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Metro axe hits traders, city square plan

THE cancellation of the CBD Metro has sunk the City of Sydney's plan to create a new square opposite Town Hall by 2015 and prompted scores of city business owners to demand compensation for losses caused by the botched rail plan.

A dream Labor speech from the vanquished

FIFTEEN words in we knew what sort of speech this would be. "Generations" is a great big Malcolm Turnbull word. Churchillian. "All of us here are accountable not just to our constituents but to the generations that will come after them."

Now for real nanny state

AUSTRALIA must overcome its "ideological abhorrence" to nannies if it is to exploit the nation's female talent, says new Opposition childcare spokeswoman Sharman Stone.

Nanny state holds appeal for Liberal heartland

AUSTRALIA must overcome its "ideological abhorrence" to nannies if it is to fully utilise the nation's female talent, the Opposition's new childcare spokeswoman, Sharman Stone, said.

Rosy figures for retail landlords

ONE OF the highlights of the 2008-09 reporting season was the strength of the underlying business for retail landlords.

Spectral love too good to be true

TWO LOVERS Rating: 3.5/5 Directed by James Gray Written by James Gray and Richard Menello Rated M, 110 minutes Palace Verona

Flats Are In Fashion

Larry Schwartz finds a modern option for a city holiday at the Quest Docklands serviced apartments.

Work And Save For As Long As Possible

Make sure your money is allocated correctly, writes George Cochrane.

Test Umpire's Watershed Decision

COL EGAR 1928-2008

Heart And Soul Of Her Suburb For Decades

MELVA McDONALD 1911-2008

Scruffily Going Where Others Fear To Thread

If clothes maketh the woman, she's in big trouble, writes Corinne Grant.

Hangers On

Global fashion retailers are snapping up eco hangers from the entrepreneurs behind a Melbourne artists' market, writes Kath Dolan.

Modern Guru

Danny Katz answers readers' questions about 21st-century ethics, etiquette and dilemmas.