| | | | The Australian doctor who was the last man out of the Thai cave has praised the young footballers whose ordeal sparked the rescue. Cave-diving anaesthetist Richard Harris (right) is in mourning after being told his father had died shortly after the end of the mission. | | | | Cave diving experts can now breathe a sigh of relief after overcoming incredible odds to secure a successful rescue mission in Thailand. | | | | Elon Musk questions the role of the man who turned down his offer of a mini-submarine to help in the rescue of the trapped schoolboys from a flooded Thai cave, saying Narongsak Osatanakorn shouldn't be described as the "rescue chief". | | | | The consumer watchdog believes Australians are paying too much for their electricity. The ACCC says power bills can be reduced by at least 25 per cent, if governments adopt a series of recommendations from its report on the energy market. | | | | That's the warning from one independent analyst, especially if the big four banks do what many fear they will do and increase their interest rates by as little as 0.15 percentage points over the next few months. | | | | The same night Evie Amati struck two people with an axe at a Sydney 7-Eleven, she met up with a woman she found on Tinder. But the encounter ended with her sending threatening messages just an hour before the attack, a court hears. | | | | The head of Australia's Muslims, who died in Melbourne, is being remembered for his work in the community and with young people. | | | | The US announces plans to impose taxes on a further $US200 billion worth of Chinese imports, in retaliation for China's retaliation to America's first round of tariffs. | | | | A Melbourne talkback radio caller reads a moving poem after witnessing "good, decent men" defend others rather than listening to women's fears about violence. | | | | The reward of a free flight or upgrade is enticing, but frequent flyer programs deliver far more financial rewards to the airlines than their customers, with Qantas making more money from its program than it does flying people overseas. | | | | It's a quest that's been nearly 40 years in the making: finding a safe and effective vaccine for HIV. Scientists are now "cautiously optimistic" they're one step closer. | | | | The nine-year-old English bulldog, whose lolling tongue and crooked underbite made her the winner back in June, dies in her sleep according to her official Facebook page. | | | | A person dies from a strain of listeria similar to one that triggered a recall of popular brands of frozen vegetables across Australia, but it is not possible to confirm a direct link to one of the products, Victorian authorities say. | | | | A family whose plight has been likened to that of the Kerrigans in Australian movie The Castle has won its battle to keep its land. | | | | Donald Trump has repeatedly undercut the nearly 70-year-old NATO alliance, as allies in Europe fret over what further damage can be done. This week they might be about to find out, write Lisa Millar and Roscoe Whalan. | | | | French phenom Kylian Mbappe is playing football a seasoned star at the top of his game would be proud of. And now history and destiny beckons for the 19-year-old in the World Cup final. | | | | When the iPhone 3G went on sale ten years ago today, few realised it was the harbinger of a new era in photography. | | | | A woman who says her mental health is deteriorating because of barking dogs near her home in Adelaide believes urgent change is needed to stop people being driven crazy. | | | | During the last mining boom people flew in to Western Australia from all over the country and abroad to earn the ridiculous wages being offered, but poaching workers may not be so easy this time around. | | | | Mario Marcelo Santoro, who was yesterday charged with murdering his former girlfriend, is moved to Rio's notorious Benfica jail — a maximum-security facility where dozens of inmates were killed in a 2004 rebellion. | | | | A 'medieval' disease infamous for devastating kings has returned in epidemic proportions in Queensland, and killed six babies in as many years, despite there being a cheap and effective cure. | | | | A new variety of avocado that can grow up to 1.8 kilograms and has a "very buttery" taste is now being harvested and sold in Australia. | |  |
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