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Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson listens during a National Security session at the 2017 Somalia Conference in ...

Is this the man about to become the UK's next PM?

Nick Miller
4 mins ago

In the bond market the interest rate neutral, or passive position, can only be obtained through floating-rate instruments.

'Once in a lifetime' chance households can save on bills

James Massola

Energy was the week's worst performing corner of the ASX.

Stocks tumble as sharemarket suffers its worst week of year

1 hr ago

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

Tories are not known for tolerating failure. And Theresa May has failed

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

London attack survivor Candice Hedge has signed a deal with Channel Seven.

London attack victim signs exclusive deal with Channel Seven

1 hr ago

Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has presented his electricity market report to the COAG leaders meeting in Hobart on Friday.

'Catastrophic': Is this Australia's big goodbye to Paris?

ANALYSIS
Peter Hannam

Mother's 'unusual' behaviour should have set off 'alarm bells'

Plan that kept Trump off Twitter and allowed someone else last word

Victim was 'minding his own business' when he was glassed in the neck

Gen, 26, became a millionaire after spotting gap in market

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made the same miscalculation

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Tory leader Theresa May's early election backfired spectacularly.

May 'has no intention to resign' despite devastating loss of power

Live

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in happier times.

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's feud just gets worse and worse

Prime Minister Theresa May and Elmo at a polling station in Maidenhead, England.

Australia must adopt a delightful but awful UK election tradition

Dads are more likely to sing to their daughters and play rough with their sons.

Startling difference in how fathers treat daughters and sons

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

Gushing Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

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UK election: no majority for Conservatives

Prince Harry launches a 500-day countdown to the Invictus Games.

Sydney trip shows Prince Harry is his mother's son

Nicole Kidman encourages Kit Harrington to propose to Rose Leslie.

Nicole Kidman makes Game of Thrones star squirm

New Zealand superstar Lorde announces a November tour of outdoor shows while Harry Styles adds arena shows in 2018.

Lorde, Harry Styles return to Australia for big shows

Andrew Bolt fights off the attackers.

New footage reveals shocking violence of Andrew Bolt attack

Airbnb: is hosting more trouble than it's worth?

I'm an Airbnb host and I'm falling out of love with Airbnb

COMMENT

102 Louisa Road, Birchgrove: This four-level contemporary home faces north over the Parramatta River.

Four luxury homes with the best river views in Australia

Eager buyers pushed Australian house prices 7.7 per cent higher over the past year.

Australia jumps 17 places in global house price index

Zetian Zhang is selling her Stamford Residences penthouse at The Rocks.

Chinese billionaire lists her $18 million Sydney penthouse

Lucy Macken

China's home prices could rise by another 50 per cent in the nation's biggest cities.

China's top property-bubble prophet says prices set to soar

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Energy provider's price hike to cost households extra $300 a year

'It's low-stress': NAPLAN chief's vision for school test

Former Baird top aide seeks to lobby NSW government

Kurt Majoor befriended his victims on social media before meeting up with them in person.

'The prettiest girl in the school': How teacher lured his teens for sex

Felicity Wilson was in a close preselection battle for North Shore.

Liberal faces suspension for criticising MP's election

Careers Australia has sold two of its divisions to other education providers, with about 2800 students thrown a lifeline.

12,000 students remain in limbo after Careers Australia collapse

Lighting up the night: more of the wet weather ahead.

It will be a cold, dark and wet weekend with no end in sight

A high speed chase in Melbourne's CBD has ended when a white Commodore allegedly smashed into parked cars in Southbank.

Early morning anti-terrorism raids linked to deadly siege

VIC
1 hr ago

Yacqub Khayre leaving court after he was acquitted over a terror plot in 2009.

Connection between ice, Islamic extremism 'should be investigated'

VIC

School maintenance is under the microscope after a roof collapse at Medina Primary School.

The school with zero students enrolled that is still not closed

QLD

The shark moves to strike at Mr Simpson's leg.

'Glad I still have my leg!': man records video of shark biting him

WA

Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The FIFO billionaire and the numbers that don't add up

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Anna Krien

Police: 980426: Pic Simon O'Dwyer: Gen News: Pic Shows: Police Union Officials and Police Force members vote for ...

Is this association the most powerful union in Victoria?

John Silvester

Australian one-hundred dollar and fifty dollar banknotes.

Attack on cash a distraction from government's failures

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

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Australia should adopt this delightful but awful UK tradition

Judith Ireland

States agree to tougher rules for criminals with terrorist links

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Households could save up to $1000 over a decade under energy plan

James Massola

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election ...

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made same miscalculation

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

"Hello?" says a slightly panicked voice on the phone.

Sketch: Donald Trump calls Jeremy Corbyn, gets his JCs mixed

SKETCH

A picture of a demonstration from the Melbourne Antifa Facebook page.

Behind left-wing Antifa movement that attacked Andrew Bolt

Michael Koziol

The Finkel review of the electricity sector will promise a new clean energy target to put downward pressure on prices.

Finkel climate review promises lower power bills

James Massola

British Prime Minister Theresa May after retaining her seat.

May rolled the dice on an unnecessary election

ANALYSIS
Nick Miller

TOKYO - DECEMBER 23: (L-R) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet the well-wishers gathered to celebrate the ...

Path now clear for Emperor Akihito's abdication

Elaine Lies

Al Jazeera network 'under cyber attack'

Emily Tamkin

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee.

'Lies, plain and simple': Comey testifies in senate probe

The warden and chairman of St Paul's have retired after the latest scandal.

Unacceptable university traditions in need of urgent overhaul

Editorial

A man holds his beer while people flee terror attacks in London on Saturday.

'Don't put the pint down': the radical approach to terrorism

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

James Clapper, former US director of national intelligence, addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday.

US-Australia bond transcends White House occupant

COMMENT
James Clapper

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been in long-running legal battles with the ATO for some years and in 2015 was ...

News Corp loses $15 million tax case appeal

Nassim Khadem
18 mins ago

Former Murray Goulburn managing director Gary Helou is facing court action by the ACCC.

Class action could delay Murray Goulburn case: ACCC

Georgia Wilkins
36 mins ago

Energy was the week's worst performing corner of the ASX.

ASX suffers worst week of 2017

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer
1 hr ago

Senator Pauline Hanson

Airing secret Hanson recordings 'justified in the public interest'

Lucy Battersby

Asia's richest man's net worth soars $3.7b in a day

Former Westpac planner cops five-year ban

Clancy Yeates
47 mins ago

ANZ, Suncorp target investors with rate hike

UPDATED
Clancy Yeates
57 mins ago

Aussie shoppers can charge their Tesla for free while they shop

Carolyn Cummins

Keep backseat passengers entertained with their own TV screens.

The hottest luxury upgrades your car needs this snow season

Cars
1 hr ago

Craigellachie Distillery has become infamously known as the "bad boy of Speyside".

Why the 'bad boy of Speyside' is the world's best single malt

Fine Drinks

Biopharmaceutical company CSL has a world-class reputation.

Australia's most respected companies

Scott Phillips
1 hr ago

The Acorns app rounds up each purchase you make and stores it in an investment portfolio for you.

Noel Whittaker's verdict on investing with Acorns app

Noel Whittaker

Do you have expectations of lunches, drinks and water cooler gossip?

Friendships at work: are you indifferent?

COMMENT
James Adonis

Gen George, founder of casual work start-up OneShift.

Gen George sells OneShift to Programmed

Cara Waters

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Britain's Labour leader calls for PM May to stand down

1 hr ago

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Comey hearing becomes social event

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What is the CET?

Federal Politics

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Ex-Bomber's concern injections program harmed his daughter

Portrait of Faezeh Jalali who is an acclaimed Indian playright, director and actress in India. She is in Sydney with a ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 9, 2017

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The brand new season of Better Call Saul - now streaming on Stan.

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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

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Sofia Boutella revisits Boris Karloff's menacing Mummy in the new Universal thriller.

The Mummy: a female-empowering horror-laden thriller

Sarah Thomas

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in happier times.

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's feud continues

Joey Pucino

Stephen Colbert couldn't hide his delight over Comey's testimony.

Stephen Colbert delights in Comey testimony

Rob Moran

Like several well-known musicians, Lorde is a synesthete.

Lorde, Harry Styles announce Australian tour dates

Bernard Zuel

Who can forget Kanye West taking the microphone from Taylor Swift as she accepted an MTV award in 2009?

Taylor Swift cried 'hysterically' at 2009 MTV awards

Broede Carmody
16 mins ago

The Killers are reportedly coming to Melbourne to perform at the 2017 AFL Grand Final.

The Killers 'locked in' for 2017 AFL grand final

Broede Carmody
18 mins ago

Game of Thrones fans can access the series through Foxtel Now for just $15.

'Foxtel Now' is smoke and mirrors; and a smart move

Comment
Craig Mathieson

Jill Singer has died at the age of 60.

Award-winning journalist Jill Singer dead at 60

UPDATED
Broede Carmody

Steve Toltz's tragi-comic bromance wins Australia's only humour writing prize.

Tragicomic bromance wins humour writing prize

Linda Morris

'A nice family thing to do': Lee Lewis and Fraser Corfield.

'Musical chairs' in theatreland as the builders move in

Elissa Blake

Playwright, director and actor Faezeh Jalali.

Curious urban myth a metaphor for the plight of sex slaves

Elissa Blake

Even if someone is only on a dating site to have casual sex, that doesn't mean they're consenting to receive explicit ...

'I could've lost my job': Tinder users taking it too far

Lauren Ingram

Gal Gadot arrives at the world premiere of <i>Wonder Woman</i> in Los Angeles.

The women being left out of the feel-good superhero moment

COMMENT
Ruby Hamad

Dads are more likely to sing to their daughters and play rough with their sons.

Startling difference in how fathers treat daughters and sons

Ariana Eunjung Cha

Prince Harry meets defence veteran swimmers after touring the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, where the Invictus ...

This trip shows Prince Harry is his mother's son

COMMENT
Jenna Clarke

A little chocolate may not be bad for your heart.

Coming out takes guts, and I had to leave some family behind

COMMENT
Dale Sheridan

"I've always had short hair," Mili told Nebraska NBC affiliate WOWT. "I didn't like my hair long."

Girl kicked out of soccer league after being mistaken for a boy

Heidi Stevens

Emily Ratajkowski attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at ...

What is decolletage and how to keep it gleaming, even in winter

Stephanie Darling
1 hr ago

Nicole Kidman encourages Kit Harrington to propose to Rose Leslie.

Nicole Kidman makes Game of Thrones star squirm

Amy Croffey

Excess weight during pregnancy increases health risks to the mother and baby.

The big problem facing half of all pregnant women

Sarah Berry

Man who pedal stationary bikes, cyclette

Boost your workouts with caffeine, even if you chug coffee daily

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Relief from back pain does not come in the form of an app.

The 'false message' given to people suffering back pain

Sarah Berry

Chrissy Flanagan + Jim Flanagan at The Sausage Factory in Dulwich Hill

Camel snags on the menu at Dulwich Hill's new Sausage Factory

Learning the 'why' behind the 'how' of baking will boost your confidence in the kitchen, Anneka Manning says.

How to make a perfect sponge cake

Meatballs with fontina mash.

Luke Mangan's meatballs with cheesy mash

Baby Ezra surprised his mum during a shopping trip.

She didn't know she was pregnant, then gave birth in supermarket

Jessica Simpson and 5-year-old Maxwell.

Jessica Simpson and daughter in bikini photo furore

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What I want you to know about my 'gifted' son

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The fastest airline plane in the sky revealed

Hugh Morris

Where will you find the Elgin Marbles?

The quiz: Where will you find the Rosetta Stone and Elgin Marbles?

Mal Chenu

Village Weggis, lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Pilatus mountain and Swiss Alps in the background near famous Lucerne ...

Achingly beautiful: A must-do trip in this spectacular Europe spot

Keith Austin

A self-driving car guided by Project Apollo, on the test
track at CES Asia in Shanghai.

Baidu prepares China's self-driving car hopeful

1 hr ago

Shadow Creator's Halomini augmented reality headset looks like Microsoft's HoloLens but falls far short of the mark.

AR headsets still very much works in progress

COMMENT

E3 2017

E3 2017: The Australian gamer's one-stop guide

MVC

Why these games are vanishing from iOS

Kotaku

If all you want is Game of Thrones you can get it for $15 per month, but if you want everything the service has to offer ...

Foxtel Now: everything you need to know

2017 Kia Stinger

The best new cars still to come in 2017

David McCowen

2017 BMW 530e.

BMW not charging premium for hybrid tech

Andrew MacLean

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT.

Jeep's V8-powered track-ready SUV reviewed

Toby Hagon

2018 Holden Commodore Supercar

Holden reveals next-gen Commodore racer

Andrew MacLean

Honda NeuV driverless car concept was displayed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

Honda wants to usurp Tesla, Mercedes-Benz

Dom Tripolone

Peugeot has previously talked about developing a dual-cab ute based on the Toyota HiLux. (Digital Illustration).

Peugeot plans to build dual-cab ute, drop performance cars

Drive Staff

Tomi Juric, Aziz Behich and Aaron Mooy congratulate Tom Rogic after he scored the winner in the 2018 FIFA World Cup ...

World Cup destiny remains in Socceroos' hands

Michael Lynch

Wallaroos stars Sharni Williams (left) and Shannon Parry (right) with Buildcorp's Josephine Sukkar.

Palace revolt at ARU could install woman as leader

Roy Masters

Aaron Mooy and Mile Jedinak in the midst of the action.

Saudis apologise for minute's silence snub

UPDATED
Michael Lynch

Kickstarter: Lance Franklin had three goals in the win.

Swans exact revenge over Bulldogs in grand final rematch

James Buckley

One of a kind: Nick Kyrgios.

McEnroe open to coaching fellow 'headcase' Nick Kyrgios

Nathan Lovett-Murray with his daughter Harmony in January last year.

Bombers will stick to their guns on compensation

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny
49 mins ago

Sparkling performance: Cameron Smith, centre, and Billy Slater were close to their brilliant best.

'Referee Smith did a good job': Flanagan swipes Storm skipper

Adam Pengilly

Given a rest: Stephen Moore.

Cheika drops Moore, names new skipper for Fiji clash

UPDATED
Tom Decent

New deal: Adam Elliott has opted to remain at Belmore.

Dogs ward off rivals to re-sign gun back-rower

Adrian Proszenko

Origin audition: Billy Slater all but booked his place for Queensland in the second match-up.

Billy's back as Smith steals show against Sharks

Adam Pengilly

Dialogue: Coach Des Hasler is under pressure after the Bulldogs suffered a fourth consecutive loss.

Hasler to front disgruntled Dogs fans

Adrian Proszenko

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