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Industrial manslaughter: Bosses could face 20 years' jail over workplace deaths
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Industrial manslaughter: Bosses could face 20 years' jail over workplace deaths

Premier Daniel Andrews told his party's annual conference that 234 Victorians had lost their lives at work in the past decade - and that needed to change.

  • by Noel Towell

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National outage: Customers stranded at checkouts
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National outage: Customers stranded at checkouts

NAB customers and businesses are unable to access bank accounts and EFTPOS machines across the country.

  • by Anthony Colangelo
Business can only blame itself for looming wage theft laws

Business can only blame itself for looming wage theft laws

It was once unthinkable that laws could be introduced to make the deliberate underpayment of wages a crime.

  • by Ben Schneiders
'Ruthless, hardline': The MP who stunned Parliament

'Ruthless, hardline': The MP who stunned Parliament

Malcolm Turnbull was discussing national security when Andrew Hastie revealed his own close-held secret.

  • by Tony Wright
'I still owe money': The rags-to-riches stories up in smoke

'I still owe money': The rags-to-riches stories up in smoke

A host of shattered small business aspirants appeared before the banking royal commission this week.

  • by Jessica Irvine
Coat of Arms revealed for the new Duchess of Sussex

Coat of Arms revealed for the new Duchess of Sussex

It features touches from the newly-minted Royal's homeland: California's state flower and the Pacific Ocean's blue.

Landslide result: Irish voters set to liberalise abortion laws

Landslide result: Irish voters set to liberalise abortion laws

Once one of Europe's most socially conservative countries, Ireland is set to liberalise abortion laws by a landslide.

  • by Padraic Halpin and Graham Fahy
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Wesfarmers pays for its $1.6b British bungle. Will its executives?

The wash-up from the ill-fated Bunnings foray into the UK market was never going to be a win. It was just a matter of how bad things were going to turn out.

Elizabeth Knight

    Super compliance fees: a brazen impost or welcome transparency?

    It doesn't matter what the fees are called. If they're too high, you'll pay the price in retirement.

    Caitlin Fitzsimmons
      Caitlin Fitzsimmons

      Trump, Kim practising good old nuclear brinksmanship

      Will the much ballyhooed meeting ever take place? Well, perhaps, despite the latest setback.

      Kirsty Needham
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        Home away from home: Surging Magpies enjoying a renewed spirit

        Home away from home: Surging Magpies enjoying a renewed spirit

        Veteran defender Lynden Dunn says the Magpies have become like a family.

        • by Jon Pierik
        Magpies take flight after slow start to roll over Dogs

        Magpies take flight after slow start to roll over Dogs

        There is a moment in every match when the team trailing faces a critical juncture. That's to fight and lift, or let the contest meander and slip.

        • by Jon Pierik

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        Australia unplugged: why we're still lagging behind on electric cars

        Australia unplugged: why we're still lagging behind on electric cars

        For Brigid Niall and her daughter Queenie it was quite a road trip. People kept looking, pointing and asking about their "futuristic" car.

        • by Darren Gray

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        Entertainment

        Daniel Johns and Luke Steele.

        A star for most his life, Daniel Johns reflects on the glare of the spotlight

        The troubled, undeniably extreme musicians are finally revealing the fruits of their 15-year bromance.

        • by Toby Creswell
        Rene Magritte, The Portrait (detail), 1935. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

        'What the hell is this?' Expect the unexpected as MoMA comes to the NGV

        Dali meets Space Invaders in Melbourne's most surprising exhibition yet.

        • by Lindy Percival

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        Longevity risk: how to afford to live beyond 100
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        Longevity risk: how to afford to live beyond 100

        The uptrend in longevity shows few signs of abating and many of us will live longer than our parents.

        • by Catherine Robson
        How to negotiate with your boss after getting headhunted

        How to negotiate with your boss after getting headhunted

        Getting offered a job at a rival company is great, but it can also be a chance to move up in your current role.

        • by Sylvia Pennington

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        Australian Barty in French Open doubt

        Australian Barty in French Open doubt

        Ashleigh Barty remains hopeful of taking her place in the French Open draw despite suffering a despairing setback at the Strasbourg International.

        • by Darren Walton
        Yates has 'no regrets' after dropping from first to 18th in Giro stage

        Yates has 'no regrets' after dropping from first to 18th in Giro stage

        An emotional Simon Yates said he had "no regrets", vowing to come back stronger after losing nearly 40 minutes on stage 19.

        • by Tom Cary
        Marvel and make-believe
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        Marvel and make-believe

        • by Greg Baum