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China’s richest man quits to go back to teaching

China’s richest man quits to go back to teaching

So revered is Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma that some Chinese households worship his portrait. But he's had enough. 

  • by Li Yuan

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Panthers seek 'perfection' as Warriors make finals return 
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Panthers seek 'perfection' as Warriors make finals return 

Cameron Ciraldo has brought the band back together, but will it help carry the Panthers over the line against Warriors?

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Salmonella outbreak prompts Sydney egg recall

Salmonella outbreak prompts Sydney egg recall

Consumers are being advised to bin the eggs in question, or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

  • by Justine Landis Hanley
Franklin's return not enough for Swans against GWS
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Franklin's return not enough for Swans against GWS

The Giants look like the team most likely to burst this game open, but the Swans are closing the margin.

  • by Ronny Lerner
Private school employee had sex with boys 'under duress'
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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
'I was scared to touch her ... it was too much'
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'I was scared to touch her ... it was too much'

It seemed a simple request but when a nurse asked Jodie Harris to change her new baby's nappy, she was terrified.

  • by Esther Han
Maria sent her daughter to the so-called 'bad school'

Maria sent her daughter to the so-called 'bad school'

Rumours flew in the playground. Other parents tried to warn her. But mother had done her own research on high schools.

  • by Jordan Baker
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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.

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    The only question I have for Liberal men in denial

    To everyone else it is obvious that the party has a problem.

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      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.

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        Family who 'missed the boom' break into market, snap up Tempe cottage

        Family who 'missed the boom' break into market, snap up Tempe cottage

        A soggy spring morning wasn't enough to deter house hunters hoping to nab a bargain, in Sydney's cooling market, on Saturday.

        • by Kate Burke
        The huge adjustment Sophie Hansen had to make when she went rural

        The huge adjustment Sophie Hansen had to make when she went rural

        Country living is not all sitting around drinking coffees on your sun-drenched verandah: there's a price to pay.

        • by Sophie Hansen

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        Burning and churning: Why Suncorp really shuttered its advice business

        Burning and churning: Why Suncorp really shuttered its advice business

        Ahead of the next round of royal commission hearings, documents shed new light on an advice outfit that flogged life insurance to tens of thousands of clients.

        • by Adele Ferguson & Ruth Williams

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        Tears and tiaras: Ugly stoush over Miss World Australia beauty pageant

        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
        Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

        '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

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        Six ways to improve meal times with your children

        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

        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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        Second elimination final live: Sydney Swans v GWS Giants
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        Second elimination final live: Sydney Swans v GWS Giants

        Sydney face crosstown rivals GWS in the second elimination final at the SCG.  

        • by Ronny Lerner
        Elimination final: Warriors and Panthers fight for NRL survival
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        Elimination final: Warriors and Panthers fight for NRL survival

        It's a trans-Tasman showdown as Penrith and New Zealand battle it out in a sudden-death final.

        • by Matt Bungard

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