| | | | The world remains vulnerable to another financial meltdown as a result of "side effects" from the extraordinary measures taken to prevent a global depression in 2008, the IMF says. | | | | The NSW Ambulance Service are responding to reports of a shooting at Nepean Hospital in Sydney's west. | | | | US Republicans display their division over appointing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after US President Donald Trump openly mocks his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. | | | | The Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites program, cots that put children's lives at risk, and a toaster that leaves your bread slightly warm and dry are among the seven products to earn a gong at this year's Shonky awards. | | | | After a disappointing drizzle accompanied an earlier dust storm, the skies opened up overnight in far west NSW to drop 34.2mm of rain over drought-stricken country. | | | | Travellers entering New Zealand who refuse to disclose passwords for their mobile phones and other digital devices during forced searches can now face prosecution and fines of up to $NZ5,000. | | | | Egypt's national carrier backs up a claim that an interview with the actress in its inflight magazine is legitimate, despite Barrymore reportedly saying she did not participate. | | | | A Sydney project manager accused of raping a schoolboy in the front yard of his home after meeting him on gay dating app Grindr remains on bail. | | | | One scientist is looking at the added health benefits of lentils when baked in bread. | | | | Emergency services are put on standby and roads around Sydney Airport closed as authorities ask a United Airlines pilot if he "has enough fuel to get to the gate" after the flight from Los Angeles sends a mayday signal. | | | | Workers strike for a second day on the $1 billion Jewel resort development in Surfers Paradise, with the CFMEU saying the situation is "unprecedented" and it fears for all 900 construction jobs. | | | | You've heard the news about how some Australian honey samples are fake and you're wondering — how pure is the "pure" honey in the pantry? Google has plenty of suggestions for tests you can do at home, but scientists say "don't bother, they're not accurate". | | | | The Indonesian villages of Balaroa and nearby Petobo face the prospect of being turned into mass graves, with fears of more than a thousand people dead and no easy way to recover the bodies after houses sank into the earth during the earthquake. | | | | An outspoken Indonesian actress and political campaigner admits she lied about being assaulted in a politically motivated attack, saying her injuries were instead from cosmetic surgery, after pictures of her swollen face go viral. | | | | The ABC board announces it has engaged the services of an independent adviser to investigate "matters" raised by former managing director Michelle Guthrie in a letter just days before she was sacked. | | | | Off-the-plan apartment buyers are being hit with the double-whammy of tougher home loan rules and falling property prices, leaving many struggling to complete their purchases. | | | | If you hadn't heard that Australia's carbon pollution has risen to its highest level since 2011, it may be because that data was released on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend. But the Government had the data for seven weeks, FOI documents show. | | | | A man charged with the murder of his former partner, who was hit by a vehicle on her property, sobs as members of his family arrive for his court appearance. | | | | Advertisements in a Hobart newspaper for unprotected sex services have been referred to police, Tasmania's Health Minister Michael Ferguson says. | | | | It's like a modern-day air raid siren — a test run of a presidential alert message is delivered to 225 million mobile devices in the United States, in practice for imminent national emergencies. | | | | The French woman who was blinded in one eye by a tee shot from American Brooks Koepka at the Ryder Cup last week says she hopes the "terrible accident" will lead to better safety for spectators. | | | | The former PM discusses how the Liberal Party could bring more women to Parliament, the revolving door of political leadership, and the importance of having difficult conversations ahead of World Mental Health Day. | | | | People in remote Aboriginal communities are being issued with hundreds of dollars' worth of fines under a work-for-the-dole scheme meant to help them, data obtained by the ABC reveals. And there is an alarming link between fine level and Indigenous status. | |  |
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