| | | | Children are forced to do handstands until their arms give out and swing from bars until their hands bleed at Melbourne's National Centre of Excellence, parents allege — but an investigation has been shut down. | | | | The detective who led the police investigation into convicted murderer Keli Lane breaks her silence, saying she was "shocked" when Lane was found guilty because the trial had been plagued with problems. | | | | McDonald's Australia has been accused of systematically "churning" its workforce and reducing shifts for workers as they grow older in a bid to cut costs and hire younger staff. | | | | You go the same website, search the same airline, but you're offered a different airfare depending on when and where you do it. Why? | | | | The driver of a limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was not properly licensed, and the vehicle should never have been on the road, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says. | | | | Searching electronic devices at borders is similar to intercepting text messages — except police don't need a warrant to do it. Here's what to do if it happens to you. | | | | One in four married women in the Philippines suffer from domestic abuse and have no way of leaving their marriage, as the country is one of two in the world where divorce is illegal. | | | | New research shows your self-confidence can differ significantly depending on the month you were born in. And no, it's not because of your star sign. | | | | The Australian dollar dips to its lowest level in two-and-a-half years but the price of key exports remains high, and a senior economist says with "more money in the coffers" the Government could announce larger personal tax cuts and increased public spending. | | | | Cradle Mountain tourism operators are calling for a cap on visitor numbers, worried that the iconic spot is in danger of becoming too popular. | | | | The Queensland Ombudsman intervenes to help a female domestic violence victim who was evicted from public housing, and says the housing department prioritised rental recovery over the woman's safety. | | | | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Saudi Arabian officials "cannot save themselves by simply saying 'he has left'", as state media reports 15 Saudi officials arrived in Turkey the day journalist Jamal Khashoggi is believed to have been murdered during a visit to the Arab nation's consulate. | | | | The cost of hosting a meeting between the IMF and the World Bank in Bali tomorrow is slammed by Indonesia's Opposition as a "lavish expense" during a national disaster. | | | | Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles says a "fearmongering" anti-vaccination billboard should be taken down and his department is trying to find a way to remove it. | | | | A lawyer for the CSIRO seeks to downplay a former scientist's allegation she was sexually assaulted at work when hit with a riding crop. Katherine Morton is suing the Commonwealth science agency for unfair dismissal. | | | | Tropical Storm Michael turns into a hurricane and is expected to strengthen rapidly before hitting Florida in the coming days, bringing with it powerful winds and life-threatening flash flooding. | | | | A trawler fisherman who died off the Northern Territory coast is believed to be the first person to be killed by a sea snake bite in Australia in more than 80 years. | | | | A veteran cameleer is warning a dangerous level of congestion — and tourists copping an unwanted eyeful of naked flesh — is putting one of Australia's most iconic tourist attractions at risk. | | | | William Nordhaus and Paul Romer win the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for work in integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says. | | | | A Spanish court rules that 85-year-old Spanish gynaecologist Eduardo Vela is responsible for the abduction of a child, faking a birth and falsifying official documents, but he won't be punished due to the statute of limitations. | | | | Two Sunshine Coast boys say they would not be alive if it was not for the adults who risked their own lives to save them from "brutal" surf when they got caught in a rip on Sunday afternoon. | | | | Australia's housing boom is often compared to Ireland's, which ended in a massive bust, but how much do the two countries really have in common? | |  |
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