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$1b worth of ice seized in Australia's largest liquid meth bust
Law enforcement agencies seize more than $1 billion of ice hidden in a shipment of stick-on gel bras and inside storage units filled with art supplies, in the largest seizure of liquid methamphetamine in Australia's history.
 
Turnbull not ruling out changes to negative gearing
Malcolm Turnbull attacks Labor's plans for a crackdown on negative gearing but says a rethink of property tax breaks remains on the table as he and Scott Morrison consider their options ahead of May's budget.
 
Man dead after senior police officer runs him over in Cairns
Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Taylor is stood aside after running over and killing a man who is believed to have been lying on the driveway of the Cairns district police building in far north Queensland.
 
Telstra gave users a free data day, so they downloaded 1,841 terabytes
One Telstra user in Sydney spent Sunday downloading 421 gigabytes of data to his phone, and he was not alone. Customers across Australia took advantage of the company's free data day to download a staggering 2.3 million movies' worth of data.
 
7-Eleven worker paid 47 cents an hour: lawyers
A Pakistani student was paid $325 for 685 hours of work at a 7-Eleven store in Sydney, lawyers representing employees of the convenience store chain say.
 
SA Government 'has not formed position' on nuclear dump proposal
The South Australian Government has not formed a position, either for or against, a proposal for a nuclear waste dump that would store more than 10 per cent of the world's waste, Premier Jay Weatherill says.
 
Snake warning issued after 6yo's death in western NSW
NSW emergency services issue a snake bite warning after the death of a young girl bitten by a brown snake in the state's west.
 
Former Abbott government minister Ian Macfarlane to quit politics
Federal Liberal MP and former industry minister Ian Macfarlane has announced he is quitting politics, two months after his bid to join the Nationals was blocked.
 
Australia polishes off dominant opening trans-Tasman Test win
Australia storms to a comprehensive victory in the first Test against New Zealand, winning by an innings and 52 runs inside four days in Wellington.
 
Complaints about Animals Australia live export ads dismissed
The Advertising Standards Board dismisses a case by Livestock South Australia to remove animal rights advertisements on buses and billboards.
 
Wikimedia Foundation takes aim at Google search with $3.5m 'Knowledge Engine'
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is preparing to tackle Google's dominance of internet search with a $3.5 million pilot program to build a "Knowledge Engine".
 
$20m diamond found in Angola by WA company Lucapa
A 20-carat diamond worth more than $20 million is found in West Africa by a Perth-based company.
 
Many Australians living payday to payday
A startling one in two working Australians are living from payday to payday while having unrealistic expectations about their living needs in retirement.
 
Government holds firm on asylum policies despite baby Asha protests
Former immigration minister Scott Morrison says the Government will stand by its policy in response to calls for an asylum seeker baby to remain in Australia.
 
Pill testing calls intensify after spate of party drug deaths
The number of ecstasy users appearing at NSW hospitals has almost doubled in the past six years, as recent deaths linked to the party drug put pressure on the Government to rethink its stance on pill testing.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Michael Janda Relax, we have nothing to fear from negative gearing reform
By Michael Janda
By Deirdre Fidge Stalking, actually: These films are really quite creepy when you look closer
By Deirdre Fidge
By Paula Matthewson Time for a Turnbull reset
By Paula Matthewson
By Ian Verrender There's a reason markets are 'dropping their bundle'
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World
Japan's 'Joshi Kousei' girls: Teenagers paid for dates pressured into sex, says UN
Kim Jong-un promises more satellite launches
British indie band Viola Beach 'living the dream' before deadly crash
 
Business
Share market rallies following global rebound
Turnbull not ruling out changes to negative gearing
Space to grow for Australian satellite industry
 
Politics
ANSTO tests mood for Central Australia nuke dump
Turnbull not ruling out changes to negative gearing
Bishop to discuss 'provocative' North Korea on Japan, China tour
 
Sport
Australia polishes off dominant opening trans-Tasman Test win
FFA issues show-cause notice to Victory after latest flare drama
As it happened: Aussies beat New Zealand by an innings and 52 runs in Wellington
 
Science and Tech
Doctors trial technology designed to keep hearts healthy before transplant
Rarest members of 'Earth's mineral kingdom' catalogued by scientists
3D printers 'for the home hobbyist' reach consumers
 
Environment
Call for answers as mysterious river bubbling 'intensifies'
Two activists take 'grand tour' of shortlisted nuclear waste dump sites
Sniffer dogs could help 'win the battle against extinction'
 

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