| | | | Residents in the earthquake and tsunami-ravaged city of Palu in Sulawesi have turned to looting due to a shortage of necessities such as food, water and petrol, as the death toll rises to more than 1,200. | | | | Once green fields and farmland replaced by mud and sludge, chunks of the shoreline that have disappeared and houses and businesses turned to rubble — new satellite images show how the latest earthquake and tsunami have ravaged the Indonesian city of Palu. | | | | The daughter of Olympian Lisa Curry demands an apology and compensation from New Idea and Women's Day, claiming they used photos of her baby under misleading headlines and without permission. | | | | The husband of a woman who killed herself in 2014 is found guilty of aiding her suicide, with the court hearing he stood to gain $1.4 million from her life insurance. | | | | The Prime Minister will meet his Indigenous advisory council for the first time on Thursday, where he will be asked about his controversial appointment of Tony Abbott as Indigenous envoy. | | | | While the corporate world seems to be heading in the right direction with the increasing representation of women in Australia's boardrooms, the same cannot be said for its cultural diversity, with 93 per cent of CEOs of British or European heritage. | | | | It was one of the major holes in Keli Lane's defence — no-one had ever seen her at the Sydney unit block she claims to have visited multiple times for sex with "Andrew". Now the ABC has found a potential witness who says he remembers her visits. | | | | Rugby League star Greg Inglis is handed a two-game suspension after being charged with drink driving and speeding while travelling from Dubbo to Sydney. | | | | The savings of single women are well below those of single men, and homelessness among older women is climbing, but it's not just low pay and interrupted work that makes women poor in retirement, writes Kathleen Riach. | | | | Cross-party political consensus on the ambitious Future Submarines program is beginning to splinter in South Australia, where construction on the $50 billion project is scheduled to begin in 2022. | | | | The tiny nation is gambling its future on a proposed LNG pipeline to the fields. But there are questions over whether the Government can pull it off. | | | | In a move that is hardly surprising, Channel Nine decides to pull the plug on the NRL Footy Show after 25 years on air. | | | | It's the nightmare before Christmas — puddings, trees and decorations are already appearing in shopping centres, so why do stores do it? | | | | When Australia's population hit 25 million earlier this year, there were calls for a migration cap — but in mining regions like WA's Goldfields, businesses say they are struggling to find enough skilled workers. | | | | The story of a Melbourne university student, who described having raw meat thrown at her in her room at 3:00am by men who knew she was vegan, leaves members of the Q&A panel "dumbfounded". | | | | The Australian Energy Market Operator says it is impressed by the ability of South Australia's giant Tesla battery to dispatch power far more rapidly and precisely than conventional thermal power stations, while also pushing down prices. | | | | A former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh accuses the US Supreme Court nominee of lying about his drinking under oath, saying he was often "belligerent and aggressive" while under the influence. | | | | Twenty-four Queensland teachers have been banned or suspended from classrooms, figures reveal, with some of the allegations including serious sexual misconduct. | | | | Empowered by #MeToo, 22-year-old travellers Shannaye and Hillary share their story of alleged sexual harassment on a Contiki tour. | | | | Doctors at the Royal Children's Hospital are hopeful both of the 14-month-old twins will survive surgery to separate what is likely a shared liver. | |  |
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