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7-Eleven staff work twice as long at half pay rate
Australian retail giant 7-Eleven is found to be systematically paying its workers about half the minimum wage at stores around the country.
 
Labor, Greens, union demand Operation Fortitude answers
The Federal Government says the cancelled police operation in Melbourne involving border force officers had nothing to do with the Immigration Minister, but Labor is calling for him to give a full explanation.
 
Man charged after allegedly setting fire to 3yo girl
A 43-year-old man is charged after allegedly dousing three children in lighter fluid and setting one of them on fire in the Perth suburb of Doubleview.
 
Rival protest groups rally in Bendigo over controversial mosque
The centre of the Victorian city of Bendigo was shut down as several hundred people gathered to protest against anti-Islamic groups and show their support for a planned mosque.
 
Australian Army battalions, US Marines compete in NT
Members of the Australian Army's 1st Brigade, and a few US Marines, have their skills tested as part of an annual military competition.
 
Virginia gunman plotted to 'hurt a lot more' people: governor
The embittered gunman who shot dead two young American journalists on live TV had intended to commit more violence before he took his own life, Virginia's governor says.
 
Tallent gives Australia second Beijing silver
Australia's Jared Tallent takes the silver medal in the men's 50km walk behind winner Matej Toth of Slovakia.
 
'Completely despicable': Families of suicide victims say mental health system failed them
The families of several mentally ill West Australians who were treated at a Fremantle psychiatric unit before taking their own lives say an investigation has highlighted gross inadequacies within the mental health sector.
 
Death toll soars in latest Mediterranean refugee boat disaster
Libyan authorities are still searching for survivors a day after two migrant boats carrying 500 people capsized off the country's coast.
 
Crew begin isolation for year-long NASA Hi-SEAS Mars project
Six people shut themselves inside a dome for a year in Hawaii, in the longest US isolation experiment aimed at helping NASA prepare for a pioneering journey to Mars.
 
NT judges 'on trial' in role-playing court language lesson
Northern Territory Supreme Court justices take to the defendant's dock and put interpreters in charge in an unusual role reversal to highlight the difficulties for non-English speakers in court.
 
Stroke a wake-up call for Birdsville's only policeman
Senior Constable Neale McShane, who polices an area spanning roughly the size of the United Kingdom - alone - says recovering from a potentially fatal stroke has changed his outlook, as he prepares for the famous Birdsville Races.
 
Polish official '99 per cent' sure Nazi treasure train exists
Poland's deputy culture minister says he has seen a ground-penetrating radar image of the alleged Nazi treasure train that set off a gold rush, adding that he is 99 per cent sure it exists.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Michael Bradley New material ramps up pressure on Dyson Heydon
By Michael Bradley
By JR Hennessy Good on Melbourne for standing up to the Australian Border Force
By JR Hennessy
By ABC's Barrie Cassidy Where's our ambition? Quit stalling and get on with reform
By ABC's Barrie Cassidy
By Samara McPhedran What motivates people to commit public murders?
By Samara McPhedran
 
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RACT voices frustration at petrol price differences
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World
Turkey's president approves interim cabinet with Pro-Kurdish party
Former US president George W Bush visits New Orleans on Katrina anniversary
Ashley Madison boss steps down after data breach
 
Business
Share market closes up 0.6pc after Wall St enjoys two-day rise
Woolworths profit slumps 12.5pc, appoints new chairman
Profit season wraps up with some positive results
 
Politics
Proceeds of crime could help fight Queensland ice scourge: Premier
Greens to refer evidence of 7-Eleven worker exploitation to Senate inquiry
Turkey's president approves interim cabinet with Pro-Kurdish party
 
Sport
Southern Stars clinch the Women's Ashes with T20 win in Hove
Tallent gives Australia second Beijing silver
Live: Giants v Blues, Hawks v Lions, Kangaroos v Bulldogs, Suns v Power, Bombers v Tigers
 
Science and Tech
Photographers zoom in on nature for Eureka Science Prize
Eureka Prize honours quantum computing pioneers
Eureka awards: Mystery of appendix explained by kids
 
Environment
Kazakhstan to host IAEA nuclear fuel bank to assist non-proliferation
Sea levels set to rise at least one metre over next 100-200 years: NASA
Fact check: Is the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine located in the middle of Australia's best agricultural land?
 

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