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Here's what's coming up today:

  • 8:00am AEST: Australia's women's rugby sevens team will face New Zealand in the gold medal match in Rio

  • 10:00am AEST: The NSW greyhound industry begins its first court challenge to a report used by the Baird Government to announce the closure of the sport

  • 2:15pm AEST: A 16-year-old who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of young pregnant mother Sarah Paino in a Hobart car crash will be sentenced

 
Top Stories
Live: Day 3 action as Fox, women's sevens team impress
Jess Fox advances to the womens' kayak semi-finals and at least a silver medal is guaranteed in the women's rugby sevens. Follow all the Rio 2016 day-three action with our live blog.
 
'I failed him by ringing the police': Dylan Voller's mother breaks her silence
The young boy was troubled and needed help, his mother says, but instead he became the face of mistreatment at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre.
 
Coalition insiders reveal the challenges facing Turnbull
After squeaking home in an election that analysts say has dented his political authority, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull finds himself facing a future strewn with obstacles.
 
No apology over Horton's Sun comments, Chiller says
Australia's Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller says there will be no apology over Mack Horton's comments on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
 
Donald Trump like a cult leader, Republican critic says
The Republican leader of the #NeverTrump movement, Kendal Unruh, is on a mission to take down Donald Trump from inside his own party.
 
Politician's son killed in accident on 'world's tallest water slide'
A child dies on a Kansas water slide in which people are strapped to a raft and dive 17 stories in a near vertical descent.
 
Pakistan hospital bombing kills at least 70
Suicide bomber strikes as more than 100 mourners crowd into a hospital to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer killed earlier in the day.
 
Community energy projects taking off as Climate Council urges renewables push
The Climate Council says a growing trend of rural communities setting up their own wind and solar farms could generate thousands of jobs in regional Australia.
 
'It's just heartbreaking': Online 'pirates' ripping off Australian designers
Emerging Australian designers are being run out of business by cheap overseas copy cats, prompting calls from fashion industry experts for an urgent revamp of the laws aimed at protecting young talent.
 
Alleged cyanide killer has mental health problems, AFP report reveals
Crucial Australian Federal Police documents given to Indonesian prosecutors show that an Australian resident on trial for murdering her friend by adding cyanide to her coffee suffers from serious mental health problems.
 
Lawyer did nothing about allegations of abuse against priests, royal commission told
A Newcastle lawyer and Anglican Church official says he did not go to police with allegations of abuse against priests because he was trying to protect the church.
 
Philippine officials surrender after Duterte's drug links accusations
Dozens of Philippine government and police officials have turned themselves in a day after President Rodrigo Duterte linked them to the drugs trade.
 
One Nation's Rod Culleton has larceny conviction annulled
One Nation senator for Western Australia, Rodney Culleton, has a conviction for larceny in New South Wales annulled.
 
Man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Joan Ryther and her unborn child
A 21-year-old man will spend a minimum of 20 years in prison for the rape and murder of Joan Ryther and killing her unborn child south of Brisbane three years ago.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Ian Verrender Four myths busted: Why we need a banking royal commission
By Ian Verrender
By Bruce Wolpe The US election is Clinton's to lose
By Bruce Wolpe
By Matthew Tyler Australia should 'pay for success' in tackling homelessness
By Matthew Tyler
By Michael Janda Big banks do RBA a favour, even if it doesn't realise it
By Michael Janda
 
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Australia's Hoskins taken to hospital after team cycling training crash
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Lost in translation: Chinese tourist mistaken for asylum seeker in Germany
August 9, 2016 - 5:56 am
 
World
Lost in translation: Chinese tourist mistaken for asylum seeker in Germany
Delta hit by computer outage, flights delayed worldwide
Chemical castration of child sex offenders unethical, say Indonesian doctors
 
Business
Shares end higher on energy and bank stocks
Tough new borrowing laws see Chinese investors opting for private lenders
Banks set to pay 'a bucket load more' to term depositors
 
Politics
Coalition insiders reveal the challenges facing Turnbull
Nick Xenophon to withhold name from census in privacy challenge
'It's just heartbreaking': Online 'pirates' ripping off Australian designers
 
Sport
Live: Day 3 action as Fox, women's sevens team impress
Aussies through to Rio women's rugby final
No apology over Horton's Sun comments, Chiller says
 
Science and Tech
Frenchmen to cross English Channel in pedal-powered submarine
New NASA game lets players 'drive' Mars Rover
How to scientifically name a species
 
Environment
World's first climate refugees scramble to find new home
Minister vows to stop brumbies doing more damage to Kosciuszko
Green theme runs strong through opening ceremony
 

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