Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Budget will be about allowing Australians to earn more, and keep more of it.
Politics
Adrian Lowe

Incomes to jump 3.5pc as Chalmers banks on inflation slide

The Federal Government is banking on a continued decline in the inflation rate to drive what it expects will be some of the fastest growth in real disposable income in more than a decade.

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Politics

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday, in front of the so-called “Budget Tree” which changes colour each year in the days preceding the Federal Budget.
Business
Adrian Lowe

How much another rate hike will cost you and your mortgage

Treasurer downplays suggestions the Federal Budget has the largest role to play for besieged households seeking cost-of-living relief after the Reserve Bank’s caution rates may have to stay on hold for longer.

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Australian MPs have been advised to take burner phones with them on trips to India.
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World
Latika M Bourke

Growing fears: Aussie MPs told to use burner phones in India

High-profile Aussies have been urged to take burner phones to India in a move underpinned by growing distrust between Australia and the Hindu nation.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth.
Australia
Jake Dietsch

Albanese side-steps apology to WA bashing couple

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shown he has no plans to speak or meet with Ninette Simons, who was allegedly bashed in her home by a detainee released by the High Court.

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PhD student Sona Nayyar is investigating new ways to beat melanoma.
Health
Ben Harvey

Gene sleuth in bid to crack skin cancer mystery

It’s a question that’s stumped doctors for 20 years — why treatments suddenly stop working in half of melanoma patients. Medical researcher Sona Nayyar wants to find the answer.

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Video
Troy Smith, and his wife, were arrested in Canggu, on the south coast of the Indonesian island on May 2, according to reports by 7NEWS.
Australia

Australian man charged with drug offences in Bali

An Australian man has been charged with drug offences in Bali after police allegedly found him in possession of methamphetamines. 

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Victim of the Willetton stabbing attack, pictured at Royal Perth Hospital.
Western Australia
Shannon Hampton

Victim of radicalised teen’s stabbing rampage breaks silence

The man who was stabbed by a radicalised 16-year-old boy in a Bunnings car park has spoken from his hospital bed, saying he is still coming to terms with the ordeal.

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Business

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Manufacturers including Coca-Cola have warned Australian operations are increasingly challenging amid higher costs and inflation.
Business
Adrian Lowe

Food giants warn of risks to Australian operations, jobs

Some of the world’s biggest food and grocery brands have warned the cost of manufacturing in Australia has increased so much they have had to consider whether to send operations offshore and import products.

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Over the past decade, the surge in tech wealth combined with the rise in the stock market and deal-making has created record amounts of wealth. Here’s where to find it ...
CNBC
CNBC

50 richest cities on Earth (and one in Oz cracks the top 10)

Over the past decade, the surge in tech wealth combined with the rise in the stock market and deal-making has created record amounts of wealth. Here’s where to find it ...

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Gold bars arranged at the Korea Gold Exchange store in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.
CNBC
CNBC

Convenience stores in this country are now selling gold bars

The bars come with congratulatory messages, birthday wishes and even designs for personality types — and they’re selling like hot cakes.

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Opinion

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Saul Eslake and Jim Chalmers
Opinion
Katina Curtis

Who’d turn down $50b GST? Someone with an election to win

KATINA CURTIS: Economists might have a clear-cut view of the way the world should be but when you add the brutal realities of politics into the mix, that cost-benefit analysis becomes a lot murkier.

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Australians lodged over 600,000 scam complaints last year, with financial losses amounting to approximately $2.7 billion.
Australia
Lucio Ribeiro

Six steps scammers take to steal $2.7b from Aussies yearly

Scammers are causing over 600,000 complaints and approximately $2.7 billion in financial losses. This is how they do it.

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David Klemmer's ugly confrontation with Kasey Badger on Saturday was unsettling.
Sport
Kiersten Duke

Which girl would want to be a NRL ref when you face this?

Female referees should be treated equally on the field but the ugly scenes at the weekend and the torrent of abuse levelled at Kasey Badger online have no place in the NRL.

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The New York Times

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After months of internal shake-ups and stock market woes, Bumble took a shot at winning back hearts and minds with a redesign, which includes a break with the app's requirement that women make the first move.
Lifestyle
The New York Times

Women on Bumble no longer have to make the first move

After months of internal shake-ups and stock market woes, Bumble took a shot at winning back hearts and minds with a redesign, which includes a break with the app's requirement that women make the first move.

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts as time runs out in the second half of the final playoff game against the Denver Nuggets.
Basketball
The New York Times

What’s next for the Lakers after a season gone wrong?

The season began with high hopes for the Los Angeles Lakers. But their unflattering finish leaves Darvin Ham’s future as coach in serious peril.

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Karl and Cristy lost their two-year-old boy in a jumping castle tragedy.
USA
The New York Times

Two-year-old boy killed in freak jumping castle accident

A two-year-old boy was killed when a jumping castle in Casa Grande, Arizona, was picked up by a strong gust of wind and flew into a neighbouring lot.

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Culture

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Dark Matter features Joel Edgerton in dual roles.
review
TV
Wenlei Ma

Sci-fi thriller is a grim slog of a TV show

Joel Edgerton’s new series has him playing two versions of the same person, but it’s so bogged down by its seriousness only a masochist could love it.

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Marc Fennell's latest podcast is called This is Not a Game.
Pop Culture
Wenlei Ma

The internet’s first conspiracy theory was wild

Have you ever heard of Ong’s Hat? It’s both a ghost town and the internet’s first conspiracy theory.

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NFL star Travis Kelce has landed his first major acting role in new horror series Grotesquerie. (AP PHOTO)
Pop Culture
Laura Harding

Travis Kelce lands starring role in horror drama series

Travis Kelce will take on his first major acting role after signing on to star in super-producer Ryan Murphy's new series.

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Society

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Frontline health workers have expressed fears that Australia is unprepared for powerful new opioids arriving on our shores.
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Australia
Remy Varga

Fears new drug will ‘exponentially’ increase fatal overdoses

Front line health workers and drug experts have warned Australia is unprepared for a possible wave of overdoses linked to an emerging drug that is up to a thousand times more potent than morphine. 

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PhD student Sona Nayyar is investigating new ways to beat melanoma.
Health
Ben Harvey

Gene sleuth in bid to crack skin cancer mystery

It’s a question that’s stumped doctors for 20 years — why treatments suddenly stop working in half of melanoma patients. Medical researcher Sona Nayyar wants to find the answer.

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The US government has passed laws forcing ByteDance to sell its TikTok app or face a ban. (AP PHOTO)
World
David Shepardson

ByteDance and TikTok sue to block US Government ban

Video app TikTok and its parent company are suing to prevent the US government from forcing it to either sell or face a ban.

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Lifestyle

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kids, clouds, children
Health
Aditi Shrikant

The three best ways to avoid parenting burnout

With two-thirds of parents feeling burnt out by their parenting responsibilities, experts give their best advice on managing stress.

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Samantha Brick says the “frankly daft” myth that men make better drivers refuses to fade into history.
opinion
Opinion
Samantha Brick

Why I’m a better driver than most of the men reading this

SAMANTHA BRICK: Face it chaps — we women are better drivers than you could ever hope to be. 

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Travel
The Economist

Why trying to work in economy is a plane nightmare

Plane passengers are silently judged on two criteria: girth and proximity to a baby. 

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Sport

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Tarryn Thomas was sacked by North Melbourne in February.
AFL
Aaron Kirby

Kangaroos warn league over Tarryn Thomas interest

North Melbourne chief executive Jennifer Watt has warned AFL bosses league-wide former player Tarryn Thomas ‘was not able to meaningfully change his behaviour’ before being sacked by the club in February.

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Moses Suli and Tom Liberatore are the latest stars to be in the spotlight over concussion.
investigation
NRL
Matt Jones

The concussion fact terrifying doctors

It’s the sporting health crisis of the 21st century - but it is not the big hits concerning medical experts. How the contact codes deal with head knocks will change the face of sport as we know it.

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David Fifita could join Mick Fanning's favourite club at Penrith.
NRL
Scott Bailey

Are Panthers using celeb power to lure Fifita?

David Fifita's contract saga is set to go to the final hour at Gold Coast, with a famous Penrith fan pictured at the Titans home base in possibly a last-ditch effort by the Panthers to seal the deal.

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World

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Smoke rises from a shopping centre following an Israeli airstrike on the east of Rafah.
World
Ethan Bronner

What exactly is Israel’s end goal for Rafah?

Is this the start of a long-threatened invasion of the southern Gaza city? Or an attempt to pressure Hamas over ceasefire negotiations.

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AstraZeneca has decided to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine globally.
Australia
Max Corstorphan

AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine globally

AstraZeneca has announced the global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine just weeks after admitting the jab could cause rare side effects.

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Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump greeted her in a hotel room in 2006 wearing satin pyjamas. (AP PHOTO)
USA
Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan

Satin PJs, spanking: Stormy testifies on sex with Trump

Adult film performer Stormy Daniels has testified Donald Trump was wearing pyjamas when he welcomed her to his hotel suite at a golf tournament in 2006.

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The Best Australian Yarn

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Best Australian Yarn judge author Holden Sheppard. Kelsey Reid
The Best Australian Yarn
Holden Sheppard

Win or lose, writing competitions are the best

Yes, this contest offers a lot of money but it also offers opportunity, acclaim and a lesson in resilience

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Professor Kim Scott will be on the judging panel of Indigenous judges for this year’s First Nations Storytelling Prize.
opinion
The Best Australian Yarn
Emma Garlett

Stories we choose to pass on tell us about who we are

Indigenous stories are the bedrock of Australia, and we need to dig beneath the surface to find the hidden gems of our future talent which will transform the nation.

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STM - Celebrated author Professor Kim Scott, for a feature on his role judging the First Nations prize for The Best Australian Yarn, and the 25th anniversary of his book Benang, which won the Miles Franklin Award. Daniel Wilkins
The Best Australian Yarn
Emma Garlett

Best Australian Yarn: Author reveals judging panel secrets

As someone who spends his time immersed in the power of words and stories, Kim Scott finds his role as a judge for The Best Australian Yarn short story competition both daunting and exciting. 

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Perth brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and a friend went missing on a surfing trip in Mexico.
breaking
Western Australia

Bodies found in Mexico confirmed as Australian surfers

Three bodies found in a remote well in Mexico have been identified as Australian surfing brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Carter Rhoad.

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St Ives gold mine near Kambalda.

Tragedy as second worker dies on Aussie gold mine in 18 mths

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Shocking new data reveals opportunistic predators are manipulating children as young as three years old into “disturbing” sexual abuse while playing alone online.
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Comedian Arj Barker has come under fire over kicking out a woman with a baby at a Melbourne show.
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Mum hits back after Arj Barker kicks baby out of show

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