| | | | The PM says a donation of nearly half-a-billion dollars to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which has links to big resources companies, has been done transparently, despite the body itself not asking for the money. | | | | Islamic State militants killed her family and friends, sold her children in slave markets and raped her up to 10 times day. But Yazidi woman Berivan Halo counts herself as one of the lucky ones. | | | | Family members of former residents at the Garrawarra Centre for Aged Care say they are disturbed by a major privacy breach by NSW Health. | | | | Young Greens write an open letter to the party demanding it "reshape its culture around sexism within the party", as dozens "resign in disgust" over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations. | | | | If Turnbull were hit with a double whammy — having to abandon the company tax cuts and unable to get the NEG — that would be a serious policy flunk, writes Michelle Grattan. | | | | International doctors are being deemed incompetent and stripped of their registration after years of work despite a shortage of medical professionals in rural areas. | | | | Police are investigating a brazen gold heist from a Kalgoorlie mine involving a stolen sewage collection truck. | | | | Lt Terry Harch, who was trapped in sub-zero conditions on New Zealand's Mt Aspiring, has been rescued in a "snatch and grab" mission involving three helicopters. | | | | A Victorian man who shook his three-month-old daughter so hard that she suffered brain damage is found guilty of child homicide, after an earlier trial ended when the jury could not reach a verdict. | | | | To many he is the best referee in the NRL, but after facing death threats following a World Cup match, Matt Cecchin says he has taken all he can and will hang up his whistle at the end of the year. | | | | Evie Amati is found guilty of three attempted murder charges after hitting two people with an axe — and swinging at another — inside a 7-Eleven store in inner-Sydney last year. | | | | An IT contractor who stole gold bars and rare coins worth almost $55,000 from the Perth Mint to fund his lavish lifestyle is sentenced to two years' jail. | | | | A traffic signal pit in Sydney's CBD may have been faulty for months before teenager Anna Lambden suffered an electric shock in June, an investigation finds. | | | | Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's name has been censored from a popular computer game, sparking outrage amongst his supporters and prompting an apology from EA Sports. | | | | Action heroes were running and gunning and walking slowly away from explosions long before comic book films took over the cinema. But who is the greatest action star Hollywood has ever produced? | | | | Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young follows through on a threat to sue Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm for defamation, saying his comments demonstrated "hatred". | | | | The group managing director of beverage giant Coca-Cola Amatil, Alison Watkins, says that sugar consumption in Australia is down while obesity rates have risen. But RMIT ABC Fact Check finds that claim to be spin. | | | | The AFL Players Association joins a chorus of criticism over the prospect AFL Women's players will compete in fewer games next year, after one of the league's biggest stars says the AFLW is being run as a "gimmicky tournament". | | | | A memory card containing hundreds of photos of a German family's dream holiday is found by the beach on Queensland's North Stradbroke Island. Now the search is on to reunite the visitors with their precious memories. | | | | Police point to a leaking gas canister as the potential cause of a freak explosion which killed a Canberra father in the car park of his child's school. | | | | Kempsey maximum security prison guard Amy Connors is arrested and charged after allegations she was in a relationship with convicted gunman Sione Penisini and passing on "sensitive information" to prisoners. | | | | Donald Trump quickly joined several presidents before him who have demonstrated that they have no idea how much a gallon of milk costs and have rarely queued to buy tinned tomatoes and a loaf of bread, writes Zoe Daniel. | |  |
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