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Sydney’s New Year’s Fireworks in all its blazing glory (FULL VIDEO)
Happy 2019 from Down Under! Aussies put a lot of bang into Sydney's world famous fireworks, and this New Year's was no exception.
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Joining the online trading craze? How to choose the best app for your Android
Making your savings and investments go further has been a challenge anywhere in the world over recent years. But whether you’ve been based in the UK for a while or you only recently arrived, you will inevitably have noticed that this country is facing some very specific challenges.
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National Andrew Broad forced to quit frontbench amid ‘sugar baby’ allegation
Amy, almost two decades younger than Broad who is 43, was quoted in New Idea as claiming he was not fit to represent Australia.
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Four journalists, one newspaper: Time Magazine’s Person of the Year recognises the global assault on journalism
Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper.
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Political impasse stops protection for LGBT students passing this year
Scott Morrison this week produced his own bill and suggested both sides give their parliamentarians a conscience vote.
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Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask
OPINION & ANALYSIS: While concerns about the level of immigration have increased, there is continued endorsement of the view that Australia is an immigrant nation, that immigration benefits the country and that it will continue to play an important role in the years ahead.
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Malcolm Turnbull versus Scott Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly
Scott Morrison faces a major Liberal party crisis after Malcolm Turnbull moved to torpedo the Prime Minister’s plan to protect the preselection of controversial rightwing backbencher Craig Kelly.
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Best countries for starting a hair transplant clinic
Hair transplant procedures have increased in popularity in the last years, thus opening the interest of businessmen and hair transplant specialists in setting up their own hair transplant clinics.
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Trials and tribulations of the expat entrepreneur
Deciding to launch a new business is always a complicated process, but even more so if your base of operations is in a different country.
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Morrison’s authority deficit on show at home and abroad
VIEW FROM THE HILL: When a prime minister has diminished authority, people don’t bother so much with the niceties.
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Victorian Labor’s thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become
OPINION & ANALYSIS: There is a serious chance the Morrison government will be further destabilised by the recriminations flowing from this result. It is likely to deepen the divide in Liberal ranks between those who appear hell-bent on remaking the party in their own conservative self-image regardless of electoral consequences.
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After APEC, US-China tensions leave ‘cooperation’ in the cold
ANALYSIS; Even though the set piece theatre is about community building and cooperation, the reality is that China and the US have irreconcilable visions for the region and its future. The only question is how much they are willing to pay to prevail in the contest for Asia’s future.
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Did the A-League really miss out by not signing Usain Bolt?
In October, A-League soccer club Central Coast Mariners made the biggest news Down Under in some time when former Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt trialled with the team.
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Brexit draft deal agreed by British cabinet – but parliament’s approval remains unlikely
ANALYSIS: Theresa May has managed to push her deal through this most recent hurdle by getting cabinet approval. However, getting parliamentary support promises to be a far more traumatic and quite possibly unachievable task.
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Outrage at new Bunnings sausage sizzle onion ruling, dividing the nation
In an attempt to calm nerves and unite the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed into the Bunnings sausage sandwich furor.
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Man charged for towing boat behind a mobility scooter down busy Aussie road
Police have thrown the book at a man who allegedly towed a boat on a trailer behind a mobility scooter in Australia.
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A year since the marriage equality vote, much has been gained – and there is still much to be done
SPECIAL FEATURE: the passage of marriage equality legislation was not the end of this episode in our history. Our communities are still healing after the bruising campaign, and its aftermath has exposed a legal and social landscape in which the human rights of LGBT people are still not adequately valued...
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PM dismisses mental health as an “excuse” for “radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam” in Melbourne terror aftermath
Scott Morrison calls on Australian Muslim community to be more 'proactive' following Bourke Street terror incident while family say attacker was mentally ill and needed help.
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Bob Katter waves Section 44 stick in a ‘notice North Queensland’ moment
VIEW FROM THE HILL: A shot was fired across Scott Morrison’s bows to remind him of the challenge of managing a now-hung parliament.
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Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations’ development
Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Australia’s Pacific neighbours want partners for infrastructure projects – “and as prime minister, I intend to make sure they look to Australia first."
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Could, should Malcolm Turnbull form a new progressive political party?
OPINION: There is still great public sentiment and a sense of loss in relation to the knifing of Malcolm Turnbull, despite his disappointing political paralysis on so many issues, writes TESS LAWRENCE.
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Britain sent child migrants to Australia – it’s running out of time to make reparations
SPECIAL FEATURE: The apology given by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to survivors of child sexual abuse has drawn fresh attention to questions of redress and compensation for British children sent to Australia as child migrants.
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Phelps consolidates her lead in Wentworth after nail biting day
The expected loss of Wentworth throws the Coalition into minority government. While the government currently has pledges of confidence from some crossbenchers, they would be in a strong position to demand concessions in a hung parliament.
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Morrison government courts controversy on Jerusalem ahead of Wentworth byelection
Scott Morrison and foreign affairs minister Marise Payne made a series of major announcements in relation to Israel at a Tuesday news conference.
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Pregnant! Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announce they are expecting baby, as they touchdown in Australia
Another royal baby! As they land Downunder, it is confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting their first child next year.
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Australia moves to El Niño alert and the drought is likely to continue
SPECIAL FEATURE: Seven of Australia’s ten warmest years have occurred since 2005, with just one cooler than average year in the last decade (2011), highlighting how warmer than average temperatures now dominate Australia’s climate.
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Will 2018 be the year of climate action? London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewer crisis might tell us
SPECIAL FEATURE: What will it take for the world to finally tackle climate change? Encouragingly, there may be a historical precedent: Victorian London’s handling of the ‘Great Stink’, where the River Thames turned into an open sewer, overturned beliefs founded on misinformation.
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New online gambling advertising rules in Australia and their impact
Australia is known for its liberal approach toward gambling. You can bet, play poker or wager anything with no fear of breaking the law. There is nothing that criminalizes betting in itself. But for operators, every year there seems to be a new rule introduced. Earlier in March, the Australian...
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This is why Brexit is so hard – and why there’s really only one option left for Theresa May
OPINION & ANALYSIS: The prudent thing for Theresa May to do at this late stage would be to place all the realistically available options on the table and hold a free vote in parliament.
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Banking Royal Commission’s damning report: ‘Things are so bad that new laws might not help’
Selling became their focus of attention. Too often it became their sole focus of attention. Products and services multiplied. Banks searched for their “share of the customer’s wallet”.
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Accurate. Objective. Transparent. Australians identify what they want in trustworthy media
SPECIAL FEATURE: Trust in media is low in Australia, which is why traditional news values like accuracy and objectivity matter. If we can successfully address the issue of trust and news media, we might even begin to solve journalism’s revenue crisis.
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