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Asylum seeker school student 'dragged on ground', put in detention
Iranian asylum seekers say the Government is putting them back into detention because it cannot force them to leave the country as it negotiates with the Middle Eastern nation to accept the return of its citizens.
 
Australia on the ropes as England edges towards Ashes triumph
England was on the verge of reclaiming the Ashes after reducing Australia to 7 for 241 before bad light stopped play on day two of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.
 
Multiple bomb attacks shake Kabul, heavy casualties feared
A suicide bomber strikes near the Kabul police academy in one of a series of attacks across the Afghan capital reportedly targeting coalition bases and government buildings.
 
Port workers ordered to cease industrial action by Fair Work Commission
Wharf workers who have formed a picket line at Sydney's Port Botany after almost 100 colleagues were sacked are ordered to end the industrial action by the Fair Work Commission.
 
Families SA carer jailed for sexually abusing children
Shannon McCoole, a Families SA carer and head administrator for a 1,000-member child pornography website, is jailed for 35 years for sexually abusing seven children as young as 18 months old.
 
Boat sinking survivors say refugees 'slashed, thrashed' by traffickers
Survivors of a refugee boat sinking in the Mediterranean describe how knife-wielding traffickers sealed migrants in the hull, condemning them to drown after slashing or thrashing them depending on their ethnicity.
 
Blocking Adani mine approval 'dangerous' for Australia: PM
Tony Abbott says he is "frustrated" at the decision to overturn the approval of Adani's Carmichael mine and declares it will be "tragic for the world" if the project does not go ahead.
 
Golden night for Australia at world swimming champs
Bronte Campbell finally upstaged her older sister Cate and Mitch Larkin grabbed the men's backstroke double at the world swimming championships in Kazan.
 
Secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh in latest targeted killing
Attackers armed with machetes kill another blogger in Bangladesh, the fourth slaying of an online critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority country in less than six months.
 
Hyatt forced to apologise for mislabelled 'Aborigine' salad
The Hyatt Canberra is forced to apologise to diners after mislabelling a dish as "grilled Moroccan Aborigine and rocket salad".
 
Give Rayney details about 'prime suspect' claim, judge orders
Lawyers for the State of WA are ordered to provide Lloyd Rayney with details of the evidence they say led a senior detective to describe him as the "prime and only" suspect in the murder of his wife.
 
Hacker couple can disable sniper rifle and alter targets
A husband and wife hacking team reveal how they hacked into a $US13,000 digitally enhanced sniper rifle and forced it to change its target.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
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World
Myanmar flooding claims 88 lives
French hostage Isabelle Prime freed in Yemen
Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: monitor
 
Business
$38b share market slide led by major bank slump
ANZ shares plunge after $2.5b capital raising
Reserve Bank calls peak in unemployment
 
Politics
Singapore evolving to keep up with informed electorate: Singaporean High Commissioner
Republican debate: The beginning of the end for Trump?
Australia considers five-year offshore detention centre contracts
 
Sport
Australia on the ropes as England edges towards Ashes triumph
As It Happened: Fourth Test, Day Two
Golden night for Australia at world swimming champs
 
Science and Tech
Coding kids program robots and protect pet guinea pigs from marauding possums
Aircraft debris found on island is from MH370, Malaysia says
Neil deGrasse Tyson: 10 key moments
 
Environment
Logging in national parks good for vulnerable species: Timber NSW
Remains of two Japanese climbers found in Alps after half century
Shenhua mine bosses caught up in Chinese corruption probes
 

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