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The former biosecurity officer also completed compliance training on behalf of clients.

Corrupt public servant made $190k on the side

Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have a $US72.4 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. They ...

Zuckerberg to sell up to $22b of Facebook stock

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Well played, Tony Abbott. But here's why you're wrong

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Peter Hartcher

North Korean President Kim Jong-Un.

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Banned doctor moves mammoth legal stoush to ACT

Kyrgios wins for the World, beating Nadal and Berdych

Brandis' nemesis joins citizenship case against Joyce

EXCLUSIVE

A grass fire is seen along the Hume Highway, north of Goulburn.

Hume Highway re-opens after bushfire

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Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell.

NRL: Roosters and Cowboys face off for grand final place

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One direction: Daniel Rioli reacts after kicking another goal.

Giants fall short again to set up Melbourne footy fairytale

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Visiting from Newcastle, Jeff Endresz bought ice from a supermarket in Dickson, while a nearby bottle shop had sold out.

Today was officially the capital's hottest September day, ever

Elizabeth Doonan

The image of her body was stained with opaque black markings

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Bali Volcano: 240,000 to evacuate

Scottish police know the ways of Facebook.

Scottish man shames police for bad parking. It backfires

Illustration: David Rowe

David Rowe's cartoons

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Bling Matthews among favourites to win road world ...

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Earthquake in North Korea a 'suspected explosion'

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Inside the incredible Eltham home of John Henry and Deb Ganderton. Photo: Sean Fennessy. Production: Lucy Feagins / The ...

'It's like a treehouse': Inside an architect's self-designed home

Covering regional areas is expensive and there are not many customers.

The regional areas innovating as well as the big cities

Molokai Ranch, a 22,490-hectare tract on Hawaii's Molokai island is for sale for $328 million.

Vast $328m Hawaiian ranch for sale - but there's a catch

The ten commandments for living in a sharehouse.

The ten commandments for living in a sharehouse

Researchers have found that kitchcen cleaning sponges are the “biggest reservoirs of active bacteria” in your household.

Scentsational: Cleaning hacks to make your home smell delicious

Student Claudia Komorowski.

Canberra's first Montessori preschool open its doors

Police recover stolen items from 15 robberies

ActewAGL set to chop all overgrown trees near powerlines

Peggy Douglass has created a product that safely removes ticks. Penny with her son's dog Chief.

Could this home-grown invention safely remove ticks?

The disused Queanbeyan - Cooma railway line, which will feature on day seven of the border walk.

Canberran leads 21-day walk around entire ACT border

Ursula McDonald from Florey and Courtney Davis enjoying the sunny weather at Floriade on Friday.

Our city set to break September weather record this weekend

Commercial residents of the new Nibu and Palko buildings on Londsdale St Braddon. (L-R) Alex Howes and John Bruyn of ...

Braddon's new breed: Meet the new kids on the block

A grass fire is seen along the Hume Highway, north of Goulburn. The blaze prompted the closure of the road in both ...

Hume Highway closed by fire as heat records melt

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The former biosecurity officer also completed compliance training on behalf of clients.

Corrupt official made $190,000 in secret business

Elizabeth Doonan

'It's everywhere': Woman's scan stained with black

NSW

Thousands flood inner-city for pride march

QLD

The former biosecurity officer also completed compliance training on behalf of clients.

Corrupt official made $190,000 through secret business

The pay packets for the ACT's senior executives are under review.

Senior ACT govt execs face first major pay review since 1989

Chief Statistician David Kalisch.

ABS staff pulled off projects for same-sex marriage survey

Anarchist DJ Astro Labe, who is facing a charge of assaulting Tony Abbott.

'Abbott headbutt not about same-sex marriage': anarchist DJ

Michael Koziol, Matt Maloney

Left campaign group to launch ten-fold Coalition attack at election

EXCLUSIVE
Mark Kenny

The US vows to get tough with the bad guys - but can they afford to?

David Wroe

Former prime minister Tony Abbott addresses the media in Hobart on Friday.

Abbott 'assault' a gift to the 'no' case plain and simple

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts outside court in Brisbane on Thursday.

One Nation MP was a UK citizen when he nominated: High Court

Felicity Caldwell

Greens senator Janet Rice with her wife Penny Whetton in their Melbourne home.

The subversive marriage of Janet Rice and Penny Whetton

Stephanie Peatling

Ken Doolan, left, with his wife Elaine and former National Party leader Tim Fischer.

RSL investigates claim car was given to former national president

David Wroe

NZ Prime Minister Bill English campaigning in Hamilton this week.

New Zealand polls close after nail-biting race

Nunhar Begum, a Rohingya Muslim woman who crossed over two weeks ago from Myanmar, is reunited with her son Nur Karim in ...

Torching of Rohingya villages continues despite denials

Lindsay Murdoch

Halla, left, and her mother Orouba Barakat.

Syrian activist and journalist daughter found dead in Turkey

A soldier takes a position in an alley of the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian army deploys troops in Rio slum

Jill Meagher was murdered by parolee Adrian Bayley in 2012.

Jill Meagher's legacy, five years on

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Buying off the plan comes with a plethora of considerations before signing the contract.

I admit it, I've got a liar loan but who cares?

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe

Dresses and skirts are seen as too restrictive by many.

Is time up for school uniforms in NSW?

COMMENT
William McKeith

Shaun Toby received a letter from his insurer saying he would lose his weekly payments on December 25.

Injured workers over 50 face 'scrapheap'

Anna Patty

CBA chief executive Ian Narev has said the bank will focus on what it's best at.

Out for the count. CBA's financial planners next to go?

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Illustration: Glen Le Lievre

Consumers left behind by designers of power system

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Leona Watson, managing director of Cheeky Food Events, in Surry Hills.

What business really wants from your loyalty card

Patrick Hatch

Fairfax giving birth to $1.8 billion baby in Domain

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Australian taxi industry calls for Uber review following London ban

Joe Hinchliffe

UK ratings blow as PM tries to ease Brexit tensions

Blackbird pioneers a new tune for hiring

Nassim Khadem

Venroy's pink linen shirt can work just as well on the weekend as it does at work.

Spring clean-up: 14 of the best buys for men this spring

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With the Holden about to stop production of their Commodore, Kia couldn't have timed the Stinger any better.

That's gotta sting: The Korean car that is faster than a V8

Cars

The rates offered for online savings accounts have been falling rapidly.

'Be a rate tart': switch savings accounts to get rates above 3pc

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Super funds are holding more than $14 billion of lost super, while a further $3.75 billion of unclaimed super is held ...

$18b in lost super: the suburbs that top the list

John Collett

Former Olympic skier Jo McDougall at ski shop Molony's, in South Yarra, Melbourne.

No business like snow business thanks to bumper season

Cara Waters

You need to carefully select those best suited to dirty work.

How to manage 'dirty' workers

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Connie Johnson bid farewell at public memorial

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Trump: Fire NFL players who kneel for anthem

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Television's golden boy David Lyle dead at 67

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Melania Trump embraces White House garden

Illustration: Ron Tandberg

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Tiny Dancer: Elton John played new and old hits at Mackay Stadium in Queensland.

Tributes, terror and tiny dancers in a tour that won't be the last

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Drew Creighton

Flanagan sees writing as a inherently physical act, "inescapably part of life."

After the Booker: what Flanagan did next

Malcolm Knox

Angelina Jolie attends a New York screening of First They Killed My Father.

Angelina Jolie on fame, family and Cambodia

Cara Buckley

Peter Serafinowicz: "Actors who play superheroes. It's a rather small subsection of society, isn't it?"

Introducing Peter Serafinowicz, the unlikely superhero

Richard Jinman

Emmanuel Pahud is the world's most celebrated flautist.

Meet the 'Federer of the flute'

Barney Zwartz

KJ Apa as Archie in the new drama Riverdale.

Riverdale cast protest after star involved in car crash

The Chaser's Chris Taylor is hosting a new ABC TV show.

Chaser star Chris Taylor to host new ABC show

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Tom Cruise as pilot Barry Seal in American Made.

Victims' families blame Cruise for film deaths

Rob Moran

Sebastian Crowther, chairman of judges for the Canberra and Region Wine Show.

Smaller wineries win big at the Canberra and Region Wine Show

Could you actually wear fashion straight from the catwalk in everyday life? Jil Hogan tested it out.

We tried: wearing haute couture in everyday life

Leigh Creek, in <I>Australia's red landscapes</I>, by Marc Rambeau.

Glowing works that celebrate Australia's red interior

Everywhere we look, highly visible older women are rewriting all the rules.

How 'generational blurring' is changing women's lifestyles

Leah Hardy

Kylie Jenner.

Kylie Jenner pregnant: reports

Ditch the sugar over the fat, advises Peter Bruckner.

Is fat-free or sugar-free better?

Dr Peter Brukner

Models on the runway at Erdem during their Spring/Summer 2018 runway show at London Fashion Week in London

Five beauty looks from LFW that we want to copy immediately

Stephanie Darling

Sophie Monk faces a choice of almost exclusively younger suitors in <i>The Bachelorette</I>.

Like Sophie I've 'dated younger' and here's what I know

Clem Bastow

Certain short-chain carbohydrates, rather than gluten, might be the culprit in upset stomachs.

It might not be the gluten making you so bloated

Naomi Chainey

Jill Meagher was murdered by parolee Adrian Bayley in 2012.

What we've learned from Jill Meagher's legacy, five years on

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Imogen Anthony, left, with boyfriend Kyle Sandilands and Natalie Bassingthwaight at the launch of House of K'Dor's ...

Social Seen: Imogen Anthony dresses up, Kyle Sandilands dresses down

Social Seen
Amy Croffey

These are the 24 names on the verge of extinction.

The 24 baby names on the verge of extinction this year

Tiredness is not the only factor impacting on a woman’s sex drive

Mums are too tired to have sex, study reveals

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Wedding guests told to breastfeed in the bathroom

Pisco sours and ceviche at Pastuso.

¡Delicioso! Australia's top Spanish and Latin American restaurants

Lechon (pork) is a favourite national dish.

The six Filipino dishes you must try

Hello Hanoi owner Pink Pham.

East Street Canberra now has a permanent home and new name

Having your passport

Letters: The Australian Embassy treated me like a criminal

Galeta Meadows sculptures.

Offbeat California: 7 of the most amazing things you're missing

Kylie McLaughlin

Hibiscus marengue with lemon curd and yogurt ice cream from Gustu restaurant, La Paz, Bolivia. Images supplied ...

Ten of the best new culinary adventures around the world

Ute Junker

Frankenstein observes his creation.

Facebook's Frankenstein moment

ANALYSIS

<i>Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams</i> might look to the future but it's still stuck in the broadcast models of old.

Why are we still drip-fed streaming TV?

COMMENT

Georgina Cooke.

How does iPhone 8 Plus Portrait Mode stack up against a DSLR?

HTC.

Google acquires HTC staff, IP for $1.25b

Kotaku

If you've always wanted to run around as shirtless Mario — and take pictures for posterity — you're in luck.

Mario gets weird in Super Mario Odyssey

Hands on

2018 Genesis G70.

How Hyundai plans to take on Benz and BMW

Stephen Ottley

2017 Mini Countryman SD

She says, He says: Mini's full-sized Countryman

David McCowen

Shrapnel from Takata airbags is responsible for 19 deaths around the world.

Killer airbags force 'unprecedented' recall

David McCowen

2018 Volvo XC40

Volvo reveals baby SUV

Andrew Maclean

2017 Kia Stinger.

Driven: Kia's new twin-turbo V6 sedan

Stephen Ottley

McLaren Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo concept

Audi considers Project One rival

Andrew Maclean

Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell.

Roosters and Cowboys face off for grand final place

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Tigers

Live AFL: Tigers book date with Crows after thumping prelim win

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Making friends: James Tedesco at a coaching clinic in Port Moresby.

NRL team next goal for PNG

Knock out: Corey Oates leaves the field on a stretcher last Friday night.

Head clash: Oates' concussion test is not worth a pinch

Michael Cheika says the Springboks will have a point to prove against the Wallabies.

South Africa a mental hurdle Wallabies must overcome: Cheika

Matildas veteran Heather Garriock says players must commit to one sport if women are to become fully professional.

Former Matilda Heather Garriock says women must chose one sport

NCH SPORT. Hunter Track Classic at Hunter Sports Centre, Glendale. Men's 100m. Pic shows winner Josh Clarke after the ...

Can Australia's fastest man break 10 second barrier in Canberra?

Important GWS player Phil Davis.

Outnumbered by thousands so why the Giant smiles?