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The AFL's run home: Where could your team land?
With two rounds to go, the top eight is still up in the air, with 11 sides in the hunt. Here's the guide to each team's chances.
- by Daniel Cherny
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'We’re going to find you': Killer driver hiding in CBD
Driver responsible for hit-run killing of Dutch national is being harboured in Melbourne’s inner suburbs, police say.
- by Erin Pearson
Newspapers to join in defence against Trump's press attack
Seventy US news organisations have signed up to join a coordinated rebuttal of President's attack on the media.
- by Cleve R Wootson Jr
'Devastating blow': Homes business hit by email scam
Store owner says she feels 'stupid and naive' after paying $10,000 into what she thought was a supplier's account.
- by Emma Koehn
The ‘sex cult heiress': from recruit to criminal defendant
With his health failing, a billionaire businessman was visited at home by his daughter and a video crew.
- by Barry Meier
Breaking
Crime
Alleged abuse victim to plead guilty to robbing churches
An alleged victim of clerical abuse will plead guilty to breaking into more than 20 Catholic churches in burglary spree.
- by Cameron Houston
Australian dollar at 1½-year low as Turkey worries rise
Dollar fell to an 18-month low against the US dollar, with worries about an impending financial crisis in Turkey.
- by Sarah Turner
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
Alleged wrongdoing by special forces should surprise
The SAS regiment selects and trains soldiers who know how to kill. It also sets great store in getting thinking right.
Chris Masters
Does Facebook still only care about Facebook?
With Sky News and Twitter stumbling, Facebook was for once not the worst guy in media last week. It probably won't last.
John McDuling
No easy gains for John Eales, Hamish McLennan at Magellan Financial
One prominent financial player has gone against the tide of fat boardroom pay packets and skinny equity interests.
Colin Kruger
AFL
The AFL's run home: Where could your team land?
With two rounds to go, the top eight is still up in the air, with 11 sides in the hunt. Here's the guide to each team's chances.
- by Daniel Cherny
Crows' Walker handed two game ban for sling, season likely over
Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker's AFL season is likely over after he was handed a two-game suspension for his sling tackle on GWS star Josh Kelly.
Politics
Nationals talk up coal after ACCC energy meeting
MPs emerge from a confidential briefing to express confidence about extension of coal-fired power stations.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Energy
Barnaby Joyce names his price for support of the NEG
- by Peter Hartcher & Latika Bourke
World
Property bydomain
This once-decimated town now has the most home owners in Victoria
Figures show a whopping 88 per cent of those who live here own their own property. And "it's very hard to get blocks; there's not many left".
- by Rachel Wells
Volatile Melbourne auction market throws up hits and misses
Newly cautious buyers more prepared to wait for the right price held back weekend clearance rates in Melbourne.
- by Chris Tolhurst
Business
One in three Australians on faster NBN plans
A dramatic price reduction in 50Mbps plans has made budget-priced, lower-speed options less attractive for households.
- by Jennifer Duke
NAB's Hagger says bank was 'entirely open and transparent' with ASIC
- by Cara Waters & Clancy Yeates
Small business
Entertainment
Chris Hemsworth walks away from Star Trek 4: Reports
It appears the Australian actor has decided to live long and prosper elsewhere.
- by Broede Carmody
Exclusive
Live music
'I was so naive': Troye Sivan opens up about his #MeToo moment
"I had no idea how to check if someone was legit or not. [He] promised the world to me."
- by Michael Koziol & Ben Grubb
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Size matters: Was this the dumbest joke of the year?
Sure it's all fun and games at the start, but the BDE meme was a step backwards.
- by Phil Barker
Let's hear it for mummy's boys: the kind, caring men of the future
A study from the Marriage Foundation finds that boys who are "extremely close" to their mothers at the age of 14 are 41 per cent less likely to suffer mental health problems than their peers.
- by Anna Maxted
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Sport
Steve Smith debuts in Caribbean Premier League
Steve Smith has enjoyed a solid start to his Caribbean Premier League sojourn, scoring 41 to help the Barbados Tridents win.
Aussie Wilson's title hopes take hit at Tahiti Pro
Australian surfer Julian Wilson's world title hopes have suffered a serious blow after being beaten in the second round of the Tahiti Pro.
