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Taxpayers' bill for advertising hits $136 million as Scott Morrison prepares to call election
The government has ramped up its marketing and advertising campaigns to $136 million in contracts since the beginning of this year, according to tender documents that reveal the cost to taxpayers.
- by David Crowe
What Australia's 'economic miracle' is teaching the rest of the world
Australia's 28-year run without a recession is teaching the world plenty of economic lessons. But one in particular stands out.
- by Neil Irwin
'Consider if you are up to the job': Liberals preselect email-happy candidate
Liberal Party preselectors have chosen a colourful local builder and engineer who has a history of railing against party officials he deems incompetent.
- by Jacob Saulwick
Ethiopian Airlines flight was in trouble after just 12 seconds: sources
A complicated picture of what happened in the cockpit of the doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10 is emerging.
- by Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed
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'It's an absolute con': Backlash over plans to retire iconic Sydney ferry fleet
A surge in demand from passengers on Sundays is one of the reasons given for retaining Sydney's beloved Freshwater ferries, the biggest in the state's fleet.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Woman left with 'mullet' after salon trip fails to win $30,000 payout
An appointment with a hair salon resulted in a $30,000 claim for damages after a woman's hair fell out.
- by Tom Cowie
Three days' leave for a 10-day holiday? It's not too good to be true this year
It's the Holy Grail of holidays: 10 days off for the price of three days' leave.
- by Matilda Boseley and Michael Fowler
'The American dream is lost': Billionaire takes aim at Donald Trump
American society is in crisis, says the billionaire founder of the world's biggest hedge fund.
- by Mark Niquette
Convicted killer who removed electronic bracelet still believed to be in Sydney
Damien Anthony Peters pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering two lovers in his Surry Hills flat.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Opinion & Perspectives
Politics
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Ipsos poll
Ipsos poll: Voters embrace the budget but Morrison government stalls
Only 29 per cent of voters thought Tuesday's budget was unfair – the lowest result on this question over more than two decades.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Ipsos poll
Ipsos poll offers only a rough guide to the Liberal Party's uncertain fate
- by David Crowe
World
US Homeland Security Secretary is out over Mexican border policy
- by Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
Property bydomain
Owning a house is the Australian dream, but I miss my apartment
Apartment living is certainly on the rise, but now that I've moved to a house in the suburbs, I'm not convinced.
- by Melissa Gerke
The race is on to fix a common home feature before it's too late
Amid increasing fears of the impact of its surging demand, the challenge now is revolutionising something many take for granted.
- by Kate Burke
Business
Optus fined for political donation 'carelessness'
Singtel Optus has been fined $25,000 in the NSW Land and Environment Court after failing to disclose thousands of dollars worth of political donations.
- by Jennifer Duke
Lynas confirms expansion plans to 'mitigate' Malaysian sovereign risk
- by Colin Kruger and Darren Gray
Small business
Entertainment
Queen + Adam Lambert to tour Australia after Bohemian Rhapsody success
Queen will return to Australia for a stadium tour in 2020, with singer Adam Lambert on lead vocals.
- by Martin Boulton
'This is why I’m doing it': Brooke Boney on her viral Today moment
"The response, I have to say, was a bit bigger than I'd expected," the Today star recalls of her headline-making moment in her first week on the job.
- by Robert Moran
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Easter unwrapped: CHOICE reveals the best-tasting chocolate eggs and bunnies
CHOICE put 14 kids in a room with loads of chocolate to determine which Easter treats taste the best.
- by Suzi Catchpole
When did indoor plants become the latest status symbol?
Don't believe your local Bunnings - indoor plants bring nothing but misery.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Life at triple speed: how to listen to 36 hours of podcasts a day
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Tim Biggs
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Sport
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Super Rugby
Revealed: How NSW led push to overturn Super Rugby revamp
Australian rugby's state powerbrokers were considering a sensational vote against proposed changes to Super Rugby at Rugby Australia's AGM on Monday.
- by Georgina Robinson
Smith piles on runs in patient display to end form, fitness worries
Steve Smith laid to rest any concerns about his fitness and form ahead of the naming of Australia's World Cup squad with his first half century of the IPL.
NRL
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Match report
Cool Corey has golden touch for Red V in another NRL nail-biter
- by Adam Pengilly
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Sea Eagles
Tom Trbojevic out for up to nine weeks as Manly ace re-injures hamstring
- by Sam Phillips
