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'Just tragic': British CEO one of six who died in NYE seaplane crash
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'Just tragic': British CEO one of six who died in NYE seaplane crash

Among the six people who died in seaplane crash was the boss of one of the world's largest catering groups.

  • by Rachel Clun

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Released 1987 cabinet papers show the beginning of Joh's end

Released 1987 cabinet papers show the beginning of Joh's end

Qld in 1987 should be remembered as the beginning of the end for decades of entrenched political cronyism.

  • by Tony Moore
‘That’s creative thinking’: Group of drinkers build their own island

‘That’s creative thinking’: Group of drinkers build their own island

Kiwis will do anything to drink at the beach, it seems.

  • by Donna-Lee Biddle
markets could be "rudely awakened" from their slumber by political or central banking shocks in 2018, according to Accendo Markets analyst Henry Croft.

Plunge in volatility stokes fears of stock market crash

Stock market volatility has ended the year at record lows, adding to concerns that complacent investors are sleepwalking into the next crash.

  • by Tom Rees
Who needs fireworks when you've got the ABC on New Year's Eve?

Oh, ABC, what were you thinking? Generation X hijacks the night

Oh, ABC – what were you thinking? I thought we had a deal when it came to New Year's Eve?

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Bill Shorten better watch out for his gotcha moment in 2018

Mr Popular today can become Mr Dead Meat in a very short space of time. And vice versa.

Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone

The year's creeping tide of racism

Was 2017 the year of the white supremacist? A friend put this to me recently.

Tim Soutphommasane
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    How the world staved off four famines in 2017

    A coordinated humanitarian effort averted catastrophe in 2017 but our generosity will be tested again in 2018.

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