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Maria sent her daughter to the so-called 'bad school'
The rumours flew in the playground. Other parents politely tried to warn her. But one mother chose to do her own homework on a high school for her 11-year-old.
- by Jordan Baker
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Liberal Party
All for what? Economic news shows how pathetic coup was
Watching parties change leaders in cycles of vengeance is like watching the clothes in a dryer. But this was the worst yet.Â
- by Peter Hartcher
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Courts
Private school employee had sex with boys 'under duress'
Boys' crude texts read to court as woman says students threatened to report her if she didn’t keep sleeping with them.
- by Angus Thompson
Wettest day in two years for parts of SydneyÂ
Lightning was hitting the city at a rate of 1000 strikes an hour on Friday night - yet some suburbs received no rain at all.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Suncorp business made one fatal mistake
When financial advice firm hired dozens of advisers, watchdog took an interest. What it found was gob-smacking.
- by Adele Ferguson & Ruth Williams
Opinion
Tesla
New controversy: Elon Musk joke isn't funny any more
The boss' eccentricities can be laughed at when everything is going well. But latest controversy has sent Tesla shares falling.
- by Liam Denning
Obama launches blistering attack on successor Trump
Former president says Americans are living in dangerous times and accuses Republicans of threatening democracy.
- by John Whitesides
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Opinion & Perspectives
The only question I have for Liberal men in denial
To everyone else it is obvious that the party has a problem.
Julia Baird
Our city gate: the moment you know you're back in Sydney
It’s a kind of homecoming when you hit it, the spot where you plunge into air thick with salt and streets thick with humans.
Elizabeth Farrelly
Hey Todd, if NRL is so flush, why are taxpayers footing stadiums bill?
Things have never been better financially, with the governing body’s revenue set to top $530 million – a rise of nearly $200 million on last year.
Peter FitzSimons
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Crime
'Right up there as far as brutality goes': Man hit 17 times in the head
- by Anna Prytz & Chloe Booker
Politics
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Scott Morrison
Morrison to change religious freedom laws but won't be a 'culture warrior' PM
“If people expect me to be a culture warrior in this job, that’s not my job."
- by David Crowe
World
Property bydomain
Sydney property 'stand-off' as clearance rates soften, prices slip
Sydney's cooling property market is taking a bite into the city's auction scene, as sellers take their sales behind closed doors.
- by Kate Burke, Tawar Razaghi
Pub baron splashes $8.8m on waterfront Hunters Hill block
Peter De Angelis buys a slice of the Hunters Hill peninsula, plus another ex-Woollies chief lists on Kurraba Point.
- by Lucy Macken
Business
Opinion
GDP
A beautiful set of numbers gets you only so far
This week’s GDP numbers don’t leave any doubt the economy grew strongly in the first half of the year. But whether it can sustain that growth rate is doubtful.
- by Ross Gittins
Burning and churning: Why Suncorp really shuttered its advice business
- by Adele Ferguson & Ruth Williams
Small business
Entertainment
Tears and tiaras: Ugly stoush over Miss World Australia beauty pageant
Australia's Miss World competition has been rocked by claims that the pageant was ''dodgy'' and ''rigged''.
- by Andrew Hornery
'You have good moments, you have bad moments': Sir Tim Rice on his regrets
Don't cry for him! The author and lyricist gets candid about the game of life and cricket.
- by Ginny Dougary
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Six ways to improve meal times with your children
Having trouble getting your kids to eat? Here are six things you could do at the table, and before, to make meal times a bit less stressful.
- by Carly Moores, Jacqueline Miller & Lucinda Bell
Marvel's Spider-Man review: the greatest Marvel video game ever made
With lots of twists and turns, a brilliant story and a near-flawless traversal and combat system, this is everything you could hope for in a Spider-Man game.
- by Tim Biggs
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Sport
Quiet achiever: How Anthony Milford can ignite Brisbane's finals run
Wayne Bennett won't hear a bad word about his star playmaker, although there's been precious little to complain about as the Broncos host the Dragons.
- by Phil Lutton
No more cliches: Character of Sydney's AFL teams is what sets them apart
Melbourne would like to portray the Sydney AFL teams as spoilt children. Year after year, that view belongs more to caricature.
- by Malcolm Knox
NRL
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