| | The pay gap between men and women narrows — but the blokes' club still rules when it comes to striking juicier salary deals, according to the latest gender equality scorecard out. | | | A Melbourne abattoir has been allowed to continue operating despite being investigated for possible animal cruelty, after secretly recorded footage showed it boiling chickens alive in its slaughter process. | | | More than 40 years ago, scientists uncovered and removed the ancient skeleton of an Aboriginal man — a discovery that rewrote Australian history. Now, his ancestors will see him returned home. | | | With many of the people slapping Ange Postecoglou on the back after Australia's World Cup qualifying victory being the same who previously called for his head, the coach has every right to consider a move to an international club where his footballing vision would be welcomed, writes Richard Hinds. | | | Social Services Minister Christian Porter says the Government has been reining in the Newstart program, the main form of income support for jobseekers, asserting that the lower average rate of growth in spending under Coalition represents more people moving off the payment and into jobs. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers. | | | A smiling President Robert Mugabe is pictured shaking hands with Zimbabwe's military chief a day after the army seized power, throwing confusion over predictions that the 93-year-old's nearly four-decade rule has come to an end. | | | We drink more than 2.75 billion cups of coffee every day. But our morning kick-start is under threat, writes Molly Harriss Olson. | | | The Trump administration will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will raise money for conservation programs. | | | London's famed Old Vic Theatre says it has received 20 allegations of inappropriate behaviour by its former artistic director Kevin Spacey, and has acknowledged that a "cult of personality" around the Hollywood star had made it difficult for the alleged victims to come forward. | | | Over the past half century, Australia has experienced a "time revolution" with Indigenous history pushed back into the dizzying expanse of deep time. | | | The director of a building company that collapsed owing $20 million fails to provide records to the firm's liquidator, claiming he cannot cooperate because of "mental conditions". | | | Our bodies are made up of least 37 trillion cells, and scientists are teaming up around the world to map every single one of them. | | | The conservative senator's colleagues are not taking kindly to his approach, with Sarah Hanson-Young responding to one motion about late-term abortions by labelling her political opponents "misogynistic". | | | Parliamentarians would be wrong to dismiss amendments as the ideological concern of the ultra-right. There is much more going on, writes Mark Fowler. | | | The Immigration Minister rubbishes New Zealand's plan to spend nearly $3 million improving services on Manus Island, and takes issue with the money Australia spends to stop boats crossing the Tasman. | | | About 2,300 customers, many of whom are from overseas, bought home loans with inaccurate information and may now be offered compensation. | | | The result was always tipped to be close, but in the end the bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying failed to pass the New South Wales' Upper House by just one vote, but disappointed supporters say they will push on with their campaign. | | | Christopher Pyne's Twitter account 'liked' a pornographic tweet last night, but Australia only found out because of the work of one bot with a mission to track politicians' Twitter use. | | | The artist finished the mural, which depicts Tony Abbott in a wedding dress with his hand down Cardinal George Pell's pants, on the same day Australians voted in favour of same-sex marriage. | | | By Billy Griffiths, Lynette Russell and Richard Roberts | | | By Richard Hinds | | | By Molly Harriss Olson | | | By Mary Lloyd | | | | | 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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