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Would-be newlyweds squeezed for cash before city venue shut up shop
Angry couples say The Willows in St Kilda Road won't return calls after taking their money weeks before closing its doors.
- by Benjamin Ansell
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'Filthy': Trump slams eatery that booted out press officer
The President defended Sarah Huckabee Sanders while issuing a scathing critique of The Red Hen on Twitter.
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Crucial games for two top European teams
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'Game-changer': Airport rail could transform city's west
Melbourne's proposed $10 billion airport rail line could transform the city's west and the suburb of Sunshine.
- by Noel Towell
Probe into two more Puffing Billy 'paedophiles'
Perpetrators should 'burn in hell' says minister after new details emerge of the decades-long scandal.
- by Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie & Benjamin Preiss
He killed nine little penguins. His penalty? $82.15
Joshua Leigh Jeffrey was also sentenced to 49 hours of community service for what the judge said was a 'callous act'.
- by Sarah Lansdown
oBike users fear deposits will never be returned
Dockless scheme to leave Singapore amid claims in Australia deposits were allegedly converted into subscriptions.
- by Simone Fox Koob, Evan Grahame & Timothy Cox
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Opinion & Perspectives
Quick, sharp: Global economy set to suffer debt hangover
Debt ratios spiral to record levels during era of super-easy money and markets are showing telltale signs of excess.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Voters’ choice would be to mix and match
The Coalition can be a little cheered that it has taken back some ground from Labor in two-party terms.
It takes a village to raise a child ... but the village is missing
These days new parents find they are on their own, juggling care and work, until primary school.
Jessica Irvine
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Traffic's getting worse. There are ways to ease the pain
- by Craig Butt, Timna Jacks and Soren Frederiksen
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Sexual assault
Official failures: Puffing Billy sex abuse scandal hidden
- by Richard Baker & Nick McKenzie
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AFL
Key Tigers back push for Lynch
Richmond’s pursuit of Gold Coast’s free-agent forward Tom Lynch has been backed by the club’s senior players.
- by Jake Niall
Treloar may need surgery on hamstring
Collingwood thought they had dodged a bullet with Adam Treloar's hamstring injury but it now appears likely the star midfielder suffered more than cramps.
- by Michael Gleeson
World Cup 2018
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Socceroos wary of Peru side playing for pride
- by Dominic Bossi
Politics
Kristina Keneally misses out on frontbench promotion in Labor deal
Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally has missed out on a promotion to the federal Labor frontbench.
- by David Crowe
Australian soft drink industry vows to slash use of sugar by 20 per cent
- by Michael Koziol & Patrick Hatch
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Education
Students need workplace experience to fight rise of machines, study finds
Students need more quality experience in the workplace to prepare for jobs of the future a new report has found.
- by Anna Patty
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Entertainment
'Be a man': Donald Trump slams Jimmy Fallon over interview backtrack
Fallon says he "made a mistake" when Trump was on his show. Now, the president has fired back.
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State of Origin
Sunday switch fails to deliver TV ratings bump for State of Origin
The numbers were lower than anticipated - still, the game left its reality rivals in the dust.
- by Michael Lallo
Lifestyle
Smarter living
5 steps to improve kids' eating patterns
Monkey see, monkey do: it's important to be a good food role model.
- by Clare Collins, Li Kheng Chai & Tracy Burrows
Asus bests MacBook with second screen
Turning the standard trackpad into a full touchscreen sounds weird, but it's a surprisingly useful feature.
- by Krishan Sharma
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FIFA World Cup
Why Socceroos don't need Cahill to win
There's a very good chance that if Tim Cahill plays against Peru, he scores. But Australia should try to win without him.
- by Anthony Colangelo
We can trust France, but Socceroos should trust themselves too: Van Marwijk
Australian coach Bert Van Marwijk believes Australia is on the cusp of qualificaton if it can beat Peru as he expects France to beat Denmark.
- by Michael Lynch
