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Dwelling values nationally fell another 0.6 per cent across the nation's capital cities in March, led down by Sydney and Melbourne

Housing downturn in Sydney propelled by expensive areas

Dwelling values nationally fell another 0.6 per cent across the nation's capital cities in March, led down by Sydney and Melbourne

Australian house prices fell even further in March, driven by sliding house values being reported in Melbourne and Sydney's most expensive areas.

  • by Shane Wright

UBS banker spied on man sitting next to him on train to crack $US15 billion deal

A conversation on board a train put an interesting wrinkle into a $US15 billion potential deal.

When a dealmaker hopped aboard a Eurostar train from London to Paris and typed furiously on his phones, he didn't pay attention to his neighbour sporting a three-day stubble and casual clothes. Big mistake.

  • by Gaspard Sebag

Woolworths to close 30 Big W stores as shoppers move online

Big W

The supermarket giant has also confirmed a $1.7 billion share buyback following the sale of its fuel operations.

The true picture of Foxtel's financial health is becoming clearer

Foxtel

Foxtel's financial position has been the subject of intense speculation since the News Corp and Telstra-owned company engaged investment banks to help it raise billions of dollars in fresh debt funding.

  • by John McDuling and Jennifer Duke

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Planes banked up on the runway at Gander after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 temporarily closed American airspace.

On September 11, something extraordinary happened in this tiny town

After the 9/11 attacks, thousands of airline passengers were redirected to a tiny Canadian town. The extraordinary events that followed have inspired a musical.

  • by Konrad Marshall
This little baby's mother had every right to be fully informed of cytomegalovirus and the potential risks it posed. As we all should have been informed, decades before this.

It's outrageous that pregnant women haven't been told this

In the early stages of pregnancy, I contracted an often symptom-free virus most women have already had.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
McGuire felt physically ill after making fun of amputee

McGuire felt physically ill after making fun of amputee

The Collingwood president was not believed to have been wearing his glasses when he made the comment.

  • by Jon Pierik
The headstone of Ivan Mamchur, a Ukrainian prison guard and military veteran who was murdered in Rivne, a city in western Ukraine.

Russia ordered a killing that made no sense. Then the assassin started talking

The target lived on the sixth floor of a cheerless building. Oleg Smorodinov found him there, and waited.

  • by Michael Schwirtz
​Sydney garbage truck driver Ian Juurik, who ran over a homeless man sleeping on a mattress, leaves court on Monday after being acquitted of negligent driving causing death.

Garbage truck driver cleared after fatally running over homeless man

Ian Juurik drove over and killed an emaciated homeless man after mistaking him for a pile of blankets.

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Politics

Battling for your vote: Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten.

Morrison and Shorten's budget battle to lower taxes

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will head to the May election locked in a high-stakes battle over income tax cuts.

  • by Shane Wright and Eryk Bagshaw

World

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Population 1408, but this tiny town is a big event sort of place

Population 1408, but this tiny town is a big event sort of place

Award-winning bakery: check. Potential for small business: check. Close to a capital city: check. Welcome to an 1800s town with a 2019 approach.

  • by Nicole Frost
'It's definitely more expensive here': What it's like to rent in London

'It's definitely more expensive here': What it's like to rent in London

About 41,000 Aussies call the UK capital home but it can be a culture shock, in more ways than one, on first arrival, especially in such a tight market.

  • by Sam Buckingham-Jones

Business

Foxtel

The true picture of Foxtel's financial health is becoming clearer

A key debt milestone for Foxtel is looming.

  • by John McDuling and Jennifer Duke

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Entertainment

Cam and Jules from Married At First Sight.

'Embarrassed to be there': MAFS' Jules on finding love amid a reality TV 'circus'

It's become more focused on cheating scandals and on-air shouting matches, but Married at First Sight finally found its overdue happy ending on Sunday.

  • by Robert Moran
Matt Le Nevez and Asher Keddie, Offspring publicity by John Tsiavis. Courtesy of Network Ten

Great ideas to save Oz film and TV, but government just isn't listening

A Senate committee tabled its report on the future of film and TV production in this country last week. Just don't expect the government to respond.

  • by Karl Quinn

Lifestyle

Smarter living

Sharing teen's photos

This is when to stop posting pictures of your children on social media

When they were little, my girls were delighted to have their pictures on Facebook. Then the rules shifted.

  • by Fiona McIntosh
Maserati.

A Maserati experience so exclusive you can't even buy it

No matter how much cash you have, this drive experience is off limits.

  • by Toby Hagon
The LG CordZero R9 has a flat face, which isn't the most attractive but it comes in handy.
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Home tech

LG robo-vac puts you in the driver's seat

  • by Cynthia Karena
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Sport

Australia has swept its ODI series against Pakistan, winning the fifth and final match after Usman Khawaja made 98.

Aussies crush Pakistan 5-0 in ODI series

Australia grabbed an eighth consecutive ODI win, their first 5-0 series victory overseas since 2008, and no shortage of World Cup momentum.

  • by Rob Forsaith
Winning never gets old: 37-year-old Roger Federer with his trophy in Miami on Sunday.

Winning never gets old as Roger Federer claims 101st title

Roger Federer became tennis's first repeat champion of 2019 when he won his 101st career title by beating a hobbled John Isner on Sunday in the Miami Open.

  • by Steven Vine

NRL

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