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'Australia shaped who we are': Family fight to stay in Queensland
A Gold Coast-based family from South Korea face deportation unless Immigration Minister Peter Dutton intervenes in their case and allows them to stay in Australia.
 
Fears for Schoolies as mystery hallucinogenic drugs hospitalise 16
Two people are put in induced comas and another 14 hospitalised after taking illicit drugs on the Gold Coast, with fears Schoolies may fall victim to what could be the same batch.
 
Brindabella electorate hangs in the balance as Labor claims 12 seats
While ACT Labor claimed victory on election night, a seat in the electorate of Brindabella remains undecided, with vote counting to resume on Monday.
 
Man charged with murder over Tasmanian shooting
A 65-year-old man is charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed his neighbour at a remote former mining town in Tasmania's north-east.
 
Longer rest periods could prevent horse leg fractures, research finds
New research finds that 90 per cent of racehorse leg injuries could be avoided by increasing rest periods and preventing dangerous micro-fractures.
 
Femininity 'doesn't mean I can't have a serious career', Julie Bishop says
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says it is "insulting" to suggest she cannot have a serious career because of her femininity, and reiterates she does not describe herself as a feminist but "if others wish to, that's fine".
 
Flooding leaves rural NSW town of Deniliquin reeling
The impact of "unprecedented" recent flooding has rural New South Wales communities asking questions about water management, while fearing the economic damage in the months to come.
 
Oakey locals rally to repair image after Defence base contamination
Hundreds of Oakey residents rally against the negative publicity they say is hurting the town, as it deals with the fallout from a Defence base contamination.
 
Trump challenges legitimacy of 'rigged' US election
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump questions the legitimacy of the election, pressing unsubstantiated claims the contest is rigged against him.
 
European-led Mars lander to start descent to Red Planet
A Mars lander is due to leave its mothership and head toward the Red Planet's surface to test technologies for Europe's first planned Mars rover, which will search for signs of past and present life.
 
Push to eradicate carp from Tasmania
Fisheries officers are confident they will declare Tasmania carp-free next year, boosting the state's reputation as a world-class trout fishery.
 
'Disturbing' data reveals 730,000 Australian children living below poverty line
A national welfare body says there are more children living under the poverty line around the country today than in the past decade.
 
Anna Meares announces cycling retirement
Australian cycling champion Anna Meares brings down the curtain on her stellar career, including six Olympic medals.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Jen Webb The Nobel Prize judges have made a category error
By Jen Webb
By Michelle Grattan Sometimes, sexism gets the reward it deserves
By Michelle Grattan
By Emma Beckett for Ockham's Razor How marketing obscures science when it comes to what we eat
By Emma Beckett for Ockham's Razor
By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams New US president to face chilly relations with Russia
By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams
 
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October 16, 2016 - 3:58 pm
 
World
Philippines evacuates thousands as typhoon hits
Multiple missiles again fired from Yemen targeting American warship: US official
Thousands re-enact Battle of Hastings on 950th anniversary
 
Business
China's data deluge to dominate finance week
Australian employees of Packer's Crown Resorts detained in China
Qantas and Virgin ban troubled Samsung phone
 
Politics
Femininity 'doesn't mean I can't have a serious career', Julie Bishop says
Funeral bombing result of 'wrong information', says Saudi-led coalition
Suicide bombing, shootouts in Iraq kill about 55, police say
 
Sport
Anna Meares announces cycling retirement
Tim Cahill scores magnificent goal on A-League debut as City crushes Victory in derby
Greg Inglis scores a double as Australia beats New Zealand
 
Science and Tech
European-led Mars lander to start descent to Red Planet
Downey Jr offers to voice Zuckerberg's Iron Man-style AI
'The race is on': Scientists battle to beat banana fungus with 'mutant' plants
 
Environment
Global deal to limit powerful greenhouse gases, fight climate change
Bore water monitoring plans raise fears in rural Darwin
Antarctic marine protection reserve plans held back by Russia
 

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