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Women desert Greens, Ratnam blames Labor's 'dirty smear campaign'
Reeling from a series of scandals, including allegations of misogyny, sexism and rape, the Greens concede the damage has been tough to contain.
- by Noel Towell, Adam Carey & Gerard Cockburn
Analysis
Draft
AFL draft: Audacious moves and those who looked like winners
The 2018 national draft was unrecognisable from that of even two years ago. Held over two days, with live trading allowed, this draft also saw clubs blatantly manipulate the loose rules.
- by Jake Niall
Labor says plan to sell sewage treatment system stinks
Treasurer Tim Pallas says the Coalition's plan to privatise Melbourne's sewage system would drive up household bills. The Opposition says that's a scare tactic.
- by Benjamin Preiss
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Wallabies
Wallabies pair stood down after breaking team protocol
Kurtley Beale and Adam Ashley-Cooper were not eligible for selection in Saturday’s Test against England after breaking team protocol a fortnight ago.
- by Tom Decent
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Council says Robert Doyle likely to use courts to block release of second report
Mebourne City Council says Robert Doyle likely to use courts to block report
- by Clay Lucas
Rain saves Australia after another below-par batting effort
Australia's modest form continued on Friday night, but rain denied India the chance to level the Twenty20 series.
- by Andrew Wu
Flames neared, a mum called her daughters to say goodbye
The group takes a selfie, dubbing it their last photo together. The house next door is on fire.
- by Corina Knoll
Bali Nine drug trafficker hands herself in to police
One day after her arrival back in Australia, Renae Lawrence attended a Newcastle police station.
- by Jenny Noyes
Masseur barred from touching female clients
A Melbourne massage therapist has been permanently banned from touching female clients.
- by Melissa Iaria
Featured
Open for inspection: The best properties for sale in Melbourne right now
- by Caroline James, Jacqui Hammerton
Victorian Election
Victorian election 2018: the undecided voters in the crucial seats
- by Sean Walker & Zoe Wilson
Your votes matter: Here's what happens when they count them all
- by Gerard Cockburn
Opinion & Perspectives
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Courts
'You're a danger': Jail for driver who hit kids near school, then ran
- by Caroline Schelle
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Analysis
Draft
AFL draft 2018: How your club fared
Two days and 78 selections. How it all went down and what it means for your club.
- by Daniel Cherny
Analysis
Draft
The big draft questions: Audacious moves and who looked like winners?
The national draft was unrecognisable from the draft of even two years ago. Held over two days, with live trading allowed, this draft also saw clubs blatantly manipulate the loose rules.
- by Jake Niall
Politics
Is Labor's energy plan really a wrecking ball for industry?
The Coalition has warned that Labor's new energy plan would cripple local manufacturing, but not everyone believes cutting emissions will destroy the economy.
- by Nicole Hasham
Australia is going to be hearing a lot from Phelps over the coming months
- by Jacob Saulwick & Nick O'Malley
'Without balance' and 'sensible': Labor's massive energy plan divides critics
- by David Crowe & Nicole Hasham
World
Presidential candidate says Indonesia should respect Australian sovereignty
- by James Massola & Karuni Rompies
Property bydomain
Portsea boatshed sells for almost $1 million
The wooden shed has no water or power connected but still managed to fetch an eye-watering sum for its owners of almost 70 years.
- by Melissa Heagney
Buyers are talking properties down to scare off rival bidders
Welcome to the world of auction sledging: where prospective buyers ask about a home's flaws in front of a crowd.
- by Chris Tolhurst
Business
'It was a mistake': ASIC under fire over botched investigations
Mistake was James Shipton's word of the day. In fact he used it 23 times to describe why ASIC had failed to take action against the big banks.
- by Sarah Danckert
'Disappointing': Business leaders slam Morrison government on energy policy
- by Nick Toscano, Cole Latimer & David Crowe
Small business
Entertainment
Creed II settles the feud that began in Rocky IV
Michael B. Jordan says it is "pretty cool" to work with the iconic characters from the franchise.
- by Michael Idato
'Reimagined' Robin Hood makes you wonder why they bothered
Hollywood doesn't remake films any more. It "reimagines" them.
- by Sandra Hall
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Huawei MateBook X Pro: a Windows workhorse in MacBook clothing
With beautiful thin looks, plenty of grunt and a lower price tag than the competition from Microsoft and Apple, Huawei's ultrabook is an appealing alternative.
- by Tim Biggs
The kid from Byron who became a global sensation
At the top of the fashion world, wild child supermodel Barrett is living the high life as the face of his generation.
- by Michael Harry
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Sport
Rain saves Australia after another below-par batting effort
Aaron Finch's lengthy run of outs continued on Friday night, as did Australia's modest form, but rain denied India the chance to level the Twenty20 series.
- by Andrew Wu
Australians slip and slide at wet World Cup
The Aussies find the going tough at Metropolitan.
- by Martin Blake
