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'A tough day': Fireys stretched to the limit as large fires burned across state
'Quite bizarre': A councillor for Baw Baw Shire used a live Facebook post to describe the scene around the historic town of Walhalla where he said one 'original gold-era cottage' had been lost. Rain provided some relief from an out-of-control bushfire at the town as warnings for all other bushfires in Victoria were downgraded.
- by Nicole Precel
Every drop of sweat: Labor says Scott Morrison is hurting ordinary workers
Australians feel 'chained to a treadmill of low wage jobs,' says shadow treasurer Chris Bowen as he argues the economy is soft under the Morrison government
- by Shane Wright
Finance sector set for a huge shake-up as government responds to Hayne report
Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg are poised to accept almost all the recommendations of the Hayne royal commission in the banking and finance sector.
- by Shane Wright
Hepburn Springs all but deserted amid haze of smoke and threat of fire
Planes and helicopters circled above and a haze of smoke hung over Hepburn Springs, but most of the town’s residents were long gone as fire threatened their town on Sunday.
- by Cameron Houston
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'How stupid can you be': Bank sends letter to dead father
Suncorp has delivered a final insult to a banking royal commission witness just before the commission's final report is set to be published.
- by Cara Waters
Bill Shorten 'wise' to rebuff Rupert Murdoch: Rudd
Labor leader's decision not to meet media mogul shows how much media and political landscape has changed.
- by Matthew Knott
'When people don’t want to talk about your child'
Like any new mum, Ami Summers longed to tell the world about her beautiful daughter Arla.
- by Chloe Booker
Australian actor Carmen Duncan, 76, dies of cancer
Duncan starred in TV shows including Number 96, Homicide, Cop Shop and A Country Practice.
Port's Jack Watts snorts white powder in video
The video shows Watts snorting a white substance at an Oktoberfest celebration. But it's 'not what people think'.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Blow to Abbott's hopes of staying in Parliament
- by Peter FitzSimons & Bevan Shields
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Every drop of sweat: Labor says Morrison is hurting ordinary workers
Australians feel "chained to a treadmill of low wage jobs", says Chris Bowen as he argues the economy is soft under the Morrison government
- by Shane Wright
World
Opposition calls for Venezuelan wave against Maduro as protests swell
- by Mariana Zuñiga, Anthony Faiola & Rachelle Krygier
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First-home buyers win as auction market slowly kicks into gear
A dearth of stock had agents worried, but eager first-home buyers created strong competition for sub-$600,000 properties.
- by Jim Malo
Working but homeless: Higher rents are hitting Victorians who have jobs
As Melbourne's rents continue to rise, even people working hard to pay the bills are at risk of becoming homeless.
- by Melissa Heagney
A partial defence of the hipster - they help our suburbs' retail
- by Peter Walters, The University of Queensland
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Business heavy-hitters warn against panic over Hayne
“We’ve opened the biggest economic can of worms since federation,” says Professor Allen Fels, the former chairman of the ACCC.
- by Sarah Danckert & Clancy Yeates
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ASIC life ban overturned after AAT find key arguments not raised
- by David Estcourt
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MAFS virgin Matthew responds to claims he's an actor
"I can understand people thinking [I'm an actor], but then why would someone go on national TV and declare themselves the 29-year-old virgin?"
- by Amy Croffey
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
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Destroying celeb lives: Britain's acid-tongue judge signs for Dancing
- by Nathanael Cooper
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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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Sport
'Nobody remembers the losers': It's win or bust for Rams, Patriots
In the eye of a whirlwind of excess that has descended on Atlanta, New England face off against LA on Monday morning for the biggest prize in American sport.
- by Andrew Webster
'I was intimidated, harassed': Tomic breaks silence on Hewitt run-in
On the outer with Tennis Australia after a spectacular war of words with the Davis Cup captain, Bernard Tomic has gone back on the offensive in a TV interview.
- by Chris Barrett
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