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Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the town at the centre of it all has been transformed into an "extreme tourism" theme park. More than 1,000 tourists each week pay to walk through the abandoned town of Pripyat, home to nuclear reactor number four

Here's what's coming up:

  • 7:40am AEST: Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg will speak to Radio National

  • 8:05am AEST: Australian Securities and Investment Commission chair Greg Medcraft will do a phone interview with Radio National

  • 9:00am AEST: Senate committee hearing into unconventional gas mining will be held in Darwin

  • 9:30am AEST: The report from Queensland Nickel administrators to creditors will be released

  • 10:15am AEST: The ACCC is taking court action against the maker of painkiller Nurofen, accusing it of misleading customers. The consumer watchdog argues that at least four Nurofen products marketed as treating specific pains all contain the same active ingredient

 
Top Stories
Palmer denies being Queensland Nickel shadow director
Federal MP Clive Palmer says he "absolutely" did not act as a shadow director at the failed Queensland Nickel, but that he was part of a committee that approved expenditure at the company.
 
'Postcard Bandit' Brenden Abbott due for prison release
One of the nation's most notorious bank robbers wants to live the next chapter of his life in tropical north Queensland, but his bid for freedom is looking precarious.
 
What makes a woman? Germaine Greer weighs in
The firebrand feminist author, no stranger to controversy, revives an old controversy on ABC's Q&A regarding her views on men who transition into women.
 
'Extreme tours' mark 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Thirty years after the world's most catastrophic nuclear accident, the home of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor number four is transformed into an "extreme tourism" theme park.
 
Australian-Chinese leaders urge support for 'motherland' in South China Sea dispute
Leading figures in Australia's Chinese population call on fellow community members to come together to help "safeguard the sovereign rights of China" over growing military tensions in the South China Sea.
 
Obama reflects on presidency, calls Libya his 'worst mistake'
Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was the lack of planning in the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi, when the country spiralled into chaos.
 
Neighbours urged to be vigilant after death of snatched toddler
The uncle of a 15-month-old girl found dead in a Melbourne creek after being taken from a pram pushed by her mother warns people in the community to be careful.
 
British PM David Cameron tightens tax laws after Panama Papers
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he is tightening laws to end tax evasion, in hopes of ending scrutiny of his personal wealth following the Panama Papers leak.
 
Bitcoin investors 'owed thousands' by struggling Australian exchange
Australian-founded bitcoin exchange Igot appears on the verge of collapse, with dozens of customers and clients claiming to be owed hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 
Witnesses recall horror of Port Arthur massacre
Twenty years on, four witnesses to what remains one of the worst mass shootings by a lone gunman recall the harrowing events of that day.
 
'Dysfunctional' Geelong Council to be sacked by Victorian Government
The Victorian Government will move to have the entire Geelong City Council sacked after an independent inquiry found it had a culture of bullying and harassment.
 
Bishop who presided over 'dark days' in Ballarat buried in simple grave
Ronald Mulkearns, the Catholic bishop who presided over the Ballarat diocese during some of its worst years of child sexual abuse by priests, is buried in a simple grave rather than the cathedral crypt.
 
Global tiger numbers increase for first time in 100 years: WWF
The number of tigers in the wild rises the first time in 100 years, marking a major turning point in the big cat's plight against poaching and habitat loss.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Dominic Knight Our ridiculously slow road to a very fast train
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By Ian Verrender A royal commission into banks could restore our faith
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By Paula Matthewson Turnbull might have to ditch the double dissolution
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By Alan Duffy Space race: Private groups are realising our dream
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World
60 minutes crew, mother may face child abduction charges in Lebanon
Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannon in football clashes
Palestine establishes constitutional court sidestepping Hamas
 
Business
Bitcoin investors 'owed thousands' by struggling Australian exchange
Palmer denies being Queensland Nickel shadow director
Wesfarmers taking action over 'mind-blowingly stupid' Target scandal
 
Politics
'Extreme tours' mark 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster
British PM David Cameron tightens tax laws after Panama Papers
Palmer denies being Queensland Nickel shadow director
 
Sport
Cameron McEvoy sets new Commonwealth record in 100m freestyle
Bulldogs beat Storm 18-12: What we learned from the heavyweight clash
Scans confirm Bob Murphy has ruptured ACL
 
Science and Tech
Bitcoin investors 'owed thousands' by struggling Australian exchange
$15 million needed to save Australia's most endangered frogs
SpaceX lands rocket on ocean platform for first time
 
Environment
Global tiger numbers increase for first time in 100 years: WWF
$15 million needed to save Australia's most endangered frogs
Australia to sign Paris climate change deal
 

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