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What first home buyers think of raiding super to buy a home
First home buyers will be able to withdraw up to $50,000 of their superannuation to buy a property under a new Coalition policy. It has divided experts, but how do buyers feel?
Opinion
Australia votes
Super v housing: it’s time young people had that debate
Politicians could really help the young by not forcing an increasing amount of their pay packets into super, while also addressing the underlying forces driving house prices ever higher.
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
‘Debilitating effect’: AustralianSuper boss hits out at PM’s housing plan
The chair of the country’s largest superannuation fund has warned the Coalition’s super-for-housing policy will reduce investment returns and push up house prices.
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Australia votes
Labor ‘hates it’: Morrison says buying a home with superannuation is no gamble
The first home buyer policy has sparked an election fight on housing affordability as Scott Morrison tries to claw back ground with voters.
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LoadingChristian Porter returns to the bar as defence lawyer in Perth gun heist trial
Once touted as a potential future prime minister, Christian Porter has retired from politics and returned to private legal practice.
Dawsons’ home lost ‘loving feeling’ before Lynette vanished, court told
Patricia Jenkins has told the NSW Supreme Court her sister Lynette Dawson would speak about her husband Chris’ relationship with a teenage babysitter.
Craig McLachlan denies getting nude in front of three female colleagues
McLachlan gave evidence for a fifth day in the defamation case he brought against the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Trio on trial for Jack Beasley’s stabbing on Gold Coast glitter strip
The 17-year-old was stabbed in the chest on Surfers Paradise Boulevard about 8.10pm on December 13, 2019.
Triple-murderer tells court to take him at his word over fatal firebombing
Career criminal Vincent O’Dempsey refused to take an oath or affirmation for his evidence at a coronial inquest in Brisbane.
Graeme Innes fights to change how disabled people are treated when they fly
Former disability discrimination commissioner is leading fight to change the people with disabilities are treated by airlines after recent experience at Adelaide Airport.
Doctors in distress: Why demanding lifestyle puts young medicos at risk
Two years after Tash Port took her own life, her mum still struggles to comprehend the pressure the young doctor was under. So does the medical profession, as it confronts the alarming rate of suicide among young female doctors.
Google bot spots spreading starfish 20 times better than humans
Google has collaborated with CSIRO for a project using machine learning to develop a tool to pinpoint crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef.
Moore-Gilbert reclaims her life with startling Iranian prison memoir
Surviving 804 days in prison on trumped-up charges and writing this book is proof that the best revenge is living well.
Tom Cruise and Australia’s biggest directors are the star attractions as Cannes returns
Along with two films from Australian star directors, the launch of Top Gun: Maverick at the 75th Cannes Film Festival tells the world that big cinema is back.
Opinion
Digital transformation
That syncing feeling: How I sparked a Twitter intervention
No matter if you’re Kim Kardashian or a columnist’s mild-mannered partner, you can be analysed and criticised by complete strangers.
Kerri Sackville
Columnist
Australia votes 2022
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Australia votes
‘Leverage their own money’: Liberals want to open up super after housing plan
Critics say the Coalition’s plan to let first home buyers use superannuation for house deposits would inflate prices.
Exclusive
Australia votes
Albanese to take South-East Asia package to Quad meeting if Labor elected
Labor leader Anthony Albanese will bring a package of South-East Asia policies to a meeting of the Quad grouping next week if he is elected prime minister.
Opinion
Australia votes
Could this be the election in which News Corp’s impotence is exposed?
Margaret Simons
Journalist, author and academic
Opinion
Australia votes
Why women should vote for the Coalition
Roshena Campbell
Melbourne City councillor
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Queensland
Gunman shot dead by police in Ipswich after allegedly threatening officers
Police said the 27-year-old threatened officers before he was fatally shot south-west of Brisbane.
Updated
Vale
Cricket world mourns as Symonds dies in car crash
The death of Symonds near Townsville continues a tragic year for Australian cricket.
‘I hope they’re banned for life’: Minister blasts NRL Magic Round brawlers
Queensland’s Police Minister has called for spectators involved in a brawl during the Broncos’ NRL Magic Round win over Manly on Friday night to be banned for life.
Bitcoin runaway Peter Foster gets bail despite six-month disappearance
Last year, Foster failed to appear in a Sydney court and was found by federal police in rural Victoria six months later.
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Floods
Brisbane residents paid $420K for ‘rigged’ flood review, councillor claims
Former Queensland governor Paul de Jersey was paid $220,000 for his review, and his staffer $200,000.
Politics
Labor offers shot in the arm to medical manufacturing
More vaccines, medical implants and medicines could be made in Australia with support from a $1.5 billion fund Labor is proposing to set up.
Business
Updated
Mergers & acquisitions
‘Not out of the question’: Elon Musk hints at paying less for Twitter
Elon Musk stoked speculation that he could seek to renegotiate his takeover of Twitter as shares in the social media platform continue to tumble.
World
Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack, say police
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said the motive of the shooting was a grievance between the shooter, identified as a Chinese immigrant, and the Taiwanese community.
Opinion
Super v housing: it’s time young people had that debate
Jessica Irvine
Senior economics writer
Labor’s ‘missing middle’ strategy avoids asking region to take sides on China
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Morrison ignites superannuation culture war in final stretch
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property
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Title Deeds
Alan Joyce lands $19 million Mosman digs
Qantas jets are back in the air and the share price is slowly ticking upwards: must be time for the boss to trade up his Sydney real estate.
How long does it take for a rate rise to hit the housing market?
Experts say the historic lag between an interest rate change and its effect on the market is shortening.
Lifestyle
Are we destined for multiple loves? Millennials think we are
Conversations with Friends is sparking, well, conversations about traditional relationship structures and whether they’re still relevant today.
Culture
Can the Sally Rooney-verse really work on screen?
Despite Conversations with Friends’ best efforts, it still feels better to read Rooney’s books than watch them.
Sport
‘How did that come off?’: Magic man Murray even shocked himself
North Queensland’s Murray Taulagi explains his miracle ball for the Cowboy’s first try - but rated Joseph Suaalii’s leaping try the real Magic moment.
Japan-based trio gets green light for Wallabies gold
Australia look set to avoid a repeat of last year’s fiasco with Quade Cooper, Samu Kerevi and Marika Koroibete available to face England.
Analysis
NRL 2022
‘It’s not good enough’: The point Bulldogs realised Barrett had to go
The coach’s exit came after another humiliation on the field, a frantic weekend of discussions and a phone call with club supremo Phil Gould.
‘I wish we had one more day, one more phone call’: Symonds’ impact measured by tributes
The tributes illustrate the impact he had on those who watched him on the field, or shared their lives.
‘Hang your head in shame, Shark’: Wayne Grady attacks Norman over Saudi golf
The US PGA champion and former friend of Greg Norman has been brutal in his reaction to Norman’s involvement in the rebel tour.
‘A job for an experienced man’: Gould wants veteran coach to replace Barrett
Phil Gould has spoken about Trent Barrett’s decision to quit, and why he was not fibbing when he declared his job safe just two weeks ago.
Analysis
NRL 2022
Wet and wild at Suncorp: Key takeouts from Magic Round in Brisbane
Everything we learned from the annual rugby league extravaganza in the Olympic city.
Have Your Say
The NRL doesn’t sell what you need to win a Rugby World Cup
Before Rugby Australia start chasing league targets for 2027, they should look at the 34-year-old who beat up NSW at Leichhardt Oval. And has won two World Cups.
