| | | | It was a high-risk strategy: hand more than $1 million to a known criminal and hope to catch him laundering it. The money belonged to Australian taxpayers, and the criminal was running the underworld's equivalent of Goldman Sachs. | | | | A Sunshine Coast woman who contracted hookworm through her feet after a beach holiday in Vietnam says it was an "horrific" experience in which she could feel the parasites moving. | | | | For unheralded quarterback Nick Foles it was a "dream come true" — the culmination of a six-game stint in charge of the Philadelphia Eagles that ended in a stunning Super Bowl victory over New England Patriots and a Super Bowl MVP award. | | | | A boy dubbed "selfie kid" stole the limelight during the Super Bowl's half-time show as he posed for a photo with pop singer Justin Timberlake. | | | | The former high-ranking Army officer used Facebook to share anti-Muslim clips posted by far-right UK group Britain First. | | | | When Paul Lau, a healthy 54-year-old, went into hospital for knee surgery, he died after being given pain medication meant for another patient. There were more than 15 opportunities for medical staff to pick up the mistake, an inquest has heard. | | | | MPs are back in Canberra for the start of the political year. It is tempting to say who cares? But the stakes could not be higher, writes Stan Grant. | | | | US President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation, according to Democratic and Republican politicians. | | | | Australia's 38 public university vice-chancellors were paid an average $890,000 in 2016, and 12 earned more than $1 million. Is it too much? | | | | One of Western Australia's largest commercial builders, responsible for several ALDI stores, along with work on Perth Airport, shopping centres and government buildings, tells subcontractors to stop work as it is not in a position to pay any accounts. | | | | Women commit far fewer homicides than men, and the reasons they use to justify killing someone are usually quite different — and not always linked to domestic violence, writes Belinda Parker. | | | | The family of a woman who was abused by her father is stunned he was allowed to send her mail while serving a 10-year prison sentence. | | | | A 15-year-old girl walking to catch a bus is struck and killed by a car driven by a father taking his own kids to school in NSW's Hunter region. | | | | In other countries, stories like the ABC's Cabinet Files could have landed reporters in jail for breaching espionage laws. Three new bills put forward by the Turnbull Government mean it could happen here too, writes Mark Maley. | | | | Two mothers. Six children. Families rocked by the revelation: "I'm gay." This is the untold coming out story of Tony Abbott's sister, Christine Forster. | | | | Wesfarmers isn't having a good day, given $1.3 billion was written-off its Bunnings UK and Target chains. | | | | One of Queensland's most hated pests is being used to deter predators of an endangered turtle in Queensland, keeping goannas away from breeding beaches near Agnes Water. | | | | If you want your kids to open up and tell you about their day when they get home from school, perhaps skip the usual questions. | | | | Reality TV star Kylie Jenner apologises for keeping fans in the dark about her pregnancy after giving birth to baby girl, saying it was something, "I chose not to do in front of the world". | |  |
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