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  • 6:06pm AEDT: Labor's Matt Thistlethwaite speaks to RN about this week's banking parliamentary committee

  • 8:00pm AEDT: Australian Story features a Down syndrome couple's quest to start a family and the concerns felt by their families

  • 9:30pm AEDT: Minister for Social Services Christian Porter and Labor's spokesman on climate change and energy Mark Butler join Q&A

 
Top Stories
CommInsure refuses life insurance payout despite coroner's findings
Despite police and the coroner concluding a woman died of an accidental prescription drug overdose, the Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm decides she had taken her own life and refuses a life insurance payout.
 
Couple with Down syndrome fights for parenting dream
Michael Cox and Taylor Anderton, a young Queensland couple with Down syndrome, say they are ready for babies and marriage, despite the pleas from their concerned parents, who doubt their children are emotionally and physically ready.
 
Malaysia Airlines warned MH370 'failed to meet legal, industry standards'
An aviation industry veteran claims Malaysia Airlines knew the Boeing 777 that flew as MH370 was going to be hard to contact if it ever got into strife.
 
US-China impasse over South China Sea 'could lead to conflict'
One of the United States' most senior ex-military officers warns China and America risk open conflict over the South China Sea stand-off because of basic misunderstandings between the two nations.
 
Kim Kardashian West robbed at gunpoint in Paris
Kim Kardashian West is robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room, police confirm, prompting husband Kanye West to end his New York show abruptly.
 
Storm's Smith, Cronk gallant in defeat to congratulate Sharks
Despite the pain of an agonising grand final loss, Melbourne Storm figureheads Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk pay tribute to the Cronulla Sharks.
 
Energy policy worsened SA blackout, Greg Hunt says
Federal Industry Minister Greg Hunt blames the South Australian Government for exacerbating last week's state-wide power outage, saying policy to drive baseload energy out of the system meant it collapsed further and faster than it would otherwise.
 
No debate Baldwin's portrayal of Trump on SNL a winner
Veteran actor and frequent host Alec Baldwin debuts his new gig as a scowling, blustering Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live to thundering praise.
 
Telco leaks details of Google's Pixel smartphone
Details of a secret Google-brand smartphone are leaked on the internet, after Canadian phone company Bell posts details for pre-ordering on its website.
 
The Age apologises for Bulldogs ad 'stuff-up'
The Age newspaper is forced to apologise after it runs a half-page advertisement commiserating AFL premiers, the Western Bulldogs, over their apparent grand final loss.
 
Taj on Swan: Oswals' mansion demolished
Western Australia's most iconic eyesore, a partially built palace dubbed the 'Taj on Swan' that was to be the most expensive home in Australia, is finally being demolished after an epic battle between its fertiliser tycoon owners and the local council.
 
Home prices keep rising, Melbourne overtaking Sydney
Home prices continue to rise strongly, with Melbourne taking the lead in growth over Sydney during the September quarter.
 
Colombians vote to reject FARC peace accord
Colombians reject a peace accord that would have ended a 52-year war with Marxist rebels, with just over half voting against the deal in a referendum.
 
Butterfly photobombing koala joey goes viral
Willow the koala joey strikes up an unlikely friendship with a butterfly during a photoshoot at Symbio Wildlife Park in New South Wales.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By business editor Ian Verrender Big four prepare for bank inquiry as next crisis brews in Europe
By business editor Ian Verrender
By Middle East correspondent Matt Brown, wires Syria 'catastrophe' about to get worse
By Middle East correspondent Matt Brown, wires
By Europe correspondent Lisa Millar MH17 investigators confident of building solid criminal case
By Europe correspondent Lisa Millar
By John Barron Analysis: Trump knows he lost the debate but it may not matter
By John Barron
 
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World
Trump's tax write-off shows his 'genius' at business: advisers
Majority of Hungarians reject EU migrant quotas
Syrian Government, allied forces advance towards Aleppo
 
Business
CommInsure refuses life insurance payout despite coroner's findings
Home prices keep rising, Melbourne overtaking Sydney
Telco leaks details of Google's Pixel smartphone
 
Politics
NT cancer patients face long wait for promised PET scanner
'A lot of work to be done': Turnbull on Brisbane's Cross River Rail
No debate Baldwin's portrayal of Trump on SNL a winner
 
Sport
Storm's Smith, Cronk gallant in defeat to congratulate Sharks
Just how close did the Storm come to winning the grand final?
This is how it feels when your team ends a 50-year premiership drought
 
Science and Tech
World's deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic
Rosetta pulls off kamikaze crash-landing into comet
Quiz: Test your knowledge of space exploration history
 
Environment
SA solar customers lose subsidy scheme
World's deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic
Is it a drop bear? No, it's a baby panda falling with style
 

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