Holden ad campaign could spark boycott
Manufacturer launched campaign to remind people that it will continue to sell cars in Australia. But the advert has backfired.
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Greatest Tank Ace
An officer in the notorious Waffen SS, Michael Wittmann is a focus of both cult and controversy.
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Secrets of the plush bush retreat
It looked like a regular multimillion-dollar house. But something sinister was going on, police say.
A laugh and a joke - then jail
Shez and his mates made a satirical video. But then their lives took a turn for the worse.
Sri Lanka bars Australian hotelier
The owner of an exclusive hotel banned after he flew Sri Lankan national flag upside down.
Man killed riding bike in LA
A Melbourne man has died after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a drunk driver.
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Police catch 15,000 drivers in blitz
Police crack down on dangerous driving in the lead-up to Christmas.
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Man dies as car splits after crash
One man is dead and another critically injured after their car split in two during a high-speed crash near Moree.
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$40m for factory collapse victims
Retailers have agreed to set up a $40m compensation fund for victims of the Bangladesh garment factory collapse.
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Health insurance costs to soar
An election promise to end means-testing of 30 per cent rebate for health fund members unlikely to be implemented soon.
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China will inflict pain
Asia is not a zone in which Tony Abbott should take sides or throw his diplomatic weight about to show we mean business.
A glimmer of hope in the manger
The Christmas narrative can tell us a great deal about how we humans relate to the wider universe.
Business
Cheer for investors as rally holds
Shares lift for fourth consecutive day.
Jan Cameron in firing line
Creditors of failed Retail Adventures score legal win in battle with Jan Cameron.
US Christmas store traffic drops 21pc
US store visits plummeted 21 per cent and retail sales dropped 3.1 per cent in the week to Saturday.
Transurban Cross City debt deal
Transurban is close to completing the purchase of $475 million of debt held by Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel.
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China’s beef imports set to double
China, the world’s biggest meat consumer, may double beef imports by 2018.
Retailers make merry
Shopping this festive season was ''all systems go''.
- Agribusiness China’s beef imports set to double
- Courts ASIC asks court to sack liquidator
- Regulation UBS hit over interest rate rigging
- Media News takes editor to court over defection
- Energy Shell's Woodside stake on block
- Food Goodman Fielder sells biscuit business
- Retail 'Wealth effect' brings Christmas cheer
- Gold Northern Star’s ‘screaming’ deal
- Courts ASIC drops case against AWB directors
- MIchael Pascoe Disclosure myth: ASIC and banks
- Agribusiness ADM charged over bribery
- Banks Rule change for 'too big to fail' banks
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Retailers dream of self-gifting
The fine art of giving to oneself has become a key indicator for how shops will fare.
Charities rise from ashes of Madoff
Five years on, non-profit casualties of the $70b swindle have bounced back from the disastrous fraud.
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World's most disgusting businesses
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Land a $4m contract on LinkedIn
David Ogilvie hits the jackpot on the business social site.
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| Woolworths' Carols in the Domain 2013 | 9am - 11:30am |
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| A Christmas Story | 9am - 11am |
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| Studio 10 | 8:30am - 10:30am |
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| Royal Variety Performance 2013 | 9:03am - 11am |
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| Greek News From Cyprus | 9:30am - 10:30am |
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| Woolworths' Carols in the Domain 2013 | 9am - 11:30am |
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| A Christmas Story | 9am - 11am |
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| Woolworths' Carols in the Domain 2013 | 9am - 11:30am |
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| A Christmas Story | 9am - 11am |
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| Christmas Mass | 11am - 1:14pm |
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| Spanish News | 11am - 12pm |
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| Woolworths' Carols in the Domain 2013 | 9am - 11:30am |
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| Gilligan's Island | 11am - 11:30am |
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| 12 Men of Christmas | 11am - 1pm |
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'Tis the season for awkward questions
Answering the awkward questions that inevitably abound over Christmas lunch.
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Dom Knight knows that it's not just 24 hours until the Boxing Day Test.
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All of the gang are there. It's truly an early Christmas present for us all.
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In the home of Michelin-star cuisine, Burger King has become the hottest place to eat in Paris.
Outraged official blocks runway
The airline said the flight was full, so the outraged Indonesian official took revenge.
Jumping off an island in Thailand
My scream is a blend of thrill and fear, but falling from an island has definite advantages.
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The weirdest patents of 2013
From smart bras and smart wigs to Motorola's digital neck tattoo, here are the year's wackiest patents.
NASA completes Christmas spacewalk
Space station astronauts have repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.
High price of addictive social gaming
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- Sport Tennis racquets transformed into data centres
- Gifts Avoid a digital meltdown at Christmas
- Science Man flu is real, affects 'manlier' men
- Apps Snapchat update adds filters, replays
- Games Video game helps young hockey players
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Edward Snowden's revelations have beenfelt in governments, pop culture, Silicon Valley and around the world.
3D hologram video calls a step closer
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BlackBerry deal bolsters Foxconn
Foxconn's BlackBerry deal marks its biggest step up the value chain - a chance to not just assemble smartphones, but design them.
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Australia's most 'significant' home
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Christmas comes but once with final bid
First-home buyers win warehouse apartment in bidding duel.
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DIY holiday driving checks
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Australian batsmen to target Panesar
Move is part of plan to grind England's pace bowlers into submission.
Federer enters 2014 at a crossroads
Seventeen-time major winner is 33 and failed to reach a grand slam final in 2013.
Bombers re-sign David Myers
Essendon midfielder believes bright future awaits after re-signing with the AFL club.
- Sailing Sydney-Hobart fleet set for mental hell
- Horse Racing Dynaste aims to fulfil Pipe's dream
- Cricket Cook admits doubting leadership qualities
- Soccer Farina says Del Piero fitness no distraction
- Basketball James stars for Heat in win over Hawks
- Rugby Union Folau could be top dual international
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