| | | | If there is one thing that is clear from the banking royal commission, it is lending standards will rise and that could lead to a credit crunch and falling house prices. | | | | Western Australia and Victoria are the winners in the GST carve-up announced today, but other states will feel the pain of drops in GST of up to $400 million announced by Treasurer Scott Morrison. | | | | The Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says he was "shocked and gutted" by footage of sheep dying on a live export ship bound for the Middle East. | | | | Marilyn Bodnar, who instructed a breastfeeding mother to stick to a "raw food" diet to cure her son's eczema, will be eligible for parole in November after a judge slammed her "seriously misguided" diet advice that almost killed the eight-month-old. | | | | He just wanted to give his Navy buddies a tasty treat — but ended up accidentally assaulting tourists with a towel-wrapped seagull, a shoe, and causing a hotel blackout. | | | | Former cricket vice-captain David Warner says he will take full responsibility for his role in the ball-tampering scandal and accept sanctions imposed on him by Cricket Australia. | | | | Sealvester, the seal that moved into one of Sydney's most affluent suburbs last month, has died after developing an eye-injury during its stay in the harbour. | | | | The social media giant discloses that most of its two billion users "could have had their public profile scraped" by third parties without their knowledge. And it could take the company years to fix its problems. | | | | Australia's 100 metre hurdles world champion Sally Pearson withdraws from the Commonwealth Games after a long-term Achilles tendon injury flares up, describing the decision as "heartbreaking". | | | | Saying the flow of drugs and people from Mexico "has now reached a point of crisis", Donald Trump orders the National Guard to combat illegal border crossings. | | | | A 13-year-old Cairns girl is charged after allegedly sending a series of threatening messages to another girl via the mobile messaging app Snapchat, amid concerns it is the platform of choice for cyberbullies because it is so hard to monitor. | | | | Former prime minister Tony Abbott says that around 400 white farmers have been murdered in South Africa over the past 12 months. RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at the data. | | | | For nearly two decades Jessica Panetta has sought relief from chronic pain. Now, doctors and the Federal Government are rushing to address the disease they admit was long considered "just a woman's lot". | | | | Is it any surprise that women in both established and developing democracies feel that their governments are out of touch with their concerns, asks Cathy Hunt. | | | | Three-time world champion Mick Fanning just misses out on a fairytale finish to his career, ending his time on the professional surfing circuit as runner-up at the World Surf League event at Bells Beach. | | | | And she says people contact her every day because 'they don't know where to turn' to find help for their addict children. She's speaking out after a Federal Government report reveals Adelaide has the highest rates of ice use. | | | | A woman accused of assisting with a fatal cosmetic procedure at a Sydney clinic has her student visa reinstated after a tribunal finds she is not a risk to community safety. | | | | Commonwealth Games organisers face criticism after thousands of people faced lengthy waits on their way to and from last night's opening ceremony at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. | | | | If you are not a trained professional, trying to support someone who is suicidal can be confronting and can easily leave you feeling out of your depth. So what are you supposed to say? | | | | Australia's new financial intelligence czar says she is shocked at the depth of money laundering in the economy and banking system involving organised crime, child exploitation and drug importation. | | | | The message from people who are attempting to go without single-use plastics is that it is easier than it seems — but they say people should not try to cut them out completely in one go. | | | | Yasi the green sea turtle makes a long-awaited return to Fitzroy Island off Cairns, laying seven nests of eggs from which more than 700 baby turtles hatch. | |  |
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