| | | | The disappearance of three young women from the upmarket suburb of Claremont in the mid-1990s changed the face of Perth. Two decades later, a man faces court charged with their murders. | | | | The number of people living with dementia in Australia continues to rise, the latest data from Dementia Australia shows, with experts predicting 1.1 million people will be living with the disease by 2056. | | | | An Israeli state attorney says a new psychiatric assessment of a former Melbourne school principal wanted on 74 charges of child sexual abuse has found she is fit to stand trial. | | | | The poker machine and pub arm of supermarket giant Woolworths has been spying on its punters and keeping a secret database of personal information in an effort to boost profits, federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says. | | | | Experiments suggest a very particular kind of microbe could lurk beneath the surface of Saturn's watery moon. | | | | That feeling you get, after a particularly loud gig, of fuzziness or a temporary ringing? That's a sign hearing damage has occurred. Natalie Pestana found that out the hard way — and is urging others to avoid the same fate. | | | | It's an essential part of daily life for many of us, but coffee also contains caffeine, and it's a drug more powerful than we realise. | | | | An actor in the hit musical American Idiot says he has been sacked for "inappropriate behaviour" on the eve of its opening night in Melbourne, "without so much as a conversation" with the production company. | | | | Authorities are still struggling to assess the full impact of Monday's magnitude-7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea but confirm at least 11 people died and fear there will be more deaths in outlying villages. | | | | The education gap between the bush and urban Australia may be at risk of becoming wider, with regional universities warning they're preparing to turn away students. | | | | When it comes to drug use and alcohol abuse among teenagers, it is time the grown-ups listened to the kids rather than assuming they know best, writes Andrew Smirnov. | | | | One million Australian homes will be fortunate to receive fast, new fibre-to-the-curb NBN access. The Prime Minister's Canberra residence is one of them. | | | | Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO denies slowing down visa processing for some asylum seekers, but says they were a "lower priority". | | | | Retail analysts say Amazon's slow rollout is all part of its strategy, as the retail behemoth announces its "fulfilment" service is now available to retailers in Australia. | | | | Environmentalist Geoff Cousins says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told him that if Labor wins government they could withdraw the Adani mine licence. | | | | Despite fears of a major correction in Australian property, Westpac says borrowers are not falling behind in their repayments, which is protecting the market. | | | | Lifesavers are recommending that children stay away from tail devices, but a group of north Queenslanders continue to dive into the hobby of mermaiding. | | | | Fighting rages on in Syria's Eastern Ghouta district, the United Nations says, despite a five-hour ceasefire called by President Bashar al-Assad's ally Russia. | | | | A man accused of raping a woman he met on the dating app Tinder pushed his alleged victim to the kitchen floor of her Sydney apartment during a late-night encounter, a court hears. | | | | The poisoned half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, told a friend in Malaysia his life was in danger six months before he was killed, a police official told a court. | | | | An Adelaide Fringe comedian being sued by her estranged husband for allegedly defaming him on stage secures more than $17,000 in crowdfunding. | | | | A Siberian cold front dumps heavy snow on Rome for the first time in six years, paralysing a city used to mild winters and giving priests the opportunity to pelt each other with snowballs. | |  |
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