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Malcolm Turnbull arrived as the great corrective after years of chaos.

Australia's become the punchline to worldwide jokes

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

High-rise buildings along Elizabeth Street and Franklin Street dominate the view from Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.

The Aussie icon disappearing from our inner cities

COMMENT
Matt Wade

SYDNEY 2July17 : Cricketers of Cricket Australia meet to discuss pay. Press conference outlining their proposals. L to R ...

Top cricketers could be sub-contracted to save Ashes as feud escalates

UPDATED

Dr Tessa Kennedy, chairwoman of the AMA NSW doctors-in-training sub-committee, said female colleagues had told her they ...

Female doctors grilled on plans for children the 'tip of the iceberg': AMA

5 mins ago

Pope Francis talks to students during a meeting to promote peace at the Vatican on Saturday.

Pope Francis sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse cases

One Darling Island ,The new office space for Fairfax Media in Sydney. Photography Brendan Esposito smh,news,121207 ...

Fairfax buyout ditched as TPG retreat from $2.76 billion offer

7 mins ago

An event of breathtaking enormity has just occurred

COMMENT
Annabel Crabb

The 'strong correlation' between your suburb and death and disease

Is $2 million the new $1 million in Sydney's housing market?

Affluence trumps belief: The most godless suburb in Australia revealed

'Huge difference': Tactics to help you save on your energy bills

World Champion: Jeff Horn takes an upset victory over Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision.

A teacher from Brisbane provided one of Australia's glorious sporting moments

Phil Lutton
46 mins ago

Jeff Horn of Australia (centre) celebrates his win against Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines during the WBO World ...

Young Aussie's blunt message to the one man left he wants to fight

Live

Channel Seven's Morning Show hosts, Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur, will be hosting Jeans for Genes charity event in ...

Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur's 10-year work secret is out

James Packer on the Arctic P in the South Pacific last week. Model Rose Ashton can be seen in the background to the left.

Packer's extraordinary effort to stop snaps with Stefanovic

The Goss

"To say I'm heartbroken would be an understatement": Adele

'Heartbroken' Adele cancels world tour amid health fears

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Graffiti fugitive speaks out against prison officers

Burgess back: Sam Burgess returns to the fray for a South Sydney outfit coming off a win without him.

Live: Players sent to sin bin in spiteful Rabbitohs v Panthers clash

Cardinal George Pell meets the media, at the Vatican, on Thursday.

Comment

Charging George Pell is only a tiny part of the whole story

David Warner.

Warner: cricket pay fight has made me lose family

Narcissism is on the rise, but are you a narcissist?

Narcissism is on the rise, but are you a narcissist? Take our quiz

Rebecca Judd

Bec Judd reveals how she renovated her Prahran townhouse

Rebecca Judd

Hopetoun Road Residence, Toorak by b.e architecture.

An unexpected challenge in renovating a period home

Planning a savings approach to buy a home can be overwhelming, but don't put it off too long.

Tips and tools to start saving for a home

Katrina Wood runs YouCamp with partner Stu Haw, whose daughter, Taylor is pictured.

How country folk are cashing in on the sharing economy

Sydney's Northern Beaches had the highest proportion of $2 million-plus sales at the end of April.

Is $2 million the new $1 million in Sydney's market?

Lydia Doherty was unaware she was suffering from bruxism until a visit to the dentist..

Lydia was getting headaches, face pain - her dentist knew why

'Fear factor': The Shire tycoon who housed a Sydney crime figure

Map that reveals your cancer risk depending on the suburb you live in

Kate Aubusson

Danny Mikati spent 17 years as a police officer.

Why Islam was former police officer's 'ace' up his sleeve

Ned Bikic was sentenced in 2001 to a minimum 11-year jail term for murder.

Charity's deal with company part-run by convicted murderer

Police are questioning a man over the incident.

Man has finger bitten off in pub fight after trying to stop bag theft

Han Nguyen
20 mins ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 14: Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore speaks to the press at a gathering to "Save our Sirius" ...

'I'm very aware of succession,' says Moore after public falling out

Iris Lees who died while a resident in an Aveo retirement village.

'Some things can't be forgiven': Iris Lees' horrific death

There were 68 seizures of cocaine in the ACT in 2015-16.

Cocaine seizures rise by more than 500 per cent, report finds

ACT

A woman has won her legal bid for her church pay damages after she lost her leg in a go karting accident.

Church successfully sued for woman losing leg at go karting event

WA

Still from CCTV footage of "Young Person A3" being held on the ground at Cleveland Youth Detention Centre.

Hog-tying, isolation and dogs: Stories from youth detention

QLD

At 20, I had so little belief in myself that I couldn't imagine surviving without the safety net of home.

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At 20, I had so little belief in myself that I couldn't imagine surviving without the safety net of home.

What I learnt from first-time solo travelling at 44

Jo Stanley

The world's deadliest route is the Mediterranean, which links the African continent with Europe.

'I'm doing something good': Boom times for smugglers

Abdulsalam Abufader 73 sweeps outside his gate from his wheelchair at the entrance of his home in West Mosul, Iraq.

Is this the most house-proud man in Iraq?

Michael Bachelard

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Tony Abbott's attack on Malcolm Turnbull is now so broad, and crosses so many policy areas, he is now as easily cast as ...

Tony Abbott, Lee Rhiannon and the age of the party faithless

Nick O'Malley

Bill Shorten prepares for the Turnbull government to implode

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

'Massive mistake': leaflet led to the battle that is tearing Greens apart

Matthew Knott

Young ex-servicemen are most at risk of suicide, the study found.

Young ex-servicemen most at risk of suicide, major study reveals

Fergus Hunter

After passing school funding changes, the next education battlefront for the Turnbull government is higher education funding

Government willing to make concessions on uni funding

Matthew Knott

Rory Grant, president of Liberal Pride.

'Liberal Pride': Pyne staffer leads gay pride group

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Cardinal George Pell

Abbott praises "very fine man" Cardinal George Pell

James Massola

Former U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers his speech during the 4th Congress of the Indonesian Diaspora ...

Obama criticises Trump for Paris climate deal withdrawal

Ousted: Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases.

Pope sacks cardinal in charge of sex abuse cases

The coffin of 65-year-old Tony Disson is carried out of church in London.

Blame game continues over London's Grenfell Tower fire

A pro-democracy activist is taken way by police after the group's march clashed with pro-China counter protesters.

Xi warns democracy protesters not to cross 'red line'

Kirsty Needham

High-rise buildings along Elizabeth Street and Franklin Street dominate the view from Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market.

Tall storey: The Aussie icon disappearing from our inner cities

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Cardinal George Pell meets the media, at the Vatican, on Thursday.

Charging the cardinal is a tiny part of the story

Peter FitzSimons

Being an office oldie is a liberating experience.

An oldie's insight into `phone world' romance

Imre Salusinszky

Fairfax chairman Nick Falloon (pictured) dined at Rockpool last week with Hellman & Friedman chair Brian Powers.

Fairfax buyout ditched, TPG and Hellman & Friedman retreat

Lucy Battersby
7 mins ago

The speed by which stamp duty revenue slows could be impacted by interest rate movements.

Will the RBA spring a 'July surprise?'

Patrick Commins
40 mins ago

Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon pulled financial support for the company last month, telling Ten they would not support ...

PPB trussing up Ten for sale for CBA

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Saudi Arabia relies on energy sales for about 80 per cent of its budget revenue, S&P said.

Oil bears retreat as US shale activity eases

Patrick Commins

Forget all predictions: History rhymes on the ASX

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Aveo: 'All they seem to want is your money and nothing else'

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Key Donald Trump backer lost $22m overnight on Aussie biotech

Michael Koziol

Rate cut or rate rise? It could go either way, economists say

Eryk Bagshaw

The 911 GT RS Chronograph includes an in-house clock movement that was three years in the making.

Porsche's most powerful car ever even has its own custom watch

Cars

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Enjoy some of the country’s finest beer and ...

The ultimate bucket list every beer lover needs to check off

Fine Drinks

Liz Hall-Downs is among the 13 per cent of disability pensioners to own a home either outright or with a mortgage.

'We built our own home on the pension'

Liz Hall-Downs

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Do sums before you bequeath shares

Noel Whittaker

Ben Chaung and Phillis Chan are the founders of Big Apple Buddy.

Your small business end-of-financial-year checklist

Cara Waters

Family businesses can leave you feeling like Robert Duvall in <I>The Godfather</I>.

Working in a family business: a tale of unfairness

James Adonis

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Jeff Horn announced WBO welterweight champion

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CCTV of three men who left woman to die

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Trump blasts US states refusing to provide voter data

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Charles and Camilla join Canada celebrations

Lieutenant Colonel Saaed Beder Kathem moves away from the blast range of a planned detonation of one of six IEDs on a ...

The fight for Mosul reaches a critical stage

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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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Ari Wegner is one of the youngest members of the group of Australian female cinematographers making a big mark in ...

Lady Macbeth is a start: The rise of our female cinematographers

Karl Quinn

Jonah from Tonga.

Jonah from Tonga pulled from Maori TV over negative stereotype

Jay Z's new album called 4:44 features a song about his gay mother.

Jay-Z raps mum's lesbianism and his infidelity on new album 4:44

"To say I'm heartbroken would be an understatement": Adele

'Heartbroken' Adele cancels remainder of her world tour

A guerilla artist has sewn a coloured cover for a temporary concrete bollard at Southern Cross Station. The first one to ...

Crafty disguise for anti-terror blocks catches on

Hannah Francis

Roseanne Park from Melbourne, was encouraged to audition for K-pop agency YG Entertainment by her father.

It started with a 'dad joke' - but now she's a superstar

Gabriel Wilder

Nicole Kidman is thankful to still be hitting new peaks in her career.

Why Nicole Kidman is not a 'people pleaser'

Jenny Cooney Carrillo

Say cheesy: Rob Shehadie (left) and Tahir Bilgic feel their comedy never quite gets the recognition it deserves.

Habibs creators rail against our comedy 'apartheid'

Karl Quinn

Bernard Zuel has kept a tape of his phone call with Kate Bush.

That time the phone rang ... and it was Kate Bush on the line

Bernard Zuel

Beau Dean Riley Smith (centre) and his fellow cast members are outstanding.

Quite exceptional - don't miss it and tell your friends

Jill Sykes

1984

OK, let's get the torture out of the way first ...

John Shand

The writer with her former boyfriend and Collingwood player, Alan Didak.

My life as a WAG was glamorous, and I hated it

Cassie Lane

Sophia Forrest, the daughter of Nicola and Andrew Forrest, is on track to becoming one of the country's leading actors ...

Twiggy's daughter is happy he gave away her inheritance

Jenna Clarke

Our fashion habit is out of control. We're buying more and more clothes, at cheaper and cheaper prices, and it's ...

I gave up shopping for a whole year

Clare Press

James Packer on the Arctic P in the South Pacific last week. Model Rose Ashton can be seen in the background to the left.

James Packer did not want his picture taken on holiday with Karl Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

Channel Seven's Morning Show hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur will host this year's Jeans for Genes Denim Dinner.

Is this the secret to Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur's 10-year 'work marriage'?

Amy Croffey

"There are so many annoying, obnoxious things in the world that are permitted with less pushback than the presence of ...

What people really mean when they complain about noisy babies

Clementine Ford

The media needs to change how it reports violence against women, says new research.

Audiences can push media to help stop violence against women

COMMENT
Jane Gilmore

My colleague has been drinking most afternoons at work.

Dear Jess: Should I question a colleague's drinking habits?

Jessica Rowe

Veal shank slow cooked in wine.

Weekly meal planner - beginning of July

Kombucha starts with a mix of bacteria, yeast and nightmares.

The kombucha craze is disgusting - no matter what it does for the gut

COMMENT
Zoe Coombs Marr

Butterscotch pudding pots.

Butterscotch pudding with salted cream and port raisins

Adam Liaw

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Why I had the 'period talk' with my sons

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Cake cutting hack that will change your life

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I gave my baby a fake name before she was born

"Find somewhere for this".

Traveller letters: Flight attendant sorts overhead locker shocker

Letters

The main beach at Noosa Heads.

Why this is Australia's easiest destination for a laid-back holiday

Sally Webb

Komsomolskaya subway station in Moscow.

Inside the world's most beautiful city subway

Facebook said it has already blocked scores of web pages in Thailand.

If Facebook were a religion, it would be world's No. 2

COMMENT

'We must take the fight to the criminals', Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Sick of defending, our cyber force will attack

Father Joseph Seed and his fellow cultists as they appeared on the initial Far Cry 5 reveal poster.

Far Cry 5's religious weirdos court controversy, but not that much

Tim Biggs

Dolby Atmos sound lets you hear what's above you, not just what's around you.

Dolby Atmos wall of sound comes to Netflix

COMMENT

Esports

Female esports pros hope to close gender gap

Kotaku

Four-wheel-steering lends the Ferrari 812 Superfast uncanny agility.

What is four wheel steering?

David McCowen

2017 Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

New Porsche 911 GT2 RS revealed

Greg Kable

2017 BMW 520d Touring.

First Drive: BMW 520d Touring

Andrew MacLean

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

Honda Civic Type R price revealed

Jonathan Hawley

Seven seat SUV comparison: Skoda Kodiaq, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota Kluger.

What is the best seven-seat SUV?

Stephen Ottley

BMW reportedly has plans to add an all-electric variant to its future 3-Series range.

BMW's plan to beat Tesla

Drive Staff

World Champion: Jeff Horn takes an upset victory over Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision.

Jeff Horn stuns Manny Pacquiao - and the boxing world

Phil Lutton
47 mins ago

Burgess back: Sam Burgess returns to the fray for a South Sydney outfit coming off a win without him.

Rabbitohs welcome back Sam Burgess against Panthers

Live
Matt Bungard

Australian cricketers Usman Khawaja and Glenn Maxwell arrive for the meeting.

Top cricketers could be sub-contracted to save Ashes

UPDATED
Chris Barrett and Jon Pierik

Bad: Sonny Bill Williams was sent off for this shoulder charge on Lions winger Anthony Watson.

SBW: Haters gonna ... have a fair point

Steve Mascord

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles, right, of Australia, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul defends during the ...

Ingles signs $52 million deal to stay with Jazz

Roy Ward

Lion's share: Welshman Geraint Thomas of Team Sky earns the yellow jersey and a promotional lion – a reminder of rugby ...

Thomas channels Lions rugby to take Tour de France lead

Rupert Guinness
1 hr ago

Sent off: Sonny Bill Williams was sent off in the second Test between the All blacks and the Lions.

Sonny Bill Williams sent off as Lions level series

Hamish Bidwell

Jeff Fenech has presided over an emotionally charged fight in Brisbane on Sunday, an undercard to the Horn-Pacquiao main ...

Fenech's late mother an inspiration on way to Jarvis win

Phil Lutton

Comeback trail: Former Canberra Raider Sandor Earl.

St George Illawarra could give Sandor Earl a fresh start

Adrian Proszenko

Smear campaign: Former Penrith playmaker Te Maire Martin.

Gould slams 'vicious' Te Maire Martin rumours

Danny Weidler

Lineball: NSW is nervous about the availability of Boyd Cordner for Game III.

Origin takes toll on players like never before

Adam Pengilly

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