• 1 min ago

Last week in front of 1400 people at a Fairfax Media subscriber event I was outed as a "pathological optimist" by an anonymous reader, who wanted to know how I got that way.

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Passing on a family business to heirs, whether they are involved or not, can be a very knotty dilemma, rife with disagreements, lawsuit, jealousy, estrangements, you name it.

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Three men have been arrested after leading police on a long high-speed police chase in a stolen Porsche - after reportedly stealing the car from Hawthorn star Brendan Whitecross' house.

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Queensland researchers believe a simple change in how cancer patients are treated could drastically improve their survival rates.

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Rogue developers will face tough new fines and jail time for doing illegal building work following the demolition of a heritage pub in Carlton that caused community outrage.

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A deadly sinkhole in an industrial part of San Antonio swallowed two cars Sunday evening, killing one person and nearly trapping another who had to be rescued by passersby.

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Port Adelaide has banned defender Jarman Impey as it emerges an AFL teammate was with him when he crashed into parked cars after a weekend pool party.

• 24 mins ago

Acusations of 'hypocrisy' and 'unfairness as more federal high-earners get pay rises of up to $26,000.

• 24 mins ago

After a Western Bulldogs premiership and the launch of a national AFL women's competition, much loved 'Doggies vice-president Susan Alberti said the time was right to retire.

• 25 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he has never supported a carbon tax, as debate about a climate policy review process threatens new disunity and political strife within the Coalition. 

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• 29 mins ago

Shares rebound as investors take a relaxed view of Italy's no vote, ahead of the RBA's rates decision, while Origin shares jump.

• 31 mins ago

Uber envisions a future in which a fleet of vehicles can make the most complex manoeuvres while carting passengers around without the help of a driver. To achieve that, cars will need to get a whole lot smarter.

• 38 mins ago

When her girlfriend, Cash Askew, didn't respond to her texts that night, Taylor assumed she was having fun, dancing to the music.

• COMMENT
• 39 mins ago

It's sometimes hard to keep faith that good policy development is happening within government.

• 45 mins ago

Choice alleges one consumer was charged $861.72 when he decided to cancel two Qantas tickets to New York, following three separate changes to his flight time that were instigated by the airline.

• 46 mins ago

Adam Ramanauskas has urged Hawthorn fans to temper their expectations of an early return for Jarryd Roughead.

• 50 mins ago

Jess* was alone in a room she shared at Northpark Private Hospital when another patient and a male psychiatric nurse allegedly entered.

• 51 mins ago

Police will search the banks of the Macquarie River south of Dubbo for remains of murdered woman Lateesha Nolan after a bone found in the area was confirmed as belonging to her.

• 54 mins ago

Wallabies five-eighth Bernard Foley insists the tough times endured by Australia this year have laid the foundation for future success.

• 57 mins ago

BHP Billiton has won the contest to partner with Pemex to develop a deep water oil field in untapped Gulf of Mexico waters.

• 59 mins ago

Justin Ross Harris was supposed to drop Cooper off at his day care. Instead, he drove straight to work, parked his vehicle and went inside — leaving Cooper in the SUV.

• 1 hr ago

Origin Energy will sell its oil and gas business to focus on its energy markets and LNG business, a move that will cheer many investors.

• 1 hr ago

Amazon has revealed that it will open a brick-and-mortar grocery store called Amazon Go, an ambitious bid by the once online-only retailer to gobble up more of Americans' shopping dollars by taking the fight more directly to traditional supermarkets.

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• 1 hr ago

New Zealand's next prime minister will have big shoes to fill after the shock departure of John Key.

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A Moreton Bay man has been charged after police allegedly found him with more than 200 fake $50 notes.

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Police in Tamil Nadu in south India are on high alert for fears that millions of grief-crazed supporters will swarm out onto the streets.

• 1 hr ago

Police killers will spend the rest of their lives behind bars under new Victorian laws to deny police murderers parole.

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People have been warned to stay inside and streets have been blocked off after a gas leak in Kwinana.

A 16-year-old Sunbury boy is facing several charges including multiple counts of thefts from motor vehicles, attempted armed robbery criminal damage and petrol theft after an alleged spree over the weekend damaging more than 40 cars.

A handy tool in an emergency, and an end to 'where are you, are you OK?' texts when someone's late home or to a meeting.

Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth broke down to his friend just one day before he took his own life, telling her everyone wanted him dead ABC's 7:30 has revealed.

Forty-two tonnes of rubbish are scattered across the Monash Freeway on-ramp at Glen Waverley, forcing authorities to close the freeway entrance all day.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a fresh outbreak of party disunity over climate policy, with backbench MPs questioning the timing and scope of a formal review of the Direct Action plan.

Street lamps and electricity poles around Victoria could soon be used to monitor air pollution and smoke, detecting bushfires in remote locations and generating health warnings.

Tech guru fires parting shot at public service bosses resisting digital change.

The jury has deadlocked in the case of a South Carolina police officer charged with murder after he was recorded on video last year firing a barrage of bullets at a fleeing motorist's back.

A man has died after he and another camper were struck by lightning during a camping trip on the top of Mount Warning, near Murwillumbah, as severe thunderstorms hit the state's north on Tuesday morning.

A spectacular early morning storm has hit the Gold Coast and Brisbane with heavy rain, winds and lightning strikes across the region.

A group of enterprising thieves have used a forklift to smash their way into two businesses on the Gold Coast overnight.

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The local share market is set to open higher after gains overnight in the US and Europe.

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The euro rose as investors bet the European Central Bank will extend its asset-purchase program by six months.

The visit comes after Barack Obama went to Hiroshima with Shinzo Abe in August.

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The State Government and the Queensland Police Service are considering their response to the Federal Court finding police were unlawfully discriminatory after a high-profile Aborignal death in custody in 2004.

Disgraced former Labor minister Gordon Nuttall says his superannuation is his only source of income left as the Queensland government continues to pursue him for corruption.

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'I see President Putin as the leader of the free world,' says leader of fringe group aiming to preserve privileged place of whiteness in West.

More than 80 Catholic and Anglican Church priests and other representatives – including women - are alleged to have committed child sex crimes against Hunter children over decades, newly released data analysis and evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has revealed.