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Cheating furore: ASC calls for Steve Smith to be stood down immediately
Australian Sports Commission calls for captain's sacking - along with any others on leadership group or coaching staff who had prior awareness of ball tampering plan.
- by Jon Pierik
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Trump's new team demands world bend to US demands
Not since September 11, 2001, have US national security leaders so threatened military confrontation.
- by David Sanger
Parents back principal after gender identity comments
Reports of widespread anger over principal's comments about gender are exaggerated, parents say.
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The billionaire has checked himself into a Boston psychiatric hospital days after resigning from the board of Crown Resorts due to mental health issues.
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ALP promises cool schools as parties converge on Penrith
Labor promised air-conditioning for thousands of classrooms as the major parties converged on Penrith one year out from the NSW election.
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Smith must quit, but he must answer key questions first
"The horror of what happened overnight was just how our cricketing leadership could engage in such cold-blooded, premeditated, clear-eyed CHEATING."
- by Peter FitzSimons
'No more' or we vote you out: students lead anti-gun rallies
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Steve Smith will live with this cheating reputation forever
There was no excuse for what Australia did and I can only think it is a sign that winning means too much to this team.
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Young Canberra girl dies after boat capsizes on Moruya bar
- by Greg Ellis, Andrew Brown, Kimberley Le Lievre
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Corporate tax cuts 'unconscionable' when poverty is rife, critics say
A coalition of prominent Australian welfare groups has appealed to the Senate to reject the government's push for company tax cuts when millions live in poverty.
- by Nicole Hasham
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- by John McDuling and Fergus Hunter
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Trump's new bellicose team demands the world bend to US demands
- by David Sanger
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- by Matthew Lynn
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Futures of Smith, Lehmann hang in the balance as ASC calls for sackings
Australian captain Steve Smith will have to answer to the governing body's integrity chief
- by Jon Pierik
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Steve Smith will live with cheating reputation forever
"This will stay with Smith for ever. There was no excuse for what Australia did and I can only think it is a sign that winning means too much to this team."
- by Michael Vaughan