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Denmark wants to seize jewellery and cash from refugees
RICK NOACK 7:04am Bill is part of Denmark's asylum policy to uphold and communicate a less welcoming position than neighbouring countries, academic says.
Latest News
Melbourne's western suburbs top auctions for last weekend
ANDREW WILSON 7:00am The west has 150 auctions this weekend as the year ends with a bang.
Latest News
Settling Sydney auction market shuts down quietly after remarkable year
ANDREW WILSON 7:00am Sydney's home auction market will close down this weekend with 300 auctions.
Business IT
Apple names Jeff Williams COO, a job once held by Tim Cook, in executive shuffle
7:00am Long serving executive who oversaw Apple Watch, social responsibility initiatives has been made Apple COO.
Video World News
'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch missing
6:58am Police are searching for Ethan Couch, the wealthy Texas teen who received probation in 2013 after killing four people in a drunk driving crash.
Video Sports HQ
Fanning's heat-winning wave against Slater
6:53am Mick Fanning keeps his world title dream afloat with a 6.00 ride in the quarter finals of the Billabong Pipe Masters.
Business
Oil extends slide on rising US crude inventories
6:38am Oil prices fell as much as 2 per cent, with Brent trading near 11-year lows, amid renewed worries about the global glut.
Video World News
China mine blast: up to 1000 degrees celsius
6:37am A rescue operation is underway in China where coal miners have been trapped underground after an explosion, but rescue workers have little hope of finding survivors.
Video Trailers
Trailer: Soundwave Festival
6:31am Promotion released in November, before the festival's cancellation for early 2016.
Video BusinessDay
Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud
6:24am A lightning rod for growing outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, ‘Pharma Bro’ is arrested in New York by the FBI.
Video World News
Drug price hike executive arrested
6:10am Martin Shkreli, the executive who used his pharmaceutical company to hike drug prices is arrested for fraud and a prosecutor says he used drug company assets to pay off investors in a failed hedge...
World business
Infamous 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli charged with fraud in New York
6:08am Critics labelled Shkreli a 'putz' and a 'psychopath'. Now he's failing jail time.
Sport
Live: Mick Fanning aims for the Championship at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Hawaii
6:05am Full, live coverage from Oahu, Hawaii as Australia's Mick Fanning closes in on 2015 Men's Championship Tour victory.
Resources
How businesses complied with trade measurement law in 2014-15
6:03am Read the Trade Measurement Compliance report now...
ACT News
University of Canberra site for new aged care facility to boost health precinct
6:00am The UC Moran Health Cluster is expected to incorporate a small-scale private hospital.
Sport
Live: Mick Fanning aims for the Championship at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Hawaii
RICHARD SHUTE 5:59am Full, live coverage from Oahu, Hawaii as Australia's Mick Fanning closes in on 2015 Men's Championship Tour victory.
Video World News
Bullets fly as Syrian rebels advance on airport
5:54am Amateur video posted online purports to show Syrian rebels clashing near the military airport in the Damascus province, on the eve of UN meetings to discuss a possible ceasefire.
Victoria
Melbourne Express: Friday, December 18, 2015
TOM COWIE 5:52am Bringing you compelling content with our weekday live blog. Also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
World
Too-rich-for-jail-sentence 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch goes missing
DAVID WARREN 5:46am A warrant has been issued for the teenager whose "affluenza" defence kept him out of jail after he killed four people while drink-driving.
Video World News
Doctors use patient's musical talent in surgery
5:46am Spanish doctors had their patient play a few bars of the jazz classic 'Misty' while he underwent a 12-hour operation to remove a brain tumour.
Mining & Resources
Commodities rout to continue, says Citrine's Crone
JOE DEAUX AND JAVIER BLAS 5:43am The biggest rout in industrial metals since the financial crisis is set to deepen, according to Citrine Capital Management.
Soccer
Jose Mourinho sacked by Chelsea
5:41am The football manager appears to leave Chelsea's training ground in Cobham after being sacked by the struggling club.
Business
Holiday cash bonuses make a return
REBECCA GREENFIELD While most workers don't expect to get a little extra something from their bosses this year, many companies are, in fact, doling out holiday bonuses.
World
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde to face French trial over Tapie affair
MICHEL ROSE A French court has ordered Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to face trial over her role in a pay-out of some 400 million euros ($608.
Markets
US bonds bounce as Bill Gross says Janet Yellen is misreading inflation
WES GOODMAN US Treasuries climbed more than recouping losses sustained after the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates.
Currencies
$A falls as greenback renews its rally in wake of Fed lift
The Australian dollar has fallen in overnight trade as its US counterpart advances on bets Fed policy will bolster the allure of US assets.
Mining & Resources
Goldman slashes iron ore price forecasts for next three years
JASMINE NG Goldman Sachs is predicting the price of iron ore will average $US38 a metric ton in 2106 and slide to $US35 in both 2017 and 2018.
Soccer
Football manager Jose Mourinho sacked by Chelsea
MARTYN HERMAN Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of Premier League champions Chelsea on Thursday, according to BBC sources, following a dreadful run of results.
Video World News
Putin says Trump is 'very talented'
The Russian president had particular words of praise for the billionaire Republican front-runner for US president.
World
Battle between gangs in Bali's Kerobokan jail leaves three dead
JEWEL TOPSFIELD AND AMILIA ROSA Three people are dead after a riot broke out inside Bali's Kerobokan jail between two rival gangs.
World
Vladimir Putin says Donald Trump is 'a very lively man, talented without doubt'
ANDREW ROTH In a wide-ranging news conference, Putin also hinted - for the first time - that Russian military advisers are active in Ukraine.
World business
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli arrested by the FBI on security fraud charges
MICHAEL E. MILLER He was already a symbol of Wall Street greed. Now he's been arrested on charges of illegally taking stock from a biotech firm and using it to pay off debts from unrelated business dealings.
ACT News
ACT tops the country for hospital-associated staph infections
MEGAN GORREY The ACT has the highest rate of potentially fatal golden staph infections in public hospitals across Australia, a national report has found.
Business
'Hungry' Jack Cowin's solution to penalty rate stand-off
SUE MITCHELL Hungry Jack's founder Jack Cowin says consumers will have to pay more for fast food if campaign to reduce penalty rates fails.
Queensland
Uber urges Queensland to tweet Premier as NSW legalises service
AMY REMEIKIS Uber has again implored its Queensland customer base to take to social media and urge the Palaszczuk government to follow in New South Wales' footsteps, after the Baird government announced it was...
Business
'Hungry' Jack Cowin's recipe for success
SUE MITCHELL It was a queue of 50 people outside a Chinese takeaway in Mosman on a summer night in 1968 that convinced a young Jack Cowin there was money to be made in fast food.
Features
10 forgotten wonders of 1980s homes
ELICIA MURRAY For the sake of posterity here is an ode to long-forgotten items from Elicia Murray's childhood home.
Latest News
Lottery winners selling smallest home on Gold Coast's best street
JASON QUELCH The worst house on the best street is up for grabs.
ACT News
ACT deficit worsens by $71 million to $480 million in mid-year economic update
KIRSTEN LAWSON Hike in water bills, electricity bills on the way.
Mining & Resources
Work capital management key as dividends put pressure on miners' cash
TESS INGRAM The world's biggest mining companies could do more to manage working capital to unlock the cash needed to meet demanding dividend commitments, says new report.
CBD
Lucky Andrew Demetriou gets to play ref if James Packer takes Crown private
COLIN KRUGER So it's official now. James 'Mariah Carey' Packer is attempting a complete inversion of his public and private lives.
Music
Review: Blurring musical lines means the end of genres
JOHN SHAND The borders between musical genres are increasingly blurred, as the best musicians take from everywhere to create new sounds.
Music
Spectrum reviews: Marcus Marr and Chet Faker, Lush and Lisa della Casa
An Anglo-Australian experiment, a Swiss soprano taking on German classicism and the resurrection of some mysterious English.
Music
Slow music revolution: why Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings are in no hurry
BERNARD ZUEL For nearly 20 years this influential couple have made music that reflects America's past and present in a timeless style. After 11 years they return to Australia. What's the rush?
Features
The great debate: Is Melbourne more liveable than Sydney?
MADELEINE WEDESWEILER Sydney versus Melbourne. It's the age-old debate that divides the nation.
NSW
Bulldozed: Mike Baird to force Sydney councils to merge
ANNE DAVIES AND LEESHA MCKENNY Most Sydney councils will be forced to amalgamate after the Baird government decided to bulldoze through a controversial plan to create larger councils in metropolitan and some regional areas.
Music
Top gigs for the week of December 18-24, 2015
MARY MIHELAKOS Top gigs in Melbourne this coming week.
Banking & Finance
It was more than just a few rogue planners at CBA, review finds
ADELE FERGUSON After wading through more than 68 pages of a heavily jargoned review into CBA's financial planning business, two things stand out.
CT Editorial
Groundhog day for the institutions
THE CANBERRA TIMES The Turnbull government’s disregard for how Canberra’s cultural institutions will absorb more budget cuts is deplorable.
CT Letters
We’ll see no real climate change at the power plant coalface
The Paris agreement is not enforceable, as no binding agreement has been made.
Comment
Editorial cartoon
The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonists.
CityKat
Who comes first – your partner or your children?
KATHERINE FEENEY You fall in love, life is perfect, you're a lucky bastard, and you know it but then you decide to have a baby.
Comment
Science deniers reject authority and facts
PATRICK STOKES Many people who choose to ignore accepted scientific conclusions are making emotional rather than rational decisions.
Celebrity
Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara and Mila Kunis: Celebrities who said 'I do' in 2015
From Jennifer Aniston to Sofia Vergara to Nicky Hilton to Mila Kunis - it was a busy year of celebrity "I dos".
Comment
In the Herald: December 18, 1923
ELLEN FITZGERALD Shipping influx record; Return of the lash; Vice-Regal car theft - on this day in 1923.
Work In Progress
Is your debt killing you?
JAMES ADONIS The easing of bankruptcy laws by the government is a wise initiative but the impact of debt can still be crippling.
Media & Marketing
Fox Sports wins football trifecta to drive subscribers
MAX MASON The Australian Rugby Union's $285 million broadcast deal marks the third major football code to secure television rights in 2015.
Fashion
The best and worst fashion trends of 2015
NEDAHL STELIO Furry shoes, shoulders and sneakers: this year's wardrobe had it all.
Comment
Star Wars: The Force Awakens leaves nothing to the imagination
KARL QUINN Taking ideas from earlier films and reworking them with better technology is neither shameful nor glorious.
National
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