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How the rise of tap and go has slugged bottom lines
Contactless technology is now Australians' preferred payment method. But not everyone is thrilled.
- by Cara Waters
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Analysis
World markets
Next recession could rival the Great Depression, experts say
The world’s major economies are skating on dangerously thin ice and lack the tools to fight the next downturn.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Here's what's going on in your veins after a soft drink
Half an hour after finishing a can of soft drink, your blood sugar has spiked.
- by Liam Mannix
Adam was fired after witnessing colleague's death
When his Sydney Trains colleague was killed by a train in front of him, it was the start of an ordeal that ended with Adam being sacked.
- by Georgina Mitchell
AMP charged thousands of dead people for life insurance
AMP charged nearly $1m in premiums to thousands of superannuation members it knew were dead, royal commission hears.
- by Sarah Danckert
Family run over by woman allegedly drunk, texting
A 4-year-old girl and her aunt were critically injured after a driver crashed into a family of pedestrians.
- by Rachel Clun
'They lost everything': When disaster strikes your family
There's a clear divide between people affected by disasters who say "I wish I had", and those who say "I'm glad I did".
- by Cassandra Morgan
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
Tips for our new PM: #1, learn to shout less
If Scott Morrison wanted to do something really useful he would initiate a debate about an absence of constitutional support for free speech.
Tony Walker
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?
Alex Wodak
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
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
Australians are paying more for less land. Here's why
Australians are paying more for new land and we're also building bigger houses. It's changing the way we live.
- by Melissa Heagney
'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
Business
Opinion
Big four
Contagion risk as bankers flee scene of the crimes
Two of NAB's most senior executives have left the group within three months. Who would want to be a banker in the current environment?
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Breaking
Energy
'Get your house in order': Regulator puts AGL on notice over dodgy data
- by Cole Latimer
Small business
Entertainment
Friends star Matthew Perry reveals he's been in hospital for three months
The 49-year-old actor underwent an operation last month.
- by Keiran Southern
'A very special moment': Richard Gere to be a father again at 69
Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva have confirmed they are expecting a baby.
- by Julia Hunt
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TV news and current affairs
‘Very dark days’: Anton Enus returns to SBS after cancer battle
- by Michael Lallo
Lifestyle
Smarter living
How surfing's record-breaking daredevil finally grew up
After conquering the world's largest wave, Garrett McNamara is on a quest for enlightenment.
- by Jane Rocca
The right trousers: robotic pants could help disabled walk again
Pants with artificial muscles will give frail people bionic power so they can live independently for longer.
- by Sarah Knapton
Why all this talk about 'gaming addiction' is not helping families
- by Dr Kristy Goodwin
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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
