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"Everyone was laughing about it, it was just a funny story to them. It was difficult to be a woman there and maintain a ...

Macquarie staff member 'victim of office upskirting'

EXCLUSIVE

Police are investigating the crash (file photo).

Police in riot gear carry out raids in Kings Cross

UPDATED
Lucy Cormack
5 mins ago

Bitcoin was designed to circumvent banking.

Bitcoin tumbles after 'illegal' ruling from Chinese regulators

Whether we buy one or not, the new iPhone will affect our lives.

If the release of Apple's new iPhone 8 is a fizzer, we will all suffer

COMMENT
48 mins ago

Finance Minister Victor Dominello says proceeds from these sell-off transactions provide billions of dollars of funding ...

'Too far': The $9 billion property sell-off in NSW revealed

Tony Abbott with his 2015 letter confirming the earlier renunciation of his British citizenship.

Abbott's dare and Shorten's revelation changed the game

ANALYSIS

Liberal MPs eye another try if High Court knocks out postal vote

North Korea is 'begging for war', says US at emergency UN meeting

Murdoch family looks set to be the biggest loser from Ten deal

COMMENT

China 'stern' in the face of latest North Korea nuclear test

Kirsty Needham

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting their third child

Nick Miller

Ri Chun-hee's broadcast on North Korea's nuclear test is played in Seoul on Sunday.

The 74-year-old grandma who is North Korea's voice of triumph - or doom

1 hr ago

Bumbags were a key trend at the Garage Runways at Melbourne Fashion Week.

The butt of 1990s fashion jokes is now high fashion

Michelle Obama dressed as Beyonce.

Michelle Obama dresses up as Beyoncé for her birthday

45 mins ago

Ms Liu said she immediately corrected an oversight in which she said she was not a member of a political party.

Fried octopus for your vote? 'Joke' lands councillor in hot water

EXCLUSIVE

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge smile as they walk through the memorial garden in ...

People are taking punts on what the new royal baby will be named

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Shorten proves citizenship

'Personal issues': Matt Moylan will be taking an indefinite break from football.

Matt Moylan is a footballer born in the wrong era

Australia's Nathan Lyon celebrates with his teammates after the dismissal of Bangladesh's Mominul Haque.

Freak chance helps pull off crucial breakthrough for Australia

The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William admire Cate's engagement ring in 2010.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting their third child

Red Cross Blood Bank - Blood type A is stored in the fridges at the Red Cross Clarence street premises in the City, ...

What's the blood type diet and how does it impact my health?

Carey Alexander died at the age of 13 after he was discharged from hospital and suddenly died the following day.?

Doctors thought Carey's pain was a virus. Next day he was dead

Australia's worst flu season on record creates a new problem

What it takes to pay off a mortgage on a typical Sydney home

Onlookers attend to the man on the ground.

'I'm holding a baby, stop': Junior netball match turns ugly

The Kurnell fire broke out on Sunday and continued to burn throughout Monday.

Fire that destroyed 350 hectares brought under control in Kurnell

Claude Timbery with his daughter, Alison Timbery in La Perouse, Sydney. Claude is participating in the Koori Growing Old ...

The group of Aussies three times more likely to get dementia

The gateway will connect to the interchange for WestConnex at St Peters.

Double toll looms for airport trip as building giant makes bid

The University of Sydney's Open Day is the biggest day on the university calender.

Landmark decision allows university to take 'nuclear' option

Anna Patty

Victor Graveson is fighting for his life in a Brisbane hospital.

Hope fades for criminal 'mastermind' set alight in his own bed

QLD

Ms Scaffidi is fighting to survive her travel rorts saga.

Lord Mayor disqualified for 18 months over travel rorts

WA

Jayde Kendall went missing after leaving her school in Gatton.

Gatton schoolgirl was killed within two hours: court

QLD

A view of an apartment in the Grenfell Tower after fire engulfed the 24-storey building, in London.

Authorities 'have known about these dangers for two decades'

A common investor tactic is being described as risky.

'Risks magnified' when investors use equity from homes to buy more

Colliers International are selling 134-138 Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach

A beginner's guide to Sydney and its neighbourhoods

13 mins ago

There's a price cap on apartments, but not on parking spaces.

How developers are skirting price caps on China's apartments

Photo by Nathan + Jac.

Tricks of the trade: Add $50k to the sale price of your home

Belinda Ritchie was awarded Young Adventurer of the Year by the Australian Geographic Society.

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Belinda Ritchie is off to compete in the Gobi Desert Cup, a multi-stage horse endurance race.

From WestConnex to the plains of Genghis Khan

Tim Barlass

The latest mining boom has given Western Australia a windfall in revenues on which it can draw for what its residents need.

WA Liberals are flirting with secession lite

Editorial

Capitanata pizza topped with yellow passata, slow-cooked onion and burrata.

Stefano Manfredi's guide to modern pizza making

Stefano Manfredi

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Marriage

High Court hears challenge to same-sex marriage postal survey

Live
Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Liberal MPs eye another try if High Court knocks out marriage vote

Michael Koziol

Commission of Audit boss back with new blueprint for Turnbull

James Massola

Bruce Billson, the former small business minister who is now chairman of the franchise lobby group, Franchise Council of ...

Former MP faces 'corruption' investigation over jobs

Tony Abbott at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 4 September 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

Citizenship saga: the onus of proof has shifted

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Federal MP Stuart Robert in Parliament House.

MP may have been elected in breach of the constitution

Latika Bourke

Former Coalition MP Natasha Griggs in her former office at Parliament House.

Dumped Liberal MPs score cushy government jobs

Adam Gartrell

A Muslim woman wears a mask of Myanmar's Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally against the persecution of ...

Asia's anger over Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims

FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google?s new head of ...

Democrats falling out of love with Google, tech giants

106-year old Afghan refugee Bibihal Uzbeki lies in bed in Hova, Sweden.

Sweden to deport 106-year-old Afghan woman

US President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Trump pushing peas around the plate in response to North Korea

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Buddy marvellous: Rave on about Buddy Franklin, the All-Stars' All Stars.

How to fake your way through footy finals season

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Sydney is the perfect city for the Logies.

No better place for Logies than Sydney

COMMENT
Dom Knight

The Chinese Communist Party exploits the isolation of Chinese students to expand its influence beyond its borders.

Lonely Chinese students vulnerable to party propaganda

COMMENT
Alexander Joske

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 29: New Primary Health Care chief executive Peter Gregg poses for a portrait at the companies ...

Facing charges, Primary's former boss gets $1m parting bonus

Sarah Danckert

Investors watch the price boards at the ASX.

Markets Live: Calm after N Korea storm

Live
Patrick Commins and Sarah Turner
35 mins ago

The Murdoch family-controlled 21st Century Fox is owed around $200 million for program supply contracts but might ...

Murdoch's Fox could be biggest loser in Ten deal

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Creative Gourmet frozen berries were recalled in 2015 following a hepatitis A outbreak.

Berry supplier dragged to court in wake of Patties' Hep A outbreak

Patrick Hatch

Macquarie staff 'victims of upskirting, predatory behaviour'

EXCLUSIVE
Cameron Houston

Two years after 7-Eleven scandal new laws pass

Anna Patty

8@eight: ASX to open higher on RBA day

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Chris Weston
1 hr ago

Sixth generation of family joins Coopers Brewery

Darren Gray

Running has great physical benefits, but are you prepared to "pay it forward" ?

Eight surprising ways running can be good for you

The Long Run
1 hr ago

The original Paul Newman Rolex Daytona. Some dealers say it could fetch up to A$12 million.

Which star's scratched, second-hand Rolex could be worth $12m?

Watches

Being like Star Trek's Spock, logical and dispassionate, might be the better approach to investing in the sharemarket.

The two biggest time wasters in investment

COMMENT
Marcus Padley
1 hr ago

Marian Russell had to take her children, Allegra, 2, and Bodie, 1, out of swimming lessons because of money worries.

'It's sad': After paying the bills every week, Marian has $30 left

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Morgan Coleman with Milky who is the impetus behind Vets on Call.

Sick pet? Bring the vet to you

Cara Waters

Federal shadow treasurer Chris Bowen's justification for the introduction of this new tax rate on family trust ...

Labor's trust tax policy still an attack on small business

COMMENT
Max Newnham

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Britain expecting its third royal baby

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Los Angeles remains on edge despite heavy rain

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Bangladesh v Australia: Lyon secures another five-wicket haul

1 hr ago

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Growing anger over Myanmar's violence against Rohingya Muslims

Tens of thousands of Melbournians turned out today at the rally in support of a yes vote in the upcoming marriage ...

Fairfax photos of the week - August 31, 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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Joe and Rosanna Natoli with the Tom Roberts oil.

Rejected painting declared worth a fortune

Linda Morris
27 mins ago

Ariana Grande singing live as part of her Dangerous Woman tour.

Ariana Grande review: big voice fails to hide lack of spectacle

Broede Carmody

Paulini Curuenavuli has appeared in court.

Singer Paulini pleads guilty to bribery charges

Taylor Swift has released her follow up single to Look What You Made Me Do without the fanfare we have come to expect.

Taylor Swift sneaks out raunchy new single

Rob Moran

Channel 10 host Peter Helliar may have to trek all the way to the Gold Coast for next year's Logies.

NSW and Gold Coast lock horns over 2018 Logies bid

Broede Carmody

Karl Stefanovic says he will boycott the Logie Awards if they move from Melbourne.

'Andrews has lost the plot': Stefanovic's Logies boycott

Broede Carmody

The TV Week Logies Awards are set to leave Melbourne after 30 years.

Can the orphaned Logies be reborn in another city?

COMMENT
Michael Idato

Walter Becker, of Steely Dan, performs during the 2007 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans.

Walter Becker, co-creator of Steely Dan, dies aged 67

Australian couple Joe and Rosanna Natoli with the Tom Roberts.

Rejected Tom Roberts' painting declared genuine

Linda Morris
28 mins ago

Henning Kraggerud and the Australian Chamber Orchestra explore the melodious melancholy and robustness of spirit of ...

Pianist performs with delicate intensity

Peter McCallum

Belvoir St Theatre artistic director Eamon Flack is excited by the new season program.

Belvoir aims to grin back at troubled world

Garry Maddox

Michelle Obama dressed as Beyonce.

Michelle Obama dressed as Beyoncé and, honestly, the joy

Annie Brown
45 mins ago

Apparently Kim Kardashian is now one of the 75 million defying God's intentions for TV.

Are the Kardashians losing their skill for spin?

COMMENT
Scarlett Harris

Diet can have a significant impact on fertility.

These dietary changes improve chances of pregnancy

Sarah Berry
1 hr ago

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have announced they are expecting their third child.

Welcoming Royal Baby news with gold, frankincense and memes

1 hr ago

Prince George starts school on Thursday but the school is vulnerable to terrorists, local residents have claimed.

Prince George's new school in security breach

Victoria Ward

Bumbags were a key trend at the Garage Runways at Melbourne Fashion Week.

The most 90s accessory of all time is making a comeback

Melissa Singer

Zayn Malik arrives a pre-Grammy gala in March this year.

Zayn Malik is completely bald

1 hr ago

There's a lot to unpack about why we love Kate and Leo's enduring friendship.

What our love for Kate and Leo's enduring friendship says about us

Natalie Reilly

Peppa Pig and Mr Skinny Legs.

Mum's anger at 'dangerous' Peppa Pig episode

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Calls for high school students to start school later

Is a weekend without wi-fi what every family needs?

Why I'm taking my family on a digital detox holiday

Sveti Stefan island in Budva, Montenegro.

Go now: Six fascinating places you need to see before it's too late

Michael Gebicki

A380

Things you didn't know about world's first A380 'super jumbo'

Steve Meacham

Malta's Azure Window in 2014.

Ten great tourist attractions that no longer exist

David Whitley

Kylie Kwong: Stir-fried potato with salted black beans, chilli and saltbush.

Make potatoes wok stars with Kylie Kwong's salted black bean recipe

Garlic breath occurs when two populations collide: garlic eaters and non-garlic eaters.

What's the best way to mince garlic? (And get rid of garlic breath)

Capitanata pizza topped with yellow passata, slow-cooked onion and burrata.

Stefano Manfredi's guide to making Italy's new-wave pizza at home

Whether we buy one or not, the new iPhone will affect our lives.

Why Apple's new iPhone 8 will affect all of us

COMMENT
48 mins ago

A concept for a remote controlled ship by Rolls-Royce.

Autonomous 'ghost ships' are coming

1 hr ago

Huawei's phones, including the pictured P10, use the company's own Kirin processors and not the industry standard chips ...

Huawei says new mobile chip will outperform Apple, Samsung

Designed to attach to your keyring, the Tile Pro Style and Sport help you find that which is lost.

Tile Pro locates your lost objects with one touch

COMMENT

Didn't pay for Mad Max: Fury Road? Village Roadshow may be sending you a letter.

Village Roadshow's plan for suing pirates

Jaguar has revealed the steering wheel of the future

Jaguar reveals the steering wheel of the future

Andrew Maclean

Jeep is set to relaunch its Renegade city SUV

Jeep admits baby Trackhawk is 'intriguing'

Tim Robson

Audi's new RS 5 offers potent performance.

Audi's new RS5 Coupe prices revealed

Ivy Sweeney

The new Clio R.S. offers plenty of driver appeal.

2018 Renault Clio range review

David McCowen

Mercedes-Benz has teased its EQ A concept car

Mercedes-Benz confirms new EQ A electric car

Greg Kable

Bosch hopes to power the next generation of electric cars.

Bosch reveals bolt-in electric car motor

David McCowen

'Personal issues': Matt Moylan will be taking an indefinite break from football.

Matt Moylan is a footballer born in the wrong era

COMMENT
Andrew Webster

War of words: Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has escalated comments on Parramatta's defensive tactics.

Storm brewing: Bellamy complains to NRL over Eels tactics

Chris Barrett

Australia's cricket players congratulate their teammate Nathan Lyon, center, after the dismissal of Bangladesh's Imrul ...

The toughest day of my Test career: Lyon

Daniel Cherny
1 hr ago

Bruised but not beaten: Jeff Horn proudly displays his WBO welterweight champion’s belt in Brisbane on Monday.

Why should a world champion fight a 42-year-old Mundine?

COMMENT
Phil Lutton

The Socceroos will need players like Tomi Juric to bang in the goals on Tuesday to ensure automatic progression to the ...

High scoring wins not unknown - but they're often controversial

Michael Lynch

Nervous: Dane Haylett-Petty in the gym ahead of the Wallabies match against South Africa in Perth.

Wallabies 'nervous' ahead of judgement day for Western Force

Tom Decent

Four sides: Artist's impression of a rectangular ANZ Stadium for State of Origin.

Crowds will only rise with new Homebush stadium: Greenberg

Chris Barrett and Adam Pengilly

Stand tall: The Wallabies have it all to do if they are to turn a tough start to the Rugby Championship around.

Five burning questions ahead of Wallabies v Springboks

Tom Decent

Flying high: Parramatta are keen to get home quickly after their match against the Storm.

Qantas rejects Eels' request to delay flight from Melbourne

Michael Chammas

Key man: Benji Marshall is likley to be thrust into the starting side with injury to Darius Boyd.

Marshall to help guide Broncos as Boyd ruled out against Roosters

Phil Lutton

Moylan

Panthers star to deal with personal issues away from NRL

Michael Chammas

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