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Mouldy, rotten produce, off meat: Aussie Farmers Direct franchisees are reeling
Abi and Trenton Scaf wanted to support local agriculture when they bought four Aussie Farmers Direct franchises. The now-collapsed business was not what it seemed. In fact, the Scafs never even met a farmer, despite asking to - repeatedly.
- by Cara Waters
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Indonesia
Fatalities after bomb at police headquarters in Indonesia
Initial reports say seven people have died after a car bomb exploded, a day after 13 perished in church suicide bombings.
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Local council
Queen Vic Market plans on ice after council backs down
Plans for Victoria Market drastically altered by Melbourne City Council after it bowed to heritage pressure.
- by Clay Lucas
Concern over court delays for double fatal hit-run girl
Magistrate concerned about delay in finalising case against teen charged over alleged hit-run that killed young couple
- by Adam Cooper
Costello praises budget tax relief for 'forgotten people'
The former treasurer says the Turnbull government has delivered tax relief to those who need it.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Federal budget
How we arrived at budgets we cannot trust
Misleading practices have reached point where the public’s disrespect and distrust of politicians is spreading.
- by ROSS GITTINS
'The kids went to sleep and now they are nothing'
Grieving father of four children who were shot dead said he knew why Peter Miles, 61 killed his wife, daughter, grandkids.
- by Lucy Cormack & Michaela Whitbourn
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Opinion & Perspectives
Shorten reaps post-budget dividends, PM left in dismay
Unlike the government's seven-year plan, Bill Shorten ignored the complexity and came up with a simple $928 cut instead.
David Crowe
Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling?
Today's poll proves anew that voters often care more about the health of the nation's health than about themselves.
Peter Hartcher
News Corp's war on Facebook is a decade in the making
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp wants a government body to monitor opaque tech algorithms. How would that work?
John McDuling
AFL
Bombers need to 'play like Woosha': Sheedy
Kevin Sheedy has declared the limping Bombers must lift in their game against Geelong.
- by Jon Pierik
Wilkinson's racism complaint filed to Human Rights Commission
Former Gold Coast player Joel Wilkinson's complaint of systemic racism by the AFL has been filed to the Human Rights Commission.
Politics
Peter Costello praises budget for delivering tax relief to the 'forgotten people'
The former treasurer says the Turnbull government has delivered tax relief to those who need it but warned of the political difficulties of getting it passed.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Ipsos poll
Why do politicians refuse to believe decades of polling and research?
- by Peter Hartcher
World
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Business
Comment
Health
The devil is in the detail as race for Healthscope heats up
Brookfield's $4.35bn bid for Healthscope is more an exploratory expedition than a counter-offer.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Small business
Entertainment
Married at First Sight couple Tracey and Sean call it quits
"We could see the writing on the wall."
- by Broede Carmody
Go your own way: Buckingham speaks out about Fleetwood Mac departure
Lindsey Buckingham has described his departure from Fleetwood Mac as "not my doing or my choice".
Lifestyle
Smarter living
12 ways parents can boost their kid's confidence right now
Number 4: Don't rescue them. What else can you do to raise a confident child?
- by Katharine Stahl
Alexa and Siri can hear this hidden command. You can't.
Researchers show they can send secret commands to Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant.
- by Craig Smith
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Sport
Banned Bancroft to find out club cricket fate Monday night
Banned opener Cameron Bancroft will find out on Monday night whether he will be granted special permission to return to his club cricket side this year.
- by Justin Chadwick
A month out from the World Cup, van Marwijk keeps cards close to chest
Van Marwijk already is a world champion in a complex game of deep-thinking tactics - not at football, but a card game.
- by Steve Larkin
