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Refugees
‘Every day is a living hell’: The Australians languishing in a Syrian detention camp
Thirty-four Australian women and children, relatives of Islamic State fighters, are trapped in a desert camp in Syria, five years after the fall of IS. They want to know why they have been forgotten.
- by Deborah Snow
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Property prices
The Coalition’s super-for-housing plan could save the budget $1b. But there’s a catch
Amid an increasingly bitter political debate over housing policy, the Coalition says its idea for people to use their super for a deposit will improve the budget bottom line.
- by Shane Wright
Business chiefs confront PM for taking economy ‘backwards’
The government is standing by its centrepiece workplace reforms even as the Business Council of Australia unleashes a fresh assault on its workplace agenda.
- by David Crowe
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Define ‘tree’: The fight over Woolworths’ eco-beef pledge
Woolworths wants to sell beef that hasn’t been produced on farms that take part in “deforestation” – but no one can agree on the definition.
- by Mike Foley
‘Bulldozer’ PM blasts Senate in election clash on housing and environment
The Greens say Anthony Albanese is being a “bulldozer” like former PM Scott Morrison as Labor seeks to stare down the minor party over blocking reforms.
- by David Crowe
Tax attack could be next challenge for cash-strapped shoppers
Shoppers have yet to dip into their stage 3 tax cuts to boost spending. And they may face a new problem – the tax man.
- by Shane Wright
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Political leadership
Scammers, bankers and pollies: Who can we trust if not ourselves?
Even as they seek to protect the gullible from misfortune, central bankers and governments leave us with a warning: watch your own back.
- by Sean Kelly
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ADF
‘Moral accountability demands more’: Calls for top brass to hand back medals
Former Defence Force chief Angus Campbell and other leading military figures are facing growing calls to surrender their military honours after more junior Afghanistan war commanders were stripped of theirs.
- by Matthew Knott
Cash starts to flow for cheap new homes
But the Greens have accused Labor of “self-sabotage”, saying it is unwilling to negotiate on stalled housing policies.
- by Paul Sakkal
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