| | | | After a farcical morning, the rain has cleared long enough for play to get underway at the WACA, with Australia possibly only five wickets away from reclaiming the Ashes. Follow the action in our live blog. | | | | Capping funding for university places, lowering the threshold on HECS repayments and forcing new migrants to wait longer to get welfare payments are some of the measures unveiled by Treasurer Scott Morrison in his mid-year update today. | | | | The MYEFO update sees the Government place lifetime limits on the amount students can borrow for university and a freeze on funding for the sector, something Universities Australia says will make getting into study much harder. | | | | Ten Greens MPs are redirecting a large proportion of their entitlements to a service that promises to "spark a genuine conversation that's on target". | | | | Police make a dramatic rescue in one of NSW's most remote areas, saying a 26-year-old woman who spent two days trapped down an eight-metre mine shaft is lucky to be alive. | | | | Embattled Indian miner Adani says it will build and run the proposed Carmichael mine on its own — Australia's biggest coal venture in central Queensland's Galilee Basin — after cancelling a $2.6 billion contract with mining services giant Downer. | | | | Advocates are attributing an alarming increase in domestic violence in Hindu and Sikh communities to myriad factors, including the influence of ancient texts which relegate women to inferior status, a reluctance by clergy to even raise the subject of family violence, and Australia's failure to outlaw dowry abuse. | | | | Dashcam footage of a car narrowly avoiding a head-on with two police motorcyclists while appearing to overtake illegally is released by authorities in a bid to improve driver behaviour in the Adelaide Hills. | | | | Optometrists are asking Australians to make getting their eyes checked number one on their Christmas list after some surprising research from guide dogs' groups. | | | | NSW Police charge a 39-year-old man with several driving offences after a video of him allegedly weaving in and out of traffic, and veering onto the wrong side of the road goes viral on social media. | | | | A Queensland mycologist says fungi could hold the key to eradicating much of the world's waste by both replacing and decomposing plastics. | | | | A new feral cat management device that uses lasers to detect the shape and movement of cats, then sprays them with toxic gel, is deployed in the APY Lands in South Australia. | | | | Overweight and self-conscious 31-year-old Leigh Aiple paid more than $35,000 for a plastic surgery package in Malaysia. The day after he flew back to Melbourne he was dead. | | | | The investigation into the mysterious deaths of pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, one of Canada's richest couples, will be led by homicide detectives. | | | | Euthanasia is more than just a moral debate for Michael Lee. Because of MND he can't speak or swallow, and needs pressurised air 19 hours a day. And he's given a lot of thought to how he wants to die. | | | | Donald Trump says he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller over his growing Russia probe, which has shadowed the White House for much of the US President's initial year in office. | | | | Mitchell Starc gives commentators something to really rave about with a "ball of the summer/series/century" delivery to James Vince in the Perth Test. | | | | An elite NSW Police squad is issued with semi-automatic military assault rifles as part of a plan to protect New Year's Eve crowds from the threat of terrorism. | | | | Cristian Beasley, who is believed to have cut through bars in the ceiling of his cell before scaling a perimeter wall, is recaptured by Indonesian police a week after his escape. | | | | Using information easily found online, researchers say they can identify individuals in government healthcare data that was supposed to be anonymous. | |  |
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