1 hour ago Anthony Albanese to cauterise MPs’ expenses furore as Michelle Rowland moves to repay part of family trip

A fortnight into the furore over politicians’ travel, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will repay some of a $22,000 trip to Perth.

Politics

13 h. ago I left my husband and kids at home to go trekking with my dad. It changed our relationship

We’d struggled to have deep conversations, until we were alone, thousands of miles from home.

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13 h. ago Arnott’s home sellers buy a $29m downsizer house, smashing suburb record

Sydney business owners Ralph and Maria Mesiti have downsized to a Drummoyne house as they prepare to offload a larger estate.

Economics

23 h. ago ‘Like chasing a ghost’: Family had fled house where toddler’s body found, owing thousands in rent

The family who lived in the house in Melbourne’s outer north-west for several months in 2013-2014 left the property extensively damaged, the owner says.

Society

25 h. ago Baker, King combine for shot at winning double at Hawkesbury

The gun combination of trainer Bjorn Baker and jockey Rachel King will be in action at Hawkesbury on Sunday with the pair out to snare a winning double.

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27 h. ago ‘Give power to the fans’: Hundreds rally against Wests Tigers owners

One couple flew from Perth to Sydney to attend the rally at Pratten Park on Saturday.

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27 h. ago ‘Give power back to the fans’: Hundreds rally against Wests Tigers owners

Wests Tigers fans came from as far afield as Perth to register their displeasure with the Holman Barnes Group following the latest upheaval in the boardroom.

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28 h. ago ‘Love the area’: Cheltenham home sells for $1,345,000 after passing in at auction

A young local family bought a three-bedroom house with a pool and separate studio that was on sale for the first time in more than 50 years.

Economics

42 h. ago ‘Have they learnt nothing?’ Radical surgery only option for hospital giant

The sale of major hospitals around the country could determine the final fate of Healthscope and its 19,000 staff.

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48 h. ago More Epstein files are set to be released. Here’s what we know so far

A tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein will be unsealed this week. What are they, and what might they reveal?

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53 h. ago Teachers union takes special school funding fight to industrial court

A new model for state schools to support the more than 106,000 students with disability launched at the start of this year. Staff and principals remain concerned.

Society

54 h. ago Backstage at the theatre, the Marriner siblings say there’s $25,000 they wish they never spent

 The Marriner Group wants to demolish part of the Comedy Theatre on Exhibition Street and build a 27-storey tower behind. They outline their vision for The Age.

Economics

55 h. ago ‘I don’t know what to say’: Wounded jockey left speechless by owner’s $20,000 promise

Irish hoop Declan Bates fractured his pelvis on Monday, but could be in for a Christmas surprise on Saturday.

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3 d. ago Supercars towed from Mayfair after wealthy owners ‘ignore fines’

A Saudi-registered blue Rolls-Royce worth nearly $501,000 was one of the cars removed in a council crackdown outside a London hotel that charges from $2800 a night.

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3 d. ago Albanese is getting close to his ‘I don’t hold a hose’ moment

The prime minister’s sudden insistence the expenses saga has nothing to do with him has left even some of his own colleagues blinking.

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3 d. ago Man charged after weapons, cash and thousands of rounds of ammo seized

A man has been charged after $140,000 and multiple weapons, including a grenade, loaded guns and 15,000 rounds of live ammunition were seized following multiple raids across Sydney's south-west.

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3 d. ago Man critically injured, another arrested after shooting on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula

An investigation is under way after a man arrived at a medical clinic with a suspected gunshot wound on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula.

Events

3 d. ago LNP to quadruple political donation cap in developer cash return

But a suite of proposed election law changes by the Crisafulli government will not uphold a promise to bring back optional preferential voting at state polls.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m not the finance minister’: Albanese angry with expenses questions in tense press conference

Senior politicians with an uncapped spousal travel allowance have billed taxpayers more than $660,000 since the start of the Albanese government.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m not the finance minister’: Albanese says he has no influence on expense spending

Senior politicians with an uncapped spousal travel allowance have billed taxpayers more than $660,000 since the start of the Albanese government.

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