| | | | Larissa Beilby died some time between June 22 and June 28, and was allegedly detained in a car against her will and tortured before she was killed, court documents reveal. | | | | Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young seeks legal advice after Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm refuses to apologise for his sexist slurs. | | | | It speaks volumes that many have reacted to Bert Newton's tasteless jokes with an eyeroll and an "Of course: that's the Logies". While award shows overseas strive for political currency, the Logies wheel out a retired comedian, writes Ben Pobjie. | | | | Police think international crime syndicates controlling Australia's multi-billion-dollar cannabis black market are far more powerful than they had previously suspected. | | | | Tara Brennan, who struck and killed a father of three while she was driving under the influence of drugs, sobs throughout her sentencing hearing before being jailed for at least three and a half years. | | | | The APVMA, which the former deputy prime minister demanded move to his own electorate, will keep a Canberra office amid fears staff departures would risk its ability to do its job. | | | | A man allegedly murdered his wife by setting her bedroom on fire and pushing her back into the flames as she tried to escape, a week after she told him their marriage was over, a Sydney court hears. | | | | The future of some of Australia's most well-known tennis tournaments is in doubt with the announcement of a new ATP event to be played in Australia from 2020. | | | | You might think that instant coffee is the most processed of coffee products and therefore a less sustainable choice, but appearances can be deceptive, writes Maartje Sevenster. | | | | CSIRO scientists uncover a 500-million-year-old gene in the human genome that could lead to new treatments for cancer, influenza and autoimmune diseases. | | | | If yours is one of the 50,000 families yet to update the necessary details to receive the childcare subsidy, you might want to give this a read. | | | | Parents of an elite Sydney school are told that paying school fees does not entitle them to verbally abuse or physically threaten teachers, with a principal remarking that some wrongly see it as a "master/servant relationship". | | | | For those in banking, and particularly insurance, independent Bob Katter has now earned himself a special sobriquet — one that probably is best not repeated here, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | A mass colony of tent spiders create a shining, captivating display in a New South Wales nature reserve, stopping early morning walkers in their tracks. | | | | Serena Zipf and her family stood by and watched biosecurity officers pump chlorine into their prawn ponds in the last outbreak of white spot. Now they fear there's nothing to stop it happening again. | | | | Housing prices continue sliding for many Australian capital cities over the past quarter, as tighter lending conditions and falling investment levels continue to drag on the market. | | | | Heavily fancied pre-tournament and with a squad of players the envy of the world, Spain arrived at this World Cup full of confidence — but the cracks that appeared before a ball had been kicked spread, and became too great against Russia, writes Dean Bilton. | | | | If someone asked you what you spend all your internet time on, would you know? | | | | The daily grind gets many of us down, but there are ways to make work a better place for our mental health — here's how to do it. | | | | Redoine Faid, who was serving a sentence for murder and armed robbery, is on the run after being broken out of prison by heavily armed gunmen and escaping in a helicopter that landed in the prison grounds, according to the Justice Ministry. | | | | The Northern Territory's famous 'cracker night' saw about 370 tonnes of fireworks ignited last night — but that also led to 27 injuries, 770 triple-0 calls and 679 grassfires. | |  |
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