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FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

Joyce releases second statement on Campion affair

Live
Fergus Hunter

Ho Ledinh was shot at the Happy Cup cafe in Bankstown.

Sydney Airport arrest over lawyer's shooting death

BREAKING
Dan Proudman
1 hr ago

Barnaby Joyce is doomed. Now, it's just a matter of when.

The hypocrisy of Barnaby Joyce is stunning

OPINION
John Birmingham

Domain. Generic image of a Real Estate sign. FOR RENT. RENTING. October 8th. 2015 The Canberra Times photograph by ...

The little-known way for renters to recover their bonds

A spa at a Frankston gym has been linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak.

Legionnaires' disease alert issued after 3 cases found in one suburb

Kate Aubusson
1 hr ago

Rear Admiral Harry Harris, Commander, US Pacific Command, and Donald Trump's choice to be the new US ambassador to Australia.

Why China is using a US general's mother against him

OPINION
Peter Hartcher

Expect more 'complete surprises' from climate change, says NASA

Peter Hannam

Paying the price: JB Hi-Fi had to be perfect, and it wasn't

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

'Deeply sorry' Joyce denies claims as scandal widens

Alexander Downer told the BBC 'blathering nonsense': ex-minister

If history is any guide, bitcoin is heading back below $1000: analyst

More than 60 firefighters battled the blaze at the building site in Circular Quay.

Billowing smoke turned CBD 'pitch black' as fire engulfed Circular Quay site

1 hr ago

Fired up: Australia's Scotty James.

Scotty James comes out swinging for pipe's $50 million man

Catrina had an unplanned pregnancy with a man she met on Tinder.

We didn't consent to parenthood: When Tinder leads to pregnancy

Paul Burrell and Vicky Pattison, the new intruders on I'm A Celebrity.

I'm A Celebrity's mysterious intruders leave viewers confused

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

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Calls for Joyce to go

Australian Olympic mogul skiers Jakara Anthony, Matt Graham, Britt Cox and Brodie Summers.

The Central Coast sailing champ who just clinched Olympic silver

Former first lady Michelle Obama and artist Amy Sherald, right, unveil the official portrait in Washington.

Portraits of Obamas unveiled in Washington

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 thunder

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

Security bollards are destroying cars at Parliament House

40 years on: The Hilton bombing

2:38PM

RBA swallowing business bunkum on wages

2:36PM

James' back row switch key to unlocking Kane Elgey

2:31PM

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

Nurses who care for people in the city canât afford a property anywhere near their place of work.

Five ways to stop key workers being squeezed out of Sydney

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

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

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

The unlikely properties tipped to be hot investments in 2018

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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FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce poses for a portrait in his office at Parliament House in Canberra on ...

Politics live: Barnaby Joyce under pressure to resign over affair

Live
Fergus Hunter

Murray-Darling rescue plan at risk of collapse

Nicole Hasham

Labor considers company tax reform after return to surplus

Eryk Bagshaw

Barnaby Joyce during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.

Barnaby Joyce denies misconduct allegations, hints at legal action

Adam Gartrell

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has made a statement about the latest allegations.

Barnaby Joyce's full statement addressing the latest allegations

Stephanie Peatling

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce in Question Time on Monday.

PM's adviser was warned of alleged misbehaviour

EXCLUSIVE
Jacqueline Maley

Murray-Darling Basin.

Leaked letter exposes 'crisis' fears over plan to save Murray-Darling

EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Hasham

Fireworks go off after the Olympic flame was lit during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, ...

Cyberattack shut down Winter Olympics website during opening ceremony

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in May

Judge to rule on Julian Assange case

Gay men.

Malaysian newspaper published how-to-spot-gays checklist

Cleve R. Wootson Jr

South African President Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma given 48 hours to quit ANC, report says

Bitcoin millionaire Eddy Zillan, off his Instagram page.

The 18yo 'Wolf of Crypto Street' started with a $US100 deposit

An ASX electronic stock price board.

Markets Live: ASX firm as miners gain

Live
Sarah Turner
1 hr ago

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

'I can't fail': Shane Delia knew he had to embrace food delivery

Cara Waters

Gina Rinehart attends the Gala Dinner for National Mining and Related Industries Day at the Four Seasons Hotel in ...

Robin Hood: How long could our richest fund the government?

ANALYSIS
Colin Kruger

Boral eyes trillion-dollar Trump infrastructure plan

Nick Toscano

'Big, fast money' jumps back in as Wall Street bounces back

Tolls, Trump drive Transurban's profit up 280 per cent

Patrick Hatch

JB Hi-Fi had to be perfect - and it wasn't

COMMENT
Elizabeth Knight

Illustration: Dionne Gain

China uses race to unite and divide

OPINION
Peter Hartcher

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher. Day to day he wears his Dominican habit, which is what he is wearing in this photograph.

Where will relentless campaign leave the most needy?

OPINION
Archbishop Anthony Fisher

Bill Clinton took advantage of the sexual opportunities high office presented.

The worst abuse of privilege in the Joyce case

OPINION
Katherine Mansted

Exercise is turning from health benefit to secret killer.

'Go hard or go home': The deadly addiction no-one talks about

Fitness
Gary Nunn

Consumers are seeking out smaller, inferior gem stones.

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

Jewellery
Thomas Biesheuvel

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

Peter Ferizis is the co-founder and chief executive of Axsesstoday.

Axsesstoday rides the alternative finance boom

Cara Waters
1 hr ago

There are business tax deductions for using your car.

Claiming tax deductions for your car is a tricky business

ANALYSIS
Max Newnham

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High-rise blaze in Sydney's CBD

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Joyce's 'future in danger'

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Wife of Donald Trump Jr exposed to white powder

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The unveiling of two Obama portraits

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

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Some of the cast rehearse for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

Beautiful musical casts diverse local talent over imports

Elissa Blake

Paul Burrell and Vicky Pattison, the new intruders on I'm A Celebrity.

New celebrities, who dis? I'm A Celeb's mysterious intruders

Nathanael Cooper

The Q&A panel featuring Van Badham, Chris Kenny, Terri Butler, Linda Reynolds and John Hewson.

'His career is over' the Barna-baby debuts on Q&A;

Q&A; Recap
Neil McMahon

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
1 min ago

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

Marcelo Puente as Don Jose and Rinat Shaham as Carmen in Opera Australia's production.

John Bell's Carmen is a postcard from life on the edge

Peter McCallum

Madison McKoy, Markesha McCoy and Thomas Campbell in The View UpStairs.

Taking the long view of decades of gay struggle

Joyce Morgan

The actors in <I>Metamorphoses</I> are in almost constant motion.

Metamorphoses review: Refreshing ambition falls short

John Shand

FILE- In this publicity image released by Warner Bros., from left, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and ...

'Catfight of one': Friends leap to Sarah Jessica Parker's defence

BREAKING
Natalie Reilly

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

Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation celebrates Galentine\'s Day on February 13.

PSA: Galentine's Day and Pancake Day are both today

Mary Ward

Catrina had an unplanned pregnancy with a man she met on Tinder.

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

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

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

Photo: Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures apologises for 'making light of' food allergies in new Peter Rabbit movie

This cup is a game changer for mums.

Why parents everywhere need this mug

Photo: Shutterstock

My child came out as transgender and I couldn't be happier

Australia's passport is powerful with a price to match.

Australia has one of the world's most powerful, expensive passports

Kylie McLaughlin

Maya Bay, made famous by <i>The Beach</i>, is now a far cry from the unspoiled utopia depicted on the big screen.

Famous Thai backpacker paradise closing due to overtourism

Oliver Smith

Australian passport generic

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

Michael Gebicki

Samke barramundi from Cubby's Kitchen.

Cubby's Kitchen takes over former Tokonoma CBD site

12-Micron

Best V Day spots to spoil your bae

Dan Lepard's classic thick pancakes.

Batter up: Best pancake recipes for Shrove Tuesday

Tech tends to be replaced well before it breaks.

Five places you can recycle your old tech

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?

Most record players with speakers attached are poor, but the Plus is quite smart.

Plus record player makes building an impressive setup less daunting

The R11s takes unashamed inspiration from Apple and others.

Oppo R11s review: borrowed beauty

Review

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

Owners of classic cars such as the Porsche 959 will benefit from 3D printing.

Porsche 3D printing to keep old cars on the road

David McCowen

2019 Volkswagen Tiguan sketch.

New Volkswagen Touareg teased

Kez Casey

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

Matt Graham celebrates his silver medal.

Water boy Matt Graham becomes Olympic silver medallist

Glenn Cullen

New Bulldogs chair Lynne Anderson wants to settle the dispute with sacked coach Des Hasler.

New Bulldogs chair wants peace deal with Hasler

Chris Barrett
1 hr ago

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

We're banned because US 'can't beat us fairly': Russian minister

Des Bieler

Gritty win: England toughed it out against Wales.

England good, not great: Six Nations report card

Mick Cleary

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

Fired up: Australia's Scotty James.

Australia’s Scotty James comes out swinging for Shaun White

Glenn Cullen

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

Clash: Kerrin McEvoy aboard inaugural The Everest winner Redzel.

The Everest in potential Caulfield Cup clash

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Pengilly

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

"I want to try being more vocal on the team, try and help lead the boys around the halves": Valentine Holmes.

Holmes wants Sharks' No.1 spot

Adrian Warren
28 mins ago

"Playing footy and you've got the ball in hand, there's not too many better things than that": Tom Trbojevic.

Trbojevic calls for more ball at Manly

Steve Zemek
1 hr ago

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