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Veterans' Affairs Minister Michael McCormack during the Sky News interview.

Excruciating TV moment for Joyce's main rival

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

Self checkouts are just one way we give our time to help companies increase their bottom line.

Do you use the self-checkout? Here's why it doesn't add up

OPINION
Matt Wade

Photo of NSW Police Senior Constable Jonathan Wright and his family.

'We all feel helpless': Help pours in for officer given 'life sentence'

1 hr ago

George Christensen's Facebook post.

Christensen not sorry over gun post, won't be 'moralised at'

1 hr ago

The change is likely to bring showers across Sydney with some suburbs experiencing heavy downpours.

Welcome relief from heat as mild snap is set to hit Sydney

Co-founders of Vice, Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith.

Why SBS is being embarrassed by scandal-plagued Vice

ANALYSIS
John McDuling

US marine numbers in Australia to rise as PM, Trump talk security

David Wroe

'Cultural vandalism': Plan for 27-storey tower over historic theatre

Garry Maddox

Turnbull refuses to say whether he was misled by Joyce

Fiery Joyce blames travel schedule for marriage failure

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

'Sue me': Village chief slams Google for 'facilitating crime'

Two-time Olympian Caroline Buchanan is recovering after an accident on December 30 that broker her sternum, nose, ...

'I knew it was life-threatening': Olympian tells of horrific crash

Apple Park's glass-walled 'pods' are designed to promote collaboration.

Apple's 'spaceship' campus has a hidden flaw and it's injuring staff

Sydney, I'm ending things and moving out. And let me be clear: it's not me, it's you.

It's not me, it's you: Why I'm breaking up with Sydney

COMMENT

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at the BAFTA awards wearing a dark green gown by Jenny Packham.

Duchess of Cambridge bucks the black trend at the BAFTAs

OPINION

Tracey reacts to Dean's cheating bombshell.

Dean and Davina scandal gives Married at First Sight ratings win

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Russian medalist suspected of Olympic doping

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Demarchelier was Princess Diana's "personal photographer".

Princess Diana's photographer named in explosive report

Nahid Poureisa says she was bullied out of a job.

'I sat on the floor crying': Bakery accused of bullying workers

Davina and Dean are behaving duplicitously, which is shocking to see on reality TV.

Surely this must be the trashiest show on television?

CLEMENTINE FORD

Airbnb to use technology to prevent sex ...

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Tech company GetSwift shares plummet, slicing ...

12:54PM

Equity, bond markets 'wildly overvalued'

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Primary school suspensions in NSW have risen by 10 per cent in two years.

The Sydney areas where most primary students are suspended

Critical incident team probes man's death during Newtown arrest

Man critical after stabbing in Woolloomooloo

The NSW government is conducting a trial involving tap-and-go fares for the Manly Ferry.

CBA eyes tap-and-go payment growth in public transport

The Westpac helicopter

Man dies after being dragged from surf at Kempsey

Fresh outlook: The new bush trail along Malabar Headland National Park is now open to the public.

Sydney's new coastal walking track an Instagram hit

Melissa Derwent, Peter Mahoney and Melina Amerasinghe are residents opposed to the rezoning of the former Oatley Bowling ...

Plans to rezone land for seniors housing labelled 'a travesty'

Malka Leifer.

The undercover investigators hired to watch alleged child abuser Malka Leifer

Professor Charles Mackay - could eating a high-fibre diet be key to curing a range of Western-world diseases?

A make-or-break moment for what may be a new miracle molecule

Mr Christensen's Facebook post.

Photo of Nationals MP Christensen with a gun reported to police

From the age of 11, Erica Brown has suffered from debilitating abdominal pain.

'False hope': Radical endometriosis treatment is no cure-all

Sydney, I'm ending things and moving out. And let me be clear: it's not me, it's you.

It's not me, it's you: Why I'm breaking up with Sydney

Andrew P Street

In 2000 Amber Driver moved to Elkedra Station, 400 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs.

'There's no ordinary': What life is like in a remote community

An open-plan renovation

Renovate or move? Here's when it's cheaper to stay put

1 hr ago

14 Lenore Street Russell Lea front yard and facade

'Unforeseen result': Inner-ring homes surprise at auction

The Sporting Globe's James Sinclair is calling for investors to chip in funds for a new pub in Mill Park, Victoria.

Pint-sized investors sign up to own a slice of their local pub

The Paragon cafe features some elaborate decorative flourishes.

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The Paragon cafe features some elaborate decorative flourishes.

Katoomba's famed Paragon cafe will live on, owner pledges

Anna Patty

The NSW system for out-of-home care for at-risk children is "ineffective and unsustainable".

Secret report suggests radical overhaul for vulnerable kids

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Deborah Snow

A referendum on politicians and their failure to meet citizenship requirements may not have a good chance of success.

A citizens' jury could solve our thorny questions

OPINION
Luca Belgiorno-Nettis

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Veterans' Affairs Minister Michael McCormack during the Sky News interview.

Potential new deputy PM in excruciating TV interview

Michael Koziol
1 hr ago

George Christensen says he won't be 'moralised at' by Greens

Fergus Hunter
1 hr ago

Malcolm Turnbull won't say if he was misled by Barnaby Joyce

Fergus Hunter

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sit together during a division as Labor moves to ...

Defiant Barnaby hits back and says he can work with Malcolm

EXCLUSIVE
James Massola

Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie.

Government MP offloads business amid constitutional challenge

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott.

'We have become a business-bashing country': BCA boss

EXCLUSIVE
David Crowe

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull.

PM says Joyce comments were 'absolutely right'

Stephanie Peatling

A protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Florida students to march on Washington and demand gun control

Devlin Barrett

People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in ...

I survived a school shooting and it changed me forever

Lisa Hamp

Germany's outgoing foreign affairs minister Sigmar Gabriel.

China undermining us 'with sticks and carrots': Outgoing German minister

Nick Miller

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, holds a part of a downed drone during his speech at the Munich Security ...

Netanyahu takes on Iran calling it the 'greatest threat' to the world

Sara Elizabeth Williams

Men aged over 50 are the mostly likely to be scammed, new data shows.

Scammed: Man transferred $171,000 for 'computer repairs'

Stephanie Gardiner

US investors are on a holiday on Monday.

Markets Live: ASX shrugs off early gloom

Live
Sarah Turner

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Why we need to value our time more than we do

OPINION
Matt Wade

Co-founders of Vice, Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith.

SBS is being embarrassed by scandal-plagued Vice

ANALYSIS
John McDuling

McGrath appoints former Seven CFO as its new chairman

Carolyn Cummins

Gary Perlstein officially turns poacher after Specialty Fashion exit

ANALYSIS
Colin Kruger

'Sue me': Village chief slams Google for 'facilitating crime'

Jennifer Duke

The Netflix effect: TV networks' shifting video on demand strategies

Jennifer Duke

Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

The precious commodity we fail to value

OPINION
Matt Wade

Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy, with whom he discussed the ban on ministers and staffers having sex.

Why the bonk ban is a good thing

OPINION
Paula Matthewson

The Sam Dastyari affair was one clumsy instance of a more insidious problem for Labor.

Labor has a cancer growing in it that must be cut out

OPINION
Clive Hamilton

Rolled and rocking at London Fashion Week.

High tide: This menswear trend isn't going anywhere

Stitched Up
Pete Harrison
22 mins ago

Craig, who will star as Bond in the 2019 film, has put his iconic car up for grabs.

You can now buy James Bond's personal Aston Martin

Cars
Nichola Groom

Megan Hogg's four children –
(from left) Danika Klinkenberg, Harrison Klinkenberg, Emily Hogg and Nicola Hogg – are ...

Modern pocket money lessons are digital

Siobhan Ryan

When using cards to pay for things, explain to your kids that it's using money you've already saved.

Five destructive money messages you might be giving your kids

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

Audrey and Dean Jones are the founders of dress rental company GlamCorner.

Beyond the bottom line: the B-Corp boom

Cara Waters

The backlash against takeaway coffee cups is growing.

Rise of the eco-cup enterprises as war on waste steps up

Christine D’Mello

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Russian medalist suspected of Olympic doping

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Firearms debate rages as Florida rally clashes with gun show

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No survivors expected after plane crash in Iran

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Morris misses out on finals

Opera singer Alexander Lewis with The Nose which will be performed at The Sydney Opera House in February. 13th February ...

Fairfax photos of the week - February 15, 2018

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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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Tracey reacts to Dean's cheating bombshell.

Dean and Davina scandal gives MAFS a ratings win

Rob Moran

One Nation co-founder David Oldfield is entering I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

David Oldfield: Burrell is milking 'dead princess' Di

Michael Lallo

Margot Robbie poses for photographers upon arrival at the BAFTA Awards.

McDormand beats Robbie for Bafta award

Michael Idato

Paul Burrell on Sunday night's episode of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!

Burrell reveals ominous letter from Princess Di on I'm a Celeb

Christine Sams

S COVER. Portrait of singer songwriter Vance Joy (James Keogh) 23rd November 2017, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sun Herald.

'It was scary': Vance Joy on life after Riptide

Louise Rugendyke

Emma Watson at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards.

Star's massive donation to anti-harassment fund ahead of BAFTAs

Bernard Tomic, speaking with fellow contestant Jackie Gillies, was the first person to quit the show,

Why sportspeople sink or swim on I'm A Celebrity

Michael Lallo

Dervla McTiernan.

How crime writer's life changed twice in one day

Linda Morris

Jayde Westaby as Tanya sets the stage alight.

Mama Mia: Here we go again. How can we resist it?

John Shand

Heather Mitchell and Michelle Lim Davidson in Sydney Theatre Company's Production of <i>Top Girls</i>.

Women and power back on the table in this feminist feast

Joyce Morgan

Wil King who plays Shane and Simon Burke as Peter.

Tommy Murphy's gay coming-of-age tale worth revisiting

REVIEW
Joyce Morgan

"A pervasive theme in the almost 90 survey responses Ursu received, is that male gatekeepers in the publishing industry ...

'I began to wonder if I'd won because he wanted sex'

Kasey Edwards

"You are not Muslim enough. You are not Australian enough".

Why is Tony Abbott so upset about Muslim fashion?

Roqayah Chamseddine

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at the BAFTA awards wearing a dark green gown by Jenny Packham.

Should Kate have worn black to the BAFTAs?

OPINION
Melissa Singer

Weight Watchers confirmed the rollout – which made headlines in the US – would be extending to Australia.

Weight Watchers is targeting teens with a new free program. That's a problem

Rebecca Scritchfield

Jennifer Lawrence poses for photographers upon arrival at the BAFTA Film Awards, in London, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018.

Back in black: BAFTAs attendees support Time's Up

Forgetting about Barnaby and Canberra's bad tailoring, Foreign Minister welcomed Sydney designer Kit Willow to London on ...

Julie Bishop meets her fashion equivalent Kit Willow in London

Jenna Clarke

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker knows how to handle a feud

Natalie Reilly

Lena Dunham revealed she had undergone a total hysterectomy after years of battling endometriosis.

Hysterectomy fix for endometriosis labelled false hope

Mary Ward

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I check into a hotel alone twice a year and it's made me a better mum

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Why cutting carbs during pregnancy is dangerous

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How to engage teenagers without interrogating them

The video of the woman swearing on board the Delta flight went viral.

'I feel bad': Woman screaming at mother and baby on flight goes viral

33 mins ago

Qatar Airways' A380 lounge is the best place to mix and mingle with your fellow travellers.

Flight test: 'World's best' business class will spoil you forever

Michael Gebicki

By 2021 Chinese tourists will spend $US429 billion overseas.

Chinese tourists are taking over the Earth, one selfie at a time

Adam Majendie

Scallops take about three minutes to cook.

How to cook perfect scallops at home (it's easier than you think)

Silverbeet, kale or spinach will all work in the black sesame noodle bowl.

Three vibrant vegan recipes from Anna Jones

Neil Perry's zucchini parmigiana.

Weekly meal planner: Late summer recipes

Apple Park's glass-walled 'pods' are designed to promote collaboration.

Apple's 'spaceship' campus has hidden flaw

Crumpler's Mantra Compact is a no-nonsense bag with plenty of room.

Crumpler's new look: a laptop bag icon grows up

1 hr ago

Google's push to make the web more palatable for users will also give it even more power in the ad space.

Web's biggest ad company is now advertising's biggest traffic cop

iOS

Another weird iOS bug can crash your apps

Gizmodo

The Core V2 fits in well with other Razer gear, but compatibility remains a factor.

A device to give desktop graphics to your laptop

Review

Japan's Best Car magazine published scoop images of the new Supra coupe.

New Toyota Supra details leaked

David McCowen

2018 Mazda MX-5 RF Limited Edition.

Driven: Mazda's special MX-5

Stephen Ottley

2018 Hyundai Kona

Which is the best Hyundai Kona model?

Stephen Ottley

2019 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe preview

AMG's four-door GT ready for Geneva debut

Kez Casey

2018 BMW i3s.

Driven: BMW's sporty i3

Stephen Ottley

BMW helped develop the skeleton for the German Olympic team.

How car makers influence the Olympics

Dom Tripolone

Long, hard road: Matt Lodge will not be forced by the NRL to pay damages on the basis that the governing body will not ...

Broncos sponsor 'saddened' by impact of Lodge's US rampage

Chris Barrett

Different scrum: Karmichael Hunt faces the media after Monday's court appearance.

Hunt pleads guilty to possession of Xanax, cocaine charges dropped

Vince Rugari and Toby Mann
54 mins ago

Alex Blackwell (left) has retired from international and state cricket.

Blackwell retires in all but WBBL as most-capped female Australian

Jon Pierik
1 hr ago

Australian aerial skier David Morris.

Controversy as Morris is knocked out of aerials by athlete who fell

Glenn Cullen and Warren Barnsley

Winning appeal: The Waratahs will hope early-season form can boost home crowd figures.

Can new-look Super comp boost crowds and save Aussie teams?

ANALYSIS
Georgina Robinson

Team spirit: T20 captain David Warner high fives Ashton Agar after the bowler dismissed Tim Siefert.

Agar ready for Eden Park's 'toughest' T20 bowling challenge

Michael Ramsey

Ice breaker: Alexander Krushelnitskiy is suspected of contravening doping regulations.

Russian athlete suspected of doping at Winter Olympics

Oliver Brown

NZ's Martin Guptill edges a ball in front of England's Jos Buttler during the Twenty20 on Sunday.

'Leave it to franchises': Bayliss not a fan of International T20s

UPDATED
Scyld Berry

Free rein: Michael Lichaa in distribution mode in Saturday's trial against Raiders on the Sunshine Coast.

Attack-minded Bulldog Lichaa revels in being let off leash by Pay

Chris Barrett

'I want to get to a position where I'm trusted by the team.': Damien Cook.

Cook out-points Farah to stake claim for Bunnies' No.9 role

Steve Zemek

Sent off: The Storm's Cameron Munster has a strained relationship with his national teammates.

Lack of respect leaves Munster on outer with high-profile Kangaroos

Danny Weidler

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