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'A grey area': Barnaby Joyce raises doubts over paternity of Vikki Campion's baby
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'A grey area': Barnaby Joyce raises doubts over paternity of Vikki Campion's baby

Barnaby Joyce has sparked intrigue over whether he is the biological father of his former staffer's unborn child.

  • by Mark Kenny

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The jewels and the Lib donor: Bishop facing new questions 
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The jewels and the Lib donor: Bishop facing new questions 

Julie Bishop's glamour lifestyle, rubbing shoulders with fashion and film A-listers has raised further questions.

  • by Latika Bourke
Why porn star threatened to cancel deal in 2016 to keep Trump affair secret 

Why porn star threatened to cancel deal in 2016 to keep Trump affair secret 

Days before the election, Stormy Daniels told Trump she was going public because he was late paying her hush money. 

Charles and Camilla's gruelling first-class flight

Charles and Camilla's gruelling first-class flight

Why is the government sending an RAAF jet to pick up the royals?

  • by Peter FitzSimons
'Jared has faded': Kushner's bruising 28 days of tumult

'Jared has faded': Kushner's bruising 28 days of tumult

Once the prince of Trump's Washington, Jared Kushner is now stripped of security clearance and under scrutiny.

Liberal Party returns to government in Tasmania

Liberal Party returns to government in Tasmania

Will Hodgman is just the second Liberal leader to take his party to a return to majority government in Tasmania.

  • by Nick O’Malley
Equality at last: Mardi Gras marches to a new drum

Equality at last: Mardi Gras marches to a new drum

This year was always going to be special beneath the rainbows, glitter, wigs and jockstraps. 

  • by Michael Koziol
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Forget the spin, 'free trade' is cover for dubious special deals

You may think spin-doctoring and economics are worlds apart, but they combine in the "free trade agreement".

Ross Gittins

    Why do women still buy the fairytale marriage bull?

    To be truly comfortable in your own company is perhaps one of the most important achievements in life.

    Wendy Squires

      'Bonk ban' has taken us across a threshold - and it's going to get ugly

      Parliament House was brimming this week with rumours of politicians' affairs, Labor and Coalition and Greens alike.

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        Plug in for pre-paid power bills

        Power bills are going pre-paid as energy retailers take a leaf from the mobile phone industry's book.

        • by Cole Latimer

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        The surprising new power move to boost your career

        The surprising new power move to boost your career

        Going part-time is no longer just the preserve of career-break mums, with men joining in too.

        • by Anna Maxted
        Follow this blueprint to achieve early retirement

        Follow this blueprint to achieve early retirement

        Underwhelmed by the prospect of spending decades in the rate race? The FIRE movement might be for you.

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        Australia in box seat to win first Test after extending big lead

        Australia in box seat to win first Test after extending big lead

        South Africa will be set a victory target of more than 400 runs with two days to play in Durban.

        • by Chris Barrett
        Thurston shoots down talk of feud with Cherry-Evans

        Thurston shoots down talk of feud with Cherry-Evans

        Both Daly Cherry-Evans and Johnathan Thurston have had enough of the stories that they dislike one another.

        • by Danny Weidler

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