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Cost of government secrecy: Campaign for the right to know fights the darkness
Australia's major media outlets are uniting to pressure the federal government to increase transparency and protect whistleblowers.
- by David Crowe and Jenny Noyes
'Crazy stuff': Residents' fears grow over motorway tunnels under homes
Residents fear plans to tunnel 15 metres or shallower beneath for an underground spaghetti junction in Sydney's inner west will leave their properties "uninhabitable and unsellable".
- by Megan Gorrey
Breaking
Media & marketing
Seven offloads Pacific Magazines to Bauer for $40m
The Woman's Day publisher Bauer Media has snapped up Pacific Magazines.
- by Jennifer Duke
Opinion
Federal budget
Morrison's surplus obsession is hurting the economy
If the PM keeps playing politics while doing nothing to stop the economy sliding into recession, nothing will save him from voters' wrath
- by Ross Gittins
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Explainer
Press freedom
'A culture of secrecy': What the Your Right to Know campaign is about
Media companies say their journalists are being stopped from holding the powerful to account. What's stopping them? What do they want government to do about it? Why should you care?
- by Fergus Hunter
Opinion
Moore Park sports precinct
The travesty of central Sydney's frumpy, neglected park where almost no-one goes
Soon the population in nearby Green Square will exceed Hong Kong’s, but still there is no commitment to revive parkland set aside by Lachlan Macquarie.
- by Vivienne Skinner
Opinion
Rugby World Cup
Late Cheik out: Time for Wallabies rebuild and not a moment too soon
It always hurts when the Wallabies lose to England but their is a silver lining - the baffling reign of Michael Cheika is at an end.
- by Greg Growden
The 'geriatrics and ex-crims' behind the largest cocaine seizure in Australian history
More than 1.4 tonnes of cocaine were concealed on the Elakha, a yacht intercepted about 370 kilometres off the NSW south coast in February 2017.
- by Lucy Cormack
WiseTech critic defiant on claims against $10b tech giant
Short-selling hedge fund J Capital Research remains defiant about its claims that WiseTech has overstated its earnings despite a detailed rebuttal by analysts.
- by Kylar Loussikian and Colin Kruger
Featured
Analysis
Rugby World Cup
Cheika's reign of error marked by unwanted Wallabies records
- by Georgina Robinson
Tight Five
Rugby World Cup
Rating the Wallabies: the players to keep and those who must go
- by Paul Cully
Sydney
'Red hot anger' as hundreds of Labor members attend 'emergency meetings'
Around 200 rank-and-file members attended an "emergency meeting" of the party's Left faction in Sydney on Sunday.
- by Lisa Visentin and Alexandra Smith
Man dead, three others seriously injured after car hits motorcycles in northern NSW
The four men were all riding motorcycles when they collided with a car on Sunday afternoon.
- by Jenny Noyes
Day-zero: Water supplies in regional towns will impact on Sydney's population
A leading regional economist has warned fears about water could discourage Sydney residents from moving to regional towns at the same time as the economic effects of the drought force workers to depart country areas in search of opportunities.
- by Matt Wade and Eryk Bagshaw
National
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Waste
Millions of litres of toxic waste found in rubble of burnt-down warehouse
- by Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Avoid using Afterpay if you want a home loan, mortgage brokers warn
- by Laura Chung and Colin Kruger
Politics
Don't hit the panic button: Treasurer
Josh Frydenberg says it is "not a time to panic" over tumbling growth.
- by David Crowe
Business
Qantas boss Joyce 'optimistic' new ultra-long haul routes will happen
Qantas boss Alan Joyce says he is optimistic he will green-light the airline’s so-called “Project Sunrise” and start flying non-stop services from New York and London to Australia’s east coast in 2023.
- by Patrick Hatch
Exclusive
Oral health
Investigation launched into marketing of clear teeth straighteners
- by Adele Ferguson
World
Violence on the streets of Hong Kong after tens of thousands defy ban
Protesters set fire to train station entrances as police use water cannons and tear gas after residents take to the streets for the 20th week.
- by Kirsty Needham
'Folks misunderstood': Mick Mulvaney denies confirming Ukraine quid pro quo
- by Katie Rogers and Emily Cochrane
Editor's Picks
Property bydomain
'Flurry of activity': Buyers rush to get in before Christmas
With fewer homes for sale, the rush to buy property in Sydney continues but with more homes expected to hit the market, it may not last.
- by Melissa Heagney
'Boring, ridiculous, lazy': The Block judges lash teams for giving up
Lack of cash is really showing in what the contestants are revealing each week, but the judges are far from impressed with those who aren't trying any more.
- by Simone Mitchell
Culture
'They're cowards': How Aussie TV is failing our top young comedians
Australian comedy is having a world-class moment, not that you'd know it looking at our local TV screens.
- by Robert Moran
Pharrell denounced Blurred Lines, others should join the club
Pharrell Williams has latched onto an opinion long overdue: his song Blurred Lines isn't great.
- by Robert Moran
Lifestyle
Explainer
Sustainable fashion
Where do your old clothes go when you don't want them any more?
- by Melissa Singer
Food bygoodfood
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Sport
Bitter end: Cheika reveals friction with RA as Wallabies coach falls on sword
Michael Cheika's reign as Australian rugby's head coach ended on Sunday, the day after his side's quarter-final humbling again at the hands of England.
- by Tom Decent
This was one of the most mindless acts of violence seen in World Cup history
Lock Sebastien Vahaamahina's sending-off against Wales proved fatal to France's hopes of earning a spot in the semi-finals.
- by Steve Douglas
NRL
