5 h. ago Houston has another problem: Star Pies recruit facing ban for high bump

Collingwood recruit Dan Houston is staring down the barrel of a second suspension in three matches after the MRO hit him with a two-game ban for his high hit on Carlton’s Lachie Fogarty.

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6 h. ago Zempilas unveils new shadow cabinet with a pitch to ‘deregulate’ and reform the public sector

The Liberals and Nationals have agreed to form a joint interim cabinet ahead of a raft of new upper house MPs entering parliament in May.

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6 h. ago Trump ousts national security boss after meeting with conspiracy theorist

A US official said Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and outside adviser to President Donald Trump, called for Timothy Haugh’s removal during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office.

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7 h. ago Public housing residents vow to resist eviction after lawsuit thrown out

The state government plans to pursue for legal costs the tenant who led the class action against it.

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10 h. ago Who gets the friends in a divorce? It depends on who you ask

By its very nature, divorce is about dividing assets – but sometimes hardest of all is realising your friendships are up for negotiation as well. Here’s how to truly find your people.

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10 h. ago More like a tomb than luxury apartments: the plans dividing Sydney’s elite

It’s home to celebrities, politicians, lawyers, bankers and Hare Krishnas, but how will the Altair’s forecourt redevelopment turn out?

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10 h. ago New world order: Trump’s tariff attack sparks global recession fears

His trade secretary says a recession would be “worth it” to restructure the US economy, while Trump plays it down but admits there could be bumps.

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14 h. ago Trump fires six national security officials after meeting with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer

During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and their boss, Michael Waltz.

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17 h. ago Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.

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17 h. ago Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off

As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.

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22 h. ago ‘Twenty games to go’: Key Blue not down in the dumps over Carlton’s 0

Collingwood recruit Dan Houston faces match-review scrutiny over a high bump after the Magpies turned up the blowtorch on Carlton with a 17-point win over their arch-rivals.

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23 h. ago AFL LIVE | ‘Fair play on the ball’: New Pie Houston unfazed over high hit as Collingwood bask in win

Collingwood recruit Dan Houston faces match-review scrutiny over a high bump after the Magpies turned up the blowtorch on Carlton with a 17-point win over their arch-rivals.

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27 h. ago US bans government staff in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens

Though some US agencies already had strict rules on such relationships, a blanket “non-fraternisation” policy, as it is known, has been unheard of publicly since the Cold War.

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30 h. ago Trump’s tariffs will hurt the world and the ones who love him most

The world is in uncharted territory thanks to the new US tariff regime.

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30 h. ago Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ look to be a hoax. Here’s how you can tell

For weeks, the US president has insisted it would be a matter of “whatever they charge us, we charge them”. But it has become clear that isn’t what’s going on.

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31 h. ago Donald Trump spent 48 minutes declaring war on trade. We fact

The US president unveiled his global tariff policy during a long and sometimes meandering press conference on what he dubbed ‘Liberation Day’. We analysed what he said.

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35 h. ago Breakthrough in tobacco war firebombing that killed Katie Tangey

The image of a person of interest has been released as police return to the site of the Truganina house fire that killed a 27-year-old burlesque performer earlier this year.

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36 h. ago Brisbane news live: Cyclist killed after car crash | Murder charge of prescription pills death | Inquiry into LNP plan to make it easier for police to wand people for knives

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37 h. ago Police release image of person of interest in firebombing tragedy

The facefit image, compiled from CCTV footage, is of a man police believe is linked to a house fire that killed innocent woman Katie Tangey in January.

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37 h. ago Trump hits Australia with 10 per cent tariff on all exports to the US

The US president singled out Australia’s largest export to the US, beef, and said it was unfair that the country did not accept imports of American beef.

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