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www.smh.com.au - News Index for 31/03/2016


National

New home sales decline sharply in Feb

ACCI urges $7.90 minimum wage rise

ACCC okays conditional Recall acquisition

Genworth shareholders set for windfall

Qantas passenger numbers up in Feb

Duet launches $200m capital raising

Origin in 15-year deal with NSW solar farm

Aust bonds unchanged in quiet trade

Stocks to watch

Commodities markets summary

Aust shares up after Wall Street gains

International markets roundup

$A breaks above 77 US cents post-Fed

Unions call for $30 increase in weekly minimum wage

Kailis inks Chinese investment giant deal

Dick Smith stores to be shut by April 30

Apology to Arnold Bloch Leibler

Businesses losing money by not recycling

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges public servants to rethink airport strikes

ANZ refunds customers $5m for fee errors

Brambles aims to reduce CO2 by 20pct

Foxtel's Tonagh joins Ten board

Virgin Australia's ownership in spotlight

Optus on board for Uber wi-fi trial

Solomon gains hall of fame kudos

Audit of fast-food outlets finds half exploit their workers

Crown agrees to Barangaroo plan changes

Australia's skin cancer rate declines

Looming double dissolution hurts sentiment

Rising $A won't trigger rate cut

World

Awkward New Zealand safety video features burly Kiwi blokes accidentally holding hands

Frantic search for American adventurer Harrison Fast who vanished in the Swiss Alps

Olives painted with copper sulphate top largest-ever Interpol-Europol list of fake food

Ben Innes claims he took selfie with EgyptAir hijacker to identify bomb trigger

Antarctic ice loss could double expected sea level rise by 2100, scientists say

Brussels attacks: Belgian PM's office and home 'surveillance' found on discarded laptop

EgyptAir hijack: Suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa says he acted out of desperation

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich leave Republican loyalty oath in tatters

Why you should care about the global oil bribery scandal

Best of the world - March 31, 2016

Australian developer on trial in Bali for fraud

EgyptAir hijack: 'There was panic at the beginning'

Chicago's alarming surge of violence rattles police

Former Canadian cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and relatives killed in plane crash on way to father's funeral

Chinese newspaper editor Yu Shaolei denounces censorship and resigns

Pentagon orders diplomatic and military families to leave Turkey

Myanmar lifts state of emergency in conflict-torn Rakhine state

EgyptAir MS181: This isn't the first time someone hijacked a plane out of love

Brussels attacks: FBI looking at laptops linked to investigation

Donald Trump strategist Stephanie Cegielski resigns in disgust, excoriates him in open letter

Detained suicide bomber not a kidnapped Chibok girl: official

Pakistan attacks: more than 5000 people arrested but country has not caught bomb plotters

Lottery winner murder sees seven people charged in Georgia

EgyptAir MS181 hijacking: British hostage Ben Innes poses for photo with hijacker

Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski arrested, charged with battery

Barack Obama criticises media for uncritical coverage of presidential race

Best of the world - March 30, 2016

EgyptAir MS181 hijacker arrested as terrorism ruled out

EgyptAir flight MS181 hijacker arrested, all hostages released unharmed

Lahore massacre's depravity is a political story, but it challenges Islam too

Business

New home sales decline sharply in Feb

ACCI urges $7.90 minimum wage rise

Origin Energy to buy swathe of solar power output

ACCC okays conditional Recall acquisition

McAleese in exclusive talks with Hong Kong's SC Lowy over debt restructure

DUET Group to raise $230m for Alcoa buy-out of gas pipeline

Genworth shareholders set for windfall

Qantas passenger numbers up in Feb

Duet launches $200m capital raising

Origin in 15-year deal with NSW solar farm

Weak economy threatens bond, pension pay

Aust bonds unchanged in quiet trade

Norway's oil sector salivating over Barents Sea's prospects

Wolf Blass maker Treasury aims for home run with Japan baseball deal

Wall Street higher on Fed rates comments

Stocks to watch

Commodities markets summary

Copper falls on growth and demand concerns

Gold loses more than one per cent

Aust shares up after Wall Street gains

Sport

Australian basketball champion Lauren Jackson retires as game's greatest

T20 Cricket World Cup 2016: England's Natalie Sciver struck on head by ball in loss to Australia

Tiger Woods deserves a fairytale ending to a career that changed golf

Barcelona football superstar Lionel Messi causes offence in Egypt after donating boots

T20 Cricket World Cup 2016: Jason Roy smashes England past New Zealand into final

Mercedes expect more of a fight from Ferrari in Bahrain GP

T20 Women's World Cup 2016: Southern Stars reach final with five-run win over England

T20 World Cup: India bring in Manish Pandey for injured Yuvraj Singh

Nick Kyrgios claims tennis is 'biased' and 'ruined' in rant at Miami Masters

Australian Masters cut from golf calendar

T20 Cricket World Cup 2016: India bank on spin to blunt West Indies

Brumbies players say they've got 'simple job' as club fights boardroom war

Stawell Gift 2016: Controversial Talia Martin victory spurs call for changes

Socceroos star Robbie Kruse 'almost in tears' after horror tackle against Jordan

Public player salaries and marquee signings: NBL reforms its salary cap

Tommy Berry hopes it's third time lucky on Chautauqua at The Championships

Stawell Gift 2016: Victorian Athletic League to review handicapping rules after Talia Martin win

Blue rules over black for Happy Clapper in the Doncaster

Australian Cricketers' Association, Cricket Australia butt heads over use of Dukes ball in Sheffield Shield

Australian Opals great Lauren Jackson expected to retire from international play

Gold Coast Suns seek home comforts in Perth

AFL season 2016: Richmond star Brett Deledio still feeling 'acute' pain

Brisbane Lions defender Justin Clarke retires at 22 from concussion

Unfair speculation on illicit drugs steals the thunder from exciting opening

North Melbourne's Mitchell Hibberd signs until end of 2018

AFL season 2016: Injuries biting hard after just one round

Port Adelaide appoint West Coast supporter Holly Ransom on board to 'disrupt traditional thinking'

Ultimate Footy: The round one Hunch Report

AFL 2016: Matthew Pavlich hits back at calls to make drug test results public

AFL Commission still has catching up to do, says departing pioneer Sam Mostyn

Corey Oates, Chris McQueen loom as Maroons bolters

Gold Coast Titans sign ex-England international Dan Sarginson

Canberra Raiders forward Josh Papalii concentrating on NRL form, not State of Origin

It will get better, Mitchell Pearce tells Sydney Roosters teammate Jayden Nikorima

Penrith Panthers offer to take home games away from Pepper Stadium to help NSW government quota

Parramatta's Manu Ma'u and Gold Coast's Ryan James found not guilty by NRL judiciary

Penrith Panthers executive general manager Phil Gould criticises NRL over lack of academy funding

Wests Tigers plan to keep Luke Brooks, Mitchell Moses on staggered deals

Sydney Roosters bracing for first clash with Warriors star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

NRL: Josh Papalii won't look to Origin despite strong start to NRL season

2016 Hong Kong rugby sevens: Sonny Bill Williams back for New Zealand

Rugby referee Nigel Owens set for world record when Fiji tackle Tonga in Suva

Brumbies players say they've got 'simple job' as club fights boardroom war

Brumbies poised to stick with combinations for Chiefs shoot out in Canberra

Canberra clubs get live streaming exposure for John I Dent Cup season

The Canberra Times sport podcast: Brumbies boardroom trouble, and has the bubble burst at the Raiders?

Super Rugby: NSW Waratahs star Kurtley Beale in doubt for Melbourne Rebels clash

Waratahs consider rolling out new front row against Melbourne Rebels

Canberra club presidents call Brumbies board meeting to discuss Michael Jones

Super Rugby 2016: Benn Robinson says NSW Waratahs scrum problems a result of poor training

Opinion

Engineers Australia pin oak forest competition to 'draw out creativity': Annabelle Pegrum

Boston Marathon a journey from trauma to recovery

Marathon running - it's a love-hate thing

Faith

Fortress Canberra needs reinforcement

The budget facts that Canberra isn't telling you

Migrating flak away from the minister

Entertainment

Codenames, subterfuge and the global money trail: the story behind the story

Exposed at last: the company that corrupted an industry

Vale Garry Shandling, comedy pioneer

Eagles of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes proposes to girlfriend at Metropolis Fremantle

Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at age 69

Stage: treading the boards

Bluesfest 2016: Cat Empire pay tribute to Paris attacks, with survivors on bill

Giveaways: Win Doug Anthony Allstars tickets or Michelle Payne's book Life As I Know It

Overheard, by Oslo Davis

Maggie Alderson The Rules: Tribute to an icon

Not Your Average Stand-up

Savvy Shopper

Chef Andrew McConnell on his parenthood, privacy and whether Sydney beckons

And it came to pass that a non-believer did get the message

'I felt filthy and ugly': the kiss that crushed a schoolboy's love of football

Horoscope: your stars with Lilith

Whistler's Mother brings her mysterious gaze to Melbourne

Michael Cook's 'Mother' series captures the longing of the stolen generation

From building to bangles, architects expand body of work to include jewellery

Eagles of Death Metal turn up, turn on and rock out

Columns

Editorial: Monorail should be a lesson to all transport ministers

Column 8

Letters: System is failing our children

Obituaries: Multi-talented writer was a major creative force in early TV drama


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