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Snooping cameras show what we are doing when we're behind the wheel
It's not just mobile phones that distract drivers. A trial of new technology planned for NSW also spotted people reading, eating and taking drugs at 100km/h.
- by Julie Power
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Novelist accused on stage at Sydney Writers Festival
Junot Díaz was in a relaxed mood on a panel on Friday night, until he received an unexpected question from the floor.
- by Alexandra Alter & Jonah Bromwich
Opinion
Banking royal commission
Economic reckoning is on its way - and we'll have to pay
We are about to get a paltry tax cut and a beer discount. With an economic shock looming, it's an insult to our intelligence.
- by Peter Hartcher
'Get this over with': Inside explosive Stormy revelation
If Giuliani had a strategy, he'd kept it secret. White House insiders could only watch agog as he freestyled on live TV.
- by Philip Rucker
Grandparents hope to care for twins found after 4 years
Two girls who disappeared after their father dropped them off at school gate have been found on the mid-north coast.
- by Jenny Noyes & Patrick Begley
When Brooke asked for loan, she was told to rethink gym
In the wake of the royal commission your bank is going to want to know a lot more about you.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Aviation
'Digital strip search': Security overhaul for airports
After a terrorism near-miss, full-body scans will be implemented nation-wide.
- by Patrick Hatch
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
How private schools make everyone nastier
Unless we want a rich-poor apartheid, we need to stop giving the fat little piggy private schools such a leg up.
Elizabeth Farrelly
We should welcome it when people change their minds
Backflipping. Caving in. Flip-flopping. We call for a change, but when it comes, we jeer at the person brave enough to admit they were wrong.
Julia Baird
Don't they get it? Those once mocked are having the last laugh
They made fun of 'poofters' and 'sheilas', now washed-up comedians claim political correctness is killing their act.
Jacqueline Maley
Sydney
Investigation
Crime
Sisters arrested in $5.7 million day care fraud case free on bail
- by Patrick Begley
NSW
National
Politics
More than tax cuts: Scott Morrison plans for budget savings
Scott Morrison says the government would stick to its rule of matching every new spending decision with a saving made elsewhere in the budget.
- by David Crowe
Scott Morrison's dilemma: Avo toast and early surplus mightn't cut it
- by Peter Martin & Mark Kenny
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Banking royal commission
David Murray has taken a job nobody wanted at AMP and it's gargantuan
Is the grandfather of vertical integration really the best man to lead the embattled giant?
- by Adele Ferguson
Our $130 billion super giant is starting to throw its weight around
- by Nassim Khadem & Ruth Williams
Small business
Entertainment
Nobel literature prize won't be awarded this year following sex abuse allegations
The Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following issues within the ranks of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner.
Chappaquiddick unblinkingly revisits a shameful moment in Kennedy history
Ted Kennedy was a leading light of US politics. But he was also responsible for a young woman's death.
- by Karl Quinn
Sydney Comedy Festival review: Ange Lavoipierre chips away at the patriarchy
- by Reviewed by Michael Ruffles
Lifestyle
Opinion
Retail
Hey, global fashion brands, stop treating Australian shoppers like fools
- by Melissa Singer
Smarter living
Analysis
Phones
Do Australians need an unlimited mobile data plan?
Users risk paying a lot more for data they'll never use, or being stuck in the slow lane if they go over.
- by Tim Biggs & Jennifer Duke
Analysis
Home loans
Now's the time to fix (half) your home loan rate
There are signs of movement from the Reserve Bank.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Sport
'The whole point of the game is to beat people up. Oh, and score more points'
Dragons backrower Tariq Sims is keeping the spirit of the rugby league enforcer alive and well — and he's now on the precipice of NSW selection.
- by Andrew Webster
Cradle of the game: Newcastle Jets' championship bid forged in coal mines
Newcastle was the birthplace of Australian football 140 years ago. Tonight, the region will host its first A-League grand final.
- by Dominic Bossi