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Labor takes aim at big banks, promising royal commission
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announces an incoming Labor government would hold a royal commission into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry.
 
Grandma 'hit with pistol' during abduction attempt involving 60 Minutes crew
The grandmother of two children at the centre of an attempted recovery effort that saw a crew from Channel Nine's 60 Minutes detained in Lebanon says she was assaulted as an armed man grabbed her grandchildren.
 
Arrium problems linked to 'poor decisions' but lifeline flagged
Low commodity prices and a global oversupply of steel cannot solely be blamed for the Arrium crisis, the Prime Minister says as Christopher Pyne flags a possible lifeline for the embattled company.
 
Gurrumul hospital records wrongly say singer unsuitable for transplant: doctor
The doctor who treats Indigenous singer Gurrumul says staff at Royal Darwin Hospital wrongly concluded in patient records that the entertainer was unsuitable for a liver transplant, as racial profiling claims mount.
 
Not another 'Choppergate': Barnaby Joyce says helicopter ride was reasonable
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce defends his use of travel entitlements by chartering a helicopter in his New South Wales electorate.
 
Court orders chemotherapy for cancer-stricken boy
The parents of a Perth boy with brain cancer are ordered by Western Australia's Family Court to allow him to undergo potentially life-saving chemotherapy treatment, despite their fears he will suffer.
 
'Great white shark' turns on 'annoying' jet skiers
Two jet skiers who pulled up next to a five-metre-long shark for a closer look came off second best when it turned on them off Fraser Island in southern Queensland.
 
'Alien-like' goby fish needed alive for identification
A museum in the Northern Territory is seeking public help in capturing a live specimen of rare eyeless, worm-like fish with a gnashing row of teeth so it can be properly identified.
 
Woman's naked body found at Sydney wharf
A man allegedly found standing naked over the body of woman in shallow water at Cabarita Wharf is questioned by police.
 
Are self-driving warships and 'smart trucks' the future?
Autonomous vehicles are on the rise, with the US military christening an experimental self-driving warship and a "smart truck platooning" trial ending successfully this week.
 
PM's 'adviser' Maurice Newman hits out at Malcolm Turnbull's 'Labor-like' leadership
The former chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange and the ABC, Maurice Newman, has warned that Malcolm Turnbull's "left-leaning" leadership could lead to the rise of a new conservative party.
 
Modern men have no trace of Neanderthal DNA on Y chromosome
The disappearance of the Neanderthal Y chromosome from modern humans may be due to genetic incompatibilities that led to miscarriages, suggests the first-ever analysis of the male Neanderthal sex chromosome.
 
Star Wars: Rogue One trailer released
It's caused a ripple in the Force — the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is released.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Barrie Cassidy An election can't come soon enough for Turnbull
By Barrie Cassidy
By Peter Brent We're drowning in opinion polls, so here's what to make of them
By Peter Brent
By Sally Weller Sadly, research suggests Arrium workers face a grim future
By Sally Weller
By Nikki Barrowclough Kim Philby: The spy and the video that can't be trusted
By Nikki Barrowclough
 
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World
Uber pays $US10 million settlement over driver background checks
Ex-Auschwitz guard dies a week before German trial: court
Airtime for son of Mafia boss sparks fury in Italy
 
Business
Labor takes aim at big banks, promising royal commission
Commercial property outperforms shares, but analysts warn of a bust
NBN likely to entrench broadband oligopoly: analysts
 
Politics
'At their wits end': Isolated Aussies call for boarding school assistance increase
PM's 'adviser' Maurice Newman hits out at Malcolm Turnbull's 'Labor-like' leadership
Extra $1 billion not enough in GST carve-up: Victorian Treasurer
 
Sport
Scott rues worst Masters start in 12 years at Augusta
Triple-bogey spoils Day's sizzling front nine at Masters, Spieth leads
Hackett backs Horton for gold in Rio
 
Science and Tech
Are self-driving warships and 'smart trucks' the future?
How IT guru Harper Reed harnessed the power of the internet
CRISPR: The new tool in the gene editing revolution explained
 
Environment
Australia to sign Paris climate change deal
Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh: report
Environmental concerns raised over NSW coal seam gas water plant
 

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