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'I thought it was a hoax': Uber drivers poised to get $14,000 bonus

'I thought it was a hoax': Uber drivers poised to get $14,000 bonus

'I thought it was a hoax': Uber drivers poised to get $14,000 bonus

About 5000 lucky Australian drivers will get a share of millions in bonuses next week. Is it generosity, or do they have other things in mind?

  • by Paul Sakkal

Cool Christianity: the fast-growing church movement that drives our PM

Cool Christianity: the fast-growing church movement that drives our PM

Scott Morrison's rise to the prime ministership has put the spotlight on his Pentecostal faith, one of Australia’s fastest-growing religions.

  • by Jacqueline Maley

8,000,000 per cent inflation: The world's 'most miserable' economy

A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish: “Venezuela, a country without food, medicine, light, and water. Only people.”

For the fifth-straight year, Venezuela has been saddled with an unwanted title.

  • by Michelle Jamrisko and Catarina Saraiva

Australia, the housing market is not the economy

The falls in national capital city house prices are the sharpest in the post-WWII period, says NAB economist Kieran Davies.

If you think the economy's fate is inextricably tied up with what happens to the price of bricks and mortar, you are wrong.

  • by Clancy Yeates

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Folau is dedicated to the truth-as-he-sees-it. For that he should be applauded

Folau is dedicated to the truth-as-he-sees-it. For that he should be applauded

They try to tell the truth as they see it. If that offends people, perhaps the real questions are for those so easily aggrieved.

  • by Elizabeth Farrelly
Billionaires raced to give cash to rebuild Notre-Dame. Then came the backlash

Billionaires raced to give cash to rebuild Notre-Dame. Then came the backlash

Within hours of the fire that destroyed much of the cathedral on Monday, donors pledged more than $1.5 billion.

  • by James McAuley
After being booed by his own fans, taunted in New York, Ben Simmons put on a show

After being booed by his own fans, taunted in New York, Ben Simmons put on a show

His jump shot may be ugly but the Australian put on one hell of a show in game three against Brooklyn.

  • by Mike Sielski
Good battle: Bulldogs half Lachlan Lewis locks horns with Souths skipper Sam Burgess.
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NRL 2019

Rabbitohs make hard work of dispatching struggling Bulldogs

It's fair to say Souths fans would have found it hard to sit through the final half-hour against Canterbury.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
NRL chief fears de Belin scandal could cost game 'hundreds of millions'

NRL chief fears de Belin scandal could cost game 'hundreds of millions'

In a sworn affadavit NRL CEO insists broadcasters told him the next television rights deal could fall dramatically.

  • by Sam Phillips
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Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price was under pressure to sign-off on the Adani project before the election.
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Environment Minister ordered Adani meeting the day MPs asked for approval

The timing of Melissa Price's meeting request raises questions over the extent to which lobbying influenced her decision-making, an accusation she rejects.

  • by Nicole Hasham

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Take a look at the world's tallest building made of wood

Take a look at the world's tallest building made of wood

The 18-storey tower eclipses the previous record by a mammoth 32 metres but despite the benefits of timber, why don't we have more of them in Australia?

  • by Kell Andersen
Incredible Greek mansion built into a cliff for sale for $8.65m

Incredible Greek mansion built into a cliff for sale for $8.65m

To get around tough planning laws, 4500 tonnes of earth were shifted to build this seven-bedroom house into a cliff overlooking the Aegean. It's now for sale.

  • by Melissa Heagney

Business

Lynas said it sees value in operating cracking and leaching operations closer to its resource in Western Australia.

Lynas hit by fresh allegations of 'illegal' waste storage

Lynas has been forced to deny fresh allegations it has breached Malaysian regulations by storing more than 1.5 million tonnes of waste on-site for years.

  • by Colin Kruger

Small business

Attitude problem? Performance reviews can be frustrating unless specifics are given.

The odd things managers say

  • by James Adonis
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Mr Spock (Ethan Peck) on the bridge of the USS Enterprise.
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This above all: to thine own Spock be true

Star Trek actor Ethan Peck reflects on Discovery's thrilling second season finale. Warning: spoilers. 

  • by Michael Idato
Director Jim Jarmusch’s zombie film The Dead Don’t Die will open the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14.

Zombies to star at Cannes Film Festival, but no Netflix or Tarantino

Netflix films won't show at Cannes this year, but organisers indicated they are willing to change their minds about the streaming giant in the future.

  • by Sarah White

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I block my children's friends on Instagram - this is why

As soon as I get a notification they have started following me, I immediately block them and move on with my day.

  • by Bianca Wordley
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The new $16 million Aston Martin you can never drive

They're brand new, cost millions of dollars and look half a century old - and Australian's can't drive them.

  • by Toby Hagon
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Good battle: Bulldogs half Lachlan Lewis locks horns with Souths skipper Sam Burgess.
BULLDOGS 6 RABBITOHS 14
NRL 2019

Rabbitohs make hard work of dispatching struggling Bulldogs

Souths beat a spirited Canterbury 14-6 on Good Friday but did their best to throw the game away in a scoreless second half.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
Legal fight: Jack De Belin arrives at the Federal Court on Thursday with his manager Steve Gillis.

NRL chief fears de Belin scandal could cost game 'hundreds of millions'

In a sworn affadavit to the Federal Court, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg says broadcasters have told him the next television rights deal could fall dramatically.

  • by Sam Phillips

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