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The USGS has warned of possible tsunami.

First deaths confirmed after Mexico earthquake

1 hr ago

Donald Trump meeting with Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders

Trump's bold move that left his party shell-shocked

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Ben Duval, manager of Carwyn Cellars. Latest ABS retail sales figures show weakness in almost all sectors except for ...

Happy hour at bottle shops, as shoppers buy booze and little else

Criticism has been levelled at those pursuing class action against the Commonwealth Bank.

Distrust of banks will go on until 'drip feed' of industry scandals ends

Sydney socialite Shari-Lea Hitchcock arrives at Waverley Courthouse in Sydney, Friday.

How Shari-Lea Hitchcock's day went from bad to worse

An Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

'My duty free got smashed': Turbulence forces plane to turn back

EXCLUSIVE

Australian gets 3D-printed shinbone in world-first surgery

Still without women leaders: ASX 200 has just 11 female CEOs

Second beauty clinic worker charged over fatal breast procedure

I didn't get the flu shot. Does that make me an anti-vaxxer?

COMMENT
Aisha Dow

George Calombaris' foul-mouthed spray revealed in assault case

Connie and Samuel Johnson.

'She was cushioned by love, till the end': Connie Johnson loses cancer battle

43 mins ago

Big game: Jake Friend of the Roosters and Sam Thaiday of the Broncos.

Sydney Roosters race out to early lead against Brisbane Broncos

Live
48 mins ago

Daisy Ridley and John Boyega in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Popular franchises move from Netflix to Disney streaming

Anthony Callea says the government's non-binding postal survey is "insulting".

'Just insulting': Anthony Callea slams same-sex marriage survey

Teenage pro surfer Zander Venezia in action.

Rising surf star dies catching Hurricane Irma's waves

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Do you need to vote this weekend?

US actress and the UN refugee agency UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie ...

Angelina Jolie's next power move: Going grey

Photo shows - Nembrotha rosannulata. Nelson bay is a Sea Slug hot-spot?with more than 250 unique species?so far ...

Beautiful but 'like wasps': Sea slugs have a hidden talent

The Scorpion Bowl.

Flaming hot: Introducing Sydney's first proper tiki bar

Prince George with his dad on his first day of school.

Prince William takes George on first school run

Over a third of the 128 NSW councils will hold elections on Saturday, in what will likely be interpreted as a litmus ...

NSW council elections a litmus test for the Berejiklian government

Man guilty of 21 charges related to abuse of women, girl, over 20 years

1 hr ago

'I'm furious': Director apologises to Newtown residents over mural

My Kitchen Rules contestant David Vu leaves the Downing Centre Court in Sydney, Friday.

My Kitchen Rules contestant pleads guilty to cocaine possession

Former deputy mayor of Auburn Salim Mehajer

You could vote for a Salim Mehajer-style developer and not know

COMMENT
Sean Nicholls

Traffic was brought to a standstill when a car rolled over on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Car rollover causes traffic chaos on the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Jim Longley will step down by the end of the year.

As charity teetered on collapse, RSL directors voted to pay themselves

Love Your Sister's Connie Johnson.

In her final days, Connie received an unexpected visitor

Premier Mark McGowan and Treasurer Ben Wyatt handed down their first budget.

Families spared, miners and business take hit in McGowan's first budget

UPDATED

A sketch of the animal Greg Booth says he saw in south-west Tasmania.

Footage released after 'encounter' with Tasmanian tiger

The RMIT staff have been stood down while an investigation is carried out.

RMIT staff stood down after 'selling tests to students'

VIC

Insomnia Unconscious One Person Office Boredom Computer Sleeping Desk 30-35 Years Hangover Men Laziness Working From ...

Desk detox: How to make your workspace work for you

Byron Bay Hinterland: Strong tourism numbers continue to drive growth in the accommodation and retail service businesses ...

Byron Bay hinterland the unexpected hot spot for entrepreneurs

Floating timber floors look beautiful and feel good to walk on.

Get this wrong and you'll risk ruining your entire renovation

The view from 3250/23 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise.

What a $10m Gold Coast pent- house with 12 car parks looks like

First home buyers are looking to Queensland growth areas like Ipswich.

Outer pockets offer a way into the market for first home buyers

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Neil Finn from the Out of Silence album cover.

Neil Finn does it the hard way with his latest album

Michael Dwyer

Ice caves in Antarctica.

New animals could live under Antarctic ice, ANU study finds

Emily Baker

Let us hope this flawed postal survey sets no precedent as a mechanism for governments.

The phoney war is over, and the real contest starts now

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The Liddell power station.

Scheme could keep coal alive, but Liddell has 'mammoth problems'

James Massola

Same-sex marriage poll cleared to settle the matter 'once and for all'

Michael Koziol

Malcolm Turnbull catches a break - now he must grab it

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg.

As it happened: High Court upholds same-sex marriage vote

Stephanie Peatling

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Christopher Pyne in question time after the High Court decision on the same-sex ...

So the marriage postal survey has been approved: what now?

Judith Ireland

Malcolm Turnbull has something to work with politically.

Turnbull's rare moment of relief amid all the hubbub

Tony Wright

Malcolm Turnbull has urged AGL to put consumers before shareholders and agree to sell Liddell power station.

'Grand bargain': Turnbull puts all coal options on the table

James Massola

The USGS has warned of possible tsunami.

Major earthquake hits off Mexico's south

1 hr ago

Supporters of Bernie Sanders protest during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Stolen emails were ...

Russian campaigns seek to cripple democracy

ANALYSIS
Chris Zappone

Suitcases full of cash were found in an apartment used by former Brazilian presidential aid Geddel Vieira Lima.

Brazilian politicians getting busted with bags of cash

Many South Florida residents are evacuating and heading north as Hurricane Irma approaches.

Ahead of Hurricane Irma, Miami Beach battens down

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

Stop the name calling: Cloud Arch will excite Sydney

COMMENT
Elizabeth Farrelly

Christine Forster (right) with her fiancee Virginia Edwards.

Christine Forster: 'why I want to marry my fiancée Virginia'

COMMENT
Christine Forster

A couple embracing outside the count centre in Dublin when Ireland held a referendum on gay marriage on May 23, 2015.

Lessons from Ireland: the Catholic country with a gay PM

COMMENT
Tiernan Brady

Guy Debelle, deputy RBA governor, says trust in banks is being harmed by a "drip feed" of bad news.

Stop 'drip feed' of bad news: RBA's plea to banks

Clancy Yeates

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.3 per cent on Friday to 5672.6, with the move bringing losses for the week to 0.9 per cent ...

ASX slides for a third straight week

Is the Amazon Grinch going to spoil this Christmas for Australian retailers?

Amazon won't be the only Christmas Grinch

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The value of loans approved for owner-occupied housing rose 0.9 per cent in July.

'Clear divergence': property investor loans continue decline

Australian dollar jumps to two-year high

UPDATED
Sarah Turner, Patrick Commins

'Massive' cyberattack may have exposed almost half of US

Samantha has landed one of Australia's most coveted tech jobs

John McDuling

Amcor may be plotting major US takeover

UPDATED
Nick Toscano

Mercedes-Benz S-Class looks like a winner.

Start your engines: 13 new luxury cars we can't wait to drive in 2018

Luxury cars
Toby Hagon

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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar.

The 'Oscars of watches' announce the best of the best for 2017

Watches
Benjamen Judd

Reports of mortgage stress are already emerging, despite interest rates at record lows. Illustration: John Shakespeare

The antidote to mortgage stress

Noel Whittaker

Grandparents and parents often want to give their children a helping hand.

The best way to invest on behalf of children

George Cochrane

There's an upward trend in workplace cheating.

This is why employees lie, steal and cheat

COMMENT
James Adonis

Michael Schaper, deputy chairman of the ACCC, estimates several thousand small businesses have contracts with JJ Richards.

'Game changer': ACCC takes first small business unfair contracts court action

Cara Waters

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Manson disciple Leslie Van Houten paroled

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Shark sighted in Moore River

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Singer 'insulted' by same-sex marriage survey

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Are you voting this weekend in NSW?

Students from the remote community school of Yakanarra after the performance of the Yakanarra Song Book at the Sydney ...

Fairfax photos of the week - September 7, 2017

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Brand new Stan Original Series The Other Guy - now streaming only on Stan.

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Anthony Callea says the government's non-binding postal survey is "insulting".

Anthony Callea slams same-sex marriage survey

Broede Carmody

Karl Stefanovic - a Queenslander - had said he would boycott the Logies if they were moved from Melbourne.

Karl Stefanovic's sensational Logies backflip

Rob Moran

The offending ad of Jennifer Lawrence from Paramount's upcoming Mother!

Mother! director 'furious' over Newtown mural fiasco

Broede Carmody

Channel Nine staff are once again of the view that Sunday Night is recycling their stories.

Sunday Night accused of rehashing 60 Minutes yarn again

Broede Carmody

Disney has confirmed its Marvel and Lucasfilm franchises will be moving to its own streaming platform.

Disney confirms streaming plans for Marvel, Star Wars films

Michael Idato

Fans are not impressed with the latest casting announcement for Disney's Aladdin remake.

Disney's Aladdin criticised over new white character

Rob Moran

Karl Stefanovic - a Queenslander - had said he would boycott the Logies if they were moved from Melbourne.

And the Logie goes to... the Gold Coast for the next four years

Rachel Clun

Josephine Wilson is the 2017 winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Josephine Wilson wins Miles Franklin for Extinctions

Jason Steger

Gary Sweet will play the father, Bill Heslop, in <i>Muriel's Wedding the Musical</i>.

Sweet new mayor of Porpoise Spit for Muriel's Wedding the Musical

Helen Pitt

Albert Namatjira with his wife Rubina, grandchildren and father Jonathon.

Namatjira Project tells a profoundly moving story

Paul Byrnes

Bill Skarsgard's portrayal of Pennywise in the film IT is an uncanny fusion of adult and child.

IT review: King's tale trades on taboos

Jake Wilson

Connie and Samuel Johnson.

Connie Johnson loses her battle with breast cancer

43 mins ago

The unfortunate date stuck in the window trying to retrieve her poop.

Why dates like this shocker are really a priceless gift

Clem Bastow

Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel, seen here at a White House function, were married in the garden of their $16 million home ...

Miranda Kerr puts on her 'feminine side' for husband

Annie Brown

Rihanna at the launch of Fenty Beauty in New York City on Thursday.

Inclusivity is the theme of Rihanna's Fenty Beauty

Amy Croffey

Angelina Jolie sits next to the British High Commissioner to Kenya Nic Hailey in Nairobi in June in her role as UNHCR ...

Angelina Jolie's next power move: Going grey

Natalie Reilly

Best of?Melbourne Fashion Week. September 8, 2017

The 10 moments that made Melbourne Fashion Week 2017

Prince George shakes the hand of Helen Haslem, head of the lower school.

William glad he didn't have a screaming child on day one

Sally Wardle

Is salt deficiency predisposing us to eating more sugar?

Does salt deficiency 'predispose' us to sugar addiction?

Sarah Berry

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12 things parents do that their children will (almost always) copy

Miki Agrawal with her breast pump at Burning Man.

Breastmilk lattes at Burning Man

Alanis Morissette & family

Alanis Morissette says PND started 'seconds' after her son's birth

United Airlines announce 'ultra-long haul' flight to Sydney from Houston.

World's new longest flight set to depart from Australia

Kylie McLaughlin

Feels like home: A Qantas A380 superjumbo.

Quiz: Which city will Qantas’ Sydney-London service stopover?

Mal Chenu

The Primus Hotel Sydney open roof-top bar offers stunning views of the city.

Sydney's exclusive private roof-top bar opens to the public

Annie Dang

Bing's Shanghai red braised pork belly with pork broth and noodles.

September hit list: Where to eat and drink in Sydney this month

The Scorpion Bowl.

Flaming hot: Introducing Jacoby's, Sydney's first proper tiki bar

Chilli salt and pepper squid lettuce cups.

Kylie Kwong's chilli salt and pepper squid with fresh lime

The Nokia8 in steel (above) and tempered blue.

Nokia 8 review: return of the Finnish flagship

The OnePlus 5 can go toe-to-toe with the Android heavyweights, but with a mid-range price tag.

Hands on with the OnePlus 5 smartphone

COMMENT

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with the Pentagon's test vehicle attached.

SpaceX launches secretive space drone for US government

LA Noir

L.A. Noire coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox, VR

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2017 Kia Proceed Concept.

Kia reinvents the hot hatch

Stephen Ottley

Kia's Picanto received a four-star safety score following Euro NCAP testing.

Crash tests highlight child safety

David McCowen

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.

Driven: world's fastest SUV

Tim Robson

Williams has used its F1 expertise to develop a lighter electric vehicle platform

Williams reveals F1-inspired electric car

Andrew Maclean

Police in Sydney's eastern suburbs will soon be able to test drivers for cocaine.

Roadside cocaine tests on the way

Ally Melville

Volkswagen faces court action on multiple fronts in Australia.

Volkswagen won't 'like' this

David McCowen

Big game: Jake Friend of the Roosters and Sam Thaiday of the Broncos.

Roosters streak away to big early lead against Broncos

Live
Matt Bungard
48 mins ago

The agony: Swans players leave the ground after defeat to the Blues in round six.

How the Swans engineered their remarkable turnaround

Andrew Wu

Loyal: James Graham and Josh Reynolds will play for rival clubs next season.

Take my money: the NRL's most selfless act revealed

Adrian Proszenko

Ange with a plane: Socceroos coach sticks to his attacking philosophy.

Fitz Files: It's a big risk, but bravo to Ange for his spirit of adventure

Peter FitzSimons
1 hr ago

AFL footballer Trent Cotchin

AFL finals live: Geelong v Richmond

Live
Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest wants to establish a new rugby competition that will feature the Western Force.

A few questions about your 'Indo-Pacific league', Mr Forrest ...

Malcolm Knox

Wallabies back-rower Sean McMahon in action at training ahead of Saturday's showdown with the Springboks in Perth.

Hooper says McMahon can have 'massive influence' against Boks

Tom Decent

Paul Cully

Cully's ratings: Wallabies have the edge over Sprinboks

Paul Cully

356 and counting: Cameron Smith poses with teammates during a celebration of his NRL games record at Gosch's Paddock in ...

It's taken 355 games, but Sydney's learning to love Cameron Smith

Andrew Webster

Personality player: There's no predicting what Parramatt's Kenny Edwards will do.

Why Kenny is the 'X' and 'Why?' factor for Parramatta

Adrian Proszenko

Paul Gallen of the Sharks in action during the Round 25 NRL match between the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Sydney ...

'The best footballing moment in my career and I want it again'

Adam Pengilly

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