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'It will be a shock to the system': Sydney braces for 'twin peaks' of polar chill
Sydney's run of record warmth will come to a sudden halt on Friday, with the first of two blasts of Antarctic chill passing over the city within days.
- by Peter Hannam
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$140b income tax cut plan struggling to pass first hurdle
The Turnbull government is facing a Senate blockade, heaping pressure on the Treasurer, Scott Morrison.
- by David Crowe
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Four more MPs resign over dual citizenship fiasco
The Four MPs announced their resignations on Wednesday, hours after a High Court ruling.
- by Fergus Hunter
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Traffic gridlock on M1 after seven vehicle pile-up
M1 traffic has been brought to a standstill near Gosford after a crash involving up to seven vehicles.
- by Jenny Noyes
99-year-old co-founder to take over vacuum retailer
John Johnson joined Godfreys as a partner in 1936. Over 80 years later he'll take control of the embattled company.
- by Patrick Hatch
'Freeze has gone on too long': Howard calls for dole boost
Tuesday's budget delivered no extra benefits to the unemployed and clamped down further on welfare recipients.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Embattled Mehajer launches appeal over journalist assault
In March, he was handed a good behaviour bond and ordered to undergo anger management counselling.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Opinion & Perspectives
This blue skies budget is just too good to be true
If you believe Turnbull's luck can turn on a sixpence, this is the budget for you. From now on, everything's coming good.
Ross Gittins
If this is 'world's best' water management, we're all in trouble
Turnbull government and federal Labor's deal to amend the $13b Murray Darling Basin Plan isn't the same thing as fixing it.
Peter Hannam
Does banking attract cheats or make them?
The prevailing culture in banking "favours dishonest behaviour", according to a Swiss study.
David Kinley
Sydney
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Firefighters battle south-west Sydney blaze after three homes catch alight
- by Rachel Clun & Jenny Noyes
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Four MPs resign following High Court citizenship ruling
Three Labor MPs and crossbencher have resigned from Parliament, but all have vowed to recontest their seats in byelections.
- by Fergus Hunter
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Coalition's $140 billion income tax cut plan struggling to pass first hurdle
- by David Crowe
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Costco looks at private label goods and online store
Costco Wholesale is planing to stock more Australian-made private label goods as its steadily grows its footprint.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Entertainment
'You've awakened a sleeping moose': Ryan Reynolds slams Eurovision
The actor behind Marvel's successful antihero Deadpool has roasted the European song contest: "You let in Australia and they're barely on the planet."
- by Broede Carmody
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift put end to their bad blood
The fight, which has dominated the personal and professional lives of the two singers for more than four years, appears finally over.
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Eight clever ways to make your rental house a home
How to make the best of the home we have, for the time we have it.
- by Carolyn Tate
Money can buy happiness if you spend it on experiences, time or others
How would you spend $20 for the biggest payoff in happiness? What did you actually spend your last $20 on?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Sport
Former player takes legal action against AFL over racial abuse, sexual taunts
Former Gold Coast Suns player Joel Wilkinson is taking legal action against the AFL over alleged racial abuse, sexual taunting, bullying and mistreatment.
- by Toby Crockford
'I love him': Ned Hanigan on Israel Folau's touted move to the Reds
Israel Folau might be on the cusp of a move up to Ballymore but the Waratahs dressing room is blocking out the noise.
- by Georgina Robinson
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