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'He was a great kid': Aussie schoolboy killed in avalanche

'He was a great kid': Aussie schoolboy killed in avalanche

'He was a great kid': Aussie schoolboy killed in avalanche

The Sydney schoolboy and his mother were believed to be buried in the avalanche while skiing together in Austria. While the mother was able to free herself, rescuers said the boy was buried too deep.

  • by Sarah Keoghan

'I don’t want to be working to the maximum age'

'I don’t want to be working to the maximum age'

Workers in their fifties can still make important choices about their retirement savings.

  • by Matt Bungard & Charlotte Grieve

Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen to testify in public before Congress

Michael Cohen was "fixer" to Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before Congress next month in the first major public hearing for Democrats.

Full-time employment rate for university graduates plummets

Full-time employment rates for undergraduates have fallen to 72.9 per cent last year from as high as 85.2 per cent in 2008

The proportion of graduates in full-time employment four months after finishing their degrees has dropped over the past decade to 72.9 per cent last year.

  • by Pallavi Singhal

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Left with the Big Green Stupid: How Trump's inner 'Hulk' is always only ever one temper tantrum away

Left with the Big Green Stupid: How Trump's inner 'Hulk' is always only ever one temper tantrum away

When Donald Trump became president, America watchers predicted his excesses would be contained, but his inner monster is prevailing.

  • by Michael Fullilove
Millennials: not as happy-go-lucky as they might make out.

Viral ad reveals what it is really like for Millennials

Overwork and burnout are rampant among Millennial workers who don't have it as good as you may think.

  • by Erin Stewart
Jeff Bezos,and MacKenzie Bezos are splitting after 25 years of marriage.

Bezos forced to announce split before affair exposed

A magazine has claimed it has a series of incriminating texts between the Amazon founder and a former TV presenter.

  • by Rozina Sabur
Yann Moix, serial provocateur.
Opinion
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In France, men still behave like pigs

Frankly, I'm utterly unsurprised to hear yet another Left Bank sophisticate say 50-year-old women are 'invisible' to him.

  • by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
Police swarmed Wellington St after a man was stabbed in his apartment at 4am.

Man stabbed after couple find intruder in St Kilda

Police swarmed the Wellington Street apartment this morning but the offender had already fled the scene.

  • by Melissa Cunningham
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Why renting is becoming more expensive across country Victoria

Why renting is becoming more expensive across country Victoria

Rents are rising across all of Victoria's major regional centres and some say Melburnians adopting a "try before you buy" approach are partly to blame.

  • by Allison Worrall
The artist who renovated a run-down country church

The artist who renovated a run-down country church

The stumps were gone, it was desperate for paint, and there was one solitary power point for the whole place.

  • by Brigid Blackney

Business

Rubin created Android and ran the powerful mobile division at Google for years before leaving the company in 2014.

Google board sued for hushing up claims about 'father of Android'

With sexual misconduct claims swirling, Andy Rubin was allowed to 'quietly resign'  and reportedly paid $127 million, suit claims. 

  • by Mark Bergen, Joel Rosenblatt & Kartikay Mehrotra

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Peter Farrelly poses for a photo at this year's Golden Globes.

'I was an idiot' for genital-flashing: Green Book director

Claims Peter Farrelly liked to flash his penis resurfaced in the wake of this week's Golden Globes.

  • by Broede Carmody
Jamie Lee Curtis is not impressed with Fiji water Girl, aka Kelleth Cuthbert, photobombing her at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in LA.

Jamie Lee Curtis slams the Golden Globes Fiji Water Girl

While some are heralding Fiji Water Girl as the best PR stunt of all time, others are less than impressed.

  • by Amy Croffey

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Adidas SuperApes.

10 of the greatest sneakers of all time every collector should own

Footwear has become one of the most covetable luxury items for men, and these are your best investments.

  • by Robyn Doreian
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Five things you can do to keep your family holiday environmentally friendly

A Holiday is a great way to take a break, but not the time to stop caring for the environment.

  • by Suzi Catchpole

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Roger Federer at the draw for the Australian Open.

Focused Federer dreams of a perfect 100

Surprising even himself with his insane level at almost 38, Roger Federer isn't looking beyond the first round as he pursues a seventh Australian Open crown.

A DNA sample is being sought from Cristiano Ronaldo in an ongoing rape investigation.

DNA sample sought in Ronaldo rape investigation

Law enforcement officials investigating a sexual assault accusation against Cristiano Ronaldo have obtained a warrant for a sample of his DNA.

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