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Massive payday looming for 'preference whisperer'

Massive payday looming for 'preference whisperer'

Massive payday looming for 'preference whisperer'

Glenn Druery could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars for helping micro parties get elected.

  • by Benjamin Preiss & Royce Millar

Police officer accused of tricking locksmiths to take posession of houses

Police officer accused of tricking locksmiths to take posession of houses

Victoria's corruption watchdog charges senior police officer over alleged 18-month crime spree.

  • by Cameron Houston & Chris Vedelago

Netflix and market chills: why tech giants are hurting the most

Netflix and market chills: why tech giants are hurting the most

The epicentre of the sharemarket meltdown in the US is this collection of big technology stocks.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz

As many Liberal MPs named David as are female 

As many Liberal MPs named David as are female 

Counting is still taking place but the Liberal Party's gender balance is unlikely to improve much.

  • by Tom Cowie & Benjamin Preiss

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They say we don't need another great Aussie hero, but we do

They say we don't need another great Aussie hero, but we do

For the first time since Federation we don’t have a universally recognised national hero.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
You could be paying up to $1600 too much for your power bill

You could be paying up to $1600 too much for your power bill

The 'scary' gap between the best and worst power bill offers.

  • by Cole Latimer
Supermarkets in Christmas Collectables war

Supermarkets in Christmas Collectables war

Coles announces the return of Little Shop just in time for the festive season.

  • by Patrick Hatch
Jewel lived - but don't tell her mother she didn't drown
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Jewel lived - but don't tell her mother she didn't drown

Jewel had likely been unconscious for as long as 15 minutes when she was found at the bottom of a pool.

  • by Julie Power
Sean started by saving $US5 a day - now he's on the road to becoming a millionaire

Sean started by saving $US5 a day - now he's on the road to becoming a millionaire

When Sean put numbers into financial calculators, it was always the same.

  • by The Money Wizard
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Turnbull's downfall derailed cabinet plan for new anti-corruption watchdog

Turnbull's downfall derailed cabinet plan for new anti-corruption watchdog

A corruption crackdown was stalled by the Liberal Party’s leadership implosion and could be delayed until next year.

  • by David Crowe

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Whitewashed? 'I feel alienated from the suburb that I chose to live in'

Whitewashed? 'I feel alienated from the suburb that I chose to live in'

We asked readers if their neighbourhood had undergone gentrification and how they felt about it. This is what you said.

  • by Allison Worrall
'We can do more together': The sister cities finally working as one

'We can do more together': The sister cities finally working as one

After more than a century of going their separate ways, these two inland centres have decided they're stronger together. Here's how it'll work.

  • by Mary O'Brien

Business

NAB might have a new management mantra but it's already an EPIC fail
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NAB might have a new management mantra but it's already an EPIC fail

It only took a day for the royal commission hearings featuring NAB to make a mockery of the bank's new management mantra EPIC - Empathy, Perform, Imagine, Connect.

  • by Elizabeth Knight

Small business

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Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

Last Tango in Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

The famed director, whose final years were shrouded in controversy, had been battling cancer.

Ray Martin lashes coverage of 60 Minutes' Lebanon debacle

Ray Martin lashes coverage of 60 Minutes' Lebanon debacle

"The idea of journalists turning on other journalists for what is a legitimate story appalled me," Martin says.  

  • by Broede Carmody

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How to take your kids to a music festival - and still have a good time

How to take your kids to a music festival - and still have a good time

When some parent friends suggested we take our families to a music festival this summer, I thought to myself - yeah, we could do that! 

  • by Alice Gage
Where to find the hottest new hotels in Australia

Where to find the hottest new hotels in Australia

The country's coolest new hotels offer a luxury retreat in the heart of the city.

  • by Michael Harry

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Cricket's bid to have women's Twenty20 at next Commonwealth Games

Cricket's bid to have women's Twenty20 at next Commonwealth Games

Cricket Australia has backed a bid by the ICC to have women's Twenty20 staged at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

  • by Jon Pierik
Mundine revs up the mouth as he tries to rattle Horn ahead of Friday fight

Mundine revs up the mouth as he tries to rattle Horn ahead of Friday fight

Anthony Mundine's camp wonder whether Jeff Horn is the same boxer he was before losing to Terence Crawford as fight week begins in Brisbane.

  • by Phil Lutton

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