59 h. ago Caulfield Cup and The Everest LIVE: Ideal spring weather in Melbourne and Sydney on one of Australia’s biggest race days

Follow along live as The Everest and Caulfield Cup race days are run and won with the results, fashions and post race reactions.

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3 d. ago One of Australian sport’s biggest earners will ride the Everest favourite. Most people have never heard of him

Jockey Zac Purton has pocketed about $70 million in the past 18 years riding in Hong Kong. He will add $350,000 in 70 seconds on Saturday if he can win the $20 million Everest.

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5 d. ago Australia’s biggest banker is staying put – but how long is too long?

Commonwealth Bank’s chairman has raised the spectre of Matt Comyn’s rule at the largest bank in the country coming to an end. But he’s not going anywhere until at least 2028.

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5 d. ago Matt Comyn to serve out a decade as the boss of Australia’s biggest bank

The boss of Australia’s largest bank is likely to remain in the job until at least 2028, Commonwealth Bank shareholders have been told.

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5 d. ago Australian man revealed as alleged head of Asian crime gang that ordered woman’s kidnap and murder

The syndicate run by Asia-based expat Daniel Badger is alleged to be one of the biggest manufacturers and distributors of methamphetamine in Australia.

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5 d. ago Australian man revealed as alleged head of Asian crime gang that ordered Sydney woman’s kidnap and murder

The syndicate run by Asia-based expat Daniel Badger is alleged to be one of the biggest manufacturers and distributors of methamphetamine in Australia.

Events

5 d. ago Australians’ biggest fears about buying EVs – and the one new tax they actually want

Just one in 10 Australians are considering buying an electric vehicle in the next two years. One thing they are happy to see is a new road levy.

Economics

8 d. ago Perth the Crown Jewel of WWE as franchise’s biggest stars fly west

While fans flocked the CBD to catch a glimpse of one of the biggest names in wrestling, it was WA’s premier who scored a selfie.

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1 week ago Rio Tinto in talks to keep Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter open

A potential deal to avert closure would mark the government’s fourth intervention to rescue a metals plant this year.

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1 week ago ‘Why have we forgotten this?’: Story of gay bushrangers revealed in documentary

Captain Moonlite – and some of Australia’s biggest conflicts – feature in two very different portraits of Australia hosted by Rachel Griffiths.

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2 w. ago The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure

The biggest and most pressing economic problem Australia faces is nothing new: the ever-worsening ability to afford to own the home you live in.

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2 w. ago BHP’s iron ore still flowing to China despite export ban scare

Australia’s biggest miner continues to load iron ore onto bulk carriers bound for China, despite worries that Beijing has ordered an “unprecedented” export ban.

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2 w. ago ‘You’re turning me into a liar’: art dealer Anna Schwartz unveils major life change

The gallerist is one of the biggest names in Australian contemporary art. And now she’s reinventing herself.

Events

2 w. ago Kerry Stokes to depart Seven after merger with Triple M owner

Seven West Media plans to combine with Australia’s biggest radio company, Southern Cross Media, to create a $415 million TV, radio and publishing group.

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3 w. ago How the Penthouse Syndicate allegedly took one of Australia’s biggest banks for $150m

A spectacular arrest at one of Sydney’s most glamorous addresses has exposed what is allegedly one of the largest fraud and money-laundering syndicates in Australian history.

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4 w. ago The big winners – and the disappointments – of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the injured athletes who unperformed, we look back at the two weeks of competition in Tokyo.

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4 w. ago ‘It really sucks’: The good, the bad and the unfair of Australia’s world athletics championships

Australia’s biggest successes of the championships were not medals at all. From the highs of Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis, to the lows of the men’s discus final, we look back at a big week in Tokyo.

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