| | | | More than 40 accountants, lawyers and others are ordered to appear in the Federal Court as part of an investigation into a massive alleged tax-evasion scheme centred on banned accountant Phillip Whiteman. | | | | Speaking in London on a panel discussion about the Five Eyes intelligence network, Mr Howard said "Chinese assertiveness" was more pressing than the cyber threat posed by the world's most populous nation. | | | | A desire to understand how Australians become radicalised has created some popular ideas about the creation of jihadists that are misleading or completely incorrect, a leading expert on terror networks warns. | | | | Defending champion Germany is out of the World Cup after a stunning 2-0 loss to South Korea in their final group-stage clash, becoming the fourth champion in the past five World Cups to make an early exit. | | | | US President Donald Trump has the opportunity to make the Supreme Court more firmly conservative, after Justice Anthony Kennedy announces his resignation and leaves a seat open on the nine-member court. | | | | Joe Jackson, the patriarch of an American musical dynasty who started his son Michael and his Jackson 5 brothers on the road to stardom has died, his grandson has confirmed. | | | | The Tarn Shelf is a small patch of alpine wilderness in Tasmania — a window to a time tens of thousands of years ago. It's so precious Jamie Kirkpatrick has spent a lifetime working to protect it. | | | | Moscow and Washington strike a deal to hold a summit soon between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, a move likely to worry some US allies and draw a fiery reaction from some of Mr Trump's critics at home. | | | | Victims of domestic violence have faced the added trauma of being questioned by their attackers in court — but new legislation bans that practice. | | | | Burial or cremation aren't environmentally friendly, so what are your options for your final contribution to the war on waste? Interesting alternatives include freeze-drying and shattering a corpse, and dissolving bodies in alkaline washing machines. | | | | The Australian Bureau of Statistics is pressuring the Government for a $4 million funding boost so it can provide the Reserve Bank with up-to-date inflation figures monthly, rather than quarterly, bringing Australia on par with the central banks of every other G20 country. | | | | Requests for military backup during terrorist attacks would become easier under a shakeup of Defence "call-out" powers being introduced today into Federal Parliament. | | | | Our first visitor from interstellar space left a trail of mystery in its wake when it zipped past late last year, but a study appears to have finally got to the bottom of what it was. | | | | Mitochondrial disease is rare, complex, and can be fatal. So health experts are hailing a decision to endorse a technique often called "three-person IVF", which can prevent babies being born in Australia with the disease. | | | | Brazil secures top spot in Group E with a 2-0 win over a tough Serbia side to progress to the World Cup round of 16. | | | | When Michelle Newland was 19 she never thought she would be living in a nursing home. Her situation is not unique — more than 6,000 Australians under the age of 65 live in aged care facilities. | | | | A Queensland farmer tells the banking royal commission she lost $1 million after being encouraged by a Rabobank manager to buy another property. | | | | Despite opposition from Russia, Iran and Syria, the world's chemical weapons watchdog wins new powers to assign blame for attacks with banned toxic munitions in a diplomatic victory for Britain just months after a former Russian spy was poisoned on its territory. | | | | It started off with good intentions but ended in disaster — a restoration attempt by a local arts and craft teacher leaves a 16th century wooden figure of St George "looking like cartoon character Tintin" — and draws parallels with the 2012 Ecce Homo fiasco. | | | | Jimmy Fallon and every comedian who has ever invited a politician onto their show needs to understand this: you are being played, writes Ben Pobjie. | | | | Thousands of patients could face delays in getting tested for cancer and other life-threatening conditions after a breakdown at the only reactor that produces Australia's nuclear medicines. | | | | Fancy villas, high-rise apartment blocks, lakes, parks and sprawling road networks: Ghost cities in China have it all. Just one crucial element is missing — the people. | |  |
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