| | | | Scott Morrison describes the people who have hidden needles in fruit as "cowards", and wants new laws toughening up penalties to pass Parliament this week. | | | | Keli Lane renews her bid for freedom and claims her daughter could be alive, seven years into her jail sentence for the murder of her daughter in 1996. | | | | As Australia's levels of household debt relative to disposable income hit historic highs, experts warn a new threat is looming for struggling home owners with a surge in repayments set to hit interest-only home loans. | | | | Damien Pigot and Sandrine Mendy's friends say they are part of Tweed Head's "culinary fabric", but after more than 15 years the cafe owners are being deported, and have been given just two weeks to pack their bags. | | | | Men have been breeding like cabbage aphids in Parliament ever since Federation, but it would never cross anyone's mind to ask them if their kids are OK, or how they're "managing it all"... until now, writes Annabel Crabb. | | | | A California man who appeared in a reality TV dating show, and an alleged female accomplice, have been charged with drugging and raping two women, and authorities say there could be many more victims. | | | | A young family was left without a proper roof, exposing children and their pregnant mother to lead dust, after insurer Youi failed to repair their roof for a year and half after a hailstorm. | | | | An Aboriginal man who has lived in Australia since he was five is locked up in immigration detention and about to be deported to Papua New Guinea, his lawyers say. | | | | South Australian police arrest a 70-year-old man from Wallaroo over the murder of Colleen Adams in 1973. Police say they are confident they will find her remains. | | | | The actions of players from a Tasmanian football team who dressed up in blackface as Serena and Venus Williams and Sydney Swans player Aliir Aliir will be investigated by football authorities, who say it "beggars belief". | | | | NSW's corruption watchdog finds Eman Sharobeem spent charity cash on a Mercedes, jewellery and work on a property, among other things, and should be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions. | | | | US Senator Marco Rubio leads a chorus of outrage after footage emerges of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro enjoying a lavish dinner served by Turkish internet sensation "Salt Bae", while many in his country struggle to put food on the table. | | | | The Federal opposition has announced a raft of proposed changes to superannuation to prevent women spending their retirement in "abject poverty". | | | | Guests are being treated for respiratory problems and eye irritations after a staff member mistakenly causes a gas leak at the Pullman Sydney Hyde Park hotel. | | | | Following summit talks in Pyongyang, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says the North has agreed to "permanently" abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, and turn the peninsula into a "land of peace". | | | | Stanford professor Robert Sutton studies a particular breed of human: insensitive jerks. Here are his tips on understanding them — and fighting back. | | | | A mother expresses her gratitude to first responders who tried to resuscitate her six-month-old boy before he died last night. | | | | We spend an awful lot of time shopping for food. Here are some ways you can be more efficient to free up valuable time in your week. | | | | The very existence of Tibet's traditional nomads is under threat, as glaciers melt and grassland turns to desert. But that's not the only hazard — the tech industry's thirst for lithium is also causing concern. | | | | The sexual orientation of the perennially bickering puppet roommates becomes a topic of discussion after a former writer for the show says he had written the characters as gay, with Sesame Workshop saying they are just good friends. | | | | The shortage of AFL finals tickets, as illustrated by the number of Tigers and Magpies diehards set to miss Friday night's clash, continues to be the cause of constant heartache for disenfranchised supporters, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Learn about the mathematical formula you use every day without realising it. | | | | They're small, feisty and loud — and chances are, you have several living in your home. Asian house geckos are one of the most successful invasive species in Australia, and biologists are concerned they're spreading from suburbia into bushland. Curious Brisbane investigates. | |  |
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