| | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | There is a drought spreading across eastern Australia and it is severe, but it is not our worst — at least not yet — and many farmers are prepared. | | | | 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? | | | | 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. | | | | A new underwater robot is put through its paces one last time before being deployed to Antarctica where it will gather critical climate information. | | | | NBN users who choose to pay thousands of dollars out of their own pocket for a high-speed internet connection are inadvertently paying to upgrade their neighbours' connections as well as public infrastructure. | | | | Thousands of Romanians stage another anti-government protest a day after a previous demonstration turned violent, leaving 455 people, including three dozen riot police, in need of medical treatment. | | | | Kerbside rubbish from Melbourne's south-east suburbs would be used to power the country's biggest paper mill under an ambitious plan that has locals concerned about their health. | | | | A United Nations human rights panel believes it has received credible reports that more than 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are being held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy". | | | | The 23-year-old woman was cycling near Central Park on Friday when she swerved to avoid a car blocking a bike lane and was hit by a garbage truck. | | | | The posthumously released album of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu swept the 2018 National Indigenous Music Awards, picking up three awards in a ceremony which also recognised the breakthrough talents of rapper Baker Boy. | | | | The Cancer Council is urging global chemical giant Monsanto to come clean on any potential links to cancer with one of its popular weed killers following a major lawsuit in the US. | | | | "Hold, hold hold," a controller announces less than two minutes before the $2 billion probe, intended to venture closer to our star than any other spacecraft, is due to launch. | | | | Turtles using man-made islands as a nesting ground is one idea being put forward by Western Sydney University to help ensure the future of Murray River turtles. | | | | For the second time in as many years, West Coast beats Port Adelaide in Adelaide with a kick after the siren, while the Hawks held off the Cats in a ripper and the injury-pillaged Giants beat the Crows. | | | | A body found at Blue Knob Mountain in northern NSW is believed to be that of 38-year-old Nimbin man Damien Roadley, who has been missing for almost two weeks. | | | | Scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology's joint rapid imaging project say the Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 300 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25 centimetres. | |  |
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