| | | | South Australian Liberal senator Lucy Gichuhi is filmed saying her $200,000 salary is "not a lot money" in Australia. It follows questions over travel claims she made to fly two of her family members to Adelaide for a birthday party. | | | | The Department of Veterans' Affairs secretly deleted an incapacity policy to prevent an injured veteran claiming assistance — without telling the veteran or his lawyer. | | | | Dreamworld's Thunder River Rapids had already broken down twice the day a raft flipped, killing four people, and a young ride operator did not know about the emergency stop button, a coronial inquest on the Gold Coast is told. | | | | A former union secretary is jailed for four years for spending $650,000 of union money on tattoos, botox treatments, boat cruises, cars and motorcycles. | | | | A Chinese hot pot restaurant in the city of Chengdu is forced to close its doors after an all-you-can-eat deal leaves it more than $100,000 in debt after a fortnight. | | | | The Prime Minister successfully connects to Optus, pressuring the telco's boss to fix its failing FIFA World Cup coverage. | | | | A reckless tourist is being heavily criticised online for petting the head of a lion through the window of a safari jeep in South Africa. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull will have an increasingly powerful conservative faction to deal with heading into the next election, with a right-wing force pushing issues like the Israel embassy and privatisation of the ABC to the fore, writes political reporter Jane Norman. | | | | Vladimir Putin is playing a game of chess with the West and he's always thinking a few moves ahead, according to senior intelligence officials. | | | | Seniors who grew up with face-to-face contact and snail mail are turning up in droves to technology seminars, trying to keep up with the furious pace of digital change. | | | | A public memorial for 22-year-old comedian Eurydice Dixon, who was killed in inner-city Melbourne last week, is vandalised as thousands prepare to hold park vigils across Australia. | | | | Nusha Fisher fought back tears as she described seeing her father's condition during a trip to the beach, months before he stabbed his son to death to stop the 23-year-old "terrorising" his family. | | | | A riot at the maximum security unit of Hobart's Risdon Prison sees five guards taken to hospital and the jail placed in lockdown. | | | | Reporters given access to a facility at the southern border, where the US holds arrested families, find traumatised children inside cages without toys or books and with large foil sheets for blankets. | | | | Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have a number of fatal flaws that mean they will never be able to replace money, says the central bank for central banks. | | | | An ABC investigation reveals an alcohol black market has infiltrated the shelves of liquor stores, where unsuspecting consumers pick up a bargain and drink the evidence. | | | | Removing the GST on tampons is a step closer but still unlikely after a Senate vote to scrap the tax on sanitary products. | | | | The Richmond star avoids suspension for making contact with an umpire during his side's win over Geelong on Sunday. | | | | Dismayed by the costs of home ownership in Australia, a WA couple is building their castle out of earth bags. | | | | Indonesian police drop pornography charges against hardline Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab because they could not find the person who uploaded the images. | | | | The girl, who was on her way to school, was hit by rubble as the 6.1-magnitude hit near Osaka during the morning commute. | |  |
By political reporter Jane Norman | |  |
By business reporter Michael Janda | |  |
By Michelle Grattan | |  |
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