| | | | Indonesian Government officials are trying to coordinate a massive relief effort for residents and tourists on the island of Lombok with the death toll from Sunday's earthquake standing at 98, and many more missing. | | | | Only a third of retirees are living on what the experts call a comfortable level of income, and there are growing fears younger Australians are not contributing enough to their low super balances — which means they could be wholly dependent on the age pension and at risk of poverty. | | | | After shutting the door to Australia and the world's scrap imports, China is now waging a rubbish revolution on the home front to deal with a mounting waste crisis. | | | | West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff is unlikely to face criminal charges over his punch that felled Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw, but legal experts say it is only a matter of time before an AFL player is prosecuted over an on-field act. | | | | In the late 1970s, Ron Stallworth hoodwinked the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. This is the inside story of how he did it — and why he thinks racism has only gotten worse. | | | | According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' population clock, Australia will pass the 25 million mark at about 11:00pm tonight. And the milestone person is most likely to be a young, female Chinese student. | | | | Italian authorities say two people are dead, at least 60 people injured and a bridge has partially collapsed following a major explosion on a highway near the northern city of Bologna. | | | | Farmers are concerned the media is focusing too heavily on drought disaster stories that are damaging the reputation of Australia's livestock industry. | | | | Star England cricketer Ben Stokes appears for the first day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of affray after he knocked two men unconscious in a fight outside a nightclub in September. | | | | A vast collection of Olivetti personal computers, Apple floppy drives and even an Interdata 8/32 may only survive a few more days. | | | | Death doulas, many of whom are coming from terrible personal experiences, are providing support, knowledge and assistance to people during times of upheaval and uncertainty. | | | | If humans cause the Earth's global average temperature to increase by a further 1 degree Celsius, the world could face a "hothouse" climate and trigger further warming — even when all human emissions cease, an international study finds. | | | | For the first time, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will have enhanced powers to place dedicated staff within the big four banks and wealth manager AMP to directly monitor governance and compliance and fight white-collar crime. | | | | A Brisbane vet surgically implants feathers into a badly injured wild bird found tangled in a barbed wire fence, saving it from certain death in what has been described as a "miraculous" rescue. | | | | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismisses a US call for talks, hours before Washington is due to impose new sanctions in line with President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a 2015 agreement over Iran's nuclear program. | | | | In September 26, 1998, a young mother went missing after leaving a hospital in Katoomba. Now, nearly 20 years later, her case will be among almost 500 to be reopened by the New South Wales Police Unsolved Homicide Unit. | | | | Sports doctor Mark Rafe says most ball sports are relatively safe, that equestrian activities are far worse for spinal injuries, and sport is a critical element of a healthy lifestyle. | | | | Allegations that police punched an Aboriginal teenager in the face and released him without charge are among claims of police misbehaviour in far west New South Wales. | | | | Victoria is one of the worst states for public dental waiting lists with an average wait time of nearly 20 months — and it's only going to get worse. | | | | Joel Robuchon, a master chef who shook up the stuffy world of French haute cuisine and at one point had earned more than 30 Michelin stars across nearly two dozen restaurants on three continents, dies at his home in Geneva aged 73. | | | | In the past four years the number of assaults in Queensland prisons has risen dramatically, amid a sharp growth in prisoner populations that has left all high security facilities with too many inmates. | |  |
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