| | | | Australia's recycling industry feels the impact of China's ban on some imported recyclable rubbish, with industry leaders warning they cannot keep collecting recycling if there's nowhere for it to go. | | | | Just days out from the start of the banking royal commission, we hear the case of Amy Nivison-Smith who, according to her mother, was approved for a "ridiculous" car loan. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank, the bank at the centre of many of the biggest scandals to hit the industry, becomes the last major bank to confirm that victims and former staff are free to give evidence to the banking royal commission. | | | | Independent MP Cathy McGowan suggests Australia should follow the United States and ban sexual relationships between politicians and their staff. | | | | SpaceX's Starman is facing history's biggest detour after overshooting his route to Mars's orbit. | | | | A 58-year-old woman dies after being hit by a garbage truck while taking her grandson for a walk in Dee Why, northern Sydney. | | | | It's a small word, and seldom-used. But if it ever appears near your name, chances are you might be out of a job sooner rather than later. | | | | Lawyers for Geoffrey Rush say "grossly defamatory" articles about him remain online and continue to damage his reputation, during a hearing for the actor's lawsuit against The Daily Telegraph. | | | | The former captain of Australia's polo team Andrew Williams describes the "gut-wrenching" discovery of 16 ponies dead in the back of the truck he was driving home from Tasmania. | | | | The mystery surrounding a ship hunting for the wreckage of MH370 deepens as it docks in Perth without addressing rumours running rife about its recent movements — including that it is trying to retrieve a "treasure chest" from a nearby shipwreck. | | | | In a forthright interview, super-producer Quincy Jones lays out his thoughts on some the world's biggest pop stars. And he has very few kind things to say. | | | | There will be a formal apology to survivors of child sexual abuse, but the redress scheme to pay them compensation is in jeopardy. | | | | In 2012, former NRL player and professional boxer Joe Williams found himself sitting in a Dubbo psychiatric unit, having just attempted suicide. He now works to help others struggling with mental health issues. | | | | Who is Kim Jong-un's sister and why is her visit to the Winter Olympics in South Korea important? | | | | An Adelaide man who allegedly shone a laser at a police helicopter is charged with possessing a banned weapon, as police releasing footage of the incident as a safety warning. | | | | There are calls for tighter regulatory controls of the superannuation industry, with reports more and more self-managed super funds are turning to volatile cryptocurrencies. | | | | Tests of a new anxiety medication show it has the potential to address harmful effects of heavy drinking on the brain and may even help alcoholics beat the disease, Queensland researchers say. | | | | The NT News failed to take reasonable steps to avoid causing substantial offence and distress to Peter Falconio's family by publishing an article about the whereabouts of the backpacker's body, the press watchdog finds. | | | | Saudi women last year celebrated a big win when they were granted the right to drive, now the woman behind the campaign says she'll celebrate on the day she's recognised as a citizen of her own country. | | | | US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reads from the Bible, quotes Pope Francis and tells the stories of young immigrants during the longest speech in the US House of Representatives on record to try and force a vote on "Dreamers". | | | | The health and wellbeing of Indigenous people should never be framed as an intractable problem. Political intransigence and lack of will is by far the greater problem, write June Oscar and Rod Little. | | | | The alleged sexual abuse of three young boys by people linked to a performing arts school in regional NSW reached its height on Anzac Day 2016, court documents reveal, when police say two women raped a four-year-old. | | | | Temperatures across Queensland are predicted to start rising from tomorrow, with parts of the state expected to peak as high as 45 degrees Celsius on Sunday. | | | | Hyundai agrees to step up its compliance with Australian consumer laws, as the ACCC targets the car manufacturing industry at large. | |  |
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