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Students who overstay visas ‘the modern version of boat arrivals’: Dutton
The opposition leader has revived a political clash over immigration, even as Labor knocks back student visas at record rates.
Supermarket CEOs to face second grilling as prices rise 20 per cent in five years
Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and Metcash chief executives will be summoned to front ACCC inquiry hearings due to begin in November.
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Donald Trump
If Donald Trump wins, Australia’s economy tanks
World-leading research into Donald Trump’s key economic policies shows they would cause huge damage to the US – and Australia wouldn’t escape unscathed.
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NRL 2024
Reynolds says players ‘blind-sided’ as Broncos split with coach Kevin Walters
One of Brisbane’s highest profile players on Thursday night said players were still awaiting communications from the club.
‘Put the team first’: Swans rally around shattered skipper Callum Mills
Callum Mills cut a forlorn figure as the Swans boarded a chartered flight to Melbourne ahead of their AFL grand final clash with the Brisbane Lions on Saturday.
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Crime
NSW school teacher charged with sexually touching multiple students
The 36-year-old has been charged with 30 counts of abusing students over a nine-month period.
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Earnings season
‘On its knees’: The Star to cut jobs, sell assets after $1.7b loss
The ailing casino operator finally delivered its full-year results on Thursday, after snagging a last-ditch $200 million loan from its banks.
Bullying, assault claims at Sydney school, girls arrested ‘unlawfully’
The “violent and shocking” assault of a year 9 girl was caught on CCTV. The police log recorded that “up to 30 students” were attacking staff and students.
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Middle East tensions
‘It’s mayhem’: Can all-out war in Lebanon be prevented?
Why has the war in the Middle East suddenly escalated? How bad is it looking? And what do Iran and the US want to happen?
France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero
Many call her “Gisele” as if they know her personally. In her chic image, they see themselves, their mothers, their grandmothers.
Opinion
Biology
Myth busted: The idea the brain doesn’t fully develop until 25 is wrong
If we accept that we don’t just “tick over” into adulthood, the idea that 18 should be the default age to drink, buy cigarettes, drive, vote and gamble begins to seem arbitrary.
Daniel Cash
Contributor
How scientists plan to use magnets to ‘cook’ cancer – without killing brain cells
Tiny particles that look like dirt could be heated by a magnetic field to target cancer cells deep within the brain.
Opinion
Jobs
How to quit a job with dignity (even if you don’t want to)
On average, we’ll leave jobs 12 times over the course of our lives. Here are some simple rules to follow to make the process easier.
Tim Duggan
Careers contributor
Modern Guru
Good Weekend
She’s wearing her dog’s ashes in what looks like a sex toy. Should we tell her?
Best not, writes our Modern Guru, although ...
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Tips & advice
The world needs to keep this joyful aspect of travelling alive
When your loved ones receive a postcard, they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.
Tim Richards
Travel writer
The mutt shoe beloved by Beyoncé and JLo making a comeback
Sneaker heels were everywhere in the 2010s. But the divisive shoe hybrid has a long history, from post-war athletic wear to hip hop.
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Political leadership
Memo to Dutton: It’s the final quarter, you’d better start kicking
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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NRL 2024
Toops and a boy named Sue: The one thing Joseph Suaalii will miss most about the NRL
Rugby Australia’s $4.8m man Joseph Suaalii knows his time with the Sydney Roosters is almost up – and there’s one person he will truly miss.
Craig Bellamy’s life in the belly of the beast of rugby league
From bush premierships as a teenager to NRL titles and a salary cap scandal, the Storm coach has experienced everything the greatest game of all has to offer.
Sydney
Passengers are flocking to Ubers at Sydney airport. Taxis will miss out on millions
Uber’s new rank and hail zone prompted a one-day strike by Sydney’s cab drivers. Now, NSW’s taxi boss warns the scheme will cost drivers a 20 per cent loss in fares.
Infamous Sydney child killer stabbed to death in jail
Aymen Terkmani was serving a lengthy sentence for an attack deemed “brutal and horrific” by the judge, with injuries “too gruesome to describe”.
Rapper charged with Marrickville murder released album from jail
Jacob Tammer-Spence, who raps under the name Snoee Badman, has been charged over the stabbing death of a man in Marrickville.
NSW parliament to hold ‘forever chemicals’ inquiry after drinking water contamination
The upper house inquiry will examine the presence of cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water following the closure of dams where PFAS were found.
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Crime
John Ibrahim revealed as alleged target of assassination attempt in Sydney’s east
Two gunmen were arrested near Ibrahim’s home in one of the city’s most affluent neighbourhoods.
See & Do
Monsters, torture and a week of sex – this 3000-year-old tale has got the lot
The ancient Epic of Gilgamesh was scratched into clay tablets long before paper was invented. Now it’s getting the operatic treatment.
The guitar legend who built his career on not playing solos
Andy Summers’ playing was a key part of the Police’s revolutionary sound.
Politics
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Middle East tensions
Australia joins US in plea for immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
Anthony Albanese has joined world leaders calling for an immediate 21-day ceasefire.
Business
Power giant fined $14m for misleading consumers on electricity prices
EnergyAustralia misled consumers about power prices as bills were spiking due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
World
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Courts
New York City mayor indicted following corruption probe
The charges come after the FBI searched Eric Adams’ electronic devices, and in the wake of a slew of resignations by top city officials.
Opinion
Hey, big spenders: The most profligate election campaign in US history
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
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Entrepreneur’s Point Piper trophy home hits market for $100 million
Sydney’s most expensive housing market isn’t generally swayed by higher interest rates and recessionary fears. Alexandra Jakob is banking on that.
The homeowners most likely to fall behind on their mortgage
Interest rates are putting pressure on home borrowers, but some are feeling the pinch more deeply and have fewer options to manage.
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Lifestyle
‘Life-seeing’: Could this travel trend fix overtourism?
If there’s one word that’s been regularly bobbing up in travel headlines this year it’s “overtourism”. There may be a solution.
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Style
This old thing? It’s from that golden time before life got real
Genevieve Novak
Spectrum columnist
Culture
‘George’ on the big change that means Seinfeld couldn’t be made today
Jason Alexander, the actor who played George Costanza in the hit ’90s sitcom, says many of the show’s storylines wouldn’t be possible now.
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NRL 2024
Reynolds says players ‘blind-sided’ as Broncos split with coach Kevin Walters
One of Brisbane’s highest profile players on Thursday night said players were still awaiting communications from the club.
Jared v NAS: How the last battle of heavyweights could spark a Roosters upset
Recent history says the Tricolours need to go after Melbourne behemoth Nelson Asofa-Solomona. And there’s only one man for the job.
‘Put the team first’: Swans rally around shattered Mills
Callum Mills cut a forlorn figure as the Swans boarded a chartered flight to Melbourne ahead of their AFL grand final clash with the Brisbane Lions on Saturday.
‘Pretty much a car chase’: Cleary reveals ‘mind-blowing’ paparazzi pursuit with Mary Fowler
Panthers captain Nathan Cleary has opened up for the first time about his relationship with Matildas star Fowler – including a run-in with photographers.
‘White-line fever’: Once a plumber, Papley is now the Swans’ chief pest
Toby Greene and Willie Rioli know all about the Sydney small forward, who talks a big game and backs it up. His third AFL grand final could yet be his biggest moment.
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Wallabies
White dropped for second Bledisloe clash, Koroibete future clouded
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has made just one unforced change to his side for the second Bledisloe Cup Test in Wellington.
Toops and a boy named Sue: The one thing Joseph Suaalii will miss most about the NRL
Rugby Australia’s $4.8m man Joseph Suaalii knows his time with the Sydney Roosters is almost up – and there’s one person he will truly miss.
Have Your Say
However you slice it, it’s inevitable which teams are going to make the grand final
The Roosters and Sharks have to throw convention out the door if they’re to trouble the two premiership heavyweights.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
