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Air-traffic job cuts putting lives at risk, insiders warn
Ongoing job cuts in Australia's air-traffic control leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
 
Video shows sales team being forced to simulate sex acts
Shocking new videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of a $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser Appco Group Australia.
 
Kim Jong-un's half-brother 'murdered' in Malaysia
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is reportedly assassinated in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
 
Are Australian households on the edge of a debt crisis?
You know that feeling when you lose your wallet? You feel it in your gut, and in your chest, and the back of your throat. It's financial distress, and it's affecting a huge number of Australians.
 
Sugar tax would help Australians live 2.1 years longer: researchers
A sugar tax could add more than two years to the lives of Australians if introduced with other measures encouraging healthier eating, University of Melbourne researchers say.
 
Pregnant reptile fossil suggests bird ancestors gave birth to live young
The discovery of a 245-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant marine reptile provides the first evidence that an ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young.
 
Climate scientists sad, frustrated as extreme weather becomes the new norm
Bushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
 
Calls for national dementia strategy as disease set to cost $18b by 2025
Dementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
 
Brothels raided in 'heavy handed' attack on Adelaide's sex industry
A major crackdown on massage parlours and brothels across Adelaide is forcing sex workers into risky private work where they are more vulnerable to aggression and crime, the Sex Industry Network says.
 
Refugee camp teachers struggle to teach Syria's children
As the war enters its sixth year, teachers in Syria's refugee camps are trying to make do with the little they have — but the students there face a bleak future in a life disrupted by war.
 
Embattled Trump security adviser quits over Russian contact
Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns after conceding he gave "incomplete information" to Vice-President Mike Pence about his discussions with Russia's ambassador to the US.
 
Body of missing German tourist found in Central Australia: police
Northern Territory Police find a woman's body at Trephina Gorge, east of Alice Springs, believed to be missing German woman Gisela Thor.
 
Australia's offshore detention centres 'a crime against humanity'
A submission before the International Criminal Court argues that Australia's offshore immigration detention centres constitute a crime against humanity, and federal governments have attempted to avoid responsibility by contracting out the facilities.
 
Adolf Hitler lookalike arrested by Austrian police
Austrian police arrest a man described by local media as "Hitler's double" for possible violations of laws against glorifying the Nazi era.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Andrew O'Connor Analysis: Facts, figures and fakery claims litter WA campaign
By Andrew O'Connor
By Stephen Long Turnbull's turnaround from pro-carbon price to anti-renewables
By Stephen Long
By business reporter Carrington Clarke Why are Millennials worried about the future?
By business reporter Carrington Clarke
By political editor Chris Uhlmann Is this the world's highest-paid post office boss?
By political editor Chris Uhlmann
 
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World
Indonesia's top cop concerned Jakarta voters may be 'forcefully intimidated'
Flynn's departure has the potential to threaten careers
Toshiba's future uncertain after earnings report delayed, chairman steps down
 
Business
Jump in commodity prices may not save Australia's credit rating
Toshiba's future uncertain after earnings report delayed, chairman steps down
Renewables the solution to rising power prices: Energy Australia
 
Politics
'What did Trump know?' US legislators seek probe into Flynn's resignation
Are Australian households on the edge of a debt crisis?
Indonesia's top cop concerned Jakarta voters may be 'forcefully intimidated'
 
Sport
AOC cuts AIS director out of 2020 Olympics planning
Voges ends Test career with the best average since Bradman
Maddinson returns to training after break from cricket
 
Science and Tech
Australians offered chance to cheat death by freezing bodies
Solar batteries 'exploding' in popularity with uptake tipped to triple: audit
Why it's time for Australia to launch its own NASA
 
Environment
Solar batteries 'exploding' in popularity with uptake tipped to triple: audit
Verrender: Coal-fired generators have no future in Australia
Agency assessing $1b Adani loan blocks FOI request for board meeting times
 

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