| | | | The Labor senator says he will not return to Parliament next year, amid questions over his links to China, saying that leaving is "the best service I can render to the federal parliamentary Labor Party". | | | | A 13-year-old boy died from an allergic reaction after eating breakfast at a Melbourne hospital, his mother tells an inquest, while a nurse admits his allergies were not properly recorded. | | | | Take the Australian Secret Intelligence Service's online recruitment test to see if you're cut out for the work — and who knows? If you prove yourself in the challenges, you may be recommended for a spot with the agency. | | | | An ABC investigation finds women are reporting concerns including chronic pain, serious scarring and depression, believed to be caused by the Implanon hormonal arm implant and Mirena intra-uterine devices. | | | | Governor Arthur Philip saw sodomy as one of the worst offences convicts under his charge could commit. But sex between men and between women flourished in convict Australia. | | | | A young Chinese social media celebrity — famous online for scaling high-rise buildings as part of a dangerous trend called 'rooftopping' — dies after falling from a 62-storey building when one of his risky stunts goes awry. | | | | Nanango MP Deb Frecklington will lead the Liberal National Party in Queensland with former NRL referee Tim Mander by her side. | | | | Westfield is believed to be exploring a potential merger or sale, with speculation centring on a takeover by major European shopping centre group Unibail-Rodamco. | | | | China's state-controlled media and Chinese analysts in Beijing say events planned for a key diplomatic anniversary with Australia this week are unlikely to heal an increasingly fraught dispute over China's influence in Australia. | | | | A scrub python so long it blocked a north Queensland road finds social media fame after it is photographed by patrolling police officers. | | | | Regional sex worker Taylor Tara is challenging the stereotypes of her industry and has become an advocate for men's mental health. | | | | The process of "mining" Bitcoin is a massive energy drain — and potential environmental disaster. | | | | Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo paid $55,000 to have lunch with Bill Shorten in October 2015, in the midst of a debate about Labor's opposition to the China-Australia trade deal. | | | | Scientists for the first time correct a protein defect that causes Huntington's disease, by injecting a drug into the spine, offering new hope for patients with the devastating genetic disease. | | | | Australian rugby is near rock-bottom and anything Raelene Castle achieves as its new chief executive officer will be a bonus, writes national sport correspondent Mary Gearin. | | | | As the royal commission into child abuse prepares to report back to government this week, meet the courageous individuals who took on powerful institutions to help expose a national shame. | | | | A new report finds a major biosecurity failure likely led to the import of infected raw prawns and an outbreak of white spot disease that cost Queensland prawn farmers more than $40 million. | | | | Forty per cent of cancer deaths in Australia are preventable, with eight lifestyle factors identified that people should avoid, a new study finds. | | | | Warming temperatures caused by climate change are set to weaken wind energy in the northern hemisphere, a study shows, while a boost in wind in the southern hemisphere could turn north-east Australia into an attractive investment for wind farm energy companies. | | | | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says an explosion in one of the city's busiest commuter hubs in midtown Manhattan was "an attempted terrorist attack". | | | | Scientists have sequenced the entire thylacine genome. We now know where they fit on the family tree, but don't count on resurrecting the species anytime soon. | |  |
By Graham Willett, University of Melbourne | |  |
By national sport correspondent Mary Gearin | |  |
By Philippa Collin, Western Sydney University | |  |
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