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Nightclub owner says Rye Hunt was 'terrified' after taking drugs
The owner of the Rio de Janeiro nightclub which the missing Australian visited the night before he disappeared says Rye Hunt was paranoid and fearful after taking drugs.
 
Fight to save Great Barrier Reef could cost $16 billion
Secret Queensland Government modelling obtained by the ABC estimates it could cost up to $16 billion to meet water quality targets over the next decade to help save the Great Barrier Reef.
 
Banker convicted of conspiring to commit insider trading
Sydney investment banker Oliver Curtis is found guilty of conspiring to commit insider trading on 45 separate occasions.
 
Live: Coalition war comments slammed by Vietnam vets
The National President of the Vietnam Veterans Association slams the Prime Minister and Treasurer's political references to war as "tasteless in the extreme". Follow live.
 
War dead return home to ceremonial welcome in Sydney
The remains of 33 Australians who were buried in military cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore are returned to Australia in one of the largest repatriations of servicemen and dependents in Australia's history.
 
Organised Crime Squad announces NRL match-fixing probe
The NRL's CEO, Todd Greenberg, promises any players or officials found guilty of match-fixing will face life bans from the game as the Organised Crime Squad announces it is investigating allegations.
 
Jury in murder trial of two former detectives retires
Jurors begin deliberations in the case of two former police officers, Glen McNamara and Roger Rogerson, accused of murdering a young Sydney man during a drug deal.
 
'It was a try': Morris bewildered by disallowed match-winner
Blues centre Josh Morris is adamant he got the ball onto the try line for what would have been the game changer in the Blues' gut-wrenching two-point series-opening loss to Queensland.
 
UPF misses deadline to register political party
The right-wing United Patriots Front has failed to deliver on a promise to register a political party for next month's federal election.
 
King Tutankhamun buried with dagger made of space iron
The boy king of Egypt was buried with a dagger whose blade was made of iron from a meteorite, a new study finds.
 
'He's dragging my son': Family won't sue zoo over gorilla incident
The family of a boy who fell into an animal enclosure, prompting the killing of an endangered gorilla, says it will not sue a Cincinnati zoo over the incident as a recording of the 911 call made by the mother is released.
 
Deconstructed coffees for snobs, not hipsters: cafe
The manager of a Melbourne cafe that sparked a social media storm for its "deconstructed coffees" has rejected claims it is a sign of hipsterism gone mad.
 
Hydrogen signal from remote galaxy detected
A faint signal of hydrogen has been detected from a galaxy more than five billion light years away in a discovery that will push the boundaries of astronomy forward, a Perth-based radio astronomer says.
 
Child knocks over $20,000 Lego sculpture an hour after it goes on display
A young Chinese boy accidentally brings a $20,000 Lego sculpture — which took three painstaking days and nights to put together — crashing down, just an hour after it was put on public display.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
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By Michael Bradley
By Dominic Knight The French disconnection: Can we control our phones, rather than the other way around?
By Dominic Knight
By Ruby Hamad Australia can learn from Snoop Dogg's lesson on racial abuse in film
By Ruby Hamad
By Lauren Rosewarne When fans go feral (aka the ugly culture of obsession)
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World
Pacific women experiencing epidemic-level violence, charities say
Calls for Pacific nations to follow Nauru in decriminalising homosexuality
Trudeau raises rainbow flag at Parliament Hill for first time
 
Business
Peabody Australia loses nearly $3b, warns of risk from parent's bankruptcy
Former Linc Energy executives to be investigated over alleged contamination
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Politics
Morrison's war on business comments 'tasteless': Vietnam veterans
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UPF misses deadline to register political party
 
Sport
Organised Crime Squad announces NRL match-fixing probe
Laurie Daley under pressure after Walker's nightmare debut
The Blues' blues that helped the Maroons to Origin victory
 
Science and Tech
China's expanding middle class is opening lucrative doors in Australia
Brain scans could be used to diagnose depression, study shows
Harambe was protecting boy from screaming crowd: expert
 
Environment
Former Linc Energy executives to be investigated over alleged contamination
Fight to save Great Barrier Reef could cost $16 billion
Moreton Bay's muddy problem could drive away sea life
 

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