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Barnaby Joyce
'He needs to step down': Joyce crisis to come to a head after Nats MP calls for his resignation
Senior ministers are pleading for "a bit of breathing space" for embattled Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce as the cracks in his party appear to widen.
- by Mark Kenny
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Brisbane council employees get pay rise as lord mayor bypasses ballot
Three unions agreed to proceed to the ballot but the resistance of others delayed the process.
- by Ruth McCosker
Five students still in hospital after overdose at school, some unable to speak
Police say the teens took different doses throughout the morning, “everything from a taste to a significant amount”.
- by Jorge Branco
Minister Mark Bailey plays down private email to union boss
The Labor MP wrote "loose lips sink ships" to a then-ETU state secretary via his personal "mangocube" email account.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Jury retires to consider verdict on Tamate Heke
The jury to decide if Mr Heke is guilty of the manslaughter of another driver during a road rage incident on a Brisbane road has retired to consider its verdict.
- by Shae McDonald
Opinion
Barnaby Joyce
Journalists were wrong to reveal Barnaby Joyce's affair
The general public seem to think the media were right to publish the affair revelations. But they weren't.
- by Misha Ketchell
Central Station sculpture gone like a puff of smoke
Brisbane's anonymous guerilla artist the Blu Art Xinja has produced artworks around the inner city. But where is his sculpture 'Smoke' over Central Station?
- by Tony Moore
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Opinion & Perspectives
Hidden taxes are the real terror Australians face
Live in a unit? Check your last body corporate bill because you might find you are now paying a terrorism tax.
Madonna King
Joyce 'affair' reveals hidden limits of PM's authority
Barnaby Joyce's refusal to resign after being told to "consider his position" has revealed a fault that was hitherto unknown.
Mark Kenny
Relax, there's no need to follow Trump on company tax - yet
When US companies got a tax cut, they give a big slice of it back to their shareholders. It’s probably what you would do if you got an income tax cut. You’d spend a little on yourself, and only later think about working harder.
Peter Martin
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Victorian election
Labor MP 'threatened minister with a knife' at State Parliament cafe
- by Nick McKenzie, Farrah Tomazin, Benjamin Preiss and Noel Towell
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Victoria
'I've humiliated myself': Top cop admits crude online comments
- by Tammy Mills, Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
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Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Joyce crisis to come to a head after Nationals MP calls for resignation
Trouble for embattled Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce as the cracks in his party appear to widen.
- by Mark Kenny
World
Ex-top aide agrees to testify in Netanyahu corruption scandal
- by David Wainer and Yaacov Benmeleh
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Business
'Stay relevant': Perpetual's 'high-octane' strategy to survive
Perpetual chief executive and managing director Geoff Lloyd says there's a place both for active stockpickers and index-tracking funds.
- by John Collett
Your super could help bankroll Trump's $1.9t plan for America
- by Jason Scott and Brett Foley
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'A sub-par TED talk': Why Hillary Clinton's tour is a rip-off
- by Roqayah Chamseddine
Smarter living
What you should do if your child is a 'quitter'
We can't make a kid develop grit; that's not part of our job description as parents.
- by William Stixrud
Qantas reveals their new hack to achieve Gold and Platinum status
Just how much is your Qantas frequent flyer status really worth to you?
- by David Flynn
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Sport
Jarryd Hughes to carry Australian flag at closing ceremony
Jarryd Hughes will carry the Australian flag when he goes to Sunday's closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
Canberra Raiders' forwards pact to return to ferocious NRL ways
It's personal. The Canberra Raiders big boppers have made a forward pact to return to their ferocious ways.
- by David Polkinghorne
