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Polls start to close in midterm elections with Trump's agenda on the line
Millions of voters have lined up at polling stations across the US for the most hotly anticipated midterms in a generation. Follow our live coverage.
- by Rachel Olding, Matthew Knott & Rachel Clun
Opinion
Superannuation
The Great Super Lie: A new report challenges how much we need to retire
The superannuation industry has spent decades convincing us our savings are inadequate. But now, at long last, the Great Super Lie has been exposed.
- by Ross Gittins
Surfer in hospital after fighting off shark with his surfboard
"[The shark] grabbed him on the leg and pulled him off the board. He used the board to belt the shark away," said Ballina Shire mayor David Wright.
- by Rachel Clun
'Fear and chaos': Wall Street could be rocked by midterms, warns Nobel prize winner
Economist Robert Shiller says Wall Street is vulnerable to another swoon, especially if the midterms don't go Donald Trump's way.
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'Contradictory': The Sydney bus ads that are sending mixed messages
The NSW government has been warned it is risking its own childhood obesity prevention efforts by taking junk food advertising money.
- by Esther Han
Is this Sydney's next late-night hotspot?
Breweries and eateries could transform a pocket of industrial land in Sydney's south into the next night-time drawcard.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Startups
Killing the copycat: Bee hive company wins epic battle
The Australian inventors of Flow Hive has won a battle against a copycat in a case that gives hope to other inventors.
- by Nina Hendy
Latham joins One Nation to 'fight for civilisational values'
"I’m in a position and a stage in life where I just can’t stand on the sideline talking about it," Latham said .
- by Michael Koziol
As Trump wages trade war, China approves new trademarks for Ivanka
The trademarks include shoes, shirts and sunglasses and less obvious fits such as voting machines and semiconductors.
- by Austin Ramzy
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Opinion & Perspectives
Growing up gay in a Christian school had lasting effects on my life
When I was 12, my parents sent me to a Christian high school. While this may have been well intentioned, there is something neither they or I knew which may have influenced their decision: I was gay.
Oliver Griffith
The only sure thing is it was tough to pick a winner
The pollies with the inside tips, the money men and their quantitative analysts, and even some of the bookies lost at Flemington.
Kylar Loussikian
A breast reduction lifted a painful weight from my life
"I started wearing a bra at age 11, and they just kept on getting bigger. It was like my boobs had a growth hormone all their own."
Alison Cassar
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Melbourne Cup
'Horrific': Call for change after injury fells Cup horse
- by Adam Pengilly & Chloe Booker
Politics
Mark Latham will contest NSW election with One Nation to 'fight for civilisational values'
"I’m in a position and a stage in life where I just can’t stand on the sideline talking about it, I want to get stuck in," the former Labor leader said.
- by Michael Koziol
Exclusive
Energy
Former official criticises Angus Taylor over 'extraordinary' coal protection measure
- by Nicole Hasham & Cole Latimer
World
Property bydomain
Generation rent could be left in poverty by retirement age: report
Australia's increasing cohort of lifelong renters are at risk of living in poverty in retirement, claiming the current system is ill-prepared to care for them.
- by Jim Malo
Number of Sydney pet-friendly rentals slumps, leaving owners struggling
62 per cent of Australian households have pets – one of the highest rates in the world – but study finds only 5 per cent in NSW explicitly allow them.
- by Sue Williams
Business
Analysis
Sharemarket
Are gun stocks forecasting the US midterm elections outcome?
Everyone wants to read market tea leaves for a view on the US elections. Gun stocks are one such leaf -- but formulating a thesis from them is a fraught exercise.
- by Brad Olesen
Small business
Entertainment
Is it time to think of ASMR videos as art?
They're edgy, unnerving and almost avant-garde.
- by Karen Heller
Love Actually turns 15: The movie's 15 sweetest, funniest and saddest quotes
From cue cards to Titanic, Love Actually gave birth to some brilliant cinema moments that are still as poignant today.
Lifestyle
Smarter living
What is the Ketogenic Diet and is it any good for you
It's swept through the fitness folks but is the infamous Ketogenic Diet worth the hype?
- by Michael Jarosky
One in four Australians do not know their neighbours
New research by HSBC Bank has found that nearly one in five Australians only know their neighbours by sight and seven per cent wouldn't know them if they fell over them.
- by Angela Saurine
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Sport
Bowman hit with one month suspension over Melbourne Cup indiscretions
Winx's jockey copped three different charges from stewards over his ride on this year's Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo.
- by Adam Pengilly
Wallabies hookers to take more ownership of floundering lineout
Australia's hookers know they need to lift their game if they are to beat Wales on the weekend.
- by Tom Decent
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