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Slain solicitor's life of debt, crime and family court battles

Volunteers search for a missing man in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga.

Bodies of two men found after separate drowning incidents

11 mins ago

Now might be a good time for millennials to quit their favourite toast topping.

Avo is off the menu - and there is a really good reason why

Fires, such as the ones that broke out in the Royal National Park last weekend, could affect holiday plans for the long ...

Bushfire, storm warnings disrupt Australia Day plans

SMH GENERIC. Central Station in Haymarket on December 22, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Anna Kucera Train, Trains, ...

Sydney escapes trains chaos after rail workers forced to abandon strike

1 hr ago

Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer.

The Aussie who sold a cryptocurrency 'joke'. Now it's worth $2.4b

Australia Day is about survival - I know, it's the day I almost died

COMMENT
Catherine McGregor

Labor senator Dastyari exits Parliament after donor scandal

Sydney Trains workers ordered to abandon 24-hour strike

UPDATED

Daughter charged with fatal stabbing at Sydney house

Fugitive on China's 'wanted list' slips out of Australia

Michelle Simmons at the University of NSW.

How Michelle will help us solve complex problems in just minutes

Australian of the year
33 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and 2018 Young Australian of the Year Samantha Kerr at the 2018 Australian of the Year ...

Matildas star Sam Kerr named Young Australian of the Year

32 mins ago

Tziporah Malkah starred in Ten's new season of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

'It's only for money': Ex-I'm A Celeb contestant rubbishes show

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

'We like the drama': Swingers are indeed a thing

A cyclone spins in the Ross Sea off Antarctica.

An 'unusually large' cyclone is churning through Antartica

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Watch Sydney's Harbour Bridge wallaby find a new home

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

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

'Madness': Women's bobsleigh team ruled out of Games

Financial Times reporter Madison Marriage, who went undercover at a men-only charity event in London, reported ...

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

Sidelined: Aaron Finch.

On standby: Finch out, Maxwell's ODI call-up another twist

UPDATED

Bodies of two men found after separate drowning ...

9:53PM

Quantum physicist named 2018 Australian of the ...

9:31PM

Sickening footage of dog slaughter at Indonesian ...

8:56PM

David Fifita and wife Jade Robinson.

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

'Syd' the Harbour Bridge-hopping wallaby heads back to the bush

Woman allegedly Googled 'murder' before partner's death

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

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

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

Lane Cove mayor Pam Palmer said St Leonards South (marked in the red boundary) was declared a Priority Precinct in June ...

New development plan threatens to transform leafy north shore streets

Salim Mehajer is behind bars after being denied bail.

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

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 tiny property is located in this commercial building on Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise.

Standing room only in this cool 4sqm Gold Coast property

Photo by Lune Photography

The summer home essential you never knew you needed

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

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

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

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

Labor senator Dastyari resigns from Parliament

Australians still trashing their beaches and streets, report finds

Nicole Hasham

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull discussed the TPP deal in Tokyo last week with Japanese leader Shinzo Abe.

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

Hu Yuxing, one of Chinas most wanted

Perth businessman returns to China to face investigation

Kirsty Needham

A dog waiting for slaughter at Langowan Market, Indonesia.

Sickening footage of dog slaughter at Indonesian markets

Steve Jacobs
1 hr ago

A woman cries in support of Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, on Wednesday.

Ex-Brazilian president Lula loses corruption conviction appeal

The Hong Kong-flagged Lighthouse Winmore was seized by South Korean officials for alleged sanctions violations last month.

North Korean ships suspected of smuggling goods

The publisher of The Australian defended its article on the basis of a truth defence.

'Dishonest' education boss loses defamation case

The S&P/ASX 200 index edged down 4 points, to 0.1 per cent, to 6050.

ASX slides, $A shines

Sarah Turner

Steam billows from the cooling towers at TRUenergy Holdings Pty's Yallourn coal-fired power station in Yallourn, ...

Hot temperatures to rock Victoria’s grid

Cole Latimer

GetSwift CEO and founder Joel Macdonald's $120 million wealth is at risk.

AFL footballer's company troubles with ASX continue

Sarah Danckert

Why avo may be off the menu at your local cafe

Jenny Noyes

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

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

Patrick Hatch

Australia the place of choice for the wealthy to move to

Catherine McGregor planned to end her life on Australia Day in 2012.

Australia Day is about survival - I know because I almost lost my life

COMMENT
Catherine McGregor

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

Enjoy cold drink this Australia Day.

No durries mate: The pub trend that's all thanks to smoking bans

Fine Drinks
James Atkinson

The new PG2 both vibrates and lights up.

Nike's latest limited edition shoe has a cool hidden feature

Men's Shoes

Poor financial advice can mean less income in retirement.

Product flogging still a problem in financial advice

John Collett

One in 10 women aged 65 now will live past 100.

The new risk to our retirement savings

Annika Bradley

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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Crocodile killed then dragged behind car

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'No one believed, because no one listened'

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Power station chimney comes down

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Trump promises to testify, then attacks Hillary

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

Fairfax photos of the week - January 18, 2018

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LDV Comanche to lodge protest against Wild Oats XI

James Buckley

Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

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Sarah, one of the participants in the 2018 season of <i>Married at First Sight</i>.

Is this season of MAFS good TV or emotional manipulation?

Craig Mathieson

Tziporah Malkah starred in Ten's new season of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

'It's only for money': Ex-I'm a Celeb contestant rubbishes show

Broede Carmody

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.

Streep joins Big Little Lies cast in role designed for her, says author

Broede Carmody

Smith, right, with The Fall in 2010.

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'

Terri Irwin also features in the film.

Kangaroo culling documentary leaves America hopping mad

Karl Quinn

Hittingthe wild notes of yore: Alanis Morissette.

Alanis Morissette review: Older and wiser but still wild

Reviewed by Michael Ruffles

Shabaka Hutchings & The Ancestors.

Shabaka & the Ancestors review/Ancestors light new path

John Shand

Meow Meow at the Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival.

Meow Meow review: The fine art of sheer pandemonium

John Shand

Mutual admiration ... Billie Jean King (left) with Magda Szubanski in Melbourne on Thursday.

'I don't have many heroes': when Magda met Billie Jean

Melissa Singer

Barrister Charles Waterstreet in Sydney's Darlinghurst.

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

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

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

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

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Elsa Pataky reveals the challenges of having kids with Chris Hemsworth

Photo: Shutterstock

Help! My teen son is smoking marijuana

Photo: Shutterstock

Why I'll never throw away my positive pregnancy tests

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

Lemon and oregano skewers with cucumber yoghurt.

Advance Australia fare: 16 luscious lamb recipes

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

Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer.

The Aussie behind a 'joke' cryptocurrency that reached $2.4b

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 users 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

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
1 hr ago

Pragmatist: Bert van Marwijk.

Pragmatist and realist, van Marwijk will bring order to Socceroos

ANALYSIS
Michael Lynch

Sekope Kepu.

SBW precedent means nothing with Kepu to serve ban for Waratahs

Tom Decent
1 hr ago

Plenty to get excited about: Mitchell Starc is expected to command a huge price at the IPL auction.

The Tonk: IPL spending spree to overshadow one-dayers

Andrew Wu

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

Jana Pittman savages bobsleigh decision

Andrew Webster

Sidelined: Aaron Finch.

Finch out, Maxwell's ODI call-up another twist

UPDATED
Daniel Cherny

Charge: Tony Williams.

Eels recruit Williams faces court on drink driving charge

Adam Pengilly

Performance driven: Charlotte Caslick.

Sevens heaven: women put distractions behind them

Georgina Robinson

Simona Halep celebrates her victory.

Epic win puts Halep within reach of maiden grand slam title

Scott Spits
1 hr ago

Hyeon Chung in action. Tennys Sandgren vs Hyeon Chung at the Rod Laver Arena.

It's all fun and games: Chung proves a refreshing change

Sam McClure
1 hr ago

Moving up: Marin Cilic.

Marin Cilic stepping up at Australian Open

Scott Spits

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