| | | | US President Donald Trump says a planned summit with Kim Jong-un is back on for June 12 in Singapore, after meeting with a senior envoy from Pyongyang who delivered a letter from the North Korean leader. | | | | Federal MPs will soon disperse for their mid-year break, but in this colourful Parliament — where no-one seems aligned to anyone for any length of time anymore — the last two sitting weeks offer genuine surprises galore, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | The Australian Medical Association vows to get on the "front foot" to push for Indigenous constitutional change after endorsing the Uluru Statement. | | | | There are many ways in which we can misjudge dogs by assuming that they are little furry humans. Here are ten common misconceptions that stem from assigning human values and needs to dogs, write Paul McGreevy and Melissa Starling. | | | | Bert van Marwijk has spoken on occasion about his tactical plans for the Socceroos' World Cup campaign, but a 4-0 win over the Czechs not only put them on display, but proved his team is up to putting them in action. | | | | When Donna Rankin's youngest daughter Shannon duck-dived in the pool spa, she never surfaced. Every day for the next year, a meal would be left at Donna's door by the generous community of Forster. Now, Donna is using her skill with a paint brush to spread the healing power of art. | | | | Despite an intimate working knowledge of the justice system, Bri Lee faced a series of hurdles pursuing her sexual assault case and says it almost "broke" her. But women can triumph just by speaking out and calling perpetrators to account, she says — no matter the outcome. | | | | GDP is the tool governments use to justify and frame their decisions, but it is of little use use in dealing with the big issues of the environment, health and inequality, writes Stephen Letts. | | | | Empathy is being integrated into artificial intelligence and robotics, raising sticky ethical questions. Is there a fundamental human right — to perceive the world as it actually is — being violated? | | | | One Nation leader Pauline Hanson asks her estranged senator Brian Burston to resign, in a letter brought to his attention during a radio interview. | | | | Gender bias in musical instrument selection hinders women from joining Australia's jazz scene, according to performers at this year's Melbourne International Jazz Festival. | | | | A photographer prince's yearning for his Mediterranean homeland inspires "mesmerising" landscapes in first solo show opening in Melbourne. | | | | A yarn with mates brings communities together and helps pass along stories of Indigenous history, and two former drug addicts believe the power of story can also help men recover and rebuild their lives. | | | | Sydney and Melbourne, comprising 60 per cent of the national market between them, drive the national market down but regional markets and the other capital cities rise, led by a 12.7 per cent annual gain in Hobart. | | | | Socialist Pedro Sanchez becomes the Prime Minister of Spain after Mariano Rajoy is voted out of office in a no-confidence motion. | | | | More than 2 million Australians will receive a pay rise as the Fair Work Commission increases the national minimum wage by 3.5 per cent, to $719.20 a week. | | | | Maritime authorities are warning boaters to watch out for ocean debris after 83 shipping containers fell from a cargo ship off the coast of New South Wales. | | | | A 20 year-old man has been arrested after a manhunt sparked by a fatal stabbing of a woman and two men, as well as an alleged carjacking in the NSW town of Bega. | | | | ANZ Bank, its Group treasurer, two big investment banks and several individuals to face charges over an alleged criminal cartel arrangement relating to the sale of $2.5 billion worth of shares. | | | | Officially, the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 ended this week; but unofficially, the company leading the search continues to scan the ocean floor. | | | | Papua New Guinea's Opposition walks out of parliament after one of its members was referred to the privileges committee for calling a minister "dumb" on Facebook. | | | | Latrobe Valley power companies agree to give five years notice if they intend to close as part of a deal with the Victorian Government enabling their licences to be extended. | | | | A camera set up to monitor the traffic cops an eyeful of nature when a cockatoo continually pops its head into frame. | |  |
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