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Rupert Murdoch with son Lachlan Murdoch.

Murdochs lost grip on Ten by making one crucial mistake

COMMENT

The Good Universities Guide ranked Bond University at number one for overall experience, followed by Notre Dame and ...

Two universities come out on top for job prospects - and salaries

Steven Ciobo: "The statement aligns with Australia's position on resisting protectionism and increasing trade ...

Chinese crackdown to hurt Australia's $47b golden goose: Minister

President Donald Trump, left, and White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner who was present in the Russian meeting at ...

While Trump had eye on White House, his empire had eye on Moscow site

Top guns: Jayne Hrdlicka, Alan Joyce and Gareth Evans.

Qantas shares tumble despite profit amid news of shake-up at top

Courts.

Man jailed for nine years after woman found $9000 in her son's pants

1 hr ago

Motorcyclist killed in crash on M5, traffic queued for kilometres

35 mins ago

Billionaires repaid, shareholders get nothing in Ten deal

UPDATED

Charities vow they will not be part of dramatic visa crackdown

Michael Koziol

'B list' properties fail to sell as market cools for spring

Man accused of raping girl on her way to school to undergo DNA test

1 hr ago

Ali Mohammed Moussa, 43, appeared in Blacktown Local Court on Monday August 28, 2017, on firearm charges after his ...

Sobbing father refused bail as police investigate if girl was shot dead during game

A concerned Noosaville resident called a local snake catcher after spotting a python in her bathroom skylight.

'Thought it was dead': Woman gets a shock while having shower

Thanasi Kokkinakis.

New smalls, please: Australian's unusual find in locker at US Open

Dean Mercer.

Surf lifesaving champion dead after Gold Coast crash

A 92-year-old war veteran was robbed

Smartphones are creating a new wave of 'cyber-flashing'

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Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally

The Note 8 features the largest screen on a smartphone yet.

Samsung reveals largest smartphone display ever at Note 8 launch

On target: McGregor landed some clean shots early in the contest.

How Mayweather and McGregor pulled off the fleece of the century

Season seven's finale, 'The dragon and the wolf', will go for a record 80 minutes.

Everything you need to know ahead of Thrones finale

Taylor Swift has hit out at her critics in her new music video.

Taylor Swift drops tongue-in-cheek video for new single

Daniel Holdom

Man allegedly killed woman before turning on her toddler daughter

'Culture war': Premier dismisses mayor's $11m plan for city crossing

Covered in blood, with the TV on: Court told of neighbour's shock find

Forensic police examined the house on Danny Road in Lalor Park after a girl was shot dead.

Father charged with gun offences after girl, 3, shot dead

UPDATED

Waters off Sydney are about 18 degrees - warmer than air temperatures as winter comes to a formal end.

Sydney shivers, but worst of winter almost certainly behind us

Peter Hannam

Former long-time principal Ali Roude settled court proceedings with the school in 2015.

Private school to pay back $4.3 million after illicit profits

EXCLUSIVE

Ryan Corr (left) and Craig Stott in Holding The Man.

Gay hate crime theory behind attack on Sydney theatregoers

Three 21-year-olds were killed instantly in the crash.

Three backpackers die in crash in Victoria

Joe Hinchliffe

The fast food giant pays no weekend and limited late-night penalties.

McDonald's defends not paying weekend penalty rates

Labor Premier Mark McGowan and his wife enter the state conference.

Labor pledges $9.6m to WA's first drug and alcohol rehab prison

WA

Snow in Bungendore on Sunday

It's been snowing in parts of Canberra

ACT

Michael Zavros in his studio.

What do Australia's top artists hang on their walls?

Banksy, whose real identity remains unknown, has taken a dim view of efforts to profit from his public street art.

Hidden Banksy on toilet wall discovered under layer of paint

A communal area in Quarters, a co-living space on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Frat house for adults: The living arrangement that's taking off

Photo: Houzz

This is how much you should pay for a quality mattress

Nicole da Silva stars in Doctor Doctor on Channel Nine.

Nicole da Silva's first home: 'I waited until last minute to bid'

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

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Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

Property bubble won't burst - but it may slowly deflate

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Government losing its resistance to rent-seeking businesses

Ross Gittins

Child using ipad

Driven to distraction: Mobile screen time warning

Ebony Bowden

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media after his tour of the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station on Monday.

Cruel theatre: Turnbull's desperate attempt to stop departing voters

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Turnbull accused of ignoring 'easiest way' to cut power prices

James Massola

Bill Shorten's plan to neutralise Captain Cook debate

Asylum seekers on their first day in the compound on Nauru in 2012..

Charities, advocates, unions join forces to fight crackdown

Michael Koziol

Minister Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Lawyers representing asylum seekers 'un-Australian': Dutton

Sunverge chief executive Ken Munson said Australia's high penetration of rooftop solar, where one in five homes use ...

Renewable industry to bust without clean energy target: analysts

Malcolm Turnbull at the Snowy Hydro power station in March.

Malcolm Turnbull to announce millions for Snowy Hydro project

Trade minister Steven Ciobo

'Don't put our eggs in one basket' says trade minister

Kirsty Needham

Several hundred Rohingya trying to flee Myanmar got stuck in a "no man's land" at one border point barred from moving ...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi links 'terrorist' attacks to aid workers in Rahkine State

Lindsay Murdoch

Exiled Tibetans show support with India on the Doklam standoff in New Delhi

China, India agree to withdraw troops from Doklam flashpoint

Kirsty Needham

Jayveon Murphy, 10, makes is way through floodwaters from Harvey to check on a neighbour at his apartment complex in ...

Harvey flooding 'beyond anything experienced'

Samuel as a toddler today.

Australia is bankrupting its global standing

COMMENT
Claire Higgins

Hurricane Harvey as it crossed the Gulf coast on Saturday.

Houston, you have a problem, and it's of your own making

COMMENT
Peter Hannam

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis.

The problem with property doomsayers

COMMENT
Jessica Irvine

Rupert Murdoch with son Lachlan Murdoch.

Murdochs' spectacular own-goal on Ten Network

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

A class action against Treasury Wine has resulted in a settlement.

A $49m hangover after tipping millions of bottles down the drain

Darren Gray
1 hr ago

Seville Estate in the Yarra Valley.

WeChat, Weibo in focus for Aussie wine's $50m push

Darren Gray

The ASX had a poor start to the week as earnings season winds down.

ASX heads south as banks weigh

Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins

Qantas in executive overhaul as shares lose altitude

Patrick Hatch

CBS to take over Ten for $123m; shareholders miss out

UPDATED
Lucy Battersby

$91 booking fee? ACCC takes ticket reseller to court

Lucy Cormack

Chinese investment in Australian property drops 69pc

Carolyn Cummins

While men might think they have theor bedroom moves down pat, science and women disagree.

This one-in-three statistic has men hanging their head in shame

Life on Mars

The Ned in London has become the "it" hotel for stylish travellers. The Vault bar and lounge is a members only section.

Five luxury hotels that are the perfect blend of work and play

First Class

Scott Johnston got his finance approved well before he bought his apartment in Melbourne's Richmond.

Organise finance early this spring property season

John Collett

Superannuation contributions can be used to reduce your capital gains tax liability.

How super contributions can reduce capital gains tax

Noel Whittaker

Adam McAsey, the founder of 8 Degree Projects which operates hospitality venues in Bali, says he loves island life.

Bali born but going global

Cara Waters

Georgina McEncroe has launched ridesharing company Shebah.

Kids on wheels: the Uber alternatives for kids

Kate Jones

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Surf lifesaving champion dies aged 47

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Alleged 'camouflage rapist' behind bars

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M5 fatal causes long traffic delays

36 mins ago

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Peter Dutton angry at lawyers helping asylum seekers

Matt Golding

Best of Fairfax cartoons Aug 28

Younger stan august

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

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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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Justin Bieber fans were disappointed to miss out on his 2013 concerts after tickets were found to be bogus.

'People were in tears': Concert promoters slam Viagogo

Michael Lallo
1 hr ago

Taylor Swift has hit out at her critics in her new music video.

Taylor Swift drops epic video for new hit single

Broede Carmody

Local content, like Offspring, should remain safe.

What does the CBS takeover mean for Network Ten?

ANALYSIS
Michael Idato

Season seven's finale, 'The dragon and the wolf', will go for a record 80 minutes.

Everything you need to know ahead of Game of Thrones finale

Broede Carmody

Edinburgh winner: Australian Hannah Gadsby

Comedian Hannah Gadsby wins top prize at Edinburgh fest

YouTube, Spotify... All the records are tumbling to Taylor Swift's comeback.

Taylor Swift's new single breaks streaming records

Elahe Izadi

Horror filmmaker Tobe Hooper has passed away, aged 74.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper dies

Pat Saperstein
31 mins ago

Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in 1939's Gone With the Wind.

US theatre cancels 'insensitive' Gone With the Wind screening

Andrew R. Chow

Australian architect Angelo Candalepas has designed Sydney?s newest Mosque in Puncbowl which uses a combination of ...

'Mosque 2.0' - a startling modern take on Islamic tradition

Linda Morris

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

A fitting, cheesy tribute to the master of Montreal

John Shand

Spectrum Mag - August Kehlani

Young firebrand leaves many of her contemporaries for dead

Jonathan Seidler

DJ Khaled, left, Nicole Tuck, right, and their son Asahd arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The MTV VMAs red carpet resembled a wake for America

Jenna Clarke

A recognisable Margot Robbie on the red carpet in London in August 2016.

The truth about 'unrecognisable' female actors

Natalie Reilly

Paris Jackson arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo ...

Why the world can't get enough of Dior's $1250 undies

Melissa Singer

Jay Z, and Beyonce have finally confirmed the meaning behind their twins' names.

Finally, the real meaning behind Jay-Z and Bey’s baby names

Nicole Economos

Lorde arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in a lavender strapless ball gown with a feather skirt from L.A.-based ...

All the stars on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet

'Need a Mom' Nina Keneally charges by the hour to be a sounding board, teach basic domestic skills, and provide life and ...

Would you pay someone to mother you?

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Billy Ray Cyrus and Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, to the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday.

Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer's mother attends VMAs

Amy Croffey

A Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence found about two-thirds of juvenile offenders were male, and 80 per ...

No choice to walk away: When the domestic abuser is your child

Jenny Noyes

Two-year-old Logan Vanderkleed with his mother, Lisa.

Toddler killed after getting head stuck in car window

Samuel Johnson reads GTFTS.

Samuel Johnson's bedtime story for exhausted parents

Rumi and Sir: Jay-Z has shared the meaning behind his newborn twins' names.

The poetry behind Beyonce's twins' names

Service with a broad smile.

Flight test: This is the world's friendliest cabin crew

Julie Miller

With planning, you can make flying easier and cheaper.

Don't buy the cheapest: 20 ways to get the best value plane ticket

Michael Gebicki

Maldives island.

Ten island paradises that harbour shocking secrets

Oliver Smith

White beans with spicy chipotle.

Weekly meal planner: Whip up dinner with these quick cheats

Metal Monkey knives

Five handmade Australian knives you'll want in the kitchen

This bean salad with lime and haloumi also works as a vegetarian taco filling.

Meat-free Monday: Adam Liaw's Mexican cannellini bean salad

The Samsung Galaxy Note8.

Samsung has a better AI than Bixby. Where is it?

Retro's at Fortitude Valley held a Tinder party on Saturday night, but hardly anyone knew it was on.

I went to a Tinder party no one knew was on

COMMENT

Nest Protect brings smoke and CO alarms into the smart home age.

Smart smoke / carbon monoxide alarm stays cool in a crisis

COMMENT

Facebook

Facebook figured out my family secrets

Gizmodo

2015's revamped Apple TV.

Apple plans 4K Apple TV reveal, sources say

Audi is set to adopt a new naming convention tied to vehicle outputs.

Audi confirms new naming system

Greg Kable

BMW is celebrating 40 years of its 7-Series luxury sedan.

BMW 7-Series special edition revealed

Dom Tripolone

2017 Suzuki Swift GLX Turbo

New turbo Suzuki Swift reviewed

Andrew Maclean

Volkswagen's Autostadt takes a clever approach to vehicle storage.

The Breakdown: Parking

David McCowen

Ferrari's Australasian boss has no shortage of clients eager to buy a new car.

How Ferrari courts customers

David McCowen

Bosch has developed a new digital car key.

Why you could soon start your car with a smartphone

Dom Tripolone

peter sterling with mitchell p[earce, origin I, suncorp stadium. NRL Photos

Sterling tells NSWRL board he wants to stay on as Blues advisor

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal by Bangladesh's Mehedi Hasan ...

Live cricket: Australia all out and trailing against Bangladesh

Live

Logical choice: Brad Fittler is considered the obvious option to take over from Laurie Daley as the next coach of New ...

Fittler the answer as NSW coach, but why would he want the job?

Andrew Webster
27 mins ago

Troubled career: Todd Carney in 2014, before he was fired by the Sharks.

Carney's settlement with Cronulla paves way for NRL return

Chris Barrett

Thanasi Kokkinakis.

New smalls, please: Kokkinakis undie-whelmed by mix-up

Darren Walton

Ironman Dean Mercer died after a car crash on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.

Surf lifesaving world mourns the death of legendary figure

Phil Lutton

Brett Papworth spoke to Alan jones

Eastwood president Papworth on the mend after heart attack

Phil Lutton

Shock to the system: The All Blacks got a stern test from the Lions but coach Steve Hansen says it will be a wake up call.

Broken hand sends All Blacks back row dramas from bad to worse

Greg Stutchbury
44 mins ago

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

AFL finals schedule leaves NRL with logistical nightmare

Michael Chammas

Shark Andrew Fifita is tackled by Boyd Cordner of the Roosters.

Sharks request NRL break with finals scheduling tradition

Adam Pengilly

Still smiling: Michael Gordon has moved on from the Eels and the Cronulla Sharks.

'I still enjoyed them': Gordon smiling after seasons from hell

Adam Pengilly

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