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Catholic high school kids more likely to have a job five years later
Data shows young Aussies are mostly working or studying, while some kids seem to have a leg-up in the jobs market.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Leadership
This is the depressing new normal in federal politics
Nazi jibes, sleazy innuendo: Politics is on the nose, but our representatives just can't seem to help themselves.
- by Tony Wright
Supreme Court donations decision eyed nationwide
The Queensland case is being used to call for a $1000 political donations rule to be introduced throughout Australia.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Queensland bottled water winner 'infused with love'
Voted the world's best, Sturt Hinton’s Townsville-made drink sounds more like a magic potion than a hydration source.
- by Megan Gorrey
A joke': Desperate pitch for tax cuts fails to sway senators
One Nation and the Nick Xenophon Team say the new figures had done little to convince them to change their minds
- by Eryk Bagshaw
NAB warns on Facebook, Apple banking threat
Technology giants with investment budgets that dwarf Australia's banks are expanding into financial services.
- by Clancy Yeates
'I've crashed into a river, dude. I'm f---ed. I'm f---ed'
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment a driver skidded his ute into a swollen Queensland river.
- by Jorge Branco
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Opinion & Perspectives
The difference that distance makes when a two-year-old is raped
Would we care more if this little girl was Brioney Smythe of Norman Park, or Myllie Henderson from Indooroopilly? Of course we would.
Madonna King
Unis hit the panic button as foreign student pin is pulled
In sandstone cloisters around the nation, well-paid vice-chancellors are wondering where their next bonus might come from.
Michael Pascoe
If politicians can't reform tax system, we need an authority that can
Genuine tax reform needs bipartisan agreement and co-operation between state and federal governments. But in a world dominated by short-term, populist, opportunistic and mostly negative politics, this seems a remote, if not inconceivable, possibility.
John Hewson
Politics
McCormack's 'minimal' reshuffle aims to soothe divided Nationals party room
The Nationals leader has restored two of his colleagues to the ministry, while avoiding a clash with key cabinet ministers loyal to his predecessor Barnaby Joyce.
- by David Crowe
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Woolworths chairman vows to fix pokies pubs scandal
Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns has taken personal responsibility for the retailer's response to its pokies scandal.
- by Nick Toscano
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Smarter living
How renters and apartment dwellers can get solar panels
New approaches to power can help cut electricity bills even if you can't install solar panels yourself.
- by Cole Latimer
Thirsty work: reboot your system with a three-day water fast
An earlier experiment inspired this writer to try and test and rest his body with a water fast.
- by Michael Jarosky
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Sport
Maharaj lands key blow against Smith to give South Africa an edge
The Australian captain had seemed on track for yet another hundred but was stopped shortly before tea on Thursday.
- by Chris Barrett
Thurston hell-bent on big finish after exorcising mental demons
It's never how you start, but always how you finish. Johnathan Thurston has one last chance to write a rugby league fairytale.
- by Adam Pengilly
