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Lambie's swipe: 'Barnaby should have gone to the back bench about 10 days ago'
Where, former senator Jacqui Lambie asks, were Barnaby Joyce's staff? 'His advisers should have told him that it was all about to hit s--- creek in a barbed wire canoe.'
- by Nick O'Malley
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Victoria
Wild winds rip through the state, leave trail of damage
Emergency services called out to at least 250 reports of damage as tress fell, boats were rocked and power was knocked out.
- by Robyn Grace
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It took 2 minutes for ex-AFL player's wealth to drop $100m
GetSwift plunge wiped $85m from wealth of founder - ex-footy player Joel Macdonald - and his exec chairman.
- by Colin Kruger
People told to lock doors, stay inside as gunshots ring out
Residents tell of their fear as police swarmed their Point Cook street after shots were fired.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Barnaby Joyce
'I've been in heaps of fights': Joyce isn't going anywhere
Barnaby Joyce's allies believe the PM's office is leaking information against the Deputy PM in a bid to force him out.
- by James Massola
Currency they came for was virtual. The guns were real
Big holders of bitcoin and its brethren have become alluring marks for criminals.
- by Nathaniel Popper
'In a rage': How Trump's fixer made sex scandals disappear
At least two women have received money, others have had their stories bought, then suppressed by tabloids.
- by Jim Rutenberg
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Opinion & Perspectives
Labor has a cancer growing in it that must be cut out
Apologists for China in the Labor Party have been working, wittingly or otherwise, to entrench China’s influence.
Clive Hamilton
Public housing sell-off is a raw deal for everybody in Victoria
Our homeless sector has been chronically underfunded and for decades governments have failed to tackle housing affordability.
Samantha Ratnam
When only gold is good enough: Australia has lost its Olympic spirit
Australia is a sunburnt country not known for its snowfalls yet now only gold will do in the Winter Olympics.
Ella Donald
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Victoria
Off-duty police officer killed in Shepparton smash a 'true legend'
- by Ebony Bowden and Melissa Cunningham
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Barnaby Joyce
Why Michael McCormack's bet each way threatens to skewer his credibility
Michael McCormack's performance is under new scrutiny. He cannot sidestep the values questions dodged by Barnaby Joyce.
- by Mark Kenny
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Myer directors shy to put 'skin in the game' and buy shares
Only one Myer director has followed their chairman's call to put some "skin in the game" by buying more of the company's shares.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Lifestyle
Weight Watchers is targeting teens with a new free program. That's a problem.
- by Rebecca Scritchfield
Smarter living
You can now buy James Bond's personal Aston Martin
Actor Daniel Craig is auctioning off for charity the limited-edition vehicle made for him by the iconic car manufacturer.
- by Nichola Groom
How to invest for children and grandchildren
A major stumbling block for parents investing on behalf of children is the punitive tax rates for children.
- by Noel Whittaker
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Sport
Respected rather than loved, but City women are best in the business
Its Melbourne, not Millwall, but winners are grinners and City's women have the last laugh as they record historic treble.
- by Michael Lynch
'I felt it and I prayed': wardrobe malfunction can't derail French skater
The show went on for a French ice dancer despite her glittering emerald costume coming unhooked on live television.
