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Ley tried to buy Gold Coast home before apartment, residents say
A retired couple says Health Minister Sussan Ley made an unsuccessful bid for their house in the Gold Coast Hinterland, nine months before she purchased an apartment during a work trip to the region.
 
'Perfect storm' looms for Centrelink staff dealing with debt recovery woes
Federal Labor and the main public service union warn Centrelink staff are "desperately overstretched" and struggling to cope with the public backlash over a flawed debt recovery scheme.
 
One person dead in plane crash on remote Queensland beach
One person dies and three others are airlifted to hospital after a tourist plane crashes onto a beach off Agnes Water in central Queensland.
 
Trump's son-in-law to be senior White House adviser
Donald Trump says his son-in-law Jared Kushner will be a "tremendous asset" to his White House team after naming the businessman as a senior adviser who will be focussed on the Middle East and trade.
 
Who is Jared Kushner (apart from Trump's son-in-law)?
You may already know that Jared Kushner is married to the US President-elect's daughter Ivanka, and has been appointed a senior adviser — but there's more to him than that.
 
Michael Chamberlain owed apology for persecution over Azaria, author says
The author of a book about the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru says Australia owed her father Michael an apology for the ensuing public and legal circus that left a dark mark on his life.
 
Giant, 1,000yo 'tunnel tree' topples in Californian storms
California loses one of its biggest icons, after the ancient Pioneer Cabin Tree, also known as the "tunnel tree", crashes to the forest floor in a fierce storm.
 
Bull shark impaled on speargun after charging at diver
A spearfisherman diving off the far north Queensland coast shares vision of the moment a bull shark races at him and becomes impaled on his gun.
 
Hird fine after hospitalisation, says father
The father of James Hird says he had no suspicion his son was on the path to being taken to hospital for a suspected overdose.
 
Trump hits back at 'overrated' Streep, denies mocking reporter
President-elect Donald Trump says Meryl Streep is "one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood" and again denies her claim that he imitated an American reporter with a disability.
 
Sydney's air pollution prompts respiratory warning
The NSW Government warns Sydney residents with respiratory conditions to take care as hot, still weather and pollution combine to create lung-damaging toxic gas.
 
Petrol jumps up to 20 cents a litre, $1.40 benchmark expected
Petrol prices soar by as much as 20 cents a litre over the past few days in some parts of the country, with $1.40 a litre seen as a new benchmark for January.
 
The original iPhone turns 10 today
It's been a decade since Steve Jobs announced the iPhone. How does the original device stack up against today's technology and how much has it changed our lives in a decade?
 
London Underground strike causes commuter chaos
Millions of commuters face delays and frustration as a strike by London Underground station staff shuts down most of the city's subway network.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Helen Hodgson, Curtin University Centrelink needs to recognise flawed debt recovery system and adjust its tactics
By Helen Hodgson, Curtin University
By Tracey Holmes James Hird's suspected overdose the latest sad chapter in doping saga
By Tracey Holmes
By business reporter Michael Janda The Murphy's Law forecast for Australia's economy in 2017
By business reporter Michael Janda
By Ben Pobjie Are you a true blue Aussie? Take the new, improved Australian citizenship test
By Ben Pobjie
 
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World
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Business
James Packer rejoins Crown board after profit slump, China arrests
AFP assisting investigations into Malaysia's 1MDB fund
Global events and macro-economics loom large over coal, iron ore, gas and steel outlook
 
Politics
Uncertainty hangs over AFL deals at new Perth stadium
O'Dwyer promises entitlement scheme change amid Ley controversy
How much did your local MP spend last year?
 
Sport
Kyrgios pulls out of Adelaide's World Tennis Challenge
Hird fine after hospitalisation, says father
'I was fat': Tomic trims down to tackle Australian Open
 
Science and Tech
FBI refuses to reveal who hacked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
Massive iceberg poised to crack off Antarctica, scientists say
2016 'shatters' hottest year record by wide margin
 
Environment
Sydney's air pollution prompts respiratory warning
Tropical night was Melbourne's most humid since 1982, BOM says
Tribal violence in PNG disrupts major gas project
 

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