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'Inexcusable greed': Banks, financial advisers slammed
Commissioner Hayne didn't hold back in handing down his interim report into the banking royal commission. He says the pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic honesty was a focus. 'How else is charging advice fees to the dead to be explained?'
- by Simon Johanson
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'Serious questions': Leigh Sales lashes the ABC board
Sales says ex-chairman's board colleagues need to explain why they didn't act on damaging emails.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Pyke questions fairness of MCG grand final deal
Adelaide coach questions the fairness of the MCG deal, reigniting calls for best-of-three grand final series.
- by Caroline Wilson
'Worth it': Eagles fans drive 39 hours from Perth for big one
Driving all night, living on Red Bull and chocolate and getting a speeding ticket was worth it to get to the grand final.
- by Anna Prytz
Hayne 'hit nail on the head', says Ros, who lost her farm
Ros Waller, 73, lost her farm after missing a few payments. She says the basic standards of honesty 'have gone awry'.
- by John Collett & Peter Bateman
Dane Swan nabbed for allegedly drink driving
Ex-Collingwood star has allegedly been caught drink driving during a roadside police breath test.
- by Erin Pearson
Analysis
US Supreme Court
This wasn't redemption, but history repeating
If you want a fair process, Republican senator Lindsey Graham concluded, "you came to the wrong town at the wrong time".
- by Matthew Knott
Featured
Open for inspection: The best properties for sale in Melbourne right now
- by Caroline James, Jacqui Hammerton
Opinion & Perspectives
'Would anyone miss the ABC if it was switched off?'
After the firestorm, defenders of the ABC need to answer this question.
Quentin Dempster
Three reasons that wages are mounting a comeback
Australia's state of low-wage purgatory appears to be coming to an end after torpid growth that squeezed budgets.
Eryk Bagshaw
Collingwood flag is no longer a Pie in the sky
West Coast are imposing in key positions, but the Magpies have the spread of talent to win.
Wayne Carey
AFL
Jeremy McGovern is the king of the pack
All eyes will be on the Eagles marking machine Jeremy McGovern when he flies for his first grab on Saturday
- by Peter Ryan
Analysis
AFL Grand Final
The tactics that could decide the decider
Martin Blake runs the rule over the grand final tactics and themes set to play out on the big stage.
- by Martin Blake
Politics
Analysis
ABC
All bets are off: 72-hour crisis leaves the ABC at an unprecedented turning point
The leaderless broadcaster is at a crossroads. What happens next will have implications for years to come.
- by Bevan Shields
Exclusive
ABC
'They fricken hate her': Full Emma Alberici email shows Justin Milne was not taken out of context
- by Michael Koziol & Jennifer Duke
Exclusive
ABC
ABC board members cling to their positions amid fallout from political interference affair
- by Jennifer Duke & Michael Koziol
World
Analysis
US Supreme Court
Kavanaugh hearing: This wasn't redemption, but history repeating
- by Matthew Knott
Property bydomain
Top signs there's something wrong with your compost and how to fix it
Healthy compost heaps shouldn't smell bad. Here's how to make sure you don't need a hazmat team to attend to yours.
- by Jo McCarroll
How two mates in tech conquered the Australian property market
For more than a century the Fairfax family presided over its publishing empire from Australia's most expensive real estate. Not any more.
- by Lucy Macken
Business
Hayne 'has hit nail on the head', says Ros, who lost her farm
Ros Waller is a 73 year old pensioner, who lost her farm to predatory lending
- by John Collett & Peter Bateman
'Nicholas wants it': Macquarie Bank CEO's role in tax deal revealed
- by Clancy Yeates, Volker Votsmeier & Soenke Iwersen
Small business
Entertainment
Comedian Becky Lucas kicked off Twitter over Scott Morrison beheading joke
The Australian performer had joked about chopping off the Prime Minister's head.
- by Broede Carmody
Hillary Clinton guest stars on revamped Murphy Brown
The 2016 presidential candidate plays a woman named Hilary - with one 'L'.
- by Danielle Turchiano
Lifestyle
Opinion
Daily Life
Men continue to show themselves to be uninterested in women's lives
- by Clementine Ford
Smarter living
Six adventurous watches with a story behind the dial
These recently-released timepieces celebrate the spirit of endeavour.
- by Steve Colquhoun
Opinion
Social media
Why you need to delete your old social media accounts
At best your old forgotten posts could come back to embarrass you. At worst, they could get you fired.
- by Alice Clarke
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Sport
Scott vows to keep bringing fire for the Storm
Curtis Scott says he won't be bringing back the biff, but also won't back down from any physical clashes in the grand final.
- by Scott Bailey
Records tumble as Short thumps one-day 257 for WA
Western Australia opener D'Arcy Short has set an Australian one-day cup record score with an extraordinary display of hitting against Queensland in Sydney.
