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Arrogant out of touch bankers

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'Protected species': Former bank executive Rob Ferguson gives big four a serve Rob Ferguson’s CV reeks corporate establishment. He clocked 15 years at the top of one of Australia’s largest and most successful investment banks, BT, and two decades sitting around the boardroom tables of big-end-of-town companies including Westfield and...
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Media freedom is at risk when Nine hosts a Liberal fundraiser

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The money-raising hosted by Nine had none of the sleaziness and claimed illegality of the $100,000 donation a Chinese property developer allegedly delivered to the NSW ALP in that now-notorious Aldi bag. The Nine Entertainment CEO, Hugh Marks, has told his newspaper editors it was a mistake to host a...
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The full list of 3000-plus speed camera sites in Queensland

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Leadfoot drivers pour millions of dollars into the Queensland government's coffers every year. Government revenue from fines and forfeitures, which includes fixed and mobile camera offences, speeding and tolling offences, is expected to grow by 7.9 per cent to $478 million in 2019-20, budget papers reveal. Even though a full list...
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Xi Jinping president of China

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Xi Jinping was the son of Xi Zhongxun, who once served as deputy prime minister of China and was an early comrade-in-arms of Mao Zedong. The elder Xi, however, was often out of favour with his party and government, especially before and during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) and after...
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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know

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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know Huge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. Guaira Maia/ISA Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, University of Sydney Record fires are raging in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, with more than 2,500 fires currently burning. They are collectively emitting...
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The Strait of Hormuz is the most important oil choke point in the world. Use our interactive map to explore it

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The Strait of Hormuz is the most important oil choke point in the world. Use our interactive map to explore it Wes Mountain, The Conversation After months of increasing tension between Iran and the US, on Tuesday the Morrison government committed a warship, surveillance aircraft and about 200 troops to a...
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Minor parties perform well in federal election and reconfirm the power of preference deals

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Minor parties perform well in federal election and reconfirm the power of preference deals What didn’t defy predictions, though, was another high non-major party vote of close to 25%. At this election, primary vote support for both Labor and the Coalition is slightly diminished, continuing a trend of waning faith...
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Vale Bob Hawke, a giant of Australian political and industrial history

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Vale Bob Hawke, a giant of Australian political and industrial history Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University If Bob Hawke had never become prime minister, he would still be recalled as a major figure in Australian political and industrial history. As president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Hawke was...
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Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019

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Real estate agents targeting tenants is the lowest of the low blows during election 2019 Real estate agents don’t decide rents, landlords do. Shutterstock Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute The lowest blow of this election campaign may have come from a firm of real estate agents that abused its position of trust to scare...
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Adani – Interactive cost, environmental impacts, jobs and the future

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Interactive: Everything you need to know about Adani – from cost, environmental impact and jobs to its possible future ABC News: Nationwide, a majority of voters are against building the Adani coal mine The Morrison Government gave it the final federal approvals before going into caretaker mode, reportedly after pressure from some...
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