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Police breath test scam 'goes back at least 15 years'
Officers say the fake tests are known as ''falsies'' or ''ghosties''.
- by Tammy Mills & John Silvester
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Opinion
Regulation
ATO's Chris Jordan seeks to shoot the messenger
Under pressure in the wake of a media investigation the tax chief came out swinging but he missed.
- by Adele Ferguson
Pauline Hanson to lose 'self-serving' senator
Pauline Hanson came close to tears in a fiery interview, revealing senator Brian Burston approached another party.
- by David Crowe
Denmark bans the wearing of face veils in public
Police will not order offenders to remove their veils, but will fine them and tell them to go home.
- by Teis Jensen & Emil Gjerding Nielson
Leifer's mental state too 'shaky' for court, lawyer says
Accused child sex offender Malka Leifer was 'too mentally shaky' to face extradition proceedings, a court heard.
- by Gabrielle Weiniger
Lifetime cap on student loans to hit 30,000 postgraduates
More students are taking long, expensive pathways through higher education, putting them near the $100,000 cap.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Greg Hunt
Greg Hunt, the minister whose manner deserted him
Tackled for having unleashed "a torrent of expletives to a grandmother," Hunt could barely apologise enough.
- by Tony Wright
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Opinion & Perspectives
The aim of breath tests is to fill the quota - not the courts
General police have a vested interest in not catching drunk drivers - and it has nothing to do with being lazy.
John Silvester
Pauline Hanson's difficult nation
Pauline Hanson's One Nation party appears to be splintering over company tax cuts.
Mark Kenny
Killers measure themselves by this school shooting
Why a teenager shot his fellow students and teachers at Santa Fe remains a mystery. His model, though, is more clear.
Manny Fernandez
Melbourne
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Victoria Police
'Pressure': Police asked to do 50 to 100 breath tests a shift
- by Tammy Mills & Simone Fox Koob
Victoria
National
AFL
AFL to tighten discrimination policy
The league moves to update its racial and religious vilification policies, with the battleground shifting from on-field abuse to behaviour over the fence.
- by Jake Niall
Dale Morris boosts battling Bulldogs, Magpies lose three
The Bulldogs veteran will play his first AFL game for the season as he returns from a knee injury
- by Peter Ryan
Politics
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Income tax
Labor considers Senate plan to avoid blocking $140 billion tax cuts
The political strategy could save Labor from any backlash for denying tax relief.
- by David Crowe
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Heritage
Boost recognition of Indigenous history to protect colonial statues: report
- by Fergus Hunter
World
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Business
Opinion
Amazon
It's early days, but Amazon may have misread Australian market
The idea that Amazon couldn't figure out a way to comply with the government's GST rules without such drastic changes stretches credibility.
- by John McDuling
'Ridiculous': Bank boss slams George Soros' warning of a new GFC
- by Tom Mackenzie & Christopher Anstey
Small business
Entertainment
US judge sticks it up the Muppets in Happytime Murders ruling
The distributors of the Melissa McCarthy puppet crime caper The Happytime Murders have been given the A-OK to keep referencing both Sesame and the Street.
- by Karl Quinn
Blessed be the 2nd season: Expanded Handmaid's Tale is still a triumph
Taking the dystopian tale beyond the confines of Margaret Atwood's novel was a bold move, but it has paid off handsomely, writes Karl Quinn.
- by Karl Quinn
Lifestyle
Smarter living
How to be the most stylish gent in the office without wearing a suit
The rise of freelancers and creative industries has seen a whole new office attire take centre stage.
- by Jane Rocca
The simple trick I use to get my kids to eat their vegies every night
It's so simple I can't believe I didn't think of it years ago.
- by Suzanne Catchpole
Opinion
Money & relationships
Young adults living at home are costing Aussie parents $12.2b a year
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
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Sport
Stosur, Gavrilova through to third round of French Open
Pair keep the Australian flag flying at Roland Garros.
- by Darren Walton
CA integrity chief who oversaw ball-tampering investigation leaves
Cricket Australia's head of integrity has been made redundant.
- by Andrew Wu
