| | | | Australia's four major banks are embroiled in a scandal that has left more than 100 people in financial ruin after they were given millions of dollars in loans they could never pay back. The former Money Choice clients say their loans were dishonestly arranged and they've been left with little redress. | | | | Australia's superannuation system is "an unlucky lottery" for many members, with retirement nest eggs being diluted by unnecessary fees and underperforming funds, according to an landmark study out today. | | | | Most families would probably like to think of their homes as places where kids can feel safe from discrimination but what if parents are the ones unwittingly short changing their kids. | | | | Despite the Malaysian Government calling off the latest search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, one expert says the hunt is far from over. | | | | Businessman Clive Palmer tells 7.30 he rejects claims he owes former Queensland Nickel workers money, and says the decision of the Queensland Supreme Court to freeze his assets is part of a witch-hunt. | | | | Face identification is increasingly used by law enforcement agencies. So how accurate are the people tasked with giving evidence in court? And how do they compare to the latest algorithms? | | | | Landlords and tenants unions are calling for changes to the patchwork of laws that govern residential rental agreements across the country, with some claiming Australian tenants have fewer rights than renters in virtually every other country in the OECD. | | | | The vast majority of Australian surgeons aim to deliver affordable, lifesaving, quality patient care, but there are a small number within the surgical industry who charge excessive, sometimes even extortionate, rates. Here's what you can do about it, writes John Batten. | | | | Bernard Tomic delivers another PR disaster following his first-round exit from the French Open, losing to an Argentine battler who drove 10 hours from Barcelona to Paris to play as a "lucky loser". | | | | A record 11 debutants will run out for New South Wales in Game One of this year's Origin series. After 11 defeats in the last 12 it is less a gamble, more a long overdue necessity for the Blues, writes Jodan Perry. | | | | The head of Australia's biggest education department believes NAPLAN "will become obsolete" if schools start using new assessment styles recommended by David Gonski, including allowing a student to give a thumbs up to signal they understand a concept. | | | | Bullock teams lugging a cart-load of bullockies, bushmen and their swags is a sight to behold as drivers keen to capture the heritage of a bygone era set off on an adventure to cross from the Tasmania mainland to Robbins Island. | | | | Italy's President appoints former International Monetary Fund economist Carlo Cottarelli as interim prime minister, and tasks him with forming a government and planning for snap polls. | | | | In the past 30,000 years, the reef endured sea level changes by migrating landward and back out to sea. But current climate change might be happening too fast for it to keep up. | | | | While Ireland has just voted 'yes' to repeal the ban on abortion, in Queensland it remains a crime and women who choose to "unlawfully" have an abortion can be sent to prison. | | | | Recent incidents "involving a small number of personnel" prompt the Navy to crack down on excessive alcohol consumption during shore leave. | | | | Cyber criminals use an elaborate kidnapping scam to fleece millions from Chinese and Taiwanese students in Australia, and their families back home. | | | | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the mass cull as the country tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria. | | | | 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. | | | | The US President's daughter sparks a social media furore by posting an affectionate family picture as news circulates that hundreds of children have been separated from their parents by US immigration agents. | | | | On a night dominated by asylum seeker policy, Biloela locals Marie and Margot make a public plea on Q&A for the Minister for Immigration to allow a much "loved" asylum seeker family to stay in Australia. | | | | 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. | | | | The French President personally thanks a 22-year-old immigrant who was captured in incredible footage springing into action and climbing four storeys up a building in Paris to save a child dangling from a balcony. | |  |
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