Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook are hitting all-time highs and other top stories.

• Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook are hitting all-time highs

  

  These stocks are doing most of the work.Wall Street's key benchmark, the S&P 500, is sitting less than 2 per cent off of its all-time high, much of it thanks to a few of the biggest companies in the index hitting new highs of their own. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide China's plan to step up to Silicon Valley Polar Bear lives in Chinese mall Gingrich says news anchor 'fascinated with sex' Exposed: James O'Keefe's political stings..

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• CBA customers suffer payments delay

  

  CBA customers suffer payments delay

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• Forget big tax cuts, say Telstra and Virgin Australia bosses

  

  The bosses of two large companies have poured cold water on the federal government's broader push to drop corporate tax rates but backed the policy to cut rates for smaller companies.Federal treasurer Scott Morrison on Wednesday mounted a "blitz" in South Australia in an attempt to put pressure on independent senator Nick Xenophon over his opposition to corporate tax cuts. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide Telstra chair: you can't blame companies for avoidi..

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• Target boss Guy Russo says he moved too fast

  

  New Target boss Guy Russo is impatient to fix the ailing chain, admitting he "moved too fast" in the first few months, contributing to a plunge in sales. Wayne Taylor New Wesfarmers department stores boss Guy Russo says he "moved too fast" to restructure Target but is confident the ailing discount department store chain will eventually return to profitability.After losing $50 million in 2016, Target appears likely to make another big loss this..

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• Markets Live: Wesfarmers falls most since GFC

  

  That's it for Markets Live today. Thanks for reading and your comments. See you all again tomorrow morning from 9. Shares plunged at the open and then showed no signs of a recovery as investors sniffed the air and decided it was time to sell. The ASX 200 index shed 83 points or 1.5 per cent to 5360, with only one in 10 constituents managing to finish in the green. The Aussie dollar maintained its post-CPI gains at 76.9 US cents after starting the session at more like 76.5 US cents. A poor lead..

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• Dreamworld fought to block public release of complaint reports

  

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• National compensation scheme needed for victims of forced labour and slave trade: new report

  

  Forced labour, forced marriage and other forms of human trafficking and slavery should be compensated in Australia under a national scheme, according to a new report by legal and anti-slavery groups.Fiona McLeod, SC, president-elect of the Law Council of Australia, said a national compensation scheme for survivors of human trafficking and slavery was needed to fill the void in Australian law that provides inadequate redress for victims. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide ..

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• Growing taste for takeaway hits Coles sales

  

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• Wednesday Wrap: ASX plunges 1.53%

  As soon as the share market opened this morning, it plunged.  Throughout the day, it continued on that downward spiral, even falling below the 5,400 points mark, and ultimately closed 1.53% lower.After yesterday’s tragedy at the Dreamworld theme park which killed four people, Ardent Leisure’s shares continued to plummet, is indeed today’s worst performer stock.Wesfarmers shares also dropped significantly due to its Coles supermarkets facing a slow-down in sales growth.In today’s sea of red, all ..

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• Australian dollar could be poised for significant drop

  

  Australian dollar could be poised for significant drop Posted October 26, 2016 15:26:23 I'm constantly looking at financial markets commentary. I may be a little biased in saying this, but I've noticed recently that writing about every movement in the Aussie dollar, and predicting where it may move, seems to be a national pastime.I can see where the interest is coming from — a significant movement one way or the other in the currency can affect your plans.It can make ..

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Adut shocked to be NSW Aussie of the Year and other top stories.

• Adut shocked to be NSW Aussie of the Year

  Andi YuAustralian Associated PressFighting as a child soldier in Sudan, Deng Adut never dreamed he would have a positive future, let alone be named the NSW Australian of the Year.The 33-year-old refugee and criminal lawyer shed tears as he received the top honour from Premier Mike Baird at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night.He told AAP he was beyond surprised."Shocked," he said."I never dreamed of anything."Even (being) a fisherman."Mr Adut was forced to fight as a child soldier at the age of si..

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• same-sex marriage plebiscite defeated in late-night Senate vote

  

  The Turnbull government's proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage has formally been killed off by the Senate, where it was defeated 29-33 in a late-night vote on Monday, amid a warning the decision would delay marriage equality "for years".Months of speculation and political posturing culminated in Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch combining to defeat the proposal, which would have seen same-sex marriage decided by the Australian people in February. More Ne..

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• Bernardi's Trump hat sparks Twitter row

  

  COALITION Senator Cory Bernardi has started a Twitter row after he posted a selfie while wearing a Donald Trump-style hat, with a controversial message.The South Australian MP, who is on secondment in the US representing Australia at the United Nations, posted a photograph of himself with the hat that had the words: “Make Australia great again”.The message is an adaptation of the message Trump has worn on his hat he wears, which always states: “Make America great again.”media_cameraRepublican pr..

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• Dreamworld set to reopen for summer

  

  Dreamworld tragedy: Brother and sister farewelled Ardent Leisure is expected to make an announcement on Wednesday about when its Dreamworld theme park will reopen after police said they had finished their crime-scene investigation following the deaths of four tourists late last month.With Ardent Leisure losing an estimated $295,000 a day it remains closed, there is pressure on the listed company to reopen the park before the lucrative summer holiday season begins early next mont..

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• Lone-wolf radio hoaxer hacks Melbourne air traffic control: AFP

  

  Federal police are hunting a lone-wolf radio hoaxer who made 15 illegal transmissions to air-traffic controllers and domestic passenger pilots last month - including one telling a Virgin pilot to abort a landing.The agencies investigating the incidents believe only one person has made the transmissions by finding a way to tap into the air traffic control frequency and communicate directly with planes and control towers. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide AFP hun..

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• Watchdog probes Chemist Warehouse pay

  

  Solly Lew is in the fight of his commercial life.A Fitzroy Street family pharmacist of 35 years standing, "Solly" is a St Kilda institution. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide When a discount giant moves in next door Banks, Apple in stoush over digital wallets How shareholders can rein in CEO salaries Caltex wage fraud: the system is broken Will markets get the clarity they crave? Don't just blame Boomers fo..

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• Wade Dunn's head was 'cut off with chainsaw, kept in ute over drug money': court

  

  Two drug dealers fatally bashed their friend and cut up his body with a chainsaw, with one of them then keeping the head in his car for days, a Perth jury has heard.Gary David Jackson, 51, is on trial in the WA Supreme Court accused of murdering 40-year-old Wade Cameron Dunn at the Alexander Heights home of Mark David Corbett in May last year. Wade Cameron Dunn was killed in May last year.  Corbett has already pleaded guilty over Mr Dunn's death and will give evidence during the trial.Pro..

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• Gillian Triggs hits back at 'deeply misleading' Malcolm Turnbull

  

  The president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, has hit back after an extraordinary attack by Malcolm Turnbull, accusing the Prime Minister of not being briefed and misunderstanding how the organisation operates.Mr Turnbull on Monday called on the commission to urgently review the way it manages race hate cases after "bringing" a case against three students that was last week thrown out by a Federal Circuit Court judge for having no reasonable prospect of success. More..

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• One Nation senator off to talk to lawyer

  

  One Nation senator off to talk to lawyerAustralian Associated Press8:21PM November 7, 2016SaveEmbattled One Nation senator Rod Culleton says he was ambushed and he hadn't even met party leader Pauline Hanson or other senators before his eligibility matter came to a head in the Senate.Senators, including Ms Hanson, voted on Monday to refer Senator Culleton's case to the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns.Adding insult to the injury, One Nation won't be assisting with his legal c..

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• Police rescue koala stuffed in a woman's handbag

  

  Police found the koala joey in a woman’s bag.Andrew Dawson, Madura McCormackSouthern StarHANDBAGS are known to contain weird items, but one Queensland woman has taken it to the next level after being found yesterday with a koala joey. Queensland Police had stopped the 50-year-old woman on Newnham Rd, Wishart at around 8.55pm on Sunday night for unrelated matters.When officers arresting her asked her if she had anything to declare, the woman handed over a zipped green canvas bag and told officers..

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South Africa ODI tour has been trying for Australia, says Steve Smith .	Woman killed in horror head-on crash near Bacchus Marsh .

Dizzy in frame for selector role and other top stories.

• Dizzy in frame for selector role

  Marsh has new injury concern0:28Cricket: Shaun Could miss the start of the cricketing summer. Jason Gillespie is coach of the Adelaide Strikers.JASON Gillespie has emerged as the pinnacle replacement for retiring national selector Rod Marsh, months after resisting a call to bolster Darren Lehmann’s Australian coaching set-up.Former Yorkshire boss Gillespie is “open to offers” including joining Mark Waugh, Trevor Hohns and Australia boss Lehmann on a four-man selection panel when incumbent chai..

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• Adelaide's Cirio sidelined indefinitely - SBS

  

  The A-League club said Cirio was "shockingly fouled" by Clisby in the opening 53 seconds of the Wanderers' come-from-behind 2-1 victory at Coopers Stadium on Friday. Spaniard Cirio tried to play on but was substituted after just 11 minutes, with scans later revealing an injury to the medial ligament in his right knee. Clisby escaped with only a yellow card, one of two possible red-card challenges overlooked by referee Shaun Evans on the night - along with a second-half incident involving match..

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• Nick Kyrgios' season is over after ban, extra fine

  

  Nick Kyrgios, the tormented tennis talent banned for eight tournament weeks by the ATP and fined an additional $32,000 on Monday for his appalling behaviour and lack of effort at the Shanghai Masters, has indicated he will agree to the psychological counselling provision that could end his suspension early.Either way, perhaps mercifully, his season is over. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Djokovic weighs in on Kyrgios behaviour Djokovic falls to Ba..

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• Bennett hands England captaincy to Burgess

  

  New coach Wayne Bennett has capped Sam Burgess' return to rugby league by handing him the England captaincy ahead of the Four Nations Series. The announcement was made by Bennett at a press conference at the team's hotel in London on Monday. The 27-year-old South Sydney forward has been chosen, ahead of Canterbury skipper James Graham, as the successor to Wigan forward Sean O'Loughlin, who was last week ruled out of the Four Nations through injury. "Sam will be our captain," Bennett said. "He l..

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• Messara retires from Racing NSW board, stands down as chairman

  

  Racing NSW chairman John Messara has quit as the state's top thoroughbred racing official just 10 months into a three-year term.Messara tendered his resignation at a board meeting in Sydney on Monday in another shock to the country's racing administration, which is already reeling from Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie temporarily standing aside on the eve of the Caulfield Cup as he is probed for an integrity breach. Leaving Racing NSW board: John Messara. Photo: Louise Kennerley Mes..

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• Xavier Richards has requested a trade to a Melbourne based club

  

  Mitchell traded to Hawthorn0:28AFL: Sydney have traded Tom Mitchell to Hawthorn. Xavier Richards will leave Sydney. Picture: Getty ImagesSYDNEY Swans grand final player Xavier Richards has requested a trade to a Melbourne club and his manager says the cost of living in Sydney is the key factor in his desire to move.The Swans lost their cost of living allowance (COLA) in controversial circumstances after they recruited Lance Franklin on a nine year $10 million deal on the back of signing Kurt Ti..

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• AFL trades: Jordan Lewis to Demons, Jaeger O'Meara deal in balance

  

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• Winx? Been there, done that: Waller

  

  Leading trainer Chris Waller believes his champion race mare Winx's main weapon in defending her title in Saturday's $3 million Cox Plate is her  ability to absorb the incredible pressure the race creates. Speaking after  French galloper Vadamos had worked impressively around the  Moonee Valley circuit, Waller said  that Winx had done it all before and been successful.  Ben Cadden riding Winx in the shallow waters of Altona beach. Photo: Vince Caligiuri "I'm respectful  of the French hor..

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• De Silva on the Roda to Socceroos recognition - SBS

  

  After just eight appearances in his debut season for the Dutch club, which was also once home to compatriots Tomi Juric and Rostyn Griffiths, De Silva has already featured in six of Roda's opening nine league games. De Silva's talent was on display against Excelsior at the weekend when he provided the assist for David Boysen’s match-winning goal. Victory lifted Roda off bottom spot and the former Perth Glory prodigy showed in his 88 minutes on the field, playing on the left, that the promise wh..

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• Clarke defends family of Phillip Hughes over questioning at inquest

  

  Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has weighed in on the Phillip Hughes inquest, saying he wants it known that all the grieving family of the late batsman wanted out of the hearing was for no other players to ever be the victim of such a tragic accident.Clarke on Monday launched his autobiography at a function at a Sydney restaurant attended by  ex-Test captain Mark Taylor, wicketkeeping great Ian Healy, his long-time Australian team physio Alex Kountouris and other friends and family. ..

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Melbourne weather: Damaging winds cause chaos throughout Victoria .	House Democrats object to 'anti-wildlife' provisions .

Toowoomba-Shanghai agreement signed and other top stories.

• Toowoomba-Shanghai agreement signed

  

  Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise executive chairman Shane Charles this morning signed a Strategic Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce general secretary Xiao Min in Shanghai.The opportunities to facilitate development between the two “garden cities” was something both parties spoke about nurturing at the signing.“Hangzhou is positioned in a very good place, with a good port and an affluent community,” Mr Charles said. “We think this will be a great partne..

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• I complained about work safety and was sacked. Advice?

  Question: I complained about a safety issue at work and now my boss has sacked me – can he do this? Answer by Bianca O’Neill, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Toowoomba Safety in the workplace should always be the number one priority, so firstly well done on raising an important issue for you and all your colleagues. Already this year over 130 Australians have been killed while on the job, including two Brisbane men just a few weeks ago, which highlights how vital safe work practises are to ensure ev..

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• Toowoomba jailed for telling a friend to brutally stab autistic ...

  

  A man has been jailed for seven years after telling a friend to brutally stab an autistic teenager because he was 'sick of' him, a court has heard.Kyle Dumesny, 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the grisly murder of Jake Lasker who was stabbed 102 times during an Xbox session in Queensland's Toowoomba in November 2012.The 19-year-old's death at the hands of Dumesny and another young friend, Max Peter Smith, was planned in a macabre series of text messages.The Toowoomba Supreme Court heard..

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• Boxing helps me KO 'demons': Lawyer

  

  A TOP Gold Coast lawyer stepping into the boxing ring says the training has helped fight off a heavy mental toll from work and personal pressures.Criminal lawyer Campbell MacCallum, bravely admitted stress was starting to get on top of him and said he did not want to become “a statistic”.He said recent training for a three-round corporate fight was “a saving grace”.The Moloney MacCallum Lawyers partner said a combination of long hours, concern for client outcomes, a break-up and regularly dealin..

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• From the Surat Basin to Shanghai: Wellcamp charter takes off for ...

  

  From the Surat Basin to Shanghai: Wellcamp charter takes off for China October 24, 2016 by Lenn Bayliss 4 Comments Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPA takes off from Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport bound for Shanghai. (Lenn Bayliss) Sunday saw the first international passenger flight out of Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport, a milestone not only for the privately-owned airport but for Toowoomba and the surrounding region. Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPA operated the one-off charter to Shanghai, organise..

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• Cake decorating: How I made swans from sugar paste

  

  BEFORE meeting Mary Reid from Merivale Cakes and Crafts, I had no idea about the effort and time that went into cake decorating. During my time as a journalist I have reported on many of Merivale's awards and special international guests. Ms Reid's most recent guest was United Kingdom sugarcraft specialist Cassie Brown. Ms Brown owns and operates her own cake decorating business and specialises in airbrushing. She has won awards for her floral sugar art, is a judge at Cake Interna..

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• National country medals for City lifters

  

  A number of the region's lifters have returned from Australian Country finals with medals around their necks.With Toowoomba's Ben Shaw set to take to the platform in Malaysia today at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, there was action closer to home on the weekend that added to the mantle of the city's athletes.Bianca Sheppard was only narrowly denied the crown in the women's 63kg category, settling for a silver medal after posting a total of 152kg.The 23-year-old had the edge after..

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• KRIS GEORGE VOWS TO KNOCK OUT CAMERON HAMMOND

  

    KRIS GEORGE VOWS TO KNOCK OUT CAMERON HAMMONDPhilBoxing.comTue, 25 Oct 2016 HAMMOND AND GEORGE LIGHT THE FUSE FOR EXPLOSIVE NOV 25 SHOWDOWN. History on the Darling Downs - The Commonwealth title is coming to the Garden City KRIS GEORGE HAS VOWED TO KNOCK OUT CAMERON HAMMOND ON NOVEMBER 25 AND IN RETURN HAMMOND HAS LAUGHED IT OFF. The stage is set for an explosive encounter between the two classy welterweights in Toowoomba on November 25 when they clash for the Commonwealth Title. "I've ..

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• OPINION: Gollan grabs double figures

  

  TONY Gollan, the premier Ipswich trainer of the past two seasons is making great strides already for three in a row and was at it again on Friday.Gollan collected a win with Valknut in the first race of the day to move his tally to 10 with this Thursday's meeting left to complete two months of the current season. You would not expect Gollan to maintain the rate of five winners a month across the season although it would be a brave person to bet against Gollan collecting a third consecutive Ipsw..

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• Disgraced ex-lawyer now a model citizen

  

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South Africa ODI tour has been trying for Australia, says Steve Smith and other top stories.

• South Africa ODI tour has been trying for Australia, says Steve Smith

  

  Cape Town:  Australian captain Steve Smith says his job hasn't been easy trying to lead his team on the one-day tour of South Africa without two frontline pacemen.David Warner's brilliant 173 wasn't enough to prevent Australia slipping to a historic 5-0 series whitewash by the Proteas, with a 31-run loss in the final match at Cape Town on Wednesday. More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide South Africa whitewash Australia 5-0 Tyler Wright wins surfing world..

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• No complacency, pledges Arnold

  

  SYDNEY FC coach Graham Arnold has foreshadowed changes to his team to face the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday, despite the emphatic nature of last weekend’s 4-0 win over Western Sydney in the derby.Arnold said that Alex Brosque and Bernie Ibini were both pushing for selection, giving him the most welcome “headache” for the game.Brosque came off the bench against Western Sydney, while Ibini has fought his way back from a career-threatening broken leg last year.media_cameraGraham Arnold is rea..

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• Trbojevic jumps Kangaroos queue

  

  HE could become Manly’s 70th Australian Test player in the club’s 70th season.Sea Eagles forward Jake Trbojevic was drafted into Australia’s Four Nations squad on Thursday after the withdrawal of Canberra’s Josh Papalii, who has an ankle injury.Trbojevic arrived in Perth on Thursday night ahead of Saturday’s Test match against New Zealand. He is likely to play one Test on tour — against Scotland.Unlucky forwards to miss out included NSW”s Origin player-of-the-series Josh Jackson and Cronulla pre..

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• Greg Bird Granted Release By Titans

  

  Posted: 13 October, 2016 Greg Bird Granted Release By Titans Tags: Greg Bird, Gold Coast Titans Image: Getty Images Greg Bird's NRL career appears to be over, with the Gold Coast back-rower released from the final year of his contract to re-join the Catalans Dragons. Bird sought a release from the Titans on Wednesday night, and the club has let the former Origin and Kangaroos player go to the English Super League on a five-year deal. Bird has previously ..

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• Michelle Payne takes out 'The Don' award for nation's most inspiring sporting performance

  

  TURF darling Michelle Payne’s history-making Melbourne Cup win of 2015 has been recognised as the nation’s most inspiring sporting performance of the past year when she won the prestigious “Don” award.In a gathering of Australia’s sporting stars at Crown Palladium, Payne took out The Don, awarded by the Sport Australia Hall Of Fame, for her heroics aboard Prince of Penzance.Payne become the first female jockey to win the famous race, which was first run in 1861.MICHELLE PAYNE: MY ROLLERCOASTER Y..

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• Sam Mitchell is set to join West Coast after Hawthorn agree to swap of picks

  

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• Why Western Sydney Wanderers broke a club rule to sell Nikolai Topor-Stanley

  

  At the start of each season, Western Sydney Wanderers players are told they are locked in until the final game of their campaign. Under the strict regime of Tony Popovic, there is only a short window where contracted players are allowed to leave the club in pursuit of offers abroad, roughly between the end of one season and the start of the next pre-season. This much is made clear to every player when they sign, and apart from those deemed surplus to requirements or the rare contractual clauses..

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• 'Lying': Phillip Hughes family express disbelief during Cricket Australia evidence

  

  Phillip Hughes' father Greg was heard to say "lying" during evidence from a Cricket Australia official at an inquest in Sydney on Thursday.The Hughes family have raised concerns through their lawyer that the cricketer was intimidated by sledging and targeted with short balls before he was fatally struck in a Sheffield Shield game.  More Sport Videos Previous slide Next slide Day four of the Phil Hughes inquest South Africa whitewash Australia 5-0 Day..

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• NBL: Sydney Kings topple Illawarra Hawks in tense battle

  

  Records tumbled for Illawarra in their season-opener but the Hawks flying start to the season came to a shuddering halt on Thursday night, going down 88-84 to arch-rivals Sydney in a bruising encounter at the WIN Entertainment Centre.Kevin Lisch made his return to the Sandpit for the first time in rival colours and the Hawks faithful were not in a conciliatory mood, booing him on every touch, but the two-time MVP had the last laugh, dropping seven points in the final quarter to seal the gritty ..

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• White line fever expected for Melbourne derby - SBS

  

  What do Melbourne's A-League clubs think about each other? Is it hatred, like Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque so memorably expressed towards his Western Sydney rivals in the build-up to last week's Sydney derby? Contempt? Disdain? Or perhaps even a begrudging respect? In years past, Victory dismissed the threat from Melbourne Heart, who might have won their fair share of derbies under their previous guise but couldn't match Victory in any other area. Heart was a dirty word at the club, with mana..

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Woman killed in horror head-on crash near Bacchus Marsh and other top stories.

• Woman killed in horror head-on crash near Bacchus Marsh

  

  Police are investigating how a 30-year-old female driver ended up on the wrong side of a highway, colliding head-on with a four-wheel-drive in north-west Victoria.The Taylors Lakes woman died at the scene. Two children and a 32-year-old man are now in hospital. The scene of a fatal crash on the Western Highway on Saturday night. Photo: Channel Nine News The woman was driving a Holden Astra in Hopetoun Park on Saturday night, just before 11pm when her car veered onto the wrong side of th..

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• Zombie bills not dead yet: Cormann

  

  Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics CorrespondentAustralian Associated PressFederal Labor may call the government's savings bills stuck in the Senate "zombie measures" because the opposition insists it will never support them.But Finance Minister Mathias Cormann doesn't agree with the description because he's confident they will eventually pass into law."If you look at what has happened in the last two or three years, a whole series of savings measures that Labor initially opposed - and opposed for qu..

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• Stroke patients missing out on life-saving treatment after hours

  

  A Sydney hospital with 24-hour stroke care refused to perform a life-saving procedure on a patient because he arrived 45 minutes after business hours.Prince of Wales Hospital administrators would not allow Shellharbour resident Nick Taousanis to undergo an endovascular clot retrieval in August, despite clinicians being on-site and ready to operate, because the support team had finished their shift, his family were told. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide 45 minu..

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• Woman killed by bus on Cleveland Street in Redfern

  

  A woman has died after being struck by a bus on Cleveland Street in Redfern on Sunday morning. Police and paramedics performed CPR on the woman, but they were unable to revive her and she died at the scene. A woman has been killed by bus on Cleveland Street in Redfern.  Photo: Kate Cardwell Police said they believe the woman was crossing the road between two sets of traffic lights when she was hit.She has not yet been identified by police. All westbound lanes of Cleveland Street are now..

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• Drones to monitor sharks at WA beaches

  

  Australian Associated PressDrones will be used at West Australian beaches in a three-month trial to monitor shark activity and potentially spot other dangers such as rips and schools of bait fish, which attract the predators.Under the plan, $88,000 will be provided for four small drones equipped with a high-definition camera to stream live pictures back to Surf Life Saving WA operators at some metropolitan and regional beaches.Fisheries Minister Joe Francis said the trial was part of the state g..

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• Wind forecast Melbourne: Warnings issued as high winds predicted for city, Victoria

  

  Editor on duty: Staff and wiresLATEST: A WOMAN has been killed and 120,000 properties are without power as wind gusts of up to 120km/h lash Victoria.SEND YOUR PIX: Tap here to upload, email news@heraldsun.com.au, message us on Facebook, or tag @theheraldsun on Twitter.The winds have caused havoc across Melbourne and parts of the state, bringing down trees, disrupting flights and tearing roofs off homes.Some of the incidents include:A WOMAN aged in her 50s died after a tree fell onto her Millgro..

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• The Trump Trainwreck Barrels on as More Top Republicans Bail

  

  After sticking it out for as long as he could, John McCain has finally had enough. Saturday afternoon, the Arizona senator and former GOP presidential candidate rescinded his support for Donald Trump in a statement to Politico."I have wanted to support the candidate our party nominated. He was not my choice, but as a past nominee, I thought it important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of the delegates by the rules our party set. I thought I owed his supporters that deference..

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• Two dead, one in serious condition after horror day on south-east Queensland roads

  

  Two men have died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after a horror eleven-hour period on south-east Queensland roads.The first incident occurred about 11pm on Saturday in Surfers Paradise, where a pedestrian was hit by a car on Ferny Avenue. The 22-year-old Biggera Waters man was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital with serious injuries, but died on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle wasn't injured. Three separate crashes on south-east Queensland roads have lef..

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• 'Budgie Nine' political staffer quits

  

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• WA man charged after allegedly chasing teenage girls while wearing clown costume

  

  A 19-year-old man wearing a clown costume (left) was arrested after chasing a group of girls. (WA police) A man who allegedly chased a group of teenage girls while wearing a clown suit in Western Australia has been charged, the latest in a spate of creepy clown-related stunts across Australia.Police said the 19-year-old man scared the girls near a shopping centre in Fitzgerald Street in Northam and chased them for around 700 metres until they reached the Northam Police Station on Gairdner Stree..

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