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Graeme Samuel told the AFR banking and wealth summit that clubs of male and female directors needed to be broken down.

'Needs a nuclear bomb': Graeme Samuel calls out female-director club

Graeme Samuel told the AFR banking and wealth summit that clubs of male and female directors needed to be broken down.

The former competition watchdog chairman took particular aim at the 'impenetrable wall' around the club of women who sit on company boards.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos

'He sold everything he believed in’: The price Turnbull paid to become PM

'He sold everything he believed in’: The price Turnbull paid to become PM

Malcolm Turnbull started his time at the top shackled to the very policies voters thought had been discarded along with Tony Abbott.

  • by Peter Hartcher

'I might think about retiring': Melbourne man wins $23 million lotto draw - twice

A Melbourne man who accidentally purchased two Oz Lotto tickets with the same numbers has won the division one bounty - twice.

The blue-collar worker from St Albans said he had forgotten until last night he had purchased two entries to the $70 million Oz Lotto, and he's wound up with $46 million.

  • by Simone Fox Koob

Welcome to supermarkets 3.0: Robots, AI and dark stores

Coles

Coles boss Steve Cain is planning to spend up to capture the huge growth in online shopping, leaving Woolworths chief Brad Banducci flat-footed.

  • by Elizabeth Knight

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Jas, 17, experienced the stigma of obesity from her peers when she was clinically obese as a child.
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'That was the most heartbreaking part': Australia's obesity epidemic out of control

Almost one million more people have become obese in the past three years alone, a major report warns.

  • by Kate Aubusson
Sumeyya Ilanbey, trainee journalist at The Age in Melbourne.
Opinion
Daily Life

Suddenly the world didn’t feel like a horrible place...

I just wanted to get home, safely, and not worry about my conspicuous place in society after the Christchurch massacre.

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Out: Nick Kyrgios has been eliminated from the Miami Open following a loss to Borna Coric which showcased both sides of his enigmatic style.

Best and worst as Kyrgios crashes out in Florida

Kyrgios pulled off one of his most audacious shots but he was still bundles out - and finding more controversy.

Investigation: the revelations came just one day after Conor McGregor's latest retirement from the UFC.

Newly retired McGregor investigated for sex assault

UFC star Conor McGregor is under investigation in his native Ireland with news within hours of latest retirement.

If fat fingers have sent your dollars winging off into cyberspace in the wrong direction, here's what can you do.

What to do if a transaction disappears into cyberspace

If you’ve sent your dollars from your bank account winging in the wrong direction, what can you do?

  • by Christine Long
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AFL

Tiger defender Alex Rance is helped from the field in the match against Carlton.

How will the Tigers replace Alex Rance?

Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss the implications the loss of Alex Rance could have for the Tigers all over the ground, not just in defence.

Nathan Buckley (second from left) during the round one match between Collingwood and Geelong.

Magpies hedge bets ahead of match against Rance-less Tigers

Levi Greenwood is in the mix for a return to the Collingwood side when they face Richmond on Thursday night.

  • by Yan Zhuang

Politics

Scott Morrison

Facebook censured by government for failure to act on livestreaming concerns

The social media giant has been heavily criticised by the government for its response to its role in spreading video of the Christchurch terror attack.

  • by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke

World

Thailand is a haven for Australian tourists, but it is also an important political and trading partner.
Analysis
Thailand

Land of Smiles on the brink

  • by James Massola
US Attorney-General William Barr.

Robert Mueller report issued to public 'in weeks'

  • by Sarah N. Lynch and Susan Cornwell

Property bydomain

For sale: A building that could spark a great idea from a keen buyer

For sale: A building that could spark a great idea from a keen buyer

This historic building on the Mornington Peninsula could become a unique home for the right buyer. It even has room to park a truck or two.

  • by Melissa Heagney
$90 board game turns multimillion-dollar windfall for Block viewer

$90 board game turns multimillion-dollar windfall for Block viewer

Competing lifestyles mean Sydney family who won Gatwick's challenge apartment by buying Monopoly have sold it already, and taken home a tidy windfall.

  • by Elizabeth Redman

Business

Ben Purchase.

'The minute I don't get paid, it goes down the line': E-invoicing is killing the PDF

For custom furniture maker Ben Purchase, getting his customers to pay up on time can be a challenge. But help is at hand.  

  • by Emma Koehn

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Entertainment

Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment and  Michael Gudinski of Frontier Touring are entering a "joint partnership".

Promoters Michael Chugg and Michael Gudinski get the band back together

They've been colleagues, rivals, friends and frenemies. Now, they're joining forces to fend off Live Nation.

  • by Karl Quinn
Zhana Maticevski-Shumack, left, with fellow YA reader Luca Fraillon on the steps of the State Library of Victoria.

'Alarm bells': Students rally after Centre for Youth Literature's closure

"Public libraries don't often do a good job of catering for teenagers." 

  • by Broede Carmody

Lifestyle

Smarter living

Visceral fat is the one you need to be worried about.

Your health's biggest enemy is hiding in plain sight

There are two types of fat, but it's the one you can't see that's the deadliest.

  • by Michael Jarosky
The Stadia controller, which connects directly to Google's servers via Wi-Fi.
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How Google Stadia could foretell the future of video games

Google's cloud-powered gaming system promises better graphics, expanded multiplayer and next generation social features, on virtually any screen.

  • by Tim Biggs

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Sport

Making a racket: Nick Kyrgios was sanctioned for racquet abuse during the match against Borna Coric.

Miami vice: best and worst on offer as Kyrgios crashes out in Florida

Nick Kyrgios pulled off one of his most audacious shots ever but it couldn't stop him being bundled out of the Miami Open - nor finding more controversy.

Investigation: the revelations came just one day after Conor McGregor's latest retirement from the UFC.

Newly-retired McGregor under investigation for sexual assault

UFC star Conor McGregor is under investigation for sexual assault in his native Ireland with the news coming just hours after his latest retirement.

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