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This terrier breed has killed four Australians this year
The dog attack death in Mill Park in Melbourne's north-east on Wednesday was at least the fourth death this year caused by purebred or mixed-bred American Staffordshire terriers.
- by Yan Zhuang and Zach Hope
Climbing debt is hitting household spending: RBA
RBA officials have found a 10 per cent increase in debt could reduce household spending by 0.3 per cent.
- by Shane Wright
'Bomber' convicted but strolls free from court despite large drug stash
Former AFL great Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson walked from court on Thursday a convicted criminal 18 months after police found 481 ecstasy pills and large quantities of ice in his Port Melbourne home.
- by Erin Pearson
Telstra outage disrupts payment and ATMs for big banks, Woolies and Caltex
The outage affected some eftpos terminals and access to ATMs across the country for 'a number of enterprise customers nationally', Telstra said.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Ben Weir
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Smith scores 50, but Australia back in trouble after two more wickets fall
Follow all the action as Australia and England play for a spot in the World Cup final against New Zealand.
- by Andrew Wu
Hua-what? Huawei trademarks misspellings
Huawei was once a big company no one had heard of. Now it's the giant company whose name no one can spell.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
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Whitlam's surprising 60th birthday detour revealed
After 43 years, former Whitlam staffer tells story of his boss's birthday wish - because even Gough found it funny.
- by Richard Whitington
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Healthcare
Breast implant ban, recall proposed by TGA
Texture breast implants ban recommended following review into their links to a rare form of cancer.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Indonesia
Deal with your own 'toxic' waste, says Jakarta
Foreign ministry weighs in to recycling issue, saying it should not have to deal with waste from other nations.
- by James Massola
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Grandfather killed in bus crash 'took the brunt' to save passengers
- by Michael Fowler and Zach Hope
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Regulation
Banks blasted over worthless insurance as watchdog flags compo cases
- by John Collett
AFL
Hawk granted his wish: Birchall back after two-year absence
More than 700 days since his last AFL appearance, veteran Hawthorn defender Grant Birchall will make his long-awaited return in his home state of Tasmania.
- by Scott Spits
Opinion
AFL 2019
Out-of-form Cox needs to get back to basics
The best piece of advice for out-of-form Magpies forward Mason Cox right now would be to forget last year's preliminary final heroics and get back to basics.
- by Wayne Carey
Politics
RBA research shows climbing debt is hitting household spending
RBA officials have found a 10 per cent increase in debt could reduce household spending by 0.3 per cent.
- by Shane Wright
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'Gone With the Wind' mansion in Georgia to be auctioned
Twelve Oaks, which is in the historic southern town of Covington, was in a rundown condition when the present owners bought the house.
- by Colleen Hawkes
New competition helping Australian office workers go green
Some of the country’s landmark buildings and largest companies are racing to see who can reduce their carbon footprint.
- by Jack Needham
Business
'You get desperate': how Billie-Rose got stuck with junk insurance
Living off a disability pension, she thought the insurance on her new credit card was compulsory.
- by Catie McLeod
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Entertainment
Now there's a television show poking fun at why the West is wild
Writer-directors Dan and Luke Riches talk about why Perth's 'notorious' suburbs are taking a starring role in latest ABC comedy.
- by Cameron Myles
Bad sex, dodgy dates: This female comedy is antithesis of Sex and the City
Once again, Sharon Horgan pulls no punches - everyone is varying degrees of awful - and it’s here she mines her comedy.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Nintendo announces cheaper, portable-only Switch Lite
The new system can't connect to a TV, but offers a smaller and less expensive way to access the Switch's library of games.
- by Tim Biggs
Emojis aren’t ruining language: they are enriching it
Instead of worrying that emoji is replacing competent language use, we can celebrate that emojis are creating a richer form of online communication.
- by Lauren Gawne
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Sport
Handscomb in, Maxwell retained, for World Cup semi final
World Cup semis have a way of delivering drama and tonight's Australia-England blockbuster at Edgbaston, to decide who meets New Zealand in Sunday's final, promises to be no different.
- by Jon Pierik
Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final LIVE: Australia vs England
Follow all the action as Australia and England play for a spot in the World Cup final against New Zealand.
- by Andrew Wu
