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Katrina Dawson was lying face down in a back corner of the Lindt cafe, her hands covering her head. Man Haron Monis was standing almost directly above her when police shot down the glass front door. Hostage Louisa Hope stood close by him as the gun battle erupted.

These were the conclusions of a NSW police forensic specialist who presented a three-dimensional reconstruction of the Martin Place cafe to an inquest on Wednesday.

Man Haron Monis fired two shotgun blasts at police, most likely before they began shooting at him.
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Cinthia Elias is one of the first victims to have had their car repossessed after purchasing a vehicle from the now-liquidated Gasoline Machine, for which the company allegedly had not paid.

She thought her car had been stolen - but it had been repossessed.
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A powerful Labor Right union faces prosecution in the Federal Court after the workplace tribunal found it had massively rorted its membership numbers.

A powerful right wing union is being taken to the Federal Court after the workplace tribunal found it had massively rorted its membership numbers.
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Senator Richard Di Natale later clarified on Twitter: "Greens position is non-negotiable. We want to see an end to offshore detention & will do everything we can to close the camps."

The future of offshore detention would be central to any post-election Greens negotiations with the ALP.
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Elections are where we get given things, right? That's true, for the voters who matter. The rest are treated appallingly, writes Peter Martin.

Elections are all about giveaways, right? And just who pays for all the promises?
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Former Ten Network boss Grant Blackley, the head of investment bank JP Morgan, Rob Priestley, and former Wallaby Steve Lidbury are among investors linked to the Keystone hospitality group, which has collapsed owing nearly $80 million.

It should come as no surprise the collapse of the company running Sydney's favourite restaurants has caught up some big names.
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The country's biggest operators of landfills have pocketed almost $200 million from the Abbott-Turnbull government's Emissions Reduction Fund without having to prove the funds reduced their greenhouse gas production.

The country's three biggest operators of landfills have pocketed almost $200 million from the Abbott-Turnbull government's Emissions Reduction Fund without having to prove the funds reduced their greenhouse gas production.
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Despite embracing the whole "stability" argument, the government has figured that the week before the polls is the perfect time to illustrate the mighty schism that is threatening to tear the Coalition to shreds: the enormous difference between its small-l liberals and enormous-c conservatives.

Your news of the election, reduced to a snarky rant by Andrew P Street.

And let's shake down the poor for $2.3 billion, somehow!
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"When people say to me that I should just do whatever I like as though I'm some kind of dictator, they don't get it."

Over passata and a glass of red, Malcolm Turnbull expands on his mistakes and the necessity of compromise.
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He ain't nothin' but a fur seal, and less than two weeks after being rescued by Taronga Zoo, 18-month-old Elvis is back in the water.

An 18 month old fur seal, rescued by Taronga Zoo after the Sydney storms, was released back into the wild.
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Throw in a Rolex for him; and for the missus, $US20,000 worth of designer dresses from Oscar de la Renta and Louis Vuitton, and there's more than a whiff of corruption – yes?

The US Supreme Court found the gifts to Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his family distasteful, but all perfectly legal.
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Comment: It's a neat trick indeed: a government that claims certainty over its 10-year tax plan but refuses to give certainty for a vote it intends to conduct this year. Why?

The Coalition is taking the political dividend of appearing modern and progressive, while studiously avoiding discussion of critical details of its plebiscite.
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Consumers are being urged to scrutinise the fine print because even grabbing the most expensive policy doesn't guarantee the best coverage for services such as major dental.

If you have the money, you'd think signing up for the most expensive health insurance policy would offer the best coverage for services such as major dental. That's not the case.
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The deadly Istanbul terrorist attack shows that busy international airport terminals are now a "soft target" of choice for the so-called Islamic State, a leading terrorism expert says.

Turkey is likely to come under increasing pressure from the militant group, analysts say.
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Have Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop MP had a face-to-face sit-down since his toppling?

"Well, I rarely did when he was leader, so no, I haven't," she answers.

Her campaign schedule has been relentless. She has visited more than 70 electorates since the campaign starting gun was fired, and insists she would have done more if she could.
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The analysis shows that health inequalities are strongly associated with voting preferences.

Death-by-electorates. Premature mortality rates across the political divide.

Turnbull, Shorten and Barnaby: whose voters live longest?
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"In our party, it will be a free vote," Malcolm Turnbull said. "So how members respond to the plebiscite is a matter for them."

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has attempted to clear up growing confusion about a national plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
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Brenton Walsh's Woolworths co-workers said he was the victim of relentless workplace bullying.

On the last day of his life, Brenton Walsh shook himself awake at 4am. He showered, he boiled some water, he made some coffee. And then he was out the door, driving to Woolworths in the Victorian town of Moe, where he was manager of the supermarket's shelf-stacking team.
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The difference is perhaps best illustrated by the $270,000 difference in median house prices.

What can you get for Melbourne's median house price in Sydney? What about for Sydney's median in Melbourne? Which city comes up trumps?
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