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Heatwave kicks in with Friday's temperature revised upwards
While Christmas Day is looking good, the same can't be said for Friday with the temperature upgraded from 41 to 43 degrees. Melbourne hit a scorching 39.7 degrees just before 3pm today, and the mercury could sneak up another degree.
- by Robyn Grace and Rachel Eddie
New NAB chief says bank must lift its game, tells senior execs 'fear me'
National Australia Bank's new chief executive Ross McEwan says the bank must lift its game and has told senior executives to "fear me" if they have deliberately ripped off customers
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
White Island eruption
Victims' dignity betrayed as NZ's 'unique' system lets tour operators off the hook
Many tourists to NZ aren't aware the government has extinguished legal rights they take for granted at home.
- by Rod Hodgson
Jetstar says it won't bow to 'standover tactics' as strikes resume
Jetstar has declared it won't by influenced by "standover tactics" as ground crew and baggage-handlers prepare to walk off the job on Thursday amid a stand-off over pay and conditions.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Road safety
'Practical joke' may have led to young mum's death in tow-bar tragedy
Police release images of two trucks they say were involved in a fatal accident that saw part of a tow bar smash through a car's windscreen, killing a young mother.
- by Paul Sakkal
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UK politics
'Scexit?': Could Scotland leave the UK (and rejoin the EU)?
Talk of Scottish independence has come up again. What are the chances? And how would it work?
- by Maher Mughrabi
Hopes fading in New Zealand volcano retrieval mission
Authorities say the two bodies missing after the eruption have been washed out to sea and may never be found.
- by Ben McKay
Google settles $481.5m tax bill with the ATO after decade-long dispute
Google has reached a settlement worth almost half-a-billion dollars with Tax Office after dispute over its tax practices.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Jennifer Duke
Jail for club boss who took $350k after 'getting used to nice things'
Former general manager of an exclusive women's club is off to prison after ripping off work to fund lavish lifestyle.
- by Christine McGinn
Featured
Fine arts boom as budding uni students shun practical degrees
- by Michael Fowler, Craig Butt and Adam Carey
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Informer 3838
Ex-police chief Christine Nixon says she was not told about Nicola Gobbo
As she joins a string of retired senior police to be quizzed at the royal commission, Ms Nixon says she didn’t find out about Informer 3838 ‘until it became public’.
- by Tammy Mills
Explainer
Power outage
Day from hell: why the grid melts down in summer sun
The wheels start to fall off most energy infrastructure when it’s hot. How come? And what are the solutions?
- by Michael Bachelard
Inflation nightclub owner awarded $90,000 over defamation by police
Melbourne nightclub owner awarded damages after five-year battle with police over defamatory comments.
- by Cameron Houston
National
Politics
Out-of-pocket specialist costs spike at triple the rate of inflation
New health data shows how much each electorate pays to see a doctor, with Australians now paying an average $83 to see a specialist.
- by Dana McCauley
Business
ISignthis top customer in hot water over trading without a licence
FCorp, a company that is a key customer of iSignthis's European arm, has been ordered to shut down by Germany's financial regulator for alleged unlicensed trading.
- by Sarah Danckert
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QBE takes hit due to 'unusual' weather but dodges climate change issue
- by Charlotte Grieve and Clancy Yeates
World
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UK election
Creative, actually: 'Digi Kiwis' lift the lid on Boris Johnson's video masterstroke
The 20-somethings behind the viral UK election video explain how they made it.
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion
Those people who lost the election for British Labour hate the working class
Chris Uhlmann
Nine News Political Editor
Is Bodyline back in 2019? Nope, not even close
Jon Pierik
Cricket writer for The Age
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Property bydomain
What Australia's big new housing projects and public spaces are missing
Megaprojects in our major cities have a key difference compared to global hotspots in the US and Europe - but two international capitals suggest a path forward.
- by Mike Harris
Barack Obama buys $US11.75 million house on Martha's Vineyard: reports
The Obamas are well-known summer residents of the island, spending every August there bar one during the former president’s two terms in the White House.
- by Jemimah Clegg
Culture
If you like absurd and crass humour, then this is the show for you
With so many entertainment options, it's easy to miss brilliant streaming shows, movies and documentaries. Here are the ones to hit play on, or skip.
- by Brad Newsome
Struggling for new books for your kids? Here are some for range of ages
If you're looking for some magic reading for the young readers in your family, here's a selection of books for children to teens from the past year.
- by Frances Atkinson
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Visual art
Sotheby's all finished in Australia but auction house far from done
- by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
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Sporting rules
AFL scraps golden point rule to decide grand final draws
The possibility of a premiership being decided by a golden point has been scrapped after the AFL commission decided to change the extra time rules.
- by Peter Ryan
Cricket Australia flags more grass for Boxing Day pitch
CA chief forecasts a greener MCG wicket next week than in previous Boxing Day Tests as he looks to assuage fears about another pitch disaster.
- by Daniel Cherny
Another trainer hit with cobalt charge
Racing Victoria stewards have maintained their strong stance against cobalt breaches, charging trainer Jenny Gow-Whyte with administration of the drug to affect race performance.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Finch has 'no doubt' Maxwell will return to ODI side
Australian one-day captain Aaron Finch has “no doubt” close mate Glenn Maxwell will return to the national 50-over side despite his omission from the tour of India next month.
- by Daniel Cherny
Coleman would've been 'nice' but Brown all team in 2020
North Melbourne's Ben Brown is honest enough to admit winning the Coleman medal would have been nice but it will be the last thing driving him in 2020.
- by Peter Ryan
Harris on outer again as Renegades name squad
Axed Test opener has been squeezed from another team, missing selection in the Renegades squad for their season opener against Sydney Thunder.
- by Daniel Cherny
Freo veteran breaks leg while riding bike with his children
David Mundy took part in training for two weeks after incident but reported soreness on Friday and was sent for scans that uncovered the fracture.
Have Your Say
Was Paine on the right line invoking Bodyline?
Tim Paine may have stoked memories of Bodyline in Perth but this is a different time with different conditions to the infamous Ashes series.
