| | | | An Australian Tax Office whistleblower has his home raided after speaking with reporters in a major joint Four Corners and Fairfax investigation into alleged abuse of power by the ATO. | | | | Former Australian captain Steve Smith rules out appealing against his 12-month ban for his involvement in the ball-tampering incident. | | | | Victoria Police "cannot be trusted" to investigate claims of misconduct levelled at officers, lawyers say, as CCTV emerges of an officer hurling a handcuffed prisoner into a metal door at a Bendigo police station. | | | | Customers are reporting they are unable to use their credit cards or check their online banking while others say they have not yet received their paid wages. | | | | The Trump Administration raises the stakes in a growing trade showdown with China, announcing 25 per cent tariffs on 1,300 types of industrial technology, transport and medical products in a bid to force changes to Beijing's intellectual property practices. | | | | Farmers say they will not be disappointed if proposed changes to gun laws which came to light on election eve do not eventuate, saying it was "just a wish list". | | | | On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, his daughter reflects on current race relations in the US, American youths' call for gun control, and her hopes the world will remember her father's legacy. | | | | The proposal for a dramatic shake-up to the banking system would see the Reserve Bank become a "people's bank" offering borrowers up to 60 per cent of the cost of a house at lower interest rates. | | | | Three years ago, I received a call from my husband's home that changed my life. Since then it has become clear to me how big our aged care problem is, writes Heather Mansell Brown. | | | | David Goodall turns 104 today, but he's not celebrating. Most of his friends are dead and his ailing health has forced him to give up the things he loves. If he was granted one birthday wish, it would be to die, but his body won't let go. | | | | Thousands of noisy corellas in search of food are terrorising residents in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, wrecking havoc to street lights, signs and trees. | | | | Child abuse material seized in recent raids across Victoria included images of babies being subjected to violence and torture, and one of the 20 men arrested was a school teacher, police say. | | | | Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were spotted getting on a plane at Wagga Wagga Airport this morning after spending several days at a farm property near Gundagai. | | | | Hundreds of royal watchers have braved hours of Brisbane's wet weather to catch a glimpse of Prince Charles and Camilla, as they take a walk through the City Botanic Gardens ahead of their trip to the Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. | | | | It will be grubby, it will be personal, and it will help decide who is the Victorian premier in November. The 2018 state election campaign is going to get dirty, writes Richard Willingham. | | | | Perth Zoo sun bear Jamran was rescued from wildlife poachers and saved from ending up as soup. Now the bear survives its latest challenge — a visit from the dentist. | | | | Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk reignites a dispute over speaking duties at tonight's Commonwealth Games opening ceremony after taking the extraordinary step of revealing what she would have said, had she been given the chance. | | | | Australian scientists are one step closer to developing new pain relief drugs from the chemicals used by venomous sea snails — and they may even have a curative effect. | | | | A man who climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge is safely taken into police custody as roads through central Sydney slowly return to normal after the police operation caused traffic mayhem. | | | | Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 119 goals in the Champions League, and his bicycle kick in a 3-0 win over Juventus is being lauded as one of his best. | | | | In the period before a property auction a prospective buyer makes an early offer in an effort to beat the competition. The trouble is only the agent knows what other offers there really are. Welcome to a Dutch auction, real estate's ethical grey area. | | | | The father of the woman who opened fire at YouTube headquarters, setting off a panic among employees and wounding three people before fatally shooting herself, says he had warned police she may go there because she "hated" the tech company. | |  |
By state political reporter Richard Willingham | |  |
By Heather Mansell Brown | |  |
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