| | Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says it is "absolutely absurd" to think he could have dual citizenship with Hungary, because his mother arrived in Australia after World War II as "stateless" after fleeing persecution in Europe. | | | Janet Yellen, who was appointed by president Barack Obama in 2014, is set to become the first chair of the US central bank not to be reappointed to second term since 1979. | | | For days at a time, the two crews see and hear nothing. But today is different. In a matter of hours, $75 million of heroin will be flushed through a bottomless wheelie bin and into the Indian Ocean. | | | The NAB is cutting 6,000 staff. It's a familiar-sounding headline, but the long-term employment trend in the banking sector might surprise you. | | | The Opposition has everything to win and nothing to lose in an audit of all parliamentarians' citizenship, but its leader Bill Shorten remains cautious. | | | A prosecutor asks a judge to issue an arrest warrant for sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, while eight former Catalan ministers are remanded in custody pending an investigation into Catalonia's independence push. | | | Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is seeking "treatment" following allegations of sexual misconduct that forced a halt in production of his Netflix show House of Cards. | | | A cosmic camera has given us a tantalising glimpse of an undiscovered space in the Great Pyramid of Giza, but what it is remains shrouded in secrecy. | | | US President Donald Trump says the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in an attack in New York City should get the death penalty after the suspect tells investigators he "felt good" about what he has done. | | | The bearded and frizzy-haired Tapanuli orangutan is the latest addition to our great ape family tree, but it might not be around for too long. | | | By now many refugees who arrived in Europe from the Middle East have settled in. But what if instead of being sent to one of the desired European asylum havens, you were sent to a place you'd never heard of? | | | Pharmacists see an increase in the number of people wanting to buy products containing codeine, as the change to access draws closer. | | | Sam Kerr is firing at home, some juicy A-League ties await and the Socceroos face their greatest challenge since Uruguay 2005 — and yet Australian football is tearing itself apart, writes Richard Hinds. | | | Forensics students from around Australia hunt for clues in a 139-year-old double-murder cold case. | | | A group of women living in a rural community near Port Lincoln are being woken by a drone looking into their bedrooms at night. | | | Stephen Parry confided he might have a dual citizenship problem to senior colleagues including Cabinet minister Mitch Fifield months ago, but a colleague advised him not to raise the alarm. | | | Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, urges people to "not to quarrel" and "live peacefully" as she visits Rakhine State for the first time since the military-led violence erupted in late August. | | | As the UN refugee agency again calls on the Government to stop what it calls an unfolding humanitarian emergency on Manus Island, one asylum seeker apparently walks 20 kilometres to get back into the detention centre. | | | Apple has been automatically sorting photographs on iPhones for about a year but this week some savvy iPhone users discovered one of the folders contains some images that are a little more revealing. | | | A serial child sex offender who sees himself as "a hero saving children" loses his bid to be released from his indefinite jail order, with a South Australian judge saying he remains a "deeply disturbed" man. | | | By Ian M Mackay and Katherine Arden, University of Queensland | | | By Wendy Lipworth, Brette Blakely and Ian Kerridge | | | By Alan Sunderland | | | By Mark Melatos | | | | | 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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