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Treasury slaps $50b price tag on Coalition's budget tax cuts
Treasury officials reveal the Government's plan to cut the company tax rate to 25 per cent will cost nearly $50 billion over 10 years, after PM Malcolm Turnbull yesterday repeatedly refused to reveal the cost of the budget centrepiece policy.
 
Cancer cheat Belle Gibson facing legal action
Disgraced so-called wellness advocate Belle Gibson, who gained a high profile as a cancer survivor before admitting she did not have the disease, is facing legal action.
 
Flight from Cocos Islands carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers, locals say
A chartered jet flown from the Cocos Islands to Sri Lanka overnight returned the group of asylum seekers, including children, who had arrived by boat on Monday, locals say.
 
Coral bleaching off Christmas Island 'as bad as it gets'
Between 70 and 90 per cent of coral in the shallow water around Christmas Island are bleached due to rising ocean temperatures, researchers say.
 
Trump eats taco bowl, proclaims: 'I love Hispanics!'
Donald Trump, who has previously called Mexican migrants rapists and threatened to deport millions of migrants from the US, has posted a photo of himself tucking into a taco bowl on social media, proclaiming "I love Hispanics".
 
Immigration strikes secret compensation deal with Save the Children over expulsions
The Immigration Department agrees to pay compensation to Save The Children after some of its workers were removed from Nauru in 2014 amid allegations they were coaching asylum seekers to self-harm and inciting protests.
 
Man jailed over one-punch attack in Fortitude Valley
A 21-year-old man is jailed for 21 months for a one-punch attack on a teenager in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley nightclub district.
 
Paid interns will get workers compensation cover, Cash says
Michaelia Cash says the workers compensation scheme will eventually cover the new intern program for jobless youth — unveiled in the budget — though it has not yet been arranged.
 
Nicholls defeats Springborg in spill to become LNP leader
Tim Nicholls is Queensland's new Opposition Leader after defeating Lawrence Springborg in a leadership vote, with Deb Frecklington elected unopposed as deputy.
 
Rescuing Kiribati's drowning maternity ward
"You shouldn't have to surf to give birth" is the catchy and unusual headline for a crowdfunding campaign launched on behalf of the Betio Hospital's maternity ward on Tarawa in Kiribati.
 
Crackdown on 'dangerous' claims made by rogue chiropractors
Victoria's Health Minister urges the chiropractic board to stamp out what she describes as dangerous and unsubstantiated claims made by some in the industry.
 
Singaporean army to sink $2 billion into expanding Queensland bases
Thousands of Singaporean troops are heading to Queensland as part of a $2.25 billion expansion of the South-East Asian city state's military bases in Queensland.
 
Canadian authorities to airlift thousands trapped by wildfires
Canadian authorities are preparing to airlift up to 25,000 people who were forced from their homes by the raging Alberta forest fires and now risk being trapped.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
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