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State of Origin II

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: Johnathan Thurston of the Maroons kicks a goal during game two of the State Of Origin ...

In the end, it all came down to one champion with one kick

Michael Chammas
38 mins ago

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 19, 2017, during a ...

Trump puts neck on line with tweet - and it pays off

Paul McGeough

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: Blues players look dejected after losing game two of the State Of Origin series between the ...

As so often has been the case, Blues best just not good enough

Andrew Webster
39 mins ago

The unconscious victim.

Macquarie bank execs drug colleague with valium and laxatives

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Students with disabilities are putting a strain on teachers and schools, Pauline Hanson has told Parliament.

Hanson sparks furore with 'ignorant' remark about autistic children

GetUp! activist Carla McGrath was appointed to the Australian Press Council last month.

Press Council head falls on sword amid GetUp! furore

Australia kept its place in the top 10 largely due to its strong performance in the opportunity section of the index.

Australia drops five spots in 'best places to live' survey

Opal loophole costs state $1.3m, saves users $15 or more each trip

Sydney plasterer recruited teen to set girlfriend on fire

Worst day of the year as $27 billion wiped off sharemarket

Landmark at heart of property giant's $1.1b shopping spree

Brazen Bali jailbreak did not end in water-logged tunnel, police declare

'I could mount a good case': Former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston.

Cranston caught on phone taps telling son how to avoid being caught by ATO

Rachel Olding

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: David Klemmer of the Blues is tackled by Cameron Smith of the Maroons during game two of ...

How they rated: Two Blues stood out among the thwarted

30 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: Dane Gagai of the Maroons celebrates with team mates after scoring a try during game two of ...

Maroons ratings: Backs to the wall, one man stood above all

42 mins ago

Grenfell Tower after the blaze. Up to 78 people are dead and bodies remain inside.

Australians, stay away - London is no longer a holiday town

COMMENT

Qantas and American Airlines want ACCC to approve their revenue-share agreement for a decade.

World's best airline named as Qantas hits lowest ranking

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QLD claim Origin II after stunning finish

Bound for Europe: Danny Vukovic is set to join Belgian club, Genk.

Sydney FC sell grand final hero to Europe for record transfer fee

The view from Pyrmont on June 21, the winter solstice.

One single second makes today more noteworthy than yesterday

Rebel Wilson was all smiles after the verdict was announced last week.

Rebel pushes for $7m in damages rom Woman's Day for lost earnings

UPDATED

Flags at half mast around the city. 21st June 2017 Photo: Steven Siewert

Australia aflutter over half-mast flags mystery

If you already own any of these, you know you've got a good thing.

The most popular IKEA pieces sold around the world

Foster and Partners Bund Finance theatre with moving curtain.

Moving buildings to reshape city skylines in the future

Apartments such as 410/115 Bulcock Street, Caloundra, are being snapped up for less than $200,000.

Where you can buy beach holiday unit under $200,000

Fairfield City councillor Dai Le.

Sydney's most underrated suburb? Dai Le shares her pick

An aerial view of Fame Cove, where Chinese businessman Phillip Dong Fang Lee owns oceanfront land.

Aerial images reveal impact of developer on local bushland

John Edwards is expected to be charged with the murder of estranged wife Sharon Edwards.

Teacher's husband fronts court over wife's alleged murder

Fadi Ibrahim takes case of mysterious mansion bargain to court

Sydney hospital to get new emergency in $720m revamp

Housing.

'Construction boom': Councils under pressure to deliver homes

Jacob Saulwick

Former rugby league player Craig Izzard has been found corrupt by the ICAC for agreeing to accept bribes in exchange for ...

Corrupt ex-league player took bribes to ignore asbestos

Lisa Visentin

Royalties from coal and other minerals jumped in the past year, and the NSW government is banking on more.

Coal rebound tipped to bolster state coffers for years

Peter Hannam

HOSPITALS 00122602 AFR PHOTOGRAPH BY GLENN HUNT 181210. GENERIC- hospitals, surgeons, surgery, greenslopes private ...

NSW budget 'envy of Western world' as surpluses hit $12b

Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale.

'All my life I've fought for fair': Defiant ex-mayor granted bail

UPDATED

Former Imam Ibrahim Omerdic won't be going to jail.

No jail for former imam who married teen bride to older man

Adam Cooper

The four-month old girl, Anastasia Hand.

'Catastrophic head injury': mum charged over daughter's death

UPDATED

Chaotic scenes after crash in Carlton.

Child rushed to hospital, eight hurt after car flips

VIC

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If we'd only known: Counting the cost of the 'golden era'

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

2015: Giant dancing tampons protest against the GST on sanitary products on the front lawn of Parliament House

Why women can't go with the flow on the tampon tax

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Before becoming household names, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee made their television debut on a Channel 31 show called Radio ...

Aussie celebs mourn TV channel's free-to-air demise

Broede Carmody

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The government has sealed a deal on school funding thanks in part to the support of the Nick Xenophon Team.

Government wins over crossbench in stunning victory for Gonski 2.0

Matthew Knott

Shorten forced to repudiate militant union leader's threats

Adam Gartrell

Expert rebuffs Peter Dutton over English language test 'red herring'

Michael Koziol

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs wood waste to help replace coal-fired power.

Energy body pushes for wood-fired power to replace coal

James Massola

Students with disabilities are putting a strain on teachers and schools, Pauline Hanson has told Parliament.

Children with autism are 'holding our kids back': Pauline Hanson

Timna Jacks

Australia kept its place in the top 10 largely due to its strong performance in the opportunity section of the index.

Australia drops five places in 'best places to live' survey

Eryk Bagshaw

Australians dislike Donald Trump but have accepted he's in power and remain wedded to the US alliance.

Australians positive despite worries about the world

David Wroe

Karen Handel declares victory during an election-night watch party.

Republican win in Georgia byelection a victory for Trump

Paul McGeough

US President Donald Trump with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now installed as Saudi Arabia's crown prince, in March.

Saudi king upends succession, promotes 31-year-old son

Soldiers ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of Marawi city, southern Philippines, earlier this month.

Islamist militants take hostages in Philippine school

Remy Bonnaffe took the picture of the flames after the explosion in Brussels' Central Station.

'Some luck tonight': Brussels commuter saw bomb explode

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

What will they say about how Gladys spent the boom?

COMMENT
Jacob Saulwick

American student Otto Warmbier is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea, in March 2016.

Student's death in North Korea underlines plight of thousands

COMMENT
Michael Kirby

Alan Tudge, Michael Sukkar and Greg Hunt: none chose to appear in court.

The texts that could cost three ministers their jobs

COMMENT
Peter Martin

A global sell-off of Australian assets appears to have wiped almost $27 billion, or 1.6 per cent, off the value of the ...

ASX sheds $27b as investors sell out

Myriam Robin

The unconscious victim.

Macquarie bankers drug colleague with valium, laxatives

EXCLUSIVE
Cameron Houston
1 hr ago

Darkest day in its eight-year history: Uber announced this week that its chief executive Travis Kalanick is taking an ...

Uber founder resigns amid shareholder revolt

Retreat to Australia: James Packer's casino empire has given up on its global expansion in the wake of the China arrests.

As China trial looms, Crown's Asian offices suddenly disappear

ASX suffers worst fall of the year as $26b wiped

Myriam Robin

The six charts that explain oil's slump into bear country

Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

Now Amazon is taking on bricks-and-mortar's last big advantage

Nick Wingfield

MLC Centre stars in $1.1 billion buying spree

Mathew Dunckley

If you're looking for a timepiece that will increase in value, look no further.

This little-known watch brand could be your best investment ever

Watches

We have trainers for the gym, why not our day to day life?

How a life coach could be the answer to all your problems

Management

Shirley O'Riley, 58, works as a ward assistant, which involves lifting patients. She is annoyed that she will not be ...

Coalition won't retire its policy to lift pension age to 70

John Collett

Erin Riley and her 9-month old daughter Abby at their rented home in Panania.

'I moved to the burbs to escape city rent'

Erin Riley

On Spinder, when students find an Australian Peacock Spider with traits they like and swipe to the right, those traits ...

Why would anyone download Spinder: a dating app for spiders?

Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

John Winning, boss of Appliances Online isn't fazed by the entrance of Amazon.

'We're not doing anything to prep for Amazon'

Alexandra Cain

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Missing teacher's husband to be extradited

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Government secures numbers for Gonski win

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RAAF ceases Syria operations

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Labor's red herring: Dutton

Federal Politics

In this photo taken Monday, June 19, 2017, a displaced family carrying their belongings walks in search of refuge ...

World of Photos June 22, 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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Paul McCartney, now a knight, is on his way to Australia in December.

Paul McCartney announces Australian tour dates

Bernard Zuel

FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2013, file photo, Daniel Day-Lewis arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the ...

Daniel Day-Lewis retires from acting

Is this the end of Pamela Rabe's extraordinary Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson?

Why Wentworth is the best drama on television

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Keira Maguire says she will no longer appear on the US Bachelor spin-off.

Keira Maguire backs out of scandal-hit Bachelor spinoff

Rob Moran

Rapper Prodigy (left) of Mobb Deep in 2004.

Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep, dead at 42

Rob Moran

Rebel Wilson was all smiles after the verdict was announced last week.

The price of defame: Rebel wants $7.093m for lost parts

UPDATED
Melissa Iaria

Retro glamour: Kat Stewart in the foyer of Melbourne's historic Astor Theatre, May 2017

'Our first kiss was a pretend one': Offspring star's quirky love story

Michael Lallo

On Tuesday night's episode of The Project, host Carrie Bickmore peformed a hilarious tampon tax rap.

'It's 2017!': Carrie Bickmore's epic tampon tax rap battle

Broede Carmody

Kronos Quartet – John Sherba, Sunny Yang, Hank Dutt and David Harrington –
arehappy to explore any musical corner.

Forty years on and this fab four are still keeping it fresh

Bernard Zuel

Sayd Mahmod who is an expert weaver of hand woven tapestries and is with a tapestry couch. 14th June 2017. Photo: Steven ...

Stories of trials and endurance woven together with love

Linda Morris

Jatinga

Tragic tale is a film just waiting to be made

Jason Blake

The New Crew (left to right) : Broad Ken, Curvy Barbie, Original Ken, Slim Ken, Original Barbie, Broad Ken, Original ...

Meet the new Ken Doll: he's 'broad' and has a man bun

Annie Brown

Lorde and Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards.

Lorde apologises for 'insensitive' friendship comment

Nicole Economos

Women are primed for motherhood from birth, is it little wonder the experience can let them down?

Regretting motherhood doesn't mean that you're a bad mother

COMMENT
Amy Gray

Rapper YG performing in Los Angeles last year.

I have attended gigs since I was 14, and I've felt the fear

COMMENT
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Carlie Ballard's Baby range uses the same organic hand-woven cotton as her womenswear line.

Children's fashion trend that's good for the environment

Clare Press

Lena Dunham has spoken out about the Cosby mistrial in a series tweets.

Lena Dunham debuts her most dramatic chop yet

Vanessa Hudgens is seen on June 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Vanessa Hudgens brings the feminist slogan tee back

Mustariya Jamal, a 22 year old Kenyan woman who has lived her whole life from birth in Ethopia's Kakuma refugee camp.

The Bottom 100 is an important list with a difference

Nicole Economos

Not all smiles: Gus Worland has started the Gotcha4Life foundation.

'Always the most unlikely guy': Worland on mental health

Sarah Berry

Green lentils with cherry tomatoes and marinated feta.

The 'superfoods' that don't break the bank

Paula Goodyer

Having moments without distraction or sound lights up different parts of the brain.

The 'working hours diet' and other ways to ban busy

Cat Rodie

Neil Perry's spiced roast pumpkin (see recipe below).

30 protein-packed vegetarian meals

Classic Betty's Burger

Betty's Burgers opens in Darling Harbour

Ezard at Levantine Hill Estate.

Vine dining: Australia's best winery restaurants

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Why parents are paying $100 for a single baby dummy

Photo: Getty

20 kids' names likely to be on the 'naughty' list

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The 6 questions this mum asks her daughters about their clothing

A pilot uses a smartphone to take a photograph from the cockpit of a Qatar Airways Airbus A350 aircraft.

World's best airline for 2017 named as Qantas hits lowest ranking

Craig Platt

La Boqueria market in Barcelona.

We're sick of you: The hotspot cities that now hate tourists

Ben Groundwater

The US planemaker said it had more than 240 orders and commitments from at least 10 customers for the new 737, which can ...

Airlines get on board as Boeing launches new jet

Uber said the changes were "long overdue".

Uber introduces tipping to appease drivers

Choosing a path for the narrative can be done via touchscreen, remote or controller.

Netflix launches interactive TV for kids

Sea of Thieves aims to be the most accessible, welcoming shared world online game.

The online Treasure Island video game you never knew you wanted

Blockchain

Blockchain: a very simple explainer

Lifehacker

Fire Emblem remake an echo of unfamiliar past

Jaguar has teased its 2018 E-Pace compact SUV.

Jaguar E-Pace SUV to cost sub-$50k

Stephen Ottley

2017 Hyundai Accent Sport.

Hyundai cuts back Accent range

Dom Tripolone

2017 Porsche 911 GTS

Is this the best Porsche 911?

David McCowen

Honda has teased its upcoming 10th generation Accord sedan via a design sketch.

New Honda Accord teased

Dom Tripolone

Ford's Ranger FX4 builds on the popular XLT.

Ford's new Ranger FX4 reviewed

Mark Short

Hyundai plans to offer N performance packs once it has launched its i30N hot hatch.

Hyundai to sell N Sport packs

Toby Hagon

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 21: Maroons captain Cameron Smith and team mate Josh McGuire celebrate winning game two of the ...

Blues best just not good enough

Andrew Webster
39 mins ago

All square: Queensland celebrate after the final whistle.

JT does it again as Maroons force a decider

Michael Chammas
38 mins ago

One that got away: Blues captain Boyd Cordner and coach Laurie Daley.

Daley refuses to be drawn on referees

James Buckley
19 mins ago

Beast mode: David Klemmer provided huge metres off the bench.

How the Blues rated

Matt Bungard
30 mins ago

Game-winner: Dane Gagai was superb for Queensland.

How the Maroons rated

Phil Lutton
43 mins ago

Solid defence: Michael Morgan of the Maroons drops the ball in a tackle by Mitchell Pearce and Josh Dugan.

'The dumbest half of football ever': Joey unloads on Blues

Chris Barrett
15 mins ago

Hard lesson to learn: NSW players after full time.

Maroons teach Blues harsh lesson in how to close out a game

Malcolm Knox
5 mins ago

Taking legal action: James McManus is seeking damages, costs and interest from Newcastle Knights after suffering from ...

McManus: Knights' failure to retire me led to 10 concussions

Adrian Proszenko

One of the greats: Johnathan Thurston.

Smith has nothing but praise for heroic JT

Adrian Proszenko
18 mins ago

Throwback: Jake Trbojevic runs with the ball in game two.

Jake is the Trbojevic NSW can rely on

Adam Pengilly
38 mins ago

Magic moment: Johnathan Thurston watches his kick sail between the posts to win the game.

End of a Maroons dynasty? Maybe not

Adrian Proszenko
40 mins ago

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