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How Zak Grieve backed out of a murder plot but got life anyway
The mother who paid for an ex-lover's murder; the son who organised the hit; the accomplice who turned against his mates; and the man who wasn't there. The story of Ray Niceforo's murder exposes the inconsistences in the Northern Territory justice system.
 
Citizenship crisis reaches the High Court
Today the High Court begins its job in judging whether some of the nation's highest-profile politicians can keep their jobs after being caught up in dual citizenship dramas. Catch up on what's happening here.
 
Victorian Cabinet Minister Fiona Richardson dies
Victoria's Minister for Family Violence Prevention Fiona Richardson, aged 50, dies a day after announcing she was taking more time off after being diagnosed with multiple tumours.
 
Final day to register for same-sex marriage survey
Australians have until midnight tonight to enrol for the upcoming same-sex marriage postal survey, with forms to be mailed out from September 12.
 
'This is not OK': Hillary Clinton says 'creep' Trump made her 'skin crawl'
The former Democratic presidential candidate says in a new book that Donald Trump made her skin crawl by stalking her around the stage during a 2016 campaign debate and questions whether she should have spoken up and told him to "back up".
 
What's it like to be a teacher?
Jwan Hamama was a microbiologist in Iraq but when her children started school in Australia, she found herself bewildered by the education system and decided to do a teaching degree so she could better help them.
 
MP tearful over father's diagnosis as Queensland passes new black lung laws
After losing her grandfather to black lung, Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller breaks down in Queensland Parliament revealing her father has also been diagnosed with the disease, as new laws are passed.
 
'You wouldn't pose like that with a mass murderer': Spy chief criticised over Duterte photo
The chief of Australia's foreign spy agency is accused of showing "tacit support" for thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Phillippines as part of the controversial President's war on drugs.
 
Pads off: Aussies go to extremes to prepare for Bangladesh spin barrage
Australia's Test batsmen are employing an old trick to help them prepare for a dangerous Bangladeshi spin brigade.
 
Government accused of defying Senate over medicinal cannabis
An email obtained by the ABC shows the Government appearing to warn medicinal cannabis importers against supplying their product to terminally ill patients, in defiance of a June Senate ruling
 
Sly groggers 'distracting police with fake reports' to get booze into dry communities
Smugglers are making fake reports of suicides and car accidents to help them illegally smuggle alcohol into Indigenous communities by tying up police resources, north Queensland researchers find.
 
Private companies to cash in on Australia's dwindling foreign aid budget
With Australia's foreign aid budget decreasing, a selection of private companies will earn billions of dollars in picking up the work the Government once did itself.
 
'You end up having to forfeit food': Unemployment benefits not enough, analysis finds
Australians on unemployment benefits do not receive enough money to afford basic necessities, according to a University of NSW study, with one recipient saying he is forced to forgo food and is trapped in a cycle of joblessness.
 
The often-overlooked condition debilitating war veterans
Each day Brad Fewson experiences an "episode" that on a bad day can render him unresponsive but he didn't get treatment until US officials recognised he had what is proving to be a condition common among war veterans.
 
Investor-driven 'vertical slums' will inevitably entrench disadvantage
The inexorable logic of the market will create suburban concentrations of lower-income households on a scale hitherto only experienced in the legacy inner-city high-rise public housing estates, writes Bill Randolph
 
Five dead as Typhoon Hato hits SE China
A powerful typhoon leaves five people dead in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, as Hong Kong issues its highest hurricane warning in five years.
 
Torso found in Copenhagen waterway 'is missing journalist from submarine'
Police confirm a headless female torso found on a Copenhagen shoreline belonged to missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel's Danish inventor.
 
Welcome to the jungle: Woolies faces Amazon retail 'carnage'
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci acknowledges the looming threat of Amazon's Australian launch, warning it is a "material competitor".
 
How South Korean activists fight North Korea's missiles with balloons, TV shows and leaflets
Activists take on one of the world's most isolated nations. Their weapon of choice: homemade hot air balloons that float over the North Korean border and bring in a taste of the outside world.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams America's mistrust of Pakistan has taken a new course
By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams
By Stan Grant Stan Grant: It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered Australia
By Stan Grant
By Dan Colasimone Stop flogging Kyrgios for his mistakes, he's our most interesting athlete
By Dan Colasimone
By North America correspondent Conor Duffy Afghanistan is more proof for Trump that it is tougher to govern than campaign
By North America correspondent Conor Duffy
 
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Final day to register for same-sex marriage survey
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World
Charlottesville Confederate statue of Robert E Lee covered in black tarp
Duterte tones down drug war amid protests, warns police to kill only if necessary
Cannibal 'tired of eating human flesh' turns himself in to South African police
 
Business
Welcome to the jungle: Woolies faces Amazon retail 'carnage'
Woolworths bounces back with $1.5b profit
Profit misses drag ASX lower, despite Woolies bounce
 
Politics
Charlottesville Confederate statue of Robert E Lee covered in black tarp
Meet Betty Mullaly: She has terminal cancer and could soon lose everything
Private companies to cash in on Australia's dwindling foreign aid budget
 
Sport
Pads off: Aussies go to extremes to prepare for Bangladesh spin barrage
Hayne criticises axed Titans coach Henry for going to the media
Court reserves decision on Western Force Super Rugby appeal
 
Science and Tech
Chris Hadfield on what David Bowie thought of his cover song
Donald Trump looked directly at the eclipse
Missed the eclipse? Here's when you can see one in Australia
 
Environment
MP tearful over father's diagnosis as Queensland passes new black lung laws
Emission targets, investment will bring down power bills: Victorian Government
Toxic water entering Sydney's drinking catchment, research warns
 

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