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Analysis found the 'No' side had outspent the 'Yes' side on television advertising.

The many myths of the same-sex marriage campaign

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop attends an AFL match with US Vice-President Joe Biden.

Taxpayer funding for MPs to attend grand final under scrutiny

1 hr ago

Bill Hayden and Paul Keating at the announcement of the new Governor-General Sir William Deane.

The most visionary PM Australia never had, according to Keating

Spotting a stationary oBike on the other side of Swanston Street, the man rushes across the road to retrieve it.

Hero throws oBike under car to stop armed teenager in Melbourne

15 mins ago

Peter Dutton suggested the first refugees to leave Manus Island for America under an Australia-US resettlement deal were ...

Bishop takes aim after Anglican priest calls Dutton a 'Sodomite'

US President Donald Trump with then Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in the Oval Office in March.

Blow for Trump as his health boss quits over $US1 million flight bill

World Bank bans iconic Australian company over alleged bribes

EXCLUSIVE

All the President's men: Meeting to replace China's most powerful

ANALYSIS

No love in this debate: Same-sex experiment has torn us apart

COMMENT
Stephen O'Doherty

'I made $13k last year': Teacher wins fight over Woollahra Airbnb unit

Mayor visibly upset by White House remark after devastating storm

lsd

'Go straight to hospital': Quiet night on north shore shattered by teen's horror

The Tigers celebrate Jack Graham's goal.

Tigers on the rampage as Crows struggle to fire

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5 mins ago

Sydney is expected to need an additional 726,000 homes by 2036.

Sydney now has one occupied apartment for every two houses

The crocodiles are utterly dwarfed by the whale carcass they're feasting on.

'Smell was atrocious': Pilot spots crocodile feeding frenzy on beach

Real estate agent and investor, Bella Exposito is caught in thedramatic downturn of property prices in the Queensland ...

'Makes me feel sick': Bella bought 19 homes, then the market halved

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Witnesses film Melbourne CBD rampage

Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk listening to a question during a press conference in Sydney. Cooper Cronk will ...

Andrew Webster

Cronk breaks the mould by giving it all away for love

Sophie Monk on the first episode of The Bachelorette season three.

PS

Sophie Monk exiles herself to avoid spilling the beans

Honoris causa: Peter Fitzsimons presents Adam Goodes with an Honorary Doctorate of Health Sciences.

The pleasure of honoring Goodes for his rare moral courage

COMMENT

Lightning fast: Storm fullback Billy Slater.

Billy to the boil: How Storm made Slater faster in his 30s

Pearce

Accused killer found dead in cell after partner dies in hospital

Rachel Olding

'Why did you do that?' Victim's shock at attack that left him dying

Missing for 15 minutes: Toddler found in river at picnic spot fights for life

A 37-year-old man remains in a critical condition after the stabbing.

Woman found stabbed to death in western Sydney

UPDATED

Michael James Holt, who pleaded guilty to making and possessing prohibited firearms, expressed a desire to shoot up a ...

White supremacist jailed for weapons, child porn offences

Gas

NSW penalised for outlawing fracking under new plan

Lake Macquarie man Nathan Brown has died from flu.

'This flu can attack anybody': Family mourns teenager

Hasan Topal, the alleged treasurer of the Comancheros and male model who was arrested last week.

Bikies go toe-to-toe in wild Fyshwick strip club brawl

Tammy Mills

A screenshot of footage taken by a Twitter user reportedly showing the suspect dressed in black.

Armed man drives wildly through Melbourne CBD

Neelima Choahan
31 mins ago

Dylan Voller has been arrested at a rally in Alice Springs.

'I'll go back and do my time': Dylan Voller arrested at protest rally

The area of farmland under Chinese ownership has increased.

Chinese ownership of Australian farmland surges while Brits fall

The winning bid: investor Bashar Mahmood made a $667,500 offer for a duplex on Saturday.

Investors still out in the western Sydney market, but 'cracks' showing

1 hr ago

Nearly 180 apartments are coming to Strathfield in a project called The Greens.

On the green: Why 180 apartments are tipped to save this golf club

The Macleay Regis in Potts Point was built in 1939.

An ornate penthouse atop Sydney icon hits the market

Painting entitled Scrub by Renata Waterfall, leather couch purchased from Orson and Blake in Sydney more than 10 years ago.

'It takes time to raise funds': An artist's renovation in progress

A landmark tribunal decision has been made allowing Airbnb in an apartment building in Woollahra with bylaws that forbid it.

Teacher banned from renting unit on Airbnb wins in court

Architect Glenn Harper outside his favourite piece of Brutalist architecture, the former Bidura Children's Court in Glebe.

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UTS Building 15 in Ultimo is an example of Sydney's Brutalist architecture

Mapping respect for Sydney's concrete landmarks

Linda Morris

Members of the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad raid a house in western Sydney to look for suspected firearms.

Crime's new frontiers: the eclipse of ethnic crime

Missy Higgins has wanted to be in a musical since she was a little girl.

Missy Higgins as you have never seen her before

Helen Pitt

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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet in Iraq in 2014.

Australian forces involved in civilian deaths in Iraq

Mark Kenny

Victoria, NSW penalised for fracking bans under grants plan

'Dark ages': Pacific island slams Australia as emissions hit new high

Nicole Hasham

Analysis found the 'No' side had outspent the 'Yes' side on television advertising.

The many myths of the same-sex marriage campaign

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts leaves court in Brisbane last week.

Malcolm Roberts argues his citizenship case 'is the strongest'

Felicity Caldwell

Former Australian Building and Construction Commission boss Nigel Hadgkiss has been ordered to pay an $8500 penalty.

Former ABCC boss to pay $8500 for breaking workplace laws

Anna Patty

Australia's love affair petroleum fuels has helped pushed the nation’s energy emissions to a record high, a new analysis ...

Diesel cars help drive energy emissions to new peak: report

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

It is not clear if TSA officers will refer to social media data when passengers arrive.

I shouldn't fear Trump's immigration social media crackdown

COMMENT
Sally Dominguez

A protester burns a Donald Trump shirt during a demonstration in downtown Washington on January 20.

Anti-Trump activists fight search warrants for Facebook details

Sally Dominguez

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June

Modi resurrects Roosevelt's fireside chats to bypass the media

Amrit Dhillon

Usually softly spoken: North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho.

Meet the man who translates Kim Jong-un to the world

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

How to make sure Australia thrives when the robots come

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher

Macklemore will sing his hit Same Love at the NRL grand final.

Why the NRL is right and sports and politics should mix

COMMENT
Anthony Abrahams

Hundreds of counter-protesters gathered around a man encouraging Sydney University students to "vote no" in the same-sex ...

Same-sex marriage experiment has torn us apart

COMMENT
Stephen O'Doherty

Foot race: Joshua Addo-Carr chases a loose ball against Jordan Kahu.

The Aussie sports tech company set to make its riskiest move yet

John McDuling

ANZ says it spent many millions on consultants advising on cyber security.

Why is ANZ spending $20m on consultants?

COMMENT
Adele Ferguson

Humans take more interest in bad news than good news.

Bulldust detector fail: we can't resist bad news

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

Sri Lanka's president Maithripala Sirisena (centre) : "No knowledge of the incident"

'Inappropiate payments': World Bank ban on Aussie company

EXCLUSIVE
Richard Baker

Wall Street hits records as tech stocks shine

Oroton follows this year's fashion colour into the red

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Why 280-character tweets are good for the world

COMMENT
Kara Alaimo

Flying high: Sydney, Melbourne rising on Skyscraper Index

Carolyn Cummins

Both sides have ample brewing riches to draw from.

The best beers to crack for the Grand Final

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

An acrylic bubble of a cabin maximizes underwater views.

Deep pockets: Aston Martin reveals its $5 million submarine

Luxury

We aren't always rational when it comes to our money.

Five 'nudges' that will make you money

Scott Phillips

Our biggest super funds are getting bigger by world standards, which bodes well for their members

Minnow super funds left behind by the giants

COMMENT
John Collett

IKEA has bought start-up TaskRabbit.

IKEA enters gig economy by acquiring TaskRabbit

Tiffany Hsu

There are cute surprises and romantic dinners, thoughtful courtesies and nice appearances, but after a while the ...

When the workplace honeymoon period ends…

COMMENT
James Adonis

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Can Canavan survive?

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Mickelson lands epic selfie

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Monk moves to Mexico

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How to make an Australian gin and tonic

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Will and Grace is back again and it's as if we never said goodbye.

Will and Grace review: As if we never said goodbye

Nathanael Cooper

Jessica Townsend's <i>Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow</i> was 10 years in the making.

Is this Australia's JK Rowling?

Linda Morris

Missy Higgins has wanted to be in a musical since she was a little girl.

Missy Higgins as you've never seen her before

Helen Pitt

Australian Ballet principal Kevin Jackson as Spartacus for a new production by the company.

Australian Ballet's Spartacus celebrates the blokes

John Bailey

Before it all goes wrong: John Grant (Sean Keenan) enjoys his two-up winnings.

Wake in Fright: A national nightmare revisited

Karl Quinn

Minister Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 16 August 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Andrew Meares

No Surrender: Peter Dutton here's your 'no' anthem playlist

SKETCH
Nathanael Cooper

The classic Carradine pose in the original Kung Fu.

Grasshopper to leap again as Kung Fu reboot takes flight

Karl Quinn

Cher's life will be turned into a Broadway musical.

Hold on to your sequins, Cher's story is set for Broadway

Karl Quinn

Albanian born installation artist Anri Sala on Sydney Observatory Hill

Sun rises on unique Kaldor public art project

Linda Morris

The Go-Betweens: Unlucky throughout the 1980s.

Could this be Australia's unluckiest band?

Paul Byrnes

Simon (Gabin Verdet) is a teenage surfer left brain dead by a car accident.

Artful look at the human condition lacks heart

Jake Wilson

US rapper Macklemore is currently in a stoush with conservative politicians over his appearance at the NRL grand final.

Of course stars should weigh in on politics - what else is celebrity good for?

COMMENT
Alyssa Rosenberg

"Often the person who is dying will preface an important conversation with a prolonged silence, and our job is to be ...

Why we need to get 'death literate'

COMMENT
Jenny Valentish

Sophie Monk on the first episode of The Bachelorette season three.

Sophie Monk flees to avoid spoiling Bachelorette finale

PRIVATE SYDNEY
Andrew Hornery

Shin splints are a pain but can be prevented.

Ask the expert: Can shin splints be prevented when running?

Dr Bianca Scotney

Natalia at July’s Paris Fashion Week. At age 11, she sold fruit by the side of the road in a bleak industrial city in ...

Why Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova is giving back

Charlotte Edwardes

Kit X âSolidarity Bias Teeâ, $395. Mrs Shmith collar, $595.

Unabashed femininity has become spring's biggest trend

Georgie Gordon

More than 300 members of the Australian fashion, media and creative industries staged a photo opportunity in support of ...

Fashionistas unite for yes vote; Richard Wilkins steps out with latest lady friend

Social Seen
Amy Croffey

One Girl CEO Morgan Koegel with Craigburn Primary School principal Paul Luke on Wear A Dress Day.

How an attempt to smear Wear A Dress Day ended in a windfall

Morgan Koegel

Look for the tired signs.

Sleep guru's advice for adjusting to daylight saving time

Should kids' bedrooms be a TV-free zone?

Health and behaviour suffer if kids have TV in bedroom, new study

Photo: Shutterstock

Popular baby names banned in other countries

MSC Seaside: MSC's new 'beach condo' style cruise ship.

Here's what cruise ships will look like in the year 2027

Brian Johnston

Airbnb supports hosts, not guests, writes one reader.

Traveller letters: Our Airbnb rental was robbed, and no-one cared

Picos de Europa, Spain's oldest, and arguably most spectacular, national park.

New bucket list: The next 10 great adventures you need to add

Andrew Bain

A selection of different mustards.

Everything you need to know about mustard

The RPG Sandwich.

26 footy food favourites for the grand final

Bratwurst and Nuernberger bratwurst from Munich Brauhaus.

The best recipes for Oktoberfest

A new version of the Nokia 3310 is coming to Australia.

A new Nokia 3310 is coming to Australia

The new pint-sized Sphero Mini is an affordable way to introduce kids to programming.

Sphero gets back to basics with mini robot

COMMENT

Elon Musk presents his plan for space transport in Adelaide.

'Around the world in one hour' - Musk's radical plan

Ben Grubb

Lockheed Martin's orbiting outpost would use NASA's Orion spacecraft as a command deck.

Lockheed Martin trumps Musk with Mars base camp plans

ACO

New Assassin's Creed to have educational mode

Kotaku

Dirk Hartog Island was one of the first landing spots of Europeans in Australia.

Off road test: Jeep's new Trailhawk

Toby Hagon

2018 LDV D90 seven-seat SUV.

2018 LDV D90 details revealed

Drive Staff

The Q5's interior is a pleasant place to be.

Audi's new Q5 SUV reviewed

David McCowen

An illustration of how the Rolls-Royce Cullinan could look.

Rolls-Royce SUV will be off-road ready

Stephen Ottley

The M140i's cabin lacks some of BMW's usual polish.

Driving BMW's baby M-car

David McCowen

McLaren says the next-generation 'ultimate series' coupe will be its fastest-ever car.

'Fastest-ever' McLaren takes shape

David McCowen

Love match: Cronk with partner Tara Rushton.

How Cronk is breaking the mould by giving it all away for love

Andrew Webster

Calm before the Storm: Melbourne director Matthew Tripp and chairman Bart Campbell.

The Storm's real Big Three? It's not Slater, Smith and Cronk

Adam Pengilly

Richmond Tigers

AFL grand final live: Richmond wrestle lead from Crows into half

Live
Ronny Lerner
6 mins ago

Honoris causa: Peter Fitzsimons presents Adam Goodes with an Honorary Doctorate of Health Sciences.

The pleasure of honoring Goodes for his rare moral courage

COMMENT
Peter FitzSimons

Tough school: Ned Hanigan at Wallabies training.

Nelson Mandela to internet trolls: Year of learning for Hanigan

Tom Decent

Stiff competition: Even former Aston Villa midfielder Chris Herd is not assured a place in the Wanderers' match day ...

Depth the key to Wanderers success

Dominic Bossi

Point to prove: Isaac Humphries, pictured left with coach Andrew Gaze, signed for the Sydney Kings after going undrafted ...

Kings' Humphries keen to leave mark on NBA that left him behind

Roy Ward

X-factor: Marika Koroibete.

The Wallaby selection risk that is worth taking against Springboks

Paul Cully

Melbourne Storm forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona gives his side plenty of power.

Asofa-Solomona stands ready to 'make the difference' for Storm

Roy Ward

Lightning fast: Storm fullback Billy Slater.

Billy to the boil: The man behind making Slater faster in his 30s

Chris Barrett

Dean Pay

New coach Pay vows to make Bulldogs the 'family club' again

Adrian Proszenko

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