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Best man: Kurtley Beale makes a break for the Wallabies.

Wallabies blow lead but crowd reserves anger for ARU

1 hr ago

Philip Ruddock will be Hornsby's mayor.

Ruddock elected but Libs face losses elsewhere

2 mins ago

Piers Morgan sparked a twitter storm with his comments about going on air with broken ribs.

Woman up: Tweet storm buries TV snowflake Piers Morgan

COMMENT
Julia Baird

The overturned Nissan involved in Saturday morning's deadly crash.

High-performance car 'speeding' before CBD triple-fatality crash

56 mins ago

David Croxon allegedly assaulted the girl after making her toast in the staff room of Shoalhaven High School

'I know this is wrong': Teacher raped student in classroom

Magic night: Nathan Cleary distributes with the hands but it was his kicking that sealed Manly's fate.

Death by a thousand Cleary kicks, but who will help Panthers star?

Democracy sausage marches across NSW as voters go to polls

30 mins ago

The farmer grateful to the people of Sydney for their 'rocketfuel' poo

Swans juggernaut rolls over the top of Bombers

Storm survive huge scare to topple never-say-die Eels

How the extremes conspire against the centre on immigration

Editorial

'I used to dream about this when I was a kid': Syrian refugee Rami Basisah in Switzerland.

'Man ... This can't be happening': A refugee's violin his ticket to freedom

Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, hopes Americans turn the division it is experiencing into unity.

The $18b woman taking on Trump

Drink issue: The truth is, experts don't know whether one or two occasional drinks will affect the foetus.

One drink during pregnancy won't hurt, will it?

Sloane Stephens reacts after defeating Venus Williams in the semifinals of the US Open in New York.

The US Open has thrown up some bizarre storylines but this tops it

Dr Susan Wise: "I had never seen a female dentist before."

'I'd never seen a female dentist': Women now outnumber men

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Panthers prevail after contentious call at Allianz

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during Question Time.

Anne Summers

Bill Shorten has a problem. People find it hard to like him

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses a UN Security Council meeting about North Korea.

North Korea threat after US official's 'tongue-lashing'

Blunt instrument: Peter Dutton is only the latest in a long line of Australian officials trying to use language to shore ...

Why Peter Dutton's language test is doomed by history

COMMENT

Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks.

Inexplicable, brilliant: Rebooted Twin Peaks is worth your time

Rian Payget was killed in a hit and run in the Southern Highlands in 2004

'We're all going to die': Unsolved hit and run that killed Rian

Man charged for hitting man with bollard after stabbing in city's west

16 mins ago

Charity billed over Liberal fundraisers, inquiry hears

The plane, carrying a student and instructor, crashed just one kilometre from Port Macquarie airport.

Student pilot and instructor crash 1km from runway

Finance Minister Victor Dominello.

'Threatened and intimidated': deputy mayor accuses minister

EXCLUSIVE

Yueqiong Fu, charged over botched boob job in Chippendale. Photo: Nine news

'Nurse' in fatal breast surgery was unlicensed graduate: court

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

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has raided the clinics of anti-vax GP Dr John Piesse.

Medical regulator, police raid anti-vax doctor's clinic

VIC

The number of Australian children who die from HDN has fallen more than a hundred-fold since anti-D preventative ...

How a tiny group of Australians saved 2 million babies

Deni Dimovski

Man stabbed to death in Melbourne restaurarnt brawl

UPDATED

The world's first patient to receive a 3D-printed tibia transplant, Reuben Lichter, with his son, William.

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

Andy and Duncan Staples, the winning bidders of 4 Edwin Street, Tempe.

Noise reputation doesn't stop Tempe cottage selling for $1.2m

24 Howard Street, Glen Iris

Auction results: See what sold near you on Saturday

For a huge range of property buyers, Cammeray covers items on their must-have and would-like-to-have lists.

This Sydney suburb takes 'tightly held' up a notch

The design behind 110-112 Ida Street in Sandringham (pictured) is on par with the Gold Coast's Palazzo Versace hotel.

The opulent Sydney home built as an ode to Versace

Bitcoins sit among twisted copper wiring inside a communications room at an office in this arranged photograph in ...

World's first residential development to be sold in bitcoin

A walker passes a rainbow in the Captain Cook Jet on Thursday afternoon.

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If it's OK to say "no", it's perfectly fine to abstain and not say "yes".

Battle over same-sex marriage hits the streets of Australia

Michael Koziol

Anzac Day

Charity billed over Liberal fundraisers, inquiry hears

Damien Murphy

A survey found 40 per cent of women had been diagnosed with depression or anxiety.

Worry about weight behind many women's anxiety

COMMENT
Wendy Squires

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Mobility scooter user Barbara Lund in Canberra on Friday 8 September 2017. Fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Battle for our footpaths: senator pushes for scooter crackdown

Fergus Hunter

Support for same-sex marriage crashing, advocate polling finds

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Japan: US prepared to take action against North Korea

David Wroe

Chris Dunstan makes the most of solar energy, and an app that monitors the household consumption and costs.

People power: how households can help the energy crisis

Judith Ireland

The Liddell power station.

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

James Massola

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said he was very confident the law would be changed by Christmas if Australians voted "yes".

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

Michael Koziol

Senior executives in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's department have received pay rises of up to 12 per cent a year.

Malcolm Turnbull catches a break - now he must grab it

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Syrian Rami Basisah plays for his fellow refugees at the Greece-Macedonia border in 2015.

From Homs to Europe's top concert halls: a Syrian refugee's journey

Bostjan Videmsek

Rohingya man Hossain Ahamed points to the bullet wound his son Mohammad Touha, 16, sustained while fleeing Myanmar, as ...

Australia told to halt support for Myanmar military

Lindsay Murdoch

Winds brought by Hurricane Irma blow trees lining the seawall in Caibarien, Cuba, before landfall on Friday.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall Cuba as a Category 5

The aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Virgin Gorda's Leverick Bay in the British Virgin Islands on Thursday.

French minister calls out Trump on climate change as Irma rages

A grumpy phase seems to be a natural part of the human condition.

Peak grumpiness hits in your 50s/60s

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Is it spring yet?

Solstice springs into September

COMMENT
Imre Salusinszky

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during Question Time.

This is Bill Shorten's biggest challenge

COMMENT
Anne Summers

Jane Cartledge, who has lost a considerable amount of money after buying into a retirement village owned by convicted ...

'The crook, the retirement village and my mother'

Adele Ferguson

Qantas' new 787 Dreamliner will fly the non-stop Perth to London route, but the airline wants planes that can go even ...

Fly longer, but the airport transfer is not departing just yet

Patrick Hatch

Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, hopes Americans turn the division it is experiencing into unity.

The $18 billion woman told to hang up coats and fetch coffee

Nassim Khadem

Could routine intubation improve the recovery rates in brain trauma cases?

Insurance scandal is treated like a storm in a tea cup. It isn't

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Retail tenants putting the heat on landlords

Carolyn Cummins

People are more upbeat about the economy and it's no bad thing

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Suburban strips thrive despite retailing woes

Simon Johanson

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

Clancy Yeates

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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Storm hold out Eels

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Mexico earthquake death toll rises

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Line of hurricanes hurtle west

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Three dead after CBD car crash

Sirians in the Supreme Court deciding who should run their church hostile Sirian protesters... Police barricade at the ...

Rewind - The force

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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Ariana Grande asserts her power effortlessly.

Review: Ariana Grande asserts power through vocal highs

★★★½
Nicole Economos
1 hr ago

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

The Logies and the Gold Coast are a match made in tacky heaven

COMMENT
Nathanael Cooper

Beck's new album, Colors, is released on October 13.

Beck returns from the brink with peppy album Colors

Andrew Murfett

Don Williams, pictured in 2012.

Country music legend Don Williams dies aged 78

Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks.

Why Twin Peaks: The Return is well worth your time

Michael Idato

Ringo Starr has worked with famous friends on his new album.

Track by track with Ringo Starr on his new album

Ringo Starr

Wildly ambitious: Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence in Mother!

'I was horrified': J. Law on her darkest role yet

Garry Maddox

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

Anthony Callea slams same-sex marriage survey

Broede Carmody

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

Clem Ford: Nothing seems to cause as much whiplash as the contradictory emotions that come with parenting a small child.

The painfully contradicting lessons of parenthood

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Connie and Samuel Johnson.

Connie Johnson loses her battle with breast cancer

Jennifer Aniston in Friends with those lips and that hair.

Alert: You can buy the exact lipstick that Rachel Green wears in Friends

Stephanie Darling

Drink issue: The truth is, experts don't know whether one or two occasional drinks will affect the foetus.

One drink during pregnancy won't hurt, will it?

Sarah Berry

"Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano, could exist as icons after 40, but not as actresses. And I think ...

Monica Bellucci's role in Hollywood's age revolution

Sally Williams

Alexa Chung on the streets of New York, 2013.

The enduring appeal of the Breton stripe

Wendy Douglas

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

Inclusivity is the theme of Rihanna's Fenty Beauty

Amy Croffey

Best of?Melbourne Fashion Week. September 8, 2017

The 10 moments that made Melbourne Fashion Week 2017

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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

Cape Town.

This was the greatest trip of my life, and nobody wants to know about it

Ben Groundwater

Pioneertown's Mane Street.

Where you can stay in the world's coolest, real live movie set

Kylie McLaughlin

Precious sleep on a plane can help you avoid the worst of jetlag.

Resolved: Why do some airlines close window shades in daylight

Potato gnocchi with oxtail ragu and parmesan.

Terry Durack dishes his verdict on Neil Perry's Rosetta

2017 Sanglier Rose, McLaren Vale South Australia.

Five smashing bottles to celebrate spring

Best of British: A loganberry tart from Lyle's.

The hottest spots to eat and drink in East London

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

Kotaku

Ads

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Mazda BT-50 at the 2017 Birdsville Races

Getting to Birdsville races the hard way

Andrew Maclean

Hyundai has invested in a hydrogen station at its Sydney HQ.

Will SA become a hydrogen hub?

David McCowen

2017 Kia Proceed Concept.

Kia reinvents the hot hatch with new concept

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.

Reviewed: Jeep builds the 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

Best man: Kurtley Beale makes a break for the Wallabies.

Wallabies blow lead to draw Test, but crowd reserves anger for ARU

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Magic night: Nathan Cleary distributes with the hands but it was his kicking that sealed Manly's fate.

Manly dumped out of finals after death by a thousand Cleary kicks

Adam Pengilly

Rubbing it in: The Panthers celebrate the contentious try.

This time, the 'Hand of God' try went against Manly

Adrian Proszenko
1 hr ago

Gary Rohan (centre) of the Swans celebrates with Lance Franklin.

Swans juggernaut rolls over the top of outgunned Bombers

James Buckley

Mistaken identity: John Grant confused the two Mike Newtons.

Texts prove ARLC chairman Grant did investigate Perrett deal

Danny Weidler

Eagles celebrate after a momentous win.

West Coast clinch elimination final win over Port in extra time

Ashley Porter
24 mins ago

Lance Franklin scores his opening goal. Picture AAP

Buddy will be fit for Geelong semi-final: Longmire

James Buckley

Vaea Fifita.

Fifita gets unimpressive All Blacks out of jail against Argentina

Hamish Bidwell

White-line fever: Kenny Bromwich runs in to score for the Storm.

Parra shattered: Storm survive massive scare to topple Eels

Michael Chammas

Daly Cherry-Evans of the Eagles questions referee Gerard Sutton after the Tyrone Peachey try during the NRL qualifying ...

'It's cost our season': Barrett fumes at bunker

Adam Pengilly
43 mins ago

So close, yet so far: The Eels trudge off the field after pushing the Storm to the limit.

Arthur astounded by referees' reluctance to go to the bunker

Michael Chammas
1 hr ago

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