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NEWS: Series on Men and Woman suffering PTSD. Chris May . .31st October 2013... Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times.

What does Trump's Afghan war cry means for home?

David Wroe

One Belt, One Road is President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy project.

'It started with the road': Warning over Xi's mighty new vision

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Lawyer Robert Richter outside court in September last year.

Barrister gave explosive file on murder- he did not foresee reaction

EXCLUSIVE

<i>Modern Family</i> has done well for Ten - but its Sunday repeats are tanking.

When you lose in ratings to show on tow trucks, something must change

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

This July 4, 2017, file photo, distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a ...

North Korea will never surrender nuclear arms, envoy tells UN forum

1 hr ago

Up to 25,500 apartments will be completed in Sydney this year.

Apartments sit empty during boom as Chinese buyers splash cash

He went on and on - but for Trump, remarkable speech may be too late

COMMENT

Divers find remains of missing US sailors in hull of USS John McCain

ARU rejects magnate's eye-watering offer to save team

Winner counts chickens after supermarket war over hot ticket item

'Price could go lower': Shares tumble as IVF competition heats up

NSW Berejiklian bullet fast train

Premier warms up to idea of bullet trains for NSW

EXCLUSIVE
Kirsty Needham

On the outer: Rabbitohs hooker Robbie Farah.

South Sydney Rabbitohs shop Robbie Farah to rival clubs

We're drinking differently, DrinkWise report says.

How our drinking culture has changed in a decade

Too easy: Ryan Crotty makes a break through the threadbare Australian defence.

'Doing it for years': All Blacks break grim news to Wallabies fans

You can't impress an Australian with a beach.

The 13 things you will never hear an Australian traveller say

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How do Afghans see Trump's new policy?

Taylor Swift is set to release her first new solo single in almost three years later this week.

Mystery snake post follows Swift wiping entire online presence

Joss Whedon cultivated a certain feminist mythology about himself and then used that mythology to justify repeated ...

Cheats can be feminist good guys, unless they do what Whedon did

Uncertain future: Gold Coast Titans player Jarryd Hayne at Titans Headquarters on Monday.

Give us Titans gig and we'll rein in Hayne, Walker brothers say

Now into his seventh life, Beric ought to have afew more answers than he does, surely.

Game of Thrones fans' distress over game-changer

Trent Hodkinson, of the Newcastle Knights, takes terminally ill schoolgirl Hannah Rye to her school formal.

Terminally ill teen dies after school formal wish comes true

'Won't improve things at all': $514m bus plan sparks warning

Elite Sydney school's 'catastrophic failure' after camp sex incident

Lola Constance and Ross Madden, two of the 36 people with disability who live in specially-designed units at the Crowle ...

Realisation of a dream is especially sweet for Ross and Lola Constance

Tuesday's entire $20m OzLotto jackpot was won by a Gold Coaster.

The Sydney pubs that hit the jackpot with $117 million windfall

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Nothing drives rezoning windfalls and developer frenzies like transport infrastructure.

Two-minute solution set to make life easier for commuters

Downstream of the Berrima Coal mine.

Berrima pollution a warning for other mines: scientist

Peter Hannam

Caleb, 23, and Annabel, 19, Ziegeler have recorded a satirical song about Pauline Hanson that has been viewed about ...

'Gone crazy': Siblings' Pauline Hanson parody video hits a nerve

Emergency services were kept busy during the East Coast Low storms in early June.

'Urgent' need to help forecast extreme weather

Crown Prince Frederik was in Queensland for a regatta but Princess Mary reportedly did not make the trip.

Denmark's Crown Prince turned away from Brisbane bar

QLD

Australian Medical Association national president Dr Michael Gannon confirmed the AMA promoted and distributed a pelvic ...

'Not our proudest hour': AMA WA admits role in pelvic mesh scandal

EXCLUSIVE

The beachfront home of builder Patrick Finlay has returned to the market.

A year after the storm, Collaroy beach home back on the market

1 hr ago

Cat Rodie is a city girl at heart.

I was ready to make a tree change, but one thing stopped me

Removal of some scaffolding from the Rosewood Bangkok triggered a brief panic that the building was collapsing to one side.

'Tipping' building on construction site triggers minor panic

It takes two to tango: Why borrowers need to take responsibility for their debt

Even if a bank will give you $1 million, doesn't mean you should take it

Comment

Miley Cyrus has started a war with Dolce & Gabbana.

Country star Miley Cyrus buys stunning Tennessee mansion

Lovingly crafted: Benjamin Law with his finished sourdough loaf.

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Lovingly crafted: Benjamin Law with his finished sourdough loaf.

Dough boy: The quest for the perfect sourdough bread

good food
Benjamin Law

The government is reviewing how applications for poker machine increases are assessed.

Revealed: $117 million pokie profits for top Sydney pubs

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Cashing in: Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest.

Twiggy Forrest's iron ore bet pays off with $460m bonanza

Colin Kruger, CBD

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Chris May fought in Afghanistan with the Australian Defence Force.

'Part of their hearts fell out': what Trump's strategy means for home

David Wroe

Multinational tech giants grilled over offshore revenue shift

Eryk Bagshaw

Government pushes court to hear citizenship saga within four weeks

Facebook 'not moving fast enough' to stop fake news in Australia

Amy Remeikis

"I'm sick and tired of hearing people say 'that's my money'": Cheryl, who preferred not to give her last name, at ...

Surprising support in Bankstown for drug-testing trial

Garry Maddox

Attorney-General George Brandis has urged the High Court to see to the citizenship saga as quickly as possible

Inquiry labelled 'waste of time' after judges were excused

Stephanie Peatling

Defence Minister Marise Payne says she will discuss Australian troop numbers in Afghanistan with the US.

Australia to talk troop numbers with US after Trump unveils plan

David Wroe

Damage to the portside of the USS John S. McCain is visible.

Divers find remains of missing US sailors in hull of USS John McCain

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop holds a press conference in Melbourne, Friday, August 18, 2017. Ms ...

Duterte's drug war a 'deep concern' for Foreign Minister Bishop

Lindsay Murdoch

Peter Madsen on board his submarine.

Dark turn in missing journo mystery as a headless torso is found

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Virginia.

Donald Trump clears way for troop increase in Afghanistan

Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Revealed: the minimum income for a healthy life

COMMENT
Ross Gittins
1 hr ago

A white nationalist carries the Nazi flag during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.

An 'old evil' has returned: How can we respond?

COMMENT
Tim Soutphommasane

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Owners and vagrants: Office trend spawns new social hierarchy at work

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Banks are wary about a proposal to give the industry regulator greater power to intervene in remuneration.

Banks face shareholder battle over the bonus BEAR

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Lendlease managing director Steve McCann

Male champions to tackle gender pay gap

Anna Patty

BHP chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie.

'They went too hard' - BHP's American retreat wins plaudits

Darren Gray

Spotless CEO Martin Sheppard was going about his normal day-to-day business on Friday as Downer moved higher up the ...

No Downer as Spotless boss makes abrupt exit

Colin Kruger, CBD

'Huge win' for small business as banks eliminate unfair contracts

EXCLUSIVE
Cara Waters
51 mins ago

Vodafone uses NBN to launch first fixed line products

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

After 93 years on the same famous street, this antiques dealer is going

Simon Johanson

Roast chook standoff brings profits home to Inghams

Patrick Hatch

Nineties inspired sneakers such as Nike's Dunks will be making a big impression.

Slam dunk: The retro sneaker trend you need to know about

Men's Shoes

The new M5 has all the room of a sedan and acceleration power of a sports car.

The luxury sedan that accelerates like a sports car

Cars

Dominic Grevsmuhl works for a company that provides software for online retailers and travels frequently between ...

Australians are being ripped off on currency exchange

John Collett

Lazy investors could do better than the diligent.

Why lazy investors can come out ahead

John Collett

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell says such enterprises need somewhere to go if they feel aggrieved by their ...

'Huge win' for small business as banks agree to eliminate unfair terms from contracts

EXCLUSIVE
Cara Waters
51 mins ago

Cathy Morrissey runs The Renovation College through Facebook.

Meet the Facebook business queens

COMMENT
Alexandra Cain

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Welfare recipients to be drug tested

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Australia to talk troop numbers with US

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Facebook appears before Senate tax inquiry

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Rare white koala joey needs a name

Illustration: John Shakespeare

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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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How to create a better customer checkout experience

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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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A Lannister reunion is on the cards.

What the Game of Thrones' season finale has in store

Broede Carmody

Helliar in June, joking about Ten's financial woes.

Can The Project save Ten from terrible Sunday ratings?

ANALYSIS
Michael Lallo

Taylor Swift is set to release her first new solo single in almost three years later this week.

Mystery snake post follows Swift wiping entire online presence

Rob Moran

Falls Festival 2017/18

Silver anniversary Falls Festival line-up announced

Martin Boulton

Now into his seventh life, Beric ought to have afew more answers than he does, surely.

Game of Thrones fans' distress over game-changer

Broede Carmody

Shorten compared repeated questions over his citizenship status to the Obama birth certificate conspiracy.

Q&A; recap: Shorten emerges unscathed from solo grilling

Neil McMahon

Australian singer/songwriter, Paul Kelly has finally made it to No.1.

Life is Fine after Paul Kelly's first No.1 album in Australia

Martin Boulton

Tina Arena says she has been approached to play the role on many occasions.

Iconic role lures Arena back to the music theatre stage

Nathanael Cooper

Not to be sneezed at: Dancers preview some of the costumes from next year's production of The Nose.

Opera Australia throws itself a welcome home party

Nick Galvin

The Jezabels kept their audience on side with an upbeat set.

Seven-day stint barely enough for The Jezabels

Michael Ruffles

Portrait of singer and venue owner Yaron Hallis among his many camels in Marrickville on 03 August, 2017. Photo: Brook ...

A cheesy tale of two Cohens and a multitude of camels

John Shand

Joss Whedon cultivated a certain feminist mythology about himself and then used that mythology to justify repeated ...

Not just cheating: Why Joss Whedon's behaviour matters

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Taylor Swift shuts down Kim, Kanye, Katy and Calvin with snake clip.

Taylor Swift shuts down Kim, Kanye, Katy and Calvin

Amy Croffey

We're drinking differently, DrinkWise report says.

How our drinking culture has changed in 10 years

Sarah Berry

As a bloke, I was allowed to express a doomsday scenario about parenthood freely and openly, which was quite cathartic.

The key to enjoying parenthood? Low expectations

Paul Chai

Supermodel Emily Ratajkowski looks fierce in a short skirt with a pinstripe trench and boots for a DKNY photo shoot ...

We love to hate bankers. So why do we dress like them?

Melissa Singer

Polly Dunning has calculated that if she returns to full-time work her family would have to fork out $32,900 in ...

Childcare costs more than my salary. Don't tell me to work

COMMENT
Polly Dunning

From left, Channel Seven's Mel Doyle, Nine's Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten's Sandra Sully at Audi Hamilton Island Race ...

Doyle, Wilkinson and Sully get competitive on Hamilton Island

Social Seen
Amy Croffey

Dr Kerryn Phelps believes two parasites whose names are unfamiliar to many of us may contribute to irritable bowel ...

The two gut parasites that most of us haven't heard of

Paula Goodyer

Freedom Eubanks with her newborn daughter Eclipse, named after Monday's total solar eclipse in the US.

Baby girl is total solar Eclipse of her parents' heart

Two boys helped themselves to food and alcohol in a Sainsbury's store

Two boys get locked in supermarket overnight - consume $500 worth of food

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Is this the most incredible cubby-house ever?

You can't impress an Australian with a beach.

The 13 things you will never hear an Australian traveller say

Ben Groundwater

Private Boeing 787 Dreamliner 787 VVIP. Photo: Kestrel Aviation

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that costs $100,000 an hour to fly

Traveller

The fake Qantas website that the 'free flight' posts will take users to.

No free flights: Thousands hit by Qantas Facebook scam

Craig Platt

Bacon and pea soup.

Three Blue Ducks' velvety green pea and bacon soup

Benjamin Law with his finished sourdough bread.

Dough boy: Benjamin Law's quest for the perfect sourdough

Scud city jungle curry.

Chin Chin's $1 million Sydney kitchen finally set to be unveiled

Oreo

Android 8 is officially called Android Oreo

What Mars could have looked like during an ice age 400,000 years ago.

How is it possible that it snows on Mars?

President Donald Trump points to the sun, unprotected, during the solar eclipse.

Yes, Donald Trump did just stare directly at the solar eclipse

The Essential smartphone, with and without its sold-separately 360 degree camera.

Is Essential's Android phone ... essential?

The THeMIS ADDER, from Estonian company Milrem, is a smart unmanned system that could potentially be controlled by AI.

Musk, others warn UN on killer robots

2009 Subaru Forester.

What used SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Audi's S1 offers turbocharged performance.

The sweet spot: Audi A1 Sportback

David McCowen

2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 S 4Matic

The fastest Merc on sale reviewed

Andrew Maclean

Skoda will offer a diesel variant of its Kodiaq seven-seat SUV.

Skoda Kodiaq diesel confirmed

Dom Tripolone

2018 BMW M5.

New BMW M5 revealed

Greg Kable

Great Wall is interesting in buying Jeep.

Jeep denies Chinese sale

Stephen Ottley

Force benefactor: Andrew Forrest at a Save the Force rally in Perth on Sunday.

ARU rejects $50 million offer to save Force from 'Twiggy' Forrest

Tom Decent

On the outer: Rabbitohs hooker Robbie Farah.

South Sydney Rabbitohs shop Robbie Farah to rival clubs

Adrian Proszenko

Uncertain future: Gold Coast Titans player Jarryd Hayne at Titans Headquarters on Monday.

Give us Titans gig and we'll rein in Hayne: Walker brothers

Adrian Proszenko

Israel Folau of Australia takes off.

Folau puts up hand after 'shocking' team performance

Tom Decent

michael cheika trains with wallabies at Sydney Park. credit ARU Media.

Cheika and Byrne respond to Lynagh's Wallabies criticism

Tom Decent

Too easy: Ryan Crotty makes a break through the threadbare Australian defence.

NZ coach reveals why ABs had Wallabies' measure in Sydney

Richard Knowler

Australian adventure: Stanford University and Rice University College football players enjoy the sights alongside Rice ...

College football stars settle in sun-soaked Sydney

James Buckley

Through the gap: Sonny Bill Williams steps through the tackle of Sean McMahon.

SANZAR investigate why SBW wasn't taken off against Wallabies

Tom Decent

Represent: Tim Mannah, Michael Lichaa and Robbie Farah at the media session for the Lebanon World Cup team.

My game didn't suit Hasler's plan: Lichaa

Michael Chammas

NRL players arrive for the The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) mass player meeting to discuss the status of the ...

RLPA Dally M boycott would punish everyone but the NRL

Michael Chammas

Finals trial: Michael Jennings and Parramatta are braced for a re-match against the Broncos.

Eels braced for finals dress rehearsal in Broncos rematch

Chris Barrett

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