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Bali deaths: Family of Noelene Bischoff and daughter reject autopsy
ESTHER HAN 9:18pm The family of the Sunshine Coast mother and daughter who mysteriously died a day into their Bali holiday has advised local authorities not to conduct an autopsy on the bodies.
Sydney 11th-priciest city in world, according to crowdsourced comparison
Charmaine Wong While city dwellers and expats alike enjoy complaining about how much a coffee costs in Sydney, an exercise in crowdsourcing shows the city is cheap when compared with rivals including New York, Paris, London and Singapore.
Bali deaths: Family mourns 'best mates'
Staff reporters The distraught family of a Sunshine Coast mother and daughter who died of suspected food poisoning in Bali are finding comfort in the knowledge the ‘‘best mates’’ will forever be together.
Tamer - but Canberra's Summernats still pleases with burnouts and blowers aplenty
SAM HALL Thongs and tattoos are de rigueur. Sunburn, too.
Tony Abbott's job pledge based on figures from the Howard years
DAVID WROE The Abbott government came up with its pledge to create 1 million jobs in five years solely on the employment growth rate achieved under the former Howard government, a Coalition insider says.
Mystery continues over mother and daughter's 'freakish' deaths in Bali
Esther Han, Jeffrey Hutton The past fortnight was bliss for Noelene Bischoff and her daughter, Yvana Jeana Yuri Bischoff. The pair had celebrated Yvana's 14th birthday as well as Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Sydney tipped to host William, Kate and baby George
Tim Barlass The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their baby, Prince George, are expected to be based in Sydney for their first tour since the royal birth in July.
Boys are born to prefer dolls over masculine toys like cars
Lucy Marks The preference many boys have for ''masculine'' toys such as cars only develops later in life, according to a new study that tracked the eye movements of babies.
Drought-struck farmers plead for Interest Rate Subsidy
Georgie Stone NSW farmers in drought-affected areas are urging the government to reinstate the interest rate subsidy, an axed program that helped stop them from falling into deeper debt.
Geoffrey Edelsten faces jail threat for defying judge over $11m debt
BEN BUTLER Disgraced former doctor Geoffrey Edelsten has been threatened with a referral to United States prosecutors if he does not settle a multimillion-dollar dispute with his former US business partners.
Best HSC marks fail to guarantee place in medicine courses
AMY MCNEILAGE Only 48 of the more than 65,000 school leavers in NSW achieved the 99.95 ATAR needed to gain entry into medicine at the University of Sydney.
Husband in bid to stop $3.2m prenup
LOUISE HALL A wealthy Sydney businessman forced to give his ex-wife, a former pole dancer, $3.2 million is asking the High Court to overturn a decision to uphold their prenuptial agreement in a case that may affect thousands of relationship contracts.
Man goes without sex for a year for charity
JILL STARK By his own admission, Pete Lynagh was ''completely shallow''. Picking up women was his thing. Weekends were a blur of parties, clubs and one-night stands.
Manly activist Alex Harris more committed than ever to Greenpeace after Russian jail experience
Tim Barlass The Winter Olympics in Sochi next month is an opportunity to tell the world ''what goes on in Russia'', says Manly Greenpeace worker Alex Harris.
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