This is a testing ride: Abbott fires shot
10:50AMTony Abbott has upped the ante on the PM ahead of the latest Newspoll, while stoking speculation over his leadership.
Voters ‘disappointed’ in Turnbull
11:57AMOlivia CaisleyTanya Plibersek says the government will lose its 30th consecutive Newspoll because of the policies Malcolm Turnbull is pursuing.
Bennett cops stunning spray
10:44AMA rival NRL coach has delivered an extraordinary personal shot at the league legend, as a simmering feud exploded | WATCH
$600K loans, it’s over for Mr X
12:00AMMICHAEL OWENA scathing assessment of Nick Xenophon’s political nous has his SA-Best party unlikely to survive and the fallout reaching Canberra.
Carnage as van runs into crowd
6:22AMJacquelin MagnayTwo dead and more than 30 injured as van crashes into pedestrians in the western German city of Muenster.
LiveTallent DQ’d with finish in sight
12:13PMIn scenes reminiscent of Jane Saville’s Sydney Olympics heartbreak, Claire Tallent is disqualified while leading race walk.
Tourist ‘cesspools’ forced shut
1:50PMJake Maxwell WattsThe damage from tens of millions of tourists flooding Southeast Asia’s once-idyllic islands has local authorities finally saying ‘enough’.
MP caught in coal conundrum
11:03AMOlivia CaisleyJosh Frydenberg has doubled down on a push to keep Liddell power station open, while taking aim at the Monash forum.
‘Hidden toll’ of Folau’s gay post
12:00AMJAMIE PANDARAMIsrael Folau may not fully understand the far-reaching consequences of his homophobic comments, says first gay team.
ExclusiveGet a new hobby, tamperers told
12:00AMJacquelin Magnay, Andrew FaulknerTough advice as hidden clause appears to dash trio’s hopes of a gig overseas.
Innocent Thorpe ‘in stolen car’
Charlie PeelIan Thorpe, Giaan Rooney forced to walk to Commonwealth Games aquatic centre after car they were in seized by police.
Quadzilla muscles up
Brent ReadTrae Williams has a penchant for posting pictures of his thighs on social media. Impressive they are too. Chiselled from granite.
Redemption after ‘biggest choke’
Wayne SmithAll of the heartache of Rio, and fears about how crowds would receive her, have been reduced to meaningless for Cate Campbell.
Aussie relay team’s gold finish
Australia’s unstoppable Dolphins end Day Three by bringing the house down in the women’s freestyle relay.
Dr Frankenstein’s reckoning
Cameron StewartIt’s becoming clear Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand the magnitude of the crisis he faces. Next week will be his toughest yet.
No, kids aren’t fine with divorce
Caroline OveringtonRemember how ‘resilient’ kids of divorce were going to be? Now they’ve grown up — and they’re starting to tell their side of the story.
Rise of the private superpowers
ANDREW KEENBig Tech’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have generated wealth and power by hacking our minds.
‘It was close to a civil war’
EWIN HANNANWith John Howard’s help, Chris Corrigan unleashed his nuclear option on the docks. Twenty years on, he says he did us a favour.
The great escape
Sungju Lee with Susan McClellandFor years, he’s been smuggling thousands of people out of North Korea. Now the man they call ‘Superman’ is ready to tell all.
In Cyclone Tracey’s path
Richard GuilliattThere are fears her #MeToo crusade will backfire, but Tracey Spicer insists there’s plenty of dirt still to come out in the wash.
A classy spread
Megan LehmannA casual diner in this unapologetically blokey room full of bigwigs eating kingly steaks, might find herself wishing she had a knife.
The chaos man
Josh GlancyHis loathing of elites — and eerily prescise forecasts about the harm they’ve caused — has made Nassim Nicholas Taleb wildly rich.
Doing the unimaginable
Cathy OsmondRoss Noble’s stand-up shows are largely improvised. How does he do it?
One rule for them
Bernard SaltHow can politicians carry on about the unsustainability of today’s retirement concessions and retain a straight face?.
The clear-conscience deodorant
Ross BiltonA gender-neutral, all natural alternative that you apply with your fingers. Just don’t try eating it.
In the valley of the cars
GEOFF HISCOCKFor those who love the beauty of an Italian sportscar (and who doesn’t), this ‘Motor Valley’ is a goldmine.
Huge bids at Crowe auction
6:59AMBuyers snapped up artwork, jewellery and eccentric movie props at Oscar-winner’s divorce auction in Sydney.
Greens policies ‘a disaster for us’
12:00AMJOHN FERGUSONManifesto released by the NSW Greens threatens to further undermine leader Richard Di Natale and expose him to ridicule.
Rafters finally offload $15m pile
12:00AMBEN WILMOT, LISA ALLENIt was the mansion they couldn’t sell. But tennis great Pat Rafter and wife Lara have at last sealed the deal — at a discount.
Pomegranate recall amid scare
5:52PMFresh off the back of the rockmelon listeria scare, now frozen pomegranates have been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak.
‘Jews will flee’ if Corbyn is PM
8:30PMThe TimesThousands of Jews may leave Britain if Jeremy Corbyn becomes prime minister, Europe’s most senior rabbi has warned.
‘Socialists only’, says sperm bank
12:00AMDidi TangA Chinese sperm bank has taken down an ad featuring its ridiculously strict list of demands on donors amid a backlash.
Pope has hell to pay over chat
9:46PMPhilip WillanPope Francis’s ‘beyond tolerable’ comments about hell in an interview with an aethiest reporter continue to cause him grief.
Frozen fitness takes off
1:44PMWill PaviaMen and women are getting into chambers that are cooled to minus 180C by clouds of liquid nitrogen vapour.
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Guns drawn in Fairfax stand-off
12:00AMWill Glasgow, Christine LacyThe Mexican stand-off between Fairfax chairman Nick Falloon and Antony ‘The Cat’ Catalano continues.
AGL ‘profiteering on Liddell’
12:00AMMatt Chambers, Andrew WhiteThe Turnbull government has accused AGL of profiteering by forcing the closure of the Liddell coal-fired power station.
Battery boom ‘only beginning’
LUKE GRIFFITHSSimon Hackett sees similarities in where the fledgling energy storage market is and where the internet was in the early 1990s.
Trade tension may spark sell-off
David RogersA rapidly escalating US-China trade war may yet trigger a further sell-off in global financial markets.
‘This is out of control’
Andrew FaulknerFormer Australian Test skipper Michael Clarke has weighed in over speculation that he is planning a cricket comeback.
Reed, McIlroy fight out Masters
Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy meet again, this time for a green jacket instead of a gold Ryder Cup trophy.
Atomos passes Apple screen test
DAVID SWANOne of Australia’s great untold technology stories is finally getting its big screen moment.
Extinct butterfly could return
Emily BeamentChanging climate means conditions in the UK may be suitable again for the return of one of Churchill’s favourite butterflies.
Wanders filled with wonders
Christopher AllenDismissed by Robert Hughes in 1966, artist Eugene von Guerard is now seen as one of our most important artists.
CA suffers rights setback
Darren DavidsonFoxtel’s CEO has rejected a report claiming the pay-TV operator has tabled a massive bid to net Cricket Australia’s media rights.
Walters a victim of narcissism
Ben IkinThe Broncos are a club that can’t be divided, according to Wayne Bennett. So why did Kevin Walters quit?
Coal-fired fools won’t oust PM
Peter van OnselenIf a charge of the light brigade is Abbott and Co’s endgame, I’ll be on hand to watch the massacre. But the Nats are the real story.
Greens leader loses loony crown
Grace CollierRichard Di Natale’s free money for all idiocy could go much further — just ask the ungrateful troglodytes at Anglicare.
Stop this energy masochism
Chris KennyMalcolm Turnbull has a chance for a retreat in the name of common sense, economic sanity and political advantage.
‘Forget free speech campaign’
Alan JonesIsrael Folau is entitled to his view on gay people. Let him express it. The code’s new CEO has much bigger concerns.
Greens lead economic debate
Paul KellyThe Greens’ latest ventures tell us that no idea is now too wild, untenable or beyond satire to mount.
The quiet revolutionary
Greg SheridanThis week, a man you may never have heard of will bring to Australia a plan to address the most urgent question in politics.
Life changing
Andrew McMillenDisdaining formulas, Laurie Anderson loves ‘not knowing what I’m doing’.
Darker than a rottweiler
JONATHAN DEANWes Anderson animated film Isle of Dogs is bitingly political and so fiddly, it’s astonishing it was ever made in the first place.
Moral of the story
Graeme BlundellWhen a child is murdered, the under-strain social worker who organised her last outing comes under fire.
The girls can’t help it
Justin BurkeHomecoming Queens creators say the show’s conceit came from a shared joke and evolved into the show we always hoped it would.
I wrote a letter to my love
Greg SheridanI have just discovered, through the merest good fortune, a magnificent collection of letters from a creative mind.
Guests party to revelations
DAVID STRATTONHostess Janet answers the door armed with a gun. From there it all goes awry in The Party.
In the Picture gallery
A selection of reader photos submitted during round two of T+I’s In the Picture competition.
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Eight arrested over historical child abuse00:10:10
April 06, 2018. Eight people have been arrested across three states following a six-year investigation into suspected historical and ongoing child abuse in southern NSW. Detectives from the State Crime Command's Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad established Strike Force Hermoyne in 2012 to investigate allegations of incest, child sexual assault and serious neglect of children. Police made the arrests this week in three operations in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia. (AAP VIDEO/Supplied/NSW Police)
Eight arrested over historical child abuse
April 06, 2018. Eight people have been arrested across three states following a six-year investigation into suspected historical and ongoing child abuse in southern NSW. Detectives from the State Crime Command's Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad established Strike Force Hermoyne in 2012 to investigate allegations of incest, child sexual assault and serious neglect of children. Police made the arrests this week in three operations in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia. (AAP VIDEO/Supplied/NSW Police)
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