was never any apology from the man who sent the email.'

One of my trolls works for my bank. I told his supervisor

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Phillip Parker has caused a stir with his move to get out of the market.

'Sell everything' call: Brave, reckless or something else?

COMMENT
Patrick Commins

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Markets Live: Banks lead ASX comeback

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
32 mins ago

Domestic energy markets hurt by lack of gas to service Queensland's gas export projects

Gas consumers hit by declining competition

Brian Robins
56 mins ago

CoreLogic said house prices have fallen in Sydney and Melbourne this month.

Sydney and Melbourne property prices slip in May

Patrick Hatch
21 mins ago

Big Oil faces 'investor death spiral' as green energy rises

ANALYSIS

'No deals were done': ATO review launched after $130m fraud case

Nassim Khadem

How digital finance is adding to China's debt splurge

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

'Ticking time-bomb': Infinity cables still in thousands of homes

Lucy Cormack

Why get a dog blanket when you can get a falcon pack?

Nine of the most outrageous upgrades for your luxury car

Cars

Don't let the cold weather put you off your daily run.

How to stay warm and avoid injury when you run in the cold

The Long Run

Kate Robertson discovered she was saving thousands when she was forced to stop drinking because of long-term medication.

'Giving up drinking saved me $4000 a year'

COMMENT
Kate Robertson

When directors buy or sell shares in their companies, they must disclose this to the ASX and it's public information.

The only insider info on ASX companies that's legal

Marcus Padley

A $40,000 fine has been handed down to Local Blue Pages for its debt collection practices.

Fake debt collecting agencies and threats to break legs: small business debt collection exposed

Cara Waters
48 mins ago

You could take a wage of approximately $20,000 a year and not pay any income tax.

How do I become an employee of my own business?

Max Newnham

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Naked Japanese bath house offers lessons

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Tiger attack: Witnesses heard screams

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Trump's laptop ban on planes moves closer

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French Open: Stosur moving up

Orlando Caldeira embraces his mother Georgina at a demonstration and concert calling for direct presidential elections ...

World of Photos, May 30, 2017

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The brand new season of iZombie - now streaming on Stan.

New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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On Monday night's Q&A, broadcaster Stan Grant said the political mechanisms need to come before reconciliation.

Q&A recap: Indigenous panel unpacks referendum conundrum

ANALYSIS
Neil McMahon

Troy and Bec's storm out of the House Rules studio.

House Rules storm out ranks among TV's biggest meltdowns

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Matty Johnson is Australia's next Bachelor.

Paparazzi threaten to spoil The Bachelor

Rob Moran

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx courted controversy on The Tonight Show when he signed in "gibberish".

Jamie Foxx slammed for 'gibberish' sign language

Broede Carmody

Claire Foy (Elizabeth II) and Matt Smith (Prince Philip) in The Crown.

The Queen has seen The Crown, and she 'really liked it'

Rob Moran

Gyton Grantley as Carl Williams in Underbelly.

Everything old is new again on Aussie television

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Kidman among major award-winners as festival wraps up

Stephanie Bunbury

In this image released by Disney, Orlando Bloom portrays Will Turner in a scene from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men ...

New Pirates of the Caribbean post-credits scene reveal

SPOILERS
Bryan Alexander

Bill Frisell loves re-visiting music from his younger days.

If you know anything about guitar, you need to know about this guy

John Shand

Translucent clarity: Andrew Haveron.

When these friends get together the results are scintillating

Peter McCallum

Fleet Foxes have changed their nature after five years away.

New, gnarlier Fleet Foxes return after a five-year break

Bernard Zuel

Kim Kardashian opens up on all her best feuds: Kris Humphries, Taylor Swift, Monica Rose

Kim Kardashian West dishes on all her best feuds

Amy Croffey
58 mins ago

The Abortion Law Reform Campaign by Mehreen Faruqi held an action outside NSW Parliament House earlier this week.

Why I'm not giving up my fight to get abortion decriminalised

COMMENT
Mehreen Faruqi

Chrissy Teigen is a big fan of hair contouring.

Never mind cheekbones, it's now all about hair contouring

Amy Croffey
1 hr ago

Prince William and Duchess Kate watch "a lot of children's programmes" with Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

'I dearly wish my mother was here to meet the children'

Hannah Furness

Jessica Chastain attends the Closing Ceremony.

The best looks from the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony

58 mins ago

Is there anything more disruptive to the workplace than hormones?

The hormone that needs to be banned from workplaces

SATIRE
Naomi Chainey

Widi Rahmawati (L) and Firdda Kurnia, members of the metal band Voice of Baceprot, perform during a school's farewell ...

Meet Indonesia's hijab-wearing metal group

Yuddy Cahya

Fashion consultant Margaret Zhang as she appears in the new issue of Elle Australia, on stands Monday, May 29.

Elle Australia photographed their cover using an iPhone

Jenna Clarke

"Flexible" eating allows a day a week to have whatever you want.

'Flexible' eating effective, CSIRO study finds

Sarah Berry

Cheese might do our ecosystem good, but fast food does not.

Can knowing your gut microbes reveal much about your health?

Paula Goodyer

A regular walk could help ward off dementia.

Brisk walks may slow dementia

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

The opulent seafood platter at The Grounds of the City.

A shoe shine with your coffee? Grounds of the City opens in CBD

Free for all: OzHarvest founder Ronni Kahn has launched a rescued food supermarket.

Waste warriors: Seven things you can do right now to fight food waste

Kylie Kwong's scallop and ginger dumplings with Sichuan chilli dressing and Sichuan pepper and salt.

Kylie Kwong's scallop and ginger dumplings with Sichuan chilli

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'I chose not to breastfeed. That doesn't make me a bad mum'

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Mum's warning about dangerous 'deodorant challenge'

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Are these really the 7 best reasons to date a single mum?

This is NOT how Mongolian barbecue is done in Mongolia.

Cuisines that are misrepresented in Australia: 1. Mongolian barbecue

COMMENT
Ben Groundwater

Perisher saw 20cm of snow dumped across the valley on the weekend.

Snow hits Australian ski resorts: Photos

Traveller

The stratosphere allows aircraft to operate in more stable weather.

Why do jet aircraft fly so high?

Michael Gebicki

The latest tidbit has its Galaxy S8 smartphone hitting 1 million unit sales in South Korea since its April 21 release.

Crisis over, Samsung enjoys power of habit

COMMENT

Campbell Simpson.

How I threw away $4.8 million in Bitcoin

COMMENT

Soren Schwertfeger, center, and his team of assistants work on an automated arm in Shanghai.

How China may be outsmarting the West in Artificial Intelligence

Model and Playboy bunny Dani Mathers appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court to answer charges related to her ...

Playmate sentenced for body-shaming post

There's no way around it, Prey's monsters are boring.

Prey is a promising but deeply conflicted game

Mercedes is looking to entice more buyers into its AMG performance car range with new entry-level models to sit under ...

Mercedes-Benz to offer cheaper AMG cars

Drive Staff

Mazda6 sedan.

What new mid-size sedan should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Volkswagen will offer the Golf R wagon in Australia from January 2018, while the hatch goes on sale mid-August.

New VW Golf R wagon price revealed

Dom Tripolone

The Nissan Qashqai ST.

The Sweet Spot: Nissan Qashqai

Stephen Ottley

Rolls-Royce Torpedo Photo: James Lipman / jameslipman.com Rolls-Royce built the Sweptail coupe for a particularly ...

Rolls-Royce unveils world's most expensive new car

David McCowen

2017 Porsche Panamera.

Porsche Panamera Turbo reviewed

Andrew MacLean

Hoyts CEO Damian Keogh receive 18 month good behaviour bond.

Keogh resigns from Sharks board after guilty plea to drug charge

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 29: Samantha Stosur of Australia plays a forehand during the ladies singles first round match ...

Stosur hints at player boycott of Margaret Court Arena

Tiger Woods' mugshot after being arrested on a DUI charge.

This could be the end for a sporting legend

COMMENT
James Corrigan

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Aaron Mooy of Huddersfield Town celebrates scoring his sides fourth penalty in the penalty ...

Mooy's long and winding road to the English Premier League

Michael Lynch

Announcement: ARU chairman Cameron Clyne.

ARU won't rule out all five Super teams remaining next year

UPDATED
Emma Kemp and Vince Rugari

Daria Gavrilova had a surprising loss in the first round of the French Open.

Gavrilova gutted; Stosur, Nadal and Djokovic through

Steve Smith and his teammates did not get much of a chance to play.

Australia washed out; South Africa crush England

Dustin Martin is getting interest from a lot of clubs.

Bombers deny making huge offer for Martin

League statesman: Cameron Smith has taken the NRL to task.

NRL is at war with the players - it's running out of people to fight

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Josh Morris enters the MCG in 2015. The arena is in line to host the first Origin match in 2018.

How stand-alone Origin in 2018 will affect the NRL competition

Adam Pengilly

Angry: Cameron Smith says the NRL has misrepresented the players' pay proposal.

Smith reveals Blues player Maroons are set to target

Phil Lutton

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