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'Yeah, bro, I murdered an innocent man': Teen pleads guilty over rider's death
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'Yeah, bro, I murdered an innocent man': Teen pleads guilty over rider's death

In a shocking phone call, police heard a teenager admit to hitting a Melbourne father and dragging him for 85 metres along the road.

  • by Tammy Mills

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Minister confirms Coalition  won't replace energy target

Minister confirms Coalition  won't replace energy target

The move creates a policy vacuum that opponents say will stifle clean energy investment and lead to higher prices.

    First annual home price fall in six years

    First annual home price fall in six years

    Less demand for homes and a tightening of lending to investors played a role in the falls.

    • by Marnie Banger
    ASIC deputy resigns just months into contract

    ASIC deputy resigns just months into contract

    Peter Kell has departed the corporate watchdog amid criticism of the regulator at the royal commission. 

    • by Mathew Dunckley, Eryk Bagshaw & Ruth Williams
    'In three days we lost it all': Strawberry farms devastated

    'In three days we lost it all': Strawberry farms devastated

    Tonnes of strawberries dumped as Queensland Premier announces a $1 million fund to counter sabotage.

    • by Lucy Stone & Felicity Caldwell
    Should we worry about the slump in savings?
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    Should we worry about the slump in savings?

    As we mark a decade since the global financial crisis, households appear to be slipping back into a old habits.

    • by Clancy Yeates
    Man was trying to secure  load when hit by crane
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    Man was trying to secure  load when hit by crane

    "The crane truck is a left hand drive truck so it's mind-boggling as to why he didn't observe the stationary truck."

    • by Simone Fox Koob
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    Opinion & Perspectives

    Why Western Christianity has a death wish

    Why should non-believers care? The answer to that question explains why Christians persist against the odds. 

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      One by one, the panaceas are toppling: now it's aspirin

      Long-term studies all too often downgrade the impact of treatments from seismic to meh.

      Steven Lewis

        Official probe needed into retirement village industry

        An investigation by Fairfax Media and the ABC into one of the biggest companies in the sector should spark concerns.

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          AFL

          Frost warms to the task of stopping the best

          Frost warms to the task of stopping the best

          Melbourne defender Sam Frost is brimming with confidence the Demons can restrict West Coast's big guns in the preliminary final

          • by Peter Ryan
          AFL finals ticketing: Empty-handed Magpies fans get live site

          AFL finals ticketing: Empty-handed Magpies fans get live site

          Collingwood fans who missed tickets to their team’s blockbuster preliminary final against Richmond will have to again turn to Ticketek for the next best thing.

          • by Ronny Lerner & Daniel Cherny

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          Meet Bob, the 102-year-old man who planted 7000 trees

          Meet Bob, the 102-year-old man who planted 7000 trees

          He was one of New Zealand's great plantsman: founder of an arboretum and curator of one of the largest collections of Mexican oaks in the world.

          • by Peter Malcouronne
          Serena Williams drops asking price of her home amid controversy

          Serena Williams drops asking price of her home amid controversy

          In a fortnight dogged by furore, the tennis superstar probably has other things on her mind than her Bel Air property.

          • by Colleen Hawkes

          Business

          'Cascade crap to others': how Allianz staff approached compliance

          'Cascade crap to others': how Allianz staff approached compliance

          Allianz's processes for ensuring its website content complied with the law were "deficient", the royal commission heard on Tuesday.

          • by Clancy Yeates & Ruth Williams
          British giant gobbles up hommus producer Yumi's

          British giant gobbles up hommus producer Yumi's

          • by Emma Koehn
          Australian shares fell on Tuesday as trade tariff concerns hit the major resource companies.

          Trade tariffs hit ASX as resource stocks fall

          • by William McInnes
          ASIC deputy resigns just months into extended contract

          ASIC deputy resigns just months into extended contract

          • by Mathew Dunckley, Eryk Bagshaw & Ruth Williams

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          Entertainment

          How Foxtel is spending its $30 million government handout

          How Foxtel is spending its $30 million government handout

          It's been more than 12 months since it was revealed the television company would receive taxpayer money.

          • by Broede Carmody & Jennifer Duke
          Emmys 2018: An Aussie win, a proposal and history-making moments

          Emmys 2018: An Aussie win, a proposal and history-making moments

          It was the smaller categories that made the most noise at this year's awards.

          • by Michael Idato

          Lifestyle

          Julie Bishop and co are looking like quite the 'nasty women'
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          Julie Bishop and co are looking like quite the 'nasty women'

          • by Wendy Tuohy
          The six types of teenage spirituality in Australia

          The six types of teenage spirituality in Australia

          • by Andrew Singleton, Anna Halahoff, Gary D Bouma & Mary Lou Rasmussen
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          Smarter living

          Bonding with a teen is important, but don't force the connection

          Bonding with a teen is important, but don't force the connection

          Just remember, the average 13-year-old is not known for a deep desire to talk to her parents.

          • by Meghan Leahy
          Forget million-dollar homes: The Millennials chasing a different dream

          Forget million-dollar homes: The Millennials chasing a different dream

          They don’t feature in the smashed avo-laced headlines, you won’t see them living the high life on Instagram.

          • by Scott Phillips

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          Sport

          Billy Slater eyes new mural and premiership farewell

          Billy Slater eyes new mural and premiership farewell

          Billy Slater will do all he can to make Friday's preliminary final his farewell to Melbourne but not to the NRL as he chases one final premiership.

          • by Roy Ward
          Good goes back to the future to reboot career with Melbourne City

          Good goes back to the future to reboot career with Melbourne City

          Teenage centre half Curtis Good looked set for glory when he joined Newcastle in the EPL as a teenager. Now he returned to Melbourne City to reboot his career.

          • by Michael Lynch