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  1. 38 minutes ago

    The Herald Sun's editor of seven years, Damon Johnston, has been moved to News Corp's national newspaper, The Australian, as Victorian editor

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  2. 58 minutes ago

    Wealthy Australians receive double the financial support for retirement from taxpayers than those on the lowest incomes, reveals a bombshell government paper.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    BREAKING: Westpac chairman apologises "unreservedly" for the bank's mass breach of anti-money laundering laws, backs CEO and orders review

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  4. 5 hours ago

    A police paperwork bungle could have led to James Gargasoulas being bailed a week before the Bourke Street massacre

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Every day, a new headline comes out stating that exercise is good for us. Yet what we’re not often told is exactly how exercise works to keep our body healthy – and that that not all types of exercise have the same effects.

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  6. 6 hours ago

    A working majority against serious action is always ready to emerge, writes Waleed Aly. | OPINION

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  7. 6 hours ago

    The Morrison government is being urged by a key crossbench senator to support a parliamentary inquiry into East Timor's controversial Greater Sunrise oil and gas project, in a bid to stop China funding the project and gaining access to a port off Darwin.

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  9. 7 hours ago

    Every horse in Australia will be traced from birth to death under a proposal which Victorian Racing Minister Martin Pakula hopes will gain the support of federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie.

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  10. 7 hours ago

    The Morrison government has set a target for 50 per cent of new refugees to settle in "regional" Australia by 2022 and will appoint a special migrant services co-ordinator in a bid to improve outcomes for recent arrivals.

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  11. 8 hours ago

    Treasurer Josh Frydenberg wants older Australians to go back and study, so they can keep in touch with the jobs market, work longer and boost the economy.

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  12. 9 hours ago

    With Australia’s emissions creeping up, not down, due to export LNG, it appears we can bring down Asia’s coal emissions or meet our Paris target, but not both.

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  13. 9 hours ago

    "I’m clean, and when I release my financial statement sometime prior to election, it will only show one thing - that I am much richer than people even thought. And that is a good thing," says.

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  14. 9 hours ago

    BREAKING: Westpac's board of directors is meeting to "get the facts straight" following accusations the bank breached Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws 23 million times

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  15. 10 hours ago

    Women who have never taken strike action before are picketing outside a cheese factory in Gippsland in protest against being paid $6 an hour less than their male co-workers

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  16. 10 hours ago

    Thousands of homes will remain in blackout until 5.30pm and some will be waiting until tomorrow morning, while lightning strikes in the state's north-east are keeping firefighters busy.

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    12 hours ago

    Thousands of Victorians remain without power this morning, after yesterday's wild winds and extreme heat. Greensborough station is also in the dark

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  20. 12 hours ago

    Fur from raccoons and raccoon dogs, which are often mistreated in the Chinese fur trade, is being sold in the Queen Victoria and South Melbourne markets and sometimes being passed off as fake fur. Warning: Graphic content

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