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Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg is among those also in the running.

Border Force chief takes leave after 'investigation'

BREAKING

Leeway: the ATO is giving time for people to get their tax affairs in order.

Millions of dollars rorted in 'self-assessed' tax rebate scheme

1 hr ago

Sana Abdul Amir (right) tends to her son Abdulrahman Abdulaaly 18 (left) who is being treated for 60% burns to his body ...

Mother loses her last son to IS after he shared horrific story in report

Rescue workers and firefighters stand beside the burnt-out coach.

Many people dead, dozens injured in German bus crash

BREAKING
46 mins ago

Former NSW ALP general secretary Jamie Clements arrives for sentencing at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on ...

Former Labor boss fined for accessing electoral roll to get voter's details

Kasey Edwards.

Friends disagree ... but I will never tell my girls they're beautiful

Aveo shares slump after ACCC announces investigation

Two men charged with murder of man found lying injured on road

Father shot dead in confrontation between two cars

Forgotten diseases linked to kitchen stone products reappear

Anna Patty

Watchdog looks into fears Facebook is bullying users to get rich

After two years as Kathleen's foster parents Meredith and Elliott Gordon adopted her.

'Home for life': Court grants couple their wish after years of heartbreak

Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland in Feud: Bette and Joan.

Oscar-winning actress sues over 'bitchy' depiction in miniseries

Andy Murray's title defence at Wimbledon ended in the quarter-finals.

'Hated' Wimbledon tradition psychs out top players

Koskela directors Sasha Tichkosky and Russell Koskela.?

'Highly competitive': Booming $1.4b market with 1669 players

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This is the most common panic attack trigger

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Indian PM plays Darth Vadar theme at corruption speech

Slow cooked ocean trout with witlof from restaurant Waku Ghin.

Sydney chef receives two Michelin stars for Singapore restaurant

Top of the world: Jeff Horn points to the sky in celebration after being announced the winner.

'We want the fight': Horn has another big name in his sights

Katy Perry greeting fans at Myer's Sydney City store on Friday.

Seven denies misleading viewers over Katy Perry on Sunrise

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Richie Benaud, Tony Greig and Michael Slater talk during the Channel Nine 2010/11 ...

'View impeded by job at Nine': Ex-Test batsmen fire up over pay

1 hr ago

The house has been in the same family for 40 years.

Barilla pasta heir selling historic home for $95 million

The Wheelys Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai.

Mobile supermarket that comes to you set to revolutionise shopping

Photo: Certified Designers Society

Bathroom renovation questions you’ve been too afraid to ask

62/1 Macquarie Street Sydney sold for $3,650,000 on Saturday.

Full impact of stamp duty cuts yet to be realised in Sydney

ANALYSIS

Gyton Grantley, host of new lifestyle show Pooches at Play, with his dog George.

Gyton Grantley's art piece that became a threat to his asthma

Ben Smith, sentenced for killing cyclist Steve Jarvie, in a file picture.

'He deserved it': Cyclist 'hater' jailed for killing rider

The most sought after public schools that are only for the rich

EXCLUSIVE

Top lawyer's career 'stands or falls' on one case, court told

A helicopter retrieves the man's body at Kurnell.

Call for witnesses after man's body found at bottom of lookout

Minister for WestConnex Stuart Ayres says the project will be delivered on time, and on budget.

WestConnex legal claims 'could pay for 50 new primary schools'

A Domino's employee took action after missing out on the driver-of-the-year award.

Domino's driver takes legal action after failing to win worker contest

Sydney and Melbourne property prices jumped in June.

Sydney, Melbourne property prices bounce back in June

Police at the area where a man's body was found at Dunstan Reserve in West Brunswick.

Mystery surrounds death of man in expensive suit in park

VIC

The toddler was run over in an Aramac Street driveway.

Toddler dies after being run over in suburban driveway

QLD
1 hr ago

Eggs

Man attempts to import fertile chicken eggs in his underwear

ACT

Josh Warneke was found dead by a passing taxi driver on the side of Old Broome Road in 2010.

'People are scared': Police offer $250k in hunt for murderer

UPDATED

Simon Birmingham has a two-pronged strategy over Gonski 2.0.

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Simon Birmingham has a two-pronged strategy over Gonski 2.0.

Unis reject claims they are rolling in cash

Matthew Knott

Bruised, not broken: Horn after the fight.

Horn's win a rort? Where were you when Fenech was robbed?

Andrew Webster

Donald Trump has expressed disgust and disdain for women's bodies on more than one occasion.

Disgust at female bodies has made unwelcome return

COMMENT
Jane Caro

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

'Stop reproducing': The ignorant attitudes in face of an African crisis

Adam Gartrell

Warning of 'significant damage' to economy if PRRT is replaced

Eryk Bagshaw

Unis reject claims they are rolling in cash

Matthew Knott

Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg is among those also in the running.

Border Force boss on leave after 'investigation'

BREAKING
Adam Gartrell

Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament in February.

Tony Abbott launches latest criticism of Liberal leadership

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon.

'She is the odd person out': Greens senators hit out at Lee Rhiannon

Many Liberal MPs feel slighted by their Prime Minister.

Why Australia needs Malcolm Turnbull to survive

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Sana Abdul Amir tends to her son, 18-year-old Abdulrahman Abdulaaly, at the Athba Field Hospital near Mosul, Iraq.

In field hospital, Mosul teenager succumbs to burns

Michael Bachelard

HAMBURG, GERMANY - JULY 02: Protesters dressed like the G20-leaders return backstage from their appearance during a ...

G20 protests as Merkel worries about economic inclusion, Trump

A Ken Marschall painting of the Titanic on the ocean floor.

Planned Titanic rights sale petrifies archaeologists

A Malian police officer stationed on an armoured personnel vehicle outside Campement Kangaba, Bamako.

France and African nations launch anti-terror Sahel force

An MRI scan of a non trauma patient showing how the brain fits inside the skull with the potential to move forward and ...

What a head punch does to a boxer's brain

COMMENT
Michael Morgan
22 mins ago

Former prime minister Julia Gillard with Jeff Kennett in March.

Julia Gillard: 'In many ways my life has come full circle'

COMMENT
Julia Gillard

Lee Rhiannon has been suspended from Greens party room meetings on contentious issues.

The Greens have a bigger agenda: I'm just road kill

COMMENT
Lee Rhiannon

ACCC chairman Rod Sims will investigate Aveo.

Aveo shares slump after ACCC announces investigation

Nassim Khadem

ACTU president Ged Kearney.

Bid for paid domestic violence leave rejected

Anna Patty

Annie Parker co-ordinated the statement calling out sexual harassment in the Australian tech community.

Call for end to 'predatory behaviour' in Australian start-ups

Cara Waters

The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended the first day of the year down 0.6 per cent to 5684.5 points.

ASX's new year off to a soft start as confidence wanes

Jessica Sier

Facebook exploiting fear of 'social isolation' to extort users

Opinion

Sydney, Melbourne prices bounce back in June

Australia's $1.4 billion land of opportunity

Kate Jones

49 and on oxygen: the diseases that are reappearing

Anna Patty

Justin Trudeau, right, with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny in Montreal on Thursday where he was spotted in Star Wars socks.

How Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's politics go below the belt

Men's Style

PEA - or phenylethylamine - can turn us into irrational creatures of instinct.

How I got hooked on the world's most popular drug

Life on Mars

Gary and Beancaa Stanley have made huge savings on their electricity bills by installing solar panels and batteries.

How to fight back against rising energy costs

John Collett

Fear of poverty is a real psychological condition.

Being rich doesn't prevent debilitating fear of poverty

Nina Hendy

Dani Zeini has launched Flip City specifically to target Uber Eats customers.

'It's a game changer': How UberEats is changing the way we eat and how restaurants run

Cara Waters

Koskela directors Sasha Tichkosky and Russell Koskela say the homewares market in Australia is highly competitive.

Australian homewares labels killing it

Kate Jones

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Kanye West quits Jay-Z's music platform

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Tower of human skulls casts new light on Aztecs

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Germany win Confederations Cup courtesy of Chile howler

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Mark Hamill's 'Trumpster' returns

Yolanda Lowatta and Kaine Sultan-Babij from Bangarra Dance Theatre will be in a production of "Bennelong" at the Sydney ...

Fairfax photos of the week - June 29, 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.

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland in Feud: Bette and Joan.

Oscar-winning actress sues over 'bitchy' depiction in Feud

Jay Z insists his Tidal will be just fine.

Kanye pulls out of Tidal days after Jay-Z diss track

Rob Moran

Katy Perry greeting fans at Myer's Sydney City store on Friday.

Seven denies misleading viewers over Katy Perry on Sunrise

Broede Carmody

Bill (Pearl Mackie), The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and Nardole (Matt Lucas) in Doctor Who.

Doctor Who takes a heartbreaking final bow

Michael Idato

Judah Kelly has been crowned the winner of The Voice 2017.

'I've had my dark times': Voice winner Judah Kelly opens up

Broede Carmody

The iconic 1987 wedding of Scott (Jason Donovan) and Charlene (Kylie Minogue).

Celebrating Scott and Charlene's 30th wedding anniversary

Michael Idato

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

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Cinematographer Ari Wegner poses for a photo on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Lady Macbeth's Ari Wegner, and new breed of women shooters

Karl Quinn

Yuja Wang

More mature but she still can't resist the circus-act routine

Peter McCallum

Melbourne Ballet Company's <i>Arche</I> is <i>Swan Lake</I> writ small.

Stripped-down version of Swan Lake fails to fly

Jill Sykes

Barry Norman, pictured in 1982, has died aged 83.

Veteran movie critic and TV host Barry Norman dies

Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls and Bella Hadid at Miu Miu's Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week show on Sunday.

The best-dressed celebrities - and the dreamiest clothes - at Couture Week

"Just like any addiction, this compulsive need to feel guilt and shame might explain why so many women like to confess ...

Anyone who's sent a 'shame text' knows this feeling

Natalie Reilly

"When we praise girls for looking pretty, what they can hear is, 'I'm of value to others only when I look a certain way'."

This is why I don't tell my daughters that they are beautiful

Kasey Edwards

Junk food: it's no longer a special occasion, it's the norm.

How junk food became the new normal

Paula Goodyer

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 didn't want his picture taken on holiday with Karl Stefanovic

The Goss
Amy Croffey

The Afghanistan FIRST Global team.

US denies visas for Afghanistan's all-girl robotics team

Amanda Erickson

Off and racing ... Jennifer Hawkins wears a lilac dress by Alex Perry at the Myer autumn racing launch in Sydney in March.

Purple reign: why lilac will be the colour for spring

The Rules
Melissa Singer

Before diving into any new lifestyle trend, it’s worth taking a
step back and asking what you hope to achieve.

After 'hygge', what's the next wellbeing trend to pick up?

Cat Rodie

Taiyaki - sweet fish-shaped waffle.

How to eat in Tokyo like it's your last week on earth

Slow cooked ocean trout with witlof from restaurant Waku Ghin.

Tetsuya's Singapore restaurant receives two Michelin stars

Neil Perry's penne with zucchini and butte.

Butter penne and winter warmers with early July's weekly meal plan

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Do we judge other mums to feel better about ourselves?

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5 ways to get your kids to cut their screentime these holidays

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It's okay to not love every stage of parenting

Royal Air Maroc economy class.

Flight test: At last, a low-cost price for a full service flight

Kristie Kellahan

How much are those rice paper rolls worth? An Australian was charged $40,000 for a meal in Ho Chi Minh City.

Rip off: Aussie tourist charged $40,000 for meal in Vietnam

Shelley Island off North Carolina just formed, but won't last long.

Introducing the world's newest island

Hugh Morris

The new Fitbit smartwatch will be a step up from the fitness-focused Blaze.

Fitbit's smartwatch plans start to look dire

If you want to use Facebook's Find WiFi, the social media giant insists on tracking your every move.

Facebook's 'Find WiFi' goes global

The mini SNES comes with 21 legitimately great games built in.

Nintendo will make mini SNES hard to find, and that's a shame

COMMENT
Tim Biggs

airbnb

Airbnb to launch luxury tier for the super rich

Gizmodo

The model O-R3 autonomous security robot manufactured by Singapore-based Otsaw Digital.

Dubai's latest cops are robocars, aerial drones

2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Mercedes updates C-Class range

Dom Tripolone

The 2018 Maserati GranTurismo at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Goodwood in the new Maserati GranTurismo

Peter McKay

2017 Honda Civic Type R.

New Honda Civic Type R reviewed

Jonathan Hawley

Lexus is planning to offer a diesel variant of its big LX SUV.

Lexus LX diesel on the cards for Australia

Toby Hagon

Subaru's Forester is a compelling compact SUV.

Which is the best Subaru Forester?

David McCowen

Porsche's new 911 GT2 RS is its most extreme car yet.

Nine reasons Porsche's 911 GT2 RS is special

David McCowen

Jeff Horn displays his championship belt after beating Manny Pacquiao.

Horn's win a rort? Where were you when Fenech was robbed in 1991?

Andrew Webster

Origin snub: Manly playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans.

Furious Walters denies Cherry-Evans is on outer with Maroons

Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

Under-pressure: Knights coach Nathan Brown.,

Knights chairman's stinging rebuke puts Brown on notice

Robert Dillon

Floyd Mayweather might be more of a daydream match-up for Jeff Horn.

Horn camp doubles down on Mayweather talk

Phil Lutton
1 hr ago

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Richie Benaud, Tony Greig and Michael Slater talk during the Channel Nine 2010/11 ...

Former Australian test batsmen in ugly on-air spat over pay dramas

Rob Forsaith
1 hr ago

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 07: Coach Daryl Gibson and Assistant coach Cam Blades of the Waratahs look on during the ...

Gibson says Tahs don't have cash to keep same number of coaches

Tom Decent

AFL Multicultural Development Officer Ali Fahour (left) with then Prime Minister John Howard in 2007.

AFL diversity chief caught king-hitting opponent in scuffle

UPDATED
Sam McClure

Major approach: As Wimbledon nears, Simon Cambers looks at one of its many quirks.

The low-pitched sound that unsettles even Wimbledon's best

Simon Cambers

Tyson Frizell's latest rib injury has put him in doubt for the State of Origin decider.

Frizell's latest blow creates Daley dilemma

Adam Pengilly
1 hr ago

Max Delmege.

Sea Eagles saviour to become dad again at 72

Adrian Proszenko

Peter Mata'utia is seeking a new deal with the Knights.

'It hurts': Knights players called 'losers' by little girls

James Gardiner

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