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Sex, booze and sheep hearts: Life at exclusive university college exposed
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Sex, booze and sheep hearts: Life at exclusive university college exposed

Students at the Sydney college celebrated sporting wins by taking girls to a "Bone Room" lined with mattresses, a damning investigation into the college has revealed.

  • by Jordan Baker

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The next financial crisis will strike in two years: JPMorgan

The next financial crisis will strike in two years: JPMorgan

How bad will the next crisis be and when will it come? JPMorgan has an idea, and says we should pencil it in for this date.

  • by Chris Anstey
Panic in Boston as gas blasts hit dozens of homes
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Panic in Boston as gas blasts hit dozens of homes

At least 39 gas explosions across a cluster of towns north of Boston have set dozens of home on fire.

'Chaos' as Souths players accused of lewd behaviour 

'Chaos' as Souths players accused of lewd behaviour 

Several high-profile Souths players are accused of exposing themselves in an video chat with a woman.

  • by Adam Pengilly
'Hopeless' minister's staffer on paid stress leave

'Hopeless' minister's staffer on paid stress leave

A senior policy adviser who could not work in Gabrielle Upton's "toxic" office received a compensation claim for stress.

  • by Alexandra Smith
'Incredibly difficult' decision to delist Johnson from Swans
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'Incredibly difficult' decision to delist Johnson from Swans

Alex Johnson's long, difficult journey with the Sydney Swans is over after the club decided not to renew his contract.

  • by James Dampney
PM snubbed as candidate for Wentworth is chosen

PM snubbed as candidate for Wentworth is chosen

The Prime Minister did not get his wish for a female candidate in the blue ribbon seat vacated by Malcolm Turnbull.

  • by Alexandra Smith
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Are you having a midlife drinking crisis?

Here I am in my 40s, marvelling that I was ever teetotal.

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    Morrison faces first test as unity hangs by wing and a prayer

    The Prime Minister's religious stance risks breaking an uneasy truce within the Coalition.

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      I don’t care what you think, and neither should you

      Another family, another community, ripped apart by violence. Tiny children brutally murdered. In our world, in our towns. Again.

      Glynn Greensmith
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        Politics

        Liberal MPs keep an open mind over whether to send Dutton to High Court

        Liberal MPs keep an open mind over whether to send Dutton to High Court

        Scott Morrison is exposed to a damaging defeat in Parliament as some of his own MPs admit the case for a referral.

        • by David Crowe & Bevan Shields

        World

        Property bydomain

        The Sydney areas where properties are taking longest to sell

        The Sydney areas where properties are taking longest to sell

        While sales campaigns have lengthened, vendors in these two areas have taken the biggest hit over the past year.

        • by Kate Burke
        What $US1 million buys the world's wealthiest people in property

        What $US1 million buys the world's wealthiest people in property

        The world's rich listers get more bang for their buck in Sydney compared to just six months ago, thanks to a weaker Australian dollar.

        • by Tawar Razaghi

        Business

        'It was outdated even in 1998': Doctors take aim at  CommInsure

        'It was outdated even in 1998': Doctors take aim at  CommInsure

        CommInsure refused to pay out a woman with breast cancer because it didn't consider she'd had "radical" breast surgery, despite the evidence of her doctor and surgeon.

        • by Clancy Yeates & Ruth Williams

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        Entertainment

        'It hurts me a lot': Bachelor walk-out 'crushes' Nick Cummins

        'It hurts me a lot': Bachelor walk-out 'crushes' Nick Cummins

        Tenille is the second woman in a week to walk away from a future with the Honey Badger.

        • by Genevieve Rota
        Mother of slain journalist James Foley says filmmaker took their story

        Mother of slain journalist James Foley says filmmaker took their story

        Diane Foley's son was beheaded by extremists in Syria in 2014.

        • by Shane Harris

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        Smarter living

        The easy way to consolidate your super

        The easy way to consolidate your super

        Increasingly myGov is the single source of truth when it comes to super.

        • by Catherine Robson
        Why Apple is no longer selling iPhone X
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        Why Apple is no longer selling iPhone X

        If you hoped to pick up last year's flagship for cheap, you're out of luck. 

        • by Angus Kidman

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        Sport

        'Chaos': Coach only told of lewd video claim hours before made public

        'Chaos': Coach only told of lewd video claim hours before made public

        Rabbitohs coach Anthony Seibold concedes there's an element of "chaos" around the club on the eve of a bumper finals clash with the Dragons.

        • by Adam Pengilly
        Swans make 'incredibly difficult decision' to delist Alex Johnson
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        Sydney Swans

        Swans make 'incredibly difficult decision' to delist Alex Johnson

        Alex Johnson's long, difficult journey with the Sydney Swans is over after the club decided not to renew his contract for 2019.

        • by James Dampney

        NRL

        Coach only told of lewd video claim hours before public

        Coach only told of lewd video claim hours before public

        • by Adam Pengilly
        Dugan ruled out of Panthers clash with shoulder injury

        Dugan ruled out of Panthers clash with shoulder injury

        • by Adrian Proszenko & Andrew Parkinson

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