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When the Reserve Bank lowers interest rates tomorrow, it will be firing off one of the last six shots remaining in the chamber. The warning signs point to an exceptionally weak economy susceptible to a growing list of international shocks, writes Ian Verrender.
By business editor Ian Verrender
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Kristina Keneally's appointment as Shadow Home Affairs Minister will pit her directly against Peter Dutton in a role that could determine her career in federal politics.
By political reporter Alexandra Beech
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David Warner plays a very different role in Australia's win over Afghanistan … and it feels a little strange, writes Geoff Lemon from Bristol.
By Geoff Lemon in Bristol
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Sitting with the elders of Swan Hill felt a world away from the politics of Canberra.These are the people we don't see; the voices we don't hear, writes Stan Grant.
By Indigenous affairs analyst Stan Grant
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Over the past year, I've been trying to cut my carbon footprint by 75 per cent through a different experiment each week. This is what I've discovered, writes Jo Clay.
By Jo Clay
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The Coalition's election victory was born in a "sliding doors" moment almost 12 months ago when a matter of votes could have swayed May's election outcome, writes Tom Iggulden.
By Tom Iggulden
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Little is known — but a lot is expected — of Australia's current women's football coach, Ante Milicic. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup in France, the former Socceroo speaks exclusively to the ABC about his passion for the game and what it means to lead the Matildas on the game's biggest stage.
By network sport editor David Mark
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Weakness in retail, construction and business investment is expected to drag GDP growth down to the lowest level since 2009 when first quarter data is released this week.
By business reporter Stephen Letts
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The road to Madrid and a Champions League final against Liverpool has been a rocky one, writes Timothy Fernandez, sparked by an unlikely superstar and steered by a master manager.
By Timothy Fernandez
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In his final press conference, marking the end of his Super Rugby career, David Pocock perfectly illustrated what his legacy to the game, and Australian sport, would be.
By
Brett McKay
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On Sunday Scott Morrison will become the first Australian Prime Minister to visit Honiara in more than a decade. And though the visit is being framed in the Pacific tug-of-war with China, it goes deeper than that, writes Nick Sas.
By Nick Sas
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If Scott Morrison's job in this term of the Parliament is to run a better government, it is Anthony Albanese's job to switch the political focus on to the Coalition, writes Laura Tingle.
By Laura Tingle
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England finally got the 2019 Cricket World Cup underway with a 104-run victory over South Africa at the Oval, featuring a stunning Ben Stokes catch to end the phoney war, writes Geoff Lemon.
By Geoff Lemon
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Labor this week has looked like a routed army forced to regroup while it is still bandaging wounds and burying its dead. Can its former general, Bill Shorten, survive the changing of the guard? writes Michelle Grattan.
By Michelle Grattan
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The premise of an AFL mid-season draft seemed honourable, but the reality is it has created an unmanageable situation for clubs at lower levels.
By Neil Cross
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The NRL's tacit support of two players deciding not to sing the national anthem before next week's State of Origin I illustrates it is showing leadership in Indigenous affairs, writes Richard Hinds.
Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds
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It cost Israel Folau millions and made Nike billions. Embracing inclusion in sport isn't just about being on the right side of history, it can be the difference between moral and financial bankruptcy.
By Georgie Tunny
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It felt as if the winds of change were blowing through the Catholic Church after the royal commission. But a new defence has rejected some of its key findings in relation to one of its most notorious paedophile priests, writes Louise Milligan.
By Louise Milligan
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Australia's richest 200 people can afford a toast, with their wealth growing more than 20 per cent over the past year alone.
By business reporter Michael Janda
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I was on Mt Everest the day of the viral traffic jam. But from my vantage point on the north side on my sixth climb to the summit, the view was very different, writes Lydia Bradey.
By Lydia Bradey