| | As the banking royal commission turns its focus to financial services in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a grieving father who lost his daughter to suicide reveals he was told he "should have read the fine print" by an insurance company when it refused to pay for her funeral. | | | A drunken decision to settle a score in an English pub changed James Tetlow's life. After 170 years, ABC newsreader Michael Tetlow retraces the night of violence that brought his family to Australia. | | | Just 150 kilometres north of Australia, an ancient parasite is spreading faster than at any time this century. Treatment-resistant malaria is on the rise, but Australia is reviewing a breakthrough medicine that could stem the growing death toll. | | | The US ambassador to Estonia resigns over frustrations with President Donald Trump's comments about the European Union and his treatment of Washington's European allies. | | | The ABC understands police will charge Zlatko Sikorsky with the murder of a female whose body was found in a barrel, after arresting the 34-year-old at the end of a lengthy siege on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. | | | Imagine experiencing life as multiple people, perhaps as many as 100, each a different age and with unique abilities, likes and dislikes, and you'll be partway to understanding Ruth Tulloch. She spoke and two other DID-diagnosed women spoke to Tracey Shelton about their fractured lives. | | | Women embark on a life-modelling program to shed negative feelings towards their own bodies. | | | The former co-chair of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Indigenous Advisory Council urges Indigenous leaders to "stay at the table" and not "have tantrums" while working towards constitutional recognition. | | | More than 700 marches draw tens of thousands of people across the United States, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming. | | | French wonderkid Kylian Mbappe makes a massive statement with his two goals against Argentina, and in the process matches a feat not seen since Pele way back in 1958. | | | Edinson Cavani's spectacular brace sees Uruguay beat Portugal 2-1 as Cristiano Ronaldo's campaign comes to an inglorious end in Sochi. | | | Tara Johnson has been receiving mail for previous tenants for years and has developed a colourful way of informing the sender that they've got the wrong address. | | | From behind a smartphone or computer screen, an army of people quietly hold the internet together. But some of the online spaces they inhabit are safer than others. | | | Industry veterans say women riders are the future of Australia's horse racing industry, as men become too tall and big to race, and female jockeys start to outnumber men at regional race meets. | | | After five decades in the business, retiring butcher Paul "Spud" Bennett looks back on his famous sausages, meat trends and the monopolisation of the trade with the rise of the supermarkets. | | | On the 21st anniversary since Hong Kong was handed over from British rule back to China, dissatisfaction is brewing among Hong Kong's youth over the Chinese Government's interference in the territory's autonomy. | | | This week the banking royal commission heard ANZ staff are now required to have "emotional intelligence" — something lacking when the bank forced farmers to sell their homes to meet their KPIs. | | | The lure of the outback beckons for young people with a taste for adventure and unique career opportunities. | | | A small rural community raised money to fix its maternity services destroyed in floods, but are told services will not return. | | | Billions of dollars are being spent on infrastructure and environmental water to save the Murray-Darling Basin environment. Is it working? | | | The Port Adelaide president says teams from outside Victoria that finish in the top eight are at a disadvantage come finals time, having played significantly less football at the MCG. | | | US intelligence agencies reportedly believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites despite recent talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. | | | By James Maasdorp | | | By business reporter Daniel Ziffer | | | By Benjamin Rolfe | | | By Ed Kavalee for Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever | | | | | The ABC sent this message to starnewsposting@gmail.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC.
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