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Mr Persistence

"There are Senate colleagues who still call me 'leader' ": Senator Eric Abetz.

Malcolm Turnbull booted Eric Abetz to the backbench. Big mistake, says Tasmania's arch-conservative Liberal senator.

Hard times

A Brisbane court has heard that a tradie has more than $590m in his bank but isn't "at liberty" to say how he got ...

Tough, physical work, poor job security and a macho culture that condemns the vulnerable. No wonder Australia's tradies are at high risk of breakdown and suicide.

Two Of Us

Modern Guru

Amanda Hooton

Benjamin Law

MULTIMEDIA

Congolese sapeurs.

Cool threads

Even in a continent notable for sartorial flamboyance, the sapeurs of the Congo stand out.

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Lily Brett and Gene Pitney.

School of pop

With a focus on music, fashion and photos, Australia's first newspaper for young people, Go-Set, was born 50 years ago this month. 

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Bronson Blessington, pictured 9 months before he and others raped and murdered Janine Balding in 1988.

Locked up for life

Bronson Blessington was just 14 when he committed one of Australia's most shocking crimes. But is it right to put a child behind bars indefinitely?

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Koko PNG boy in Australia for surgery.

Standing tall

Eight-year-old Koko Makura will soon be able to walk with ease, thanks to an Australian children's charity and the doctors and specialists who have donated time to his care.

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