| | | | Former Melbourne headmistress Malka Leifer made claims she was mentally incapable to appear before an Israeli court to face extradition to Australia where she is wanted on 74 child sex abuse claims. But undercover surveillance footage prompts a breakthrough in the case. | | | | Charging clients money for nothing is bad, but apparently common practice for Australia's largest financial institutions. But misleading the corporate regulator about it is what has really drawn the heat onto AMP, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Investors may have taken the announcement of a royal commission into the banks in their stride initially, but that has changed since public hearings began. | | | | Broadcaster Alan Jones is accused of launching an "extraordinary, serious attack" on a successful Queensland family in what their lawyer describes as a defamation case like no other. | | | | Getting rid of plastics entirely is highly unlikely, but also unnecessary. What we need to do is learn to stop using bad plastics and use good plastics instead, a polymer scientist says. | | | | Australia's first pill-testing trial uncovered a laundry list of odd products among the 85 substances that were tested over the weekend in Canberra, including two potentially lethal chemicals, metal paint and a Polish brand of toothpaste. | | | | North Korea is at its most powerful position in its history — and last week's border crossing shows how shrewd, clever and too easily underestimated its Supreme Leader is, writes Stan Grant. | | | | More than 70 dogs across Australia have been struck down by a debilitating and incurable illness, 7.30 can reveal, with the popular pet food they ate suspected of causing the condition. | | | | Millions of ladybirds are massing under a remote radio tower near Mount Burr in South Australia, with the location also attracting visitors keen to see the unusual sight. | | | | Just when they appeared on the cusp of victory, the major banks and AMP have their ambitions to grab control of a lucrative section of the superannuation industry crushed, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt tells a Victorian court he was approached by Sophie Mirabella to "get our evidence right" regarding claims the former Liberal MP pushed political rival Cathy McGowan at an election event. | | | | Medical researchers are calling for better monitoring of a potentially deadly virus which is infecting more Australians, particularly young children and babies, and can lead to brain and blood infections. | | | | Red Bull is no stranger to teammate rivalry, but Daniel Ricciardo is much better placed to walk out on the Formula One team if he feels he's playing second fiddle than his compatriot Mark Webber was. | | | | Twenty-eight countries have a sugar tax but powerful interests are standing between Australia and a healthier future in the face of an obesity epidemic, public health advocates say. | | | | A whopper 349kg swordfish caught off Lakes Entrance in Victoria on the weekend may have smashed an Australian record. | | | | Social team sports give city dwellers not just exercise, but often a sense of connectedness with their communities and broader society. As the population grows, those who plan our inner city spaces must recognise the part these teams play in social cohesion. | | | | Cory Bernardi draws fire from a public health expert after the Australian Conservatives senator accepts an award for promoting the legalisation of nicotine in e-cigarettes. | | | | Scientists are hoping an upcoming journey to Mars will reveal what's under the surface of the Red Planet. But they will not be mining to the core, instead they plan to wait for an asteroid to smash into the surface causing a "marsquake". | | | | Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa claims the major prize at the Big Wave Awards in California, with officials declaring the wave he rode in Nazare, Portugal last November was the biggest ever surfed. | | | | David Gonski believes too many kids are failing to reach their potential because Australian schools reflect "a 20th century aspiration to deliver mass education to all". He's recommended a move to individual learning plans and it has the backing of Malcolm Turnbull. | | | | The immense benefits predicted to flow from Papua New Guinea's liquified natural gas project have not been realised, and the country's economy is even going backwards on some indicators. | | | | A whole lot of superheroes gets you a whole lot of dollars as Avengers: Infinity War smashes box-office records worldwide as it gives Disney nine of the top 10 opening weekends ever. | |  |
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