| | | | Monday's planned train strike in Sydney cannot go ahead because it "threatens to endanger the welfare of the population", the Fair Work Commission says. | | | | Local police ruled Lainie Coldwell's death a freak accident, but for Sergeant Gerry Thornton, it didn't seem right. So he investigated the death on his own time. | | | | It may be the lowest hike in health insurance premiums for 17 years, but it is still twice as much as the average worker's pay rise. | | | | Nearly 40 per cent of Australians don't know the reason we celebrate Australia Day on January 26. That's not good enough, writes Jon Feardon. | | | | Debate about the appropriateness of January 26 being Australia Day is ongoing and it is offering up some potential alternative options. | | | | So far with the #MeToo movement, we've had much pain for so little progress, so little quantifiable justice or consequence for those men alleged to have done wrong. But this case is a bright exception. | | | | Analysis of more than 48,000 road deaths since 1989 reveals the most dangerous times to be on the road for young drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and other road users. | | | | One of the most powerful men in Thailand's military Government is under fire for appearing in public wearing dozens of high-end timepieces worth about $1.5 million. | | | | Accused murderer Maree Crabtree, who is alleged to have forced prescription medications on her children causing two of them to die, would tell people her daughters had autism and cancer, an ex-girlfriend of her son Jonathan Crabtree says. | | | | Caroline Wozniacki is through to the women's Australian Open final after beating Elise Mertens in straight sets, as the world number two chases her first major. | | | | Actor Samuel Johnson, who has raised millions for cancer research, is among the eight finalists for the 2018 Australian of the Year, which also include rugby league star Johnathan Thurston, a craniofacial surgeon and an Indigenous designer. | | | | Sydney and Melbourne have a one-in-five chance of house prices falling at least 15 per cent over the next five years, according to economic modelling by investment bank JP Morgan. | | | | In 2010, Australian taxpayers tipped $46 million into the bid to host the 2022 football World Cup but, according to former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, our time zone meant "Australia had no chance" of hosting football's showpiece tournament. | | | | Internet sensation Grumpy Cat is awarded nearly $900,000 for trademark infringement after an iced coffee company used the cat's likeness on ground coffee without permission. | | | | Bert Van Marwijk, who led the Dutch to the World Cup final in 2010, says he won't be going to Russia just to make up the numbers after taking the reins from Ange Postecoglou. | | | | Premier Jay Weatherill's lawyers send a cease and desist letter to an Adelaide man who has been driving around in a van emblazoned with the words "Jay Weatherill: Premier For Best Liar". | | | | An Adelaide travel agent whose business was burnt down by a disgruntled ex-lover vents her feelings at the man during an emotional court hearing. | | | | Tremors, the largest of which was a magnitude-4.2 quake, continue to shake the Mid North Coast of NSW, with authorities wondering if a big one may be on its way. | | | | The man who co-led the search for the wreckage of Air France 447 says if MH370 is at or near the bottom of the sea, the wreckage and indeed bodies could be largely preserved. | | | | Video showing the execution of at least 10 people at the site of a car bombing that killed 35 people on Tuesday is raising calls for justice from the United Nations Libya mission. | | | | Images of students from several Canberra high schools are posted on a revenge porn site, with the eSafety Commissioner saying keeping up with these sort of websites is like "playing whack-a-mole". | | | | A Brisbane man's cheeky letter to his wife about her bad bathroom habits raises questions about what's right and what's wrong when it comes to sharing space in the most "intimate room in the house". | | | | The feasibility of cloning humans is a step closer after Chinese scientists clone primates — two identical long-tailed macaques — from a non-embryonic cell for the first time. | |  |
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