| | | | The identities of four people charged over the sexual and physical abuse of three young boys at a performing arts school in regional NSW are revealed. | | | | A power struggle emerges in the Malaysian-led investigation into the disappearance of MH370, with four air crash investigators sidelined and plans to replace them with Malaysian Air Force officers. | | | | Australia's biggest banks have ignored major problems with unauthorised direct-debit transactions for years, leaving customers out of pocket and frustrated, according to the nation's peak financial counselling body. | | | | Rather than remove an urban beehive, a Sydney council sprays it with poison, killing tens of thousands of bees and leaving residents and beekeeping authorities angry. | | | | A local doctor asks Curious Melbourne to investigate why there has been an increase in people sleeping rough on the streets. | | | | From hookworms you can feel wriggling in your feet to metres-long tapeworms growing in your gut, parasitic worms are truly gross. But what is the real risk of picking up a nasty one in Australia? | | | | On January 31, 2018, ABC News reported on a document prepared in April 2009 for the Strategic Priorities and Budget Committee (SPBC) warning of critical risks in the roll-out of the Energy Efficient Homes Package. In reporting on that document, the ABC did not intend to suggest that Mr Rudd recklessly ignored critical risks of the home insulation scheme before the deaths of four young installers, or that he lied to the royal commission that examined those deaths. | | | | Police forces around Australia have a problem with attitudes of sexism and homophobia. And they don't seem to be going away any time soon. | | | | The Queensland Government has thrown Scottish beermaker BrewDog a major bone — $30 million to build a facility in Brisbane. But what has the Queensland Government done to work to build the local industry? Nothing, writes Matt Kirkegaard. | | | | Sarah Hill was barely making ends meet juggling full-time work and freelancing in Sydney, when she thought there had to be a better way. Now she has works from Bali, but locals have mixed feelings about the influx of digital nomads. | | | | Footage of the man punching a 21-year-old woman in the face was viewed thousands of times on social media and led to the motorist being handed a good behaviour bond and a $900 fine. | | | | The sporting world's attention may on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but next door in Japan construction costs are soaring and water quality problems are causing headaches for organisers of the 2020 Games. | | | | Despite its half-measures and empty gestures, the AFL continues to treat Tasmania as the country's footballing pariah — and now, writes Richard Hinds, local footy is beginning to suffer. | | | | YouTube finds no evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum, a senior executive tells a British parliamentary committee inquiry into fake news. | | | | Simply increasing competition in the banking sector won't help ordinary consumers, many of whom are seen by the big four as unprofitable risks. Consumer protection regulation is needed just as much as more choice, writes Therese Wilson. | | | | The placement of a pro-life Labor politician's election posters in the windows of a recently closed abortion clinic in Hobart has not gone unnoticed, with some asking if their appearance is part of ALP infighting over the issue. | | | | Farmers are increasingly concerned as thousands of tourists stream onto their sunflower fields, destroying paddocks and crops. | | | | National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn takes a break from his $50 billion balance sheet to sell a few copies of The Big Issue, noting the difficulties arising from the growth in precarious, casual jobs. | | | | The Federal Government will today offer states and territories an extra $30 billion for public hospitals over five years, but some Labor states could refuse to sign up. | | | | International Criminal Court prosecutors open a preliminary examination into Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which has led to the death of thousands since it began in July 2016. | | | | Locals are left shocked and angered after a spate of brutal shark attacks on a family of dolphins at Monkey Mia in WA, which have become world-famous for their close interaction with tourists. | | | | 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. | | | | A maize crop growing in a community garden helps African refugees feel a sense of belonging in their new home in north-western Victoria. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By Matt Kirkegaard | |  |
By Therese Wilson | |  |
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