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www.smh.com.au - News Index for 21/05/2017


National

Australian markets expected to open higher

Qantas flight: Explosion, sparks from engine, as Melbourne-bound flight from Los Angeles aborted

Australian lives: How we've changed

Elon Musk building brain-computer interface to protect against AI singularity

Editorial cartoon

'We can't be passive bystanders': Advisers call for dramatic re-think on Great Barrier Reef

Putting trust in the trusts cop

Surrogacy for gay couples in Australia

Driven by demons: The long road home

Zeeshan Akbar's family journey from Pakistan to Canberra to document his life in Australia

Change gonna come, remembering the 1967 referendum

Banks to pay $200m in advice compo

Mortgage Choice set record before APRA cap

Lifting the lid on Sydney's dumpster divers

Southern Cross warns on FY earnings

Organic fast food chain to list on ASX

Oil Search keeps focus on costs

APN Outdoor-oOh!Media scrap merger plans

Origin sells Queensland pipeline for $392m

Stocks to watch

International markets roundup

Heavyweight banks lead ASX lower

Work schedules and team selection should take account of body clock time

Beauty queen used as unwitting bait by alleged tax scammers

Long hours and bad work culture drives Australian dad away from the kids: study

How the alleged $165 million tax scam worked

New chair, ex-Foster's boss at Bellamy's

Trial results spark Sirtex share plunge

ATO Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston allegedly sought to cut deal for son

Unemployment dip driven by part time jobs

World

China stifled US spying by killing CIA informants

Finding Megumi: Michael Kirby calls for 'peaceful initiatives' on North Korea

Twitter founder 'sorry' if it helped elect Donald Trump

Afghan Vice-President Dostum flies to Turkey despite rape, torture claims

Donald Trump signs 'tremendous' deals with Saudi Arabia on his first day overseas

Disruptive passenger duct taped to his seat as flight lands under military escort

Melania Trump takes centre stage in Saudi Arabia –without a head scarf

'Maximum damage': What's going wrong in our deep blue and warming sea

Iranians demanding change deliver emphatic victory for President Hassan Rouhani

President Donald Trump gets king's welcome to Saudi Arabia on first foreign trip

Julian Assange's cat-and-mouse existence still to play out

Descent into paranoia preceded Times Square rampage

Iran counts votes after big turnout in presidential election

Detained sisters Ashwaq and Areej become face of women's rights in Saudi Arabia

Donald Trump flees 'Russia thing' - and Washington is left reeling

'If you're not at the table, you're on the menu': in the Trump age, women emerge determined to run for office

Victims call hackers' bluff as ransomware deadline nears

Xi warned Philippines of war over South China Sea: Duterte

James Comey to testify to Senate in public hearing over Russian interference

Donald Trump told Russians firing 'nut job' James Comey eased pressure from investigation

Russia probe reaches White House official close to Donald Trump

Driver who mowed down Times Square pedestrians charged with murder

Former US congressman Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to 'sexting' a teenager

Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation

Video nasty: Turkish president Erdogan sat through attack on US protesters

One Dead and 22 Injured as Car Rams Into Pedestrians in Times Square

Defiant Brazilian President Michel Temer says corruption probe should be shelved

How basketball and soccer helped sell Australian wines to Chinese millennials

James Comey is said to have become unsettled by interactions with Donald Trump

Basquiat painting sells for a stunning $US110 million

Business

Australian markets expected to open higher

Deadpan guy selling energy drinks is something to smile about

Accused fraudster Simon Anquetil spent $100,000 on strippers in a four-month period

Secret AFP move to freeze assets of 58 people in hunt for missing millions

The cocaine-snorting businessman the ATO conspirators hoped would be their patsy

Australia's largest tax fraud syndicate had its origins in modest Menai

'I was just a guinea pig to them': single mum reveals unwitting recruitment to fraud racket

Banks to pay $200m in advice compo

ATO's 'bad apples' have no fear of being caught: whistleblower

Mortgage Choice set record before APRA cap

QIC sues EnergyAustralia for $1bn over Iona gas deal

Southern Cross warns on FY earnings

Steve Barrett spoke to A Current Affair about ATO tax fraud scoop amid arrests

Organic fast food chain to list on ASX

Oil Search keeps focus on costs

APN Outdoor-oOh!Media scrap merger plans

Origin sells Queensland pipeline for $392m

Stocks to watch

8@eight: Markets find their feet after Trump slump

International markets roundup

Sport

French driver Sebastien Bourdais has surgery after Indy 500 crash

Jason Day's round of the year blasts Australian into title hunt in Texas

Winton SuperSprint: Scott McLaughlin lives up to star billing with hat-trick of wins

Tuggeranong United FC bounce back with goal of the season vs Woden Weston FC

Canberra Demons bounce back against Redland Bombers with another close win

Illea Cotric inspired by brother Nick and scores in Woden Valley Rams debut

Valley Dragons hold on to claim first Open Women’s Tackle win

Hayes may climb Everest with Goodwood winner Vega Magic

Victorians dominate on SA racing's Big Day

Royals spoil Gungahlin Eagles' party to stay unbeaten in John I Dent Cup

Vega Magic, Williams and Team Hayes eye Everest riches after Goodwood success

Italian Open: Dominic Thiem ends Rafael Nadal's unbeaten run on clay

Tommy Berry stays at home to deliver winning double on Dagny and New Universe

Sense of timing for Sense of Occasion as gelding claims deserved Group One

Brave stayer will remain at easier challenges than the Melbourne Cup

Ashes hopeful Jason Behrendorff says all Australian cricketers on the same ACA page

Grass is sometimes greener, but offshore pitfalls abound for young players

Socceroos secure Eredivisie bolter Ajdin Hrustic in tug-of-war with Bosnia

LeBron James and Cavaliers run riot over Boston Celtics in NBA mismatch

Super Netball 2017: Silver lining to the Vixens loss of top spot to the Giants

Live AFL: Super Sunday of football begins with Essendon vs West Coast Eagles

Alastair Clarkson defends Tom Mitchell's Hawthorn record 50-possession game against Collingwood

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick 'proud' despite another last-gasp loss

Adelaide coach Don Pyke positive as Crows get back on winners' list against Lions

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley joked about leaving MCG in first quarter

Adelaide Crows do a demolition job on Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions no match for ruthless Crows at the Gabba

Collingwood v Hawthorn: Magpies soar back from 43 points down to stun Hawks

NRL: Jordan Rapana breathes new life into Canberra Raiders season against Parramatta Eels

St Kilda v Sydney: Swans storm back into finals contention

Live NRL scores 2017: Newcastle Knights vs Penrith Panthers

Discord: Ben Barba eyes ban loophole

Ben Barba visits UK ahead of shock Super League switch

Mal Meninga backs Greg Inglis over mental health battle, labelling it 'a very important story for league'

NRL talking points: Canberra Raiders make Jarrod Croker's milestone one to remember against Parramatta Eels

NRL: Jordan Rapana breathes new life into Canberra Raiders season against Parramatta Eels

Parramatta Eels' Mitchell Moses endures mixed debut as Canberra Raiders snap mid-season slide

Semi Radradra could be back in Parramatta Eels colours in 2018

Nate Myles suffers injury blow as Manly Sea Eagles cruise home against Gold Coast Titans in Robina

State of Origin 2017: Peter Sterling backs Mitchell Pearce to exorcise Origin demons

Soon-to-be Waratah Kurtley Beale injured as Wasps reach grand final

Super Rugby talking points: Can kicking spark an ACT Brumbies revival for rest of season?

Tom Banks scores match-winner for ACT Brumbies to break drought in South Africa

Highlanders put sorry Western Force to the sword in Perth

Super Rugby 2017: Hurricanes run nine tries past miserable Cheetahs

Waratahs star Israel Folau admits he has 'never been challenged like this before'

Royals spoil Gungahlin Eagles' party to stay unbeaten in John I Dent Cup

Super Rugby 2017: Blues blow finals hopes in Stormers loss

Melbourne Rebels backrow trio energise side for NSW Waratahs clash

Waratahs captain Michael Hooper's plan to stop Rebels back-rower Sean McMahon

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

Vivid Sydney 2017: Where to find the best and brightest lights

Cannes Film Festival 2017 on alert for terrorists but Netflix drops the bomb

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The jazz wars heating up the back streets of Melbourne

Giveaways: Circus Oz, Legoland and Celtic festival

Review: Brick Lane

Vivid Sydney: Google Tilt Brush takes artists and dancers into the virtual world

Tongue-twister wines an acquired taste

Recipes: Fish cakes with beurre blanc

Handsome Devil film director John Butler finds his own voice on the field

Celebrating Graham Kennedy, the king of television

Gardening: cherry blossom a beautiful marker of the passing of time

Van Gogh lookalike a selfie king

Grey Gardens, home of Jackie Kennedy's eccentric relatives, up for sale

Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2017 stars 'tough broads' in a man's world

Sigrid Thornton on the art of reinvention

A how-to guide to tyranny (or what to do about a restless press)

Bands turn their backs on pubs as live music enters the loungeroom

Hackers reportedly hold Disney film for ransom

David Bowie dead: His musical legacy encapsulated in 12 songs

Columns

Editorial: Monorail should be a lesson to all transport ministers

Column 8

Letters: System is failing our children

Obituaries: In Passing


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