| | | The Best Stories are Yours We want to know what the ABC means to you, your family, your community. Share your memory of the ABC with us. You can upload it to social media using the #ABCyours hashtag. See how other Australians are sharing their stories here. | | | Documentary maker James Ricketson is sentenced to six years in a Cambodian prison for espionage, despite a prosecution that offered little evidence to support the charge. | | | | The ABC can also reveal that a Hells Angel facing charges in South Australia over a massive alleged drug importation was a director of the company through which the accountant owns the factory. | | | | Sri Lankan man Mohamed Nizamdeen, accused of being an Islamic State affiliate, appears in court charged with possessing a blueprint to target several "symbolic" Sydney locations. | | | | What's so damn important that people crossing one of Australia's busiest intersections can't put down their mobile phones? Take a look. | | | | Peter Dutton is accused of misleading Federal Parliament over the European au pair scandal, by saying he had no personal connection or relationship with the prospective employers. | | | | Gillon McLachlan's bid to avoid tough questions about his role in the ongoing Peter Dutton-French au pair visa scandal won't help perceptions the AFL chief is out of touch, writes Mary Gearin. | | | | Australian swimmer Cate Campbell says she experienced the "worst side of society" after her performance at the Rio Olympics in 2016, telling the ABC she's been contacted by people all over the world since penning an open letter to the "keyboard warriors" who trolled her. | | | | In its formal response to the recommendations of the child abuse royal commission, the Catholic Church says it will not accept a recommendation to break the seal of confession, arguing it impinges on religious liberties. | | | | The news prompts discussion about what justice looks like for the victims of this behaviour, particularly in comedy, a world long familiar with sexism and gender inequality. | | | | The bitter trial pitted two local economic heavyweights against one another and saw testimony from some of the Territory's most powerful people, including former chief minister Adam Giles. | | | | Tributes are flowing for Maggie Varcoe, the sister of Collingwood footballer Travis, who died in hospital yesterday after being injured in an on-field incident while playing for Angle Vale Football Club in Adelaide. | | | | Nick Kyrgios progresses to the third round of the US Open, but only after receiving some mid-match encouragement from umpire Mohamed Lahyani. | | | | Michael Yabsley says Mr Abbott has been stirring the pot ever since the end of his prime ministership. | | | | The big four banks, as well as Macquarie and ING are given privileges by the regulator because of their sophisticated risk management. But some argue evidence from the royal commission shows those advantages should be withdrawn. | | | | How did TPG Telecom became an $8 billion company? By spending $3.5 billion on "aggressive" takeovers in the last eight years, frequently paying significantly more than it needed to, writes David Chau. | | | | One of Australia's oldest pearl farms is celebrating a rare moment this week, after opening up a pearl shell to discover 10 Keshi pearls inside. | | | | Hundreds of wedding industry professionals call out White magazine for its lack of LGBTQI diversity, with some saying they will now boycott the publication. | | | | Outback Queensland Mayor Geoff Morton apologises for sending nude photos of himself via the Diamantina Shire Council's email system. | | | | Two of Australia's top six home lenders have now made out-of-cycle rate rises and speculation is mounting the other four will pile in soon. | | | | A six-year-old Canberra boy, missing for more than a week, was found with no water or warm clothing in remote bushland with his mother who had taken him unlawfully, police allege. | | | | Scientists have used the fossil record to get an idea of what 4 and 7 degrees of warming did to the planet after the last ice age. "Business-as-usual" emissions could see the same thing happen this century. | |  |
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