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BARCELONA ATTACK

Some of the pedestrians injured when a van drove through crowds on Las Ramblas, Barcelona?s most famous street, killing ...

One Australian missing, four injured among victims from 24 countries

Live
4 mins ago

Friends Julia Rocca, Steph Lamb, Julia Monaco and Alana Reader on holiday in Rome.

'I've never been so terrified': Australian friends escape carnage

Craig Butt

Police officers stand next to the van involved on an attack in Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain.

Five attackers carrying suicide belts killed by police near Barcelona

UPDATED
50 mins ago

Donald Trump first told the pigs' blood story during the election campaign.

Trump tweets false Islamic pigs’ blood tale after Spanish attack

David Nakamura

Protesters at a marriage equality rally outside Sydney's Town Hall.

This is why I'll be voting 'no' to same-sex marriage

COMMENT
Kevin Donnelly

Chevron had abandoned its High Court appeal.

Public purse wins tax billions as oil giant folds in court battle

Eryk Bagshaw
46 mins ago

Senator Nick Xenophon is a key player on the Senate crossbench.

Nick Xenophon caught in dual citizenship net

Amy Remeikis

Pedestrians struggle with the wind in Sydney. 18th August 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

Strongest winds in a year cause large-scale blackouts, damage

1 hr ago

Frame grab from Game of Thrones season 7 episode 3 'The Queen's Justice'.

Australian Film studios, Foxtel deal massive blow to pirate websites

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$62,400 a year: Sydney suburbs with the highest mortgage repayments

Matt Wade

Jones endorses CBA boss Narev as new ARU chief exec

EXCLUSIVE
Tom Decent

'Distraction': Aussie wine giant slammed for $3000 staff bonus

Spy chief reveals 'critical' force in fight against terror

Fergus Hunter

Dead man 'tragically foreshadowed' being shot minutes earlier

Joanne McCarthy

The Telstra wake-up call for one million Australians

COMMENT

Wind

Commuters brace for chaos as strong winds impact trains, ferries and roads

Live
1 hr ago

Shane Perkins representing Australia at the London Olympics.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to Aussie Olympic medallist

1 hr ago

Sarah Monahan (bottom centre) played Jenny Kelly in the hit series Hey Dad!.

Pro-paedophilia troll avoids jail time for harassing Hey Dad! star

The Age, News. Hamish and Andy for story on the second series of their upcoming show.Pic Simon Schluter 17 August 2017.

Hamish and Andy: Australia has reached peak reality TV

Butlers at New York's The Plaza Hotel have tended to the request of kings, queens and heads of states.

Twelve surprising things I learned as a butler at a big New York hotel

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Barcelona terror attack: Four suspects shot dead

Children's book writer and illustrator Bob Graham has collaborated on or created 90-odd books.

From a smudge to winner of best children's book

Alec Guinness as the original Jedi legend.

Legendary Jedi master to be main focus of New Star Wars movie

Crocodile tears? Leah's stress at meeting Matty J's sister seemed strange to the other girls.

The Bachelor's worst-kept secret has finally been aired

Emma Stone topped the list with earnings of around $33 million last financial year.

Rising star crowned as world's highest-paid actress

Leader of Tent City Lanz Priestly talks to police at Martin Place on August 11, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by ...

A tale of two Sydneys: first class and baggage

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

'We lived in a state of innocence': The murder that rocked a town

Murdered staffer's family seeks land-clearing code delay

Peter Hannam

Hornsby mayor Steve Russell says he has fallen out with members of the party over his stance on council mergers.

'Couldn't make this up': Council demands $22m bill paid in a week

James Robertson

spring

Abnormally warm winter predicted to extend through spring

Peter Hannam

Council fined over faecal faux pas: West Wallsend Swim Centre.

Nappy fail at NSW pool triggers $15,000 fine

Tim Connell

Patronage on Sydney's train network has surged over the past year, placing greater urgency on plans for public transport ...

Opal figures reveal Sydney passenger rail network 'risk'

Matt O'Sullivan

Bradley Pen Dragon on his release from a Thai jail in 2006.

Notorious sex offender who spent 13 years in Thai prison walks free

1 hr ago

Cleaner Judith Barber poses for a photo at the United Voice Union Office in Haymarket Sydney, on August 15, 2017. To go ...

After 10 years in a good job, Judith Barber fears it's about to change

A tourism operator took these images as they flew over the site on a trip.

Tourism fears after Rio Tinto bulldozer spotted near Hoizontal Falls

WA

Tanja Ebert.

Nine days after Tanja went missing, police made a grisly discovery

Tresco on the waterfront at Elizabeth Bay is set on 3300 square metres of land.

Rare landmark Elizabeth Bay mansion hits the market

Photo: Houzz

This is how much a kitchen renovation actually costs

Clifftop homes

Life on the edge: World's most amazing homes on cliffs

A trip to Hawaii might be slightly more appealing, but Australia's strong dollar is hurting nation's economy.

Why we should all be cheering for a low Aussie dollar

Analysis

Hyde Park has a special place in the history of Sydney.

The trials and ultimate triumphs of Sydney's central park

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Goodluck: "Yes David" Bruce Goodluck said tonight you have found the real chicken suit that I had on last night, the ...

Game of groans: The long history of parliamentary props

COMMENT
Damien Murphy

The government wants to raise the Medicare levy from 2 per cent of income to 2.5 per cent in order to fund the National ...

Everyone should pay their share for the NDIS

Editorial

Justin Shoulder prepares for the world premiere of <i>Carrion</i> at the Liveworks festival.

Love, desire and a post-human spectre for Liveworks

Garry Maddox
1 hr ago

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Senator Nick Xenophon is a key player on the Senate crossbench.

Citizenship shock: Nick Xenophon says he won't resign

Amy Remeikis

Another government senator under a cloud over business interests

Eryk Bagshaw
19 mins ago

Turnbull must reassure Australians as faith in the Parliament crumbles

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

ASIO director general Duncan Lewis.

Muslims 'absolutely critical' to fight against terrorism: ASIO

Fergus Hunter

Nationals Fiona Nash Barnaby Joyce Matthew Matt Canavan

Citizenship crisis: What the hell is going on with the Nationals?

COMMENT
James Massola

Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash.

Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash reveals she has dual citizenship

Amy Remeikis, Adam Gartrell

Senator Pauline Hanson wears a burqa during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 17 August 2017.

Hanson burqa stunt ignites firestorm over religious freedoms

Amy Remeikis

Women hold candles during a vigil to protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls in New Delhi. India is home to ...

10-yr-old rape victim gives birth in India

36 mins ago

Injured people are treated in Barcelona, Spain, after the vehicle attack.

Barcelona terror attack: What we know so far

46 mins ago

Authorities investigate a truck after it ploughed through Bastille Day revellers in the French resort city of Nice last July.

Terror attacks using vehicles in past year

A defaced General Robert E. Lee statue stands at the Duke Chapel in Durham, NC.

Trump 'sad' about removal of 'beautiful' Confederate statues

Clancy Glover's tales of the city.

What your dog really wants to say to you

RICHARD GLOVER
Richard Glover

The NSW government will spend more than $1.5 billion making over Sydney stadia.

Sydney stadium cash-splash is obscene waste of money

Garry Linnell

Anne Summers on her wedding day in 1967, which turned out to be 'pretty awful'.

Why I can't bring myself to throw out my wedding dress

Anne Summers

Chevron had abandoned its High Court appeal.

Tax windfall worth billions as oil giant folds on court challenge

Eryk Bagshaw
46 mins ago

Shares are set for a poor start to the day.

Markets Live: ASX unsettled by Washington woes

Live
Patrick Commins and Jens Meyer

James Murdoch has derided Trump's response to Charlottesville: 'Standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good ...

'No good Nazis': James Murdoch takes $1.3m stand against Trump

53 mins ago

Austrac alleges CBA repeatedly breached anti-money laundering laws.

ATM scandal: Austrac says CBA is the only offending bank

Clancy Yeates
18 mins ago

Telstra could cut its ties to Foxtel in pay TV float

Lucy Battersby

David Jones rolls out new concept store to capture foodies

Carolyn Cummins
1 hr ago

Aussie gold miner's shares soar as Thai ban lifted

Lindsay Murdoch
1 hr ago

Tweeter in chief: How much is Trump worth to Twitter?

A new study puts to bed the longstanding argument about adding water to whisky.

This is officially the best way to drink whisky, according to science

Fine Drinks

Dimitriades is back in Network Ten's remake of <i>Wake In Fright</i> later this year.

'I was a trainwreck': Has Alex Dimitriades finally grown up?

Culture

Sea change: Amber Joyce and her son Billy on the beach in Thirroul.

How one couple is saving $19,338 a year on childcare

Georgina Dent

Illustration: Simon Letch

Ask Noel: will the Seniors Supplement be restored?

Noel Whittaker

Dannielle Michaels and Monique Filer are the founders of b.box for kids.

Little moments of everyday sexism as a female entrepreneur

Cara Waters

Sound like a local and you can disguise incompetence. Sound like a foreigner and you could unfairly struggle.

'You'll never get a job': The foreign accents that limit your career

COMMENT
James Adonis

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New Star Wars movie to focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Alcanar house explosion linked to Barcelona attack

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Sydney flights cancelled as wild winds expected

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Citizenship net catches another

Federal Politics
55 mins ago

Illustration: Simon Letch

Best of Fairfax cartoons Aug 18

Younger stan august

The truth is out in the brand new season of Younger - now streaming only on Stan.

The other guy stan

Brand new Stan Original Series The Other Guy - 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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Brown appeared to blame Rihanna for provoking his 2009 attack.

Chris Brown documentary criticised for 'victim-blaming'

Rob Moran
56 mins ago

The Age, News. Hamish and Andy for story on the second series of their upcoming show.Pic Simon Schluter 17 August 2017.

Hamish and Andy: Australia has reached peak reality TV

Broede Carmody

Children's book writer and illustrator Bob Graham has collaborated on or created 90-odd books.

From a smudge to winner of best children's book

Linda Morris

Total Eclipse singer Bonnie Tyler will perform her hit during next week's solar eclipse.

We need this more than ever: Bonnie Tyler to sing during eclipse

Rob Moran

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi.

New Star Wars movie to focus on legendary Jedi master

Michael Idato
1 hr ago

Jennifer Lawrence makes four appearances on Vogue's September issue's four covers.

Rising star named new highest-paid actress, ousting J-Law

"Our dad told each of us, over and over throughout our lives, 'Children, you can choose love or hate. I choose love,'" ...

Johnny Cash's children denounce late singer's neo-Nazi fans

Randy Lewis

On Monday night's program, the ABC's Tom Tilley interviewed a caller who claimed to be Jewish and said he welcomed the ...

How the alt-right trolled Triple J's Hack program

Broede Carmody

Emily Walters (Diane Keaton) and Donald Horner (Brendan Gleeson) get to know each other in a scene from Hampstead. Both ...

Have the 'age limits' for romance been erased from movies?

Paul Byrnes

Showstopper: Emma Matthews as Dame Nellie Melba

Emma Matthews lands diva's greatest hits with force

Jason Blake

"Why shouldn't Australians have the opportunity to see the great works of their countrymen that are being performed and ...

What next for Adelaide after the triumph of Saul?

Andrew Taylor

There's a persistent mindset that an absence of sex is something to be worried or ashamed about.

I'm not 'sexless' or 'asexual', I'm just not that into it

Clem Bastow

Another reason to eat your fruit and veg: Diet affects the odour-attraction factor.

Women prefer the smell of men who eat fruit and vegetables

Sarah Berry

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai shades her eyes against the sun at a school for Syrian refugee girls, built ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to study at Oxford

Karla Adam

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Myer stages the most Australiana spectacle since Sydney 2000

Jenna Clarke

Women who are suffering from stress incontinence or dryness after childbirth or menopause can benefit from the treatment.

The beauty treatment we don't often speak about

Stephanie Darling

Swift is donating money to the Joyful Heart Foundation.

Swift donates to sexual assault charity, thanks post-it fans

Jill Serjeant

Mel B with her estranged ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, their daughter Madison, and Mel B's daughters Angel and Phoenix.

Eddie Murphy dragged into Mel B divorce

The only thing worse being the two single friends left in my social circle is being the absolute last.

When you're the last friend in the group to hit life milestones

Suzanne Zuppello

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Grandma sends an invoice for 'expenses' after teen's visit

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I'm a victim of my children's taste in music

57 mins ago

A mum's go to do what a mum's go to do.

Pink shows even rock star mums need to pump milk

Butlers at New York's The Plaza Hotel have tended to the request of kings, queens and heads of states.

12 surprising things I learnt working as a butler at a NY hotel

Brandon Presser

Squish the baby flamingo.

Squish: abandoned baby flamingo in booties will melt your heart

What do they top French Fries with in the Netherlands?

Quiz: What do the Dutch typically put on their French Fries?

Mal Chenu

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 11: Shrimp brined fried chicken, soy and syrup at Paper Bird in Potts Point on AUGUST 11, ...

The other KFC: Potts Point's new hotspot for fancy fried chicken

44 mins ago

Dan Lepard's hamburger tops and tails.

How to throw the ultimate '70s burger party

Wine. Wines of Tasmania flavours, pear, honeycomb, honey, white, whites, generic. SMH THE (SYDNEY) MAGAZINE Picture by ...

Attack, swish and savour: Three tips to find your go-to wine

Mark Zuckerberg is cracking down on hate speech, both internally and on the public Facebook.

Facebook closed 'anon' conservative group

Broadband isn't just about how fast you can download data at home, it's also about fast you can send it.

Aussie smart homes choking on slow speeds

COMMENT

Tim Cook with US president Donald Trump in June.

Tim Cook slams Trump's Charlottesville response

Counter-Strike

Study suggests certain games harm the brain

Kotaku

Mania

New Sonic may be best the series has ever been

Subaru's new XV takes on best and highest selling baby SUVs on the market.

Which is the best small SUV?

David McCowen

2018 BMW Z4.

New BMW Z4 revealed

Greg Kable

The car that cleans the air

David McCowen

2013 Land Rover Discovery 4.

The dangers of buying a used Land Rover Discovery

David Morley

The Holden Colorado will compete in the 2018 SuperUtes series.

Holden Colorado goes racing

Stephen Ottley

2017 Peugeot 3008.

Peugeot's new Mazda CX-5 rival tested

Drive Staff

Weak link: Ofa Tu'ungafasi has already suffered at the hands of the Wallabies.

The slim chance the Wallabies can cling to for Bledisloe opener

ANALYSIS
Paul Cully

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan.

Stripping accreditation for lies a 'good idea', says AFL boss

Val Febbo
46 mins ago

Hamstrung: Bevan French.

Eels' top four hopes hit two more stumbling blocks

Michael Chammas
19 mins ago

Alan Jones has been a vocal critic of the ARU in recent times.

Jones endorses CBA boss Ian Narev as new ARU chief executive

EXCLUSIVE
Tom Decent

Shane Perkins representing Australia at the London Olympics.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to Aussie Olympic medallist

1 hr ago

Injury blow: Australian skipper Meg Lanning.

Injury blow as Aussie skipper out of Ashes series

James Buckley

Leading from the front: Caitlin Bassett.

Aussie netballers vote for new skipper

James Buckley

Australia's Jason Cadee attempts a layup as he runs into teammate Nick Kay.

Boomers to face Tall Blacks in semi-final

Roy Ward

Michael Gordon returns from injury for the Roosters.

Gordon cleared to return for Roosters

Steve Zemek
1 hr ago

"That's distruptive": James has hit out at reports saying halves Taylor and Elgey want Henry sacked.

'It's BS': Titans skipper fires up in defence of Neil Henry

Michael Chammas

Crisis meetings: James Graham could be on the way out.

Graham on Dragons' radar as Dogs call rentention meeting

Michael Chammas

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