| | | | The corporate watchdog commences legal proceedings against the Commonwealth Bank, alleging involvement in rigging a key market interest rate. | | | | The convicted rapist found guilty of murdering missing WA teenager Hayley Dodd is sentenced to a minimum of 21 years behind bars, making him at least 82 before he will be released. | | | | The US and China's geopolitical rivalry in Asia will likely end in war, some experts warn, although Beijing maintains its intentions are peaceful. But history hangs heavily over the entire China story, writes Stan Grant. | | | | Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt hits out at Bernard Tomic — who is currently starring on reality TV — saying the controversial Australian is "highly doubtful" to play for the national team again. | | | | Monsoonal weather in Darwin brings out good swell, a motley surfing community and water filled with danger. | | | | Brisbane parents are outraged over a high school's uniform requirement that could see their children given detention for having the wrong-sized heel on their shoes. | | | | The US Navy denounces the "unsafe" actions of Russia's military after a Russian SU-27 fighter jet flies within 1.5 metres of a US surveillance plane over the Black Sea. | | | | The driver of a V8 ute that was speeding through Perth at 150 kilometres per hour before it crashed and killed a worker collecting rubbish is jailed for more than five years. | | | | Many people aren't aware they may need to pay tax when selling their bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with the ATO considering them to be a "form of property". | | | | The PM argues Scott Morrison did an "outstanding job" in stopping the people smuggling trade, after it emerged the former immigration minister agreed ASIO should delay security checks on asylum seekers to try to prevent some from getting permanent visas. | | | | Despite only being in his rookie season, young Australian basketball star Ben Simmons has taken the NBA by storm. But his family is helping keep him humble. | | | | Labor leader Bill Shorten says private health is too expensive as he attacks the big funds for "aggressively" lifting their premiums each year. | | | | A Townsville veteran who served in post-war Japan after it was devastated by two atomic bombs has been recognised for his service, 73 years on. | | | | Tickets inviting guests to President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address have had to be reissued after a misprint. | | | | Nick Xenophon has already announced 26 Lower House candidates for the upcoming election in South Australia. Here's why the former senator could become the state's next premier. | | | | It is unclear if today's sudden departure was Andrew McCabe's choice or not, but there's no question he was under pressure to go, writes Zoe Daniel. | | | | A man who impersonated a doctor at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane did not have access to clinical areas or patients, the hospital's executive director says. | | | | The Strava heatmap might create some military security problems, but it also lets us take a look at the level of activity happening all over the world. | | | | Australian Catholic bishops are worried proposed foreign interference laws could force Catholics who make contact with their local MPs to register as agents of Vatican City. | | | | The latest NAB business survey points to overall strength in the economy, but retail continues to lose momentum. | | | | The body responsible for deciding what drugs we can and can't use in Australia will decide the fate of a controversial hormonal pill when it meets on Friday. | | | | Billionaire tech entrepreneur, Tesla founder and space pioneer Elon Musk has added yet another position to his ever-evolving list of job titles with the launch of his latest venture. | |  |
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By Stan Grant | |  |
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