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You probably heard about the surprise comeback of scurvy among a group of patients in Sydney. Here's some other ye olde diseases you might have thought had disappeared, but haven't.

Here's what's coming up:

  • 4:30pm AEDT: South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-hye to address the nation

 
Top Stories
Brandis to face new Senate grilling over Bell Group case
Attorney-General George Brandis will face another Senate inquiry to determine his role in the West Australian Government's bid to claw back nearly $1 billion from a corporate collapse.
 
As it happened: Xenophon secures Murray-Darling deal amid ABCC negotiations
Labor and the Greens say senator Nick Xenophon has "sold out" South Australians after he agrees to a deal with the Coalition on the Murray Darling Basin plan which may see him vote for the Government's key industrial relations bill.
 
Church admits it failed to protect boys from paedophile priest
The Anglican Church was aware of the inappropriate behaviour of a serial paedophile priest as far back as the early 2000s but failed to act, the Diocese of Bunbury admits.
 
Plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia
An aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division football team heading to Colombia for a regional tournament final, crashes on its way to Medellin's international airport.
 
'No definition to Aboriginal': Racism stories shared in wake of Hanson remark
Indigenous people share their personal stories of racism on social media, after One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson says there is "no definition" of Aboriginal in an interview on the Bolt Report.
 
Perth man guilty of murdering friend, cutting body up with chainsaw
A 51-year-old Perth man is found guilty of beating a fellow drug dealer to death with a metal pole, before his body was cut up with a chainsaw and dumped in bushland north of Perth.
 
Seal rescued in cow paddock fur from home
A lost New Zealand fur seal is released back into the ocean after being found in a cow paddock in south-eastern New South Wales.
 
Multi-million-dollar fox hunt 'likely based on hoax'
A $50 million government program to eradicate foxes in Tasmania is quite likely based on faked evidence, according to a leaked report, with sceptics suggesting evidence could have been planted.
 
Susan Kiefel appointed Australia's first female High Court Chief Justice
From leaving school at age 15 to the High Court Chief Justice, Susan Kiefel will become the first female appointed to the highest judicial office in the land.
 
Human remains found in underground tank at Brisbane property
Human remains found this morning at the rear of a special education centre at Brighton on Brisbane's northside may have been there for more than 10 years, police say.
 
Police seize car, evidence during raids over Sydney gangland shootings
Officers from the homicide and gangs squad raid more than a dozen properties across Sydney as part of a major investigation into a string of targeted gangland shootings.
 
Locals attempt to sabotage feral goat round-up from WA mining town
A contract musterer brought in to remove nearly 300 feral goats roaming Kambalda says locals kept letting the animals out of their pens.
 
Temps cracking 40C forecast for Queensland, NSW
Severe-to-extreme heatwave conditions are forecast for central and southern Queensland and northern NSW this weekend, with temperatures forecast to crack 40 degrees Celsius in some parts.
 
Australia's best 2016 political cartoons on show at Old Parliament House
The works of Australia's top political cartoonists are exhibited at Old Parliament House in Canberra — with Fairfax's Cathy Wilcox taking the top gong.
 
The leaning tower of San Francisco? Millennium Tower seen sinking from space
The European Space Agency releases detailed satellite imagery showing that San Francisco's 58-storey Millennium Tower is continuing to sink at a steady rate and perhaps faster than previously known.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By High Court reporter Elizabeth Byrne What kind of Chief Justice will Susan Kiefel be?
By High Court reporter Elizabeth Byrne
By Andrew O'Connor Questions remain over future of WA's remote communities
By Andrew O'Connor
By business editor Ian Verrender Verrender: Scrapping TPP won't make a lick of difference
By business editor Ian Verrender
By Jane Caro Why women need to keep shouting their abortions
By Jane Caro
 
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World
Gay Ugandans forced to flee persecution
Embattled South Korean President offers to relinquish power
Who is Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn?
 
Business
APRA brakes on property investors appear to be working
ASIC warns deficit of trust in finance sector will lead to digital disruption
Interest rate rises needed to cool hot housing market: OECD
 
Politics
Brandis to face new Senate grilling over Bell Group case
Thailand moves to appoint Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn as king
Australia's best 2016 political cartoons on show at Old Parliament House
 
Sport
NRL funding at the heart of clubs vs Grant stoush
Ellyse Perry continues phenomenal batting form for Southern Stars
Cheika comes out swinging at England boss Jones
 
Science and Tech
Robot lawyer 'to help unrepresented share story in court'
The leaning tower of San Francisco? Millennium Tower seen sinking from space
Record die-off of coral confirmed by scientists
 
Environment
Multi-million-dollar fox hunt 'likely based on hoax'
Record die-off of coral confirmed by scientists
McArthur River Mine workers allegedly 'wrecked' by toxic smoke
 

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