| | | | Hundreds of Australian teenagers are racking up expenses online without their parents' permission, in some cases leaving families on the hook for bills worth thousands of dollars, a new survey finds. | | | | A garbage truck driver is charged for drunk driving after hitting a Tasmanian woman who died cycling in New York City as she swerved to avoid a car blocking a bike lane. | | | | It's been one month since two Australian divers risked their lives to assist in the international rescue of a Thai football team. Now, Craig Challen and Richard Harris take the plunge into their first dive with their mates since those dramatic events. | | | | Police are searching for the driver of a car, believed to have been stolen earlier this month, which hit and killed a cyclist on Chapel Street in South Yarra this morning. | | | | The baby boomers and their kids have been lucky in having money to invest when assets were cheap. The future looks tougher if you're just entering the workforce, but Andrew Robertson has some tips. | | | | Ten people are in hospital with minor to major injuries after shots were fired after a carnival in Manchester, England, with police trying to establish where the shooting took place and identify who was involved. | | | | Investigators are working to find out how an airline employee managed to steal an empty turboprop plane and take off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before being pursued by military aircraft and fatally crashing nearby. | | | | The peaceful, rolling hills of Victoria's South Gippsland are an unusual home for one of the world's biggest skate ramps, but the ramp built by "the coolest dad ever" is drawing skaters from around the world. | | | | A 19-year-old man who is accused of crashing his car into a group of teenagers near Esperance, killing a 16-year-old girl, is granted bail. | | | | Tim Watson-Munro has stared into the eyes of terrorists, mass murderers and paedophiles. His job is to determine if a prisoner is legally insane — and he's paid a heavy personal price for his work. | | | | Melbourne hosts Sydney while Fremantle and Carlton wrap up round 21, after the Western Bulldogs came from behind to beat North Melbourne. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | Whether it is a stash of diamonds or a sum of cash, the law says you have to hand valuable finds to the police. But why are we more likely to be honest about a major discovery? | | | | Residents were urged to be ready to leave their homes as firefighters used a waterbombing helicopter to douse a large and fast-moving grass fire at Mutdapilly, west of Ipswich. | | | | The closure of a birthing centre in a small central Queensland town has prompted state leaders to set up an expert taskforce to review the state of maternity services in rural and remote areas. | | | | Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk uses social media to taunt investors who have bet against his company, even though his previous Twitter comments have spurred a government investigation and shareholder lawsuits. | | | | Maralinga holds a unique place in Australia's history, but for some of its former caretakers it represents a much-loved way of life. | | | | The Storm host Sharks in Melbourne after the Wests Tigers kept their finals hopes alive with a narrow win over the Raiders. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | Australians are one step closer to seeing locally grown black sesame seed products on supermarket shelves, with the first commercial crop harvested in Queensland. | | | | A group of rooks are trained to pick up cigarette butts and other rubbish dropped by visitors in return for food at the Puy du Fou park in western France. | | | | A number of West Australian public schools are banning homework for primary students so they can spend more time relaxing, reading and playing — and a number of others may follow suit. | | | | There are fears people who live with lifelong mental illness will fall through the cracks when community-based support services are taken over by the National Disability Insurance Scheme. | |  |
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