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Trump called Comey leaks 'cowardly' in an early morning tweet.

Bid to save Trump posts as court uses tweet against him

ANALYSIS

Nailbiter: Pat Cummins embraces Eoin Morgan after the Sydney Thunder's thrilling BBL win over the Melbourne Stars.

Channel Ten crisis clouds cricket media rights deal

1 hr ago

Eman Sharobeem, centre, arrives at the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday.

Boss was 'plundering' resources for her own benefit, ICAC hears

UPDATED
21 mins ago

The Coalition will hold a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

'Could go for a very long time': Coalition calls crunch meeting of MPs

James Massola
20 mins ago

Kate McCartin died in December, 2013 of leukemia after receiving chemotherapy for another serious condition following a ...

Little sister sues over death of teen after misdiagnosis at hospital

Michael Cranston leaves court on Tuesday.

'Illustrious' career over as ATO deputy quits on day he faces court

30 mins ago

Double-decker buses to replace bendies on Sydney streets

Jacob Saulwick

'He took advantage in most terrible way': Uber driver jailed for rape

Teen in 'terrifying 19-hour road trip after Sydney abduction'

34 mins ago

Hanson drops case over secret tapes, forced to pay legal costs

Crown staff held in China charged with gambling offences

UPDATED

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Will she fit into the lift?': Mia Freedman in hot water for remarks about guest

1 hr ago

MIAMI BEACH, FL - MAY 15: Elle McPherson (L) and Jeffrey Soffer during Pritzker Architecture Prize 2015 at New World ...

'Definitely over': Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband

This five-bedroom home broke Mount Druitt's house price record with a $1.2 million sale.

House in Mount Druitt sells for record $1.2 million

Southern shift: Nate Myles.

Shock mid-season move for dumped Origin star

UPDATED

Bare feet standing on bathroom scales on a wooden floor after removing clothes

Are scales the best way to monitor our weight?

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Man clings to skyscraper 100m above street

airfares

Why you should always fly in the middle of the day

Taylor Swift's lazy year has seen her fall down Forbes' richest celebrities list.

Swift takes $167m tumble from top of rich list after year off

President Donald Trump smiles during a Cabinet meeting.

Trump throws himself a lovefest in bizarre first Cabinet meeting

NBA Finals

Warriors look to clinch in NBA Finals series

This five-bedroom home broke Mount Druitt's house price record with a $1.2 million sale.

House in Mount Druitt sells for record $1.2 million

2C Hazel Place, Burraneer.

Sydney's cheapest waterfront home for $350,000? Just one catch

A terrace overlooks the Amalfi coast.

Inside the villa once owned by one of the richest people on Earth

Photo: Whiting Architects

What you need to know before hiring an interior designer

The St Paul's Anglican Church at Ecclestone was build in 1924.

Historic country churches for sale as membership declines

airfares

Why you should always fly out of Sydney in the middle of the day

The biggest killer of children in Australia revealed

Julie Power
1 hr ago

Teen in terrifying 19-hour road trip after alleged kidnapping

34 mins ago

Rain is heading back to Sydney but nothing like the levels being seen up north.

Sydney hits June rainfall average, and there's more to come

Fairfield Liberal councillor Peter Grippaudo denies he's a property developer.

'Public in cold fury': Calls for police probe into Liberal councillor

EXCLUSIVE

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

Trainer nets $486,000 from basic forgery he thought wouldn't work

Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward.

NSW child protection receives $63m budget boost

Sean Nicholls

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

'Disturbing’: political donations with covert Chinese connections

Sarah Ciesiolka, a peanut farmer near Santos' Narrabr CSG project.

'Sitting ducks': Santos' CSG gaps highlighted by farmers, agencies

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

VIC

Green turtles swimming in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

Drug-resistant superbugs hitch ride on Barrier Reef turtles

Share of GDP going to Australian workers hits record low

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Share of GDP going to Australian workers hits record low

Why June is a bloody month for under-performing stocks

Marcus Padley

Jeffrey Immelt is leaving GE after months of stepped-up pressure from activist investor Trian Fund Management.

GE boss to walk away with $148.5m as shares languish

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 03: Actress Alison Brie attends the New York premiere of "How To Be Single" at the NYU Skirball ...

'Take your top off': Alison Brie recounts early audition

Rob Moran

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale speaks to the media at Federation Square ...

Medicinal cannabis rules loosened after Senate gangs up on government

Adam Gartrell
16 mins ago

Income inequality, the new handbrake on growth

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

Australia's next generation fighter jets starve pilots of oxygen

Adam Gartrell
36 mins ago

Senator Pauline Hanson will pay the ABC's legal costs after dropping a case against the broadcaster.

Hanson drops case against ABC, forced to pay broadcaster's costs

The Coalition will hold a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

Government to hold crunch party room meeting on climate

21 mins ago

Malcolm Turnbull joined the chorus of outrage after this week's terror attack in Brighton.

Terminally ill patients to get easier access to medical cannabis

10 mins ago

The Turnbull government's new school funding model will soon be voted on in the Senate.

Gonski architect warns against 'tragedy' of voting down reform

EXCLUSIVE

Theresa May, UK prime minister and leader - for now - of the Conservative Party.

Theresa May warned of early election risk weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE
Latika Bourke

Jimmy Greene, left, kisses his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene while holding a portrait of their daughter, Sandy Hook ...

Sandy Hook mother sees red over Alex Jones interview

Kristine Phillips

US President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump loses another travel ban ruling in appeals court

Police detain a protester during an anti-corruption rally in St Petersburg, Russia.

Putin critic detained as thousands protest across Russia

Illustration: Dionne Gain

Why Albanese benefits from the UK election result

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Peter FitzSimons.

'Hopeless': five star food rating system has to go

Weekday Fitz
Peter FitzSimons

A special unit for up to 75 radicalised inmates will be built in Goulburn's existing Supermax.

Better ways to keep us safe than a 'mini max' prison

COMMENT
Hussain Nadim

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Ten Network scrambles to escape corporate undertaker

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight
1 hr ago

Ansell found some support from Morgan Stanley this week, sending its shares soaring.

ASX has best day in seven months

Myriam Robin
28 mins ago

Luke Baylis of SumoSalad

Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield

Madeleine Heffernan
27 mins ago

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

Investors' short-term mindset 'destroying capital'

Myriam Robin

Turbulent times for RBA, but no reason to assume crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Ten in trading halt as board mulls debt options

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

Crown's detained China staff charged with gambling offences

UPDATED

The new Lexus coupe will come in a hybrid (pictured) and V8 version.

The fuel-saving $200k sports car buyers don't want

Cars

The bridge is the latest must-have detail.

Make sure your next pair of sunnies has this one feature

Accessories

Running the economy is like being a pilot in a modern aircraft: there are lots of gauges and controls.

Turbulent times for Reserve Bank, but no reason for crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Capital losses can offset capital gains.

Why June is a bloody month for under-performing stocks

Marcus Padley

Tomcar co-founder David Brim in Melbourne.

Australia's last car maker is taking their lead from Tesla

Cara Waters

Running a bed and breakfast didn't turn out to be as lucrative for this reader.

'We never got close to making the GST threshold'

Max Newnham

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Parcel bomb explodes at South Korean university

46 mins ago

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US basketballer Rodman expected in North Korea

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Opposition leader detained in Russian protests

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Ivanka Trump not expecting 'viciousness' of politics

In this Monday, June 5, 2017, file photo, Indians reach to get a cold drink being freely distributed on a hot summer day ...

World of Photos, June 13, 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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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Sandra Sully is rumoured to host a national bulletin on Ten.

News cuts could backfire on Channel Ten

COMMENT
Michael Lallo
1 hr ago

Alison Brie says she was asked to go topless during an Entourage audition.

Alison Brie told to 'take your top off' during audition

Rob Moran

Season four of The Bachelor spinoff 'Bachelor in Paradise' has been suspended indefinitely.

Bachelor spinoff's future in doubt

Broede Carmody

Taylor Swift's lazy year has seen her fall down Forbes' richest celebrities list.

Taylor Swift free-falls from top of Celebrity Rich List

Rob Moran

Monday night's Q&A focused on energy policy.

A carbon tax by any other name would smell as sweet: Q&A;

Neil McMahon

Laura Dreyfuss and Ben Platt in the Pasek and Paul musical Dear Evan Hansen at the Second Stage Theatre in New York.

The Tonys have decided what theatre Australia will be watching

ANALYSIS
Nathanael Cooper

Stop the clock: House Rules competition suspended by Cyclone Debbie.

House Rules suspended for first time ever due to cyclone

Aja Styles

Actress Rowena Wallace.

Rowena Wallace hopes crowdfunding will relaunch career

Broede Carmody

James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro.

I Am Not Your Negro dismantles the illusion of progress

Andrew Purcell

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

Roxane Gay described the Mamamia podcast as "a shit show".

'Cruel and humiliating': author Roxane Gay on treatment by Mamamia

Jenny Noyes
1 hr ago

There are more and more people embracing polyamory with the enthusiasm that I reserve for napping, writes Kerri Sackville.

The rise of polyamory sure isn't convincing me to try it

COMMENT
Kerri Sackville

Bella Hadid doing her bit to make tiny glasses happen.

Alert: small glasses are back in fashion, RIP your peripheral vision

Mary Ward
1 hr ago

"The cards never lie, and they never let me lie."

I have autism and tarot cards help me make sense of the world

Madeleine Ryan

Elle Macpherson and husband Jeffrey Soffer in May 2015.

Elle Macpherson 'splits' from husband Jeff Soffer, reports

Amy Croffey

Reem Allouche, left, and Atika Latifi, from the Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, use a sivaak, or small stick, to ...

Explainer: What Islam actually says about domestic violence

Nada Ibrahim

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial.

Bill Cosby trial shocker: Defence rests after just 6 minutes

Serena shared a picture of her growing baby bump on Snapchat.

Hell yes to Serena's candid documentation of her pregnancy

Mary Ward

Too much sugar, regardless of the type, is a problem.

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Taking the first step can result in a ripple effect.

Using the 'ripple effect' to achieve health goals

Evelyn Lewin

Addictive or just enjoyable?

Cheese: is it addictive? This doctor thinks so

Paula Goodyer

Andhraiites typically eat fiery hot food, but this prawn curry packs a lot of flavours too!

Curry in a hurry: Whip up these easy curries in 30 minutes

Right first dine: Scrambled eggs on toasted wholegrain bread.

Chefs reveal how they tweak their scrambled eggs to perfection

Crispy skin barra with mint peas and brussels with bacon peas mint and brussels at Three Blue Ducks in Sydney.

Lemon butter barramundi: The trick to cooking perfect crispy skin

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Baby, it's cold outside: 6 challenges of having a winter bub

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Attention dads: why you need to read Facebook posts when your partner tags you

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Primary school excludes 10-year-old girl with her period

The new 'World Class' ship from MSC Cruises promises to be the world's biggest.

6850 passengers: New cruise giant will be world's biggest

Could Ben Groundwater been Japan's new Mr Sparkle? It's possible.

I was just being a tourist, then a local film crew showed up

Ben Groundwater

Abandoned ferris wheel in amusement park in Pripyat, Chernobyl.

Hostel opens in the most radioactive place on the planet

Hugh Morris
1 hr ago

Despite Monday's fall in price, bitcoin still was up more 170 per cent so far this year.

Digital currency frenzy crashes Coinbase trade

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

Microsoft announces the Xbox One X

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was finally confirmed at the event, to great applause.

Ubisoft's Mario, Beyond Good and Evil confirmed at E3

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Sprint Telco fined for pretending to be Telstra

Gizmodo

Apple claims this new iPad is more powerful than some PCs

Apple iPad turns Pro with high-spec model

2013 Mazda CX-5

What is the best used SUV?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Nissan Navara ST dual-cab 4x4 diesel auto.

Tradie review: New Nissan Navara

Mark Short
1 hr ago

2018 Hyundai Kona.

Hyundai's new SUV revealed

Toby Hagon

Opel badge

Opel CEO quits amid PSA deal

Andreas Cremer

Porsche's new GT2 RS features in Forza Motorsport 7.

Revealed: Porsche's fastest 911 yet

David McCowen

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Asia Pacific managing director George Biggs poses for a photo at the launch of / the ...

McLaren 720S arrives in Australia

Drive

Southern shift: Nate Myles.

Shock mid-season move for dumped Maroons Origin star

UPDATED
Roy Ward

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: Nikki Hudson talks with Mike Tancred during the AOC announcement of the Australian Women's ...

Tancred apologises to de Jong for intimidating phone call

Georgina Mitchell
1 hr ago

A standout: Kevin Durant celebrates after Warriors win NBA crown.

Tearful Durant now 'all-square' with LeBron after Warriors win

Benjamin Hoffman

Sam Warburton celebrates on the sideline with teammates following their 12-3 win over the Crusaders.

Gesture that makes Warburton one of the great Lions captains

Mick Cleary

Connor O'Leary of Australia advances to round four.

Rookie Aussie in upset win over legend Slater

Leading from the front: Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed steered his side to victory.

England beware: rival can't bat, can't field but can bowl

Scyld Berry

Niggling injury: Mile Jedinak (r).

Major blow to Socceroos' Confederation Cup campaign

Emma Kemp

Collingwood's Jeremy Howe soars over Melbourne's Tom McDonald.

The pacesetters for 2017 mark of the year have a new benchmark

Ronny Lerner
1 hr ago

Valued teammate: Tim Glasby of the Storm.

Storm back under-fire Glasby to shine in Origin

Roy Ward

Sensational: Johnathan Thurston is in red-hot form and ready to take on the Blues.

Now that's a team: Daley praise for new-look Maroons side

Michael Chammas

TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 03: Coen Hess of the Cowboys walks from the field after winning the round 13 NRL match ...

Maroons changes ensure Blues won't stroll to series victory

ANALYSIS
Phil Lutton

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