| | | | Radical financial stimulus including emergency interest rates in the United States and elsewhere created stock market overvaluations, setting the stage for a long-overdue correction, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | After the Dow Jones suffered its biggest points drop in a single day, the selling tsunami accelerated across the Pacific with Australian shares plunging 3.2 per cent. | | | | A heavily pregnant woman dies after a suspected snake bite in the Mid West WA town of Meekatharra, 775 kilometres north-east of Perth. She was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save her or her baby. | | | | NSW Police charge seven people linked to a performing arts school in regional NSW with 127 offences over the alleged sexual and physical abuse of three boys between 2014 and 2016. | | | | Three tourists are rescued from the roof of their Scooby-Doo styled campervan, after waking up to find their vehicle surrounded by floodwaters in a crocodile warning area in far north Queensland. | | | | The Government springs to the defence of its newest senator after the Greens accuse former military leader Jim Molan of overseeing a "humanitarian catastrophe" while commanding coalition troops in Iraq. | | | | You may have panicked this morning when you heard the news about the Dow Jones. But today's fall needs to be put into context. | | | | As alcohol is woven into daily routines and social lives, health authorities are warning that just a few drinks a night could actually be a form of chronic alcoholism. | | | | The High Court finds Devonport Mayor Steve Martin eligible to replace Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie, after he faced a challenge by a One Nation candidate. | | | | Scott Morrison says he did not agree with expert Treasury advice on negative gearing, and instead drew on his experience as a research economist when he claimed Labor's policy would be a "sledgehammer" to the property market. | | | | India is the world's largest democracy, but its failure to issue ABC journalists with visas or provide an official explanation highlights growing concern about freedom of expression, writes Amruta Slee. | | | | Researchers advise owners to avoid feeding their dogs raw chicken after finding a link between the meat and a potentially fatal form of canine paralysis. | | | | Eloise Babos always wanted children but a genetic condition has sped up her plans and put her on track to remove her ovaries by her early 30s. | | | | Children as young as four will now be trained in cybersecurity due to concerns they are at risk of being targeted online by child sex offenders. | | | | Electric vehicles are good for the environment and cheap to run, but rapid technological advances and plummeting battery prices are shaping up as the industry's Achilles' heel when it comes to resale. | | | | A man and woman from New South Wales who allegedly exported 90 tonnes of nickel alloys to Iran have become the first people in Australia ever charged with breaches of UN sanctions. | | | | The House Intelligence Committee votes unanimously to release a Democratic rebuttal to the GOP's memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump declassified last week. | | | | Elon Musk is about to try to send one of his own Teslas towards Mars. But the significance of the mission goes well beyond stunts. | | | | NSW motorists who text and drive won't just be at risk being pulled over by police anymore, with special cameras set to target phone users as part of the State Government's road safety crackdown. | | | | Education Minister Grace Grace backs a Brisbane high school's crackdown on uniform policy that resulted in about 100 students getting detention for not wearing the proper shoes. | | | | Home values have plunged by up to 25 per cent in real terms across five of Australia's eight capital cities in the past decade, putting paid to the old adage that property doubles in value every 10 years. | | | | The backlash to Marvel's Black Panther film shows we live in an age where black heroes, both fictional and real, are met with fierce resistance, writes Paul Verhoeven. | | | | The AFL's new format will use smaller fields in a bid to grow the game's popularity and attract new supporters internationally. | | | | John Mahoney, the actor best-known for playing the cranky dad on TV show Frasier, dies in Chicago at the age of 77 after a brief hospitalisation. | | | | For 28 years, two months and 27 days the Berlin Wall divided a city. Today marks the day Germany's capital has been reunited longer than it was divided. | |  |
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