Holden advert leads to calls for 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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O'Farrell urged to adopt 'Newcastle solution'
It will be 50 years next month since Reverend Bill Crews was given the shattering news that his younger brother was dead.
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.
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Man dead as car splits after crash
Police were trying to catch up with car in Moree when it crashed into a tree and two men were thrown from it.
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AFL star in strife for driving selfie
Geelong footballer Billie Smedts shared the picture with thousands of people on Instagram.
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UN boosts troops for South Sudan
The decision follows the discovery of mass graves in a rebel-held city.
Federal Politics
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.
Little evidence rebate works
Comment: The health fund rebate must be re-examined as our ageing population grows.
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A check on drift towards self-obsession
The pronouns "I" and "my" have begun to assume a heightened sense of importance in the way each of us is encouraged to view the world.
Banana Lounge: holiday quiz
How well do you know Christmas carols and Yuletide traditions?
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
It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.
Land a $4m contract on LinkedIn
David Ogilvie hits the jackpot on the business social site.
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Amid the frantic late-night shopping, maxed-out credit cards and unrealistic expectations lies the true spirit of Christmas.
'Tis the season for awkward questions
Answering the awkward questions that inevitably abound over Christmas lunch.
Good Grinch: the benefits of being nice
Being 'nice' tends to come with a waft of Ned Flanders-do-gooder mustiness. It feels disingenuous and a little doughy.
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Recipes for pavlova, pork crackling, ham glazes and more. Plus what to drink.
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From Audrey Tatou cracking that creme brulee top in Amelie to the spaghetti kiss in Lady and the Tramp.
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Defining Christmas in 2013
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All of the gang are there. It's truly an early Christmas present for us all.
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Why Europe does Christmas better
To Europeans, Australia's summer Christmas just seems wrong.
Outraged official blocks runway
The airline said the flight was full, so the outraged Indonesian official took revenge.
British Airways 747 slices into building
British Airways jumbo jet's wing slices into building at Johannesburg airport after wrong turn.
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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
"Looking back, I think I must have been insane," says Jorge Yao of his time playing an addictive iPad game.
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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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Mission accomplished, says Snowden
Edward Snowden's revelations have beenfelt in governments, pop culture, Silicon Valley and around the world.
3D hologram video calls a step closer
"Help me Obi Wan Kenobi ... you're my only hope" might have been the first vision of this new technology.
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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Big price for studio as Santa drops in
Studio sells for $175,000 over reserve, just four days before Christmas.
Heritage claim for Juanita's home
The state government to protect one of the houses that campaigner died trying to save.
Fact Checkers on a wild goose chase
What a crazy, zany property year it has been.
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- Sydney Australia's most 'significant' home
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- Title Deeds China is sold on Sydney real estate
- Best of Melbourne's ultimate renovation
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DIY holiday driving checks
There are some simple things you can do to your car to make it safer and more reliable prior to leaving on the Big Trip.
Top five cars for Santa
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Spinnaker start unlikely for big race
A classic spinnaker start to the Sydney to Hobart on Thursday is unlikely, if a change in the forecast for the big race prevails.
Wanderers blow Mariners out of water
The whispers that Western Sydney Wanderers were suffering second-season syndrome were emphatically put to rest last night.
Bombshell plunges England to new low
England are close to self-destruction after the fallout from Graeme Swann's exit interview.
- Cricket Coach to Steyn: Aussie attack is best
- Cricket Pattinson eyes South Africa Test return
- Sailing Giacomo firms as a dark horse
- Football Chianese lost for answers over miss
- Football Mariners re-sign Ibini, McGlinchey exit
- League Mannah relishing Christmas trimmings
- Cricket Swann wouldn't attack English: Woakes
