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Is a brutal dictator about to change his mind? What Kim Jong-un does next
The success or failure of the unprecedented talks in Singapore this week will depend on whether Kim wants to swap nukes for economic success.
- by Kirsty Needham
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Cancer
'Around here, you flip a coin, maybe you'll get cancer or you won't'
Within seven years, one American school community buried five students, all from cancer. It's a case with huge significance in Australia.
- by Carrie Fellner
Opinion
Sexual assault
No redress for the wicked
Will history, and our grandchildren, be forgiving of our callousness, asks Jack Waterford.
- by Jack Waterford
John James foundation says it can now double cash it distributes
Board members have come under fire for selling the John James Hospital for $100 million without consulting foundation members.
- by Daniella White
Visiting the battlefields of Flanders is a family affair for many
Thousands of Australians a year travel to France and Belgium to see where family members fought during WWI. David Ellery was one of them.
- by David Ellery
Liberal Party council votes to sell off the ABC
The Liberal Party’s peak council voted overwhelmingly in favour of privatising the public broadcaster.
- by David Crowe
The first person Greg Inglis called after Origin I was not who you'd expect
In the lead-up to Origin II, the Qld captain opens up about his battles.
- by Andrew Webster
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Opinion & Perspectives
Trump triggers talk of Australia going nuclear
To suggest that Australia now needs its own atomic arsenal is to suggest that there has been a fundamental breakdown in trust. In short, that the US alliance is dead.
Peter Hartcher
What doors would a 'Western Civilisation' degree open?
In all of the fire and fury about the ANU’s decision to decline private funding for a course in Western Civilisation, a few questions remain.
Richard Denniss
Pizza wars: paying heavy price for a slice
When franchisors squeeze franchisees too hard, the consequences can be profound.
Adele Ferguson
World Cup 2018
Ronaldo hat-trick earns Portugal draw with Spain in thriller
In what is sure to go down as a World Cup classic, Ronaldo scored an 88th minute equalizer in a thrilling game.
Sainsbury to lead Socceroos against France as Jedinak dropped
- by Michael Lynch
Stoppage-time own goal gifts Iran win over Morocco
- by Simon Evans
Uruguay beat Egypt with goal at the death
- by Mark Trevelyan
Politics
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Greens
Larissa Waters eyes Senate return after citizenship scandal
The Greens' Andrew Bartlett will resign in August, paving the way for her return.
- by Tony Moore
'Frankenstein's monster': Energy plan may allow states to 'free ride'
- by Nicole Hasham, Peter Hannam & Cole Latimer
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Business
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Franchising
'Master-slave relationship': the consequences of cut-price pizzas
When franchisors squeeze franchisees too hard, the consequences can be profound.
- by Adele Ferguson
Small business
Opinion
Managing
Do you really need to be here? It's time for meeting ruthlessness
- by Tony Featherstone
Entertainment
He has script, stars and $18m for his film. He just needs a director
Former hedge fund manager James Wallace claims he has everything in place to make a movie based on his life - except the person to call the shots.
- by Karl Quinn
Packer still waiting on his $200m 'Italian job'
Billionaire James Packer finally has a little silver lining among all those stormy clouds - in the form of a $200 million "gigayacht"
- by Andrew Hornery
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Is there an ideal time to have a second child?
My partner and I pretty quickly decided we were all-in on the baby thing and we'd go for another. But when?
- by Tanya C Snyder
Countdown to tax time
If your tax planning usually consists of joining a queue to buy stationery shortly before midnight on June 30, it might be time to think ahead.
- by Christine Long
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Sport
Ireland captain defends David Pocock against 'cancer' sledge
The Ireland captain rejected a tasteless jibe aimed at David Pocock and said his team would have to produce something special to keep the series alive.
- by Georgina Robinson
Tom Rogic's journey to the World Cup has been 25 years in the making
Rogic was left devastated when a groin injury ruled him out of the 2014 World Cup on the eve of the Socceroos' campaign.
- by Eamonn Tiernan