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As 'ascendant Malcolm' shows, nothing succeeds like success
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As 'ascendant Malcolm' shows, nothing succeeds like success

For the Prime Minister, the sense of renaissance which appeared just fleetingly at the beginning of the year, may be returning.

  • by Mark Kenny

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Despite pessimism from some, 1 million jobs was never a big ask
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Despite pessimism from some, 1 million jobs was never a big ask

The biggest myth surrounding the Tony Abbott’s pledge of one million jobs in five years is that he reached for the stars.

  • by Peter Martin
How to boost your tax refund this financial year
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How to boost your tax refund this financial year

Smart tax planning means deferring income until after June 30, while bringing forward expenses.

  • by Noel Whittaker
Truth and post-truth appear to be on brink of collision in Trump saga
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Truth and post-truth appear to be on brink of collision in Trump saga

Mueller’s investigation is now a year old and President Donald Trump’s advocates are using its birthday as a excuse to kill it.

  • by Nick O'Malley
Harbour Energy's Chinese tie-up may lift FIRB hurdles for Santos takeover
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Harbour Energy's Chinese tie-up may lift FIRB hurdles for Santos takeover

Harbour Energy, ENN and Hony have made their future tie-up around Santos’s acquisition official but what does this mean for Harbour’s proposed takeover for Santos?

  • by Cole Latimer
Muscat must rebuild, reboot, revitalise - and re-sign Leroy George
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Muscat must rebuild, reboot, revitalise - and re-sign Leroy George

In retrospect, winning the A-League championship can look like the easy bit.

  • by Michael Lynch
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Rugby in for the fight as league makes historic foray into key schools
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Rugby in for the fight as league makes historic foray into key schools

Rugby Australia officials say they will relish the challenge of rugby league making a historic foray into a group of Brisbane private schools.

  • by Phil Lutton
Catherine Brenner fizzes out at her last Coke shareholder meeting
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Catherine Brenner fizzes out at her last Coke shareholder meeting

Catherine Brenner made a very low profile exit from the Coca Cola Amatil board.

  • by Colin Kruger
China's tabloid media cycle spins on Raby v Bishop spat
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China's tabloid media cycle spins on Raby v Bishop spat

'Like a koala's sharp claws': The hostilities between foreign minister Julie Bishop and former ambassador Geoff Raby, got the tabloid treatment in China.

  • by Kirsty Needham
'Shiv each other': Why this White House leaks like a sieve
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'Shiv each other': Why this White House leaks like a sieve

Donald Trump's White House possibly reached peak leak on Friday when staff leaked Sarah Sanders' exasperated staff briefing about leaks.

  • by Rachel Olding
The right royal dysfunction in Meghan Markle's family
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The right royal dysfunction in Meghan Markle's family

Markle's family dysfunction is on public display with the intense focus that accompanies a royal wedding.

  • by Nick Miller