| | When a NSW mother confronted a state school about how her seven-year-old son was strapped to a chair she was horrified at the school's answer. | | | DFAT wants Chinese students at Australian universities to engage in respectful debate rather than allow Communist Party propaganda to spread across campuses or attempt to gag views they disagree with. | | | Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Company in the wake of "new information" about his conduct and a flurry of sexual abuse allegations. | | | One of Australia's most eminent economists thinks council rates should be about three times higher than they are now. Here's why. | | | A disgraced former oncologist who indecently assaulted the daughter of an elderly patient will not serve time in jail, and is instead ordered to carry out community service. | | | Queensland police are worried children and pets could be hurt by metal traps after a dog was caught in one near a popular children's play area. | | | The Department of Defence admits it should have warned the public about a chemical contamination scandal three years earlier than it did — and says the cost to taxpayers to clean up the problem nationwide will be hundreds of millions of dollars. | | | Jasmine Block was abducted by three men and held captive for 29 days before she escaped. A man who helped rescue the 15-year-old has given his $9,000 reward money to her family, saying they need it more than him. | | | In a suburban hair salon, a Muslim woman suddenly feels unwelcome in the country she has loved for 40 years. | | | Way back in the dim dark ages, a strong currency was a matter of national pride. But that mentality is long out of style, and economists may be breathing a sigh of relief now interest rates and commodity prices are threatening to sink the Australian dollar, Ian Verrender writes. | | | Officers who raided the hotel room of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock give a harrowing account of the barricaded door they had to bust through and the booby traps they feared they would find. | | | Magazine publisher Bauer Media will appeal against a court decision ordering it to pay actress Rebel Wilson $4.5 million in damages for a series of defamatory stories. | | | Workers are more productive than ever and earning the same amount. So shouldn't they be working less than the average 40 hours? | | | Jamie Saxon, 33, is remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a German tourist in Brisbane last week. | | | Seven politicians caught up in the citizenship brawl will make their case to the High Court this week. Here is what we know so far about the politicians' arguments. | | | Notes unearthed from the British Library suggest Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition may have been fatally undermined by Lieutenant Teddy Evans, who was furious after being sent back to base. | | | Rafael Nadal cashes in on another Nick Kyrgios meltdown to seize his sixth title of the season with a 6-2, 6-1 victory in the China Open final in Beijing. | | | Police negotiate with a man in the same area where a woman's body was discovered this morning just 100 metres from Chatswood train station. | | | Donald Trump has been quite vocal over the past few weeks about footballers protesting during the national anthem. VP Mike Pence has now walked out of a match over the issue. But why is this issue being given so much attention? Here's what we know about the spat. | | | Donald Trump's former ally Bob Corker says the "White House has become an adult day care centre" after the President claimed on Twitter the outgoing senator "begged" him for endorsement and to be secretary of state. | | | US fans of the cult animated television show Rick and Morty are left with a bad taste in their mouths after queueing for hours for a limited-edition McDonald's sauce which quickly sold out across the country. | | | By business reporter Michael Janda |
| | By Joshua Krook, University of Adelaide |
| | By Chris Turney, UNSW |
| | By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne |
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