EXCLUSIVE Warship to join US fleet in hot zone
Brendan Nicholson, Defence editor THE guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney is about to join the US Seventh Fleet in Japan at a time of heightened tensions in Asia.
Wife's visit left Zygier in 'turmoil'
John Lyons, Middle East correspondent HOURS before Ben Zygier killed himself in an Israeli cell, the alleged Mossad spy had a meeting with his wife that put him into a state of "turmoil".
EXCLUSIVE Butler hits aged-care 'stuff-up'
Sid Maher, Political correspondent THE Minister for Ageing has rebuked his department after it sent letters to workers promoting the government's $1.2bn offer to lift wages in the sector.
EXCLUSIVE No insurance cost surge from climate
Sid Maher, Political correspondent CLIMATE change is predicted to have a much smaller impact on private insurance costs over the next 60 years than inflation.
EXCLUSIVE Sex segregation not condemned
Rachel Baxendale THE University of Melbourne has declined to condemn gender segregation at public events held by Islamic organisations on campus.
EXCLUSIVE Housing reforms reap benefits
Patricia Karvelas ABORIGINES in the Northern Territory have reported that radical tenancy and housing reforms have delivered marked benefits.
World War II veteran Frank Myer has a beer at the Waltzing Matilda Hotel after marching in the Melbourne Anzac Day parade. Picture: Aaron Francis
With a punt, Anzac legend grows
Chip Le Grand FOR 97-year-old Frank Myer, certain things about Anzac Day never change.
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Anzac Day 2013
Australians have commemorated Anzac Day with services and parades around the country.
'Abbott hasn't pledged a paid parental leave scheme in blood but has staked his political profile on the gambit'
THE Coalition can no longer afford its leader's brainchild.
'Labor supporters get no respite. The bad news just keeps on coming'
THE only good news for the ALP is that PM Abbott will have to raise taxes and the GST.
'The public needs to be told honestly what its defence force will, and will not, be able to do'
HONESTY is the best policy when it comes to the minister's upcoming white paper.
'The reforms will likely to lead to the notion that charities are just another arm of government'
THE government risks stifling private initiatives.
'Will Australian politicians learn the lessons from Boston?'
OR that followers of the 'religion of peace' would explode pressure cooker bombs.
'Coalition's paid parental leave will cost $3bn a year, encourage people to lie and achieve little'
THE Coalition's paid parental leave will cost $3bn a year, encourage people to lie and achieve little.
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In depth: Australians gather around the world to mark the 98th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
A blend of traditional yoga and acrobatics allows for a less pressured approach to stretching mind and body.
Sydney have picked up the first AFL premiership points on foreign soil with a hard-fought win over a valiant St Kilda.
After years toiling away in his bedroom, electronic artist Flume, aka Harley Streten, is headlining his own tour and playing to thousands.
Cyberspace is the last frontier in modern warfare, where drones replace WMDs and a keyboard could unleash terror on a nation.
High wired is here: a daily snapshot of what's new, interesting, amusing and alarming in higher education, by Stephen Matchett.
Tax crackdown for visa workers
Ben Packham SOCCER players and overseas athletes will be among one million temporary visa holders whose records records are to be scrutinised.
EXCLUSIVE Seebohm's Olympic cloud has lining
Nicole Jeffery TEACHERS come in all guises; they can even come with four legs, as Emily Seebohm has discovered.
Burnside leads Nauru challenge
Lauren Wilson AN all-star team led by Julian Burnside QC has been assembled for a constitutional challenge to asylum-seeker processing on Nauru.
US stalls on chemical weapons
GROWING speculation that the Syrian regime is using chemical weapons is turning up the heat on President Barack Obama.
Dhaka sweatshop death toll soars
RESCUERS in Bangladesh are hunting for survivors in a collapsed building as the death toll rose to 152.
Berlusconi back in the frame
James Bone, Rome SILVIO Berlusconi has emerged as the big winner after Italy broke two months of deadlock by nominating a new prime minister.
Googling for stockmarket gains
John Ross INVESTORS can use internet search trends to make a stock market killing, an international study suggests.
Academics lose out in ERA juggling
Andrew Trounson UNIVERSITY gaming of the national research audit undermines academic freedom as bureaucratic trickery drives research, union warns.
TV RATINGS Abbott on ABC no ratings hit
Sally Jackson DESPITE a big build-up, Tony Abbott's appearance on 7.30 last night turned out to be less of a viewer drawcard than expected.
Libs must scrap paid parental leave
THE Coalition's paid parental leave will cost $3bn a year, encourage people to lie and achieve little.
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NEWSPOLL
Brendan Nelson explains how projection of historical images on to the Australian War Memorial helped secure a record turn-out for Anzac Day.
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Farm sector targets $500bn funding gap
Richard Gluyas FOOD industry leaders say Australia can meet a $500 billion capital call to help make the nation the food bowl of Asia by 2050.
The changing face of Morgan Stanley
Michael Bennet MORGAN Stanley's new wealth boss Brendan Goffinet says the broker is diversifying.
ASIC drops Wellington Capital probe
Lisa Allen THE corporate watchdog has dropped its probes into Wellington Capital and its beleaguered Premium Income Fund.
Libs must scrap paid parental leave
THE Coalition's paid parental leave will cost $3bn a year, encourage people to lie and achieve little.
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Abbott must let go of his baby
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor THE Coalition can no longer afford its leader's brainchild.
Smith's defence must be frank
Ross Babbage HONESTY is the best policy when it comes to the minister's upcoming white paper.
Budget will worsen Labor's prospects
THE only good news for the ALP is that PM Abbott will have to raise taxes and the GST.
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Rogers dissects teammates' technique
WAYNE SMITH ENGLAND'S cricket brains trust has had some of its homework on Usman Khawaja and Phil Hughes done for them, says Chris Rogers.
SBW on his bike as Roosters end drought
BRENT READ THIS was a demolition so complete, Sonny Bill Williams spent the final 20 minutes warming down on a stationary bike.
Bombers' ambitions not pie in sky
COURTNEY WALSH DESPITE the drugs cloud that hovers over its season, Essendon continued its brilliant form to beat Collingwood by 46 points.
Aussies return to old-fashioned values
SCANNING the Australian newspapers this week was an exercise in confusion as the potential make-up of the Ashes squad was seemingly best avoided.
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Poland striker Robert Lewandowski netted all four goals in Borussia Dortmund's 4-1 win over Real Madrid
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