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Recycling rort: How thousands of tonnes of our waste is being buried
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Recycling

Recycling rort: How thousands of tonnes of our waste is being buried

NSW sends tonnes of waste each week to Queensland to be recycled, but it is being sent straight to landfill, costing taxpayers millions in lost levies.

  • by Mark Solomons

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Government MP in scathing attack on stadium splurge 

Government MP in scathing attack on stadium splurge 

Former minister lashed his government's $2.5b stadium plan when its performance on child protection was a 'disgrace'.

  • by Deborah Snow & Alexandra Smith
'It's under the boat': Swimmer spotted shark in ocean swim

'It's under the boat': Swimmer spotted shark in ocean swim

Sydney lawyer Eli Ball was competing in the Rottnest Channel Swim when he saw a 'very, very wide' great white below him.

  • by Heather McNeill
Allegations 'weaponised' to blast Joyce from cabinet
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Allegations 'weaponised' to blast Joyce from cabinet

Furious Joyce supporters suspect a new harassment claim was used for the express purpose of forcing him out.

  • by Mark Kenny
'Just wrong:' Global weather event leaves scientists aghast

'Just wrong:' Global weather event leaves scientists aghast

Climate scientists are used to seeing weather extremes, but few episodes are as remarkable as this week's Arctic heat.

  • by Peter Hannam
Departing execs pocketed $7m on way out the door
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Pay

Departing execs pocketed $7m on way out the door

Executives from the insurance giant produced a string of profit downgrades or encountered career-ending disasters.

  • by Colin Kruger
Canadian trio's cruise seemed to be the trip of a lifetime

Canadian trio's cruise seemed to be the trip of a lifetime

When the ship sailed into Sydney Harbour, the holiday came to an abrupt end with their arrest.

  • by Georgina Mitchell
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Why the Chinese are cheerful about the future

They live in a dictatorship, but the Chinese are among the most optimistic people in the world.

Peter Hartcher

    The investment that will give NSW a better return than stadium rebuilds

    Protecting our most vulnerable children from harm may cost more than rebuilding stadiums but the benefit is greater.

    Matthew Mason-Cox

      Happiness is overrated – the secret life of a tiger mother

      We can't allow ourselves to bring up a nation of boofheads because boofheads can't build our future.

      Jenna Price
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        Share moves involving Domino's boss would struggle to pass the sniff test
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        Share moves involving Domino's boss would struggle to pass the sniff test

        A series of announcements spewing forth from Domino’s Pizza on Monday should be forensically scrutinised by the ASX and serve as a warning to investors.

        • by Elizabeth Knight

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        When to keep a child home from school

        When to keep a child home from school

        We need simple guidelines on what constitutes the need to keep sick children home.

        • by Staff writer
        How to bust out of credit card debt

        How to bust out of credit card debt

        Psychological and practical tricks to keep you focused on clearing your debts.

        • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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        'Pearce could have taught me' if we played together: Cronk

        'Pearce could have taught me' if we played together: Cronk

        Cooper Cronk is adamant he would have learned from Mitchell Pearce should he have stayed at the Roosters.

        • by Adam Pengilly
        No Simmons, no worries: Junior Wallabies coach backs rookie Tahs

        No Simmons, no worries: Junior Wallabies coach backs rookie Tahs

        Rob Simmons is out with a quad injury, but the Waratahs' rookie props are expected to fire on the road.

        • by Georgina Robinson

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