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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the participants at the start of the Mother's Day Classic in Sydney, Sunday, May 13, 2018. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

PM’s rating soars

Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity has surged to its highest levels since the 2016 election on the back of the budget and a horror week for Bill Shorten. The Opposition Leader has taken a big credibility hit and all of a sudden his immediate fate rests on five by-elections, writes Simon Benson, and losing even one seat could be fatal. The latest Newspoll has also found more people believed the budget would leave them financially better off rather than worse off.

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Police are investigating the deaths of seven people in a suspected murder-suicide at the property in Osmington, east of Margaret River.Back row L-R - Woman in red dress, Katrina Miles, 35. Peter Miles, 61, Cynda Miles, 58Kids left to right: Rylan Cockman, 12, Kayden Cockman, 8, Taye Cockman, 13 (girl), Ayre Cockman, 10

Deadly rift

Gunman Peter Miles was once a friend to his son-in-law Aaron Cockman but in recent years, Mr Cockman says Mr Miles and his former mother-in-law, Mr Miles’s wife Cynda, worked against him to ensure their grandchildren — the three boys and a girl their daughter Katrina had with Mr Cockman between 2005 and 2010 — no longer saw him.

“Kat’s mum said to me once, ‘You’ll see, Kat will make sure you and your parents never see those kids again’.”

Aaron Cockman

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13/05/2018: Android phone users Christine Serhan (28) & Aneeq Choudhry (28) taking in the sights of Hosier Lane in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Google spies

More than 10 million Australian consumers are unwittingly paying with their telco plans to send personal data about every ­moment of their lives to Google, one of the world’s wealthiest companies, writes Darren Davidson. Google is spying on Australians using Android mobile devices by harvesting vast troves of valuable personal data to sell ­targeted advertising.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on March 8, 2016 shows a Malaysian man walking in front of a mural of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane in a back-alley in Shah Alam. The disappearance of the Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew almost four years ago is one of aviation's greatest mysteries, with an Australian-led hunt across a 120,000 square-kilometre (46,000 square-mile) zone failing to reveal the crash site. / AFP PHOTO / Manan VATSYAYANA / TO GO WITH Australia-Malaysia-China-aviation-MH370,FOCUS by Glenda Kwek

‘No accident’

The pilot of MH370 planned the crash in the southern Indian Ocean down to the last detail, a new book argues.

“The evidence shows that the aeroplane was under the complete ­control of a pilot throughout the flight, and at the end of its flight, MH370 was intentionally ditched (landed in a controlled way) on the ocean surface.”

Larry Vance

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EMBARGO FOR MANSION MAG 8 OCT 2016 19/09/16 Harry Triguboff in his penthouse apartment in World Square/ Sydney CBD. Billionaire developer and head of Meriton Harry Triguboff for Mansion Australia MagazineAdam Yip/ The Australian

Harry sweetens pot

Billionaire apartment developer Harry Triguboff has brought in a raft of measures to halt weakening sales in a market he says is “getting worse”, including increased commissions to real estate agents, covering buyers’ stamp duty and increasingly lending to buyers.

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MONTMELO, SPAIN - MAY 13: Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Red Bull Racing on the drivers parade before the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya on May 13, 2018 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Daniel’s waiting game

Ferrari or Red Bull? Daniel Ricciardo’s delay in settling his future after finishing fifth in Spain is down to the Aussie ace waiting to find out which engine Red Bull will choose for next season before committing himself to a decision about his future.

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters page cartoon for 14-05-2018Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.