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Tony Abbott
Libs release preselection result to head off damaging internal conflict
The actual number was kept secret from the meeting, triggering angry scenes and two days of public division.
- by Bevan Shields
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Scott Morrison
Headaches mount for PM as another female MP quits
Scott Morrison's attempts to dissuade another female MP from retiring has failed with Ann Sudmalis set to go at the next election.
- by Mark Kenny
Dover and its famously collapsing boss sued by ASIC
It's a fresh blow to Dover after its train-wreck royal commission appearance in April that resulted in it shutting up shop.
- by Sarah Danckert
Father fell into truck's path during police operation
Father-of-seven Solomon Shortland was killed securing his load of cement bags when he fell backwards.
Opinion
Big four
Contagion risk as bankers flee scene of the crimes
After two of NAB's most senior executives left the group within three months. It may be a foretaste of what’s to come.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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
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
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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
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National
'Significant leads' after metal object discovered in Queensland banana
- by Lucy Stone & Felicity Caldwell
Politics
Breaking
Scott Morrison
Headaches mount for Scott Morrison as another female MP quits
Scott Morrison's attempts to dissuade another female MP from retiring has failed with Ann Sudmalis set to go at the next election.
- by Mark Kenny
World
Property bydomain
Experts rubbish claims of 40 per cent house price fall in 12 months
The worst case scenario was presented, experts say, rather than what Australians should really be aware of.
- by Jim Malo
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
Business
Dover and its famously collapsing boss sued by ASIC
The action follows Dover shutting up shop in June after its train-wreck royal commission appearance.
- by Sarah Danckert
Small business
Entertainment
Jessica Marais pulls out of new Nine drama to 'focus on her health'
The popular TV actress has been open with her health struggles this year.
- by Genevieve Rota
Woody Allen's wife Soon-Yi Previn breaks silence on sexual assault claims
Previn claims that Dylan Farrow's allegations against Allen are false, and that Mia Farrow abused Previn.
- by Erin Nyren
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
