| | | | Channel Seven was given a detailed briefing ahead of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony despite the broadcaster later saying it was shocked that athletes were not shown walking into the stadium. | | | | Woolworths checkouts disabled by a nationwide technical glitch are back online, the supermarket says, after an earlier outage forced customers to abandon their shopping in the aisles and some stores to close their doors. | | | | In 2013, Tony Abbott promised a million jobs would be created within the first five years of a Coalition government — turns out he was right. But is it a major milestone or was it bound to happen? And what kinds of jobs are they? Explore the data. | | | | Imagine being in your backyard and a neighbour takes a photo of you and your children playing together. Creepy, yes, but in situations like this there's nothing you can really do. Here's what the law says about your privacy when it comes to photography. | | | | The US-led military strike in Syria will have been keenly felt in Tehran, whose arc of influence now stretches from Afghanistan to Iraq, into Lebanon and up to the border of Israel, sparking fears of a world war-level conflict, writes Stan Grant. | | | | Former FBI director James Comey unleashes on Donald Trump in a televised interview, saying the US President is "morally unfit" for office and that he treats women like "pieces of meat". | | | | Universities are reporting alarming drops in first-preference applications for teacher preparation courses, with poor pay, standardised testing and a lack of autonomy just some of the factors putting young people off the profession, write Nan Bahr and Jo-Anne Ferreira. | | | | The UN urges Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to consider resettling refugees languishing on Manus Island and Nauru for the past five years rather than focus on the plight of persecuted white South African farmers. | | | | The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao crossing won't just be the world's longest sea bridge when it opens this year, it will also directly connect three Chinese cities with different legal systems and political cultures. | | | | A man is in a stable condition in hospital after being bitten by a shark near Gracetown in WA's South West, with the attack forcing the temporary suspension of the Margaret River Pro international surfing competition. | | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart agree the Western strikes have damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution to the seven-year Syria conflict, as Washington prepares to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions. | | | | State and territory governments agree to remove a law criticised for discouraging medical students and doctors from getting help for mental illness, after the suicide of several young doctors. | | | | A community is left powerless after a routine Anglo American mining blast leaves a 90-metre-deep crack in the road, now deemed unfixable. | | | | The University of Queensland launches an investigation after a group of researchers who follow an alleged cult showcased bizarre healing claims in medical journals, including 'esoteric breast and ovary massage'. | | | | St Kilda officials say Dylan Roberton is likely to miss one to two weeks of football as he undergoes a series of tests following his dramatic collapse during St Kilda's AFL clash with Geelong. | | | | As the blaze in Sydney's south-west remains out of control, fire authorities say giant waterbombing aircraft could have made a difference and they are talking to the Federal Government about additional funding for them outside of bushfire season. | | | | The former marine made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. | | | | Emma Betts was just 22 when she discovered there was something much more sinister to an unusual mole on her back. It became stage 4 melanoma and was terminal. But instead of retreating she put herself in the spotlight to warn others. | | | | No driver made more overtaking moves than Daniel Ricciardo in 2017 and after moving from sixth to first in eight laps in Shanghai, there is little wonder some regard him the "best overtaker" in Formula 1. | |  |
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