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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce in Question Time on Monday.

Texts to PM's aide warned of Joyce's 'misbehaviour'

EXCLUSIVE
Jacqueline Maley

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers remarks at the Indigenous Economic Development Showcase, at Parliament House in ...

'Simply unacceptable': $13 billion basin plan in 'crisis'

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

Federal education Minister Simon Birmingham is hoping the rest of the nation will follow South Australia.

150 adults couldn't understand three words six-year-olds should

Barnaby Joyce during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Joyce's web of lines makes likelihood of Australian first possible

COMMENT
Tony Wright

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a joint press conference after the Council of Australian ...

Turnbull distances himself from Joyce over messy affair

Antonia Tatchell was found dead at a house in Brunswick, January 11.

Teenage boy charged after artist found dead in bathtub

'That's what I play for': Smith named Allan Border medallist

NSW to receive more than half a billion worth of affordable housing

Two kids and another on the way: Why Peter isn't happy

'A litany of mistakes' from child protection workers, inquest told

NBN chief admits it is 'unlikely' to hit revenue per user target

Jennifer Duke

Chrissie Foster's two daughters, Emma and Katie, were abused by a Catholic priest

The archbishop, the mansion and the beach house

INVESTIGATION

Matt Graham celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men's moguls.

Australia wins its first medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

Airbus' ultra-long haul aircraft are able to fly further due to their light-weight carbon-fibre composite fuselage.

Qantas goes shopping: Sydney to London non-stop within reach

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, ...

Silent and sphinx-like: The woman who upstaged Mike Pence

Laura Tingle is moving to the ABC.

'No one does that better': Coup for ABC's 7.30 program

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Plays of the week

In what has been described as a 'karmic earthquake', millions of women have shared stories of mistreatment via the ...

GOOD WEEKEND

#MeToo: 'The creepiest of these men began as sweet little boys'

The Kiss, 1907-08 (oil on canvas) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 180x180 cm; Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, ...

Gustav Klimt: chance to mark anniversary of artist's death

A Comcar enters the grounds of Parliament House by driving past drives past retractable bollards.

Security bollards are destroying cars at Parliament House

Mark Atkins' company Van Go Fit Out converts buses and vans to permanent homes.

Meet the tradie turning buses into homes for Sydneysiders

Ousted Labor senator Sam Dastyari weighs in to ...

4:34AM

Tourists accused of 'dancing pornographically' ...

3:36AM

Duterte tells soldiers to shoot female rebels in ...

2:32AM

Sam Sarkis, 63, at his home, which is being acquired by the NSW government for the expansion of the hospital.

Randwick residents forced out for $720m hospital expansion

RSL inquiry blasts 'cronyism', urges police investigation

'Chainsaws, bulldozers roar' but land-clearing prosecutions drop

Peter Hannam

Congestion is becoming an increasing concern in suburbs near Sydney Airport.

Sydney's gateway to the world faces congestion woes

Matt O'Sullivan

Seven people were removed from the P&O cruise ship on Sunday.

'One hell of a bucks' party': Group removed from Sydney cruise ship

Nicholas Shehadie in 1974.

Former Sydney lord mayor and Wallaby captain dies

Average prices for take away food in Sydney from Menulog data

The price of your takeaway pizza depends on your postcode

Rugby giant: Sir Nicholas Shehadie, aged 92, has passed away overnight.

Vale, Sir Nicholas Shehadie. A giant both on and off the field

Peter FitzSimons

Surgeon Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann

'Punch to surgeon so hard it caused hospital tiles to crack'

VIC

court

Woman lured 24 men in $300,000 catfishing scam, police suspect

ACT

ECQ commissioner Walter van der Merwe has been suspended.

Electoral Commissioner suspended over 'serious allegations'

QLD

An artist's impression of a Park Terrace property to be built at One Sydney Park. One of the ground-floor properties ...

Yet-to-be-built apartment sets price record for Alexandria

Neale Whitaker.

Neale Whitaker reveals his most prized home purchase, ever

Bigger is better. Think large and framed, or larger still, and transform an entire wall using a creative decal.

Art trends 2018: What you'll be seeing on everyone's walls

Data centres are tipped to offer better yields for investors in 2018.

The unlikely properties tipped to be hot investments in 2018

Use these tips to give your home that extra sparkle.

How to get your house cleaner than you ever thought possible

Judy Leach participates in a dance class for people who have Parkinsons Disease and their carers in the Utzon Room at ...

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Craig Taylor participates in a dance class for people who have Parkinson's disease and their carers in the Utzon Room at ...

Dance for Parkinson's: Yes, you can be a Bowie hero

Julie Power

Illustration: Dionne Gain

China deploys concept of 'blood' to unite, divide

OPINION
Peter Hartcher

Commissioner Kenneth Hayne on Monday said some unnamed institutions had not responded in a satisfactory way.

Big banks rapped for missing dirty laundry list deadline

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce in Question Time on Monday.

PM's adviser was warned of alleged misbehaviour by Barnaby Joyce

EXCLUSIVE
Jacqueline Maley

When sex and politics collide, right and wrong can be a blur

Tony Wright

Turnbull distances himself from Joyce over messy affair

James Massola

Barnaby Joyce

Man who threatened Joyce says it was his 'biggest mistake'

Madeline Link

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce on Monday.

Malcolm Turnbull's dilemma as Joyce becomes a liability

ANALYSIS
Mark Kenny

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during the Ministerial Statement: 2018 Prime Minister's Closing the Gap Report, in the ...

Constitutional reform debate renewed as gaps fail to close

Fergus Hunter

Last post: A NSW public inquiry presents the NSW RSL with its biggest challenge of the organisation's 100-year history.

RSL inquiry recommends police referrals

David Wroe

"I'm concerned by the aggressive growth of the Chinese military": Admiral Harry Harris.

China wonders if tough talker Harris will bite tongue as ambassador

Kirsty Needham

A group of unidentified foreigners are accused of "dancing pornographically" at a party in Siem Reap, near Cambodia's ...

Tourists accused of pornographic dancing kicked out of Cambodia

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New York state sues Weinstein Company: Harvey Weinstein.

Civil rights suit throws Weinstein Company sale into doubt

Ryan Faughnder

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, ...

Silent and sphinx-like, Kim's sister steals Pence's thunder

Three of the big four banks will start rolling out the new payments platform to customers from Tuesday.

Bank transfers in less than a minute as real-time payments arrive

Clancy Yeates

The Airbus A350-1000 at Sydney Airport on Monday.

Qantas test-rides Airbus' choice for non-stop London jet

Patrick Hatch

The Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley, NSW. 19th September 2017 Photo: Janie Barrett

AGL to spend nearly $1bn on wind farms

EXCLUSIVE
Cole Latimer

Rowena Orr, QC, is senior counsel assisting the banking royal commission.

'Customers not always treated honestly' over home loans

Sarah Danckert

ASX ends with mild losses

Sarah Turner

'Honesty, fairness': commission lays down law to the banks

ANALYSIS
Clancy Yeates

When will it end? Traders bloodied by $6.4t wipeout look for clues

Big banks rapped for missing dirty laundry list deadline

Sarah Danckert

ASX trading floor, Generic, Australian Securities Exchange, Stocks, shares, trading, share price, 19th of July 2013 ...

Confessions of a share market nerd

OPINION
Jessica Irvine

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has found himself caught in a storm of controversy.

What if Barnaby Joyce were a woman?

OPINION
Peter FitzSimons

The financial and career costs of motherhood, especially over a lifetime, can be huge.

The predictable penalty mothers face

COMMENT
Matt Wade

Consumers are seeking out smaller, inferior gem stones.

Diamonds are getting rarer, but not for the reason you think

Thomas Biesheuvel

Get Hairy February raises both money and awareness.

It's time to encourage your partners to stop shaving

Life On Mars
Phil Barker

Albert Einstein is said to have called compound interest "the eighth wonder of the world".

Apply the secret of compounding to debt and savings

Noel Whittaker

The report argues the current 9.5 per cent rate is adequate to fund a decent retirement income for the typical worker.

Scrap super guarantee increase to boost wages, save $2b: report

Jessica Irvine

Shane Delia at the Windsor dining Room celebrating 10 years of Maha.

'I've always been a hustler': How Shane Delia is embracing food delivery

Cara Waters

Jaryd Terkelsen and Ash Bisset are the founders of Before You Speak.

Drinking to your health

Christine D'Mello

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Entertainment news highlights

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Crane lifts vehicle after woman reverses off cliff

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Sir Nicholas Shehadie dies aged 92

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Helicopter with British tourists crashes into Grand Canyon

A changing faces dancer at the launch Chinese New Year festival. 5th February 2018. Photo by Jason South

Fairfax photos of the week - February 8, 2018

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Every episode ever of The Office (U.S) - this Thursday on Stan.

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The brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race: Allstars - this Friday only on Stan.

How to multi-task like a boss

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LDV Comanche to lodge protest against Wild Oats XI

James Buckley

Why Canada is a must-visit in 2018

Advertiser Content

Dean Wells explains the facts of life to his 'wife' Tracey Jewel in Married at First Sight.

Sydney is a swingers paradise, claims MAFS bad boy Dean

ANALYSIS
Karl Quinn

Olga is not afraid to wage cold war on MKR contestants.

Sorry MKR contestants but Russia has lost plenty of wars

ANALYSIS
Staff writers

Former Royal Butler Paul Burrell is heading into the jungle for I'm A Celebrity.. Get Me Out Of Here.

'Whimpering butler' on jungle return: 'I'm a different person'

Nathanael Cooper

Sydney barrister Charles Waterstreet.

Charles Waterstreet confirmed for Q&A;'s #MeToo special

Broede Carmody

Laura Tingle is moving to the ABC.

ABC poaches Financial Review's political editor Laura Tingle

Broede Carmody

Tiffany Darwish - known to fans by her first name only - had two No. 1 singles in the late 1980s.

Can Tiffany re-launch her singing career down under?

Michael Lallo

Ian Moss is about to release his seventh solo album.

'A quiet gentleman': Ian Moss, Australia's greatest guitarist

Andrew Stafford

The 'psychic' jungle reading.

Jackie Gillies 'channels' Charlotte Dawson live on TV

Christine Sams

Neil Finn and Liam Finn play Twilight At Taronga Zoo on February 10.

Finns make it a family affair

Michael Bailey

Paramore's lead vocalist Hayley Williams with guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro.

Angst and pop fun combine perfectly

Nicole Economos

Visiting Hours cast members Jim McCrudden, Monica Sayers, Laura Djanegara, Mansoor Noor and Derbail Kinsella have to be ...

The doctor will see you now - if you dare

Sofija Petrovic and Helen Pitt

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

Harry and Meghan reveal wedding plans

Catherine Wylie

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on ...

'A mere allegation': Why Donald Trump doesn't believe women

Clementine Ford

Since having Lucy, Catrina has turned her life around.

'We consented to sex, not parenthood': when Tinder leads to pregnancy

Leslie Knope celebrates Galentine's Day on February 13.

Galentine's Day and Pancake Day are both today - coincidence?

Mary Ward

Sabrina Piper, 21, left, stands handcuffed to a male model costumed as a pig, during the #MeToo fashion show.

Pig heads and angel wings: French designer stages #MeToo NYFW show

Nicole Economos

Cricket player David Warner and his wife Candice Warner pose for a photograph on arrival for the Allan Border Medal ...

The red carpet that threatened to upstage the Brownlow

Photo gallery

How a poor 'visual diet' can lead to eating disorders

How a poor 'visual diet' can lead to eating disorders

Jenny Noyes

Barnaby Joyce on ABC's 7:30.

How Barnaby Joyce became every woman's worst nightmare

COMMENT
Kasey Edwards

Shutterstock

Specialising in one sport could harm your child, experts say

Two mums are furious after their toddlers' eyebrows were allegedly waxed at daycare.

Mums furious after daycare staff wax toddlers' eyebrows

Photo: Shutterstock

Why does Australia fear home births?

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How Australians can stay in Europe (almost) indefinitely, visa-free

Michael Gebicki

Drum queen Milena Nogueira from the Imperio Serrano samba school performs during the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome ...

Photos: Brazilians go wild at Carnival in Rio

Economy class in an Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

Flight test: The quickest, least-painful way through US customs

Julie Miller

Despite the name, Mexican-style refried beans are only fried once.

Why do Mexicans refry their beans?

Bistro Mekong's confit red duck curry.

Holy Duck! and Bistro Mekong to open in Castlecrag

Asparagus and parmesan fettuccine.

8 ingredients or less: The simple weekly meal planner

Amazon is hoping Australians will ditch their current music provider to grab an Echo and sign up for Music Unlimited.

Amazon Music: is it time to change your tune?

Tesla drivers are warned to watch the road even when on Autopilot. Joshua Brown did not.

Death by hacking is no longer far-fetched

ANALYSIS

The R11s takes unashamed inspiration from Apple and others.

Oppo's R11s may have borrowed its beauty, but it is a bargain

Review

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What to do if a favourite website won't load

Gizmodo

Defending Uber Technologies against allegations it stole trade secrets from Waymo could have dragged on in public for years.

Inside the end of Silicon Valley's biggest trial

2018 Mercedes-AMG E63.

Reviewed: Mercedes' potent executive express

Stephen Ottley

Nissan has made bold claims about the self-driving capabilities of its Leaf electric hatch.

Nissan's mixed messages on its self driving car

David McCowen

2018 Ford Mustang

New Ford Mustang prices and details revealed

Dom Tripolone

2018 Audi A7 Sportback.

First drive: Audi A7 Sportback

Stephen Ottley

2018 Holden Commodore VXR.

How to buy a Commodore with just a click of a button

Andrew Maclean

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander.

The sweet spot: Mitsubishi Outlander

David McCowen

All smiles: Greg Inglis is 'like a little kid out there' at South Sydney training.

'I'm a little kid out there': Inglis is a sight for sore eyes at Souths

Chris Barrett

Clash: Kerrin McEvoy aboard inaugural The Everest winner Redzel.

The Everest in potential Caulfield Cup clash

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Pengilly

Michael Cheika is still looking for a replacement for departed Wallabies scrum guru Mario Ledesma.

Cheika narrows field to three in search of new scrum coach

Georgina Robinson

Rugby giant: Sir Nicholas Shehadie, aged 92, has passed away overnight.

Vale, Sir Nicholas. Truly a giant both on and off the field

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons

Ray Dib, former chairman of the Bulldogs, is seeking re-election to the NSW Rugby League board on Friday.

Facing wipe-out, Dib now needs support of 21 NSWRL members

Adam Pengilly

Recruit: Kalyn Ponga has played just nine NRL games.

Pressure kicker: Ponga put forward as kicker for Knights

Robert Dillon

Christian Lealiifano at the Super Rugby launch at Brisbane Powerhouse.

More than 100 Super Rugby games, but Lealiifano feels nerves

Chris Dutton

Raider wins: Corey Brown rides Polarisation to victory in the Sydney Cup.

Strong international interest in The Championships

Chris Roots

Halcyon days: Lynne Anderson wants to reinstil old Canterbury values - not the least, winning on the field.

Keeping it in the family: What the change at the Bulldogs really means

ANALYSIS
Adam Pengilly

Old dog: Paul Dunn running the football for the Bulldogs in the 1988 grand final.

Board to undertake full review of Bulldogs operations: Dunn

Matt Encarnacion

Karl Morris is the executive chairman of Ord Minnett and the new Brisbane Broncos chairman.

Have News Corp appointed new Broncos chairman to sell up?

Roy Masters

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