| | | | The mass killing of a family of five, allegedly at the hands of their own father and husband, sees the number of people killed in suspected domestic violence incidents more than double in a year in Western Australia and experts are branding the situation a crisis. | | | | From military bases and the offices of government lawyers to street corners and on buses, we're being watched by cameras made by surveillance companies accused of spying for China. | | | | We've studied thousands of Australians' car commutes — they are long, slow and stressful, but in some cases, maybe better than you'd think. | | | | After four years of searching for answers, police announce they are referring the case of the missing toddler for a coronial inquest. | | | | With an Australian potentially facing the death penalty in the US over the death of her seven-year-old stepdaughter, there are calls for the Federal Government to do more to stop state-sanctioned executions. | | | | It's still mostly a case of "buyer beware" when it comes to finding out about a property. But many buyers feel they should be told if, for example, it was the scene of a violent murder, writes Patricia Lane. | | | | Disputes over the ownership of four small islands near Japan's northernmost top have caused deep rifts between Russia and Japan, so much so that 70 years after WW II the two countries have never signed a peace treaty. This is why. | | | | Vision emerges of the dramatic rescue of two boys who entered Perth's Swan River after fleeing police, while the local community deals with grief and anger as WA's most senior officer confirms the bodies of two other teenagers have been pulled from the water. | | | | Elite Australian soldiers have been sent to Papua New Guinea months before the APEC summit to help the PNG Defence Force with counter-terrorism preparations. | | | | Australian workers do not have the digital or foundation skills they need for the modern workplace, according to a report by the Australian Industry Group. | | | | The Queensland environment department launches an investigation into a series of groundwater bores drilled by Adani, which conservationists say were sunk without approval, contrary to the miner's claim it had permission for the works. | | | | Bones thought to be human remains have been discovered twice in Queensland in the past month — would you know what to do if you made that grisly discovery? | | | | LNP Queensland president Gary Spence was re-elected unopposed despite insiders telling the ABC he was pressured to resign by some within his own party, after his role in the federal leadership spill last month, writes Allyson Horn. | | | | If a child tells an adult they're being sexually abused, there's a one in three chance they won't be believed. Here's why — and the warning signs you should look out for. | | | | A Queensland mother who's seven-year-old has been sent home seven times for using violence — including once in prep — says while he has a "temper issue", he's not a bully. | | | | The false narratives about the causes and consequences of the failure of Lehman Brothers — the biggest and most complex bankruptcy in US history — 10 years ago have probably done as much harm as the failure itself, writes Stephen Kirchner. | | | | A group of firefighters, including two Australians, took cover behind a ridge after seeing two shooters aim a rifle at them and open fire while they were surveying damage from a blaze in the United States, an official incident review says. | | | | Australian regulators launch an investigation into the "soft and cute" children's toy Squishies after a government agency in Denmark found similar kinds of squeezable toys contained toxic chemicals. | | | | Journalist Jessica Rowe says she is frustrated her image is being used in fake news and advertisements to lure unsuspecting internet users into scams that will rob them of their money. | | | | Forecasters warn the hurricane could become a monster category 5 storm as 245,000 people in Virginia are ordered to leave low-lying areas and another state's entire coastline is evacuated. | |  |
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