Liberals to release China FTA attack ads branding unions 'racist'

Heath Aston   The Liberal Party is set to raise the temperature in the fight over the China Free Trade Agreement, with attack ads that accuse "ratbag unions" of stoking racism against the Chinese.

Industry to regulate underpaid 'black jobs'

Royce Millar and Ben Schneiders   The Turnbull government has rejected the need for federal laws to clamp down on unscrupulous middlemen at the heart of a network of foreign worker scams, with new employment minister Michaelia Cash opting instead for industry self-regulation.

Child dies after drinking coconut milk as importer admits label charges

Tim Barlass   A 10-year-old child died from an allergic reaction after drinking a "natural" coconut drink imported by a Sydney firm.

How football's grand game consumes a city

Mark Hawthorne   The millions of dollars are in the detail at the AFL grand final.

Seselja says few Canberra jobs part of Gosford move

Matthew Raggatt   Liberal senator says Canberra will be spared the major brunt of the move of 600 federal jobs to the Central Coast. 

The new storytellers: Josh Robenstone

Ella Rubeli   In Josh Robenstone's latest street photography series he delves behind the archetypal "postcard" images of Italy, using his sharp eye for colour and form to reveal a more multi-dimensional story of the streets.

Anti-abortion campaigner deported

Bianca Hall, Nicole Hasham   Controversial American anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman has been deported from Australia, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

Sports betting agencies investigated over advertising campaigns

Natalie O'Brien   Bonus bets are under scrutiny again by the gambling watchdog.

'What chance in hell did he have of being alive?'

Michael Koziol   Forces of nature had determined this occasion would be unblemished by even a single cloud. Paris bathed in sunshine, and not even the burly men with machine guns keeping watch over the 11th arrondissement's Town Hall could detract from the very literal triumph of love over hate.

Eastern suburbs to get redeveloped public primary school

Eryk Bagshaw   Bellevue Hill to get new public primary school.

The private schools eating Sydney's suburbs

Eryk Bagshaw   A group of Sydney's most expensive private schools will spend up to $200 million on new facilities as they seek to attract lucrative student dollars.

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'Nearly impossible' to earn a decent wage

Ben Schneiders, Royce Millar   Jessica Zaccaria, a visa worker, says it is "nearly impossible" to earn a decent wage working at a big supplier to Coles and Woolworths

Sex for training claims should be investigated: lawyer

Julia Medew   Historical reports of sexual harassment and corruption in training overseen by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons should be investigated with perpetrators held to account, a leading lawyer says.

Little girl lost: trying to identify the nameless victim of Wynarka's homicide

Ava Benny-Morrison   It is an unusual position for homicide investigators to be in.

Lunch with James Wood: judge and buster of corruption

Rick Feneley   James Roland Wood has been sitting at our table at the Hyde Park Barracks Cafe for barely three minutes when I conclude he is utterly bereft of bluster, bombast or pomposity. It's a pity, in some ways, because pompous people – for all their faults – tend to regale lunch companions with exuberant recollections of history and their critical place in it.

Eight Thiess John Holland executives to give evidence over Shorten Eastlink deal

Ben Schneiders, Royce Millar and James Massola   Eight executives from Thiess John Holland have been called to give evidence to the Royal Commission into union corruption over a controversial mid 2000s deal between the builder and Bill Shorten

Immigration move out of Belconnen appears quashed

Phillip Thomson   The tender to build department's new headquarters has been killed.

Climate targets: India commits before Paris but world falling short

Tom Arup, Environment Editor   The last big countries to reveal their greenhouse gas emissions targets ahead of global talks in Paris have informed the United Nations of their intentions, however the collective commitments still sees the world falling short of the action needed to halt global warming at relatively safe levels.

'I felt like a teenager again'

Richard Woolveridge   A new Dallas-style buyers club to help thousands of hepatitis C sufferers get life-saving drugs at a fraction of the cost being charged by a pharmaceutical giant has been inundated with inquiries in its first week.