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'Green' LNP byelection sign has Brisbane Greens seeing red

'Green' LNP byelection sign has Brisbane Greens seeing red

Campaign advertisement on a Brisbane billboard has been slammed by other political parties as being misleading with its colours and wording.

  • by Ruth McCosker

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Brisbane to Sunshine Coast in 45 minutes under new rail proposal

Brisbane to Sunshine Coast in 45 minutes under new rail proposal

Forty-five minute train trips are touted in a proposal pushing for billions of dollars in federal government funding.

  • by Jorge Branco
Will the cryptocurrency go down as one of history's most infamous bubbles, alongside tulipmania and the dot-com craze?
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Did Bitcoin just burst? How it compares to history's big bubbles

Will the cryptocurrency go down as one of history's most infamous bubbles, alongside the dot-com craze?

  • by Eric Lam, Mathieu Benhamou and Adrian Leung
Singer Darren Hayes has criticised Cory Bernardi for using his music as part of a political stunt.

'Remove my music': Darren Hayes lashes Cory Bernardi over alternative Hottest 100

The singer lashes out after the South Australian senator used one of his songs as part of a political stunt.

  • by Broede Carmody
Queensland's unemployment rate among the highest in the nation

Queensland's unemployment rate among the highest in the nation

Across Australia, more people are finding work in part-time jobs rather than full-time.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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Sugar has its tobacco moment as voters call for new tax

When the tobacco question was asked two years ago a massive 70 per cent of Coalition voters wanted higher taxes on it along with 67 per cent of Labor voters. What has sugar done to get lumped in with perhaps the most despised legal substance on the planet? 

Peter Martin
Peter Martin

The panic button: Dutton and Turnbull switch on the old-school scaremongering

We should not allow our politicians to escape scrutiny and sanction when they speak rubbish.

Nicholas Stuart
    Nicholas Stuart

    I opened 3000 emails this morning. It could have been worse: actual conversations

    This year, may you send emails only to those who need them, and may you receive the same.

    Jenna Price
      Jenna Price
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      Goodbye cash and cheques, faster electronic payments are nearly here
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      Goodbye cash and cheques, faster electronic payments are nearly here

      It's one of the most important pieces of infrastructure so far this century, but most people haven't heard of it.

      • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
      The reality is a four-hour work week is unlikely to happen if you start your own business.
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      The problem with the entrepreneurial dream

      The vision of millions of dollars and the freedom to choose your own hours might just be wishful thinking.

      • by James Adonis

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      Australian Open 2018: Actor Will Ferrell raves about trip Down Under

      Australian Open 2018: Actor Will Ferrell raves about trip Down Under

      Ferrell has revealed his Australian Open visit could inspire him to make an Australian tennis movie.

      • by Ebony Bowden
      Home sick: Josh Hazlewood.
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      Hazlewood ruled out, Paine in doubt for Australia v England at the Gabba

      Paceman Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of Friday's second one-day international due to illness.

      • by Andrew Wu