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$70m cash splash: PM pledges traffic relief in key seat
Scott Morrison is promising a congestion-busting upgrade to ease traffic in Melbourne's politically sensitive outer south-eastern suburbs.
- by Benjamin Preiss and Timna Jacks
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Science
'Wow, that's amazing': CSIRO profits from weight-loss pill with no scientific backing
Australia's national science agency, is being used to promote a weight-loss pill despite there being no scientific evidence it helps people lose weight.
- by Liam Mannix
Worried for her safety, footy star Tayla Harris describes trolling as 'sexual abuse'
AFLW star Tayla Harris was the target of trolls posting offensive comments that led to a photo of her being removed from social media by Channel Seven.
- by Tom Cowie, Yan Zhuang and Simone Fox Koob
Twitter brawl: Trump calls top aide Kellyanne Conway's spouse 'husband from hell'
US President Donald Trump intensified an online battle with senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway's husband on Wednesday, calling George Conway the 'husband from hell'.
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'Torture you to an absolute delight': Far-right extremist's violent threats ignored
The threats from a white supremacist troll were specific, violent and recorded on a phone's message bank. But police still did not lay charges.
- by Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
Why gun control has never got off the ground in NZ
Country's top gun retailer, and the gun lobby generally, have been blamed for failure in the past to tighten gun laws.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Women's AFL
The anarchy of the trolls is not a pretty picture
AFL has long fancied itself a champion of social change. It must make an effort to tackle social media commentary.
- by Greg Baum
How a pilot saved a Boeing 737 Max day before it crashed
An off-duty pilot in the cockpit saved the Lion Air 737 Max jet on October 28. Next day, with a different crew, it crashed.
- by Alan Levin and Harry Suhartono
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Melbourne
Truck rolls on Western Ring Road, creating traffic havoc
Speed limit reduced to 40km/h around the Sydney Road exit as Altona-bound drivers cop an early morning delay.
- by Hanna Mills Turbet
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Opinion & Perspectives
Melbourne
Tonnes of litter fished from Yarra every year as native species suffer
- by Adam Carey and Benjamin Preiss
Victoria
EPA faces probe over alleged failure to act on toxic waste warnings
- by Chris Vedelago and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Gobbo's lover loses appeal against drug-trafficking prison sentence
- by Tammy Mills
National
Anzac Day plans proceed in Turkey despite 'coffins' warning for Australians
- by David Crowe and Max Koslowski
AFL
Tom Lynch has 'a lot to learn', says Tigers champion
Alex Rance says what has surprised him about Tom Lynch since the all-Australian arrived at Punt Road is how much he still has to learn.
- by Greg Baum
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Fremantle
Bennell caught up in police probe after physical clash with bikie
Fremantle star Harley Bennell has been caught up in a police investigation, following a physical altercation with a bikie in the crowd at a pre-season match.
- by Sam McClure
Politics
Former Liberal leader warns preferencing One Nation cost him seats
Scott Morrison is being warned against playing “footsie” with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
- by David Crowe
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Political expenses
Fraser Anning spent most taxpayers' money on family travel last year
- by Nigel Gladstone and Michael Koziol
World
Property bydomain
'It was perfect for us': The new help for first-home buyers
Families who have co-bought into property with the state government are rapt, a year into the program, with what it gives them. Others see room to improve.
- by Jim Malo
Rents up, house prices down under Labor government: report
New modelling suggests a $2.3 billion loss in stamp duty revenue if Labor is elected at the federal election and introduces its mooted changes to negative gearing.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Business
Bayer shares lose $11.2b but firms defend Roundup after cancer ruling
Major herbicide companies have defended the weed killer glyphosate in the wake of the latest US court action on the product, but Bayer shares plummeted.
- by Darren Gray
Coles quietly expands UberEats trial to deliver supermarket essentials
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Small business
Entertainment
Are MAFS producers running out of storylines?
Yet another episode succumbs to the old wife-swap trope, with not much else to keep us entertained.
- by Amy Croffey
Porn king bankrupted over unpaid debts
Debt collectors finally caught up with pornographer Damien Costas in the Federal Court on Wednesday.
- by Andrew Hornery
Lifestyle
MAFS is closer to life than you may think, demographically speaking
- by Thomas Sigler and Elin Charles-Edwards
Smarter living
Keep watch over your kids with Alcatel's Move Time, or don't
It's tough to envision a scenario in which kids as young as four would benefit from this 3G-messaging, GPS-tracking watch.
- by Peter Wells
15 things your kids will thank you for when they're older
It might feel like you're paddling against the tide at times but there are things they will thank you for, that you're doing right now.
- by Suzi Catchpole
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Sport
'I’ve never met a nicer guy': Australian swimmers pay tribute to Kenneth To
To’s sudden death has stunned and saddened swimmers across the world but the many close friends he retained in Australia have been especially hard hit.
- by Phil Lutton
NBA stars Ben Simmons and Jonah Bolden pay tribute to 'Egg Boy'
Australian basketball stars pay tribute to the 17-year-old boy who cracked an egg over the head of Senator Fraser Anning on the weekend.
- by Matt Bungard
