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SURPRISING TRUTHS: Ask yourself, ‘Are you making enough money?’

Wondering if you’re paid enough? Economist Jason Murphy digs through new ABS stats to reveal some surprising truths. See how you rank in these categories.

‘Terrible, just terrible’: Fury for Fury

Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury

The boxing world — including several former champions — were furious the man laying on his back in this photograph didn’t win.

Fury rises from the dead to stun world

Tyson Fury got up from this.

Tyson Fury was hit with a punch that would have killed most men but he fought his way back to his feet to stun Deontay Wilder.

Princess Eugenie’s new title sucks

TOPSHOT - Britain's Princess Eugenie of York (R) and her husband Jack Brooksbank wave as they emerge from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on October 12, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. (Photo by Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP)

Princess Eugenie’s new title hints at the shocking secret bias that underpins most Royal traditions, writes Daniela Elser.

Unit owners hit with $12.5m bill

27-Storey Grenfell Tower Block On Fire In West London

Hundreds of apartment owners have been told they may be forced to cough up $45,000 each to replace potentially deadly flammable cladding.

Broncos end Bennett era for Seibold

Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett is seen at a media conference in Brisbane, Friday, November 30, 2018. Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has refused to stand down, stalling his coaching swap with Anthony Seibold. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

The NRL coaching standoff is reportedly over with the Brisbane Broncos finally stepping in to end the month-long seige and name its replacement.

‘Hyper-crash’ will trigger meltdown

Tired or stressed businessman sitting on the walkway in panic digital stock market financial background

Experts have predicted a fresh global financial crisis that will be “unprecedented” in scale — and unfortunately, it’s due to hit soon.

Cosima’s fallout: ‘It was devastating’

03/11/2003. Australian Idol contestants Shannon Noll, Cosima De Vito and Guy Sebastian after Cosima read her withdrawal message.

This time 15 years ago, Cosima De Vito was the most talked about woman in the country. So what happened to her music career?

Bad smell lead to body in a bin

Body in Wheelie Bin

Two women and two men are wanted after a noxious odour from a wheelie bin led a resident of a Brisbane apartment bock to a dead body.

Aussie devastation in UFC bloodbath

Tai Tuivasa suffers first UFC loss

It was a savage end to the night at UFC Fight Night Adelaide with a brutal finish completing an Aussie decimation at the show.

‘Lost tribe’ that fooled the world

American photojournalist John Nance wrote a best-selling book about the Tasaday. Picture:

The 1971 discovery of a Stone Age clan in the Philippine jungle amazed the world until hoax claims surfaced. But is the tribe real after all?

One dark thread links 10,800 crimes

They range from murder and assaults to robbery, trespass, abduction and harassment — and they all took place in just one year. Each of these crimes has one horrifying link.

Peeping Tom caught watching teen

NSW Police have released chilling footage of a man peeping through the window of a 13-year-old northern beaches girl. Picture: NSW Police Force

Chilling footage of a peeping Tom creeping around outside a young girl’s bedroom window has been released by police.

Abducted: Teen last seen ‘screaming’

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When a pair of teenage girls decided to hitchhike home in a small regional city in NSW, one of them made it out. The other didn’t.

Leader’s sad cheat sheet spotted

Angela Merkel spotted with a cheatr shete.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been caught consulting background notes on ScoMo in an embarrassing turn at the G20 conference.

Theory that explains Australian crisis

Overview of the chamber during the vote on the motion of the National Anti Corruption Commission in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 26, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

The Liberal Party is divided and Bill Shorten is set to become our PM despite his unpopularity. Our problem goes back to one theory.

Emergency alerts as bushfires worsen

A supplied image obtained on Friday, November 30, 2018, shows a firefighters working to control a bushfire in Deepwater, Central Queensland. Fire conditions in the area are rated as potentially catastrophic with 140 fires burning around the state. (AAP Image/QFES Media) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

EMERGENCY services have issued an emergency alert for North Stradbroke Island and told residents in two communities to leave immediately as bushfires intensify and temperatures soar past 40C in parts of the state.

Killer cop ‘intended’ to shoot Justine

Justine Damond death court

US prosecutors are seeking to upgrade the murder charges of killer cop Mohamed Noor who shot dead Sydneysider Justine Damond, claiming he was “fully aware” of his deadly actions.

Trump’s 2.5 hour trade war showdown

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping

They went head-to-head for more than 2.5 hours at dinner until Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade war ceasefire. But the truce carries a hidden ultimatum.

Cops hunt man who dropped engagement ring

In this Dec. 1, 2018 photo provided by the New York City Police Department, an engagement ring recovered by the NYPD below a Times Square utility grate is shown in New York. Police say a man was proposing to his girlfriend just before midnight Friday when he dropped the ring and it fell about eight feet down a utility grate. Police were initially unable to find the ring on Friday night when the couple sought their assistance but located it Saturday morning. The couple did not leave their contact information and the NYPD would like to reunite them with their ring. (NYPD via AP)

Police in New York are looking for a couple who lost an engagement ring down a drain in the Big Apple as a man was due to propose to his fiancee.

Actress faces jail over sheer dress

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef poses on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 40th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) at the Cairo Opera House in the Egyptian capital on November 29, 2018. (Photo by Suhail SALEH / AFP)

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef has been charged with public obscenity and faces five years in jail if convicted — all because she wore this dress.

Paris burns and turns into a war zone

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask makes the victory sign near a burning barricade during a protest of Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs, on December 1, 2018 in Paris. (Photo by Abdulmonam EASSA / AFP)

Anti-government protesters torched dozens of cars and set fire to storefronts during daylong clashes with riot police in Paris, as thousands took part in “yellow vest” protests.

George H.W. Bush’s touching last words

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 15, 2013 Former US President George H. W. Bush applauds during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - Former US president George H.W. Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, has died at age 94, his family announced late Friday November 30, 2018. "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died," his son, former president George W. Bush, said in a statement released on Twitter by a family spokesman. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

George W. Bush’s emotional final words have been revealed, with a communist leader singing praise for the former US president.

Killer dad groomed victims on Tinder

Amanda McMahon has spoken out after speaking to authorities about her terrifying experience.

“It’s kinda funny now”, says the woman who took killer dad Chris Watts to her home after a Tinder date to play out his rape fantasy. WARNING: Graphic.

This online trick makes Christmas (almost) bearable.

Mum’s genius online shopping hack

This mum saved hundreds of dollars on Christmas presents for family and friends this year with a simple trick. Here’s how she did it.

Karl and Jasmine set off for wedding

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough arrive at Sydney airport to catch a flight to Mexico for their wedding next week

Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough were spotted at Sydney airport before they jet off to Mexico for their lavish wedding.

People’s choice: Australia’s top 100 restaurants

Delicious 100 winners Josh and Julie Niland inside their restaurant "Saint Peter" in Paddington Swordfish Bacon _ Egg English Muffin Smoked Eel Hashbrown

First we brought you the best Australian dining experiences according to the critics, now it’s the public’s turn to have their say on the delicious. 100 People’s Choice.

Cheap Christmas gift that’s worth $150

For $58 you get SO MANY MASKS.

Christmas is an expensive time of year, but we’ve found a cheap gift deal that’s worth $150 - and will leave you looking super fancy.

The sex industry’s one big problem

Sex worker for Kate ISelin story.

When a sex worker began applying for a new job at a brothel, she discovered one problem within the sex industry that won’t go away.

Supplied Editorial John Chau killed by villagers on a remote island

Big twists to slain missionary case

Police accuse a mystery US couple of encouraging John Chau to go to North Sentinel Island as reports of “missionary boot camp” emerge.

Man who made lost tribe hate the world

Maurice Vidal Portman with North Senitel islanders

A tribe has been thrust into the spotlight over a missionary’s death. But if it wasn’t for one man’s creepy acts more than a century ago, it might never have happened.

MH370 ‘massive breakthrough’

Grace Subathirai Nathan (R), daughter of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 passenger Anne Daisy, shows a piece of debris believed to be from flight MH370 during a press conference in Putrajaya on November 30, 2018. - The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished in March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard, most of them from China. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

There has been a “massive breakthrough” in the search for missing flight MH370 - with the unveiling of five new pieces of debris found washed up on a beach.

Mystery zone where planes vanish

More than 2000 planes have gone missing in the Nevada triangle. Picture:

It’s called the Nevada Triangle: a vast stretch of land near Area 51 where more than 2000 planes have disappeared in bizarre circumstances.

Marriott hack exposes 500,000 guests

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2010, file photo, shows the Westin Philadelphia hotel in Philadelphia. The information of as many as 500 million guests at Starwood hotels has been compromised and Marriott said that it’s discovered that unauthorized access to data within its Starwood network has been taking place since 2014. The company said Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, that credit card numbers and expiration dates of some guests may have been taken. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

A massive data breach has exposed the private data, including passport and credit card numbers, of half a million guests of the international hotel chain.

Supplied Editorial Katy Perry Lady Gaga combo

Why Lady Gaga called Katy ‘mean’

Lady Gaga has been forced to address text messages she sent to Kesha about Katy Perry, in which she said Perry was “mean” and “not strong”.

Megan Fox reveals fling with co-star

FILE: Megan Fox Welcomes Her Third Child With Brian Austin Green

After years of speculation, Megan Fox has finally confessed to having a secret real life romance with one of her on-screen love interests.

Meghan’s agent: Duchess ‘will act again’

Supplied Editorial Meghan Markle and agent

Meghan has not ruled out reviving her on-screen career, according to her acting agent, as it’s claimed a row with one of Kate’s staff is behind their recent tensions.

First pics of Bachelor couple’s wedding

Snezana Markoski and Sam Wood tied the knot in Byron Bay after falling for each other on The Bachelor in 2015. Picture: Instagram.

They fell in love back in 2015 on the Bachelor, now Snezana Markoski and Sam Wood have finally tied to knot. Here’s the pics.

Music icon’s ‘unspeakable tragedy’

Singer Eric Clapton. Clapton/Singer P/

Rock legend Eric Clapton’s life was torn to pieces when his young son fell from the window of a 53rd-floor apartment in New York.

Inside the minds of psychopathic trolls

THEY sit behind a pseudonym and go after women because they are weaker. “You could post what school their kids go to and stuff like that. That’s gonna get them really angry,” a troll tells news.com.au.

Rare audio from Aussie UFO mystery

The Advertiser Library

A key witness in a 1966 mass UFO sighting in Melbourne claimed the object was “playing games” with local planes in chilling rare audio.

Netflix cancels fan favourite

Marvel's Daredevil

Fans were shocked by Netflix’s decision to axe one of its earliest TV shows. But there is more to this story than just ratings alone.

Fortnite answers player demands

Epic games have responded to fan requests for changes.

Fortnite fans had a lot to say about recent changes and now Epic Games have responded.

Coming to streaming this month

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Be honest, do you really want to battle those shopping centre carparks to buy presents? How about streaming some new stuff instead?

Optus and Telstra’s new ploy to lure customers

Customers and assistants are seen in a Telstra store in Sydney, Monday, July 8, 2018. Investors hoping to maintain their dividend payments from Telstra might be in for a shock, with Plato Investment Management managing director Don Hanson warning the rivers of gold are over for the telecommunications company. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Australia’s telcos are going to war again — but this time they’re stepping up their offerings to get more customers to sign up.

$5 note trick to save $1900

rolled up Australian 5 dollar note on white background

If you have a fiver in your wallet you might want to think about not spending it.

Man’s $300m revenge on banks

TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus has made a career out of "cheating" the banks. Picture: Twitter

Taavet Hinrikus was losing thousands in fees until he came up with a genius way of “outsmarting” the banks — and making a fortune.

Hottest Aussie suburbs for 2019

Australia's surprising property hot spots have been revealed. Picture: Supplied

As property prices plummet across the country, some areas are actually going gangbusters when it comes to value. Is yours on the list?

Property investor doors close amid loans crunch

Australian suburb

Falling property prices are just one of the negatives affecting real estate investors, who are also battling borrowing restrictions and tax changes. What’s next?

‘Extraordinary’ lie puts Trump in peril

Donald Trump

Donald Trump has been ambushed by a new bombshell in the Russia investigation today — and it could be just “the tip of the iceberg”.

Milwaukee Bucks v New York Knicks

‘I’m going to punch him in the nuts’

One of the NBA’s biggest names has issued an eye-opening threat to an Eastern Conference rival after a disrespectful move on Sunday.

Billionaire’s mind-blowing life of luxury

Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich in his box during the Chelsea v Burnley English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London, England 29/08/2009.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich lives a life of luxury people can only dream of, as shown by his ludicrous property portfolio.

Mundine comes clean over con job

Jeff Horn v Anthony Mundine: River City Rumble

Anthony Mundine spent 18 years in boxing ticking people off. Only now has he revealed a candid admission he hopes Australia will understand.

Simmons silences ugly relationship rumours

Philadelphia 76ers v Brooklyn Nets

Philadelphia fans are wary about Ben Simmons’ rumoured love life with Kendall Jenner, but that’s not the relationship haunting the 76ers the most.

Horn drops brutal Mundine truth

Jeff Horn v Anthony Mundine: River City Rumble

Jeff Horn has inadvertently heaped more pain onto an already battered Anthony Mundine with a stinging truth bomb that sums up Friday night.

Forget Mundine, this is the real fight

Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury: Weigh-in

Deontay Wilder will aim to rekindle America’s love of heavyweight boxing on Saturday when he faces Britain’s Tyson Fury in a high-stakes showdown.

SBW ‘stopped’ in Bachelorette star showdown

Sonny Bill Willians is counted out against Stu Laundy.

There were a few real punches — even a lifting tackle — but it was mostly play-acting as Sonny Bill Williams and Stu Laundy faced off.

NFL star sacked after ‘reprehensible’ video

Kareem Hunt filmed by security footage in ugly incident

An NFL superstar has been sacked on the same day horrific security footage of his alleged assault of a female hotel guest was leaked.