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Australian wages have stalled at record low of 1.9 per cent.

'Hardly anyone is escaping': Millions of workers take hit

Eryk Bagshaw

Lieutenant General Angus Campbell at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Army chief's warning to most lethal soldiers in nation's history

1 hr ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. fedpol ...

Labor set to deploy counter-attack if the PM goes nuclear

EXCLUSIVE
1 hr ago

Lines

New Australian image could unlock one of the world's top mysteries

Jonathan Holmes has his salary disclosed in media and the sky didn't fall in.

I've had my salary outed - other Hanson demand is far more dangerous

COMMENT
Jonathan Holmes

Flags flying over Richmond Town Hall, where Yarra Council took its controversial vote.

Turnbull strips council of citizen power after Australia Day vote

Tom Cowie

Trump's office lists One Nation as threat after maiden speech

Freedom looms for Bali Nine member as sentence cut touted

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

Australian terrorist and two of his children killed in strike: reports

Ibrahims' mother questioned after police find loaded gun in home

UPDATED

Trapped man dies after strong winds topple two walls in Sydney

Kelly Trump

'This wasn't our plan': Trump staff left reeling as President goes off the rails

ANALYSIS

David Jones

DJs blasted over response to fan's controversial post about model

HBO Spain leaks Game of Thrones season 7 episode 6.

Game of Thrones beset by another leak of latest episode

Julie Bishop said she would find it difficult to trust New Zealand if Labour were elected.

The Project NZ delivers savage Julie Bishop smackdown

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How to explain climate science to that person who just won't listen

1 hr ago

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Animals rescued from war-torn Aleppo zoo

In this combination photo, President Donald Trump appears in the White House in Washington on March 13, 2017, left, and ...

'One chance left': Kathy Griffin reveals 'nuts' demand

The Corso opposite Manly Beach in Manly.

Suburb where backpackers rub shoulders with millionaires

The median house price to income of Sydney is nine times, compared to 6.2 times in New York and 3.2 times in London.

Why Sydney dropped out of world's top 10 most liveable cities

Reigning champion Serena Williams is aiming for an Australian Open return.

Serena's 'outrageous' timetable to get back on court after birth

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the trial of Wi-Fi, provided by advertising giant APN Outdoor, was a ...

'No timetables': Sydney commuters to trial on-demand buses

Matt O'Sullivan

Sydney wakes up to hottest August morning on record

Traffic pain as sun rises on $500m toll road - and drivers hit the exit

Matt O'Sullivan

Sydney Harbour against the backdrop of a stunning sunrise created by smoke haze from hazard reduction burns in Sydney.

Calls for earlier alerts after smoke cloaks Sydney again

The bones of 99 dogs were found in the mass grave.

Greyhound trainer and family banned over mass grave

Carrie Fellner

Michael Nedelkovski’s Toyota Hilux ute was left hanging precariously close to the edge of the cliff.

Sydney teen avoids penalty over Sea Cliff Bridge crash

Jim Longley will step down by the end of the year.

Top public service CEO resigns months after payment scandal

The funeral service for Betty Cuthbert at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, on Wednesday, August 16, 2017.

A fond farewell to our golden girl Betty Cuthbert

WA
1 hr ago

The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children.

ACT hospital has same combustible core as Grenfell Tower

ACT
1 hr ago

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'Congested, confusing': This is Melbourne's 'roundabout of death'

VIC
1 hr ago

For sale: The Beerepoot home.

Home 'owned by God' to be auctioned after owners fail to pay rates

Ex-Gold Logie nominee Bec Hewitt and hubby Lleyton at the 2006 Logies.

Finally an ace: Hewitts sell penthouse after six years

The country house that graphic designer Dunstan Low put up as a raffle prize.

Woman spends £40 on raffle tickets, wins countryside manor

Uncool and uncomfortable: black leather couches are just not nice, writes Daniella Norling.

Decor don'ts: Show me a black couch and I'll show you the door

Opinion

Despite Alicia Clifford having her name removed from the lease she was blacklisted after her housemates were evicted ...

'It was devastating': The blacklist Alicia had no idea she was on

The Edge, an office building in Amsterdam.

Why working in an office is getting under our skin

A portrait of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a vehicle drove through counter protestors in Charlottesville, Va., ...

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A portrait of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a vehicle drove through counter protestors in Charlottesville, Va., ...

On racist violence, President Trump confirms worst fears

Editorial

Screenwriter John Collee (front) with three scientists who are taking part in the cli-fi forum ... (from left) Adriana ...

Cli-fi forum sees TV drama as one solution to global warming

Garry Maddox

Easton James and wife Cecilia had to cut short a holiday to Malaysia four months ago to accompany their eight-year-old ...

Readers share horror stories about free travel insurance

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Julie Bishop, flanked by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Christopher Pyne ...

Government counter-attack over Joyce a clumsy smokescreen

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
1 hr ago

1258 days later, this image could unlock the MH370 mystery

Michael Koziol

Army Chief's warning: Abusers can't be trusted on the battlefield

1 hr ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. fedpol ...

Labor plans citizenship counter-attack if PM goes nuclear

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell
1 hr ago

Barnaby Joyce during a State of Origin touch rugby match at Parliament House Canberra on Wednesday 26 June 2013. Photo: ...

Will Barnaby back the All Blacks for the Bledisloe war?

SKETCH
Tony Wright

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time

As it happened: the day in politics from Parliament House

Stephanie Peatling

The government has soured relations with New Zealand after attempts to deflect criticism of deputy prime minister ...

Turnbull government looks to pursue 'nuclear option'

Sinet Chan, left, was rescued from a Cambodian orphanage by Australian Tara Winkler, right. Sinet Chan has given ...

Australians told to withdraw support of overseas orphanages

Lindsay Murdoch

Renae Lawrence was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Bali for drug trafficking.

Bali nine prisoner recommended for sentence cut

Jewel Topsfield
1 hr ago

Chris Evans was revealed to be the highest paid star at the BBC.

Salary list 'forced BBC to confront gender bias'

Nick Miller

President Donald Trump unchained.

Donald Trump the 'Alt-right' president

ANALYSIS
Nick O'Malley

Demonstrators in Los Angeles decry hatred and racism.

From Civil War to Charlottesville: How America has changed

COMMENT
Bob Carr

The Australian Electoral Commission, Bondi Junction branch, starts the process of counting the votes in Wentworth for ...

The one good thing about the ABS same-sex marriage postal plebiscite

COMMENT
Peter Martin
1 hr ago

One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson.

What One Nation's plans for the ABC would mean

COMMENT
Jonathan Holmes

Sales growth throughout Vicinity Centres's 84 malls slipped last financial year to 0.4 per cent from 2.1 per cent in the ...

Shopping centres bank on coffee and salons amid retail slump

Patrick Hatch
1 hr ago

Negative postings on the stockmarket board.

Mild gains on ASX mask spicy results moves

Jens Meyer, Patrick Commins

Australian wages have stalled at record low of 1.9 per cent.

Australian wages stall at record low of 1.9 per cent

Eryk Bagshaw

Tim Worner and Amber Harrison were at the centre of an ugly court battle.

'Reasonable question': Seven West CEO ditches bonus after affair

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD

Westfield hits Milan as fashion stores underpin its results

Carolyn Cummins

Scandal-plagued Aveo sees its profits double, shares jump

Simon Johanson

Activist investor Elliott raises stake in BHP

Netflix will prove the critics wrong, just like Amazon

COMMENT
Joe Nocera

The E63 isn't light – it tips the scales at 1955kg

Does this four-door prove there is such a thing as too much power?

Cars

Change your body with just a few small life adjustments.

Eight simple ways to get lean in less than a month

Boot Camp

Easton James and wife Cecilia had to cut short a holiday to Malaysia four months ago to accompany their eight-year-old ...

Readers share horror stories about free travel insurance

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Smaller companies can do very well for investors, but are hard to find.

Crowd-sourced equity funding on its way

John Collett

Mike Pritchett is the founder of Shootsta where a third of the employees are women.

What Australian businesses are doing to avoid 'bro culture'

Christine d'Mello

'Every year in Australia, there are high-income earners who use discretionary trusts to park their money in a lower tax ...

Will Labor tax trusts to extinction?

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Peter Dinklage says don't buy Huskies

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Moment car ploughs into Charlottesville protest

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Council loses citizenship powers

1 hr ago

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Powerful moment for this politician

Federal Politics

Government supporters perform a parody involving a Venezuelan militia up against Uncle Sam, a personification of the U.S ...

World of Photos - August 16, 2017

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Gather the congregation for the brand new season of Preacher - now streaming only on Stan.

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They're Swedish guys and private eyes, Swedish Dicks - 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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HBO Spain leaks Game of Thrones season 7 episode 6.

Never reigns but it pours: Game of Thrones beset by another leak

Michael Idato

Ariana Grande, left, and Miley Cyrus perform at the One Love Manchester tribute concert in Manchester on Sunday, June 4.

Manchester bombing families to receive $400,000

Jesse Mulligan has delivered a savage monologue aimed at Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop.

The Project NZ delivers savage Julie Bishop smackdown

Broede Carmody

Talia Linz, left, and Alexie Glass-Kantor, co-curators of <i>The Public Body .02</I> at ArtSpace, have brought together ...

Too hardcore? 'One of the most explicit exhibitions seen'

Linda Morris

Paulini Curuenavuli is accused of paying the Roads and Maritime Services worker $850 in exchange for an unrestrcited ...

Singer Paulini 'too busy' to instruct lawyer on bribery charges

Kathy Griffin has revealed a grovelling letter she was encouraged to send to Donald Trump after a video of her posing ...

'One chance left': Kathy Griffin reveals 'nuts' demand

Broede Carmody

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.

'Huskies ain't direwolves': GoT star's message to fans

Rob Moran

Karl Stefanovic says Australia Day should be changed to January 1.

Karl Stefanovic's Australia Day change of heart

Broede Carmody

John Collee screenwriter

Like sci-fi? Try cli-fi. It might just help save the world

Garry Maddox

Emma Dunch: Pleased to be coming home.

Emma's back where she started - but this time she's the boss

Nick Galvin

Artistic Director and Leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra : Richard Tognetti.

A dream come true - one of the things that keeps Tognetti going

Nick Galvin

Adut Akech fronts the new David Jones beauty campaign.

David Jones under fire for controversial apology

Jenna Clarke

Taylor Swift alleges she was subjected to groping by a DJ.

Swift's win sends powerful reminder to all women

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Kerri Sackville.

Who is likely to be cheated on? Well, all of us

Kerri Sackville

Robyn Lawley says for ''too long we've been making women feel inadequate and forcing them to feel like they just hate ...

'It was a horrible cycle of hate': Robyn Lawley's revealing story

COMMENT
Sarah Berry

Tiffany Scanlon (right) with her ex-girlfriend, Megan Marx, whom she met on The Bachelor.

Tiffany Scanlon's words of caution for Alex Nation

Amy Croffey

Serena Williams is sharing the highs and lows of pregnancy on social media.

Serena Williams: 'I'm not really a baby person'

Annie Brown

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, pictured with Dakota Johnson, said the label's Dapper Dan reference was an ...

The new way fashion is dealing with copycats

Clare Press

Mindy Kaling arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2017.

'It’s so unknown to me:' Mindy Kaling confirms pregnancy

Nicole Economos

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Recall: Prams, strollers portacots

Serena Williams is sharing the highs and lows of pregnancy on social media.

Serena Williams on the harsh reality of 'cankles'

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New sleep chart has parents laughing heads off

A group of tourists at the popular Hula Hula beach bar on Hvar, Croatia.

Drunks, nudity: European island's crackdown on bogan behaviour

Rick Lyman

Norwegian Bliss

Amazing new cruise giant will have its own racetrack on board

Some readers are no fans of me talking about Donald Trump.

Yes, I'm going to rant about Trump in a travel column. Here's why

Ben Groundwater

Karen Martini's roasted root vegetable soup with cinnamon and ginger.

Warming soup recipes for the last days of winter

Save jam jars and use them for storage.

Never buy cling wrap again with these kitchen tips

Salmon fillets with caramelised onions and wilted greens.

How to caramelise onions the easy way

Siemens Australia CEO Jeff Connolly and Swinburne deputy vice-chancellor Aleksandar Subic at Swinburne's campus.

'Factory of the future' gets shot in the arm

The Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor give you eyes and ears at home while you're out and about.

Hands on: Nest indoor, outdoor security cams

COMMENT

Fans of the prank didn't take kindly to an attempt at its removal.

Attempt to remove one of web's oldest jokes ends up enshrining it

The talkative Google Home smart benchtop speaker is launching in Australia this week.

57 things to ask your new Google Home

Lifehacker

Apple's iPhone could soon be charged by simply placing it flat on a charging pad.

Will 'Apple day' make wireless charging cool?

2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI

Driven: New Volkswagen Golf GTI

David McCowen

2017 Holden Commodore SS-V Redline.

Holden plans to say farewell

Dom Tripolone

The Federal Government has reversed its decision to allow parallel imports from Japan and the UK

Parallel imports plan axed

David McCowen

2018 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Speedster

Aston Martin's sporty station wagon

Andrew Maclean

2017 Suzuki Swift GL.

New Suzuki Swift reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Chinese automaker reportedly bids for Fiat Chrysler

Nathan Bomey

Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner believes networks should be rewarded for growing the popularity of sports.

TV sports rights at 'tipping point' after Seven Network loss

Adrian Proszenko
1 hr ago

The Melbourne Rebels are the chief beneficiaries of a deal between the ARU and VRU.

The $20m deal that punted the Western Force out of Super Rugby

Roy Masters

Leading the charge: Sydney Swan Kieren Jack and GWS Giant Callan Ward at ANZ Stadium.

ANZ Stadium may not have hosted last AFL match after all

Andrew Wu
1 hr ago

Bug out: Adrian Gard, (right) has pleaded not guilty to making up claims about finding a bug secreted in a chair in an ...

All Blacks 'bug' can be bought from Australian spy chain

Mark Russell
19 mins ago

Wallabies players Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau in Sydney ahead of the Bledisloe Cup opener.

Folau and Beale key to Wallabies victory over All Blacks

Tom Decent

Bob Holland

Ex-Test spinner faces agonising decision over brain cancer

Michael Parris

Distant memory: Not since 2016 have the All Blacks so outclassed their opposition it was essentially wasting its time.

Dominant All Blacks gone missing

Paul Cully

Former Diamonds captain Laura Geitz gave birth to her first child in February.

The Canberra Times

Photo Jamila Toderas

Geitz in 'unknown territory' in bid for Games return

Murray Wenzel

Sharp shooter: Adam Reynolds has missed only six shots at goal this year.

Reynolds stakes claim as NRL's greatest ever goalkicker

James Buckley
1 hr ago

Newcastle Knights training at Balance Field, Mayfield. Picture shows Joe Wardle

Knights to collect six-figure transfer fee from Super League side

Robert Dillon

Prodigal son: It wasn't that long ago a return to the Blue and Gold was a realistic option for Hayne.

Titans' circus of no concern to focused Eels

Phil Lutton

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