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Apartment owner questioned over Australian's disappearance in Rio
Missing Australian Rye Hunt checked into an apartment after leaving Rio International Airport and his laptop, camera and travel bags were found in the room, his family says.
 
Steven Peet remanded in custody over triple murder
The man charged with the murder of Adeline Yvette Wilson-Rigney and her two children at Hillier in Adelaide's north does not apply for bail during a court hearing.
 
National minimum wage lifted 2.4 per cent
Australia's lowest paid workers will receive a 2.4 per cent pay increase, following the annual minimum wage decision, to $672.70 a week.
 
Part-time Coles worker wins Fair Work case
Coles could be forced to renegotiate wages and conditions of thousands of employees as a worker wins a David-and-Goliath battle against the supermarket chain and one of Australia's most powerful unions.
 
Live: PM says Pauline Hanson not welcome in politics
The Prime Minister hits out at former One Nation politician Pauline Hanson, saying she would not be a "welcome presence" in the Upper House. Follow all the political developments live.
 
Croc population steady, no need for cull Qld Government says
Crocodile numbers in Queensland remain steady and there is no need to cull the population, the State Government says. Federal MP Bob Katter is calling for a cull after Cindy Waldron was taken by a crocodile north of Cairns on Sunday night.
 
Peris replacement Malarndirri McCarthy not enrolled to vote in NT
Nova Peris's replacement in the Senate, Malarndirri McCarthy, confirms she is not a member of the Labor Party, nor is she enrolled to vote in the Northern Territory.
 
Tradie dies after fence collapse in Geelong
A bricklayer dies after the fence he was working on collapses onto him in the Geelong suburb of Belmont, emergency services say.
 
Police excavate site at Ipswich in search for Sharron Phillips
Police excavate a site in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, in the hunt for the body of Sharron Phillips who disappeared 30 years ago.
 
Harambe was protecting boy from screaming crowd: expert
Screaming adults above the enclosure, rather than the little boy who fell in, the real 'threat' perceived by the silverback gorilla shot at a US zoo on the weekend, animal behaviour expert says.
 
NRL to scrap golden point for finals
The NRL prepares to scrap golden point for finals games, as the competition committee approves the introduction of extra time.
 
Police feared teen who self-immolated was being groomed for sex
Police were concerned a teenager who died in regional Victoria after setting himself on fire was being groomed for sexual servitude, an inquest hears.
 
Australian man arrested on child pornography charges in Canada
An Australian man is charged in Canada with child pornography offences after he was allegedly caught filming a boy in a public bathroom.
 
'Cute' kangaroo ruptures woman's breast implants in attack
A South Australian woman will undergo surgery after her breast implants were ruptured during a kangaroo attack while she and a friend were out cycling.
 
Foreign businessman buys Tasmanian island for $5.5m
Waterhouse Island, off the north-east coast of Tasmania, which gained global interest when put on the market last year, is sold to a Singaporean businessman who will use it as a private retreat.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Peter Lewis Beers, bubs and breakdowns: We put our pollies to the sniff test
By Peter Lewis
By Jonathan Green Election 2016 is our chance to demand a better version of politics
By Jonathan Green
By Mungo MacCallum My friend's Labor of love doesn't extend to Shorten
By Mungo MacCallum
By Chris Berg Why we're seeing less pork barrelling this election
By Chris Berg
 
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World
Video: Giant alligator stuns golfers in Florida
Housing oversupply stokes fears of Chinese property bust
World's most expensive handbag sells for $417,000
 
Business
Economists expect 0.8 pc rise in GDP for March quarter
Fraudsters blamed for higher insurance costs
National minimum wage lifted 2.4 per cent
 
Politics
Turnbull defends Bishop over on-air super stumble
How does Australia's minimum wage compare?
National minimum wage lifted 2.4 per cent
 
Sport
Roughead refuses to be down over cancer battle
NRL to scrap golden point for finals
Cronk to make call on his own fitness hours out from Maroons' Origin opener
 
Science and Tech
Harambe was protecting boy from screaming crowd: expert
'I hated myself': Australian teens losing thousands in Counter-Strike gambling
Some credit card info at risk after transport website security breach
 
Environment
Shorten pledges $500m for reef as surveys reveal mass coral die-offs
Coral bleaching and that UNESCO list. What's been going on with the reef?
35pc of coral killed by bleaching in parts of Great Barrier Reef
 

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