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'I don't sleep': Sydney Trains employee fired after witnessing colleague's death
Adam worked for Sydney Trains for 13 years. When his colleague was killed by a train in front of him, it was the start of an ordeal that ended with him being sacked.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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Analysis
Ipsos poll
Poll proves the Liberals made a calculation that defies logic
Labor could spend the coming months like a football team with a comfortable lead in the final quarter.
- by David Crowe
Mike Baird takes high-profile role in NAB shake-up
National Australia Bank executive Andrew Hagger will leave the bank in a shake-up of its senior management ranks.
- by Clancy Yeates
Kenyan marathoner defies logic to push human limits
Eliud Kipchoge's extraordinary marathon effort puts him in rarefied athletic company.
- by Oliver Brown
'Absurd': neighbours war over development at putt putt site
Not content with halting development in his own area, Ryde's mayor is now fighting a massive project in Parramatta.
- by Megan Gorrey
Exclusive
Courts
'Held hostage': City gym fights RailCorp's 'ludicrous' claim
All James and Charles wanted was to open a gym. Instead, their landlord RailCorp wants them to pay $639,000.
- by Esther Han
Opinion
Drugs
Simple question MPs opposed to pill testing should ask
Where else do we argue that community members are safer if they don’t know what they’re taking?
- by Alex Wodak
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
We haven't learnt as much as we should have from the GFC
The banking and financial services sector is far bigger than we need and is bloated by rent-seeking.
Ross Gittins
You don't have to be dumb to be rich ... but it seems to help
Who would pay $80 million for a David Hockney painting?
Steven Lewis
Why it's time to put a tax on the family home
Our pursuit of the great Australian dream is creating an increasingly unequal society. It’s time to tax the family home.
Peter Mares
Politics
Exclusive
Ipsos poll
Fairfax-Ipsos poll: Scott Morrison ahead of Bill Shorten on leadership qualities but lags behind Malcolm Turnbull
Bill Shorten still enjoys a convincing lead in the most decisive contest, with Labor ahead of the Coalition by 53 to 47 per cent.
- by David Crowe
World
Property bydomain
'Sellers are willing to take slightly less': Sydney vendors trim their sails
Sydney property vendors accepted below-reserve prices to get transactions across the line, with many adapting to a changing market.
- by Chris Tolhurst
Don't buy a dead duck: Cherie Barber on choosing a property to renovate
The most important step is considering what you're getting for your money. Also important is making sure you don't overspend or overcapitalise.
- by Pauline Morrissey
Business
Breaking
Energy
'Get your house in order': Regulator puts AGL on notice over dodgy data
Victoria’s energy regulator is considering taking the first steps in pulling AGL’s licence to sell gas and electricity in the state over its dodgy data.
- by Cole Latimer
Small business
Entertainment
Caught in the royal slipstream
Life inside the royal slipstream can get pretty bumpy as Prince Harry and Meghan make their way to Sydney for Invictus Games.
- by Andrew Hornery
Exclusive
TV news and current affairs
‘Very dark days’: Anton Enus returns to SBS after cancer battle
Nobody likes talking about their bowels. But that squeamishness is costing lives, says the veteran newsreader.
- by Michael Lallo
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Analysis
Retirement living
Aveo offers alternatives to its 'Aveo Way' retirement village contract
Aveo is following moves by competitors Lendlease and Stockland to offer greater choice to the aged care market.
- by Rachel Lane
Here are 48 ways to show your pregnant wife you care
Attention Dads-to-be. These ideas will boost your popularity at home and make your wife the envy of all of her friends.
- by Armin Brott
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Sport
Souths player at centre of sexting scandal unlikely to be stood down
The high-profile Rabbitohs player at the centre of the issue, who Fairfax has chosen not to name, claims the lewd conversation on social media was consensual.
- by Andrew Webster
Kenyan marathoner defies logic to push limits of human physiology
Usain Bolt, Bob Beamon ... Eliud Kipchoge. The Kenyan's extraordinary marathon effort puts him in rarefied athletic company.
- by Oliver Brown
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