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The cost of the planned F6 extension will escalate.

'Obscene' toll road to cost $18b, triple the cost of rail line

Pic of Cricketer Robert Holland at Lambton Tea House who is receiving a life membership from the Lord's Taverners. 4th ...

'Totally shocked': Former Test spinner diagnosed with cancer

Vince Colosimo is expected to face the Melbourne Magistrates Court in August.

Troubled Underbelly star may face jail for 'drug-driving'

44 mins ago

Tracey Valesini was last seen in 1993.

A year after Tracey vanished, $490 was taken from her account

29 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the issue of terrorists using encrypted messages was a massive one.

'A very real global threat': PM to urge Trump to take action

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

Radek Sali and George Calombaris at Fitzroy restaurant Jimmy Grants

'Strained': Calombaris' partner quits amid $2.6m wages scandal

Hotel Coolgardie and the disturbing outback barmaid trade

COMMENT

Man was 'kicked and stomped on' as he lay dying on road

1 hr ago

Concerns over 'iconic views' from Packer's $2b Barangaroo casino

How the Aussie dollar kept the RBA's hands tied

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Call for closed-door UN talks over North Korea missile test

BREAKING
1 min ago

MP Felicity Wilson declined to explain how many undergraduate degrees she holds.

North Shore MP under pressure over claims of two university degrees

EXCLUSIVE

The crash involving Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) during the stage four sprint finish ...

World champion appeals after being kicked off Tour de France

UPDATED
37 mins ago

The prevalence of people with psychopathic tendencies in the corporate world is as high as that found in the prison ...

Is your boss a psychopath? One in five leaders are

1 hr ago

Bernard Tomic.

'I couldn't care less':'Bored' Tomic bows out of Wimbledon

20 mins ago

Stretching first thing in the morning can increase your energy levels

Why stretching in the morning can increase your energy levels

54 mins ago

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North Korea claims successful ICBM launch

iCapsulate success story: CEO Kane Bodain on Shark Tank.

Records fall in 'biggest deal in Shark Tank history'

Devices like this are no longer allowed.

'Dangerous': Parents not happy after airlines ban popular device

Esteban Chaves (centre) finished runner-up at the Tour Down Under, but he has not raced since late January.

Aussie team leader continues in Tour despite physio's death

LLB's evil genius plan for taxidermy payed off for Kate and Harry on House Rules.

The 'genius' taxidermy got the House Rules perfect score

Whether your parents rented or owned their own home can impact future behaviour and attitudes to property.

Parents didn't buy property? You probably won't either

Rebel Wilson has reportedly spent almost $4 million on a New York City apartment.

Rebel Wilson buys into 'paparazzi-proof' apartment block

The general store in Chillingham, near Murwillumbah, is for sale.

General stores that will inspire you to move to the country

Happy Haus specialises in prefabricated homes such as this one at Lennox Head.

This is what you can expect from the houses of the future

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Agent Michael Field said if he hadn't moved the auction on the two-bedroom Petersham unit, he would likely have only had ...

'More aggressive': First-home buyers get confidence boost

Shooting victim Jesse Thompson was a father-of-two, friends said.

Three relatives charged over shooting death of Jesse Thompson

34 mins ago

Salary cap scandal cost ex-Eels boss everything, court heard

'Playboy' Australian doctor in new IS propaganda video

Labor deputy mayor of Canada Bay council was given a good behaviour bond for failing to submit electoral disclosure forms.

ALP councillor in court after failing to disclose electoral funding, donations

"I've been really troubled ... about the increased presence of commercial providers in schools," says primary school ...

Private firms gain access to students' academic data

EXCLUSIVE

Drug dispute believed to be behind shooting of Wyong father

Police are seeking witnesses to a motorcycle crash in Dandenong.

Policeman in serious condition after being 'kicked in face by teen'

Not worried. Comcare chief executive Jennifer Taylor

Public service workers compo bill slashed by $450 million

ACT

LeadWest chief Craig Rowley in front of an empty container park in Brooklyn.

How 'scourge' of empty containers are taking over western Melbourne

VIC

A screen grab from the tweet following the abusive behaviour at the Pacquiao-versus-Horn fight.

Foul-mouth boxing fans banned from Queensland stadiums

QLD

ADFA cadet Jack Toby Mitchell, second from left, arrives at the ACT Supreme Court with his parents last week.

ADFA rape trial jury hears accused's version of what happened

Traditional: the Delhi Gymkhana Club

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Traditional: the Delhi Gymkhana Club

Colonial Britain still rules at India's private clubs

Amrit Dhillon
15 mins ago

Truth be damned: A satisfying narrative is more likely to stick in people's minds than incomplete truth.

Our brains aren't wired to swap fiction for fact

COMMENT
Rachel Visontay

Bidding process: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, emir of Qatar (left), is presented with the World Cup trophy by ...

The world game and Australia's shame

EDITORIAL

See more on subscriber first

Pic shows new Medicare Smart card

A real Mediscare: Data breach raises health record fears

Adam Gartrell

Malcolm Turnbull to urge Donald Trump to act against tech terrorists

EXCLUSIVE
Peter Hartcher

Turnbull says he has enough conservatives on his frontbench

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

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

Border Force boss on personal leave after 'investigation'

Nationals senator John Williams has hit out at dysfunction in the Liberal Party.

Nationals Party senator hits out at Liberal dysfunction

Being weighed. Niman Adan Gabush, 2, is a severe malnutrition case at Hargeisa Group Hospital in Somaliland.

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

The huge processing facility for Inpex Corporation's LNG plant in northern Australia arrived in Australian waters on May ...

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

The face of Lady of Cao was revealed on Tuesday.

Peru reveals replica face of ancient female ruler

42 mins ago

People walk past a TV screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday.

Closed doors requested at North Korea UN talks

BREAKING
1 min ago

A man from Nigeria holds his 6 months old baby, on their way to Italy after being rescued along with more than 600 ...

Fearing migrant flood, Austria sends troops to Italian border

A soldier covers his nose as a group of white-helmeted rescue volunteers carry a body they found at the beginning of the ...

'Suicide Squad' brave bullets to rescue civilians

Illustration: Simon Letch

How China's debt binge threatens Australia

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Private companies are gaining considerable influence over the NAPLAN tests Australian school students sit.

The privacy of our school students is up for grabs

COMMENT
Anna Hogan, Bob Lingard and Greg Thompson

Bosses aren't handing over money to their employees and without unions workers have less power to demand it.

Why you haven't had a pay rise

Josh Bornstein
Josh Bornstein

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 17: Seng Huang Lee at CYCA Yacht Club of Australia on December 17, 2016 in Sydney, ...

Aveo's billionaire backer buys into Dreamworld

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD

Investors are playing it safe.

8@eight: ASX set to inch higher, Wall St closed

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51 mins ago

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe's statement paid tribute to the role played by depreciation of the dollar ...

How the Aussie dollar kept the RBA's hands tied

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

Mall owners are under fire over their treatment of tenants.

SumoSalad effect: malls told to stop feeding the cannibals

Madeleine Heffernan

Time for retirement living to meet the fairness test

COMMENT
Gerard Brody

London should be the inspiration for Melbourne, says aviation expert

Patrick Hatch

The $850m Star Gold Coast transforming Broadbeach

Carolyn Cummins

DD-cups runneth over for online bra salesman

Nina Hendy
15 mins ago

Get the back of a champion.

Hidden traps: The one exercise that builds the perfect back

Boot Camp
1 hr ago

Cuda shut down his successful digital agency and risked it all on creating an App.

The Hobart app mogul who turned his back on Silicon Valley

Success

Lynda and Graham Turner on the ski-slopes in Canada earlier this year.

Travellers' cheques can't be cashed but couple told there's no problem

John Collett

Clancy Yeates

Is it time for property investors to start paying down debt?

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Wes Blundy is the owner of online bra retailer Curvy.

DD-cups runneth over for online bra salesman

Nina Hendy
15 mins ago

The founders of The Volte describe the website as being like AirBnB for fashion.

Where to go to hire that $30,000 dress

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

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Tour de France 2017: Sagan disqualified during stage four

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MP under pressure over claims of two degrees

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Justin Bieber's surprise Sydney visit

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Wimbledon 2017: Bernard Tomic's straight set defeat

Ward O'Neill colour cartoon /illo /illustration Transition to retirement please refer to attached ...

Best of Fairfax cartoons July 5

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only 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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Ex-MasterChef contestant Heather Day making her pitch on Shark Tank for an investment in her artisan butter.

Where is MasterChef 2016 contestant Heather Day now?

Aja Styles

iCapsulate success story: CEO Kane Bodain on Shark Tank.

A record set on Shark Tank with a $2.5 million deal

Aja Styles

LLB's evil genius plan for taxidermy payed off for Kate and Harry on House Rules.

The 'genius' taxidermy got the House Rules perfect score

Aja Styles

Ian McKellen as Gandalf in 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'.

Tolkien's estate, Warner Bros end five-year legal battle

Broede Carmody

Ben McCormack arriving at the Downing Centre.

Not the 'usual' child porn: ACA reporter faces court for first time

Stephanie Gardiner

Continued issue with a police officer attaching a bracelet with the text #tafsainte, meaning don't grope, to a visitor's ...

'This is not OK': 27 sexual assaults at Swedish music festival

Rob Moran

Lily Collins in Netflix's To The Bone.

Warnings issued over Netflix's controversial film To The Bone

Rob Moran

UWAP is publishing <i>The Collected Poems of Fay Zwicky</i>.

Much loved Australian poet Fay Zwicky has died aged 83

Jason Steger

Harry Greenwood plays an older woman, while Heather Mitchell plays a young man.

Topsy-turvy sex farce still has the power to shock

Elissa Blake

Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has shown considerable growth in artistic maturity.

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

'Racism was – and is – the most ignorant type of hate, an opinion vindicated by everyone else in my life, except my ...

My parents were victims of racism; it didn't stop them from being racist

Jenevieve Chang

Placenta eating is not a risk-free practice.

The potentially deadly risk of eating your placenta

Sarah Berry

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 02: Lucinda Chambers attends the Roland Mouret show as part of the Paris Fashion Week ...

'Crap and irrelevant': Fired-Vogue director rips into fashion industry

Elizabeth Paton
1 hr ago

Writer Clare Press in her Jeff McCann coat made from more than 1000 strips of cardboard tied, by hand, with string on to ...

Sustainable style: Meet the Sydney bloke turning cardboard into couture

Clare Press

Lina and Stephie, the two Finnish backpackers followed in <i>Hotel Coolgardie</I>.

Hotel Coolgardie and disturbing outback barmaid trade

COMMENT
Jenny Noyes

Justin Bieber spotted in Bondi on Tuesday morning.

Shirtless Bieber snapped in Bondi ahead of $359 a ticket church gig

Jenna Clarke

Tegan George and her friends at the Pacquiao-Horn fight, with the men behind them.

Women shouldn't have to 'play cool', even at a sporting match

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Sound the new hair klaxon ... Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on day one of the Wimbledon Championships.

The Duchess debuts a new look at Wimbledon, nails the dress code

Annie Brown

Slow cooked ocean trout with witlof from restaurant Waku Ghin.

Tetsuya's Singapore restaurant receives two Michelin stars

Finalists for the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year award. Clockwise from top left: Matthew Bugeja (the ...

'Screaming doesn't work. I lost 80 chefs because I was a lunatic.'

Taiyaki - sweet fish-shaped waffle.

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

Devices like this are no longer allowed.

Jetstar and Qantas ban kids’ sleeping devices

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5 ways to keep your child safe from cyberbullying

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The moment I hated being a single mother

Second-hand A380s from Singapore Airlines may be stripped for parts if new operators cannot be found.

Singapore's second-hand superjumbos set for the scrapheap

Richard Weiss

San Sebastian is dominated by its beautiful bay.

The destinations so good, we don't want to tell you about them

Ben Groundwater

Catch me if you can ... a job so popular they made films about it.

Confessions of an airline pilot: The secrets of flying revealed

Oliver Smith

An apparent security hole in the health system is being exploited.

Your Medicare card details are up for sale

Polar the bear is super cute now.

Crash's return a modern spin on an old marsupial

Dave McClure, the founder of 500 Startups, resigned this week.

Backlash against tech start-up sexual harassment continues

28 mins ago

Qantas

How passengers are using Qantas' free Wi-Fi

Lifehacker

iPhone render.

Anniversary iPhone to unlock with your face

2011 Skoda Octavia RS wagon.

What used hot wagon should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

A license plate is displayed on a Tesla Motors Inc. Model 3 vehicle outside the company's Gigafactory in Sparks, Neveada.

Tesla Model 3 ready for production

NEAL E. BOUDETTE
1 hr ago

2017 Land Rover Discovery.

New Discovery prices revealed

Andrew MacLean

2018 BMW i8 Roadster.

BMW teases i8 Roadster

Dom Tripolone

Tesla Model X P100D v Audi SQ7.

Tesla Model X v Audi SQ7

Daniel DeGasperi

All-new 2017 Civic hatchback 2017 Honda Civic hatch.

Honda offers five-year warranty

Stephen Ottley

Bernard Tomic.

'I couldn't care less': Tomic's stunning confession after loss

Darren Walton
20 mins ago

Pic of Cricketer Robert Holland at Lambton Tea House who is receiving a life membership from the Lord's Taverners. 4th ...

'15 months at the most': Test spinner's brain cancer diagnosis

Michael Parris

Peter Sagan of Slovakia, left, sprints as Britain's Mark Cavendish crashes, during the sprint of the fourth stage of the ...

World champion Sagan kicked off Tour de France after horror crash

UPDATED
Rupert Guinness
37 mins ago

'I'm a choker': Daria Gavrilova crashed out in the first round.

'I'm a grand slam choker': Gavrilova crashes out

Darren Walton

Esteban Chaves (centre) finished runner-up at the Tour Down Under, but he has not raced since late January.

Rider continues in Tour de France despite grief after physio's death

Rupert Guinness

Rough with the smooth: Israel Folau says the start of his year was challenging.

Kick-and-catch duo see way to drive wedge in All Blacks

Adrian Warren and Chris Dutton

Cool relations: Usman Khawaja, ACA staff members Clea Smith and Alistair Nicholson, and Shane Watson listen to questions ...

Players give CA chance to save 'A' tour of South Africa

Andrew Wu

On fire: Arsenal players celebrate their FA Cup victory over Chelsea in May.

FFA misses out on Arsenal tour cash

Dominic Bossi

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NRL players write off over $100m to advance pay deal claims

Adrian Proszenko

Class act: Cameron Munster has become a quality five-eighth at the Melbourne Storm.

Munster's Maroon call-up has more than a touch of sky blue

Phil Lutton

KINGSCLIFF, AUSTRALIA - JULY 04: Jarryd Hayne poses during the New South Wales Blues State of Origin media opportunity ...

Players playing catch-up with US sports on pay deal: Hayne

Chris Barrett

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