| | | | US President Donald Trump launches a Twitter tirade on the credibility of the FBI, seizing on reports a veteran counterintelligence agent was removed from the team investigating Trump campaign links to Russia and again attacking sacked FBI director James Comey. | | | | Critics accuse Russia of interfering in foreign elections. But the Kremlin is facing a more pressing challenge ahead of Russia's own elections — winning over a new generation that's turning its back on Mr Putin. | | | | The banking inquiry may end up backfiring on bank-run super funds if the Royal Commissioner adopts a broader view, for it is high time Australia's supposedly world-class superannuation system was shown for what it truly is: a massive rort, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | One of the nation's leading authorities on super is accusing the bank-run funds of "looting" workers' retirement savings for profit and says it is bizarre the Government is targeting industry funds, as Parliament gets set to debate a bill to change superannuation industry governance this week. | | | | The portmanteau "kwaussie", a reference to the ongoing dual citizenship scandal, has beaten "makarrata", "robodebt" and "postal survey" to one of the year's top word gongs. | | | | A masterful century by the maligned Shaun Marsh silences the doubters and puts Australia in a position of significant strength on day two of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. | | | | When once they were cheering the cash-rich City Football Group's takeover of struggling Melbourne Heart, the FFA is now left wondering how they let its grip on power over Australian football slip, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | The citizenship documents of all 48 federal senators are due to be released today. Here's what we're looking out for and what could happen if more dual citizens are revealed. | | | | With complaints about phone and internet providers soaring, consumer groups give a vote of no confidence in consumer protections and call for the troubled sector to be regulated like the water or energy industries. | | | | Adani's controversial Carmichael mine is dealt another blow as two of China's major banks say they will not fund the project — a decision that experts say will leave the Indian company relying on public funding. | | | | At the height of the Cold War, when the Russian embassy flew the hammer and sickle, Telopea Park was rumoured to be rife with espionage and intrigue. | | | | Many disability providers are out of pocket and having to "effectively bankroll the Government" due to flaws and inefficiencies of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. | | | | The family of an Indigenous man and father of five who died in custody, shackled by his ankles in a hospital bed in Sydney, are calling for an independent investigation into his death. | | | | We know some people should be more scared than others, but why are those blood suckers selective in who they bite? Well, with up to 400 chemical compounds on human skin that could play a role, there are many different answers. | | | | A group of traditional owners fighting the Adani coal mine are filing a court injunction against the mine owner and the Queensland Government, hoping to prevent a fast-tracked native title decision on the mine site. | | | | China's President Xi Jinping says the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in the country's vision of internet development. | | | | Republicans have passed the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate. Here's why it's been described as delivering a significant blow to Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. | | | | After resisting offering blood tests to PFAS-affected residents in Katherine for months while making them available to affected people in Queensland and NSW, the Federal Government announces more than $5 million for support services will be made available from Monday. | |  |
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