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This is why our triple zero emergency line just crashed

This is why our triple zero emergency line just crashed

For more than eight hours on Friday morning, emergency calls to the triple zero phone line were interrupted across Australia.

  • by Rachel Clun & Jennifer Duke

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Trump was caught in a flat out lie. Will anything change?
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Trump was caught in a flat out lie. Will anything change?

From serial exaggerations to obvious falsehoods, Trump has a pattern that is often breathtaking in its audacity.

  • by Dan Balz
Red Rooster, Oporto stores on 'verge of bankruptcy'
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Red Rooster, Oporto stores on 'verge of bankruptcy'

A common complaint about Red Rooster is that the same chicken is available at the supermarket for half the price.

  • by Cara Waters
Fix for 'broken' system will be too late for people like Daniel
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Fix for 'broken' system will be too late for people like Daniel

A factory machine tore the skin off Daniel's foot. Then came another blow that threw him "on the scrap heap". 

  • by Anna Patty
'Boring': Bizarre remarks send Tesla stocks sliding

'Boring': Bizarre remarks send Tesla stocks sliding

After telling analysts their "bonehead questions" were "not cool", Musk said: "Please sell our stock and don't buy it".

  • by Peter Holley
ABC boss writes grovelling apology to Rudd
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ABC boss writes grovelling apology to Rudd

Michelle Guthrie has "unreservedly apologised" to the former PM, admitting the coverage was botched. 

  • by Latika Bourke
Women charged in alleged $5.7m childcare fraud probe
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Women charged in alleged $5.7m childcare fraud probe

Police will allege the women belonged to a group that claimed to have enrolled more than 1600 children in one month.

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A day in the life of a Sydney high school teacher

I love what I do, or I would not be doing it. But there comes a point at which even the most bright, energetic and invested teacher must make a choice between their profession and their wellbeing.

    Coalition and Labor show dangerous complacency before budget

    There is a case to be made for income tax cuts. And the political imperative is clear. But it comes at a cost.

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      Plan to kill carp with herpes could prove as foolish as the cane toad

      The idea that there are reserve Dad’s Armies of citizens ready to retrieve many tonnes of decomposing fish smelling off-the-scale like the gates of Hades is beyond preposterous.

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        How the federal budget carries a 'hidden' burden worth $73 billion

        How the federal budget carries a 'hidden' burden worth $73 billion

        Taxpayers face a $2 billion annual interest bill from the federal government’s growing outlay on “off budget” projects .

        • by David Crowe

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        Macquarie Group soars to record profit, hikes dividend

        Macquarie Group soars to record profit, hikes dividend

        Macquarie Group has beat expectations with a strong performance at its asset management and banking services arms.

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        Film Academy expels Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski

        Film Academy expels Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski

        The two controversial figures have failed "to uphold values of respect for human dignity," the Academy said.

        • by Michael Idato
        Lily Sullivan as Miranda in Picnic at Hanging Rock.

        Inside the trippy feminist reimagining of Picnic at Hanging Rock

        It took plenty of courage and a fair bit of conviction to revisit one of the most famous stories in Australian film and literature.

        • by Karl Quinn

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        Macca's run: Can you eat McDonald's for a week and keep fit?

        Macca's run: Can you eat McDonald's for a week and keep fit?

        Our fitness writer is putting McDonald's supposedly-healthy choices to the test.

        • by Michael Jarosky
        Parenting a defiant child: how to know when to get help

        Parenting a defiant child: how to know when to get help

        Some children's tantrums, irritability and defiance well exceed that of their peers.

        • by David J Hawes

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        The Cooper Cronk experiment isn’t working for the Roosters — can he change?
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        The Cooper Cronk experiment isn’t working for the Roosters — can he change?

        The Roosters’ prized signing must change to a new-look Roosters attack if his side is to start winning matches again.

        • by Andrew Webster
        No trophy for Arsene Wenger in final season as Arsenal manager

        No trophy for Arsene Wenger in final season as Arsenal manager

        Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa haunted Arsenal again by firing his side to a 1-0 win in Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg.

        • by Richard Martin

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