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President Donald Trump salutes as he steps from Marine One.

Next US conflict won't be North Korea: Clinton aide

ANALYSIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday 30 June 2016. Election 2016. ...

'Campaign ready': Likely date firms for early election

35 mins ago

Woman sues state after 'human error' forced her to divorce woman

1 hr ago

Wage growth in Australia remains at low levels.

9.9c per $1: Latest economic record triggers warning

1 hr ago

Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the premiere of the film "A Street Cat Named Bob", event in aid of her ...

David Jones scores hit against Myer as another fashion label jumps ship

Dean McGlinchey in 2014.

Northern beaches pub incident leads to arrest over alleged kidnapping

More than 3000 people without power after fire at Sydney substation

7 mins ago

Facebook the new front in Asia's war against IS as fighting rages in city

Coles investors face key question after shocker week

ANALYSIS

For Donald Trump, this 'Russia thing' is a real problem

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Richie McCaw's security guard admits shooting two women

Phillip Spain used a forged certificate to claim money from Medicare.

Trainer nets $486k from forgery so amateurish he thought it wouldn't work

Competition - NRL. Round - Round 14. Teams - Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs v St George Dragons. Date - 12th of June ...

Bulldogs prevail despite one of the worst bombed tries ever

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: Megan Gale attends the Premiere of "Youth" during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May ...

'I'm so sorry, it's gone': Doctor's words haunt pregnant Megan Gale

June 12, 2017 JENNY BROWN Contributing writer The new headquarters of SJB architects in an old warehouse in Melbourne's ...

Buy a $19,000 artwork at lunch: Latest workplace trend

Bread

The best (and worst) supermarket breads on the shelf

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Bulldogs claim crucial win over Dragons

Veteran forward Sam Thaiday will be omitted from the Maroons side.

Maroons workhorse makes way for Slater in dramatic reshuffle

Turia Pitt with her partner Michael Hoskin.

'I reckon this will be more fun': Turia Pitt announces pregnancy

Phillip Island, off Norfolk Island. Getting there is not easy.

'The Uluru of the Pacific': Australia's other incredible rock

Former FBI director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday.

More honest, more trustworthy: Americans favour Comey

Selling your home? A study suggests that painting the bathroom blue will put more money in your pocket.

Selling your home? This colour bathroom adds the most value

The most expensive house sold at auction was a 66 Myrna Road Strathfield, which went for $4,510,000

Clearance rate below 70 per cent: Market slumps over long weekend

Andrew Wilson

June 9, 2017 NEW YORK TIMES Lucy Sparrow at her mock-convenience-store exhibit, ?8 ?Til Late,? at the Standard, High ...

Artist sets up shop in New York where every item is made of felt

Here's your go-to guide to turning any space into a home.

Six (reno-free) ways to get your new place feeling like home fast

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Cranmore Home with artwork by Milk + Sugar Melbourne.

Stylists answer the questions you've always wanted to ask

Kidston

'More than a few cups of coffee': Decision saves family $991.48

Year 5 NAPLAN scores could be shaping career goals

Pallavi Singhal

Thick fog shrouds Sydney, forcing flight cancellations

Ambulance

Man trapped in car after allegedly evading RBT

Local Government Minister Gabrielle Upton says the government remains committed to the remaining mergers, which have ...

Two Sydney councils pile pressure on Premier with merger polls

Lisa Visentin

A 72-year-old was charged with driving under the influence after returning the "worst reading across the state" on ...

Drink drivers caught three times over limit in long weekend blitz

Victor Dominello

Where to buy petrol 'when prices go up for no reason'

Green turtles swimming in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

Drug-resistant superbugs hitch ride on Barrier Reef turtles

Maddilyn-Rose Stokes

Police allege Maddilyn-Rose's dad changed story after her death

QLD

Linda Oppel ha lived in Perth with her family since 2012.

'It's a death sentence': Perth grandmother fights her deportation

WA

Police at the scene of the terror siege in Brighton on June 5.

Second man charged after terrorism siege in Melbourne

Robyn Grace

Helen Liu leaving the Sydney Supreme Court . She is sueing the Melbourne Age Newspaper in a defamation case. Wednesday 9 ...

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Helen Liu leaving the Sydney Supreme Court . She is sueing the Melbourne Age Newspaper in a defamation case. Wednesday 9 ...

'Disturbing’ ties between ALP donor and a Chinese spy

A puppy waits behind bars at Frazer "puppy farm," in conditions rife with disease and malnutrition

Latest puppy farm raids show inquiry was a waste of time

COMMENT
Debra Tranter

A life in the gym: Legendary trainer Johnny Lewis.

Legendary trainer presented with ultimate boxing accolade

Andrew Webster

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the campaign trail in 2016.

PM may be forced to call election after just two years of governing

Heath Aston
35 mins ago

Lawyers condemn Dutton 'power grab' on citizenship

Michael Koziol

New coal tech would gain approval under CET, says Finkel

Mark Kenny

Treasurer Scott Morrison's efforts to distinguish "good debt" from "bad debt" in the lead-up to the budget appear to ...

No tax revolt as Australians happy with what they pay

EXCLUSIVE
49 mins ago

Antony Green is the face of elections in Australia.

ABC election analyst Antony Green is now a national treasure

Five-year-old Mohannad Ali lies on a hospital bed in Abs, Yemen, in December. His two-year-old cousin died of hunger.

The humanitarian catastrophe Australians know nothing about

"One down, many to go": Peter Dutton welcomed the axing of Yassmin Abdel-Magied's program.

Peter Dutton seeks stronger powers over citizenship decisions

Desert energy - lithium evaporation pools on the salt lakes of Bolivia.

Lithium powers the world at a terrible price

Bostjan Videmsek

US President Donald Trump's Washington hotel is illuminated with projected messages by Robin Bell, an artist and filmmaker.

Key A-Gs to sue Trump over foreign payments

A new battleground: Facebook

Philippine Islamic extremists open second front on Facebook

Lindsay Murdoch

Donald Trump is dogged by the "Russian thing".

For Donald Trump, this 'Russia thing' is a real problem

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

The truth behind Finkel's power play and your bills

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Reality Winner in an image released by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Georgia.

Millennials: the generation most likely to leak secrets

COMMENT
Malcolm Harris

Special Minister of State Scott Ryan: plans to introduce donations legislation to Parliament in spring.

Sweep the sewers and ban foreign political donations

COMMENT
Tony Walker

Travis Kalanick of Uber.

Uber executives' fates uncertain

Eric Newcomer
1 hr ago

Jim Stanford, economist and director of the Australian Institute's Centre for Future Work.

Wage woe: Workers share of GDP hits record low

Anna Patty
1 hr ago

Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the premiere of the film "A Street Cat Named Bob", event in aid of her ...

David Jones scores win in the store wars

Melissa Singer

BRW 120912 photo by Louise Kennerley generic paddington housing terraces streets sydney photos for a brw paddington story

Sydney-centric: Ad types hit the road to find out about Australia

Lucy Battersby

Deborah Thomas to exit with $731,000 payout

Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Is Coles strategic or desperate?

ANALYSIS
Madeleine Heffernan

Westpac hits back at ASIC responsible lending claim

Clancy Yeates

Tougher ID requirements under spotlight

Anna Patty

Two-tone watches are tied to old school alpha-male sex appeal.

The new watch trend that comes with 'alpha male sex appeal'

Watches

The actor Jonah Hill is one of the celebrity practitioners of the black-socks-and-shorts trend.

The ugly style fail that became menswear's hottest fad

"If you're sitting on some bad apples you might as well bring forward the realisation of a loss to offset any gains."

Ten things you're doing wrong at tax time

Katrina Haskew

Renting to a relative is one way to avoid the ups and downs of the rental market.

Nicole helps … get the best loan for an investment

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Grace Mazur came across Thermomix on a visit to an old school friend's house in Poland.

Cracks in the $60 million cult of Thermomix

Cara Waters

Josh Mihan is the owner of The Bearded Man. His business sees 2000 customers a year.

Behind the barber shop renaissance

Elissa Doherty

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Julie Bishop cracks whip on breakfast TV

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Florida sinkhole swallows car

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Usain Bolt wins final 100 metres race

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Naiqama crashes into cheerleaders

Brumbies in the hogh grasslands near Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains.

Snowy Mountains Brumbies

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

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New approaches for retaining millennial staff

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Ben Platt and the cast of Dear Evan Hansen perform at the Tony Awards.

How the Tony Awards dictate our live entertainment diet

ANALYSIS
Nathanael Cooper

Actress Rowena Wallace.

Embattled Rowena Wallace hopes crowdfunding will relaunch career

Broede Carmody

Kevin Spacey performs at the 71st annual Tony Awards.

Blanchett, Minchin miss out on awards at Spacey's Tonys

Broede Carmody

Katy Perry at an event.

Katy Perry undertakes bizarre livestream of her life

Joey Pucino

In Conversation with Ben Mendelsohn ? Ben Mendelsohn talk at Sydney Film Festival

'One day you'll be in Star Wars': Ben's renaissance

Garry Maddox

Dylan Voller explains his actions and apologises to his victims on 60 Minutes.

Voller tells how he felt he was 'going mad' in detention

Aja Styles

"I was thinking for a moment that I wasn't going to make it": Candice Hedge.

'Like a horror movie': Aussie describes London attack

Cameron Mee

House Rules judge Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was out for blood.

House Rules elimination almost ends in burning at the stake

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Benedict Wall and Gabrielle Scawthorn play a tree-changing couple in <i>The Village Bike</I>.

Impressive Village Bike takes us on rich, edgy ride

Jason Blake

Pinchgut Opera chief Erin Helyard in Sydney on 25, May, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell

A very modern night of booze, sex and glorious music

Nick Galvin

Bangarra Dance Theatre artistic director Stephen Page says he's "dancing on the shoulders of great indigenous giants".

Bangarra chief has 'mixed feelings' about honour

Georgie Moore

A powerful man's mistake is his own, while a powerful woman's mistake "hurts all women" according to this ...

No, Theresa May's failures have not 'set women back decades'

COMMENT
Naomi Chainey
1 hr ago

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son Barron Trump walk from Marine One across the South Lawn ...

Melania and Barron Trump finally join Donald in the White House

Travis M. Andrews

A$AP Rocky works 'gorpcore' at fashion week earlier this year.

Polar fleece is having a fashion moment

Annie Brown

'Is the heartbeat going to be there?' Pregnant Megan Gale opens up on miscarriage trauma.

'Is the heartbeat going to be there?' Gale's miscarriage trauma

Amy Croffey

My question to all the men who insist they do in fact want workplace flexibility: What are you doing about it?

How men can fight for workplace flexibility (if they really want it)

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

About one in three nominees for Order of Australia honours is a woman.

Australian honours: time to ditch the men at the top

COMMENT
Jenna Price

Alexandra Shulman with Kate Moss. Moss has appeared on 27 covers under Shulman's reign at Vogue.

UK Vogue departing editor Alexandra Shulman: 'women can't have it all'

Celia Walden

Tina Fey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.

It was all about frills and feathers on the Tony Awards red carpet

Working out at night is not bad.

Night owls, rejoice: A late workout shouldn't hinder your sleep

Carolee Belkin Walker

Addictive or just enjoyable?

Cheese: is it addictive? This doctor thinks so

Paula Goodyer

Competitive runner Dylan McCuaig-Walton tried minimalist running shoes for a while.

Minimalist shoes may be able to make you run a lot faster

Sarah Berry

Neil Perry's broad bean falafels with mint labna.

Our favourite falafel recipes and hotspots for Falafel Day

Adam Liaw's coconut and coriander chicken curry.

Weekly meal planner (starring coconut chicken curry)

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs tell: how they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

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

Airbus may add extended wings to its A380 superjumbo, the world's biggest passenger aircraft.

Supersize superjumbo: World's biggest plane could get even bigger

Fiij Airways business class has just eight seats.

Flight test: No seatback TV in business class? But don't panic

Nina Karnikowski

The debate over seat reclining etiquette continues.

Traveller letters: This is why airlines should ban reclining seats

The Xbox One X is being touted by Microsoft as the most powerful console ever created.

Microsoft announces the Xbox One X

You can usually bypass a VPN block when it's compromising your security.

Beating a VPN block when it puts you at risk

COMMENT

The app lets Powerwall owners monitor their home energy system from afar.

Tesla will drop power bill to $0, says owner

Minecraft will now run a bit more like a service or social media platform than a traditional game.

New Minecraft makes game more accessible

E3 2017

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

2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super.

Alfa Romeo's C-Class rival tested

Stephen Ottley

There are a few trick to stretch out your trips to the bowser.

Fuel saving tricks: Fact or fiction?

Alessandra Melville

The Queen is reportedly a fan of the Netflix drama.

Top 5: Cars fit for The Queen

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW 530e.

First Drive: BMW's 530e plug-in hybrid

Andrew MacLean

Tesla has played a huge role in shifting perceptions of electric cars.

Why Australians shun electric cars

David McCowen

2017 Renault Clio.

New Renault Clio reviewed

Andrew MacLean

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: Marcelo Montoya of the Bulldogs celebrates with his team mates after scoring a try during ...

Dogs ease pressure on Hasler with vital victory over Dragons

James Buckley
49 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: A dejected Billy Slater of Queensland walks from the ground after game two of the State ...

Queensland make seven changes in bid to save series in Game Two

UPDATED
Phil Lutton

A life in the gym: Legendary trainer Johnny Lewis.

Legendary trainer Lewis awarded ultimate boxing accolade

Andrew Webster

Daniel Franco (left, pictured fighting in 2016) is still in a coma.

'Next 48 hours critical:' Featherweight in coma after KO

Ange Postecoglou will shuffle his Socceroos deck for the friendly against Brazil on Tuesday.

Ange to ring the changes against 'practice match' opponents Brazil

Michael Lynch

Spain's Rafael Nadal wins the French Open.

Nadal demolishes Wawrinka to win 10th French Open title

Christopher Clarey

On top: Lewis Hamilton claims his sixth title in Montreal at the Canadian GP.

Picard-Ricciardo combine for double shoey on F1 podium

Doug Roake, pictured here working as a security guard at Richie and Gemma McCaw's wedding.

McCaw's wedding security guard shot women and robbed pubs

Sam Sherwood, Anne Clarkson

No curfews: Blues coach Laurie Daley won't make the casino off-limits to his players.

No curfew, no limits at NSW casino camp - but the real threat is QLD

Andrew Webster

Working Holday: Bryson Goodwin will likely turn down an offer to stay in the NRL to ply his trade in England, in order ...

Goodwin to leave Rabbitohs for Super League working holiday

Matt Encarnacion

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 03: Jarrod Wallace of the Titans runs the ball during the round 13 NRL match between the ...

'Don't take away his dream': Titan's judiciary plea for teammate

Laine Clark and Matt Encarnacion

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