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Top Stories Tear-gassed teen tells of being starved, mistreated at Don Dale Dylan Voller speaks publicly for the first time about his experience in youth detention, telling a royal commission he was starved by guards, regularly strip-searched and was forced to defecate into a pillowcase. Australia's power grid in need of multi-billion-dollar upgrade: report A report by the nation's energy regulator recommends a multi-billion-dollar investment in electricity infrastructure — such as a second interconnector with South Australia — to help secure the stability of Australia's power grid. 'I didn't kill Aborigines': Hobart Mayor warns against MONA plan Hobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey says she "didn't kill Aborigines" and does not support MONA's focus on Tasmania's "difficult history" for Macquarie Point. What life's like when your children never grow up "We've seen the other kids in the town go off to university and get jobs and get married. We've still got our 24-year-olds doing the same thing. I'm still showering, packing lunches." Sue and David Hillier still have to care for their twin girls, who have intellectual disabilities, as if they're small children. Sydney's second airport gets sign-off after 50 years of debate There will only be one runway to start off with when it enters operation in the mid 2020s, but the Badgerys Creek Airport is now closer to reality with the Prime Minister giving it the official green light. Renewable energy mix played role in SA blackout: third report South Australia's renewables-heavy power mix was a factor in the statewide blackout in September, a new report by the Australian Energy Market Operator confirms. Jimmy Giggle Carols By Candlelight concert hit by ticketing fiasco A social media backlash hits Hobart's Carols By Candlelight event, after 10,000 tickets were snapped up minutes after being released. 'Ugliest' building at Sydney University heritage-listed Following rumours their brutalist building was to be demolished, staff at the University of Sydney successfully apply to the National Trust to have it recognised. Productivity Commission calls for rethink of social housing Australia's social housing system is unfair, uncompetitive and no longer appropriate for families struggling to enter the property market amid soaring prices, a new report has found. Ultra-hard hexagonal 'Lonsdaleite' diamond made in lab Australian researchers discover how to make a special kind of diamond that is only found in nature where meteorites have hit the earth and is harder than the regular variety used for jewellery. Scientists step up search for 'holy grail of climate change' Australian scientists in Antarctica hail a $45-million funding boost as a "game-changer" that will allow them to step up their search for the "holy grail of climate science" — the Million-Year Ice Core. Commissioner to appeal against 11-year cut in cop killer's sentence Mitchell Barbieri, who stabbed to death Sydney police officer Bryson Anderson four years ago, has 11 years taken off his sentence for murder, with the victim's family calling it a disgrace. SA police officers 'rated' victims, watched porn at work, discrimination report finds Sexual harassment, ranging from unwanted sexual comments to attempted and actual rape, is widespread in the "boys' club" culture within the South Australian Police Force, a report reveals. Turnbull criticised for upcoming republican dinner appearance Plans by Malcolm Turnbull to attend a fundraising dinner for the Australian Republican Movement this weekend are branded "provocative" by monarchists. Egyptian protesters voice anger over cathedral blast Hundreds of protesters gather outside Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral demanding revenge for the bombing which killed 25 people, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum New Zealand shows Australia how political stability is done By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams 'We are about to die': Pleas for help in Syria go unheeded By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill Michelle Grattan: Has Turnbull's credibility deficit reached a point of no return? 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