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Ousted Labor senator's threat to expose more MPs who are 'f---ing around'
In a series of late-night tweets, Sam Dastyari says he quit parliament for 'a lot less' as he signals there may be further scandals to be revealed - and that he's 'so bored'.
- by Latika Bourke
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Federal
PM's senior adviser warned of 'misbehaviour' by Joyce at awards night
SMSs seen by Fairfax Media warn Joyce 'will cop media' over an alleged incident at a Rural Women's Award dinner.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
Blunt Instrument
The hypocrisy of Barnaby Joyce is stunning
It’s a helluva risky business writing a column about the deputy PM at the moment.
- by John Birmingham
Duterte tells soldiers to shoot female rebels in their genitals
Philippine President told former rebels to tell soldiers of a new order: 'We won’t kill you. We will just shoot your vagina.”
- by Lindsay Murdoch
First Aussie medal: Matt Graham wins silver in moguls
Australia has its first medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after skier Matt Graham won silver in the moguls.
- by Warren Barnsley
Teenage boy charged over death of Brunswick artist
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder over death of Antonia Tatchell, who was found dead in a bathtub.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Bulldog pays the price for holiday Instagram selfie
It turned out to be an expensive and embarrassing happy snap when the anti-doping watchdog saw it.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Opinion & Perspectives
I turned off my phone - and rediscovered the world
It took me a long time to accept that I needed to break up with my phone. I had begun noticing that I often picked the device up "just to check", only to resurface an hour later feeling unsatisfied and wondering where the time had gone.
Catherine Price
Canberra is more than a government town
The capital is much more than a destination for bureaucrats, if you're willing to look beyond the stereotype.
Sam Prince
The 'ladychip' did exactly what it was designed to do
The company knew that the Dorito ''for women'' thought bubble would get its product all over the media.
Matt Holden
Melbourne
Victoria
National
The secrecy surrounding the Catholic Church's wealth
- by Ben Schneiders, Royce Millar and Chris Vedelago
Big banks rapped for missing dirty laundry list deadline
- by Sarah Danckert and Eryk Bagshaw
AFL
Politics
When sex and politics collide in Canberra, right and wrong can be a blur
The Deputy PM could become the first Australian politician to lose a leadership position to what might be called 21st century moralism.
- by Tony Wright
Turnbull distances himself from Joyce over messy affair
- by James Massola and Adam Gartrell
World
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Business
'Customers not always treated honestly' when it comes to home loans
Mortgages and credit cards the first focus of banking royal comission.
- by Sarah Danckert and Clancy Yeates
Analysis
Banking royal commission
'Honesty and fairness': royal commission lays down law to the banks
- by Clancy Yeates
Small business
Entertainment
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Insurance increases: How to beat the health hikes
Private health premiums will rise at twice the rate of inflation on April 1, leaving more people in search of a way to cut costs.
- by John Collett
Apple's HomePod offers amazing sound for a limited audience
This smart speaker makes marvelous music, but Apple Music exclusivity and a hobbled voice assistant make it one for the superfans.
- by Tim Biggs
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Sport
Arthur through to snowboard halfpipe final, Crawford misses out
Emily Arthur has qualified for the final of the women's snowboard halfpipe but compatriot Holly Crawford missed out on the decider by just one place.
- by Glenn Cullen