The meltdown: inside Labor's self-destruction

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The meltdown: inside Labor's self-destruction

Kevin Rudd.
Special investigation: Fairfax Media reveals the backroom deals and bitter slurs that led to Labor's undoing.

'This could cause huge rifts'

Gallipoli Peninsular
Turkey has warned Australia against formal recognition of the Armenian genocide to avoid undermining the special centenary commemoration of Gallipoli in 2015.

First-home crisis: call for action

Sale sign
A record plunge in first-home buyer activity has sparked calls for a national debate on housing affordability.

Six reasons why Lisa might have fallen

Simon Gittany, accused of murdering his girlfriend Lisa Harnum in 2011 when she was allegedly pushed off a balcony of a CBD apartment pictured leaving Darlinghurst court with his partner
6:54pm | Simon Gittany's murder trial has finished and it could take up to two weeks for a judge to decide whether or not he threw his fiance from a high-rise balcony to her death.

Pollies spend big on RAAF jet travel

Prime Minister Tony Abbott departs RAAF Fairbairn
Federal politicians taking Air Force-operated VIP flights are costing taxpayers $50,000 for every hour spent in the air.

Snowboarder flies downhill after trauma

Joany Badenhorst
In 2005 she lost a leg. Now Joany Badenhorst is a Paralympics snowboarding hopeful.

Jayant Patel pursuit cost $3.6 million

Jayant Patel
12:42am | It cost Queensland taxpayers close to $3.6 million to press charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence against former Bundaberg surgeon, Dr Jayant Patel.

Ashes prep: hosts turn down English requests

Alastair Cook.
The first ball of the Ashes series is five days away but Australia and England are at odds with the visitors having a series of demands rejected in Brisbane before the first Test.

The long, hard struggle to start again

Grandson Joel Asoque carries his 87 yrs of age blind grandfather Francisco  Mainit.
For those in Lat-osan village who survived typhoon Haiyan the struggle to rebuild their lives and homes is only just beginning.

Missing mail delays Corby's parol

Schappelle Corby stands behind the bars in the holding cell at Denpasar District Court.
3:10am | Schapelle Corby's parole bid is going nowhere fast as two Indonesian bureaucracies wait for each other to write letters, and the Australian embassy in Jakarta awaits further instructions.

Boyer Lectures: Love thy neighbour

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Australians at their best: courage, compassion and resilience in everyday life, says Quentin Bryce.

The rise of Jennifer Lawrence

Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
She snorts when she laughs, swears like a sailor and takes selfies on the red carpet. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire star is anything but a diva.

Fine dining ... with a $10,000 bill

Peking Duck
Long-known as cheap and cheerful, Sydney's Chinese restaurants have gone high-end, with multimillion dollar venues opening in the past two weeks promising top-notch feasts.

Television's quiet farewell

Analogue TV
John Hunter will be watching his 200 analog TVs when Sydney switches to digital-only transmission on December 3. The rest of Australia will follow a week later.
 

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