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PGA Tour
Happy Day: Clearer head has Aussie in the hunt at Pebble Beach
Injury-free and recently welcoming the birth of his third child, a focused Jason Day is in the mix once more on the US PGA Tour.
- by Evin Priest
Currencies
Aussie plunges again as RBA cuts forecasts
The Reserve Bank has dramatically revised down its economic forecasts amid the ongoing property market correction.
- by Stuart Condie
Khashoggi case
Year before killing, Saudi prince 'told aide he would use a bullet’ on Khashoggi
Crown prince's conversation was intercepted by US intelligence agencies.
- by Mark Mazzetti
Federal election
Julie Bishop declares the Coalition can win - and she intends to stay
Former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has declared her confidence the Coalition will win the coming federal election as she announces her intention to stay for Parliament
- by David Crowe
Venezuela Crisis
Travellers, aid not reaching Venezuela
It comes as the Venezuelan government set up road blocks to stop aid entering the country via the Colombian border.
Do You Earn Enough?
'Basically the minimum wage': What real estate agents really earn
Josh Sammut says the days of real estate agents relying on commissions is becoming less common.
- by Matt Bungard and Craig Butt
Wests Tigers
'Tremendous honour': Mbye to captain Tigers in 2019
He is only a recent arrival, but Moses Mbye has been tasked with leading Wests Tigers into a new era.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Amazon
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him over 'intimate photos'
The Amazon chief says the tabloid threatened to publish nude photos of him if he didn't drop an investigation over leaked text messages that ultimately ended his marriage.
- by Janko Rottgers
Opinion
Rich list
Abolish billionaires. The world would be better off without them
If we aimed, through public and social policy, to discourage people from attaining and owning more than a billion in lucre, just about everyone would benefit.
- by Farhad Manjoo
Cyber security
Federal MPs' computer network hacked in possible foreign government attack
Hackers have infiltrated Federal Parliament’s computer network in the latest breach of major national systems in which authorities cannot rule out that data might have been stolen.
- by David Wroe and Chris Uhlmann
Crime
Jail for vet who smuggled heroin to US in puppies
Colombian vet surgically implanted liquid heroin inside live puppies.
- by Jackie Botts
Retail
Barbie's back: Toymaker Mattel posts surprise profit after doll revamp
Mattel reported a surprise quarterly profit as it benefited from its revamped line of Barbie dolls and its efforts to keep a lid on costs.
- by Uday Sampath
Pay
Qantas to pay out thousands to staff after 'embarrassing' bungle
The airline will fork out thousands of dollars in backpay after discovering an "embarrassing" bungle that saw it short-change dozens of workers, while overpaying others.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Tragedy
Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
A body recovered from a plane which crashed in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala.
Courts
'We won': Landmark climate ruling as NSW court rejects coal mine
Environmental groups are cheering a decision in NSW's Land and Environment Court that found the emissions of greenhouse gases and resulting climate change from a proposed coal mine was among the reasons to reject the project.
- by Peter Hannam
Scams
Fallout continues from alleged TV scam with more than 1,000 small businesses hit
Over 1,100 small businesses have been affected by the scam and recourse is looking difficult as Viewble Media goes into liquidation.
- by Cara Waters
Aviation
Qantas flight QF2 diverted back to London after take-off
A minor issue with a cargo door has caused a Qantas flight from London to Singapore to abruptly turn back to Heathrow shortly after taking off.
- by Matt Bungard
Townsville Floods
Chemical leak fears after flood knocked over Queensland Rail train
QR crews were unable to physically access the site because of floodwaters continuing to rise in Mt Isa.
- by Toby Crockford
NBA
NBA trade wars: Gasol joins Raptors, 76ers offload Fultz
The arms race between Ben Simmons' Philadelphia 76ers and eastern conference rivals the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks has exploded.
Fashion retail
Haute couture blackface: Gucci forced to pull 'racist' top from shops
Gucci has apologised after complaints that a wool jumper with an oversized collar designed to cover the face resembled blackface makeup.
Pop culture
'It got pretty dark': Justin Bieber opens up about 'promiscuous' life before marriage
The pop star, with wife Hailey, opened up about their "effing hard" marriage in a new Vogue article.
- by Erin Jensen
PGA Tour
Pro golfer admits to drinking regularly during PGA Tour events
Rocco Mediate, best remembered for an epic play-off with Tiger Woods at the 2008 US Open, has made a startling admission about his professional career.
- by Matt Bonesteel
Opinion
RBA
Why Australia's economy is not a freak of nature
Australia's economy needs to be freed from folklore that's built up around the 27-year stretch sans recession.
- by Daniel Moss
ODI
West Indies recall Gayle as they look ahead to World Cup
Opening batsman Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies one-day international squad for the first two games of the five-match series against England.
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8@eight
8@eight: ASX set to slide at open after Wall Street falls
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
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Brexit Chaos
Cut-price Australian beef could flood UK market under no-deal Brexit
British minister flags possibility of import tariffs being cut on food and goods should there be no deal.
- by Latika Bourke
Woody Allen
Woody Allen sues Amazon for $96 million over terminated movie deal
Allen is seeking damages after Amazon Studios shelved his movie A Rainy Day in New York following renewed focus on sexual abuse allegations against the filmmaker.
Khashoggi case
Saudis undermined Khashoggi probe, says UN
Premeditated killing was planned and carried out by Saudi officials, UN human rights expert says.
France
France recalls ambassador to Italy as rift deepens
Meeting between Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and a leader of the ''yellow vest'' protesters seen as last straw.
- by Richard Pérez-Peña, Adam Nossiter and Jason Horowitz
Trump's White House
'Presidential harassment': Trump lashes out as inquiries step up
President Donald Trump has called Democratic investigations into his administration and business “ridiculous” and “presidential harassment”.
- by Matthew Knott
Energy
Australian Paper set to burn Melbourne's rubbish to power its mill
State's biggest paper mill has announced it will team up with Suez to build a huge energy plant powered by hundreds of thousands of tonnes of household rubbish.
- by Adam Carey
Racism
Virginia's crisis deepens amid sex assault allegation, second blackface scandal
The US state of Virginia is in chaos as its three top politicians remain under siege in separate scandals.
- by Samantha Schmidt, Fenit Nirappil and Laura Vozzella
Brexit Chaos
Brexit crisis talks yield little joy for Theresa May
The continuing stalemate makes it more likely that Brexit could be postponed from its March 29 due date.
- by Nick Miller
Exclusive
NSW Votes
Labor leader's staff used secret hotline to blame wife for speeding
Michael Daley's staff used a secret hotline — reserved to help constituents — to get the NSW Labor leader out of an undisclosed speeding ticket by blaming his wife.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Nick Bonyhady
Courts
Lawyers back Muslim community after controversial comments from bench
The peak body for the legal profession in Australia has called for better "communication and understanding of the Islamic faith" by lawyers and judges.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Exclusive
Darling Disaster
'Sands are shifting': NSW agriculture minister to push climate cause
Niall Blair, NSW agriculture minister and a Nationals MP, says it was time climate change's impact on farming was acknowledged and the effects dealt with - even if his views differed from "many of my colleagues".
- by Peter Hannam
Exclusive
Franking Inquiry
Taxpayer funded inquiry used to raise money for Liberals
The Coalition is using a taxpayer-funded inquiry into Labor’s franking credits policy to raise funds for the Liberal Party.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Australia
In the Herald: February 8, 1987
Ronnie, Rupert, the bills and the rent
- by Stephanie Bull
Exclusive
NSW Votes
Hundreds of members quit NSW Greens amid internal instability
Hundreds of Greens NSW members have quit the party, amid a damaging internal factional war, leaving it to fight dual state and federal election campaigns with a depleted membership base.
- by Lisa Visentin
Al-Araibi Detainment
'Australia never issued a red notice': Canberra fires back at Bangkok over Hakeem al-Araibi
The diplomatic stoush between Canberra and Bangkok over Hakeem al-Araibi has escalated, with the Australian government declaring it did not issue the Red Notice for the footballer's arrest.
- by James Massola and Veena Thoopkrajae
Updated
Banking royal commission
'Deeply sorry' NAB chair and CEO both resign after horror week
National Australia Bank has been plunged into turmoil, with chairman Ken Henry and chief executive Andrew Thorburn both resigning in the wake of blistering criticism from the banking royal commission and a deepening crisis over alleged rorts by a former senior staffer.
- by Clancy Yeates
Courts
'A very novel case': Barristers begin closing submissions in Dylan Voller defamation hearing
A barrister representing former youth detainee Dylan Voller in his landmark defamation action against three news organisations has told a Sydney court the case is "very novel".
- by Georgina Mitchell
Healthcare
Plan to expand mental health sessions overlooks most needy, warns psychiatrist
Ian Hickie from Sydney University's Brain and Mind Centre has blasted the Medicare review's mental health reference group, saying a report calling for rebates to be extended to people "at risk" of being mentally ill has got it wrong.
- by Dana McCauley
Interest rates
Reserve to slice growth forecasts amid signs of consumer anxiety
RBA set to slice growth forecasts as consumers grow more anxious about jobs and cost of living
- by Shane Wright
Breaking
Water safety
Police join search for man missing in water at NSW beach
Bystanders were able to help a woman to safety when the pair got into difficulty, but the man has not been found.
- by Jenny Noyes
Courts
Eight-year-old boy allegedly pushed into a wall by teacher
The student said he felt his Year 3 teacher was like the "Miss Trunchbull" character from the movie Matilda.
- by Sarah Keoghan
NSW Votes
'Slap in the face': NSW demands better infrastructure deal
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will demand that his federal colleagues give NSW a "fairer go" with infrastructure funding at a finance meeting on Friday.
- by Alexandra Smith
Courts
NSW toddler burnt with cigarette lighter, jury told
Mohammed Khazma has pleaded not guilty to murdering his then-girlfriend's daughter in December 2016 in Sydney.
- by Sophie Moore
Sydney Stadiums
Sydney mayors criticise 'farcical' stadium demolition consultation
The mayors wrote to Planning Minister Anthony Roberts, demanding the crucial meeting be delayed until their "serious concerns" have been addressed.
- by Megan Gorrey
Darling Disaster
Fish embark on 590km road trip from Menindee after recent kills
The 20 Murray Cod are en route from Menindee to Narrandera "where it is hoped they will regain health for future breeding and restocking purposes".
- by Peter Hannam
Courts
'Police and lawyers talk often': force denies use of criminal solicitors as informants
NSW Police have been forced to conduct an audit of almost two decades' worth of human source records in the wake of shocking revelations in Victoria.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Lucy Cormack and Michaela Whitbourn
Extreme weather
'A worrying signal': it's hot and only going to get hotter
Annual global temperatures were the fourth highest on record in 2018 with the world in the midst of its hottest decade since reliable data has been collected, international agencies say.
- by Peter Hannam
Retail
David Jones' boss quits for 'personal reasons', not discrimination claim
David Jones says its boss David Thomas has left the upmarket department store, citing "personal reasons".
- by Patrick Hatch
World Politics
Iran suspected of launching satellite
Satellite images suggest Iran has attempted a second satellite launch despite US criticism of its program.
Sharemarket
Strong earnings lift ASX to four-month high
The Australian sharemarket closed at four-month high on Thursday as better than expected results were rewarded with strong gains.
- by William McInnes
Health
Blood plasma scandal latest stain on China's medical products image
China’s second biggest medical blood products company has been forced to issue an emergency recall for its blood plasma amid HIV contamination fears.
- by Kirsty Needham
Opinion
Pollution
Our year of breathing dangerously: Sydney, Hunter pollution alert
Rising air pollution is a failure of governance, says the author of a report that identifies hotspots from Liverpool to Parramatta Northt and Muswellbrook.
- by Ben Ewald
Police
'Absolutely shocking': Banned NSW doctor referred to police
Emil Gayed was found guilty of professional misconduct and had his medical licence suspended last year.
- by Dominica Sanda
Banking royal commission
Westpac's Hartzer tips demise of mortgage broker commissions
Westpac chief Brian Hartzer has signalled he believes mortgage broker commissions will ultimately be scrapped, forcing brokers to reinvent their business models.
- by Clancy Yeates and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Banking royal commission
AMP dodges break-up but hasn't escaped unscathed
The royal commission may not have decreed the end of vertical integration but the recommendations it did make, and its own internal challenges, will still impact and reshape AMP.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Pollution
The Sydney suburbs at risk from worsening air quality
Hundreds of thousands of people have been exposed to potentially dangerous levels of air pollution, a study has found.
- by Rachel Clun
Victorian election
Labor claims Ripon recount was unlawful as it hunts shadow treasurer
Labor will argue the recount in the electorate of Ripon was unlawful, in its court bid to knock senior state Liberal MP Louise Staley out of her marginal seat.
- by Adam Carey
Income tax
Man says he doesn’t have to lodge tax returns because he’s not a ‘person’
Magistrate tells North Bendigo man "Glen, of the family Polglaise" that his arguments about not having to pay tax were "entirely without merit" as he found him guilty on six charges.
- by Natalie Croxon
Corruption
Brazil’s Lula convicted again, sentenced to 12 more years
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has been sentenced to nearly 13 more years in a new corruption case.
- by Shasta Darlington
review
Music reviews
'I'm sorry': Show goes on but Lily Allen apologises for not being her best
The British pop star was suffering from a sore throat and didn't display her usual energy or vocal range on stage.
- by Cara Waters
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Royal reckoning: is it enough to make the banks change?
Royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne has made 24 referrals for criminal or civil action - and 76 recommendations that will shake up the industry in a way that hasn’t happened in generation - but was it the great reckoning the public hoped for?
- by David Estcourt and Rachael Dexter
Crime
'Narco-terrorist' allegedly moved drug money from Melbourne to the Taliban
An alleged Afghan narco-terrorist boasted of wiring drug money around the world from Melbourne "within an hour", New York prosecutors allege.
- by Rachel Olding
Innovation
Pot of gold: Brewers are racing to make weed as easy to drink as beer
Beverage companies hope cannabis drinks will be the next big thing. There's just one problem: Pot is nothing like booze.
- by Kristine Owram
Crime
High school teacher charged with indecently assaulting students
A former high school legal studies teacher has been charged with assault and aggravated indecent assault of four female students.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Human rights
Italy's Italian-first policies are hurting Italians too
In a test case for populism, Italy's threat to eject squatters shows how nationalist measures can end up hurting citizens too.
- by Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli
Asylum seekers
Peter Dutton accused of 'lying' by Labor over security briefing accusations
The conflict has prompted border security experts to call for agencies to release their advice publicly to lift transparency.
- by Michael Koziol
Security
Contractor charged with stealing AMP customer data
A Chinese contractor for financial planner AMP has been charged with stealing the confidential data of 20 of its customers.