| | | | The president of the West Australian Nationals Party was warned by a state politician there could be an "avalanche of allegations" relating to "10 complaints" against former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce. Mr Joyce says any suggestion of 10 complainants is "patently absurd". | | | | Nerve agents have been used in chemical warfare since WWII and have been linked to a number of high-profile assassinations. Here's how they can destroy the body within minutes. | | | | Australian Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson wants Bauer Media to pay more than $1.3 million in legal fees she incurred while successfully suing the magazine publisher for defamation. | | | | Zoning regulations are bumping up the price of house-and-land packages in Australia's major cities, RBA researchers find — and it's costing you a fortune. | | | | Reality television contestant Davina Rankin says she is still dealing with the pain of receiving death threats and cruel comments online, which experts say people feel entitled to dish out because they believe "it's a consequence of the fame game". | | | | A mystery monster fish nearly 2 metres long and about 150 kilograms is found by a couple taking a stroll along a beach at Bundaberg in southern Queensland. | | | | Ruth Condon says she was only trying to do the right thing when she left bags of clothes outside one of Brisbane's Vinnies stores. Instead, she's copped a $252 fine from the council, telling her it's littering, and left her questioning whether her good intentions were at all worth it. | | | | The NSW Government will prosecute several people over alleged water theft on the Barwon-Darling, eight months after Four Corners investigated the issue. | | | | Some curious Emperor penguins are candidly captured in Antarctica getting up close and personal with an expeditioner's camera. | | | | The Crystal Brook facility in South Australia's Mid North will generate 20,000kg of hydrogen daily. | | | | In its latest Federal Court filings, the corporate watchdog provides details of Commonwealth Bank's alleged rate-rigging since 2001. | | | | Two Bureau of Meteorology employees are being investigated by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly running an elaborate operation involving the use of the bureau's powerful computers to "mine" cryptocurrencies. | | | | Leopards are often thought of as a threat to humans, but rather than being a problem in Mumbai, they may actually be helping by keeping the more dangerous stray dog population down. | | | | Three childcare workers are stripped of their accreditation, with one convicted of assault, after a six-year-old child with autism was smacked and had soap put in their mouth at a suburban childcare centre. | | | | David Warner speaks for the first time since his flashpoint with Quinton de Kock, saying he will always stick up for his family. | | | | The retail goliath has promised to fix its virtual assistant after reports it would laugh during conversations or without being asked anything. | | | | From athletes to scientists, many women from Australia's past are still largely unknown despite being fierce trailblazers. Here are a few of them. | | | | ABC reporter Jamelle Wells reveals the unusual behaviour among "court watchers" — people who regard criminal trials as "free theatre" and sometimes get up to mischief in the gallery. | | | | When Rebecca travels for work, she's always asked, "Who's minding your baby?" When Carly asked to go part-time for her disability, she was told she'd have to get pregnant first. And Mahboba's uncle was too ashamed to admit working with a woman. | | | | There is a long history of entrepreneurs marketing various gadgets to repel mosquitoes and now dozens of "mosquito repellent" apps are available. But can they stop the night-time whine? | | | | A south-east Queensland cattle producer counts the cost of the recent wet weather, after six of his cows are killed by lightning strike. | | | | The history of messages in bottles is longer than you might think. Here's some noteworthy examples, including why Christopher Columbus sent one during a storm and whether British citizens really did face the death penalty for reading one. | |  |
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