| | | | Cyber criminals use an elaborate kidnapping scam to fleece millions from Chinese and Taiwanese students in Australia, and their families back home. | | | | The identities of three potential witnesses in actor Craig McLachlan's defamation trial cannot be supressed, the judge rules, saying she does not have enough information about what their evidence will be. | | | | January 16, 1988 was just like any other day at work for Glenn Bryant. But after a teenage boy was found dead on the train tracks, it triggered a string of unanswered questions that have haunted him and the Tamworth community for 30 years. | | | | While there clearly is a strong demand for the most affordable housing, the Australian economy, banks and all levels of government need house prices to keep bubbling along, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Tiahleigh Palmer's mother and the foster brother of the murdered 12-year-old girl share their sides of the tragic story, with her mum saying Julene Thorburn left her daughter "there to die" at the hands of her foster father. | | | | Ric Robinson, the widower of famous author Colleen McCullough, tells a Sydney court she wanted him to take a mistress, even though she was paying him to care for her in her final years. | | | | The world-famous Busselton Jetty is swamped by tonnes of sea grass that was washed into the beach of the WA South West holiday town by strong storms last week, posing a smelly problem for local authorities. | | | | The largest product recall in Australian history has been broken down into two lists — cars that have defective airbags that need replacing now, and a "future recall" list. This is what you need to know. | | | | Hundreds of you sent your medical bills to Four Corners. Here's what they tell us and what you can do to make navigating the health system easier. | | | | The wealthy owner of Hungry Jacks and chairman of Domino's Pizza has railed against contract food delivery companies, such as Uber Eats, and wants the Government to launch an investigation into their practices. | | | | Former Devonport mayor Steve Martin boosts the Government's Senate numbers by joining the Nationals, after he became an independent when he was dumped by Jacqui Lambie after he refused to stand aside to allow her return to Parliament. | | | | Homes have been threatened by the reckless behaviour of illegal deer hunters in Victoria's north-east, a state regulator says. | | | | More than 100 people are evacuated from a Melbourne hotel after a man opens fire hydrants throughout the building, releasing thousands of litres of water, before barricading himself in an office. | | | | Incredible footage shows a 22-year-old immigrant springing into action and climbing four storeys up a building in Paris to save a child dangling from a balcony as onlookers shout from below. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank's foreclosure of many Bankwest business loans after it bought the lender in the wake of the financial crisis is the focus at the banking royal commission. | | | | The Maroons axe Matt Scott and Darius Boyd from their team for Origin I, putting out a less experienced line-up for the series opener against NSW at the MCG. | | | | Schools across the country could face a wave of legal complaints if uniform policies do not modernise to allow girls to wear shorts and pants, South Australia's Equal Opportunity Commissioner warns. | | | | In every capital city, more of us still choose to drive to work than use public transport, walk or cycle, according to the latest Census data. | | | | Almost 10 per cent of food sold as "gluten-free" at cafes and restaurants across Melbourne actually contained gluten, putting the health of people with coeliac disease at risk, an undercover study finds. | | | | There have been more than 5,000 thylacine sightings across Australia within the past 100 years, according to the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia. So could they still be roaming the Top End? | | | | The hardest hearts will suggest the overwrought condemnation of Loris Karius is justified by the vast rewards the game offers. But if you weren't moved when he extended his palms asking for forgiveness from the fans he had let down, you failed a test too, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | When Harry Waechter kicked his first goal, it was a moment many thought the four-year-old who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk would never experience. | | | | The Australian prevailed despite an engine problem which left him with 25 per cent less power for the final 50 laps of the 78-lap race. | |  |
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