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'To do or say nothing is highly inadequate': Swans demand AFL act on McGuire
The Swans were furious with the AFL for its response to the booing of Adam Goodes in 2015. Now, they are demanding the AFL act over McGuire’s comments about plane crash survivor Cynthia Banham’s coin toss.
- by Matilda Boseley, Andrew Wu and Michael Fowler
Australians to get $125 for power bills in pre-election cash splash
Almost four million Australians will receive a one-off payment to help offset the rising costs of energy.
- by Matilda Boseley
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Waste
How Labor plans to tackle the waste crisis
A Federal Labor government would invest $60 million in a national recycling fund, impose a national ban on microbeads and single-use plastic bags within two years and create a national container deposit scheme in a bid to address the escalating waste crisis.
- by Jewel Topsfield
The lucrative industry springing up around 'breast implant illness'
Some doctors are charging women thousands of dollars to remove implants with no guarantee the surgery will make them better.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Opinion
Australia votes
The callous, pointless vacuum at the dead heart of One Nation
The escapades of Hanson's acolytes in America expose her party for what it is. John Howard's gun reforms, meanwhile, may struggle in today's Parliament.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Sketch
AFL 2019
Topless barmaids: How some like their footy
The biggest rift in the AFL is between those who demand change and those who would rather things stay the same.
- by Tom Cowie
Opinion
Australian film
It's time for Netflix and Stan to pay up in Australia
Offspring was enormously popular. But without tax subsidies and local content obligations would it have been made?
- by Karl Quinn
Fossils show catastrophe on the day the dinosaurs died
New research captures a fossilised snapshot of the day when an asteroid smacked into Earth.
- by Ben Guarino
Steve thought he was coping. Then he received an email
Anxiety is the mental health problem of our age – but how much is 21st-century life driving this condition?
- by Miriam Cosic
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Opinion & Perspectives
Melbourne
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Emissions
Be bold now or risk missing zero greenhouse emissions target, state told
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Victoria
Analysis
Naked City
Nicola Gobbo was loud, brash and on the make. Now is her time in the spotlight
- by John Silvester
House destroyed, numerous buildings lost in Ballarat fires
- by Matilda Boseley, Michael Fowler and Goya Dmytryshchak
National
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Drugs
'We’re going to see young people die': Ecstasy use by school students doubles in three years
- by Andrew Taylor
AFL
New-look Cats trounce Dees in the wet
Melbourne's season has started woefully, while Geelong are up and about.
- by Daniel Cherny
Kennedy makes rusty return as Eagles demolish Giants in 52-point win
West Coast have flexed their premiership muscle with a homecoming win over GWS at Optus Stadium in Perth.
- by Josh Dye
McGuire drops out of broadcast as Swans demand AFL act
- by Matilda Boseley, Andrew Wu and Michael Fowler
Politics
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Parliament House
Cocaine, escorts and unpaid workers: Parliament's security embarrassment
Nine months after crucial security upgrades to Parliament House were due to finish, the building is still wrapped in scaffolding.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Jail time and billions in fines under fast-tracked crackdown on social media giants
- by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke
World
Property bydomain
‘If they did not call, they did not pay them’: Estate agency investigated
Victoria's consumer watchdog closes real estate agency’s four offices amid investigation into trust fund misappropriation.
- by Tawar Razaghi, Jim Malo, Elizabeth Redman
Melbourne auctions: Brighton tennis court passes in at $3.75 million
The vendors hoped to sell their court first and then sell their house but found themselves one bidder short of a rally.
- by Jim Malo
Business
Australians are deserting the scandal-plagued big banks
Not-for-profit lenders and industry super funds are taking business from the big banks following the damaging findings of the royal commission.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Wall Street
Brace for nightmare before Christmas, banking giant warns investors
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Rare move: Wesfarmers boss digs in on Lynas plan
- by Darren Gray, Colin Kruger and Hamish Hastie
Small business
Entertainment
Spoilt for choice: what the explosion in streaming services means for you
The TV streaming space is about to get seriously crowded. Disney is coming. Apple is coming. Warner is coming. But can they all survive?
- by Karl Quinn
From Mad Men to screen sorceress, Kiernan Shipka is on the rise
Kiernan Shipka made her acting debut as a baby in ER, spent much of her childhood in Mad Men and is the latest incarnation of teenage witch Sabrina.
- by Jenny Cooney Carrillo
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Sullivans Cove cleans up at World Whiskies Awards
The Tasmanian distiller continues their global domination of the whisky world.
- by James Atkinson
Review
Home tech
Combination smart speaker and Wi-Fi router is clever, but compromised
Netgear's latest works great as a mesh Wi-Fi network, but its flawed smart speaker implementation and high price makes it tough to recommend.
- by Adam Turner
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Sport
Victory blow A-League title race wide open with win over Glory
A 2-0 victory over league leaders Perth moved Melbourne to within a point of arch-rivals the Sky Blues ahead of next Saturday's clash at the SCG.
- by Chris Pike
Bubble bursts for Penrith after being humbled by Melbourne in Bathurst
They had been talked about as a genuine grand final contender but the Panthers faced a reality check in a 32-2 defeat at the hands of the Storm.
- by Phil Lutton
