| | | | The annual report on improving employment, education and health outcomes for Indigenous Australians is expected to reveal that just three of seven targets are on track after a decade, but there are signs of improvement. | | | | At least 20 domestic workers have escaped exploitation in diplomatic residences, saying they have been made to work up to 18-hour days for a fraction of the minimum wage and being forbidden from leaving the premises, an ABC investigation finds. | | | | When the bones of Australia's oldest human were unearthed in the 1970s it rewrote history. Fast forward 43 years and the dilemma still remains: Should Mungo Man be buried once again or studied to unlock the secrets of mankind? | | | | Tens of thousands of south-east Queensland residents remain without power this morning after a severe thunderstorm last night, which saw 265,000 lightning strikes and left a man injured after he was shocked while taking a shower in Ferny Grove. | | | | With the Hayne royal commission into banking misconduct about to start, the question remains whether it can make any real difference. | | | | A passenger plane crashes near Moscow soon after take off, killing all 65 passengers and six crew on board, and investigators have said they are looking at all possible causes. | | | | The Bureau of Meteorology defines them as "three days or more of high maximum and minimum temperatures that is unusual for that location". But where do heatwaves really come from? | | | | Queensland Governor and former chief justice Paul de Jersey is facing allegations he had a conflict of interest in overseeing a legal review that recommended the Queensland Government maintain legal limitations for child sex abuse claims. | | | | A tourist helicopter carrying six passengers and a pilot crashes in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States, killing three people and injuring four others. | | | | The AFLW copped plenty of criticism during the week — so how did the players and coaches respond? Find out as we look back at round two. | | | | Are you an unvaccinated adult, wondering whether you need to catch up on all those vaccinations everyone has been talking about? | | | | Scientists are studying whether consuming a glass of beetroot juice could improve your capacity to exercise. | | | | Thieves are pillaging plants from front yards across the Brisbane region, getting off scot-free despite the best efforts of residents and landscapers. | | | | The leader of the Tasmanian Greens, Cassy O'Connor, says that Tasmania's political donation laws are the weakest in the country. Is she correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look. | | | | Federal Labor says it will continue to question whether Barnaby Joyce's girlfriend was given favourable treatment by being moved to a different office, despite Cabinet ministers insisting no rules have been broken. | | | | A former political staffer is seeking compensation from the Daily Telegraph for the use of a selfie he took with the Deputy Prime Minister and Vikki Campion, which has been published by the masthead as part of its coverage of Mr Joyce's affair. | | | | Australia has two women in the final six of the women's moguls for the first time ever, but Jakara Anthony finishes fourth and Britt Cox takes fifth place. | | | | Sydney-born, Brooklyn-based, these Orthodox Jewish sisters are building a modest fashion empire — and you don't have to be religious to appreciate it. | | | | The Indonesian navy seizes a boat carrying 1.1 tonnes of the drug ice, and says it is the same type of vessel used to transport a similar-sized shipment to Western Australia last month. | | | | Allergy authorities call out Sony Pictures for its depiction of "blatant food allergy bullying" in the film Peter Rabbit. | |  |
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