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Tony Abbott
Blow to Abbott's hopes of staying in Parliament
Former Turnbull staffer Alice Thompson will withdraw from the battle for Warringah and throw her support behind independent Zali Steggall.
- by Peter FitzSimons & Bevan Shields
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Crime
Teenage university students behind bars after drugs bust
The duo were both in their first year of studying UTS when they became involved in a syndicate selling large volumes of cocaine and MDMA.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Last refugee children to leave Nauru, bound for US
The milestone ends one of Australia's darkest chapters but shifts attention to the hundreds of men still languishing offshore.
- by Bevan Shields
Man charged after Brisbane airport bomb scare
The incident began when the man allegedly pulled out a knife and placed a metal object on a table, claiming it was a bomb.
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'A bad idea': the perils of starting school too early then repeating
Parents are saving on childcare by sending their child to kindergarten then repeating them at a different school.
- by Jordan Baker & Sarah Keoghan
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Australia
Second Sri Lankan leaves ground after being hit by bouncer
Kusal Perera's helmet padding went flying after he ducked into a steaming Jyhe Richardson bouncer.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Miranda Kerr
Model Miranda Kerr linked to renowned anti-vaxxer
The notoriously private model isn't shy about being linked to the alternative-health guru and anti-vaccination campaigner.
- by Lucy Manly
Latham poised to be kingmaker in NSW politics
The prime ministerial aspirant turned Labor Party pariah is likely to wield a crucial vote on contentious social issues in the next NSW Parliament.
- by Lisa Visentin
'Extremely lucky to be alive': tree falls in Sydney's CBD
A man is lucky to be alive after a massive tree fell over a busy Sydney CBD road and footpath on Saturday evening.
- by Ben Grubb & Sarah Keoghan
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Tony Abbott
Turnbull's former staffer pulls out of Warringah contest to back Zali Steggall
Alice Thompson will withdraw from the battle for Tony Abbott's seat and move her campaign to the adjoining northern beaches electorate of Mackellar.
- by Peter FitzSimons & Bevan Shields
World
Opposition calls for Venezuelan wave against Maduro as protests swell
- by Mariana Zuñiga, Anthony Faiola & Rachelle Krygier
Property bydomain
Before and after: New $7.3m home in the works for Anglican archbishop
Sydney's Anglican archbishops called the 1841-built mansion Bishopscourt home for more than a century but a more contemporary residence is in the works.
- by Lucy Macken
These are the suburbs that have dropped out of the million-dollar club
A string of neighbourhoods in Sydney now have a median house price below $1 million, as the market continues to cool.
- by Kate Burke
A partial defence of the hipster - they help our suburbs' retail
- by Peter Walters, The University of Queensland
Business
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Media & marketing
15 years of Facebook: has it made the world, and Australia, a better place?
The upbeat mood in Facebook's Australian office is strikingly incongruous with the nightmare 12 months the social media giant has endured.
- by Jennifer Duke & John McDuling
Opinion
Big four
The big short: billions bet that commission findings will sink banks further into strife
- by Elizabeth Knight
Small business
Entertainment
Naming rights are a great honour but can also court controversy
I'm not sure how tennis legend Margaret Court would have felt about it, but I wasn't the only "gay" inside her eponymously named arena at the Australian Open.
- by Andrew Hornery
'It drove me crazy': Missy Higgins on media's attempts to 'out' her
Shortly after achieving pop stardom at 21, Higgins quit the music industry. Now older and wiser, she is getting her head together and embracing motherhood.
- by Michael Lallo
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Dancing With The Stars
Destroying celeb lives: Britain's acid-tongue judge signs for Dancing
- by Nathanael Cooper
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Why being pregnant has been good for my career - and other surprising benefits
Pregnancy itself often gets a bad rap, but there are actually plenty of unexpected upsides.
- by Jessica Mudditt
Genius' Assemble: Moncler's ambitious vision
The Italian label has a bold vision for fashion, focused collaboration that pushes boundaries.
- by Benjamen Judd
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Australia
Australia v Sri Lanka Live: Another Sri Lankan felled at Manuka
Australia will look to tighten their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka on day three at Manuka Oval in Canberra.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
Ben Barba’s questionable reputation catches up with him
A Cowboys insider told me they were stunned by Barba’s “five minutes of madness” in Townsville. They shouldn’t have been.
- by Danny Weidler
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