Many SMSF trustees choose to ignore the basic investment guideline of diversification, with their portfolios too heavily weighted towards one or two asset classes. 

Western Bulldogs midfielder Lachie Hunter is taking indefinite from the club to manage some personal issues.

As independent Zoe Daniel’s campaign clicks over $1 million, not all the Goldstein campaign cash is on the table.

Were there or were there not men pulled from the tunnel? In this crucial incident in the Roberts-Smith defamation case, two versions of the story cannot be reconciled.

The Prime Minister appeared to kill off any prospect of the embattled Warringah candidate being disendorsed.

The independent candidate Zoe Daniel discloses most (but not all) of her donors. The Liberal incumbent will not discuss the issue.

Harness racing will have its own version of The Everest from next year, with Harness Racing Australia to announce on Wednesday the creation of a $2.13 million slots race in Western Sydney.

Despite not being directly affected, men, such as the Prime Minister, seem to have strong opinions about the participation of trans athletes in women’s sport.

Several people have been killed in three successive blasts in a Shiite neighbourhood.

The prime minister continues his tour of Perth, Labor promises to review the NDIS if elected and the Liberal candidate for Warringah says she is “not going anywhere”.

The Victorian Supreme Court retrial of a man accused of the 1998 murders of two police officers in Moorabbin has focused on statements and witness accounts of Senior Constable Rodney Miller’s final moments.

Riley Shortland, 8, and Alex Raichman, 11, died in separate accidents in 2017 and 2018 when one was hit by a truck and the other by a train.

Conservative activists and politicians have set their sights on the entertainment giant, urging boycotts of theme parks and media.

Victoria Police say it has logged about 8000 offences in the first five days of an Easter road safety blitz, including one motorist clocked doing more than 250km/h on the Calder Freeway at Woodend.

While a Queensland court decides whether “anti-paedophile” campaigner William Russell Pridgeon broke the law, a NSW court has restored his medical registration.

It’s the biggest gift to a cultural institution in Australian history, and it took some wooing.

Caddick’s husband lodged a claim in court for a stake of the fraudster’s millions, including her home, jewellery and wedding dress, sparking outcry from victims.

Michael “Pretty Boy” Zerafa and Isaac “The Headsplitter” Hardman traded blows at the weigh in over racism allegations ahead of Wednesday night’s fight.

Labor launched into the Coalition on climate policy after Angus Taylor claimed the opposition’s renewable energy plan would drive up power bills.

The former Australian Test cricketer has applied to have domestic violence charges dealt with under mental health legislation.

The inspector of custodial services linked the lack of hours spent outside a cell by children to an increase in suicide attempts.

Regardless of which scenario you find yourself in, you must impress if you have any hope of progressing to the next stage.

This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall take a look at the Bombers and whether they are living up to Ben Rutten’s ambition for the side to be a “blue-collar” team.

The Deb is a new comedy musical backed by Rebel Wilson, who plans to turn it into a feature film.

A Ballajura man faces 134 child abuse-related charges after a forensic analysis of devices seized from his home earlier this year.

Some attendees waited in the desert heat for hours without water, while others didn’t even make it to the event.

A friend and former comrade of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is the first SAS witness to give evidence in support of the decorated former soldier in the Federal Court.

Eighteen months after vowing to air-condition all state classrooms to cool kids and help combat COVID, the government has met its target two months early.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that assurances from Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had not convinced the Biden administration.

Star Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been admitted to hospital in India after testing positive to COVID-19 this week.

AMP has not shrunk its way to greatness but managed its way to mediocrity through a process marked by strategic missteps and scandals.

Independent Kylea Tink, who hopes to oust Zimmerman from the seat of North Sydney, thinks there might be a “bigger strategy at play” in the selection of Katherine Deves in Warringah.

Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to rockets fired into Israel.

Sydney Philharmonia’s performance of the Mass under conductor Elizabeth Scott emphasised flow and continuity.

The rejection from both leaders could mean Australians will be forced to another poll in the event of a hung parliament.

AMP’s board must consider whether shareholders and clients will be better served if the company de-merges its private markets arm or sells it off.

A lot of good may yet come out of the Brad Thorn imbroglio, though communication between RA and the Queensland Rugby Union remains at rock bottom.

Australia is slipping in a global ranking of how different nations are tackling climate change and neither party is offering policies that would reverse the trend.

From bad covers of iconic rock songs to dropping lyrics in campaign speeches, it’s time our politicians gave up on the desperate pop culture references.

Premier Daniel Andrews believes Victoria has passed the present peak of COVID-19 infections, paving the way for restrictions to be lifted.

Former long-time AFL umpire Darren Goldspink believes the league’s crackdown this year on disrespect shown to umpires is having the opposite effect of its desired intent.

Former Olympic swimmer and broadcaster Neil Brooks and his wife have been ordered to return to Australia to face a $1.95m fraud case, despite being unvaccinated and unable to enter the country.

Beijing’s economic rise over the last decades is in danger of crashing over its dystopian COVID policy.

Lloyd James was head of television at SBS in a time of innovation and agenda setting.

Thirty-five years ago, koalas were returning to suburban Melbourne, making their way along the river banks of the Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park as far in as Templestowe. The park’s rangers said it was the closest koalas had come into the city for ...

Electric vehicles are cheaper to run, more sustainable and require less maintenance. But how long will it take to break even after various upfront costs?

He was one of the most striking prose stylists of the past century. And yet, he’s never really been a household name.

The award-winning 60 Minutes reporter teamed up with investigative reporter Kate McClymont for a new podcast series about missing conwoman Melissa Caddick.

Rules surrounding Capital Gains Tax can be complex, but using a tax-deductible concessional super contribution strategy can be beneficial.

Air and other public transport travel will now be mask-free in the country, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s promise to “defeat” COVID.