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Commuters wait for passengers to board the train at Strathfield train station. Strathfield, Sydney. 25th January, 2018. ...

'Threatens the welfare of the community': Rail workers ordered to abandon strike

BREAKING
4 mins ago

SMH. NEWS. Sydney Town Hall train station suffers from congestion at peak hour, it also has limited fire ...

CBD train station may shut down in afternoon peak

54 mins ago

Simon Monteiro will be released on parole next week after Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin failed in his ...

Released: 'Playboy rapist' could be back on streets on Tuesday

BREAKING
Dan Proudman
10 mins ago

Then Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk at the World Cup in 2010.

Socceroos name new coach to lead Australia to World Cup

UPDATED

David Fifita and wife Jade Robinson.

'Greedy' ex-NRL player's wife avoids jail over Centrelink fraud

1 hr ago

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPO The roof of the Sydney Opera House is pictured as a JetStar Airlines Airbus A320 plane flies ...

More of the world's rich are moving to Australia than any other country

Walcha sheep grazier Mathew Dunbar with partner Natasha Darcy, who has been charged with his murder.

Woman allegedly Googled 'murder' before partner's death

A journalist infiltrated a prestigious men-only event. It didn't end well

Frank Lowy launched his own World Cup 'corruption' probe

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Hall

Woman fatally stabbed at Sydney house, daughter arrested

1 hr ago

Australia's top stock picker 'the best kept secret in the market'

'Poor execution': David Jones' value has been slashed by a third

'Utter madness': J Astrid Radjenovic and Jana Pittman during a training run in Sochi.

'Complete, utter madness': Women's bobsleigh team ruled out of Olympics

Andrew Webster

Rapper Briggs on AB Original's no-holds-barred approach to Indigenous rights: "We're angry but there's also a dark ...

Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day

Sidelined: Aaron Finch

In-form batsman ruled out of fourth ODI with hamstring injury

UPDATED
20 mins ago

Mark Robson was on Saturday banned from racing with Ultra Series WA after it is believed he cut an estimated 30 to 40 ...

'Stunned': Ultra-marathon runner banned for cheating

AJ and Lisa Demaree on ABC News.

Couple's innocent photos of their kids set off a 10-year legal saga

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Hyeon Chung: first Korean to make a Grand Slam semi final

Flag seller on Coogee Beach as the crowds enjoy the sunshine on Australia Day in 2016.

Your complete guide to Australia Day across greater Sydney

Sam Misiano, owner of Scole Lotto and News in Brunswick, where the winning $55 million lotto ticket was sold.

'It's crazy': Mystery of $55m unclaimed lotto ticket

Justin Timberlake, left, and Jessica Biel arrive at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards.

Farrow calls out Timberlake over #TimesUp hypocrisy

Anger: Tennys Sandgren addresses the media after his match against Hyeon Chung.

Tennys hits back at 'demonising' and 'dehumanising' critics

Rail workers ordered to abandon 24-hour strike

2:27PM

Camel beauty pageant marred by Botox scandal

2:24PM

'Playboy rapist' could be back on streets on ...

2:21PM

Squished commuters wait for passengers to board the train at Strathfield train station.

'Completely full': Commuters feel the pinch of industrial action

New development plan threatens to transform leafy north shore streets

'Complex': FWC back on Thursday morning on train industrial action

Lisa Visentin

Salim Mehajer is behind bars after being denied bail.

Mehajer's extortion claim a 'mad idea', magistrate says

An artist's impression of the Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre.

Work to begin on Sydney's largest aquatic centre since the Olympics

Sydney's rail network is under extreme pressure.

Text message confusion to tip Sydney into commuter chaos

UPDATED

The operator of the Masaki sushi outlet at Stockland Shellharbour, south of Wollongong, has been fined for underpaying ...

Sushi store fined $200,000 for ripping off young workers

Australia has opted out of an international plan to conserve three more shark species, including the blue shark (pictured).

Turnbull government accused of undermining shark protections

Peter Hannam

Emi Habgood said it can be hard work avoiding her trigger foods.

Why supermarket foods pose a 'significant risk' to people like Emi

The backpackers were carjacked at a lookout near Wye River.

Backpackers carjacked by woman in bathers on Great Ocean Road

Jayden Penno-Tompsett has not made contact with friends or family since he was last seen near a Charters Towers ...

'Exhausted': Police suspend search for man missing in Queensland

What aspirational and meaningless garbage should the national property market pledge to embrace and then quietly ignore ...

Property market's New Year's resolutions we will quietly ignore

Opinion
Andrew P Street

The house has been meticulously renovated for the past four years.

Mansion that nearly broke up a marriage in The Money Pit for sale

Emily Uebergang has spent the past year paying $20 a week in utilities to live in her caravan "Vinnie".

Home is where the yurt is: Alternatives to a traditional house

ASIC says financial advisers at big banks do not offer advice in customers' best interests 75 per cent of the time.

Financial advice conflicts of interest 'inherent' at big banks

Both Australia and Germany have negative gearing policies, yet experience very different housing market outcomes.

Tough regulation of rents could be antidote to skyrocketing prices

Rubbish at Bondi Beach attracts the interest of a large group of seagulls.

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Rubbish on the sand at St Kilda beach.

Australians still trashing their beaches and streets: report

Nicole Hasham

Opposition Leader Luke Foley will announce the treaty plan on Australia Day.

NSW Labor to sign treaty with Indigenous Australians

James Robertson

Australian adults are more likely to be obese if they live in regional areas (68.8 per cent) as opposed to the city ...

'Contagious': Where you live may be making you fat

Kate Bettes

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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and deputy leader Tanya Plibersek speak to media outside Sunnybank Hills State School in ...

Shorten could block TPP, says 'foolish' not to do modelling

Felicity Caldwell

Australians still trashing their beaches and streets, report finds

Nicole Hasham

How about showing us what we're about to sign?

COMMENT
Peter Martin

Labor defence spokesman Richard Marles says Australia should assert its rights to nativate the high seas under ...

Politicising African crime could hurt us economically, warns Marles

David Wroe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.

Trade deal risks a 'noodle bowl' of agreements, warns business

Eryk Bagshaw

Mark Butler oversees the environmental portfolio for Labor

Powerbroker ready for presidential return after attack on ALP factions

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore announces her resignation in November, alongside party leader Nick Xenophon.

Nick Xenophon's Senate influence under High Court threat

Adam Gartrell

US President Donald Trump

Trump willing to be interviewed by Mueller under oath

23 mins ago

Pope Francis book on "Fake News", is pictured in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome.

Pope Francis lays out moral case against fake news, propaganda

Wilbur Ross, US commerce secretary, pauses during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,

US not starting trade war, but sees China tech threat

Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo

Australia will pursue UK deal, even if London joins TPP trade bloc

Latika Bourke

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

'America First' team at odds with European leaders in Davos

Futures pointed to a lower start.

Markets Live: ASX retreats, $A jumps

Live
Sarah Turner
1 hr ago

Tough trading conditions have been blamed for the write-down of David Jones.

'Poor execution': David Jones' value slashed by a third

Patrick Hatch

Australia remains an attractive destination to live for the the world's wealthy.

Australia the place of choice for the wealthy to move to

Australia's top stock picker 'the best kept secret in the market'

Patrick Commins

'I really like what he's done': Wall Street CEOs cosy up to Trump

Wind farms power big surge in renewable energy jobs

Cole Latimer

Australian dollar shoots to four-month high

Timothy Moore

Advocates for marriage equality gather at Prince Alfred Park in Sydney to show their support for the YES vote on November 15.

Gay community had big advantage Indigenous Australians do not

COMMENT
Sally Rugg

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford announce they are expecting a baby.

'Dad power': Jacinda Ardern is not the only role model in her house

COMMENT
Judith Ireland

Australia's safe-drinking guidelines are being reviewed.

Just not cricket: We may have won the Ashes but children lost big time

COMMENT
Toby Hall

The new PG2 both vibrates and lights up.

The cool hidden feature in Nike's latest limited edition shoe

Men's Shoes

The national airline has unveiled a way for you to retain your status even if you fly less.

Which sneaky hack can help you reach Platinum status?

High Flyer

How can you confidently make transactions when a currency's value might fall by a quarter overnight?

Could cryptocurrencies be a serious alternative to the dollar?

COMMENT
Clancy Yeates

Economists suggest a rise in official interest rates could be in store for 2018.

How much your home loan repayments could rise this year

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Andrew Kuypers, Scott Jungwirth and Marc Lord have spent $40,000 launching Thongs Australia.

Putting the Aussie back into thongs

Cara Waters

With some of the world's fittest athletes "dying on court", the Australian Open's complex heat-out formula is facing ...

Cool heads must prevail on heatwave safety

Tony Featherstone

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'This is why you get f---ing killed!': truckie's cyclist tirade

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Chung says all of Korea behind him

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Musk to get no salary unless Tesla hits milestones

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Train strike to go ahead

Mike Gill with his dogs Baz and Coco. Mike was the victim of a hit and run accident in Coburg on New Years Eve.

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LDV Comanche to lodge protest against Wild Oats XI

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Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

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Rapper Briggs on AB Original's no-holds-barred approach to Indigenous rights: "We're angry but there's also a dark ...

Let's get over Gallipoli too: Briggs on Australia Day

Kylie Northover

Meryl Streep at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards earlier this month.

Meryl Streep joins Big Little Lies cast

Broede Carmody

Smith in Sydney in 1990.

Mark E. Smith of The Fall, dead at 60

Rob Moran

Burns (right) with breakfast co-host Ross Stevenson.

3AW's John Burns apologises on-air for drink-driving

Rob Moran

Elton John performing at the WIN stadium in Wollongong last year.

Elton John makes statement on where his 'future lies'

Triple J content director Ollie Wards.

Triple J boss has message for Hottest 100 boycotters

Broede Carmody

Terri Irwin also features in the film.

Kangaroo culling documentary leaves America hopping mad

Karl Quinn

Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet.

Charles Waterstreet defends Q&A;'s #MeToo invite

EXCLUSIVE
Broede Carmody

Melissa Madden Gray's Meow Meow is Dame Edna-big, and boasts as many talents as costumes.

Meow Meow review: The fine art of sheer pandemonium

John Shand

Josh Lawson as Paul Hogan (as Crocodile Dundee) in the miniseries Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story.

'Crushed' by emotion: Josh Lawson on Oscar nomination

Garry Maddox

Fleabag's Maddie Rice.

Fleabag has a bite that lingers

Joyce Morgan

In this photo released by Kensington Palace on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose ...

The real story behind Prince Harry and Meghan's set-up

Natalie Reilly

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 28: Charles Waterstreet ,Barrister arriving at the Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara murder ...

Q&A; what were you thinking?

Nina Funnell

Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue star in <i>Swinging Safari</i> in cinemas now.

Who on earth would become a swinger?

Kerri Sackville

Did male victims of intimate partner violence really increase by 552 per cent?

Fact or fiction: one in three victims of domestic abuse is male

Jane Gilmore

Actress Suki Waterhouse attends the "Assassination Nation" cast party at Chase Sapphire.

J-Law's ex Darren Aronofsky is now dating Suki Waterhouse

Nicole Economos
30 mins ago

Model Ashley Graham has landed her first major beauty contract with Revlon.

Ashley Graham scores history-making beauty contract

Melissa Singer

The cookbooks portray method of cooking that rarely take place in the real world.

Twitter is losing it over 'creepy' cookbook covers

Nicole Economos

Divvito CEO and co-founder Wendy Oxenham.

Getting divorced? There's an app for that

Mary Ward

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Elsa Pataky reveals the challenges of having kids with Chris Hemsworth

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Help! My teen son is smoking marijuana

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Most popular baby names of 2017 put royalty on top

Reclining your seat is no longer an option on some airlines' planes.

Airlines are getting rid of reclining seats in economy

Michael Gebicki

A rendering of Blue Star's Titanic II.

Whatever happened to Titanic II? China's version is half finished

Soo Kim

Papunya, Northern Territory, the closest town to Australia's Pole of Inaccessibility.

'Poles of Inaccessibility': The places furthest from anywhere revealed

David Whitley

Ice-cream cake with an Anzac biscuit base, malted ice-cream, macadamia cookie crumb crunch and dulce de leche caramel ...

Four Aussie ice cream cakes that are anything but daggy

Thirst-quenching summer beers.

Three refreshingly different Aussie beers for Australia Day

Catherine's Passionfruit Pavlova at Rockpool Bar and Grill.

The best places to eat and drink this Australia Day weekend

Healthy baby: Cloned monkey Hua Hua.

Researchers clone primates for first time

The HomePod brings Siri into your lounge room.

Apple HomePod to hit stores February 9

Telstra's already dropped support for its old T-Box, but now it's forceably removing its smart functionality.

Telstra cripples T-Box to drive Australians to Foxtel

Apple's iPhone X has not been as successful in China as the company had hoped, according to an analyst.

iPhone X production to end this year: analyst

Alexa will arrive in Australia in February, as part of the Echo line of devices.

Amazon Alexa's best Australian 'skills

BMW's new 8-Series has undergone dynamic testing.

8-Series on-track for 2018 launch

Dom Tripolone

Jeep is planning a new SUV to sit under the current entry-level Renegade.

Jeep investigating new micro-SUV

Kez Casey

2018 Jaguar E-Pace

Jaguar's sub-$50k SUV reviewed

Alex Rae

2008 Volvo C30 LE.

Should you buy a second-hand Volvo?

David Morley

Range Rover SV Coupe concept

New Range Rover coupe confirmed

Kez Casey

Aston Martin builds the DB11 in Gaydon, England.

Behind the scenes with Aston Martin

David McCowen

Then Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk at the World Cup in 2010.

Socceroos name van Marwijk as World Cup coach

UPDATED
Dominic Bossi

'Utter madness': J Astrid Radjenovic and Jana Pittman during a training run in Sochi.

Jana Pittman savages bobsleigh decision

Andrew Webster

Sidelined: Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch out of fourth ODI, Maxwell in squad

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny
20 mins ago

Switzerland's Roger Federer, left, is congratulated by Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic after winning their ...

Federer's task: Figure out Chung's game

Michael Gleeson

Fan favourite: A Ben Simmons fan with the Australian flag.

Simmons dominates on 'Aussie night' in Philadelphia

Matt Bungard
1 hr ago

Omitted: Torah Bright was Australia's flagbeared at the 2010 Games.

Torah Bright out of 2018 Winter Olympics

Warren Barnsley

Then PM Kevin Rudd wears a Come Play! scarf with Frank Lowy and then Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull in June 2009.

Frank Lowy launched his own World Cup 'corruption' probe

EXCLUSIVE
Matthew Hall

Larry Nassar admitted sexually assaulting athletes when he was employed by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics.

Ex-team doctor sentenced to up to 175 years for sexual abuse

Steve Friess

Moving up: Marin Cilic.

Marin Cilic stepping up at Australian Open

Scott Spits

Anger: Tennys Sandgren addresses the media after his match against Hyeon Chung.

'Demonising': Sandgren slams media attention over Twitter profile

Ronny Lerner

Bernard Tomic's troubled career has continued with further controversy.

Tomic can find a way back, but has 'a lot of work to do': Rafter

Sam McClure

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