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Live: Turnbull backs Dutton on 'illiterate' refugee remarks
The Prime Minister gets behind Peter Dutton, saying he is an "excellent" Immigration Minister and that he is right to say that many of the refugees who could head to Australia are illiterate.
 
Volkers set to be barred from Brazilian Olympic team at Australia's request
Australian swim coach Scott Volkers is expected to be barred from taking a role with the Brazilian swim team at the Rio Olympics.
 
Bodyguard at centre of Iraq embassy shooting to return to Australia
The Australian bodyguard at the centre of the suspicious death of a colleague at the Australian embassy in Baghdad is allowed to fly out of Iraq bound for Australia, despite allegations he has a history of violent and threatening behaviour.
 
Health Minister 'alerted to legionnaires' death by TV news'
The NSW Health Minister insists she is being kept in the loop about the latest outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Sydney, despite admitting she found out an infected patient had died from a news report.
 
Rogerson and McNamara gave 'unbelievable' versions of Gao murder, court hears
Two former police officers charged with the murder of Sydney student Jamie Gao have given "far-fetched and unbelievable" versions of what happened, prosecutors say.
 
Man told to stay in wheelchair overnight 'failed' by support service
A man with a disability who pays $100,000 a year for the care he needs has been told to stay in his wheelchair overnight by a support service unable to help him into bed.
 
Harry Potter author JK Rowling defends Trump's right to be 'offensive'
Harry Potter author JK Rowling defends Donald Trump's right to be "offensive" at a literary event in New York, after last year saying he was worse than her fictional villain, Voldemort.
 
Tourist killed in croc attack on boat had 'heart of gold'
Noel "Trapper" Ramage, who drowned after the small boat he was in overturned after an encounter with a crocodile, had only this month been given the all-clear after a battle with cancer.
 
Ford faces class action over potentially dangerous transmission
A law firm launches a class action on behalf of about 60,000 Australian Ford owners, claiming vehicles containing an automatic "PowerShift" transmission are potentially dangerous.
 
Outpouring of support as suspicious fire destroys Geelong's only mosque
Geelong's Muslim community is "overwhelmed" by the outpouring of support it has received after the city's only mosque was torched in a suspicious fire, believed to be connected to a string of arson attacks on churches.
 
Melbourne Uber driver beats fine in landmark case
A Melbourne Uber driver wins an appeal against a $900 fine for operating without accreditation, effectively legalising the service in Victoria.
 
Questions raised over Feeney's negative gearing of $2.3m home
It is "hypocritical" for Labor frontbencher David Feeney to negatively gear a house when his party's policy is to abolish the practice, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says.
 
16yo calls on Barnaby Joyce to save her family's dairy farm
The plight of milk farmers facing a drastic cut in payments sparks a wave of social media support and petitions, with one of the most popular started by a 16-year-old girl worried about her family's future.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Peter Lewis We're all class, and that matters in this election
By Peter Lewis
By Terry Barnes The Greens are out-campaigning Labor and the Coalition
By Terry Barnes
By Greg Jericho Climate policy silence: Can't our leaders handle the heat?
By Greg Jericho
By Sunil Badami Being 'Aussie' is about more than where - or who - you came from
By Sunil Badami
 
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World
Sri Lanka reconciliation efforts slammed on civil war anniversary
Head of Catholic Church in Guam accused of sexual abuse
Venezuela's Parliament successfully votes to defy state of emergency
 
Business
Wage growth hits fresh lows
Low inflation 'an opportunity' for lower rates: RBA board member
Budget changes still leave most super accounts untaxed, says accountant
 
Politics
ABC Fact Check unit to close due to budget cuts
How accurate are Dutton's comments on 'illiterate' refugees?
Venezuela's Parliament successfully votes to defy state of emergency
 
Sport
Roughead's melanoma recurrence 'extremely serious': Lewis
Bailey's helmet hit clean off by Coulter-Nile's lightning fast IPL bouncer
Volkers set to be barred from Brazilian Olympic team at Australia's request
 
Science and Tech
Red tuna crabs carpet Southern California beaches
Australian start-up taking on Google, Amazon in drone delivery race
Shrinking birds pay the price for rapid warming in Arctic
 
Environment
Bob Brown challenge to anti-protest laws 'free to proceed'
Curious Campaign: What are our leaders really thinking about climate change?
Red tuna crabs carpet Southern California beaches
 

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