You're the problem, Prime Minister
Comment Abbott liked to say Gillard was the most incompetent PM in history. He has bad news in store.
The three malevolent monkeys
Comment To see the dysfunctional, debt-drunk, elected-by-fluke dominated Senate in action, I attended the year's final question time.
Qantas makes 'emergency descent'
Passenger describes plane's rapid descent in Australia after fault found.
Abbott takes a hammering
In another body blow for the Coalition, voters have rejected PM's 'year of achievement'.
Most-hacked computers in the world
Where staff get two PCs, one for the internet and a second that stays offline.
'It was pretty scary': Kurt Gidley
Knights captain forced to defend his own kingdom when three people broke in to his home.
Wanderers' eleventh hour stand-off
The club will earn at least $1.2 million in prize money but only 10 per cent will go to players.
- Aussie dollar falls below 83 US cents
- Female exec allegedly raped in Uber cab
- Fudging numbers: hospital beds that 'don't exist'
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Parents' double blow: 'We were completely blindsided'
Five-year-old Isla and her younger brother Jude don't realise it but they are in the fight of their lives.
'A bear that speaks? Yes please!'
On the red carpet premiere in Sydney, Nicole Kidman talks about portraying the villain in the film "Paddington".
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New South Wales
$250,000 strangling payout overturned
Stephen Rose was strangled by his mentally ill friend while he was driving the disturbed man back to his family.
National
Australia sets record in solar efficiency
Australian researchers have achieved world-beating levels of converting sunlight into electricity.
World
Most hacked computers in the world
So hacked are Taiwan's computers government staff get two, one for the internet and a second that stays offline.
Federal Politics
Voters desert Tony Abbott: poll
Bill Shorten has forged ahead of Tony Abbott as preferred PM and is now regarded by voters as stronger and more trustworthy.
John Howard attacks Cate Blanchett
Former prime minister John Howard has taken a swipe at actress Cate Blanchett, declaring her speech at Gough Whitam's memorial service "outrageous".
Comment
Senate's three malevolent monkeys
To see the dysfunctional, debt-drunk, elected-by-fluke dominated Senate in action, I attended the final question time of the year last week.
Hope for change in Eric Garner's death
Eric Garner's death and America's burgeoning civil rights movement - a chance for change?
Business
Cutting tax perks for rich a brave move
Nassim Khadem: The case is building for scrapping tax breaks for housing and super - but who is brave enough to do it?
need2know: Shares set to open up
Local shares are poised to open higher, after surge in jobs in the US lifted global equities.
Economy: Not good but not disastrous
Ross Gittins: Don't drop your bundle over the economy, it's a snail but that's all.
Bank reforms will affect all Australians
Elizabeth Knight: How will the banks pay for the massive overhaul of the financial planning system?
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Rattled banks up the ante
When it comes to reports to government there is a deep schism between recommendations and implementations.
Banks brace for $28 billion hit
The banking industry and the federal government look set for a showdown over the Financial Services Inquiry.
- Media Ten broke in two years without change
- Media Turnbull queries Foxtel's free content
- Inquiry Murray sides with crowd on net funding
- Currencies $A falls below 83 US cents
- Inquiry Tax breaks benefit rich: Murray
- Murray Hockey vows to take on banks
- Eco Murray Inquiry's key recommendations
- Economy Doing more with less as incomes shrink
- Murray inquiry Tougher line on white collar crime
- US Surprise US jobs surge
- Markets Future Fund bets on falling $A
- SMSF Retirees hope for a merry Christmas
Money
Comparator websites under regulator scrutiny
Comparator websites could face penalties for misleading or deceiving consumers.
Shady business can prove lucrative
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Vintage sunglasses are the thing to be seen in this summer. And they can be worth a pretty penny.
Executive Style
One Christmas gift to rule them all
Hollywood’s gift-bag guru names the item that never fails to win over celebrities.
Small Business
Never lose a pet again
Never worry again when thunderstorms and fireworks prompt a disappearing act thanks to a new device that monitors pets with GPS.
Get fit at your desk
There are lots of things you can do to beat the sedentary blues while you're at work this week.
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Taiwan bombarded by cyber attacks
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‘Let’s get to Tropfest, let’s do it’
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Berkeley protests turn ugly
- Duration
- 01:09
Jack Thompson's reading of 63 not out
In honour of the late Phillip Hughes, legendary Australian actor Jack Thompson narrates the poem 63 Not Out. Courtesy Cricket Australia.
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- 04:48
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Musicians unite over rare child-killing disorder
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Think of them as you would the five love languages - heartfelt manifestations of self-expression.
Three cafe rules we should all agree on
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Megaliner returns to Sydney 'home'
The biggest cruise ship to ever be based in Australia has returned after an $80 million makeover.
Air Travel
Budget airline cuts direct Adelaide flights
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Belgian chips to be UNESCO heritage-listed?
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Most hacked country in the world
What we can learn from the country where government employees work partly offline to keep data safe.
Smart technology disrupts fishing
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Apple creation story is a 'bit of a myth'
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Sony Pictures hack a 'righteous deed'
North Korea suggests a sympathiser outside their country may have been behind attack on Hollywood studio.
'It's probably safer than a PIN'
Bank to offer customers with smartphones fingerprint access to online banking from January.
Australian start-ups to watch in 2015
The tech start-up world is a game of 'heroes and zeroes' with just one in 10 making a return.
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Father buys $1.17m house for daughter
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The German giants go toe-to-toe in a battle of red-hot compact SUVs.
He says, she says: BMW i3
The German brand has used some radical new ideas for its new electric car.
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Watson: We're winning mind games
As Mitchell Johnson confronted his demons by sending down some red-hot bouncers, Shane Watson was learning how to hold his nerve.
Roosters prop in Raiders' sights
The Canberra Raiders are closing in on their biggest recruitment target in years.
Wanderers' cash dispute unresolved
$2,500 a player: The 'insulting' offer that has Wanderers players on verge of mutiny
