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The week ahead is going to be data and policy driven for local investors. Today there is building approvals for May, ...

The inconvenient truth about your mortgage payment

26 mins ago

Skydive the Beach expects to benefit from cruise ships docking at Port Kembla. Picture by Skydive the Beach.

Three people dead after skydiving 'accident' at Mission Beach

20 mins ago

If you're working in a position that doesn't fit your inner clock, think about whether there's a way to make a change ...

Starting work at 8am ruined my health

Sold Home For Sale Real Estate Sign in Front of Beautiful New House.

Reserve Bank's stark warning for property investors

Clancy Yeates

Former prime minister Tony Abbott on the hustings in Tasmania.

This is the only way Tony Abbott's vendetta will end

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

A home burns in Santa Rosa, California on Monday.

Submerged in a pool, Jan Pascoe wished the home would burn to ashes

38 mins ago

Hepatitis A warning issued to patrons of the Star's Sokyo restaurant

BREAKING

'Tarantino does Happy Feet': 38,000 penguins produce just two chicks

It took a split second for me to glimpse the predator in him

COMMENT

Electric cars have hit a dead end in Australia

EXCLUSIVE

The charts that explain why the AUD remains in high demand

The proposed project would include 2616 residential units, as well as 17,300 square metres of new retail and commercial ...

'Monstrous' development that would reshape an inner west suburb

Jennifer Byrne, host of ABC program The Book Club.

Jennifer Byrne leaves the ABC, but then came collateral damage

The Richmond photo scandal brings body-shaming issues to the surface

Open letter to the woman whose breasts were photographed after AFL grand final win

COMMENT

Australia's Israel Folau, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring a try during the Rugby Championship match ...

Wallabies' trio would make team of Rugby Championship

COMMENT

It's like looking into a mirror: Sophie Monk on her date with Stu Laundry.

'He's full of s---': Sophie Monk hits out at Bachelorette evictee

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Friday the 13th: real life horror

Actors Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd were among at least eight women to reach confidential settlements with Hollywood ...

'Double standard': Rose suspended after Weinstein tweets

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie.

COMMENT

The news is sad for ABC viewers under Guthrie's rule

Apollo in a puppy pile.

New frontrunner emerges, as Bachelorette reaches pointy end

SPOILERS

Going upmarket: Bega's new, and more expensive, Vegemite Blend 17.

Would you pay double for the new premium Vegemite?

lightening . 020516 AFR pic by Tanya Lake lightening storm over Ben Buckler, Bondi Beach last night generic thunder ...

Planning for a hot, dry summer? Then prepare to be disappointed

'Premium' donors offered special access to state cabinet

Sean Nicholls

'Ingenious tactics': Mother and son's 10-day bushland ordeal

UPDATED

Alexander Villaluna is escorted to a waiting prison services vehicle at the Supreme Court in Sydney, Thursday, October ...

'Happy to be killed by me': 30 years jail for restaurant murder

Scene from a virtual reality film on Circular Quay in 2037 as part of the Future Street Project.

What Sydney's streets will look like in the year 2037

Garry Maddox

An oBike left on Spencer Street in June.

Sydney council to crack down on bikes 'strewn across suburbs'

The final stage of WestConnex will include 7.5-kilometre twin tunnels.

'Virtually unbuildable': The Sydney road that no one wants to construct

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Apology to Peter Kimlin

International opinion is split on the influence of religion.

Two in three think religion does more harm than good

Hancock Prospecting's Gina Rinehart's has attempted to prevent dividends from being paid on the 24 per cent of stock ...

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart faces hefty legal payout to rival

WA

Information provided to a Senate committee by ATO officials details repeated critical incidents that have been ...

Children as young as six years old are watching pornography online

Barker and Knowles are hot favourites to come up trumps at The Block auction.

The Block's Elyse and Josh set to sell their other renovated home

1 hr ago

"Historically investors ‘sit tight’, but this has become increasingly less viable," Citi analysts said.

'Many will need to sell': Grave property warning for investors

Leigh Sales is selling her Glebe home to move to Stanmore.

ABC presenter Leigh Sales lists Glebe home for $3 million

Luke Thill, a 13-year-old from Iowa, built his own home in his parents backyard for $1927.

'I wanted something to do in summer': 13-year-old builds tiny home

The Brombal family "couldn't have been happier" with the strong sale of their West Ballina home and are moving to a farm ...

The new Byron? Regional market clocks staggering growth

ATO Second Commissioner Andrew Mills says the ATO now has a good relationship with corporates.

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ATO Second Commissioner Andrew Mills says the ATO now has a good relationship with corporates.

ATO defends fraud systems after Cranston scandal

Nassim Khadem

Education is fundamentally a social transaction between humans.

Robo-marking plan for NAPLAN does not compute

Editorial

St Vincent: "I think my success has been like a lobster being brought to a slow boil – it's been very gradual."

St Vincent: No fear of humiliation

Bronwyn Thompson

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NSW could lose its state-wide sexual assault counselling service if emergency funds are not found.

Future of Rape Crisis Centre in doubt after contract change

Judith Ireland

Treasurer stresses housing market isn't heading for a crash

James Massola

Massive 'Alf' data breach prompts demand to reveal state hackers

David Wroe

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts arrives at the High Court on Thursday.

High Court justices lose patience with Malcolm Roberts' lawyer

Adam Gartrell

Health Minister Greg Hunt is shaking up the private health system, under sweeping changes to be announced on Friday.

Turnbull's sweeping changes to private health insurance

Adam Gartrell

Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg.

Government's 'reliable energy package' set for release

James Massola

All eyes will continue to be on Nick Xenophon - flanked here by NXT senators Skye Kakoschke-Moore and Stirling Griff.

NXT appear clueless in wake of Nexit

Mark Kenny

Foriza Begum holds a fan to shield her son Yosar Hossein, 7, and daughter Noyem Fatima, 2, on their way to a Bangladesh ...

Australia refuses to condemn Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities

Lindsay Murdoch

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Facebook obscures data on reach of Russian disinformation

A firefighter monitors a flare up in Sonoma, California.

Hundreds missing in California wildfires

A worker carries cardboard inside the compound of the United States embassy in Havana, Cuba.

Hear recording of sonic attack sound used on US diplomats in Cuba

Illustration: John Shakespeare

Peter Hartcher: Blame, shame and party lines

COMMENT
Peter Hartcher
1 hr ago

Former prime minister Tony Abbott on the hustings in Tasmania.

This is the only way Abbott's vendetta will end

COMMENT
Jacqueline Maley

Allegations: Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow (inset) are among those to speak out against Harvey Weinstein.

Weinstein tried to buy feminist cred – real feminists get no credit

COMMENT
Alyssa Rosenberg

Local exchanges are finding new customers are signing up each day, keen to turn their Australian dollars into cryptocurrency.

Aussie money boosting Bitcoin's $7000 surge

Jessica Sier

Apple's Tim Cook has just sold $54 million in stock, but analysts still like Apple's prospects.

Apple boss says learning coding more important than English as a second language

What the private sector has not been able to do is demonstrate that it delivers superior health outcomes more efficiently.

Hunt's reforms just healthy for private insurers' profits

COMMENT
Michael Pascoe
1 hr ago

For the week, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.8 per cent, its best week in percentage terms since the last week of March.

ASX rallies to its best week since March

Sarah Turner
43 mins ago

'Longtime ethics crisis': Investors slam Murdoch's 21st Century Fox

RBA warns of 'increasing risks' in property investments

Clancy Yeates

ACCC probes Foxtel, Fox Sports merger plan

Office jetlag: Starting work at 8am ruined my health

Only 210 of the LaFerrari will be made.

The limited edition Ferrari you'll never see again

Cars
Mark Gambino

Vintage cars a huge drawcard for the Motorclassica.

Motorclassica is the ultimate motor show (just don't call it that)

Cars
Toby Hagon

Media talking heads have no more predictive ability than you or I, they just happen to be on TV.

Why consensus tells you little about a company

Marcus Padley

Multiple credit card applications will drive down your credit rating.

How shopping around can hurt your credit score

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Working with cancer could have benefits.

Cancer and work: a compatible duo? I hope so

COMMENT
James Adonis

"The data shows a significant number of the industry's TIO complaints are from customers moving to the NBN," a Telstra ...

Patchy internet costing Australia's small businesses big

Cara Waters

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Bishop: Abbott should explain climate comments

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The Chaser team return to radio

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Penguin-cam captures life under Antarctic ice

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Hollywood stars slam Harvey Weinstein

Sydney Dance Company dancers, 2 One Another, media call, Roslyn Packer Theatre 5th October 2017 Photo by Louise ...

Fairfax photos of the week - October 12, 2017

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Virginia Trioli is reportedly one of ABC's highest paid presenters.

Minister tells ABC to reveal salaries of its top earners

Karl Quinn
1 hr ago

Roy Price has been suspended by Amazon.

Amazon suspends top executive amid harassment allegations

Jennifer Byrne, host of ABC program The Book Club.

Jennifer Byrne announces departure from ABC

Broede Carmody

Bachelorette evictee Sam has earned the ire of Sophie Monk following a breakfast radio interview.

'He's full of s---': Sophie hits out at Bachelorette evictee Sam

Rob Moran

Chris Taylor, Charles Firth, Dominic Knight and Andrew Hansen have promised to get up to all sorts of trouble on Triple ...

The Chaser team return to where it all began

Broede Carmody

Apollo in a puppy pile.

New frontrunner emerges, as Bachelorette reaches pointy end

Rob Moran

Actors Rose McGowan and Ashley Judd were among at least eight women to reach confidential settlements with Hollywood ...

Rose McGowan's Twitter suspended over Weinstein tweets

Michael Idato

Program loss: Lateline's Emma Alberici and Tony Jones.

The news is sad for ABC viewers under Guthrie's rule

COMMENT
Debi Enker

Desperado: Robert Pattinson in Good Time, a somewhat confusing movie.

Bad hair day and dodgy plot are not Pattinson's finest hour

Paul Byrnes

White males have a better chance of surviving in <I>The Belko Experiment</I>.

Playing office politics - but with live ammunition

Jake Wilson

Bill Bennett came close to being hit by a truck while driving in New Orleans.

The mysterious voice that saved Bill Bennett from certain death

Garry Maddox

Future career? Jesinta Franklin will officiate at her gay friends' wedding and said she'd consider training to become a ...

Jesinta ponders 'retirement' as gay marriage celebrant

Melissa Singer
1 hr ago

Lena Dunham recently opened up about her experiences of developing a skin condition as an adult.

Like Lena Dunham, my skin condition challenged everything

Clem Bastow

Charges: Harvey Weinstein called himself a 'dinosaur' in his initial statement.

No, men of the world, you don't deserve 'vintage leniency'

Kristine Ziwica

An image from Dating Lessons, developed by Cerevrum Inc.

Could virtual reality actually be the next frontier in online dating?

David Evans Bailey

As little as one hour of any intensity of exercise a week can improve our mood and hep to prevent depression.

Moving for mood could change why and how we exercise

Sarah Berry

In this Wednesday, January 5, 2015 file photo, a model wears footwear with wisps of fur as part of the Gucci women's ...

Gucci is going fur-free

Sarah White

There are five non-listening styles that can emerge during parenthood.

New mums don't want advice, they want someone to listen

Juli Fraga

Steven Khalil, with initiative ambassador Zoe Marshall.

How Steven Khalil's latest design will help 45.8 million people

Nicole Economos

Just one example of the messages our girls are bombarded with every single day.

The sexist window display that left me fuming

She may be dealing with some grown-up issues, but she’ll always be my baby.

I wasn't ready for my 10 year old to get her period

Pregnant women should sleep on their backs, new study confirms.

This is why pregnant women should sleep on their sides

Sydney has been named top 10 safest cities in the world.

Revealed: World's safest cities - two Aussie cities make the list

Oliver Smith

Virtual fish in Dubai Airport's aquarium tunnel will capture passenger's biometrics.

Dubai is replacing airport security checks with face-scanning fish

Annabel Fenwick Elliott

A large female elephant feeds on the savannah with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.

Traveller quiz: In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro?

Mal Chenu

Smoked ocean trout parfait at Cirrus in Sydney.

Australia's top 10 hot and new restaurants revealed

Bounty and abundance: A healthy party platter from Little Magic Feast.

Amazing grazing: How to make the perfect party platter

The mariscos coctel tostada at Chula.

How Chula's bringing Mexi back to Kings Cross

Apple's Tim Cook has just sold $54 million in stock, but analysts still like Apple's prospects.

Kids should learn coding over languages: Cook

Porsche is in the game this year, with some stunning german racers to choose from.

Racing games move up a gear with Forza 7

Review

Your iPhone and many of its apps would be faster and more secure if holes in open source software were automatically plugged.

Coding change could make your devices, apps faster, more secure

Cygnett's 20,000mAh ChargeUp Pro can be filled up overnight and used to power your devices through the day.

One power bank for your phones and laptop

Those spruiking the "gig economy" might eventually do themselves out of a gig.

Cut-rate 'gig economy' sounds bad for business

COMMENT

Holden Commodore SS-V Redline v Kia Stinger Si.

Kia Stinger v Holden Commodore

David McCowen

2018 McLaren 570S Spider.

McLaren 570S price revealed

Dom Tripolone

Hyundai Kona Highlander.

Hyundai's Mazda CX-3 rival driven

Stephen Ottley

Peugeot L750 R Hybrid Vision.

Peugeot's hardcore racer concept makes its digital debut

Alex Rae

2018 Volvo XC60 T8.

Volvo's new XC60 SUV reviewed

Kez Casey

Mercedes is set to launch Takata airbag recall in 2018.

Mercedes to recall thousands of cars

David McCowen

Tye Angland, in orange, was fined for excessive whip use in the Spring Champion Stakes on Saturday.

Everest whip warning: jockeys face staggering fines for breaches

Adam Pengilly

Ben Stokes composite

ECB must stop hiding behind legal process and deal with Stokes

COMMENT
Malcolm Knox

Intimidating arena: Honduras' Alberth Elis after scoring against Mexico in San Pedro Sula.

Socceroos may set up camp in Miami to avoid Honduran hostility

Dominic Bossi
1 hr ago

Australia's Israel Folau, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring a try during the Rugby Championship match ...

Wallabies trio would make team of Rugby Championship

COMMENT
Paul Cully

"Something special": Jarryd Hayne in action for Fiji in the 2008 World Cup.

Hayne 'blessed' to be back with Fiji after losing his way in NRL

James Buckley

A new 13-team ODI league will determine World Cup participants.

ICC approves Test championship, ODI league

1 hr ago

Toufil Elhage, Imad Ohidiac, Brad Fittler, Raymond Sabat, Wael Harb and Ali Abou Arabi all members of the Lebanon rugby ...

'If you don't know the anthem, you won't play': Fittler's demand

Andrew Webster

Late call-up: Reagan Campbell-Gillard can't wait to pull on the green and gold jersey.

Bati might 'try to kill me' in retaliation fears new Kangaroo

Steve Mascord

Everest favourite: Vega Magic has been the best backed as punters warm to The Everest.

New Everest favourite as betting market trails only Melbourne Cup

Chris Roots

Unabashed fan: Yuesheng Zhang failed twice tried to buy She Will Reign.

How Chinese billionaire and Portelli bonded over pigeon racing

Chris Roots
1 hr ago

Where are you: Josh Parr looks for dangers as Deploy smashes track record in the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill.

Deploy adding to Cornish's grandstand dreams

Chris Roots
1 hr ago

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