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NSW police and salvage personnel work to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed into Jerusalem Bay.

Wreckage of doomed seaplane raised from depths

16 mins ago

Vindication: Cook was playing for more than a win, he was playing for his spot.

England batting first after rain delays start of play at the SCG

Live

First Lady Melania Trump listens as U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, speaks to members of the media before ...

Melania 'cried on night Trump won - and they weren't tears of joy'

Rachel Olding

The technical shortcomings of bitcoin signal its benchmark status may be taken away someday by a second-generation ...

Bitcoin loses its dazzle as second-tier crypto coins catch up

1 hr ago

Joshua Boyle is escorted by authorities at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on the family's return in October.

Freed Taliban hostage charged with sexual assault, confinement

1 hr ago

A 'bomb cyclone' is expected to hit the east coast of the US.

'Bomb cyclone' set to hit the US as hurricane planes fly into storm

Two security flaws 'put almost all phones, computers at risk'

Seaplane was destroyed and rebuilt after previous fatal crash

EXCLUSIVE

2018: The year getting a mortgage will become even harder

COMMENT

200 hit by gastro on Sea Princess cruise ship docking in Australia

The 'Nuclear Button' explained: for starters, there's no button

Many houses along North Bondi offer Airbnb

We need to axe this perverse rule to fix the housing affordability crisis

Harry Stutchbury
1 hr ago

Crossroads: Bernard Tomic.

No Australian Open wildcard for Bernard Tomic

30 mins ago

Lines for the Members stand at the SCG.

Cricket fan 'got here at 3am and there were people in front of me'

Exhausted bathers being revived by lifesavers on Bondi Beach on February 6, 1938.

The day when five died and 200 were washed out to sea at Bondi

Ellen Page arrives at the world premiere of "Flatliners" at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in ...

Ellen Page marries 'extraordinary' partner in secret ceremony

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Australia to become a medical cannabis exporter

Contestant Nick Spicher's Jeopardy! ruling has sparked a debate over the acceptable pronunciation of 'gangsta'.

Jeopardy! player loses for mispronouncing 'gangsta'

Australian Alex de Minaur defeats Canada's Milos Raonic in a major upset at the Brisbane International.

'It's crazy': Sydney teen stuns Raonic at Brisbane International

WBBL

'Don't celebrate too early': T20 cricket clash descends into chaos

The new year is not always a happy one for couples.

Are you questioning your relationship this month? You're not alone

Wreckage of doomed seaplane raised from river bed

12:49PM

Markets Live: ASX rally fades away

12:37PM

As Iran erupts in protest, Tehran is notably quiet

12:29PM

The cost of the first three stages of the F6 Extension is put at more than $9 billion.

Taxpayers to miss out on Sydney toll road windfall

EXCLUSIVE
Matt O'Sullivan

Star jockey narrowly avoids tragedy after tree crushes car

'Throwaway attitude': Paradise lost amid festival rubbish

Blake Nicolas Pender has been charged with terrorism offences after allegedly threatening to behead police officers.

Man faces terrorism offences after 'threat to behead a cop'

A brush turkey surveys his new abode in Greenwich.

Why brush turkeys are headed to a Sydney suburb near you

The boy was run over by a vehicle at Mosman.

Five-year-old boy hit by a reversing car in Mosman car park

Seven Mile Beach in Forster, north of Newcastle was one of many beaches found to be facing extreme risk from rising sea ...

The 20 beaches at 'extreme risk' from rising sea levels

One of the men returns to the Victoria Park home.

Overdose victim who escaped death laughs while three still critical

WA

A Tesla car charging station is at South Australia's wind and solar battery plant outside of Jamestown.

Pressure on NSW as Victoria in line for large-scale battery

Peter Hannam

Chest X-rays of a toy cone lodged in the lower zone of a man's right lung.

Toy or lung cancer? The most bizarre near misses in medicine

Kim Hutchinson with her three-month old baby Celia, who cries for hours with colic.

Parents might weep with relief at simple treatment for colic

The offer of $100 million for the Point Piper mansion of John Symond showed a nine-figure sale is a looming reality.

What's in store for 2018? New trophy home record likely

Photo by Bob Hooks

Natural ways to keep your house cool and energy bills low

Three pugs in a row

How to choose the right pet when renting

Resolutions you can make for your abode, if you haven't already broken them.

New Year's resolutions that you've probably already broken

The older generation is gifting money to adult children and want to protect that money from a relationship breakdown.

The three biggest unseen money suckers in your home

Exhausted bathers being revived by lifesavers on Bondi Beach on February 6, 1938.

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Exhausted bathers being revived by lifesavers on Bondi Beach on February 6, 1938.

The day five people died and 200 were washed out to sea

Julie Power

A Tesla car charging station is at South Australia's wind and solar battery plant outside of Jamestown.

Pressure on NSW as Victoria in line for large-scale battery

Peter Hannam

Road safety boffins and the police can do only so much to combat idiotic, high-risk behaviour.

Road toll chills the holiday season once again

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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.

Victorians 'scared to go to restaurants' at night: Peter Dutton

Fergus Hunter

The end of cheap beer: radical alcohol tax plan put to government

Michael Koziol

US perpetrating 'diplomatic insult' on Australia: former deputy PM

EXCLUSIVE

Malcolm Turnbull floated the idea of a postal plebiscite on an Australian republic.

PM bursts own 'thought bubble', ruling out imminent republic vote

Philip Ruddock said he wanted to be "as open as possible" in the conduct of the inquiry.

Public submissions to review of religious freedom to be kept secret

EXCLUSIVE

It is understood Joe Hockey was involved in discussions with the FBI.

Hockey at centre of dealings with FBI on Russia revelations

Keating government attorney-general Michael Lavarch.

Ending workplace discrimination against pregnancy

Damien Murphy

An attack on Iran police station in Qahdarijan, Iran.

Revolutionary Guards deployed to quell Iran's uprising

Billionaire Paul Singer is one of the owners of the Washington Free Beacon, which originally hired GPS Fusion.,

Research firm behind 'Steele dossier' attacks 'fake' GOP probes

Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch called Donald Trump a "f---ing idiot," according to an explosive new book.

Rupert Murdoch called Trump a 'f---ing idiot'

Rachel Olding

Mushroom cloud

The ‘Nuclear Button’ explained: for starters, there’s no button

President Xi Jinping, left and US President Donald Trump: Will China's economy hold up in 2018 and will Trump be ...

Five things to fear in a strong global economy

COMMENT
1 hr ago

Oil sparked a rally in energy stocks globally.

Markets Live: ASX rally fades away

Live
Vesna Poljak
28 mins ago

The technical shortcomings of bitcoin signal its benchmark status may be taken away someday by a second-generation ...

Bitcoin loses dazzle as second-tier crypto coins catch up

1 hr ago

All investments will have good years and bad years.

A bumper year for super but Aussies can do better

COMMENT
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Medicinal pot stocks soar on export approval

37 mins ago

Miners in the fast lane on electric vehicle surge

Darren Gray

Leadership, tax cuts top big business wish lists for 2018

Patrick Hatch

2018: the year getting a mortgage will become harder

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

The way to fix the housing affordability crisis is to remove family homes from the pension teset.

Axe this perverse incentive to fix housing crisis

Harry Stutchbury
1 hr ago

Illustration: Dionne Gain

The deterioration of White House policy debates

COMMENT
Daniel Drezner

Sexaholics can never satisfy their appetite for lust and the condition does not discriminate. Illustration: Dionne Gain

My name is X and I am a sexaholic

Anonymous
Anonymous

It takes work to keep the spark alive in a relationship.

The sign your relationship is doomed

Life on Mars
Phil Barker

Does the cost outweigh the benefits of living in Sydney?

Sorry, but you couldn't pay me to move to Sydney

COMMENT
Sylvia Pennington

Hannah Thiem at home in Sydney, with some of the items she buys in bulk to avoid disposable packaging.

How Hannah cut down on waste on a budget

Siobhan Ryan

From a current median price of $895,342, a 10 per cent decline would equate to about $90,000.

For most, predicted downturn will be little more than a blip

ANALYSIS
Jennifer Duke

The reality is a four-hour work week is unlikely to happen if you start your own business.

The problem with the entrepreneurial dream

COMMENT
James Adonis

Chris Sidwa and Andrew Fineran, co-Founders of local craft-beer business Batch Brewing Co, have managed to stay strong ...

The local Sydney brewery thriving despite 'Big-Beer' buy-ups

Justine Landis-Hanley

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Bannon called Trump Jr meeting "treasonous"

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Angry passenger leaves plane by emergency exit

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Ouch ... Krygios hit where it hurts

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Eastern US braces for winter "bomb cyclone"

A young Nepalese devotee collects water to offer a prayer at the banks of the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan ...

World of Photos - January 4, 2018

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Clear eyes, full hearts… every episode of Friday Night Lights - now streaming on Stan.

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How to multi-task like a boss

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Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

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35 never fail road trip tips to keeps kids happy

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All the Money in the World is an old-fashioned morality play, but David Scarpa's script manages a fine line between ...

How did replacing Spacey impact All The Money In The World?

Paul Byrnes

Paul Sorvino, right, with his daughter Mira Sorvino in Florida in 2005.

Goodfellas star on Weinstein: 'I'll kill the motherf-----'

Broede Carmody

Justin Timberlake has been roasted over his new album teaser.

Justin Timberlake mocked over new 'alt-country phase' album

Rob Moran

Contestant Nick Spicher's Jeopardy! ruling has sparked a debate over the acceptable pronunciation of 'gangsta'.

Game show contestant loses over 'gangsta' pronunciation

Daniel Victor

Got some nip: Marcus Stoinis.

There are lessons for Nine in Ten's BBL coverage

Debi Enker

Beyonce will get you into the holiday spirit.

Aussie musicians join Beyonce on Coachella lineup

Sofija Petrovic

Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie become the first pair of women to host NBC's Today show.

Today taps 'revolutionary pick' to replace disgraced Lauer

Gina Cherelus

Comedian Dave Chappelle mocks Louis CK's victims in The Bird Revelation.

Comedy star mocks Hollywood sexual harassment victims

Rob Moran

Jenny Eriksson and her electric viola da gamba.

'A sound as foreign as dreaming someone else's dreams'

John Shand

Peter Martins has retired after more than three decades at the New York City Ballet.

Ballet boss retires after alleged misconduct

Reading on the beach

Not sure what to read on holiday? We have the answer

Jason Steger

Ivanka Trump listens during the Women's Entrepreneurship Finance event at the G20 Summit.

'Ivanka thought she'd be president': the top revelations from the new book on Trump

Kate Bettes
25 mins ago

The cover of February UK Vogue. Photo: Instagram

British Vogue accused of 'whiteness' on latest cover

Melissa Singer
1 hr ago

Comedian and performer, Iliza Shlesinger, who was hosting the event.

Man sues woman for women-only show, is compared to Rosa Parks

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Sam Smith in New York.

Sam Smith shares his struggles with body image

Nicole Economos

More than 40 per cent of Australians get too little sleep to feel rested and able to function at their best.

Why getting enough sleep is as important as exercise

Ellen Page and Emma Portner, left, arrive at the world premiere of "Flatliners" in Los Angeles.

Ellen Page weds girlfriend

Michael Sun

Aussie, Aussie Aussie

Have Australians become too sensitive?

Roqayah Chamseddine

Actress Diane Kruger attends the premiere of "In the Fade" at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in New York.

Diane Kruger: Ending her relationship with Joshua Jackson was 'liberating'

Nicole Economos

Can I ever go back?

How I unintentionally ghosted my book club

1 hr ago

Some lessons were surprising.

9 lessons I learned by giving up drinking while pregnant

There are ups and downs.

3 ways kids will ruin your marriage - and 3 ways they will make it stronger

A new Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner rolls out of the Boeing factory in Everett, near Seattle.

World's safest, and least safe, airlines named

Amber Schultz
26 mins ago

Business class on board Qantas.

Do the lucky passengers in lie-flat seats still get jet lag?

Michael Gebicki

Entertainment units on places go a long way toward keeping passengers happy and distracted.

Here's why airlines are scrapping seat back screens on planes

MARTHA C. WHITE

Green smoothies are the order of the day in Veganuary.

Welcome to Veganuary, the meat-free month gaining momentum

Raw chicken breast - delicacy or disgusting?

Simply resistible: Five food trends you might want to miss

Chilled sriracha-fried chicken and pickles.

Off to the cricket? 20 dishes to take to the game

Intel chips from the last ten years are vulnerable to 'one of the worst CPU bugs ever found', according to one of the ...

Virtually all devices at risk from CPU flaws

NBN photoshop ad fail

NBN's appeal to gamers shows ancient controller

NEC's new technology can match faces to a database of billions, virtually instantly.

Facial recognition's ominous rise: are we going too far too fast?

The late Tom Petty is among artists whose songs are licensed by Wixen.

Spotify sued for $2.2b over unlicensed music

God of War

The 18 games to look forward to in 2018

The final HSV GTSR W1 has been built, ending the Commodore era for the company.

End of an era for HSV

Stephen Ottley

Peugeot 3008 GT.

Is this the most underrated SUV?

Stephen Ottley

Mercedes-Benz will debut the new G-Wagen at the 2017 Detroit motor show.

Merc's tough 4WD to go upmarket

Alex Rae

The new Hyundai Veloster will debut at the 2018 Detroit motor show.

New Veloster set for 2018 reveal

Alex Rae

Volvo XC40

Volvo is ditching petrol models

Alex Rae

2018 Toyota C-HR.

What small SUV should I buy?

Cameron McGavin

Leading from the front: Steve Smith celebrates his century in the Boxing Day Test.

Australia look to keep England winless in Ashes

Live
James Lemon

Unhappy return: Eels player Jarryd Hayne departs after answering questions from the media.

Why Hayne told the Eels he wanted to speak to the media

Andrew Webster

Australian Alex de Minaur defeats Canada's Milos Raonic in a major upset at the Brisbane International.

Australian teen stuns Raonic in 'crazy' upset in Brisbane

Phil Lutton

On the outer: Glenn Maxwell played for Australia against India in September but has been dropped from the ODI squad.

Smith smackdown of Maxwell exposes story behind axing

Chris Barrett

NBA star Derrick Rose outside court in 2016. His lawyer, Mark Baute, said media reporting on this case was biased ...

Hayne hires attorney who has defended NBA stars

Stephanie Gardiner

Ruled out: Kei Nishikori.

Kei Nishikori out of Australian Open

Darren Walton

Late drama: Thibaut Courtois dives in vain as Hector Bellerin's shot slams into the net.

Bellerin stunner earns Arsenal draw with Chelsea

Tradition counts: The SCG's richness resides in its individuality – it is, foremost, a cricket ground.

Simply the best: The SCG should resist the pitch for change

Malcolm Knox

A photo from the Hamilton Art Gallery of the team that toured England in 1868.

How an Australian Aboriginal team became cricket pioneers

Scyld Berry

Try something: Joe Root, left, has avoided taking any major risks.

Leg-spinner who played for NSW to debut for England in Sydney

Andrew Wu

Steve Smith during the Australian cricket team training session at the SCG in Sydney, Tuesday, January 2, 2018. (AAP ...

The records that could move Smith closer to Bradman

Andrew Wu

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