| | | | The ABC can reveal 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. | | | | Documents lodged for a planned $276 million shopping centre redevelopment in north-western Sydney shed new light on the complicated political dealings of Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo. | | | | 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. | | | | 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". | | | | This year's Geminids meteor shower is predicted to provide a spectacular end to the year for keen skywatchers across Australia. And you could get to see the asteroid that created it too. | | | | It is not citizenship that could bring NSW Nationals MP David Gillespie unstuck, but his case may end up in the High Court. | | | | Regional sex worker Taylor Tara is challenging the stereotypes of her industry and has become an advocate for men's mental health. | | | | Forty per cent of cancer deaths in Australia are preventable, with eight lifestyle factors identified that people should avoid, a new study finds. | | | | Meet the courageous individuals who took on religious and government institutions to bring about the ground-breaking child abuse royal commission, blowing the lid off some of Australia's most shameful scandals. | | | | The process of "mining" Bitcoin is a massive energy drain — and potential environmental disaster. | | | | Prepare to say goodbye to cracked screens as research by the Australian National University could lead to the development of shatterproof glass for mobile phones. | | | | An Australian chemical manufacturer rejects calls to tighten restrictions around the use of a highly toxic herbicide which poisoned a young man with autism who found it in a soft drink bottle. | | | | Cycling groups question whether the death of cyclist in central Victoria could have been avoided if authorities had not removed bicycle lanes from the popular riding route. | | | | It's official, the magpie is the 2017 Australian bird of the year. Here are 10 things you may not know about them. | | | | Feeling stressed or anxious ahead of Christmas? Wishing you could bypass it all? You're not alone. | | | | Vladimir Putin makes a surprise visit to Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria and orders Russian forces to start withdrawing after a two-year military campaign. | | | | Aboriginal groups are demanding concrete quotas for Indigenous employment on the Federal Government's inland rail project, saying it's "not good enough" that no targets have been set. | | | | A young boy's emotional video about being relentlessly bullied at school attracts support from hundreds of thousands of people around the world — as well as a few famous faces. | | | | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges the EU to follow US President Donald Trump's lead and recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but was met by a firm rebuff from EU foreign ministers who saw the move as a blow against the peace process. | | | | Plans for a 150th anniversary party for a south-west Queensland town fizz out when the council is informed they missed the major milestone by three years. | |  |
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