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Archbishop Denis Hart wants Catholics to vote no.

Just say 'no': Catholics rallied on same-sex poll

UPDATED
11 mins ago

The teacher who taught the wrong maths course to HSC students since the beginning of the year has been formally sacked.

Teacher who taught wrong HSC maths course sacked

15 mins ago

Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter Khandalyce Pearce.

'A trophy of sorts': The chilling photos taken by accused killer

Ava Benny-Morrison

Westfield said it was reaffirming its full-year funds from operation guidance.

Westfield fends off Amazon with bold new strategy

Carolyn Cummins

Troubled online sports retailer Surfstitch has called in administrators.

Troubled online sports retailer forced to call in administrators

Mortgage Choice CEO John Flavell said he thought banks may wind back some of the recent curbs on interest-only lending.

Property investors to benefit with lending rates tipped to ease

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Travel giant's decision signals the end of dirt-cheap airfares

56 mins ago

Shock recall as Michael Cheika resists mass axings

Tom Decent

Dual citizenship saga will drag on until at least October

Malcolm Turnbull's lack of control is on full display

COMMENT
John Hewson
1 hr ago

Time for a raise? Five ways to manage your boss

1 hr ago

Flight Centre founder Graham Turner.

The $300,000 CEO who just made $95 million

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Meghan Trainor clearly knows better than to bite the little hands that feed her.

US popstar hits out at Australian anti-marriage equality ad

UFC star Conor McGregor has lost sight of his origins.

Why the McGregor vs Mayweather fight is a production sham

Culture
1 hr ago

Turia Pitt's first baby with fiance Michael Hoskin is due in December.

Turia Pitt: 'Three things I will teach my son'

Single man

The relationship advice married men want to give single men

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Toddler takes over newsroom

As the rally dragged on into the night, many in the crowd lost interest in what the President was saying.

As Trump ranted and rambled, his crowd slowly thinned

Princess Diana Funeral 6 September 1997 Coffin leaves Westminster Abbey in hearse with Prince Charles Prince Harry ...

Prince Harry speaks over father's reaction to Diana's death

Apple plans to release three new iPhones next month, reports have said.

New iPhone gives company $5.2b boost - but it's not Apple

A scene from the film version of The Boy in Striped Pyjamas.

'Deeply offensive' Book Week costume a 'wake-up' call

John Ibrahim and his business partner Margaret Staltaro.

Police pulled over John Ibrahim's 'work wife'. Something was 'amiss'

Stephanie Gardiner

Michael Atkins' dark secret finally comes to light after nine years

Merhi enters plea to weapons charge after 'bomb plot' raid

Rachel Olding

An artist's impression of a proposed light rail service through Parramatta.

Popular pub among properties to make way for new light rail line

Matt O'Sullivan

NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge said monuments that only celebrated Macquarie were ignorant of history and insensitive.

Statue's future in doubt as Clover Moore calls in advisory panel

Andrew Taylor

Gladys Berejiklian and Parramatta MP Geoff Lee at Incheon Aiport, Seoul. 23 August 2017. Photo Supplied

'Will change lives': Premier's plan for new airport site

Kirsty Needham

Several students at Coonamble High School have been taught the wrong HSC mathematics course since the beginning of the year.

Year 12 students spend year learning wrong HSC maths course

Defiant: AOC president John Coates.

I won't quit: Coates defiant after report on toxic AOC culture

UPDATED
Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

One lucky Perth punter will never have to work again.

Never work again: Lucky punter wins $20K a month for 20 years

WA

Salt levels vary wildly between pasta sauce brands - use packaging's "per 100 grams" column to compare products.

The pasta sauce with 90 times more salt than the best options

Several girls were suspended over an incident in which students were threatened in the bathroom at Killester
College.

Catholic schoolgirls suspended after fight streamed on Facebook

VIC

Mary Crawley, 93, has been the licensee at the Tattersall's Hotel in Barringun for 40 years.

The 93-year-old publican parting with her beloved outback pub

Plans are afoot to shift the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta.

What Sydney could learn from Adelaide about flogging public assets

Comment

Leamington St today.

The phantom Sydney suburb with a gruesome past

Alice Glenn and Hazel Brown with their young children.

'It's a huge effort' to host Airbnb, so ... why bother?

Rowan Atkinson famously crashed his McLaren F1, twice.

Forget property, you should have bought one of these 10 years ago

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As fighters approach 'Sydney', scientists game way to victory

Liam Mannix

Representatives from the local Indigenous community at the public forum to discuss the decision by Darebin Council to ...

Australia Day: time to start national conversation

COMMENT
Gregory Smithers

Like the S8 and S8+, the Photo, Galaxy Note 8 features an 'Infinity Screen'.

Samsung is 'moving on' as it launches Galaxy Note 8

Nassim Khadem

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Bill Shorten says the government has lost the plot, but there could be truth to its $150 billion tax rise claim.

Cormann's claim Labor plans $150b in taxes hinges on one big decision

James Massola

Citizenship saga will not be resolved until at least October

Michaela Whitbourn

Law Council criticises 'unprecedented' citizenship laws

EXCLUSIVE
Fergus Hunter

"New enrolments are lower than I would like": Labor foreign affairs spokesman Penny Wong.

'Yes' side battling to sign up young voters as electoral roll closes

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has painted a doomsday scenario for Australia's economy under a future Shorten government.

Back in the USSR: Cormann accuses Shorten of 'socialist revisionism'

"Nothing comes above my relationship with Miguel": Rob Nay, left, with his partner Miguel Luciano.

Cancer diagnosis prompts heartfelt plea to PM on gay marriage

Dr Michael Gannon, President of the Australian Medical Association .

Plan to drug test welfare recipients gets a 'nasty star': AMA

Australia's top overseas spy chief Nick Warner with Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in Manila.

While children die, our spy chief fist-bumps with Duterte

COMMENT
Lindsay Murdoch

Yingluck Shinawatra thanks supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court for her final statements on August 1.

Thai soldiers 'prepared for troublemakers' ahead of trial

Lindsay Murdoch

Udai Faisal died on March 24 of acute malnutrition at al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen.

Inside the world's worst humanitarian crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands in Sochi, Russia.

Threatening Syria strike, Israel says Iran is greater threat than IS

55 mins ago

A new report recommends reducing regulatory oversight of Sydney casinos.

Commonwealth Bank scandal shows danger of lack of casino oversight

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls
10 mins ago

Trump uses his rallies to speak directly to his base, far from the troubles of Washington DC.

What it's like to be at the frontline of a Donald Trump rally

COMMENT
Josephine Tovey

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten should agree to audit the citizenship status of all MPs.

Turnbull's lack of control on full display

COMMENT
John Hewson
1 hr ago

David Jones' total sales grew 1 per cent to $2.2 billion.

David Jones profit slides as shoppers close wallets

Patrick Hatch
22 mins ago

Miners were once again the standout performers in the ASX on Thursday.

ASX gains as investors dig miners

Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins
28 mins ago

Flying high: Flight Centre founder Graham Turner.

Rising airfares trigger $95m boon for Australia's 'best value' CEO

COMMENT
Colin Kruger, CBD
1 hr ago

Australia is the world's second-largest exporter of LNG.

Australians are now paying 'desperation price' for gas

Mathew Dunckley
42 mins ago

Crackdown on interest-only loans tipped to ease

Clancy Yeates
1 hr ago

Nine calls for cap on prices for sports rights

Lucy Battersby
1 hr ago

Online sports retailer calls in administrators

Patrick Hatch

Westfield shopping centres' big move to fend off Amazon

Carolyn Cummins

UFC star Conor McGregor has lost sight of his origins.

Face off: Why McGregor versus Mayweather is a total sham

Culture
1 hr ago

Give way: a cyclist waits at an intersection.

Five cycling-related rules all road users should understand

If your boss asks you to "take care of something", communicate about how you plan to tackle it.

How to manage your boss

Catherine Robson
1 hr ago

Illustration: Simon Letch

How tax deductions for investment work

Noel Whittaker

The challenge of regular annual leave will intensify in the coming decade.

Holiday hell for part-timers, contractors

COMMENT
Tony Featherstone

Taylor Tran visited hundreds of coworking spaces across Australia and globally.

Coworking grows up

Taylor Tran

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Proposed joint bid to buy Ten

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Magda Szubanski's emotional marriage equality plea

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Samsung launches Galaxy Note 8

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Typhoon Hato batters Hong Kong

A Chinese woman browses a smartphone on a sofa displaying a panda and bears at a shopping mall in Beijing, Monday, Aug. ...

World of Photos - August 24, 2017

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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Singer Paulini Curuenavuli (top) performs during a media call for the Melbourne production of The Bodyguard at The ...

Singer Paulini leans on Bodyguard cast amid bribery allegations

Broede Carmody
1 hr ago

The US popstar's face was featured in an ad for a group promoting the 'No' vote in the plebiscite.

Meghan Trainor hits out at anti-marriage equality ad

Rob Moran

Not good at deadlines: Author George RR Martin.

George RR Martin 'too busy' to watch Game of Thrones

Broede Carmody

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight.

Martin Scorsese set to produce 'gritty' Joker origin story

ANALYSIS
David Betancourt

Magda Szubanksi delivered an emotional plea on The Project ahead of the postal vote enrolment deadline.

Magda Szubanski in emotional marriage equality plea

Rob Moran

Swift on the cover of her new album, Reputation.

'Reputation': defiant Taylor Swift teases new album

Jenny from the Block knows how this Survivor game is played.

Getting Matty J's attention takes strategy of Survivor

COMMENT
Aja Styles

Jimeoin was among the shortlisted finalists.

15 best jokes from Edinburgh Fringe revealed

Elisabeth O'Leary

In Damien Power's <i>Killing Ground</I>, Chook (left, Aaron Glenane) and German (Aaron Pedersen) are the visitors of ...

A worthy addition to the outback psychopath hall of fame

Jake Wilson

Claire Holt and Mandy Moore in shark thriller 47 Metres Down.

Duo in too deep as some fin wicked this way comes

Paul Byrnes

Three amigos: Tex, Don and Charlie drew heavily on their recent album <I>You Don't Know Lonely</I>.

Tex Perkins picks a fight with his guitar - and comes out on top

John Shand

Clementine Ford with her baby son.

How I survived my first year of motherhood

Clementine Ford

Protesters sporting a Fred Perry polo that they've adopted as their signature garment.

The fashion industry has been weaponised. It needs to speak up.

Robin Givhan

Celine Dion is having her best year yet.

Celine Dion's magic technique for answering awkward questions

Annie Brown

Donald Trump followed Hillary Clinton around the stage during the second election debate.

Trump made Clinton's 'skin crawl' during debate

Cleve Wootson Jr. and Amy Wang

FILE- In this March 11, 2015, file photo, Actress Shailene Woodley poses for photographers upon arrival at a central ...

The 2020 US election ballot is looking like an Oscars after party

Mary Ward

British actor Gemma Arterton has described the body-shaming she experienced in Hollywood.

Gemma Arterton's 'emergency' exemplifies our weight problem

Sarah Berry

Designer Camilla Franks is expecting her first child with fiance JP Jones.

Camilla Franks is sorted for her own maternity wardrobe

Amy Croffey

At the dawn of the computing revolution women, not men, dominated software programming.

How women got crowded out of computing revolution

COMMENT
Stephen Mihm

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Should teens be allowed to start school later?

The parents of a four-year-old girl duct-taped to a chair want answers.

Parents' anger after daughter duct-taped to chair at daycare

Turia Pitt's first baby with fiance Michael Hoskin is due in December.

Turia Pitt: 'Three things I will teach my son'

There huge differences in length, layout and construction of airport runways depending on factors, such as location.

Holes, crashes, delays: Things you didn't know about airport runways

Hugh Morris

Overcrowded: Tourists walk through the Stradun, the main street in the coastal town of Dubrovnik.

'Don't send any more': The problem with too many tourists in one city

Michael Gebicki

Jetstar will fly Boeing 787 Dreamliners on its new China route.

Jetstar launches its first direct Australia-China route

Craig Platt

Chimichurri salsa is drizzled over grilled provoleta.

Introducing provoleta - Argentina's answer to fondue

Salmon and fennel soup.

Soup + sandwich = dinner sorted

Jill Dupleix

Dessert at Frenchies Bistro & Brewery.

Just open: Bistro meets brewery at Frenchies in Rosebery

The Galaxy Note8 and the iPhone 7 Plus.

Specs: Galaxy Note8 v iPhone 7 Plus

Note8's extra screen space is great for doodling.

First impressions of Galaxy Note8

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Inside Lockheed Martin's secret Australian war lab

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Samsung 'moves on' as it launches Galaxy Note8

Robotic bartenders at the Tipsy Robot in Las Vegas

Robot bartenders arrive at Las Vegas Strip

2017 Mini Countryman John Cooper Works.

Driven: Mini's sportiest SUV

Drive staff

2017 Suzuki Celerio.

Suzuki axes Celerio

Dom Tripolone

The Portofino uses a folding hardtop roof to protect occupants from the elements.

Ferrari unveils California successor

Greg Kable

Audi wants to develop a solar panel roof for future EVs.

Why the sun could charge your EV

Stephen Ottley

2018 Volkswagen T-Roc.

VW's Mazda CX-3 rival revealed

Greg Kable

The 2015 Hyundai Santa Cruz concept.

Hyundai confirms ute

The Drive Team

AOC president John Coates said there was no reason for him to resign.

I won't quit: Coates defiant after report into dysfunctional AOC

UPDATED
Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Battered: The Wallabies were humiliated by the All Blacks.

Hansen warns All Blacks of more physical Wallabies

Richard Knowler

Shock recall: Rob Simmons.

Shock recall as Cheika resists mass axeings

Tom Decent

Face-off: Floyd Mayweather, left, and Conor McGregor at a news conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Mayweather and McGregor use racial conflict to sell fight

Adam Kilgore

Usman Khawaja batting without his front pad.

Aussies use old trick to prepare for Bangladesh spin

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson.

'No integrity': leading AFL coach wants pre-finals bye axed

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Angus Young of AC/DC.

Rock climbing: It's a long way to the top on a ski ergometer

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

ESPN's Robert Lee, left, and Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Commentator removed from broadcast because of his name

Gina Cherelus

Working his way back to fitness: Daniel Tupou.

Key Rooster nearing full fitness

James Buckley
1 hr ago

Rival captains: Gareth Ellis (left) of Hull FC and Wigan Warriors' Sean O'Loughlin.

Despite strife, rugby league's holy place remains pure

Steve Mascord

Double trouble: Cronulla's John Morris celebrates victory in a controversial finals clash in 2013, the last time there ...

NRL double-headers could be coming back to Sydney

Adrian Proszenko

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