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Cashing in: BHP chief Andrew Mackenzie.

Bonus bonanza for BHP chief as pay doubles to $5.7m

14 mins ago

Tony Abbott has suggested governments should build coal-fired power stations: "We have Snowy 2.0. Let's have Hazelwood 2.0."

'Unconscionable': Abbott threatens to cross the floor

1 hr ago

Slower house price growth in Sydney will be welcome.

A lot rides on how Sydneysiders react when the housing boom ends

Editorial

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is focused on ensuring "energy becomes more affordable".

'Whole country will be wiped out': Turnbull backs Trump's threat

1 hr ago

Jenny Leong stormed out of Monday's party room meeting.

Expletives fly as MPs storm out of explosive party room meeting

Madeline, who was fired for saying she would vote 'no' in the same-sex marriage survey, hit back on Tuesday.

Teen party entertainer 'fired' for same-sex marriage view hits back

Woolworths snags prime Pitt Street site for new metro store

More than 100 killed as powerful earthquake strikes Mexico

UPDATED

Ten employees really, really, really didn't want to work for Lachlan

Colin Kruger
1 hr ago

Trump threatens to 'totally destroy North Korea' in UN address

Coles case has made fast food pay deals 'unworkable'

Karina Okotel with her children Hannah, 3, David, 2, and nine-week-old Grace.

How a 'bleeding heart' lawyer became the fresh face of the 'no' campaign

Jacqueline Maley

Jacinta Tynan.

How I realised nobody is immune to homelessness - not even me

Jacinta Tynan
1 hr ago

At the Rio Olympics in 2016, Annemiek van Vleuten suffered spinal fractures after in an awful crash in the women's road race.

A year after breaking her back in horror fall, cyclist wins gold

Australia's Sam Kerr does a backflip to celebrate scoring against Brazil during their friendly soccer match in ...

Brazil left seething as Kerr inspires Matildas to another win

Sugar and children

When should you give your child sugar?

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Mexico quake: Horrific scenes as buildings collapse

The iPhone 8 Plus and smaller iPhone 8 are worthy upgrades.

iPhone 8 review: Worthy upgrade despite lacking X factor

Woolworths managing director Roger Corbett appeared on 7.30 on Monday night to voice his opposition to same-sex marriage.

ABC viewers mock 'creepy, embarrassing' 7.30 interview

Large super food selection in white porcelain dishes over distressed white wooden background.

How long does it take to absorb nutrients from food?

These make general recommendations to sit less and break up periods of uninterrupted sitting.

Have we been sold a lie about the benefits of stand-up desks?

Lanell Latta with her partner Geoff Robson-Scott

Woman killed in Avalon 'had a lot of trouble with her youngest son'

NSW spends $200,000 to investigate leaks, blames terrorism

Tube leaks, corroded pipes: Do we want 'old lady' to run a marathon?

ANALYSIS
46 mins ago

Michael Kulakovski, who avoided conviction for leaving a Sydney car park without paying the $38 fee.

Decision to evade $38 parking fee lands developers in hot water

Councillor Jess Miller has been elected deputy lord mayor.

After bitter falling out, young gun steps in as deputy lord mayor

Power bills have increased dramatically in recent years.

Help with power bills is available; low-income earners don't know it

Mays Hill Precinct.

'Hawking off public land': $30m project sparks fears for park

Sarah Hawthorn is fighting for her life after contracting influenza.

New mum in a coma with flu, 'unaware' she has given birth

Bar Association president Arthur Moses, SC, says the rates of Indigenous incarceration are a "national shame".

Radical plan to overhaul 'national shame' of our prison system

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn

Across the economy, incomes in the private sector are struggling to keep up with the rate of inflation making groceries ...

Average household pay rise equates to one more coffee ... a year

Same-sex marriage surveys found dumped in Melbourne's CBD.

Mail raids feared after same-sex marriage surveys found dumped

VIC

The small suburb of Sylvania Waters, in southern Sydney's Sutherland Shire, was remarkable even before it was ...

The Sydney suburb that went from swamp to soap opera

1 hr ago

Mick Davis in his beloved train carriage home in Nimbin.

Mick has lived in this old train carriage for the past seven years

Melbourne's property price growth has outpaced Sydney's growth for third quarter in a row.

Sydney prices 'out of puff', Melbourne in catch up mode

The Missoni Home collection by Milanese fashion house and ‘masters of colour' Missoni is quintessentially Italian in its ...

How Italy became (and remains) a creative superpower

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The Victorian Italianate residence Icilus sold for well in excess of $13 million.

Young rich lister the mystery buyer of $13m Woollahra mansion

Dr. Wilfred Shawcross, right, and the late Anthea Carstairs, left, excavate the remains of "Mungo Man" in 1974.

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Dr. Wilfred Shawcross, right, and the late Anthea Carstairs, left, excavate the remains of "Mungo Man" in 1974.

Final plans for Mungo Man's long journey home revealed

Daniella White

Bar Association president Arthur Moses, SC, says the rates of Indigenous incarceration are a "national shame".

Push to overhaul sentencing of Aboriginal offenders

EXCLUSIVE
Michaela Whitbourn

Slower house price growth in Sydney will be welcome.

A lot rides on how we will react when the housing boom ends

Editorial

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United States President Donald Trump waves to people after speaking during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. ...

Malcolm Turnbull says North Korea will be 'wiped out' if it attacks US

Stephanie Peatling
1 hr ago

Tony Abbott threatens to cross the floor on energy policy

Andrew Taylor
1 hr ago

Same-sex marriage off the table if 'no' vote succeeds: PM

Mark Kenny

US President Donald Trump slammed the "dumb deal" when he took office, but agreed to honour it.

US to accept 54 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru in first intake

Michael Koziol
44 mins ago

Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard square off during Question Time in 2013.

Reactionary right tying itself in knots to forestall modernity

COMMENT
Mark Kenny

Julie Bishop says "further pressure" will be brought on North Korea through United Nations sanctions.

Julie Bishop says North Korea sanctions could take months to bite

David Wroe

Mr Shorten's personal standing has plunged over the past quarter.

PM 'must take responsibility' for survey mental health concerns

Adam Gartrell

As IS territory shrinks, propaganda grows. An Iraqi soldier inspects a train tunnel that was turned into a training camp ...

The 5 countries where people click most on IS propaganda

Muhammad Rasid, who was jailed for people smuggling when he was 16, is one of the 115 plaintiffs.

Australia ordered to go to mediation over jailed Indonesian juveniles

Jewel Topsfield
47 mins ago

Mr Inglis says he believes the US can make it through the chaotic battle of ideas that is characterising the Donald ...

Trump using campaign funds to pay Russian probe legal bills

A collapsed section of a hotel following an earthquake in the town of Juchitan, Oaxaca State, Mexico two weeks ago.

Mexico earthquake leaves more than 100 dead

UPDATED

Index Strap 20th Sept?

The young are getting a bad deal – here's how

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Michael Kirby with Johan van Vloten in the High Court chamber.

The ambition my brother abandoned because he was gay

COMMENT
David Kirby

Wearing a bike helmet is not so bad in comparison to suffering a brain injury.

If adults don't wear bike helmets kids won't either

COMMENT
Rebecca Ivers

As of Friday, the last exchange ceased trading and Bitcoin sustained heavy selling.

'Seriously undervalued': China can't slow Bitcoin price surge

Jessica Sier

The Fed is the focus today.

Markets Live: Fed is the focus

Live
Sarah Turner and Patrick Commins
1 min ago

"This strong momentum will be carried into the 2018 financial year.": BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie.

Bonus bonanza for BHP chief as pay doubles to $5.7m

Darren Gray
14 mins ago

Police are investigating the well-being of residents at Berkeley Living.

'Steer clear': abandoned elderly residents spark warning

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Are big bank mergers ahead? the 'four pillars' policy questioned

Clancy Yeates

Coles pay deal to wait for tribunal ruling on cheaper agreement

Patrick Hatch

Group seeks to quash 'embarrassing' Manus Island allegations

Sarah Danckert

Channel Ten staff really, really didn't want Lachlan back

Colin Kruger
1 hr ago

First class is still available on some Qantas A380 flights.

Compared to business, first class is now second best

High Flyer

The Land Rover Discovery SVX was just one of the cars we can't wait to drive.

Heavy metal: Eight of the hottest new cars coming this way

Cars

Fran Cusworth with her 12-year-old son Redmond. Fran let out her family's Melbourne home on Airbnb to help cover the ...

'Lots of work, a dead goldfish, and $2000: my time as an Airbnb host'

FIRST PERSON
Fran Cusworth

The price of an iPhone in different countries is one measure of a currency's strength.

How iPhone prices suggest our dollar is too high

INSIGHT
Clancy Yeates

Aaron and Jasmin Telford are the founders of Baxter Blue.

Are you in front of a computer all day? Maybe you need blue light glasses

Nina Hendy

Taryn Williams has gone from modelling to IT.

I started as a model and now I'm an IT guru

Alexandra Cain

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Trump: US may 'totally destroy' North Korea

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Liddell power station showing its age

46 mins ago

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Refugees may ship to the US within weeks

Asylum Seekers

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Ten creditors vote in favour of CBS bid

Cathy Wilcox

Best of Fairfax cartoons 20 Sept

1 hr ago

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Reap what you sow… Season 4 of The Last Ship - now streaming only on Stan.

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Ghost’s darkest hour has arrived in the brand new season of Power - 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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James Corden has sort of apologised for his controversial kiss with Sean Spicer at Monday's Emmy Awards.

James Corden apologises for 'ass-kissing' Sean Spicer at Emmys

Emily Yahr

Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski, left) and Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) grapple with more than legal complexities.

This TV show's approach to diversity is smarter than most

Michael Lallo

Swift is being sued for stealing lyrics from a 2001 song by R&B group 3LW.

Taylor Swift sued over Shake It Off lyrics

Piya Sinha-Roy
1 hr ago

Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

Miss Fisher movie smashes Kickstarter goal within hours

Rob Moran

Stranger Things Millie Bobbie Brown plays Eleven in Netflix's hit drama Stranger Things.

Stranger Things bar receives hilarious Netflix letter

Broede Carmody

Woolworths managing director Roger Corbett appeared on 7.30 on Monday night to voice his opposition to same-sex marriage.

ABC viewers mock 'embarrassing' Roger Corbett interview

Broede Carmody

Sophie Monk stars in the upcoming season of The Bachelorette.

'Where's the older men?' Ten criticised over Bachelorette ages

Broede Carmody

Audience member Alexander Lau stole the show with his rebuke of Liberal MP Michael Sukkar's anti-marriage equality argument.

Q&A recap: Audience member sinks MP's 'vote no' defence

Neil McMahon

Danielle Catanzariti plays a compliant Victorian poppet in The Nether.

It's 'only' virtual abuse - so does it count?

Jason Blake

Sarah Jane Kelly and John O'Hare in The Night Alive.

This knight in shabby armour comes to the aid of a young damsel

Jason Blake

Antenna Documentary Film Festival.?stills from doco Mr Gay Syria.?Mahmoud Hassino putting on tiara. credit: Les Films ...

'I might lose my parents': Plight of gay Syrian refugees

Andrew Taylor

Jacinta Tynan's recent experience drove home how easily the line between comfortable and homeless can be crossed.

How I realised nobody is immune to homelessness, not even me

Jacinta Tynan
1 hr ago

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian with fiance Serena Williams.

Serena Williams pens emotional letter to her mother

Nicole Economos
27 mins ago

Physical maintenance is only part of the picture.

The six ingredients for a longer, happier life

Sarah Berry
1 hr ago

These make general recommendations to sit less and break up periods of uninterrupted sitting.

Have we been sold a lie about stand-up desks?

Robert John Hall was convicted of raping a sex worker. He pleaded not guilty to the charges he faced, claiming the sex ...

Getting away with rape for decades is not 'rehabilitation'

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Melanie Brown with husband Stephen Belafonte in 2015.

Mel B thanks Nicole Kidman for shining light on domestic violence

Amy Croffey

Elisabeth Moss, left, and author Margaret Atwood embrace as "The Handmaid's Tale" wins the award for outstanding drama ...

Margaret Atwood and the purse problem

Mary Ward

Shoes of Prey chief Jodie Fox is expanding into sneakers.

Meet the Australian brand making customisable sneakers a reality

Nicole Economos

It can be a tricky situation.

So you don't like your kid's friends . . . now what?

I needed a couple of minutes.

The day my kids put me in time out

Baby names can divide a family.

One in five grandparents hate their grandchild's name

Iconic symbol: This first wax figure of the Singapore Girl was shown at Madame Tussaud’s, London, in 1993. It was ...

Inside the world's toughest training school for flight attendants

Steve Meacham

Airports are not designed to be relaxing.

Suffering air rage on your flight? This is who you should blame

Ben Groundwater
54 mins ago

The Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong.

The unmarked hotel room that changed world history

Anthony Dennis

The schnitty sanga: Small in size and big on impact, like Fleet.

Australia's best restaurants beyond the city limits are...

People who live long lives tend to eat a lot of plant food.

The longevity list: Which foods give you a shot at living to 100?

Saganaki.

Cheese makes everything taste better. But why?

The iPhone 8 Plus and smaller iPhone 8 are worthy upgrades.

iPhone 8: glass-clad beauty a worthy upgrade

Review

With hackers intercepting text messages it's time to switch to a more secure form of two-factor authentication.

It's time to give two-factor texts the flick

COMMENT
1 hr ago

LG Dire Wolves' Calvin 'k1ng' Truong, Richard 'Phantiks' Su, Shern 'Shernfire' Tai, Ryan 'Chippys' Short and Mitchell ...

LG Dire Wolves to make Aussie esports history this month

Samsung's new Note8: great for geeks.

Cheapest way to buy a Note8 in Australia

Lifehacker

With a $US68 billion valuation by private investors, Uber is the most valuable startup Silicon Valley has produced over ...

Uber apologises for 'sexist' promotion

1955 Jaguar D-Type is expected to sell for as much as $8m at auction.

Could this be Australia's most expensive car?

Dom Tripolone

2014 Mercedes-Benz C250 sedan.

What luxury car should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

2018 BMW X3.

New BMW X3 prices and details revealed

Dom Tripolone

Volkswagen plans to launch its next-gen Golf and I.D hatch EV in 2020

VW's biggest test

Drive Staff

2018 Genesis G70.

Driven: Hyundai's Mercedes C-Class rival

Stephen Ottley

2018 Nissan Leaf.

2017 Mitsubishi Pajero range review

Dom Tripolone

End of the road: Des Hasler.

Canterbury could be facing legal fight after sacking Hasler

Adrian Proszenko

Last man: Latrell Mitchell giving a Roosters football to a new mum for her baby.

How a Johnathan Thurston snubbing changed Latrell Mitchell

Michael Chammas

Australia's Sam Kerr does a backflip to celebrate scoring against Brazil.

Brazil left seething as Kerr inspires Matildas to another win

Dominic Bossi

Shock return: Matt Scott has been named in North Queensland's squad to take on the Roosters.

NRL finals shock: Roosters react to Scott 'comeback'

Chris Barrett

Gold medal winner Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands poses on the podium.

A year after breaking her back in horror fall, van Vleuten wins gold

Leader: Rachael Haynes will take charge of Australia for the Ashes series.

Haynes leapfrogs Blackwell to lead Australia in Ashes

Chris Barrett

LA-bound: Signing Bogut has a big upside for the Lakers.

Bogut signs $2.9m one-year deal with LA Lakers

ANALYSIS
Roy Ward

Sun Herald Sport. Story by Daniel Lane. Photo shows, Sydney Sixers fast bowler Mickey Edwards. He's 6ft 8 (203cm) tall ...

SCG crowd favourite makes NSW squad and brother not far behind

Chris Barrett

Dog gone: Once Hasler lost the support of the board, the writing was on the wall.

Once Des lost the support of the board he was a dead man walking

Michael Chammas
1 hr ago

Not on: Outgoing Bulldogs captain James Graham feels Des Hasler should have been granted a chance to continue with a ...

Outgoing Bulldogs captain says sacking Hasler the wrong call

Scott Bailey

Knock out: Broncos winger Corey Oates was carried from the field on a stretcher last Friday night but might play against ...

Why Oates can play the Storm despite being knocked senseless

Phil Lutton

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