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National

Best of the world: April 6, 2017

Women are just as ambitious as men, unless companies hold them back

Aussies have lost trust in banks: Bligh

Coal prices soar as Debbie hits supply

Cyclone Debbie does more damage - this time to insurance company profits

IAG expects Debbie to cost it $140m

University of Wollongong to pay $10 million for unpaid super to thousands of workers

Westfield says demand for stores is strong

Two-hour train ride between Canberra and Sydney on the cards

Fairfax targets $30m newsroom savings

The jobs that will give you the biggest pay rise

Botanix raises $7.4m to develop products

APRA warns on bank mortgage risks

Services grow despite healthcare wane

TPG secures more spectrum in Singapore

Stocks to watch

Mining, energy stocks push market higher

Who you work with matters more than your pay packet: happiness survey

Loan curbs no help on home prices: Moody's

Telstra denies it is taking back stores

Directors urge negative gearing cutback

RBA warns on home loans, rates on hold

Auditor General finds new $1.9 billion icebreaker not value for money

Local logistics lift before Amazon arrives

Bionic eye developer raises $US18m from HK

Suddenly next summer: What happens when a heatwave hits in a post-Hazelwood world?

Trade surplus soars but Debbie hit looms

Canberra's East Block and West Block up for sale

CIMIC bags HK Airport expansion contract

Fair Work inspectors to audit 1600 hair and beauty salons

World

Taken hostage in Iraq by Saddam Hussein, I hadn't returned - until now

Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council role in shakeup

Syria chemical attack: evidence points to nerve gas says World Health Organisation

Russia metro bombing: Six detained after St Petersburg blast

Prehistoric jewellery found in Indonesian cave challenges view early humans less advanced

Chemical attack: Russia says Syria poisoning caused by rebels' own chemical arsenal

'Grammar vigilante' corrects bad punctuation on street signs and shop fronts

Chemical attack in Syria poses profound questions for Donald Trump's leadership

Ex-Cyclone Debbie wreaks havoc in New Zealand

What China wants from Xi Jinping and Donald Trump Florida meeting

Iceland wants employers to prove equal pay for men and women, by law

Advertisers flee Fox News' Bill O'Reilly over harassment story

As he prepares to meet Donald Trump, China's Xi Jinping has a lot to worry about

North Korea fires projectile into sea off east coast: South Korea

Amid 'extreme vetting' plans, US bill aims to limit phone searches at border

Spanish police seize Assad property over fraud investigation

Outrage in UK after Cadbury drops Easter reference for egg hunt

Carter Page, ex-Donald Trump adviser, admits to communication with Russian spy

Donald Trump cuts off funding for UN Population Fund, which supports contraception

Best of the world: April 5, 2017

Syria conflict: Dozens dead, including children, in suspected chemical attack in Idlib

St Petersburg attack: subway bombing suspect had ties to radical Islamists

Beijing slaps real estate ownership restrictions on residents

Japan's protest over Korean 'comfort woman' statue over for now

Britain will not push Ecuador to evict Julian Assange

Donald Trump tells Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, US and Egypt will fight Islamic militants together

Kingsgate seeks compensation from Thailand over Chatree mine closure

So many journalists have been killed in Mexico this year that a newspaper is shutting down

Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky files a sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes and Bill Shine

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, flies into Iraq with top US general

Business

Want a real free-range egg? Updated app will guide you out of supermarket

Apple Pay ruling hits innovation, says Westpac CIO

Aussies have lost trust in banks: Bligh

Coal prices soar as Debbie hits supply

IAG expects Debbie to cost it $140m

Nurofen must pay $6 million penalty after final appeal rejected

Bills rise from Cyclone Debbie, to cost IAG $140m

NSW Treasury paper shows Rory O'Connor is the probity adviser on land titles sell-off

Former NAB banker Gavin Slater named as new Digital Transformation Agency chief executive

Westfield says demand for stores is strong

Fairfax targets $30m newsroom savings

Botanix raises $7.4m to develop products

APRA warns on bank mortgage risks

Services grow despite healthcare wane

TPG secures more spectrum in Singapore

8@eight: Strong start in store for ASX

Stocks to watch

Butter or margarine? In Dunkin' Donuts lawsuit, man accepts no substitutes

International markets roundup

Mining, energy stocks push market higher

Sport

Hockey star Anna Flanagan opens up about controversial year and gold medal dreams

Australia's Nick Kyrgios a mentally tougher opponent for Davis Cup tie against United States: Jack Sock

Sport results for Wednesday, April 5

UEFA pledges to fight the creation of Euro Super League

10 things you (probably) didn't know about the US Masters

Why it's time for the AFL to allow players to say they're on the move

Want to improve rugby union? Then change these rules

Half-time report on Super Netball season: fast progress, but room for improvement

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers tips Canberra's Tom Rogic to become one of top midfielders in Europe

Chris Waller adds synthetic hoof filler to Winx as wonder mare set to start shortest price of career

Super Netball: Melbourne Vixen Tegan Philip's happy comeback story

Cricket Australia email: Players won't be 'meat in sandwich' in pay dispute

Promoter Bob Arum says Manny Pacquiao is set to agree to fight Australian boxer Jeff Horn

NBA playoffs challenge excites Utah Jazz's Dante Exum

Glenn Maxwell expected to remain a Victorian Bushranger

2017 US Masters Golf Tournament: Jason Day paired with vocal critic Brandt Snedeker at Augusta

Sam Stosur, Anastasia Rodionova get wins in Charleston

Manchester United slip up in top-four race after draw with Everton

US Masters Golf Tournament 2017: Jason Day reveals his mother does not need chemotherapy for lung cancer

ATP could trial shorter sets, no service lets and shot clock in raft of potential reforms

Nick Dal Santo returns to St Kilda as a development coach

Poor form: Gold Coast champion Gary Ablett's TV spot says it all really

Harder and longer make for a more exciting and effective Richmond

Why it's time for the AFL to allow players to say they're on the move

GWS Giants coach Leon Cameron expects Josh Kelly to reject North Melbourne

North Melbourne face Giant task in their quest to sign Josh Kelly

AFL injury news: Blues weighing up Patrick Cripps' fitness for Bombers clash

Mr Freo Docker 2017: Perth blogger's hilarious Fremantle fan "tribute"

Greater Western Sydney star Josh Kelly doesn't want to leave Giants despite big-money offer from North Melbourne

Lance Franklin to rack up 250th AFL game as Swans tackle Magpies

Players' union proposes shake-up as NRL sticks with third-party agreements

Kieran Foran set to be Melbourne Storm target in bid to replace Cooper Cronk

Axed Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor claims he was made a 'scapegoat' for stalled negotiations

Wests Tigers coach Ivan Cleary wasting no time: one playmaker signed and one gone

Mitchell Moses agrees to Parramatta deal and wants immediate release from Wests Tigers

Sydney Roosters won't buy into Mitchell Pearce Blues calls

Why it's time for the AFL to allow players to say they're on the move

NRL season 2017: Round six previews

NRL: Canberra Raiders confident Cooper Cronk chain reaction won't affect halves Aidan Sezer and Blake Austin

NRL: Canberra Raiders second-rower Elliott Whitehead was worried he might not get his spot back for Gold Coast Titans game

Want to improve rugby union? Then change these rules

ACT Brumbies extend De Wet Roos Super Rugby contract ahead of Reds battle

Former ACT rugby captain Geoff Didier banned from playing in Brumbies legends game

Super Rugby 2017: Waratahs five-eighth Bernard Foley knows symptoms could return

Wallabies back Matt Giteau steps up to coach star-studded Toulon backline

Australia's womens rugby sevens side relishing the challenge of 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Will Skelton not holding breath over future Wallabies honours

ACT Brumbies wary of dangerous Queensland Reds despite run of losses

Brumbies confident squad will stick together despite coach and Super Rugby uncertainty

Super Rugby 2017: Waratahs set to give Taqele Naiyaravoro a crack in starting XV against Hurricanes

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

$30 million miracle for Sydney Theatre Company stops fireworks stealing the show

Kinky Boots: Behind the scenes with Callum Francis

Giveaways: Swan Lake, Cabaret and Spanish movies

Recipes: Blood sausage with beets, lentils and watercress salad

Review: A taste of Siberia at Bondi Junction's Roomie cafe

Savvy Shopper

Escape rooms and how getting locked up for fun became big business

Yirramboi, Melbourne's new Indigenous arts festival

Australian Museum marks its 190th birthday with a curious tail or two

Denise Scott on the C word, the lie-down that lasted a year, and Disappointments

White bread and halal sausages: the new Australia we still find hard to swallow

Postcard from Memphis, where civil rights is a living history in Trump's America

Laneway culture is the beating heart of Melbourne. But it wasn't always like this

Sidney Nolan and Jinx's journey to back of beyond

Roman navy's daring bid to save the people of Pompeii

Hero's journey teaches Khadim Ali the art of embracing your inner demon

Opera Australia's Carmen asserts itself on Sydney Harbour

Technology, terrorism and stingy audiences pose a challenge to buskers in Sydney

Overheard

Giveaways: Tickets to comedy festival, food and wine festival, garden show

Columns

Editorial: Defences of free media fall short on protection

Letters: How about some answers, Mr Abbott


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