| | | | An airport official says after the request, the pilot updated the control tower to say the plane was flying normally and would push on with its journey. The same plane plunged into the sea hours later, killing all 189 people on board. | | | | It is rumoured to be one of the easiest legal tricks in the book to avoid paying tax: simply declare yourself a resident of nowhere. But the loophole could soon be closed if the Government has its way. | | | | Hundreds of Google employees across the world walk off the job in protest at the internet giant's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct. | | | | Award-winning sports journalist Caroline Wilson uses her speech at the Andrew Olle Media Lecture in Sydney to reflect on sexism in sport, including the time she arrived at a football writers' dinner, only to be handed an apron and sent to the kitchen. | | | | It's the case of a man who encouraged his wife to kill herself and stood to gain her $1.4 million life insurance. Regardless of the decision in the Supreme Court today, it will set a national precedent for the conviction of aiding and counselling suicide. | | | | Casting aside the trappings of palace life in order to marry a commoner definitely sounds romantic — but in reality, Japan's princesses don't have any other options. | | | | For decades, photographer Warren Kirk has been working to preserve something he says is dying: old-fashioned Australian suburbia, with its relics like the outdoor tyre swan. | | | | Tuggeranong residents are urged to enact fire plans as authorities upgrade their warning for an out-of-control bushfire burning close to suburbs in the ACT's south-west. | | | | Two miniature satellites no bigger than a shoebox are hurtling through deep space on a historic mission to Mars. But even before reaching the red planet, the little satellites — nicknamed Eve and Wall-E — are punching above their weight. | | | | A new campaign asks Australians to thank veterans. I served for 25 years, but I'd rather you thanked those who work tirelessly in the public interest with a fraction of the recognition, writers Rodger Shanahan. | | | | Don't despise the 'international raiders' in the Melbourne Cup, writes Richard Hinds. They're not foreign athletes trying to ruin Aussie dreams — they're just horses. | | | | As freshwater turtles head into nesting season, scientists warn nearly half of Australia's species are in trouble. But the public can help, using a citizen science app to map the reptiles' whereabouts. | | | | As the mercury looks set to hit 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the state, the NSW Rural Fire Service warns the combination of high temperatures and strong winds could see fires break out quickly and easily. | | | | Leader of One Nation Pauline Hanson says the asylum seekers being held on Nauru have not proven themselves to be genuine refugees to warrant them coming to Australia. Fact Check finds her claim to be wrong. | | | | Having secured a record $700m fine from CBA, financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC is now working with NAB on "a number of issues". | | | | Western Australia-based Defence shipbuilder Austal announces to the stock exchange it has been the subject of a cyber security breach and extortion attempt, but insists there's no evidence that national security has been compromised. | | | | Rural towns are resorting to desperate measures to attract GPs, but some country health experts say there are clear solutions to the problems blocking young doctors heading bush. | | | | Health workers and patients share shocking concerns about access to abortion services in regional NSW, warning some women are forced to pay large sums of money or even resort to self-terminating. | | | | An 11-year-old Alice Springs girl has found a suspicious sweet among her Halloween lollies after a night of trick-or-treating. | | | | The small South Australian community of Leigh Creek is divided over a controversial new energy project that could either save the town or prove to be an environmental hazard, depending on who you talk to. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By Rodger Shanahan | |  |
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