| | | | Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership remains vulnerable after a flurry of late-night resignations from senior ministers, and reports more Liberals are switching allegiances to Peter Dutton. | | | | Peter Dutton may not have the profile of Malcolm Turnbull, but he has quietly accumulated a significant political career. | | | | Current and former workers at Flight Centre accuse the travel giant of "ripping off" customers, underpaying staff and promoting an alcohol-fuelled "cult-like" workplace. | | | | US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax evasion as part of a plea deal that could see him imprisoned for up to five years and three months. | | | | A wider sense of political loss is being tacitly articulated through stories about Aretha Franklin's death. The tremendous attention towards her death and the Obamas' statement about it suggests there is more to this moment of loss than first appears, writes Leigh Boucher. | | | | Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty of eight financial crime charges in a United States court in the first trial victory for special counsel Robert Mueller's team. | | | | A 95-year-old man officials say served in a Nazi unit that "committed atrocities" and lied about his record in order to migrate to the US after WWII is finally deported to Germany where a Nazi hunter hopes prosecutors will revisit his case. | | | | The 10,000-ton Peace Ark medical ship, with 300 beds, eight operating theatres, and the ability to conduct 60 surgeries a day, is helping China win influence in the Pacific. But India and the US are also in on the strategy, writes Stephen Dziedzic. | | | | Residents in the Camperdown district in south-west Victoria are concerned about the scale of a solar farm proposed to be built on farmland near the town. | | | | Robin DiAngelo talks to a lot of white people who don't want to acknowledge their privilege. But she says if people were less defensive about race, we could start having conversations that would make a difference. | | | | We're some of the lowest paid professionals in Australia, but we deserve a better deal and to be paid fairly for the important work we do. Take a look at my average day and judge for yourself, writes Tracey Bell. | | | | We studied the top 100 bestselling kids' books and decided to write our own to explain what we found. Meet Bear. | | | | The Tasmanian Government has sold almost $50 million of Housing Tasmania properties in the past four years, State Parliament hears. | | | | If we are serious about feeding the projected 40 billion Australians by 2050, all options must be on the dining table … including insects, writes Noby Leong. | | | | The term 'wildfire' has managed to spread into the Australian lexicon and it has many hot under the collar. Here's why the ABC's language expert says it's a ridiculous dispute. | | | | A Queensland strawberry grower has posted an emotional video to social media, despairing about throwing away drum loads of fruit that is too small. | | | | A lawyer issues a warning to future police informants that his bikie gang client was "hung out to dry" by Australian authorities and had to seek asylum in Canada after his cover was accidently blown and he became the subject of murder contracts. | | | | Her beloved characters explore mysterious worlds and solve challenging riddles — and it turns out Australian children's author Emily Rodda is something of a riddle herself. | | | | More volunteer knitters are needed to satisfy the growing demand at Melbourne-based charity Knit One Give One, which provides free winter woollies to struggling families. | | | | Hay bales spontaneously combusting can cost tens of thousands of dollars in losses, and be heartbreaking for drought-stricken farmers waiting for fodder. | |  |
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