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Top Stories 'A great day at the White House': Trump fires Scaramucci after 10 days in role Donald Trump's controversial communications boss Anthony Scaramucci is fired after just 10 days in the job in what the US President describes as "a great day at the White House". If Trump had a week this bad running a company, he'd be fired Donald Trump fancies himself as one of the great CEOs, but if he presided over these antics in business, the board would be calling for his head, writes Bruce Wolpe. 'Your body is no longer your own': UWA student and black belt Zee Ibrahim froze during assault Zee Ibrahim is a black belt in taekwondo, but that didn't stop her being paralysed by fear when a friend forced her into the bathrooms at the University of WA tavern and sexually assaulted her. Telcos cry foul over controversial NBN charge for bandwidth Australian internet providers are in open conflict with the national broadband network, urging the wholesaler to drop its controversial charge for bandwidth. Court told Lynette Daley might have lived with medical attention A jury has heard Lynette Daley, who died on a secluded beach on the NSW north coast, might have survived with timely medical assistance to stop bleeding she allegedly sustained during violent sexual activity. Nothing I can do, Morrison tells sore WA about fresh GST blow Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison rules out intervening to stop Western Australia's GST share taking another $2 billion hit, saying his hands are tied over population estimates — sparking an angry response from the State Government. Getting shot was only the start of the nightmare for ABC correspondent Adam Harvey The ABC's Adam Harvey took a bullet to his neck while covering an Islamic State uprising in the city of Marawi in the southern Philippines. But that wasn't the scariest thing that happened to him that day. Asbestos discovered in Sydney Opera House, 25 workers exposed Workers involved in the $200 million Opera House renovations are exposed to asbestos, with the union saying the contractor took too long to communicate the discovery. How I was sucked into the murky world of 'third-party billing' and couldn't opt out At first the weird-looking text messages went ignored. It wasn't until she was charged more than $100 that Yasmin Parry realised she'd been caught up in a legal practice costing consumers millions. Does South Australia need two back-up power stations? Two taxpayer-funded power plants to provide back-up power will be built in Adelaide in a bid to avoid blackouts this summer. Nick Harmsen looks at how the plants will work and if they are needed. RBA holds rates at record low 1.5pc, warns of high dollar risks The Reserve Bank leaves the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent, but warns that the rising Australian dollar is posing a risk to the economy's recovery. Is moving house often bad for us, or just the new normal? We have become an increasingly flighty population, moving far more frequently and casually than previous generations. But is that such a bad thing? Same-sex marriage threatens to split Coalition Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull refuses to say how he will handle the next steps in the same-sex marriage issue that is threatening the stability of his Government. Manus Island asylum seekers demand water, power reconnection Asylum seekers on Manus Island protest over attempts to force them to move out of the Australian-funded detention centre. Chicago Cubs gift fan championship ring after 14 years in hiding as cursed club's scapegoat Steve Bartman, the fan who came to embody the Chicago Cubs' World Series curse in 2003, is receiving a championship ring from the team's drought-breaking title last year. Million-dollar ice haul after police follow car into drive-through About $1 million worth of ice is found concealed under a car's floor panel after its owners pull into a fast food drive-through for an early morning meal. Trump dictated son's 'misleading' statement, US media reports Donald Trump dictated a misleading statement in which his son Donald Trump Jr said a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was not related to his father's presidential campaign, the Washington Post says. Two pilots thought each other in charge of flight, crash report finds Two pilots who took off from a Tasmanian airport in an amateur-built plane did not have a defined flight plan and thought each other was in charge, an ATSB report finds. Puberty is beginning at 8, but is our sex-ed keeping up? Australian girls are hitting puberty as young as eight, sparking concern about the social and physical ramifications and "baffling" lack of sex-ed in schools. Exercises to help strengthen your back Your day-to-day behaviour can have a big influence on how your back feels. Strengthening your back with the right exercises can help. Actor, playwright Sam Shepard dies after battle with Lou Gehrig's disease The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American west, dies aged 73. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Scaramucci threw plenty of punches in his Fight House cameo By North America correspondent Conor Duffy Farewelling Les Murray, a friend and football legend By Tracey Holmes Why Australians are helping create affordable homes in US By Guy Stayner Do all political careers end in failure? Not John Key's By Tom Switzer for Sunday Extra Just In Retro food blogger offers recipes to solve winter pineapple glut August 1, 2017 - 5:08 pm Victorian Premier accuses PM of holding states to ransom over Gonski funding August 1, 2017 - 5:04 pm Asbestos discovered in Sydney Opera House, 25 workers exposed August 1, 2017 - 4:49 pm World • Online searches for 'suicide' rise after 13 Reasons Why release • Harvard lists Scaramucci as dead in alumni directory • 'An attack on one is an attack on all': Pence reassures Baltic allies Business • RBA holds rates at record low 1.5pc, warns of high dollar risks • Huge home price divergence in two-tier property market • Aussies invest $1b in US affordable housing but nothing at home Politics • Victorian Premier accuses PM of holding states to ransom over Gonski funding • NT Labor MLA tweets anti-terror operation 'convenient' for LNP • Telcos cry foul over controversial NBN charge for bandwidth Sport • Dangerfield out of Brownlow Medal contention after accepting AFL ban • A cricket pay deal might be 24 hours away. Here's what's happened so far • Dragons coach fined by NRL for calling referees 'embarrassing, incompetent' Science and Tech • Telcos cry foul over controversial NBN charge for bandwidth • Former NSA boss questions 'feasibility' of Turnbull's encryption laws • Google definitely knows your deepest, darkest secrets Environment • Australia records hottest July ever • Qantas to ban toxic foam use nationally after Brisbane airport spill • New freeway may destroy wetlands, bushland and parks in Sydney Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. 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