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More than 30 homes and buildings feared destroyed after fire tears through town

More than 30 homes and buildings feared destroyed after fire tears through town

The fire at Tathra was one of 26 grass and bush fires burning in NSW on Sunday, with 12 burning out of control as temperatures soared above 40 degrees.

  • by Sarah Muller

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Xenophon dreaming: How a mood for change evaporated

Xenophon dreaming: How a mood for change evaporated

Strategists on all sides say the single worst thing that happened to Xenophon was a Newspoll just before Christmas.

  • by Mark Kenny
Fuel price comparison system 'perverse', MP says

Fuel price comparison system 'perverse', MP says

Fuel price comparison sites have been slammed as useless with claims they will only lead to higher prices at the pump.

  • by Cole Latimer
Kevin Rudd offers US cadets tips on how China thinks

Kevin Rudd offers US cadets tips on how China thinks

China will replace the US as the world's largest economy, and will begin to challenge US dominance, Rudd said.

  • by Kirsty Needham
Where did you spend your teenage years?
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Where did you spend your teenage years?

Where you lived matters far more than you might think.

  • by Peter Martin
Broncos' sponsor urges Lodge to take responsibility

Broncos' sponsor urges Lodge to take responsibility

NRMA Insurance has increased pressure on Matt Lodge to pay compensation to victims of a drunken New York rampage. 

  • by Julie Power
'Before most of us had made our coffee, they were gone'

'Before most of us had made our coffee, they were gone'

Just as the small town of Biloela was waking up, Border Protection officers came and took a family away.

  • by Chandra Roulston
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Salisbury attack raises spectre of a new danger in chemical warfare

Are we entering an era of lethal nerve agents easily transportable and undetectable to standard equipment?

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    New Idea claims extraordinary memory led to scoop

    Gee, it’s convenient that the Uber driver has a detailed memory of the conversation between Karl and Peter Stefanovic.

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      The evidence is in: first-born siblings are better

      Take a bow first-born children. New evidence proves what you've always known: you're better than your siblings.

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        Thrashed and unemployed: where it all went wrong for Nick Xenophon 

        Thrashed and unemployed: where it all went wrong for Nick Xenophon 

        Strategists on all sides say the single worst thing that happened to Xenophon was a Newspoll just before Christmas.

        • by Mark Kenny

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        'Don't take your foot off the accelerator,' Wesfarmers CEO tells Coles

        'Don't take your foot off the accelerator,' Wesfarmers CEO tells Coles

        Wesfarmers is focused on maintaining motivation for Coles and its outgoing chief John Durkan until new CEO Steve Cain takes the reins.

        • by Cole Latimer

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        How to encourage a child who hates exercise to start moving

        How to encourage a child who hates exercise to start moving

        Not every kid is the sports-loving type, so how can we make sure these children still stay active?

        • by Carolyn Tate
        Fixed address? That's so last-century. Meet the new-gen digital nomads

        Fixed address? That's so last-century. Meet the new-gen digital nomads

        Have laptop, will travel: meet the digital nomads riding the twin trends of work flexibility and soaring house prices into a new, palm tree-fringed era.

        • by Kyle Chayka

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        How does it feel as Manly embarrass old foes Parramatta?
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        How does it feel as Manly embarrass old foes Parramatta?

        The Sea Eagles and Eels have a long, spiteful history. This match didn't befit the rivalry.

        • by Andrew Webster
        Waratahs are growing up and now have the win to prove their new smarts

        Waratahs are growing up and now have the win to prove their new smarts

        Daryl Gibson believes conditioning, smarts, and two big blokes called Israel and Taqele helped the Waratahs power over the top of the Rebels on Sunday. 

        • by Georgina Robinson

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