AFTER the inferno comes the clean-up — and the questions. Questions such as, why had authorities not done more to warn people of the coming blaze or done something about the mobile black spots which left so many unable to receive text messages telling them to flee?
SURE, its name is a grammatical nightmare, but Australian parents need stores like Toys ‘R’ Us now more than ever, writes James Morrow.
WHAT goes up must come down — by as much as 30 per cent in some cases. In news that will surely delight those who have been trying to get a foot on the property ladder, house prices in many parts of Sydney are dropping, and are tipped to keep falling.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is struggling in his first term.
THE council today has upheld a complaint against The Daily Telegraph by the actual founder — and former longtime national leader — of the Australian Greens Bob Brown that essentially says we were wrong to suggest an appearance by then Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs at an oration for his foundation was a Greens-aligned event.
THE next federal election won’t be until next year, at least not if Malcolm Turnbull has anything to say about it, but the outlines of the economic side of the campaign are already shaping up. And the future of millions of retirees, pensioners is up for debate.
IF you build it, they will come. Or at least that’s what the voice in the 1989 Kevin Costner movie, Field of Dreams, said. But will that be the case when the ANZ and Allianz Stadium’s are rebuilt?
LAST week came news that doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston are being trained to talk to seriously ill patients not just about their health, but about their goals and values.
MIGRATING to another country can be one of the most difficult things a person can do, and those who help shepherd newcomers through the process of settling in their new homes are tasked with a serious responsibility.
Whatever you make of him, America’s President, Donald Trump, is shaking things up.
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