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Last legs: MCG pitch 'terrible' as Cricket Australia calls for urgent change
Cricket Australia has called for an urgent overhaul of the MCG pitch on a day the flat-lining deck was labelled "terrible".
- by Jon Pierik
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Andrew Broad
PM's office had known for weeks about 'sugar daddy' Andrew Broad
Scott Morrison's office knew about the "sugar daddy" allegations surrounding Coalition MP Andrew Broad two weeks before it was published.
- by Eryk Bagshaw & Fergus Hunter
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Racism
KKK symbols, nooses: BHP settles racial discrimination claim in US
BHP had at first vigorously defended the matter along with co-accused US miner Capstone Mining, but recently settled for what is believed to be a seven-figure sum.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Australia
Smith, Bancroft interviews fail to pass the BS test
The only one of the Cape Town Three maintaining a dignified silence right now is David Warner. Yes, I’m as stunned as you.
- by Andrew Webster
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Tensions flair as all Opal Tower residents ordered to evacuate building indefinitely
Hundreds of residents of the new 36-storey apartment building have been forced to leave after a concrete panel split on Christmas Eve.
- by Megan Gorrey & Josh Dye
Ashley was in the middle of a presentation when she went blind in her right eye
Ashley Berini has pinned her hopes on a new therapy she can't get in Australia.
- by James Lemon
Sydney trader pleads guilty to manipulating Chicago futures market
The young commodities trader had been caught out in what the US Justice Department calls the largest enforcement action of its kind in history.
- by Patrick Hatch
For 1058 episodes, Australia had a rendezvous with Penny Cook on A Country Practice
Aussie TV star had unlikely encounters with Prince Charles and Bill Clinton before her death.
- by Michael Idato
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Friendship
Dear expats: keep your snide remarks to yourself
It feels like the entire million Australians who live overseas have flown home for frenzied catch-ups with those of us lucky enough still to be deemed their friends.
- by Dom Knight
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Retired doctor charged with rape after former patients come forward
- by Cameron Houston & Chris Vedelago
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Andrew Broad
PM's office had known for weeks about 'sugar daddy' Andrew Broad
Scott Morrison's office knew about the "sugar daddy" allegations surrounding Coalition MP Andrew Broad two weeks before it was published.
- by Eryk Bagshaw & Fergus Hunter
World
Russia successfully tests its nuclear-armed hypersonic glider
- by Anton Troianovski & Paul Sonne
Property bydomain
Summer selling checklist: How to get your house ready for sale
If you want to sell your home early in the new year, the Christmas break is the ideal time to prepare it for sale.
- by Kate Farrelly
Australia's top 10 houses of 2018: The year's best designs
They may have missed out on the the major design awards, but these architectural gems deserve a second look.
- by Jenny Brown
Business
'Back the bold': NAB business bank chief 'nervous' about credit growth
Though still optimistic about NAB's own prospects, Anthony Healy highlights a decline in business confidence over the past six months.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Racism
KKK symbols, nooses: BHP settles racial discrimination claim in the US
- by Sarah Danckert
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What's the best movie of 2018? (Hint: you probably didn't see it in a cinema)
Our film writers rate the top 20 movies of the year. Let the debate begin.
- by Karl Quinn, Stephanie Bunbury, Sandra Hall, Craig Mathieson, Garry Maddox, Paul Byrnes & Jake Wilson
Australian actor Penny Cook dead at 61
The beloved star of A Country Practice, and more recently, Pulse, died overnight.
- by Jenny Noyes
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From Assassin's Creed to Florence: These are the best video games of 2018
It seems like 2018 had far too many video games to get through in a single lifetime, let alone a year.
- by Tim Biggs
Qantas reveals their new hack to achieve Gold and Platinum status
Just how much is your Qantas frequent flyer status really worth to you?
- by David Flynn
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Australia
Smith and Bancroft interviews fail to pass the BS test
The only one of the Cape Town Three mainting a dignified silence right now is David Warner. Yes, I’m as stunned as you.
- by Andrew Webster
Opinion
Boxing Day Test
This one's not even for the purists as pitch sucks life from MCG Test
It’s about here that the Test cricket purist strokes the chin and uses words like absorbing, enthralling, even beguiling. It's also here that someone calls BS.
- by Malcolm Knox
