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Businessman Michael Goldstein was one of many victim of fraudster Lemuel Page.

Investors left short-changed by NSW fraudster

Pam Cassidy, an Elan resident, says she will resist all attempts to force her onto the 'inferior' NBN.

'They've downgraded our internet': Sydney residents' fury at NBN

EXCLUSIVE

A liquidator is seeking to claw back $700,000 for creditors of Salim Mehajer's failed company SM Project Developments.

Mehajer lawyer's desperate bid to dump his client

EXCLUSIVE

Joint counter terror and Australian Federal Police operation in Cleveland Street on Saturday.

Four men arrested in Sydney over plot to blow up plane

A sample question from the test.

Can you out-think a 16-year-old? New test for year 11

Thredbo landslide anniversary

'It was amazing that we got anyone out': Thredbo remembered

MULTIMEDIA

Trump erupts on Twitter at Republican senators: 'They look like fools'

Girl raped twice on same night in UK, two men arrested

8200pc return: Amazon becomes a money-printing machine

ANALYSIS

Shorten targets 'wealthy' with $17b hit on family trusts

EXCLUSIVE

Why this group of Sydneysiders gave away $40,000 in one night

Mr Turnbull has cautioned travellers to arrive early.

'The threat of terrorism is very real': PM tells travellers to expect delays

UPDATED
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Professor Susan Sawyer from Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital investigates young people's physical and emotional ...

Something's happening to kids. We need to talk about it

The late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Royal family friends 'aghast' at release of Diana tapes

55 mins ago

David Koch and Natalie Barr for The Goss

Barr and Kochie's fights are 'absolutely real'

David Mallett Instagram

How to get effortless 'French girl' hair

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Roosters come from behind to down Cowboys

Palliative care worker, Justine Betteridge, at home, in Sydney. 19th May 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

When Justine calls, death is always near

Reg Lynch

Peter FitzSimons

It's a big day out for mouth-breathing bully boys

Generic male Contemplating Depression Sad Shadow Man with no expression *for miki?

Here's what not to say to someone you love who has depression

Bernard Tomic feels 'trapped' by tennis.

Tomic, Spieth and the immense space in between

COMMENT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Crowds of people gather on the foreshore of Sydney Cove to take part in the Australia ...

'Living hell': When Sydney's tourists overstay their welcome

The generation hit hardest by Sydney's home ownership decline

COMMENT
Matt Wade

'Cracking down': Blitz on retirement villages underway

"Historic" motion: Former Premier Bob Carr.

ALP to back Palestine despite 'furious' lobbying

Artist Martin Sharp used Stace's famous slogan in some of his artworks.

How Arthur Stace's handwriting became a symbol of Sydney

Thi Minh Nguyet Vo of Hong Hai Noodle Bar in the Hunter Connection Food Court was fined for unsafe food storage ...

The Sydney noodle bar forced to name and shame itself

Luke Foley has pledged to not sell more of the electricity businesses in government.

Unions secure Luke Foley electricity privatisation pledge

Bronwyn Fielding's body remains in Mbale morgue.

Family struggling to bring home body of woman found dead in Africa

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

Ben, 11, enjoys his vegetables.

Vegetables linked to higher NAPLAN scores

Henrietta Cook

Protesters at the rally for Elijah Doughty in Melbourne's CBD.

Standstill: Rally causes major peak-hour delays for commuters

VIC

"We've been waiting for this moment for so long," said Hepatitis NSW chief executive Stuart Loveday.

More than 200,000 hep C patients get access to bumper cure

EXCLUSIVE
Kate Aubusson

Christopher Melotti bought an investment property in Wollongong two years ago and watched prices soar in the region.

The 'push to the bush': NSW regional house prices outpacing Sydney

Auctioneer Damien Cooley in action.

Religious group pockets $2.6m after home sells $556,000 above reserve

1 hr ago

Terrace houses in Erskineville.

Sydney suburb's head-spinning journey to gentrification

One of the five houses to be used on Season 13 of The Block, relocated to Elsternwick.

Remove and recycle: The Block's biggest challenge to date

Industrial designer Christopher Boots likes to push boundaries with his lighting design.

Beam me up: LED lighting emerges as an art form

Hezbollah members during a military operation in Syria last week.

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Hezbollah members during a military operation in Syria last week.

The crime figure, Chinese intelligence and the terrorists

EXCLUSIVE
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker

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Giant turf war brewing between NRL and AFL

EXCLUSIVE
Adrian Proszenko

Joan Collins during her Dynasty days.

Dynasties and diamonds: Politics becomes a family affair

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Bill Shorten vows to hold vote on republic during first term of a Labor government

James Massola

One property only in $51 billion plan to curb negative gearing

Peter Martin

Liberals move to extinguish doubts about MPs' Greek ancestry

James Massola

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull holds power by a one-seat majority.

Latest eligibility flurry may not be last such panic for Turnbull

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is refusing to release documents about his citizenship status.

Roberts case set for High Court as Pauline's sister poised

Adam Gartrell

Definitely not an alien: One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.

His Honour Paul Murray finds Malcolm Roberts is not an alien

Sketch
Tony Wright

Julia Banks won the seat of Chisholm at the 2016 election.

Liberal denies claims she is a Greek citizen - and ineligible to be MP

UPDATED
James Massola

Trump's rant against the filibuster kicked off early Friday with a series of tweet.

Trump latest Twitter rant: 'They look like fools'

Avi Selk

Police officers secure the area after the knife attack at a supermarket in Hamburg.

Hamburg supermarket attacker was 'known Islamist'

Two people were killed in the stampede.

Spectators killed at stampede at South African soccer match

Australian man Shaun Davidson is still on the run.

'I've left fans amazed police and governments dazed' fugitive boasts

Jewel Topsfield

Honey knows she's found a good thing.

Coping with sudden retirement, one puppy at a time

COMMENT
Imre Salusinszky

Harsh lesson: young people will participate in a courtroom drama centred on culpable driving.

Simple fix that will save young lives on the road

EDITORIAL

Housing is the biggest source of wealth generation for Australian households

The generation hit hardest by Sydney's home ownership decline

COMMENT
Matt Wade

The Aussie's rally makes the prospect of rate rises quite remote, says Goldman Sachs.

Time to sell the Aussie, global asset manager says

Netty Ismail

Will big brands such as Coke get squashed by increasingly powerful retailers?

Can brands survive the rise of the retailer?

COMMENT
Scott Phillips

Jeff Bezos' Amazon has become so powerful researchers have built a Death by Amazon index of companies that it leaves in ...

Death by Amazon: It's a powerful, money-printing machine

ANALYSIS
Jeff Sommer

Speculating on rates. Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

It will be a long time before we start putting up rates

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

'He said I owed him': Women entrepreneurs reveal harrassment

Cara Waters

Rising dollar sends jitters through local manufacturers

Nick Toscano

Branson cedes Virgin Atlantic control for `true love'

Court slams `incredible shrinking airline seat'

Alan Levin

Champion Craft Beer awards.

Little-known beer named Australia's champion craft brew

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

The Phantom now incorporates cameras that scan the road ahead

Rolls-Royce's $1 million Phantom is a 'new level of Magic Carpet'

Luxury Cars
Toby Hagon

Gift cards can be beautifully presented in a box, but they're more likely to be lost or forgotten than digital versions ...

Australians waste $70m a year on unused gift cards

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Research suggests economic empowerment for women improves outcomes for the whole society.

What The Handmaid's Tale teaches us about money

COMMENT
Catherine Robson

Chef Matt Wilkinson says three robberies in 18 months were the "nail in the coffin" for cash.

Pope Joan bans cash after three robberies

Kate Jones

Part-time work for school kids means sacrificing other pursuits.

Is it bad for high school students to work?

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Sydney arrests: 'bomb plot involving aircraft' foiled

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Roosters come from behind to down Cowboys

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Trump replaces chief of staff

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Critically ill UK baby Charlie Gard has died

Lee Fung Sham, 58, whose daughters are at school and university, and whose husband is at work but monitoring her daily ...

Final destination: on the road with a palliative care nurse

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - 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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Mitch Cairns, deserving winner of the 2017 Archibald Prize, says judge Ben Quilty.

'Not his fault': Top artist rounds on Olsen over Archibald criticism

Linda Morris

'Nothing replaces the feeling of 30 people singing on stage': Mills has the lead role in <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>.

'No wonder I was going crazy': Rob Mills on his Idol days

Michael Lallo

Taylor Mac backstage at St Ann's Warehouse in New York.

This 240-year history of pop music might just change your life

The success of Courtney Barnett (left) has created feelings of jealousy and admiration for her partner and fellow ...

Courtney Barnett has hit the big time. Now meet her wife.

Andrew Stafford

Cheryl Barker in Opera Australia's Salome in 2012.

From decapitations to on-stage abortions: theatre gets bloodier

Elissa Blake

Mitch Cairns, deserving winner of the 2017 Archibald Prize, says judge Ben Quilty.

Mitch Cairns' portrait of Agatha Gothe-Snape wins Archibald

Garry Maddox

Jonsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros performs at this year's Splendour in the Grass.

Sigur Ros hit back at Margaret Court at Melbourne gig

Rob Moran

James Corden

Late-night hosts go off on Trump's trans military ban

Emily Yahr

Pete Murray: Playing it cool.

Newly chilled Pete Murray finds his inner 'camacho'

Karen Hardy

Powerhouse Museum, Pyrmont 14th July 2017 Photo by Louise Kennerley smh

Surprise opposition to plan to move Powerhouse

Linda Morris

Michele Lee: "I deliberately write all-female casts for actors of colour."

Michele takes on the big problem with our local theatre

Elissa Blake

In Caroline Charles at the Braemar Games, 1981. “I was so thrilled with this look. You have to understand the rules of ...

Meet the woman who made Diana into a style icon

Bethan Holt

We are all flawed, insecure, tired, self-indulgent, often bewildered human beings.

Jane Caro: We're not 'fabulous,' just ordinary. And that's OK.

Old friends: James Packer in 2005 aboard Arctic P with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (right) and Tommy Davis (shirtless, ...

James Packer removes last Scientologist from his inner circle

PRIVATE SYDNEY
Andrew Hornery

David Koch and Natalie Barr for The Goss

Barr and Kochie's fights are 'absolutely real'

Amy Croffey

I was forced to slow down and prioritise what's important.

My tree change didn't come without its challenges

Magdalena Roze

Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe.

The dating app founder trying to make it better for women online

Melissa Singer

Jeanette Francis

Meet three women who are changing the face of Australian TV

Sharon Verghis

Some of the most vulnerable women and children are being left with nowhere to turn if they need to escape domestic violence.

Refuges: Citizenship changes may put migrant women at risk

Mary Ward

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Keepsake of baby's feet revealed a serious issue

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Taking on the City2Surf at 27 weeks pregnant

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Why period undies are a teenage girl's dream

Loud and clear: Could passengers be missing out on vital information due to low English skills?

Traveller letters: Why can't all airline staff speak English properly?

High-speed trains at Madrid's Atocha station.

At 300km/h, this train journey feels like we're in the space age

Paul Chai

A natural beauty: Port Stephens.

Overrun by tourists in summer, this Aussie hotspot is perfect right now

Sheriden Rhodes

If offered this box of doughnuts, could you stop at one?

Are you a carboholic? Here's why cutting carbs is so tough

COMMENT

Jill Dupleix's berry cheesecake pancakes.

Weekly meal planner: Berry pancakes with cheesecake cream

Brisket is not just for smoking.

Brisket isn't just for smoking. Try this red wine braised beef

Splatoon 2

Review: Fun, fish and fashion in Splatoon 2

Don't wait until disaster strikes before you think about how to protect irreplaceable files like precious family photos.

Google Backup & Sync is insurance for your data

COMMENT

Disney

Disney building AI to figure out exactly when you'll laugh

The Nintendo Switch,

How Australians play video games in 2017

Kotaku

The ANU expedition will help solve the mysteries of the underwater continent.

How researchers search for a lost continent

From Breakfast Point to Dinner Plain: Audi R8 Spyder.

We take a supercar to the snow

Stephen Ottley

A star and their car. Ross Wilson with his Jeep. 14th Jun e 2017. Photo by Jason South

Look who bought a Jeep

Owen Thomson

2017 Volkswagen Golf Trendline.

Review: New VW Golf

Stephen Ottley

2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo.

Porsche's super wagon driven

Stephen Corby

2017 Honda CR-V VTi-LX AWD.

Honda's CX-5 rival tested

Andrew Maclean

Uber isn't the only player in the ride-sharing game.

Would you share your car?

Alessandra Melville

Rectangular change: An artist's impression of a rectangular ANZ Stadium.

Turf war brewing between NRL, AFL and GWS over ANZ Stadium

EXCLUSIVE
Adrian Proszenko

Australia's Emily Seebohm starts when winning the gold medal in the women's 200-meter backstroke final during the ...

Seebohm breaks Australian drought with gold in Budapest

Laine Clark
36 mins ago

Safe - for now: Des Hasler watches the last minutes of play as the Panthers end the Bulldogs' season at Pepper Stadium.

Dogs boss heads off rogue play for Barrett to replace Des

Danny Weidler

The much-anticipated bout between Sonny Bill Williams and Paul Gallen looks set to become a reality.

Sonny Bill-Gallen agree terms, fight could break new ground

Danny Weidler

Mood change: Heath Shaw of the Giants and team mates celebrate as they greet fans in their changeroom after besting ...

Cameron defends Shaw after players clash post-GWS win

Tom Decent

Will Langford plants a kiss on Swans vice-captain Jarrad McVeigh.

That's 'disrespectful', says McVeigh of Langford kiss

Jon Pierik

Looking forward: Rob Simmons was a key member of Australia's team at the World Cup.

Simmons and Douglas aren't finished with Wallabies

Tom Decent

James Sutherland was optimistic about an outcome 'in the next few days'.

ACA warning: Arbitration over pay war may not save the Ashes

Jon Pierik

Offload: Issac Liu looks for support as he's tackled by Gavin Cooper.

Roosters defeat Cowboys to stay in hunt for minor premiership

Michael Chammas

Low friction: Old-fashioned club rivalries are disappearing as more teams share venues.

NRL's retro round shows genuine club rivalries are all but extinct

Roy Masters

Season over: Rabbitohs players looks on after another Canberra try.

Maguire comes out swinging over concussion ruling

Dominic Bossi

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