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Brayden Dillon, 15.

Boy shot dead as he slept knew people were 'after him'

1 hr ago

Mr Turnbull and Ms May hold a press conference at No 10 Downing Street in London.

The UK and Australia: what happens next?

James Massola
1 hr ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during his speech in London.

After speech, cabinet prepared for firestorm ... it never came

An artist's impression of the northern entrance to the new station at North Sydney.

31-metre drop: Before you wait for new train, you have to wait for lift

A bad night's sleep could be doing you more damage.

One night of poor sleep enough to trigger spike in Alzheimer's chemical

court

Man caught cheating jailed for life over knife attack on wife, children

First home buyers hit back as banks react to investor crackdown

Nightmare scenario would double peak-hour traffic on Sydney roads

COMMENT

'Had to listen': Trump's son hires lawyer as Russia email surfaces

Amber Harrison's first three words before court hearing was halted

'99 per cent have lead': Expert warns of hidden problem in kitchen

Never again: A dejected Josh Dugan during the 52-6 defeat to Queensland in 2015.

'The clutch': Data crunch shows the critical moment when Blues always lose it

Conal Hanna

Korean pop sensation, Psy, can no longer claim to have YouTube's most-watched video with viral sensation <i>Gangnam ...

Gangnam Style is no longer YouTube's most watched video

Owner of Caffe Roma, in Potts Point, Danilo Tozzi with an UberEATS driver. He says food delivery has kept his restaurant ...

'It saved us': restaurant delivers verdict on new dining trend

Keeping your manager in the loop could avoid micromanaging.

You can't avoid office politics. Here's how to play - and win

COMMENT

Changi Airport

What it's like to spend 24-hours inside the world's best airport

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Ouch! Nadal smashes head as pre-match ritual goes wrong

ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast host, Robbie Buck.

ABC Radio's Robbie Buck takes the battle to Alan Jones

Record transfer: Lacazette's $89 million price tag is the highest at Arsenal.

Arsenal's $90 million man to make debut against Sydney FC

Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

Is Jayden K Smith coming to hack your Facebook?

Winner all over again: Jeff Horn defeated Manny Pacquiao both in the ring and on a reappraisal of the match by anonymous ...

Seven rounds to five: re-score confirms Horn v Pacquiao winner

UPDATED

Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Waleed Aly are targeted in the racist campaign.

Police investigate racist posters plastered across inner west

Woman claiming lawyer abused her 'struggled with dreams v reality'

Police looking into driving complaint find injured man in field

Conrad Craig has been charged with murder over the shooting of Brayden Dillon.

Man in court over alleged murder of sleeping Sydney boy

Tim Simona arrives at court for his sentencing.

Ex-NRL star sentenced for 'cruel hoax' on children's cancer charity

Peter Hofmann was found dead in his car in Maroubra last month.

Retired bus driver fell victim to scam before he was killed

Kasun Rajapaksha and his wife Sandeepani Warnakulasooriya say they have "lost some of the best years of our lives to ...

Caretakers claim $700K in unpaid wages

Anna Patty

Dale Ewins with a friend at a New Year's Eve party at Inflation nighclub.

'Pretty sure he put the toy gun in my mouth while having sex'

Polair vision shows Nicholas John Crilley allegedly shoving a driver out of a car during a carjacking.

Polair captures carjacking as police pursued alleged torturer

QLD

This whale carcass was spotted off Mindarie in Perth's northern suburbs at the weekend.

Shark warning for Fremantle as whale carcass washes up

WA

The couple were clocked going 200km/h on the Hume Highway.

200km/h police chase on Hume Highway ends in crash into fence

ACT

Owner of Caffe Roma, in Potts Point, Danilo Tozzi with an UberEATS driver. He says food delivery has kept his restaurant ...

'It saved us': Food delivery boosting restaurants' bottom line

The Lacrosse building in Melbourne's Docklands was hit by fire in 2014.

All talk, no action: Govt needs to act swiftly on building safety

Comment

Hope Island, Maine, could be yours for $10.44 million.

Empty island town – with roads, church and tavern – for $10.4m

Bea Åkerlund is a huge name in celebrity fashion.

Lady Gaga's stylist has designed an 'out there' range for IKEA

Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson

Home-grown heroes: Australia's most iconic designs

1 hr ago

Jacob Zuma at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

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Jacob Zuma at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

How a London PR firm sowed racial division in South Africa

Robyn Dixon

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (centre) and his wife Lucy (left) speak to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as ...

Trump's withdrawal is an opportunity for Turnbull

COMMENT

All in the name: Turns out we like a our vegies to have fancy monikers.

How to make more people eat their veges

Maura Judkis

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Malcolm Turnbull's cabinet has rallied behind his definition of the Liberal Party.

The PM's cabinet was prepared for a big backlash - it never came

Adam Gartrell

The UK and Australia: what happens next?

1 hr ago

Malcolm stumbles back towards the middle - but is it too late?

ANALYSIS
James Massola

Jeff Kennett has attacked Malcolm Turnbull for engaging in domestic politics while overseas.

'Failed leader': Kennett slams PM's 'appalling lack of judgment'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered a rebuke to Coalition conservatives.

Turnbull's swipe at right: 'We were never conservatives'

Corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald, QC

Majority of federal MPs shun new ethics standards

EXCLUSIVE

New Liberal Party president Nick Greiner says governments must be in the "sensible centre".

'Never going to happen': Liberal boss attacks Abbott

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, left, during celebrations for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on his 88th ...

Thailand's triple threat points to turbulence ahead

ANALYSIS
Lindsay Murdoch

Donald Trump jr on the campaign trail for his father in 2016.

Trump jr 'was told' laywer meeting was part of Russian effort

A photo from the FBI shows Isnilon Hapilon, purportedly designated leader of Islamic State group's South-east Asia ...

Marawi fight: militants 'holed up with hostages'

Lindsay Murdoch

At least 16 people are believed to have been killed when the plane, used for refuelling, crashed on a flight from a ...

16 believed dead in Mississippi military plane crash

Illustration: Simon Letch

The Great Gonski needs to perform more magic

COMMENT
Ross Gittins
1 hr ago

Governments may need to introduce a road-user price if driverless cars become common.

Why driverless cars could increase Sydney's congestion

COMMENT
Elliot Fishman

Illustration: John Shakespeare

The real winners from the Iraq War

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Big business: SASIC estimated banks paid $2.4 billion to mortgage aggregators.

$2.4b fight: calls to scrap mortgage broker commissions

Clancy Yeates
47 mins ago

A rally in iron ore prices combined with a rise in oil helped push BHP Billiton to a three-month high.

BHP hits high while ASX ends flat

Myriam Robin

"Rising household debt and property prices in major Australian cities have created a high hurdle for the RBA to move the ...

Record household debt locks RBA in to low rates: PIMCO

Myriam Robin

Cryptocurrencies are in freefall ahead of a mammoth change in Bitcoin software.

Bitcoin poised for 'civil war' over software changes

Jessica Sier

Home loans to investors fall to lowest level in 12 months

Eryk Bagshaw

Is McDonald's turning its back on shopping centres?

WWII legislation gives RBA 'lots of wiggle room' with rates call

'Best outcome': Slater and Gordon investors receive just $36.5m

UPDATED
Sarah Danckert

Underground where the casks are stored waiting to mature their flavour.

The remote distillery every whisky fan needs to visit

Fine Drinks

'Proud Boys' sporting a Fred Perry polo that they've adopted as their signature garment.

What happens when extremists adopt a clothing brand?

Culture

Frustrated millennials can get a taste of the sharemarket.

'Play money is important': How the avo generation is hooking into the sharemarket

Jessica Irvine

Damian Worsdell is a 22-year-old customer service officer who saves $100 a week to invest in exchange-traded funds.

Damian's $100-a-week 'play money' habit

Carol Saffer

Safety concerns have been raised over babysitting posts on Airtasker.

'People are auctioning off their children': Airtasker safety concerns

Cara Waters

There's good news on tax for small business owners.

Real tax benefits for small business owners

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Rex Tillerson seeking Qatar crisis breakthrough

1 hr ago

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Police find injured man in Sydney paddock

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Wimbledon: was this why Nadal lost?

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YouTube has a new 'most-viewed'

Charles Bennett Taylor who is a 96 year old and is on a quest to uncover the background to his painting.
15th June ...

The old master's mystery

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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

Advertiser Content

Utopia season 3.

Australian drama, comedy on ABC: catch it while you can

ANALYSIS
Karl Quinn

Korean pop sensation, Psy, can no longer claim to have YouTube's most-watched video with viral sensation <i>Gangnam ...

Gangnam Style no longer YouTube's most-watched video

Broede Carmody

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 10: Former US Vice President Al Gore pictured during his visit to Sydney to promote his new ...

'We have to work around President Trump,' says Al Gore

Garry Maddox

Journalist Chris Uhlmann's scathing assessment of Donald Trump's presidency has been viewed more than 1.7 million times.

Chris Uhlmann stands by 'searing assessment' of Trump at G20

Melissa Cunningham

ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast host, Robbie Buck.

ABC Radio's Robbie Buck takes the battle to Alan Jones

Rob Moran

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee's stories include one on an escalating prank war.

Hamish and Andy reclaim drive top spot as 3AW sheds listeners

Broede Carmody

Larry David is bringing back Curb Your Enthusiasm after a six year hiatus.

Larry's back: Curb Your Enthusiasm gets series return

Michael Idato

Ben Ungermann was almost eliminated in a dramatic flourish to MasterChef.

Finally some drama as a MasterChef favourite cracks it

COMMENT
Aja Styles

The cast of Bell Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (from left): Catherine Davies (Nerissa), Jessica Tovey (Portia) and ...

Dark merchant puts the ugliness on stage

Elissa Blake

Members of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus prepare for their new show JUNK.

Child's play free of adult interference and angst

Elissa Blake

Barbara Blackman's literary output includes poems and essays.

'Blindness is simply a different way of seeing'

Sasha Grishin

It's also no great secret that the majority of men's genuine grievances with their place in the world would disappear if ...

The weird new way women are being attacked for their views

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Princess Eugenie, Harper Beckham (third from right) and her friends at Buckingham Palace for her 6th birthday.

Beckhams throw party for daughter at Buckingham Palace

Amy Croffey

Mirka Federer and Anna Wintour make statements in colourful prints on day six.

Wimbledon: The celebrities aceing courtside fashion

A grandma featured on the "Banned Grandmas" Instagram account.

'Banned Grandmas' is the saddest account on Instagram

Mary Ward

There are endless stories about ex boyfriends making contact, months, and sometimes years, down the track.

The dating trend familiar to newly single women

Kerri Sackville
1 hr ago

Yvette Du Bourdieu struggled before she found a welcoming community.

What no one tells new mums and dads about parenthood

Sarah Berry

Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian in 2016. Chyna was granted a restraining order against Kardashian on Monday.

'Devastated' Blac Chyna granted restraining order

Elahe Izadi

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 04: Kristen Stewart attends the Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 show as part of Haute ...

In service of journalism I tried the top 'miracle' face creams

Natalie Reilly

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Why I won't let my son accept his perfect attendance award

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Mum arrested after leaving son alone in Lego store

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'He said what?': partners' worst pregnancy clangers

Chifley's Bar and Grill at Hotel Kurrajong. The asparagus risotto with truffle is a bright flavourful dish. Photo: Dion ...

The $1500/kg ingredient you have to buy in the next eight weeks

Are you buying a lie?

Think you're buying ethical meat? Look closer at the label

All in the name: Turns out we like a our vegies to have fancy monikers.

The psychological trick to making people eat more vegetables

Far less can go wrong when family members sit together on a long flight – so why are airlines courting disaster?

Why airlines split up groups on planes, even when you reserve seats

Tracey Spicer

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Don't go there: Five destinations you shouldn't bother visiting

Ben Groundwater

Air India will only be serving vegetarian food on domestic flights.

Airline's switch to vegetarian-only food causes anger

NIDA NAJAR

A physical photo. What next?

HP sprocket printer: tiny picture, big fun

Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

Is Jayden K Smith coming to hack you?

While Australian NES pricing is not common knowledge, the Dick Smith ad puts the Deluxe Pack at $450. Adjusting for ...

The NES launched 30 years ago in Australia this month. Or did it?

There is also a NestCam for outdoors.

Nest snubs Aussie retailers to sell online

Scott Moffat with his son during the renovation.

Scott left withut web, phone for four months

Volvo

Volvo SUV more powerful than Macan Turbo

David McCowen

2017 Nissan Qashqai N-Sport Edition.

Nissan cuts price of base Qashqai SUV

Dom Tripolone

Infiniti's QX30 shares its underpinnings with the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class.

Infiniti's Mercedes-Benz GLA rival tested

David McCowen

2006 Mazda3.

What first car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2017 Ram 2500 Code Black edition.

New Ram 2500 special edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

Tesla 3

Tesla reveal production-ready Model 3

Drive Staff

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at a press conference.

He will play: Arsenal will unleash $90 million player on Sydney FC

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Winner all over again: Jeff Horn defeated Manny Pacquiao both in the ring and on a reappraisal of the match by anonymous ...

No stitch up: WBO re-score confirms Horn upset was for real

UPDATED
Phil Lutton

Tim Simona arrives at court for his sentencing.

Disgraced NRL star gets good behaviour bond for fraud

Rugged: Kyle Sinckler 's soft voice belies his tough upbringing.

Lions prop arrested after night out in Auckland

Australian cricketers Trent Copeland, Peter Nevill, Nic Maddinson and Kurtis Patterson arrive at a players' union ...

Mystery backers pour millions into hardship fund for cricketers

Chris Barrett

David Horwitz will head south in 2018.

Rebels lure Waratah for 2018

Roy Ward

Porte, pictured on Saturday, will be off his bike for at least four weeks.

'I'm lucky to have the injuries I have': Porte speaks in hospital

Rupert Guinness

Rafael Nadal was knocked out of Wimbledon by Gilles Muller.

Nadal out of Wimbledon after epic fifth set tie-break

Boyd Cordner leads the team during the Blues's captain's run.

Daley unsure if Cordner lasts Origin III

Matt Encarnacion

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Ratings down, Fifita's off limits ... but players want more money?

Andrew Webster

Four-year ban: Jarrod Mullen.

Family urge Greenberg to downgrade Mullen ban

Warren Barnsley

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