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Network Ten is looking at refinancing options.

Network Ten placed in voluntary administration

BREAKING
47 mins ago

Mia Freedman has come under fire for her comments about Roxane Gay.

A doctor's open letter to Mia Freedman: 'How dare you shame women'

7 mins ago

"It is a bill that suits the times we're living in," Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said.

1900 Manus Island detainees win huge court settlement

11 mins ago

The jobs will be lost across all Telstra divisions.

Telstra to slash 1400 jobs in cost-cutting drive

BREAKING
1 hr ago

TPG founder David Bonderman.

Billionaire Uber director makes sexist joke at meeting about sexism

17 mins ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the hearing.

AG's stonewalling creates yet another problem for Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Turnbull facing fresh leadership pressure after party meeting

Live

Turbulent times, but no reason to assume a crash landing

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Bulldoze homes or cut through national park? Tough decision on F6

Peter Martin

Home owners: you're not as rich as you think you are

COMMENT

'Emotional' Mayer resigns as $6b Yahoo sale closes

The London fire.

Massive fire engulfs London tower block

BREAKING
19 mins ago

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

TBILISI, GEORGIA - JUNE 13: The New Zealand team (The All Backs), perform the Haka during the World Rugby U20 ...

France responds to haka with epic 80-second staredown

J. K. Rowling

Rowling to the rescue after Trump blocks Stephen King on Twitter

Simple median measures do not take into account differences in interest rates in different time periods.

What to do if you can't afford to buy a house right now

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Robert Irwin's Aussie drawl flummoxes Family Feud host

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Reconstruction of Progura gallinacea next to a grey kangaroo.

Giant flying turkeys once roamed Australia

Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

Ronaldo accused of 15 million euro tax fraud

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

FIRB fees are making some Chinese buyers more cautious.

Are Chinese investors starting to turn their backs on Australia?

1 hr ago

"Poetry in concrete": The brutalist Sirius Building in The Rocks was built for public housing.

Sydney is in a constant battle with itself over the public good

Comment

The airspace above 26-38 Clarence St is being sold by the NSW government.

Government selling thin air as land for development dries up

Comedian Tim Ross in his Hunters Hill modernist home.

Why Rosso thinks Sydney is like a 'disappointing friend'

Homewares are as personal as clothes. They must be the perfect fit.

Why gifting these homeware items is the ultimate faux pas

An express passenger train, similar to this one, has hit a car, killing the female driver.

'It was like a bomb': Train crashes into car, killing woman and dog

Why more than half of new uni students don't need an ATAR

Move over, Melbourne: Gallery approval 'great news for Sydney'

EXCLUSIVE

Police have charged a man with attempted murder after an alleged hammer attack.

Murder charge after alleged hammer attack

Rachel Browne
1 hr ago

Robert Hughes lost his appeal against child sex convictions.

High Court dismisses Hughes appeal against child sex convictions

1 hr ago

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

Diamonds, hairdressing: Sharobeem was 'plundering' resources for her own benefit

airfares

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

Mike Tancred has issued an apology to Fiona de Jong.

AOC media boss admits to intimidating phone call, apologises

The injury that came within millimetres of Cam McIntyre's carotid artery.

Runner's brush with death in Brighton dog attack

VIC

Moments before the collision.

Who's in the right? Cashcam crash footage divides public opinion

WA

Shell Wright's dog, Marley, was stabbed at her home on Friday night in Queanbeyan.

'We don't know why': family dog stabbed to death in backyard

ACT

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More than 50 per cent of older workers feel discriminated against because of their age, sending them on a demoralising ...

Building a better bridge to retirement

Conrad Liveris
1 hr ago

Kathryn Greiner is the second Gonski Review panellist in two days to back the government's school funding changes

Gonski Review panellist Greiner joins push for changes

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Knott

The then-teenage MacColl moved from Brisbane to Melbourne to see through the pregnancy. 'My teacher and her husband had ...

Pregnant women don't need this insulting weight advice

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

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All Coalition MPs, from the newest backbenchers to the most senior ministers, do privately fear just this fate.

Malcolm Turnbull faces leadership pressure on climate and energy

Live
Stephanie Peatling

Government to compensate Manus detainees in huge settlement

Michael Koziol
11 mins ago

Cabinet ministers rally behind Turnbull on energy policy

Fergus Hunter

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in a must-win situation with Tony Abbott on climate policy.

Climate question hangs over Turnbull's leadership

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Treasurer Scott Morrison said nobody should take the future for granted.

Federal government debt surges past half-a-trillion dollars

Eryk Bagshaw

The Coalition held a special meeting on climate change policy on Tuesday.

Turnbull government in turmoil over climate and energy policy

James Massola

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

Faster access for medicinal cannabis after shock Senate vote

Adam Gartrell

British Prime Minister Theresa May

Theresa May's Irish deal hits a Major snag

Nick Miller

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the hearing.

Sessions' stonewalling creates more problems for Trump

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies on Capitol Hill.

Jeff Sessions refuses to disclose talks with Donald Trump

UPDATED

Tammy Davis-Charles is in a Phnom Penh jail awaiting trial.

Davis-Charles paid for birth certificates, court hears

UPDATED

Mia Freedman has come under fire for her comments about Roxane Gay.

An open letter to Mia Freedman

Sonia Henry
7 mins ago

Rising home prices aren't as beneficial to many owner-occupiers as they might appear to be.

Home owners: you're not as rich as you think

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Man Haron Monis had committted heartless crimes before the Lindt Cafe seige.

The role of male shame in making a 'terrorist'

COMMENT
Steve Biddulph

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Markets Live: ASX blows past 5800

Live
13 mins ago

The jobs will be lost across all Telstra divisions.

1400 jobs to go at Telstra

BREAKING
Mathew Dunckley
1 hr ago

Network Ten is looking at refinancing options.

Ten goes into voluntary administration

BREAKING
Sarah Danckert
47 mins ago

ANZ is predicted to receive a 1.5 per cent boost to profits from Friday's rate hike.

Big Four rivals tipped to follow ANZ's mortgage rate hike

Clancy Yeates

The graph proving RBA chief Philip Lowe is chatty, not nutty

'Enough is enough,' News slams phone-hacking trial

Jeremy Hodges

Consumer pessimism takes hold as women grow weary

45 mins ago

'Emotional' Mayer resigns as $6b Yahoo sale closes

The new uniform of cream and azure blue.

Monochrome and militant: 35 of the best dressed men at Pitti Uomo

Men's Style
51 mins ago

They offer multiple perks, but what are they worth in the bigger picture?

How much is that frequent flyer 'status' really worth?

High Flyer

Gabriella Munoz will travel to Mexico to try to find her biological family, along with husband Cesar Albarran-Torres, ...

'I'm spending my inheritance trying to find my birth family'

Gabriella Munoz

There is no reset of the cost base once you move into a property that originally started out as a rental.

What's the capital gains tax on a rental property turned home?

Noel Whittaker

Prue Houston training a client.

Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream

Alexandra Cain

A gaming console could be on the shopping list for your business this month.

Six surprising items to claim at tax time

Nina Hendy

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Katy Perry dances like 'your mom'

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Roxane Gay slams Mamamia

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Search begins after building collapses in Kenya

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French riderless motorbike mystery solved

Illustration: Ron Tandberg

Best of Fairfax cartoons June 14

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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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Justin Bieber Justin Bieber has admitted he doesn't know the lyrics to Spanish-language smash hit Despacito.

'I don't even know it': Bieber doesn't know his own song

Broede Carmody

Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg, a young Israeli who becomes lost in the Amazon.

MIFF kicks off with Harry Potter lost in Jungle

Karl Quinn

Steve Harvey doesn't know what a "caaaaah" is.

Crikey! What's that you said, Robert?

Rob Moran

Queen and Adam Lambert will tour Australia in February and March next year.

Queen and Adam Lambert are coming, with more than hits

Sarah Thomas

So close and yet so far: Bryan Zhu's smile will not fill MasterChef's kitchen again despite his mastering food.

Damn, we almost welcomed back Bryan to MasterChef

Aja Styles

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

News cuts could backfire on Channel Ten

COMMENT
Michael Lallo

An artist's impression of the Sydney Modern project.

Art Gallery of NSW gets $244m for 'global museum of the future'

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

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

Toni Collette and Bill Hunter in the 1994 film <i>Muriel's Wedding</i>.

New Muriel's Wedding star named

Nick Galvin
1 hr ago

Will Small , Margo Ward and John Kirkman. All attended a conference to help them engage with funding groups for their ...

How to win money and influence people

Peter Munro

Caitlin Burley impresses in <i>Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore</I>.

Ancient Greek tragedy goes for spin in 'burbs

Jason Blake

Mia Freedman.

Mamamia's treatment of Roxane Gay was cruel, but not unusual

Maeve Marsden
13 mins ago

Watch out Kylie, Kim Kardashian is launching a make-up line

Nicole Economos
34 mins ago

The then-teenage MacColl moved from Brisbane to Melbourne to see through the pregnancy. 'My teacher and her husband had ...

The insulting advice that pregnant women don't need to hear

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Spreading misinformation: Freelee 'the banana girl'.

Medieval medical advice, or 21st century wellness tip?

Clem Bastow

Oprah Winfrey out ... the former TV host has ruled herself out of a presidential run.

Five women who should run for office now that Oprah is out

Emily Heil

Valerie Taylor with Madison Stewart.

This Australian movie will shake our convenience lifestyle

Clare Press

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

'Cruel and humiliating': Roxane Gay on interview with Mamamia

Jenny Noyes
1 min 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

Watermelon water: super?

Watermelon water: 'super' water or 'super' joke?

Sarah Berry

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

Fructose is not the worst type of sugar

Sarah Berry

Alicia Penhorwood no longer spends hours ruminating over the same problems.

There is an upside to worry

Evelyn Lewin

'Without butter, everything is boring': Marco Pierre White.

Marco Pierre White: "Why I gave back my three Michelin stars"

The government will conduct a review of its Health Star Rating System on food products.

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

Comment

Speedy spaghetti with prawns.

Light comfort food: Spaghetti with prawns and lemon pepper butter

Adam Liaw

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

The most mysterious Whitehouse tweet since covfefe

Sexy Chest one-piece suit in pink, dark or tan. Plus others in the one-piece range.

Swimsuit promises to give women the 'dad bod' they never wanted

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

China Eastern Airlines: Not the worst, but plenty to be annoyed about.

China Eastern and the world's worst airline experiences

Ben Groundwater

The train from Jungfraujoch station on the move to Kleine Scheidegg.

The world's most beautiful country to see by train

Steve McKenna

RoofClimb is South Australia's answer to the sparklingly successful Sydney Harbour Bridge climb.

The great Aussie bridge climb in the city without a bridge

Helen O'Neill

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

Ubisoft confirms Mario, Beyond Good and Evil 2

The upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Spider-Man game closed Sony's pre-E3 conference.

PlayStation showcase is all games at E3

Super Mario Odyssey worlds feature a range of different graphical styles, but all will feature creatures and objects for ...

The best 5 things Nintendo just announced at E3

1 hr ago

foxtel

Foxtel targets 17 more pirate sites in Australia

Lifehacker

Details offered in search results include price, airline, duration and stopovers.

Google targets travel market with Flights

2017 Toyota Prado Altitude.

New Toyota Prado Altitude reviewed

Andrew MacLean

2018 Holden Astra Sportwagon.

Holden Astra wagon coming to Oz

Dom Tripolone
1 hr ago

Tesla has scored a top safety rating in the US.

Tesla's Model X the safest SUV yet

David McCowen

The first Tesla Model 3 owners will only be able to customise the car's colour and wheel size.

Tesla Model 3: The car with almost no options

Drive Staff

Apple is the biggest company in the S&P 500.

Apple confirms car plans

Alex Webb and Emily Chang

2017 Citroen C3 Aircross.

Citroen's Mazda CX-3 rival revealed

Dom Tripolone

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Andrew Fifita of the blues celebrates during game one of the State Of Origin series between the ...

'I'm the ninth-best prop in the game': Fifita

Adrian Proszenko

Tense time: The French stare down New Zealand team as they perform the haka.

France's epic 80-second staredown of haka

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 14: Blake Ferguson looks for support during the round 23 NRL match between the Sydney ...

On-the-outer Ferguson to be given another chance by Roosters

Michael Chammas

Critical: Lions prop Kyle Sinckler.

Aussie referee under fire after Lions shock loss

Richard Knowler

Under pressure: Socceroo James Troisi tries to get a kick away from Brazil’s David Luiz.

Gone in 12 seconds: Brazil too slick for Socceroos

Michael Lynch

Shaun Kenny-Dowall of the Roosters was also allegedly found in possession of cocaine, at a Sydney nightclub.

Shaun Kenny-Dowall's Roosters career over

Debut: Karmichael Hunt in his first Wallabies Test on Saturday against Fiji

Karmichael Hunt 'built for Test rugby', says Bernard Foley

Tom Decent

Topor-Stanley.

Nikolai Topor-Stanley returns to the A-League

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

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

Daley fears Queensland will strangle them out of Origin II

Andrew Webster

At the NSW State of Origin game two team announcement at the Star in Sydney.

Facebook post before Origin I reveals Hayne's respect for Slater

Adrian Proszenko

James Tedesco announced himself as a genuine superstar in game one at Suncorp Stadium.

Tedesco admits he based his game on Slater

Michael Chammas

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