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'I can't imagine these numbers help him sleep at night': Poll points to Abbott loss
Independent Zali Steggall is on track to replace the former prime minister as the MP for Warringah, according to a ReachTEL poll commissioned by GetUp.
- by Dana McCauley
'Don't assume you're OK': Bezos selfie saga sparks alarm for world's billionaires
Those in billionaires' inner circles are a particular risk for the information they have access to and could share, either maliciously or inadvertently.
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Labor campaign targets marginal Liberals who brought down Turnbull
Labor has fired the first shot in a new campaign that targets Liberal MPs who signed a petition that helped bring down Malcolm Turnbull, urging voters to turn against those who backed last year’s leadership spill.
- by David Crowe
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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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Lips, Inc … the primal power of the kiss
Mad passion may seem to drive a human being to smooch the object of their desire but, according to scientists, romance has little to do with it.
- by Sharon Bradley
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'We built something amazing': Life after $1.6b sale
After selling his business to Oracle last year, Aconex co-founder Rob Phillpot is looking for the next challenge.
- by Cara Waters
'Gender stereotypes imprison men as well'
She has been instrumental in improving gender equality in Australia. Now Elizabeth Broderick is going global.
- by Jacqueline Maley
The Aussies who cycled across America on $420
The Bikes of Wrath documents a 2600-kilometre, 30-day bike journey on the trail of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
- by Karl Quinn
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
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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
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Sydney
Party boat empire not welcome in the neighbourhood after drug raid, boat death
- by Lucy Cormack
Politics
He's back: Sinodinos goes from cancer patient to cancer survivor
The Liberal backbencher returns to Parliament on Tuesday after recovering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with new insights into making the most of life.
- by David Crowe
Migrants face deportation if they move, under population control visas
- by David Crowe and Eryk Bagshaw
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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
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Auction results: See what sold under the hammer near you today
How did properties up for auction in your street, suburb and city fare today? Check the latest results here.
- by Domain
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
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
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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
No joy for Magpies in return to Victoria Park as Demons dominate
Melbourne spoiled the Magpies party on their return to the club's spiritual home at Victoria Park for the first time
- by Peter Ryan
AFLW: Second-term blitz helps Dogs to win over Cats
Usual suspects fire as reigning premiers continue unbeaten.
- by Daniel Cherny
