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Hello readers. Big business is backing a review which could lead to national gas reserves, and the stock market rout spreads to Asia.

Work has started on a pipeline that will supply natural gas from Project Atlas in southwest Queensland to domestic customers

Gas review ‘long overdue’

Big business groups and the gas lobby are backing a review which could lead to a national gas reservation scheme.

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Asian stocks join sell-off

Asian markets have slipped at the open, adding to local falls that have wiped $90 billion off the ASX over the past two days. It’s not a fundamental reversal, but if this correction turns nasty, things could get much worse, writes Robert Gottliebsen.

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Is this really bad for you?

We’ve put a man on the moon, yet we still can’t decide if a banana or bacon are healthier at breakfast. Nutrition, and the science that underpin­s it, writes Adam Creighton, remains unacceptably confused­.

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Nicholas Warby, director of aquatic sports at Knox Grammar, has been charged with child porn and drug offences. Picture:

Swim teacher on child porn charges

The director of aquatic sports at Sydney’s elite Knox Grammar has been charged with child porn and drug offences.

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Australia's Steve Smith reacts as he walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket for 142 on the fourth day of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on August 4, 2019. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. NO ASSOCIATION WITH DIRECT COMPETITOR OF SPONSOR, PARTNER, OR SUPPLIER OF THE ECB

Man of the century

They will know this as the Steve Smith Test. The other 21 participants just courtiers in his royal presence, writes Peter Lalor.