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Treasurer Scott Morrison leads his opposite number, Chris Bowen.

Morrison gets big tick from voters over his boss

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Andre Nasr, believed to be a cousin of Steve and Jeff Nasr paid tribute to the pair on Facebook on Sunday morning.

'Hearts are weeping': Two brothers killed in fiery Sydney CBD crash

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Kuwait's emir, not ...

Hurricane Irma lashes Florida, is 'some big monster', says Trump

Live
Cameron Mee
1 hr ago

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

Man assaulted in Bondi after hook-up on dating app goes wrong

Shonica Guy says playing the pokies took over her life.

Former poker machine addict takes on Packer's Crown, Aristocrat

38 mins ago

Waves hitting the headland at City Beach in Wollongong.

Man drowns trying to save two children who were caught in a rip

23 mins ago

Hillary's 'out of body experience' during Trump's election speech

Weary voters are desperate for a different political story

ANALYSIS
Peter Hartcher

'Lock down and hope for the best': Australian expats in eye of Irma

NAPLAN test shows us where we all need to do better

Adrian Piccoli

Cambodia crosses red line into 'outright dictatorship'

Palm trees lie strewn across the road as Hurricane Irma barrels into Florida.

When it comes to Hurricane Irma, metrics are measured in millions

Paul McGeough
46 mins ago

The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been illegally downloaded or streamed more than one billion times.

Game of Thrones pirated more than a billion times

25 mins ago

Director George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ...

The Clooneys highlight a very modern problem of parenthood

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If you're nearing 50, we have some bad news for you

COMMENT

Many depressed and unwell individuals suffer in silence.

This is the first thing you should do when you feel unhappy

14 mins ago

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Floridians hunker down as Irma hits

Down and out: Paul Gallen.

Flanno's spray aside, the Sharks had this in the bag and blew it

New iPhones are due out on Tuesday.

Details of new iPhone X leaked before release

If you're sick, don't go to work.

How much Vitamin C do you need when you're sick?

Sloane Stephens, of the United States, holds up the championship trophy after beating Madison Keys.

From world No.957 to US Open champion in 40 days

Of council elections, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was "pleased with the outcome across the board because the ...

Liberals facing a huge backlash as voters deliver their verdict

Mona Vale should have been game-changer, yet the carnage remains

Man charged after eastern suburb robbery linked to dating app

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley says he believes the Queen's Birthday holiday should be transformed.

Overdevelopment cost Liberals in NSW council elections, Foley says

Emergency services at Wollongong City Beach, where a man drowned.

Man drowns after trying to help two children at Wollongong City Beach

23 mins ago

The crowd at the rally in support of same-sex marriage at Town Hall in Sydney.

'One more mountain': Thousands turn out for marriage equality

The man received treatment for a wound on his hip.

Surfer's narrow escape after shark attack on NSW north coast

The Reserve Bank has changed the rules on credit card fees.

Not a scam but close: Agencies trapping people into payments

Labor MP Khalil Eideh (left) with Senator Kim Carr.

Factional warfare looms as controversial Labor MP prepares to resign

VIC
28 mins ago

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

"It's heritage heresy" says Potts Point and Kings Cross Heritage Society president Andrew Woodhouse, pictured with local ...

'Two-fingered salute': Developer demolishes heritage wall in Sydney

The most expensive property sold on Saturday was 33 Pymble Avenue Pymble which went for $5.7 million.

'Not much to choose from': Buyers gung-ho in these suburbs

Scotty Cam in a terse exchange with contestants.

'Pathetic, they've blown it': Judges give first zero on The Block

RECAP

The online giant Amazon is only just finishing off their current headquarter in Seattle.

'The trophy deal of the decade': Amazon looks for HQ No. 2

Manly Residence by Sarah Davison interior design. SINGLE ONLINE USE ONLY.

This home's interiors will take you around the world

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten are engaged in political trench warfare.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten are engaged in political trench warfare.

Fairfax-Ipsos poll: It's the economy, stupid

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Laurie Strathdee and his partner Jasmine Payget's son Rian was killed in a hit and run accident on the Hume Hwy at ...

Family say criminal truckies should be taken off the road

Mario Christodoulou

Shonica Guy says playing the pokies took over her life.

Pokies on trial: Shonica taking on Packer's Crown and Aristocrat

Nick Toscano
38 mins ago

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Treasurer Scott Morrison leads his opposite number, Chris Bowen.

Voters give Morrison big ticks on economic management

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

Labor maintains election-winning lead despite Bill Shorten nosedive

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Fairfax-Ipsos poll: 'No mistakes' Morrison has grander ambitions

COMMENT
Peter Martin
1 hr ago

Ross gittins

The economy is not what's dragging the Coalition down

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Peter Hartcher

Proof the voters are desperate for a different political story

ANALYSIS
Peter Hartcher

A Rohingya woman after a fight erupted during food distribution at a refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh

Turnbull urged to follow Abbott with intake of 20,000 refugees

Adam Gartrell

The Turnbull government wants the Liddell Power Station to operate for another five years from 2022, when it is supposed ...

Turnbull, AGL attempt to thrash out solution to coal plant stand-off

James Massola

Dark clouds are seen over Miami's skyline before the arrival of Hurricane Irma to south Florida.

Hurricane Irma roars into Florida Keys, deadly storm surges

Kim Jong Un celebrates with nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb

Kim Jong-un celebrates but there's no new missile launch

A Rohingya woman after a fight erupted during food distribution at a refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis prompts plea by aid agencies for funds

Lindsay Murdoch

Residents stand in front of rubble from a partially collapsed building.

Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises

The government has been trying to portray Bill Shorten as a socialist.

If Shorten's playing our memory lapses, he's not alone

COMMENT
Julie Szego

Rosie Batty is campaigning for a royal commission into family violence.

Why defend the institution of marriage? Same-sex or otherwise

COMMENT
Caroline Norma

NSW HSC students with former education minister Adrian PIccoli.

NAPLAN Year 9 is not a pass or fail test

Adrian Piccoli

Shonica Guy says playing the pokies took over her life.

Former pokie addict fighting Packer's Crown. Aristocrat

Nick Toscano
38 mins ago

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 26: Christian Venter, GM Consumer Digital, ANZ Bank, poses for a photo on August 26, 2016 ...

ANZ Bank restructure to create '150 start-ups'

Clancy Yeates

Punters are being warned not to get involved with illegal betting exchanges in the lead-up to spring racing.

Black Economy: crackdown on gamblers with crime gang links

EXCLUSIVE
Nassim Khadem

Steve Bannon, ousted chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump

The 'Sleeping Giants' tackling hate speech in Australia

Lucy Battersby

Village Roadshow sale will be litmus test for Ardent Leisure

Carolyn Cummins

US dollar seen extending 'freefall'

Timothy Moore

Government urges AGL to extend life of coal plant

Tracy Withers

'The crook, the retirement village and my mother'

Adele Ferguson

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

Financial stress is a leading cause of relationship breakdowns.

How to money-proof your relationship

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

The good performance of rare-earths miner, Lynas Corporation, has helped the Dartboard into third place

Lynas Corporation helps the Dartboard into third place

SHARES RACE
John Collett

Kat Logan is the co-founder of Buttercream Bakery.

Bold Businesses podcast: How Kat Logan used Instagram to become the queen of cakes

Cara Waters

Small businesses are seeing a clampdown on non-discretionary spending.

Is mortgage stress making your customers spend less?

Sylvia Pennington

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Kim Jong-un holds bizarre nuclear party

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Cowboys upset Sharks in extra time

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Nuclear war fears: Japanese buying shelters

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Turnbull: Sky won't fall in with marriage equality

Jim Pavlidis

Best of Fairfax cartoons Sept 11

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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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The seventh season of Game of Thrones has been illegally downloaded or streamed more than one billion times.

Game of Thrones pirated more than a billion times

Travis M. Andrews
25 mins ago

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in IT.

Forget scary clowns, here's what It is really about

Karl Quinn

Margot Robbie attends a premiere for "I, Tonya" on day 2 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of ...

Could Margot Robbie be skating her way to an Oscar?

Andrea Mandell

Carrie Bickmore on the red carpet at the Logies.

What really goes on behind the scenes at the Logies

COMMENT
Andrew Hornery

Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce.

Sex and sleaze: The Wire creator's new show isn't pretty

Karl Quinn

Erik Thomson from 800 Words

Erik Thomson on the key to acting in a long-running series

Bridget McManus

Ariana Grande asserts her power effortlessly.

Review: Ariana Grande asserts power through vocal highs

★★★½
Nicole Economos

Don Williams

Country music legend 'Gentle Giant' Don Williams dies aged 78

GP the Musical performers Dr Linda Mann and Dr Anna Sallos.

GP the musical: just what the doctor ordered

Helen Pitt

A magnetic performance by Gang of Youth's led by David Le'aupepe suggest the band is among Australia's best.

Swaggering performance by Australia's best band

George Palathingal

Placebo frontman Brian Molko's distinctive nasally voice identifies him as the alternative hero from years ago.

Placebo frontman Brian Molko wants to be 20 again. Don't we all

Lilen Pautasso

Embarrassment about our bodies can have dire consequences.

Death by embarrassment. It shouldn't happen to women

Paula Goodyer

Jumping on the bag-wagon: fashion's new money spinner

Melissa Singer

George Clooney and Amal Clooney decided on "normal" names for their children.

The Clooneys highlight a very modern problem: baby names

Natalie Reilly

Despite cultural differences there is still common ground when it comes to mothering.

What happens when grandparents have a cultural clash

Lisa Clifford

Holiday fiascos make for good stories later.

The worst holiday fiascos make for the best stories

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

A Mediterranean diet has been linked to better cardiovascular
health and increased life expectancy.

How European eating styles can foster better health

Lindy Alexander

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

Pink chats to Ellen.

'Would you rather he screamed?': Pink talks breastfeeding shaming

At left, a $5000 Jonathan Adler desk. On the right, the Stylkea hack, coming in at $438.85.

The IKEA furniture hack with high-end results for $9.95

Bad Moms Christmas

Bad Moms Christmas full trailer is here and it's hilarious

Cape Town.

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

Ben Groundwater

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

Letters: Why some airlines close window shades in daylight

Pioneertown's Mane Street.

Where you can stay at the world's coolest movie set

Kylie McLaughlin

Pair a piece of cake with a glass of port.

A crowd-pleasing Portuguese orange and honey cake

Adam Liaw's mini meatball lasagne

Shake up your routine with these new spins on family favourites

There's a lot of sangiovese and a lot of "monts".

Why sangiovese is Italy's number one grape

New iPhones are due out on Tuesday.

Details of new iPhone X leaked before release

Senator Barry O'Sullivan is calling for a ban on all non-commercial drones.

Senator calls for total drone ban

The Nokia8 in steel (above) and tempered blue.

Nokia 8 review: return of the Finnish flagship

PodCase

Pebble Watch creator makes iPhone case

Gizmodo
58 mins ago

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

We find out how Skoda's new seven-seat Kodiaq fares on a long-distance road trip.

Far out in a Skoda Kodiaq

Toby Hagon

2017 Honda CR-V VTi-L.

Road test: Honda CR-V seven-seater

Stephen Ottley

2017 BMW X7 iPerformance concept.

BMW's Range Rover rival revealed

Greg Kable

Volkswagen I.D Crozz1.

Back to the drawing board for VW's electric SUV concept

Andrew Maclean

The Jaguar Future-Type virtual concept.

The Jaguar of 2040

Stephen Ottley

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

Will SA become a hydrogen hub?

David McCowen

Sharks Cowboys

Flanno's spray aside, the Sharks had this in the bag and blew it

Andrew Webster

Magic moment: The Cowboys celebrate at full time.

Eels on notice: 'Cannon fodder' Cowboys fear nobody, says Green

Chris Barrett

Martin Taupau of the Eagles after the NRL qualifying final.

Manly boss irate over losing home advantage to meet stadium policy

Chris Barrett

Fresh meat: Jordan Uelese copped a few barbs from his South African opposition on debut.

Springboks labelled Uelese 'fresh meat' in stellar Wallabies debut

Tom Decent

Sloane Stephens, of the United States, reacts after scoring a point against Madison Keys, of the United States, during ...

40 days ago Stephens was world No.957. Now? US Open champion

Superb form: Lance Franklin scores his opening goal.

Franklin tipped to be fit for semi, but Tippett recall unlikely

Andrew Wu

Steve Johnson could add much-needed bite to the GWS forward line, says retired Hawthorn premiership player Brad Sewell.

Sewell urges recall for Stevie J to reignite spluttering Giants

Andrew Wu

Inspired: Tatafu Polota-Nau steams ahead in front of hometown support.

Polota-Nau, Coleman overwhelmed by Force support in Perth Test

Tom Decent

Shane Flanagan.

Flanagan lashes 'disgraceful' decisions after Cowboys upset

Chris Barrett

Circle work: The Eels have a puzzle on their hands when it comes to their elimination final line-up.

Parra into sudden-death final with uncertainty over key spots

Michael Chammas

Uncertain return: Moylan's teammates are hoping the Penrith skipper will provide a timely boost against the Broncos.

Panthers talk up return of Moylan for Broncos showdown

Adrian Proszenko

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