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Tax distractions have left housing growth to stagnate.

Housing debate ignores a lost decade of growth

AARON PATRICK: Cloaking tax increases as economic reform isn’t going to make Australians better off when average incomes have barely moved since 2012.

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A pathologist has been arrested after the bodies of more than 30 babies were found on a property by construction workers who were conducting earthworks in her former backyard.

Woman arrested after bodies of 32 babies found in backyard

A pathologist has been arrested after the bodies of more than 30 babies were found on a property by construction workers who were conducting earthworks in her former backyard.

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Why end to Iran war could stop further rate hikes

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is expected to put downward pressure on inflation and possibly stop the Reserve Bank from hiking rates any higher in 2026.

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A notorious child killer who shot his fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter and dumped her body in a barrel has admitted to possessing child abuse material.

Infamous murderer unmasked as paedophile

A notorious child killer who shot his fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter and dumped her body in a barrel has admitted to a separate crime.

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Nick Stevens has been jailed for defrauding his pool business customers.

Ex-AFL player jailed for using business to rip off families

Many of his victims were retirees or close to retirement with little ‘fat’ in their budget and were trying to install pools for their children or grandchildren, a court has been told.

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A coroner is probing the death of a woman who chose to give birth without any medical professionals.

Hours before wellness influencer's free birth death revealed

The final hours leading up to a new mum's death after complications during a free birth have been revealed, including a triple-zero call.

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The average cost of a wedding in Australia is $38,252.

The eye-watering price of an Aussie wedding in 2026

While a cost-of-living crisis may be impacting most of the country, couples planning weddings are splashing cash.

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Data shows Australia has the second-highest number of recorded shark incidents in the world. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Information surfaces after Sydney shark attack horror

A shark attack at one of Australia's best-known beaches comes after a horror summer for a state where four attacks took place in two days.

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Queensland’s Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber said Gerard Baden-Clay should spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife Allison in 2012.

Push to keep wife killer behind bars as parole eligibility nears

‘He’s a heinous killer, he’s never shown remorse and he should never be released.’

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Southern Cross Electrical Engineering chief executive Graeme Dunn.

Southern Cross Electrical taps investors for $165m

The electrical contractor has gone into a trading halt to announce grand plans.

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A suicide note has been located after the bodies of a young girl and her father were pulled from the Parramatta River on Saturday.

Cops draw conclusion over river tragedy as note found

A six-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a river over the weekend may have been deliberately thrown in the water by her father, who also died.

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A man and young girl were found in the Parramatta River on Saturday. Supplied

Horrific new details emerge about Sydney river tragedy

Police have made a devastating discovery after the bodies of a man and his six-year-old daughter were found in the water on Saturday.

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