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Interest rates
The economy isn't in trouble, but let's cut interest rates anyway
The Reserve Bank should get on with cutting interest rates. But not for the reason you may imagine.
- by Ross Gittins
Why the Bezos selfie controversy sparks alarm for billionaires worldwide
Those in billionaires' inner circles are a particular risk for the information they have access to and could share, either maliciously or inadvertently.
Thai princess says #ILoveYou to supporters after king opposes her PM candidacy
The Thai princess' foray into politics looked to be short-lived after public opposition from her younger brother – the king.
- by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um
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Crime
Killer on the run after man shot dead in Melbourne's south-east
Police do not yet have a description of the shooter, but believe more than one person visited the apartment in which the man was shot.
- by Nicole Precel
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'Gender stereotypes imprison men': The woman taking soft-power feminism global
Australia's former Sex Discrimination Commissioner has set her sights on global change.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Thai cave heroes join push to free Melbourne footballer
The two Australians of the Year sent a private letter calling for the release of Australian-based Hakeem al-Araibi.
- by Michael Ruffles
What it was really like to work for the Obamas
These are tumultuous times in US politics. But there are reasons to be optimistic, says a former Obama staffer.
- by Amelia Lester
'Crazy, I know': They met in a supermarket queue, then he slipped her a note
Richard Wheeldon exchanged a smile with Haline Ly, then he slipped her a note. They met up that night.
- by Jane Albert
The families who raid clearance aisles, then resell online for a profit
With two young kids in tow, Juston and Kristen Herbert drove to a Target near their home. It was time to get to work.
- by Rachel Siegel
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Opinion
Mental health
I was 22 weeks pregnant and sobbing in bed. I should have been warned
- by Chloe Booker
Opinion & Perspectives
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Drugs
How a country cop helped stop largest-ever meth haul from reaching Australia
- by Paul Sakkal, Adam Cooper and Sally Rawsthorne
National
Politics
Labor refers Tim Wilson to police over claims he shared voter details with fund manager
Multiple voters who registered to attend the $160,000 inquiry are outraged that they are now receiving advertising material.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Migrants face deportation if they move, under population control visas
- by David Crowe and Eryk Bagshaw
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Australia Votes
Labor campaign targets marginal Liberals who brought down Turnbull
- by David Crowe
World
Thai princess says #ILoveYou to supporters after king opposes her PM candidacy
- by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um
With millions of dollars of US aid stuck at the Venezuelan border, what happens next?
- by Laura Dixon and John Hudson
Property bydomain
How to freshen up the home while it's still new year
Make your first pledge to not be a hoarder. From a clean slate, you can place items where they’re meant to be.
- by Darren Palmer
The top-tier properties that Australia's top bank executives call home
As tighter lending rules hit median property values in Melbourne, take a look at what our most senior bank executives like to call home.
- by Lucy Macken
Business
Weakening domestic economy to crimp company earnings
Profits are under pressure for top 200 companies, with aggregate earnings growth tipped to be below average at 4.25 per cent for 2018-2019.
- by Stephen Miles
Opinion
Interest rates
The economy isn't in trouble, but let's cut interest rates anyway
- by Ross Gittins
Bank leadership clearout needed to clean up culture
- by Clancy Yeates and Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Banking royal commission
Addicted to profits, can banks change their culture?
- by Elizabeth Knight
Small business
Entertainment
Selective southern comfort as DJs designers revolt
The theme may have been The Art of Living but some David Jones designers thought it was more The Art of Slumming It.
- by Lucy Manly and Helen Pitt
'A lot of pressure': Artists prepare for first-ever Eurovision decider
"The sets, the lighting, it's on a whole other scale to anything I've worked on before."
- by Broede Carmody
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Dads are happier than mums - and this is why
Parenting brings fathers more joy than it does mothers, according to a new large study.
- by Ariane Beeston
The perfect cocktails to take the edge off summer
The traditional cool weather drink is the perfect summer cocktail ingredient.
- by Jane Rocca
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Sport
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Style
Sport Thought: Clothes faketh the man
Marrying sports stars with high fashion and passing it off at 'self-expression' is one of the most hollow ideas ever conceived. And now the AFL is trying to horn in on it.
- by Timothy Boyle
Renegades to play finals an import short
All-rounder Mohammad Nabi has been called up to represent Afghanistan, leaving his BBL side one man down and unable to replace him with another import.
- by Daniel Cherny
