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The traditional justification by banks for increasing interest rates is that their own borrowing has become more expensive.

'Walk the plank': CBA investors demand action

Clancy Yeates

ARLC chairman John Grant, lost in a nostalgic reverie over his try-scoring days with Souths in Brisbane.

Is rugby league dying? These stats should concern every footy fan

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Malcolm Turnbull appears increasingly powerless over the same-sex debate.

Malcolm Turnbull casts the shadow of an ideological Tony Abbott

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Sam Kanizay rests in hospital after being bitten while soaking his legs after a footy match.

What really ate Sam: Scientist solves flesh-eating critter mystery

Trump's inevitable looming China clash could be far more consequential for the world.

Beijing knows why it must 'seduce' Trump during China visit

Kirsty Needham

Marcus Rowley was fatally attacked just weeks after his cousin was found dead.

Cousin of woman found dead at buck's party killed at train station

Who really paid $393m for one-fifth of Virgin Australia?

ANALYSIS

US will 'pay price': North Korea hits back at sanctions

Spotlight turns to rebel MPs after Libs reject gay marriage shift

1 hr ago

'Worst in memory': Three ambulances left to cover Sydney

Teen wife missing for a month when husband ticked 'dead' box: court

Priced out: Georgina Dent.

I sought help when I was young and now insurers are exacting revenge

COMMENT
Georgina Dent

Same-sex marriage enjoys support in the community but the Coalition has struggled to deal with the issue internally.

How did the Liberal Party get into this unnecessary mess?

COMMENT

He put his what where? Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) have a Sex and the City moment.

Game of Thrones finally heats up in Spoils of War

Spoilers

Kasey Edwards

'Boss brain fart': The late-night email test leaves everyone a loser

Yassmin Abdel-Magied left Australia after being hounded in the media and on social media for her comments on Australia Day.

Where were my free-speech defenders?: Yasmin Abdel-Magied

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Gender pay gap by the numbers

The Bachelor's Richie Strahan and Alex Nation at a party in Sydney last year.

Bachelor Richie reportedly splits from controversial winner

Tourists crowd the streets of Dubrovnik.

'Invasion': Uprising against tourists spreads across Europe

Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming.

Today Show hosts make acting debut in Sharknado 5

Snow fell in Oberon during cold weather on Monday August 7. It was the first decent snow for the NSW Central Tablelands ...

Snow falls on Central Tablelands - but it's heating up in Sydney

Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

Martin Place homeless to be moved on Tuesday as Moore reveals plan

Government promises council fix after 'toxic' mayor dumped

Lisa Visentin

Perrottet 'let off tight family leash' on night of alleged assault: court

The man shot by police at Grafton has since died.

'Drop the knife': Cops' warning before two shots rang out

Conditions in the Snowy Mountains are set to only get better this week, according to the nearby resorts.

'Pretty gusty': Thredbo hit by strongest wind in a year

Finbar O'Mallon

NSW has some of the highest fines in the world for cycling offences.

Cycling fines soar in first year of harsher penalties in NSW

Matt O'Sullivan

Police have charged a man with malicious damage after he allegedly poured an acid-like substance on parked cars in ...

Bus driver charged after cars vandalised with acid

Rachel Browne

NSW EPA took a dim view of the oversight of Forestry Corp.

NSW EPA blasts conflicts of interest in forestry bill

Peter Hannam

ACT Policing are targeting drug dealing in Canberra's city centre.

Weekend drug busts target capital's 'entertainment' district

ACT

Police wish to speak to these men over the incident.

Police seek group of men over brutal attack on couple

WA

Betty Cuthbert has died aged 79.

Olympic champion Betty Cuthbert has died, aged 79

UPDATED

Matthew Perry, star of Friends, was also in the Odd Couple reboot.

Friends' star Matthew Perry splurges on $25 million penthouse

Easy bathroom tips and tricks – and things to steer clear of

Windy Beach was more popular in NSW than any other state.

Looking to repaint? The most popular colours in your state

Australian couple Thomas and Darren have turned a former brothel into their Amsterdam home.

Couple transforms Amsterdam brothel into penthouse apartment

A customer sits inside one of the Breathe salt rooms at The Wellery on the second floor of the Saks Fifth Avenue ...

Department store swaps Armani for bootcamp and salt rooms

A rare breed: Film director Jocelyn Moorhouse.

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A rare breed: Film director Jocelyn Moorhouse.

A rare breed: More women making films, still not enough

Karl Quinn

Justice Party senator Derryn Hinch.

Untrusting voters demand tangible action

EDITORIAL

Workers are vulnerable in the vitual workplace

COMMENT
Linda Tucker

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was not prepared to back a free vote in Parliament.

Turnbull government agrees to postal plebiscite on gay marriage

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

As it happened: Just seven MPs speak out against plebiscite

Live
Stephanie Peatling

The shadow of Tony Abbott hangs over Turnbull

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Senator Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 7 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Transcript: Mathias Cormann explains gay marriage policy

Gilead's Truvada antiretroviral treats people living with HIV.

Hopes high breakthrough HIV drug will be subsidised

Adam Gartrell

Western Australia Liberal Senator Dean Smith poses at home for a portrait on February 6, 2015 in Perth, Australia.

Hard to imagine a more gentle group of guerrilla fighters than these men

Matthew Knott

A collection of bitcoin tokens stand in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. The ...

The bipartisan push for Australia to back bitcoin

Eryk Bagshaw

Trump's inevitable looming China clash could be far more consequential for the world.

China smooths road ahead of Trump's visit

Kirsty Needham

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, talks with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop at the ASEAN forum in the ...

Australia denounces China's South China Sea aggression

Lindsay Murdoch

The German NGO migrant rescue boat has been put under preventive seizure as Italian authorities investigate what they ...

Aid group in the Med fear far-right hacker attack

Nick Miller

From left, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono, Indonesia's Foreign Minister ...

Neighbours in South China Sea tiptoe around the real issue

ANALYSIS
Lindsay Murdoch

Despite all their criticisms, Australians who participated in the Fairfax-Ipsos focus groups have some admiration for ...

The time bomb the major parties can't afford to ignore

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Pupils at Rozelle Public School protest against the proposed location of unfiltered emissions stacks near their school.

Schools and emissions stacks don't mix

COMMENT
Sunil Badami

Peter FitzSimons.

How did the Liberal Party get into this unnecessary mess?

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev did not signal any intent to step down on Monday.

'Walk the plank': CBA investors demand action

Clancy Yeates

Illustration: John Shakespeare.

Narev not the one with the tough call to make at CommBank

CBD
Colin Kruger, CBD
41 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in April flagged changes to the Citizenship Act and Migration Act, which is being ...

In 'limbo': business groups slam citizenship changes

Nassim Khadem

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield

Investors betting on reform push up media stocks

Lucy Battersby

Mining industry push for individual work agreements

Anna Patty

Lack of sleep costing economy more than $66 billion

Anna Patty

Who really owns this big stake in Virgin?

ANALYSIS
Patrick Hatch

Is CBA a deal or a dog? Wary fundies split on bank's prospects

Jessica Sier

Lekker's Damsko was inspired by Dutch canal boats.

Dutch bike brand Lekker just released the ultimate party boat

Handsome Things

Tom Ford has released a highly succesful line of male oriented products including concealers and bronzers.

Are you man enough for this controversial grooming trend?

Grooming

Pre-existing conditions make buying adequate life insurance and income protection prohibitively expensive.

I sought help for mental health. Now insurers are exacting revenge

COMMENT
Georgina Dent

Medical bills in the US can be steep, so ensure you have adequate travel insurance.

The $693 hotel bill that stuffed up my unrelated insurance claim

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Brewer James O'Shea, entrepreneur Michael Burton and James Ruel.

Pub with no beer? Not any more

Cara Waters

Kimberley Turner founded Aerosafe Risk Management when she was 18.

Risky business: from Black Hawk down to rising star

Cara Waters

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Penrith move to eighth in NRL thriller

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China urges North Korea to stop missile tests

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Dollar commentary turns fanciful

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Crane collapse bars residents from returning

Surfers brave the large and heavy sets of waves coming onto Bondi Beach, on August 2, 2017, Sydney. Photo:Jessica Hromas

Fairfax photos of the week - August 3, 2017

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It is happening again. The new Twin Peaks is now streaming. Only on Stan.

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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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How to create a better customer checkout experience

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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He put his what where? Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) have a Sex and the City moment.

Game of Thrones finally heats up in Spoils of War

Spoilers
Karl Quinn

Masterful acting, but not the accent: Elisabeth Moss as Detective Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake: China Girl.

Moss' Australian accent still 'woeful' in Top of the Lake sequel

Broede Carmody

Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming.

Looking grim: Today hosts make acting debut in Sharknado 5

Rob Moran

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld may dress immaculately for shows but remains as relaxed as ever on stage.

Review: Seinfeld barely wastes a word with slick stand-up

Martin Boulton

A rare breed: Film director Jocelyn Moorhouse.

What's wrong with this picture? Australia's gender gap reveal

Karl Quinn

Taylor Swift claims Colorado radio host David Mueller groped her in June 2013.

Taylor Swift set to testify in groping case against radio host

Jeremy Clarkson has a point to prove with his Amazon show. If he can keep the car on the road.

Jeremy Clarkson in hospital with pneumonia

Bolling has been suspended while Fox News investigates a report that he sent at least three female colleagues a lewd ...

Fox News suspends another host following lewd texts

Paul Farhi

Ellen Kirkwood's music turned out to be as loftily ambitious as her subject matter.

Big questions provoke dramatic musical response

John Shand

The mature blackbutt tree has been suspended horizontally 10 metres off the ground of a CBD laneway.

Is it a bird? A plane?No, it's a tree flying over a city street

Linda Morris

Chryssy Tintner with dancers rehearsing for a performance of <I>The Seven Deadly Sins</I>.

Giving a voice to the silenced and persecuted

Peter Munro

The Bachelor's Richie Strahan and Alex Nation at a party in Sydney last year.

The Bachelor's Richie Strahan and Alex Nation 'split'

Amy Croffey

The Mediterranean diet is better for the hearts of some.

Why the Mediterranean diet only works for the wealthy

Sarah Berry

There's one problem with the email response test approach: it doesn't work. It's a disaster.

The 'loyalty test' your boss might be using on you

Kasey Edwards

Actors Anna Faris, left, and Chris Pratt pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Guardians of ...

The internet is not handling this major Hollywood break-up well

Nicole Economos

That meme about relationships being a series of emails apologising for not replying was very relevant.

'Hope you're well!' What we really mean when we say this

Natalie Reilly

Taking to Instagram while on holiday, Hilary Duff said she has no time for body shamers who point out 'celeb flaws' in ...

Hilary Duff shuts down shamers with perfect 'flaws' comeback

Aaron Carter in late 2015. The pop star makes rare appearances for music performances.

'Doesn't bring me shame': Aaron Carter comes out as bisexual

Nicole Economos

Reni Eddo-Lodge is appearing at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.

As a four-year-old, I believed I would turn white one day

Reni Eddo-Lodge

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'My mum doesn't seem that interested in my baby'

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Rock your baby to sleep with the sounds of Justin Timberlake

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Is it okay to reprimand a stranger's child?

Tourists crowd the streets of Dubrovnik.

'Go home': Anger boils over as tourists overrun Europe's hotspots

Virgin Australia's latest business class seat is cleverly designed.

Flight test: Crew get flirty on Virgin Australia's new international route

Craig Platt

Oktoberfest is the most popular beer festival in the world, but it's not the Germans who love beer the most.

Not Aussies: The countries that drink the most beer revealed

Oliver Smith

What's the secret behind creamy cafe-style scrambled eggs?

What's the secret behind creamy cafe-style scrambled eggs?

Neil Perry and David Jones CEO John Dixon hope to inspire shoppers with the new David Jones' food hall at Bondi Junction.

David Jones opens 'Disneyland of chocolate, cheese and beef'

Chicken kapitan with fragrant rice.

Weekly meal plan: Neil Perry's chicken curry and paleo fish patties

LinkedIn first started testing the service last month.

LinkedIn's Tinder for mentors sounds creepy

Australians can't hang up on their home phones when the mobile networks are still full of black spots even in the cities.

Fix for mobile coverage needed before NBN

COMMENT

Tacoma

Review: Tacoma is a multi-layered sci-fi masterpiece

Note

Galaxy Note 8: what we think we know so far

Gizmodo

A previous partial lunar eclipse in Sacramento, California.

Stargazers preparing for lunar eclipse on Tuesday

2017 Holden Trax

What is the best Trax model?

Andrew Maclean

Mazda has announced an expanded partnership with Toyota.

Toyota and Mazda join forces

Drive Staff

Mercedes-Benz will launch its first EQ models in Australia in 2019.

Mercedes reveals electric future

Stephen Ottley

2017 Peugeot 208 Active.

Peugeot cuts 208 and 2008 prices

Dom Tripolone

2017 Hyundai i30 SR.

What small car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Mercedes-Benz is developing its first AMG-only Australian dealership in Sydney.

Australia's first AMG-only dealer set to open

Stephen Ottley

Five gone: ARL Commission chairman John Grant made some ambitious promises with his strategic plan in 2012.

Is rugby league dying? The stats should concern every league fan

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

Parramatta captain Tim Mannah says he feels for players at clubs under salary cap stress.

We haven't agreed to $9.2m salary cap, say players

Chris Barrett

Disbelief: Manny Pacquiao reacts after his loss to Jeff Horn in Brisbane. He wants a rematch.

Sweat and blood await Horn as he prepares for Pacquiao rematch

Phil Lutton

Mitchell Moses: I'm definitely a lot happier person."

'I'm finally fulfilling my potential at Parramatta': Moses

Michael Chammas

Revitalised: Will Genia training with the Wallabies.

Rebels emerge as frontrunners to sign Genia

Tom Decent

Darren Shand told the court he stared at the listening device in disbelief.

'What is that?': Shock at bug found in All Blacks' hotel room

FFA

FIFA delegation to oversee last chance to end bitter FFA dispute

Dominic Bossi

First picked: Wallabies captain Michael Hooper will start, but other positions in the back row are more uncertain.

Wallabies back-row battle heats up ahead of Bledisloe Cup

Tom Decent

All smiles: Newcastle Knights will be operated by the city's Wests Group, after members overwhelming voted in support of ...

Wests Group set to takeover Knights after members vote 'yes'

Robert Dillon

Tearing up: Tupou has been a key finisher in the corner for the Sydney Roosters.

Roosters top-four finish hopes hit snag as winger ruled out for six weeks

Matt Encarnacion

GOOD WEEKEND. BRISBANE Peni and Lisa Fotuaika, parents of NRL player Mosese at the Brisbane Cemetary where he was ...

Wests Tigers focused on mental health after death of Fotuaika

Roy Masters

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