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'We made it impossible for Sharma': senior Liberal on Wentworth vote
Liberal Party concedes it faces historic loss in today's by-election that was brought on by Turnbull's downfall.
- by Alexandra Smith & David Crowe
Analysis
Budgeting
Australians overtake Swiss to lead world in wealth stakes
We might not feel it, but the typical Australian is richer than the typical person in any other country in the world, according to a survey.
- by Jessica Irvine
Exclusive
Federal
Rudd says he offered Gillard a secret resignation pact
The revelation is contained in the former prime minister's new tell-all book, The PM Years.
- by Latika Bourke
Rubbish could power up to 20,000 home in Melbourne's west
A proposed $100m plant would heat waste and convert it into a gas that could then be used to create electricity.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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Opinion
James Packer
'I was assaulted outside my home': Packer breaks silence on infamous feud
James Packer has broken his silence to reveal the depths of his bitterness towards former best friend David Gyngell.
- by John McDuling
Tram restaurant grinds to a halt after failing safety test
Melbourne's iconic restaurant tram service will only offer stationary dining.
- by David Estcourt
The locksmith vs the lawyer in a $75,000 mystery
A humble locksmith or a man with hidden Machiavellian skill?
- by Sarah Danckert
Track talk: a fakers' guide for the spring carnival
How to turn up to the track with no knowledge and sound like an expert.
- by Michael Lynch
Atlassian taps IT troubles as loss widens
Australian software reports a $342 million quarterly loss.
- by Miriam Steffens
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Opinion & Perspectives
There are dangers in reading too much into a big swing in Wentworth
It is still contestable whether the centre of Australian politics has been enduringly shifted leftwards.
Tom Switzer
Question Morrison has to answer over future of ABC
The ham-fisted manner in which the ABC board got rid of Michelle Guthrie has to go down in history as one of the most inept sackings of a chief executive of any public corporation.
Matt Peacock
Big lessons hit home as Typhoon Trami rages
A big lesson from my typhoon experience? Maybe we need to begin rethinking what is regarded as prime real estate.
Amelia Lester
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National
Teen killed in school accident 'a lovely young man'
- by Dan Jervis-Bardy, Katie Burgess, Megan Doherty & Hannah Sparks
AFL
Analysis
Draft
Is trade period bigger than the game?
Today, we have two football seasons - one involves games played on a field and has only one ultimate winner; the other is the traffic of players.
- by Jake Niall
Challenge excites 'complacent' Wingard
New Hawthorn recruit Chad Wingard took time to come to the conclusion that leaving Port Adelaide would be good for him
- by Peter Ryan
Politics
Exclusive
Iran
Key negotiators behind Obama's Iran nuclear deal say Morrison government should not follow Trump
One former US official says he would "hate to see Australia make the same error" as US President Donald Trump by ditching the deal.
- by David Wroe
Exclusive
Federal
Kevin Rudd offered Julia Gillard a secret Kirribilli-style resignation pact
- by Latika Bourke
Analysis
Liberal Party
Cyclone Wentworth looms over a week of government own goals and blunders
- by Deborah Snow
World
Property bydomain
What are Melbourne's healthiest and most affordable suburbs?
If you're a budget buyer, you have only a few choices if you want to live in one of Melbourne's healthiest suburbs.
- by Jim Malo
First-home buyers busy in Melbourne's outskirts as investors retreat
Thousands across Melbourne have taken advantage of first-home buyer concessions, filling in the gaps left behind by investors in a retreating property market.
- by Jim Malo
Business
'Out of whack': Investors fight back over CEO pay cheques
As shareholders revolted over renumeration this week, senior business people acknowledge all is not right with how executives are paid.
- by Clancy Yeates
'It's a buyers' strike': Wall Street down after roller coaster week
- by Randall Jensen & Vildana Hajric
Small business
Entertainment
Ally Sheedy: Not playing by 'Hollywood's rules' cost me my career
A big-name Brat Packer in the 1980s, Ally Sheedy found fame was fleeting when she refused to play by Tinseltown’s rules.
- by Ally Sheedy
James Packer refuses to read of dark days of booze and paranoia
James Packer has told friends he will not be reading a new biography that charts some of the most difficult recent chapters of his personal life.
- by Andrew Hornery
review
Melbourne Festival
Dancers, musicians and audience unite in participatory work
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Could craft beer tourism be the thirst-quenching future of travel?
In terms of variety, America's craft beer scene is a bohemoth and some are seeing its potential as a lure for travel.
- by Steve Colquhoun
Anki Vector review: cute home robot's a good pet, not a great help
With more personality than brains, Vector can recognise your face and voice and he rolls around the home.
- by Cynthia Karena
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Sport
Australia crushed as Pakistan claim series
The gaping void in Australia’s batting stocks was again laid bare on Friday morning as the tourists hurtled to a 373-run defeat in Abu Dhabi.
- by Daniel Cherny
Summer doubt: Khawaja facing surgery
Usman Khawaja is likely to require surgery and is in doubt for the start of the home Test series against India after scans confirmed he had torn the meniscus in his knee.
- by Daniel Cherny
