| | | | A leaked report has exposed claims of systemic cultural problems in the Australian defence forces, including drug and alcohol abuse. | | | | A new fleet of inter-city trains that the NSW Government ordered from South Korea will not fit the tracks in the Blue Mountains, prompting concerns of a major cost blowout to fix the problem. | | | | The Kennedy limousine is one of the most famous vehicles in history, but many people don't know what happened to it in the years that followed the assassination of its high-profile passenger. | | | | You'd think that American sports fans would love Jeff Horn. His story is the stuff of Hollywood: a bullied teen walks into a boxing gym, goes to the Olympics and beats a living legend to become a world champion. Yet US fight fans can't stand Horn — Alex McClintock explains why. | | | | A South African court sentences former Perth student Henri van Breda to three life sentences for the murder of three family members in South Africa. | | | | Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles hits out at federal counterpart Greg Hunt over a move to enforce restrictions on free breast screening to only people with a Medicare card, arguing it's "racist" and "ridiculous". | | | | A black kookaburra is spotted in Western Australia in what is believed to be the first sighting in decades. | | | | Fresh allegations of neglect have been levelled at a once-sanctioned New South Wales nursing home with claims chronic infections left two residents writhing in agony. | | | | Millennials face underpayment and insecure work in the growing "gig economy", yet they are the very customers propping up these businesses. Is this hypocrisy, or are millennials left with no choice but to take advantage of its cheaper prices, Alana Schetzer asks. | | | | As hundreds of teachers and academics debate technology in the classroom at the EduTech conference this week, one scientist argues schools should focus more on interesting children than worrying about digital learning versus traditional. | | | | Could having your tonsils or adenoids out as a child mean you are more likely to get respiratory infections as an adult? A large international study says yes. | | | | How State of Origin I played out may serve as a fresh start for rugby league's showpiece event but time will tell whether this is a good thing, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Australia's Defence Department has spelled out clearly to a Senate enquiry that climate change is increasing demand and will create "concurrency pressures" for the Defence Force as a rise in disaster relief operations continues. | | | | Zaky Mallah, the first person to be charged under Australia's anti-terrorism laws, arrives home in Sydney after being denied entry to Singapore because of his history of extremism, local officials say. | | | | The Attorney-General says he will dramatically narrow the scope of a contentious piece of legislation which would force those lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to put themselves on a public register. | | | | Far from being mindless drones, the humble honey bee can recognise zero is less than one — the first insect to show the aptitude to do so. The hope is their tiny bee brains will inspire new software to steer driverless cars. | | | | More than 130 alleged drug dealers are killed and 13,000 people arrested in just three weeks in Bangladesh, in a crime crackdown that has sparked condemnation from the United Nations. | | | | Myanmar media is reporting that Australian former publisher Ross Dunkley, who is best known for running the Myanmar Times newspaper, is arrested for drugs in Yangon. | | | | New data from NASA's Curiosity Rover shows huge seasonal swings in the level of methane in the Red Planet's atmosphere, and new types of organic molecules capable of preserving life just beneath its surface. | | | | Queensland miner Tyrone Buckton never spent a day underground but last week died after being diagnosed with silicosis, a lung disease caused by high levels of exposure to silica dust. | | | | Male dolphins in the Shark Bay world heritage site use individual names for each other rather than a group name, but can still recognise friend from foe, and researchers now think they know how it works. | | | | Rescuers suspend search and recovery efforts at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved ones distraught and prompting some to do the risky work themselves with rudimentary tools. | |  |
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By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By Alana Schetzer | |  |
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