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National

Second-busiest auction week of the year

Housing data shows Australia has had its second-busiest auction week of the year, with more than 2800 homes going under the hammer.

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National

Broncos not keen on Folau despite reports

Brisbane have denied they’ve made any approach to bring Israel Folau back to the NRL club following media reports they were pursuing the former Wallabies star.

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National

Unions push ALP for insecure jobs pledge

Unions have called on the Labor Party to take a pledge to the next federal election to halve the number of people in insecure work.

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National

Election genius backs Johnson, Trump wins

Griffith University professor Bela Stancic believes UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be re-elected.

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National

Injured hikers rescued from Tas wilderness

Three Indians who were hiking in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain wilderness have been rescued after spending two nights suffering hypothermia in a remote cabin.

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Sport

AFL

Shuey named Eagles AFL captain

Luke Shuey has been named West Coast captain, replacing Shannon Hurn.

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Horse Racing

Two Villiers runners likely for Waller

Cellarman and Sambro are Chris Waller’s likely runners in the Group Two Villiers Stakes over the famous Randwick mile.

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Rugby

SAfrica beat NZ for Dubai Sevens title

South Africa ended a run of three defeats against New Zealand to win a seventh Dubai Rugby Sevens title.

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World

World

NKorea carries out “important” test

Missile experts say it appears North Korea has conducted a static test of a rocket engine, rather than a missile launch, at its Sohae satellite launch site.

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World

American Samoa declares measles outbreak

American Samoa, an island neighbour to the independent nation of Samoa, has an outbreak of measles that will close schools.

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World

Giuliani to take information to Congress

US President Donald Trump says he believes Rudy Giuliani wants to present information about Ukraine to the US Congress as well as the Justice Department.

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World

Democrats drafting impeachment charges

US Democratic lawmakers are sifting through evidence against US President Donald Trump, drafting articles of impeachment that could be recommended this week.

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World

French protests, travel disruptions abound

Strikes in France have entered a third day as tourists and shoppers faced shuttered subway lines around Paris and near-empty train stations.

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Finance

Finance

EFTPOS provider Tyro dazzles on ASX debut

EFTPOS company Tyro Payments has had a successful float on the ASX, thrilling members of Sydney’s fintech community.

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Finance

Fair Work sting uncovers rife underpayment

More than $300,000 has been backpaid to workers across some of the nation’s foodie hotspots following a tactical audit by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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Finance

Newcrest exec to replace St Barbara CEO

Newcrest’s Craig Jetson will head up St Barbara when the gold miner’s current boss Bob Vassie retires in early 2020.

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Entertainment

Entertainment

$A175k banana art eaten in US performance

A performance artist has eaten an art installation consisting of banana duct taped to a wall that had already sold for $A175,351 at a US art show.

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Entertainment

Helen Mirren sleeps rough in London

Helen Mirren has read bedtime stories to a crowd camped in London’s Trafalgar Square overnight as part of a global effort to raise cash to tackle homelessness.

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Entertainment

Leia has key role as ‘Star Wars’ final

Star Wars writer and director J.J. Abrams says Princess Leia, played by the late Carrie Fisher, will be a key player in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’.

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