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Tony Burke says Uluru trip was 'beyond community expectations'
The Labor frontbencher concedes taxpayers should not have been charged for his children to take business class flights to Uluru.
 
Two people found dead in car after reported shooting
Two people are found dead inside a vehicle at Plumpton, about 36 kilometres north-west of Melbourne's CBD, after paramedics respond to reports of a shooting.
 
Labor staffer expelled from party over branch stacking in federal seats
A Labor staffer is expelled from the party after stacking branches in federal seats, including that held by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
 
Aircraft debris found on island is from MH370, Malaysia confirms
Malaysia's prime minister confirms with "a very heavy heart" that a piece of aircraft debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion last week is from missing flight MH370.
 
Asylum seekers returned to Vietnam: Dutton
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirms 46 asylum seekers were returned to Vietnam after their boat was intercepted off Western Australia last month.
 
Man charged with publishing Defence document online 'left broken disk in bin'
A Canberra man charged with publishing a top secret Defence document on a file-sharing website left the broken disk he used in a bin at his house, court documents reveal.
 
Union accuses Sydney Uni of cynicism towards failing foreign students
The National Tertiary Education Union weighs into a stoush between the University of Sydney and a group of foreign students who have been failed in two core commerce courses.
 
Pet deer decapitated, antlers taken 'by trophy hunters'
Trophy hunters are likely responsible for killing a pet deer and removing its head and antlers in a sickening act of animal cruelty at a property at Myrtleford, in north-eastern Victoria, police say.
 
Unemployment jumps to 6.3pc despite strong job creation
Unemployment jumps to 6.3 per cent, and passes 800,000 for the first time since 1994, despite the estimated creation of 38,500 jobs in July.
 
Russian hacker targets CommSec, E*TRADE accounts
Authorities manage to foil an elaborate share trading scheme by a suspected Russian hacker targeting Australian investors.
 
Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
The 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the western Japanese city is marked with a moment of silence at the Peace Memorial Park at 8:15am local time, when the detonation turned the city into an inferno.
 
Carmichael mine ruling 'shifts environmental approval goal post'
The Federal Court has shifted the goal posts on environmental approvals, according to north Queensland federal MP George Christensen, following its ruling to set aside the approval of Adani's $16 billion Carmichael coal mine.
 
Sky high prices as Melbourne CBD wall sells for $3.05 million
It seems Melbourne's booming real estate prices are not restricted to homes, with part of a wall in Melbourne's CBD with an electronic billboard selling at auction this week for $3.05 million.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Michael Bradley Canberra has become a parallel moral universe
By Michael Bradley
By ABC's Kumi Taguchi Hidden outside Tokyo, Dad couldn't escape the war
By ABC's Kumi Taguchi
By Sofia Ahlberg 70 years after Hiroshima: what explains our cultural amnesia?
By Sofia Ahlberg
By ABC's Alan Kohler WorkChoices is dead, buried and ... abated?
By ABC's Alan Kohler
 
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World
Bill Cosby ordered to give deposition in sexual abuse lawsuit
Barack Obama increases pressure on US Congress to pass Iran deal
US drone strikes IS targets in Syria for first time
 
Business
Russian hacker targets CommSec, E*TRADE accounts
Unemployment jumps to 6.3pc despite strong job creation
ANZ announces $3b capital raising to meet tougher home loan rules
 
Politics
Labor staffer expelled from party over branch stacking in federal seats
Joyce to wait for tilt at Nationals leadership as Truss recontests
NSW prisoners urged to strike to protest overcrowding
 
Sport
Hooper and Pocock to start against All Blacks
Clarke banking on hard work to pay off at Trent Bridge
Fyfe ruled out for Dockers for another week
 
Science and Tech
Aircraft debris found on island is from MH370, Malaysia confirms
Neil deGrasse Tyson: 10 key moments
Genetic melanoma risks uncovered in Queensland-led study
 
Environment
Strange lights in Adelaide skies as police receive calls about 'space junk'
Russia resubmits claim for energy-rich Arctic shelf
Wallaby colony thrives in forest near Paris
 

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