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Top Stories What is the National Energy Guarantee and what does it mean for consumers? Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled his shiny new energy policy, complete with its own three-letter acronym to replace the doomed Clean Energy Target. Here's what it all means. Grandmother charged over attack on baby in Brisbane home Police charge a 64-year-old woman with the attempted murder of her four-month-old grandson, who was found with multiple facial injuries in Brisbane's west this morning. A new flaw in Wi-Fi affects everyone. Here's how to protect yourself A Belgian researcher has turned the tech world upside down by discovering a flaw in Wi-Fi that allows anyone to hack into a connected device. Let's take a look at what you should do to protect yourself. For a measly $200,000, Channel Nine has bought a PR disaster The broadcaster had an opportunity to take the lead on equal pay, but its tone-deaf decision is from the dinosaur era, writes Alana Schetzer. Brexit, Scottish independence, SSM survey: What gets voters out of bed? More than two in three Australians have returned their same-sex marriage postal survey forms, including 800,000 more in the last week. 'Captain' of childcare centre spent $300,000 of charity's money on alcohol and lingerie A Melbourne pensioner and Order of Australia recipient who used hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charity he helped set up to buy alcohol, lingerie and cigarettes is ordered by a court to repay more than $1 million. We challenged you to a digital detox. Here's how you went Australians have mixed feelings about their mobile phones. So we invited you to try a digital detox, designed to test your ability to switch off, log off, and re-focus. Human remains found inside 4.3-metre crocodile Human remains are found in the crocodile responsible for taking 79-year-old Anne Cameron in far north Queensland last week, after wildlife officers spent days trying to track the animal. Hopes fading for six men missing after trawler capsizes north of Bundaberg Bad weather is hampering the efforts of helicopters and boats searching waters off Seventeen Seventy, after the sea cucumber fishing trawler Dianne sinks leaving six crew missing, with one man found alive found clinging to its upturned hull. Transgender footballer ruled ineligible for AFLW draft Transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey plays in the ACT women's competition but the AFL rules her ineligible to nominate for Wednesday's AFLW draft. 'A political murder': Car bomb kills Maltese journalist who exposed Panama Papers link An investigative journalist who exposed Malta's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers is killed in a "barbaric" car bomb so powerful it blows her vehicle into in a nearby field. Hostage couple had kids in captivity to 'start dream family' Former hostage Joshua Boyle says he and his wife, who were abducted while travelling in Afghanistan five years ago, decided to have children in captivity because they always planned to have a big family and "didn't want to waste time". Australian caught in Bali with drugs had been treated for 'mental disturbance' An Australian man accused of bringing drugs into Bali hopes to avoid trial after a local psychiatrist said he was under treatment for mental health problems. Six reasons why the latest gravitational wave discovery is huge Scientists say this is a game-changing discovery that rivals the original Nobel Prize-winning detection. Here's why. Whale remains bubble to surface on Sunshine Coast beach The remains of a whale buried on a Sunshine Coast beach appear to be bubbling to the surface just days after the carcass was buried in sand dunes. Could you live on just over $400 a week and still enjoy yourself? Residents in drought-ravaged Muttaburra in central-west Queensland live in one of the poorest postcodes in the nation, and make weekly sacrifices just to survive. Special forces exhibition reveals stories of Australia's secret soldiers When SAS corporal Dave Farrell was pinned down by enemy fire in Afghanistan, he thought he was going to die without saying goodbye to his family. Now his story is part of an Australian War Memorial exhibition about Australia's elite special forces. Porn link to gay males' quest for the perfect body Men are resorting to drastic measures to live up to an unrealistic body-image ideal with pornography fuelling their desire for perfection, says new research. Trump branded a 'deranged animal' over claim predecessors didn't honour fallen soldiers Donald Trump sparks fury after he says former US presidents didn't properly honour dead and wounded military personnel, with a key staffer of Barack Obama branding the statement a lie. Three dead as the worst storm to hit Ireland in 50 years batters the region Three people die as Tropical Storm Ophelia batters every corner of Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom, whipping up 10-metre waves, knocking down trees and power lines, and leaving more than 300,000 properties without power. Analysis and Opinion For a measly $200,000, Channel Nine has bought a PR disaster By Alana Schetzer Should we be charging tourists more to visit the Great Barrier Reef? By Michael Vardon, Australian National University How losing to Donald Trump changed Hillary Clinton By Sarah Ferguson Axe the Clean Energy Target? The ACCC doesn't think so By Stephen Long World Who was the Maltese journalist murdered in a car bomb explosion?   Producers Guild of America moves to expel Harvey Weinstein   US soldier captured by Taliban for five years pleads guilty to desertion   Business Coalition signs off on new plan to replace Clean Energy Target   What is the National Energy Guarantee and what does it mean for consumers?   Pension crisis looming due to older worker discrimination, institute warns   Politics 'Complete victory for coal': Weatherill slams Turnbull's CET rejection   WA Liberals back $435m budget plan targeting big business   Inner-city Melbourne councils order oBikes to clean up the clutter   Sport Transgender footballer ruled ineligible for AFLW draft   Postecoglou linked with China move as Slater calls for loyalty   Is Glenn Maxwell the Ashes answer at number six?   Science and Technology When neutron stars collide — gravitational waves lead scientists to giant deep space fireball   Six reasons why the latest gravitational wave discovery is huge   An out-of-control Chinese space lab is hurtling towards Earth   Environment What is the National Energy Guarantee and what does it mean for consumers?   Should we be charging tourists more to visit the Great Barrier Reef?   Coalition signs off on new energy plan to replace Clean Energy Target       Follow Us     The ABC sent this message to starnewsposting@gmail.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. 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