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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at his pet project, the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station, on Monday.

Australia's a nation running scared and Turnbull must act

ANALYSIS
40 mins ago

Street Talk.

Missing money: Workers underpaid by $2.85b a year

Burwood councillor Tony Doueihi voted twice on an application for a development in which his son owned an apartment.

The Liberal, his son and the $26m development

EXCLUSIVE
Sean Nicholls

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

Australia ready to support Japan after missile launch

Solicitor, Pauline Wright in the Domain, Sydney. 10th September 2015 Photo: Janie Barrett

'False, misleading': NSW lawyers in turmoil over same-sex marriage

Michaela Whitbourn

Evie Amati, who allegedly attacked two people with at Enmore 7-Eleven on January 7, 2017. Pic from Facebook.

Woman to stand trial over random axe attack in inner west 7-Eleven

Spot the difference: Sydney weather radar to go offline for upgrade

1 hr ago

Why the great Aussie dream of owning a home is over for many

Abbott spent more on travel last year than past three PMs combined

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

COMMENT
Peter Hannam

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

A crane has collapsed into Sydney Harbour near the iconic Luna Park.

'Huge wave of sea spray': Crane working on new wharf crashes into harbour

25 mins ago

Samantha Armytage tells viewers that Prime Minister Malcolm refused to appear on <i>Sunrise</i> during the last election.

'You're full of crap': Kathy Griffin hits out at Samantha Armytage

Marcel Brundler's surfboard and wetsuit had puncture marks after the attack.

'Very, very lucky': Surfer's mad dash saves him from shark

1 hr ago

Golf club next to radar. The BOM are upgrading their Doppler radar in Terrey Hills , one of several being updated. As a ...

Sydney weather radar goes offline to get facts straight on rain, hail

1 hr ago

The $1.2 million No.4 licence plate on the Rolls-Royce of Aussie John Symond.

Sex toy magnate buys NSW licence plate for whopping $2.45 million

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Harvey: Catastophic flooding continues

A cocktail from Bondi Icebergs.

Liquor lords: Celebrating the top 20 bars in Sydney of 2017

Game of Thrones finale ... Daenerys Targaryen's steamy sex scene with Jon Snow.

SPOILERS

Eight fist-pumping moments from Game of Thrones finale

Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg announces birth of second child

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

Australia staring down the barrel of another disaster

The three-year-old girl died after she was shot in the neck at Lalor Park.

Toddler's death sparks call to fix 'watered down' NSW gun laws

On-the-go breakfast products 'more expensive and sugary'

1 hr ago

'Excessive secrecy': Accusations fly over '$1.5b museum blowout'

Daniel James Holdom is accused of murdering Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter Khandalyce in late 2008.

Man allegedly killed woman before turning on her toddler daughter

Courts.

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

An artist impression of the Cloud Arch art sculpture, which will be built by March 2019.

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

May Ritchie, 81, was found dead in her Freshwater apartment.

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

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, a haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip ...

Adani announce start date of $16.5 billion mine

Darebin and Yarra councils have decided to dump Australia Day citizenship ceremonies.

'Overstepped': Why this council will not be changing Australia Day

VIC

Ivan Geoffrey Eades was charged after DNA was found on his alleged victim's clothes.

DNA on cigarette butt': Alleged rape victim upset by Rayney link

WA

New tenancy laws in the ACT could hit renters' back pockets.

Tenants could be forced to pay up to six weeks' rent to break leases

ACT

The No.4 licence plate, seen on the Rolls-Royce of Aussie John Symond, now belongs to wine collector and sex toy magnate ...

NSW licence plate sells for double Sydney's median house price

This five-bedroom house in Longueville sold for $4.23 million in June.

Million-dollar suburbs where residents don't struggle with mortgages

The traditional formal lounge room was a closed-off space generally located at the front of the house. Hannah and ...

Why modern interior design killed the formal lounge room

King & Phillip apartments in Sydney: Within the heritage heart of the legal precinct.

New bronze tower to rise among Sydney's oldest buildings

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A new report says that policy needs to reflect the great Australian dream of owning a home is over for many people.

Great Australian dream of owning a home 'over for many'

A marriage equality rally was held in Melbourne on Saturday.

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A marriage equality rally was held in Melbourne on Saturday.

Liberals find leaders outside the leadership

Editorial

Katherine Langford stars as Hannah Baker in <I>13 Reasons Why</I>.

Netflix needs to conform to Australian helpline standards

COMMENT
Jaelea Skehan

Who will replace ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft?

Could a former CBA exec be about to head ASIC?

Colin Kruger, CBD

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A number of statues in Hyde Park have been defaced by protesters arguing for a change in the date of Australia Day.

Australia: a craven nation that prefers statues to agility

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny
40 mins ago

Australia poised to send military advisers to Philippines, Bishop says

David Wroe

Sea Shepherd abandons ocean face-off with Japanese whalers

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

Australia 'ready to support Japan' following Korean missile launch

Amy Remeikis

Labor senator Katy Gallagher.

Labor's Katy Gallagher denies reports she is a dual citizen

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at his pet project, the Snowy Hydro Tumut 2 power station, on Monday.

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

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott spent more in domestic travel than the previous three prime ministers before him.

Tony Abbott spent more on travel than past three PMs combined

Migrants who were rescued the previous day wait for their transfer to another ship that will take them to Europe, in the ...

EU, African states agree on plan to tackle migrant crisis

A Lebanese soldier salutes the national flag atop an armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek, ...

IS surrenders in Syria-Lebanon border zone

20 mins ago

A customer packs his foodstuff in a cloth carrier bag in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya imposes world's toughest law against plastic bags

A man cleans his face next to a temporary tented village to house asylum seekers at the Canada-United States border in ...

Haitians are fleeing to Canada, driven by misinformation

Jaime Lannister is a complex character.

We're all watching GoT but we're not learning its lessons

COMMENT
Dom Knight

Illustration: Dionne Gain

ASEAN: The Asian strategic player that stinks

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Adult children sometimes deny access to grandchildren if an elderly parent does not agree to be a guarantor.

Great Australian dream becomes a living nightmare for the elderly

COMMENT
Graham Hill

CBA shares are trading at a smaller premium to rivals than they were before Austrac's explosive allegations.

'Straw that breaks camel's back': CBA market darling status at risk

Clancy Yeates
31 mins ago

The ASX board of share prices.

Markets Live: BHP steals CBA's crown

Live
Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins
20 mins ago

New apartment sales fell by 15.7 per cent in July.

Apartment slump pushes home sales down

1 hr ago

A shrinking 'daigou' market has hit Blackmores hard.

China changes hit Blackmores profit but shares up

Darren Gray

Cook collects $112.45m windfall as Apple outperforms

40 years plus: the Great Australian dream could be over

Caltex cuts 120 jobs despite profit lift

The dramatic CBS takeover of Network Ten far from complete

Lucy Battersby

Benjamin Rigby has come come a long way from the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast to the stars: for Benjamin Rigby the sky's the limit

Culture

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

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

Life on Mars

Homeowners are increasingly turning to Airbnb to make extra money.

A homeowner's guide to letting on Airbnb

Melissa Browne

Big homes with pretty gardens are a great base for retirees to entertain friends and family.

The real reason retirees keep their big homes

Rebecca Valenzuela

Bill Shorten explains his trusts policy at the Vodafone National Small Business Summit last week.

Small business trusts face 63 per cent tax rate under Labor

COMMENT
Max Newnham

A river of red wine has been dumped in the streets of Languedoc.

Wine war in southern France has streets running red

Liz Alderman

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Australia under the pump in Dhaka

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Zuckerberg: 'Childhood is magical'

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Harvey: Catastophic flooding continues

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Stranded koala's canoe rescue

SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show 2017. Sophie Westmacott dressed as Hakuei and Katherine Jiang dressed as Kougyoku. ...

Fairfax photos of the week - 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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Ten activities to aid toddler development

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Some Foxtel Now customers experienced issues watching the Game of Thrones season finale on Monday night.

Foxtel Now customers fuming over GoT 'buffering' issues

Broede Carmody
50 mins ago

Jonesy and Amanda

WSFM's Jonesy and Amanda rise in Sydney radio ratings

Rob Moran

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have Nova's drive team nipping at their heels.

Radio ratings: Hamish and Andy lose listeners again

Broede Carmody

Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl will play a secret gig in Sydney.

Dave Grohl to play secret gig in Sydney

Lauren Muscat

Comedian Kathy Griffin lashed out at Samantha Armytage on Sunrise.

'You're full of crap': Kathy Griffin hits out at Sunrise

Rob Moran

Game of Thrones finale ... Daenerys Targaryen's steamy sex scene with Jon Snow.

Game of Thrones finale's Eight great fist-pumping moments

SPOILERS
Karl Quinn

Christine Forster says brother Tony Abbott is 'scaremongering' over the marriage equality vote.

Forster accuses Abbott of 'scaremongering' on plebiscite

Neil McMahon

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

Water music: Between Music's Dea Marie Kjeldsen and four other musicians will be at the Sydney Festival in 2018.

Maybe you sing in the shower - how about singing underwater?

Nick Galvin

Leading the charge: Michelle Lim Davidson, Hannah Waterman and Lucia Mastrantone.

Why the straight, white male may be an 'endangered species'

Elissa Blake

New York rapper Khalid Diouf, who goes by the moniker Le1f, and Waangenga Blanco appear in VIA Alice, a virtual reality ...

Dancer 'Koala' and rapper bare their heart and soles

Andrew Taylor

Kim Kardashian West with daughter North West.

Kimye's daughter North West, 4, gives first 'tell-all' interview

Amy Croffey
1 min ago

Donald Trump had trouble telling two blonde journalists apart.

Trump confused by two blonde women sitting next to each other

Annie Brown

Pauline Hanson told the One Nation AGM the party had candidates in 53 of 94 seats.

Silenced? No, bigots are just angry that fewer people are listening

COMMENT
Clementine Ford
58 mins ago

Look to your kitchen to go the distance.

These common pantry ingredients can improve your performance

Sarah Berry

Attractiveness in the voice is important for the impressions we give our potential partners.

You can tell if someone is attracted to you by their voice

Kim Kardashian West is a poster girl for semi-permanent make-up.

I got permanent eyeliner and I regret nothing

Natalie Reilly

The new family portrait released by Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan welcome second baby girl

A day of action for women across the country to simultaneously report their online abuse to police is being considered.

Should parents worry about their own screen time?

COMMENT
Shevonne Hunt

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Hilarious beliefs we have about parenting before kids arrive

Mel & Clint Edwards

Is this the worst ever question from a mother-in-law?

Pink, Willow & Carey at the VMAs

'Baby girl, we don't change': Pink's moving VMAs speech to her daughter

Who doesn't want to hang out at Berlin's famous Beach Bar?

Forget liveable: Here are the 10 most loveable cities in the world

Ben Groundwater

Qatar Airways' Boeing 777-200LR economy class.

What it's like to be in economy seats on the world's longest flight

Paul Restall

The national park on Mljet.

Ten of the most remote islands you've probably never heard before

John Borthwick

Rachel Khoo's Parisian-inspired pancetta, artichoke and green bean salad.

Rachel Khoo's hearty Parisian bistro salad with pancetta

A cocktail from Bondi Icebergs.

Announcing Sydney's top bars 2017

1 hr ago

Caramel-covered ice-cream from Pimp my Chimney.

Pedj Bojic opens Pimp my Chimney ice-cream van

Those who illictly downloaded Game of Thrones - which is aired first exclusively on Foxtel in Australia - could be ...

Australian pirates to be sued in court

When blended with Mario characters or morphed into Nintendo-inspired enemies, the Rabbids are actually likeable.

Unlikely crossover a silly, strategic success

Morse Micro co-founders Andrew Terry and Michael De Nil expect their chips to be in smart homes by 2020.

Aussie inventors change the IoT game with a new kind of Wi-Fi

Apple insists banks will need to pay to use the iPhone's payments infrastructure.

Apple to unveil iPhones on September 12: report

The Samsung Galaxy Note8.

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

2015 Volkswagen Polo GTI.

What fun hatch should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2018 Volvo V60 Polestar.

Updated Volvo S60, V60 Polestar revealed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Kia Stinger.

Kia Stinger details revealed

Dom Tripolone

BMW's Black Fire Edition SUVs bring an aggressive new look.

BMW prepares for SUV onslaught with special-edition X5M

David McCowen

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

Audi confirms new naming system

Greg Kable

Renault Megane GT Wagon.

Renault Megane wagon reviewed

Stephen Ottley

Sharks skipper Paul Gallen.

Gallen's warning to new Sharks signing Dugan

Matt Encarnacion

Maria Sharapova reacts after defeating Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in their opening round match in the U.S. Open tennis ...

Sharapova returns with electrifying win over Halep

David Waldstein
35 mins ago

Sock shock: Jordan Thompson has claimed the biggest scalp of his grand slam career.

Sock shock as big serving Aussie ousts 13th seed in US Open upset

UPDATED
Darren Walton
1 hr ago

Australia's Nathan Lyon, second right, celebrates with teammates.

Australia surge back with two quick wickets in first session

Live
1 hr ago

Bernard Tomic is set for a rankings slump.

Humiliating prospect awaits Tomic after US Open loss

Darren Walton

Sloane is in doubt for next week's qualifying final against GWS after being admitted to hospital for surgery on his appendix.

Sloane booked in for appendix surgery, in doubt against GWS

Andrew Wu
41 mins ago

Australia's Ashton Agar, right, celebrates dismissing Bangladesh's Soumya Sarkar.

Deteriorating pitch amplifies Australian challenge

Daniel Cherny

Arina Rodionova is set for a new career high ranking.

Aussie women fire on day one of the US Open

Darren Walton

Lapse: A chastened Josh Dugan expressed remorse after missing the team bus.

Dragons warned to be on time one day before Dugan missed bus

Scott Bailey
1 hr 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

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

Andrew Webster

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