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‘Ringing alarm bells’: Business panic mounts on Dutton’s migration numbers

The Coalition plans to cut Australia’s net migration.

The opposition leader’s plans to cut net migration to 160,000 – a figure 100,000 less than next year’s forecast – has horrified Australia’s business lobby.

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‘The plane just dropped’: One dead, 30 injured as turbulence forces flight to make emergency landing

‘The plane just dropped’: One dead, 30 injured as turbulence forces flight to make emergency landing

The Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok due to bad weather conditions causing ‘severe turbulence’.

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

The PM’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

Follow the light: How Transurban tricked everyone into driving faster through the Burnley Tunnel
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Follow the light: How Transurban tricked everyone into driving faster through the Burnley Tunnel

These green bars of light send a subliminal signal to drivers and Transurban says the move is working as intended.

Already binged Bridgerton? Here are seven other great period dramas to watch

From The Great to Downton Abbey, there are plenty of period dramas to binge after Bridgerton.

If you’ve worked your way through Netflix’s juicy drama, get your fill of corsets, cravats and torrid love affairs with these other period drama shows.

More young people than ever identify as LGBTQ. But is it easier to be queer today?

Enfys (left) and Jemma are part of the Minus 18 youth leadership program.

What’s it like to grow up queer in modern times? Three Gen Z Australians share their stories.

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Australia leads the world in the use of this oxymoronic term

During this year’s budget there was one recurrent word association that appeared more than others.

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Jamarra Ugle-Hagan recreated Nicky Winmar’s famous moment in a game last year.
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The number of Indigenous AFL players has plunged - and it’s going to get worse

Recruiters tell me the number of Indigenous AFL players is likely to fall even more next year due and worsen from there. Here’s why.

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Australia backs ICC’s role, but says ‘no equivalence’ between Israel and Hamas

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

If the international court were to find Israel’s PM and defence chief as well as three Hamas leaders guilty of war crimes, they would not be allowed into Australia.

Government urged to ban AI-generated election materials

There are fears deepfakes of Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton could be used to spread misinformation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky puts the “you” in Ukraine in Kyiv.

Zelensky pushes allies to step up and fight war that ‘no one even notices’

On the fifth anniversary of his inauguration, the comedian-turned-wartime leader says his allies need to push so-called “red lines”.

Supermarket self-checkouts must die. And no, I don’t wish to print a receipt

Gif showing how cameras monitor the self-service checkout at supermarkets

Supermarkets’ faith in customers’ ability to negotiate the self-checkout appears to be fading faster than a BBQ chicken after six hours in the bain-marie.

This is what good financial planning really looks like

You might ask what a two-month sojourn in New York has to do with personal finance, but good planning goes well beyond just the numbers.

You might ask what a two-month sojourn in New York has to do with personal finance, but good planning goes well beyond just the numbers.

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Your life will never be the same after visiting this unfinished masterpiece

Here’s how to get the best out of a visit to Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece in Barcelona.

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Victoria

From Pratt to Fox to Dalidakis: Who gets time with Jacinta Allan

From Pratt to Fox to Dalidakis: Who gets time with Jacinta Allan

The first full release of three months of MPs’ diaries reveals familiar names meeting Spring Street figures, including Anthony Pratt, Lindsay Fox’s family and unionists.

My suburb’s a sleepy paradise until the SUPs and MAMILs swoop in

Walkers enjoying a stroll on Aspendale beach.

It’s a sleepy paradise from Monday to Friday, a blip on Nepean Highway on the way to Frankston. But my suburb is transformed on weekends.

Their house values could fall 20% after shock change. The push is on for a fix

Kensington Banks photographed this month.

Property experts say house prices in an inner Melbourne estate could drop by up to 20 per cent after revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.

No more ATAR? The Melbourne schools testing a new measure of year 12 achievement

Wurun Senior Campus principal Chris Millard, student Kobe Hope and leading teacher Lucy Marshall.

Critical thinking, collaboration and communication are being measured to provide a rounded view of a student’s skills.

‘Alarming for a young kid’: What a father and son found at missing campers’ abandoned site

New photos of the burnt Wonnangatta camp site were shown to the jury for the first time on Monday.

A burnt campsite, an Esky full of food, a handbag on the passenger seat of a car. The first people to come across Russell Hill and Carol Clay’s campsite have described the scene to a jury.

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AFL 2024

Jordan De Goey will miss this weekend’s game.
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First-class cricketer and son of an ex-Dockers gun to debut for Magpies as De Goey out with ‘fresh injury’

Collingwood have introduced two players with sporting pedigrees to make their debut on Friday night with Jordan De Goey to miss against Fremantle.

The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft

The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft

Meet Jasper Scaife, the forward with an infamous work ethic whose WAFL coach thinks he has such a booming kick he could be a punter in the NFL if he doesn’t make it in Australian rules footy.

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Carlton players, including star midfielder Sam Walsh, meet Ange Postecoglou.

Carlton stars join Tottenham fanfare but avoid breaking the ‘No Sherrin’ rule

Carlton players ventured down to AAMI Park for Tottenham’s open training, but didn’t break the ‘No Sherrin’ rule.

Luke Parker’s collision with Josh Smith.

Swans star Parker suspended for six weeks after ugly VFL collision

The VFL tribunal found Luke Parker had failed in his duty of care in a challenge that left an opponent with facial fractures and concussion.

Rafael Nadal.

A fairytale ending is unlikely for Rafael Nadal, Australian great predicts

Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge believes retirement-bound legend Rafael Nadal is long odds to achieve a fairytale Roland-Garros farewell in the next fortnight.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou.

From Cold Chisel to Hotspur: ‘Big Ange’ calls the tune

Ange Postecoglou is back at home, but he is a long way from where he started. It’s been a ride like no other in Australian sport.

Alex Carey can now say he enjoyed the 2023 Ashes series, though he learned it is impossible to please everyone.

‘I haven’t got too many close friends in that team’: Carey opens up on Ashes abuse

At times in England, following his stumping of Jonny Bairstow, Alex Carey was reluctant to venture out in public.

Jordan De Goey will miss this weekend’s game.
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AFL 2024

First-class cricketer and son of an ex-Dockers gun to debut for Magpies as De Goey out with ‘fresh injury’

Collingwood have introduced two players with sporting pedigrees to make their debut on Friday night with Jordan De Goey to miss against Fremantle.

Steph Catley celebrates scoring for Arsenal.

Catley’s Gunners will be main event at Marvel Stadium. Next step for women’s football: the MCG

Women’s football powerhouse Arsenal will have the prime-time slot of a global football double-header at Marvel Stadium. While that’s a positive step, star defender - and Matildas captain - Steph Catley still dreams of the day she’ll get to play on the MCG.

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