| | | | Mrs May says she will fight for her draft deal to leave the European Union and fend off threats to her leadership after two of her Cabinet ministers resigned and backbenchers submitted letters of no confidence. | | | | When reporter Simon Elvery turned the tables on his spying devices, he was surprised at how often they were sending out info on him — even when he was sleeping. | | | | The "trolley man" who confronted the Bourke Street terrorist during the deadly Melbourne attack earlier this month is wanted for questioning by Victoria Police over a number of recent burglaries. | | | | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says that two-thirds of people who use negative gearing have a taxable income of under $80,000 a year. But Fact Check found that claim to be misleading. | | | | On the fringes of Australia's biggest cities, people work, live, and play next to some of the nation's biggest polluters. And while you might not notice it, researchers say it's taking a toll. | | | | Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor recommends the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, in a case that has sparked a global outcry and opened the kingdom to possible sanctions. | | | | What's your poison: strong long black or a delicate oolong? Our inherited ability to taste bitterness could help explain why we prefer one over the other. | | | | The Bachelor host's struggle with complex mental illness at times saw him shut himself off from the world. This is how he overcame isolation to become one of the country's biggest TV stars. | | | | As Australian men's cricket continues to pick up the pieces in the wake of the ball-tampering saga, Jason Sangha stands out as one of its brightest prospects in some time. | | | | China is splashing out billions of dollars in concessional loans to developing countries, but what happens when these debt-laden nations can't pay Beijing back? | | | | A man and his company who claimed people could buy a house for $1 without needing a deposit are fined a record $18 million for misleading consumers, after an investigation by the ACCC and NSW Fair Trading. | | | | The skirmish this week over whether super is a good idea reveals some interesting things about how corporate and financial power influences Australian policy, writes Michael Rafferty. | | | | A 4-metre tiger shark circles a "frantic" kayaker after knocking him off his board and into the air at Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast this morning. | | | | A proposed legislative change that would add transparency to political donations to major political parties is rejected by both Labor and the Coalition. | | | | One of the men involved in the murder of the Sydney police accountant says he is "happy" with his actions and an earlier declaration of remorse is "bulls**t". | | | | The banking royal commission is expected to spark a boost in the number of court cases involving financial organisations, leading to a $51.5 million funding boost. | | | | A record 9 million overseas tourists came to Australia last year and tourism industry insiders say it is not just the lure of unforgettable sights pulling them onto the planes — the falling Australian dollar is also helping. | | | | Queensland town Ilfracombe will introduce a temporary desalination plant next month in a bid to tackle its ongoing issues with water supply. | | | | Former Olympic diver and gold medallist Chantelle Newbery pleads guilty to a string of charges, including stealing, in what her lawyer describes as a "meteoric fall from grace". | | | | Irish women share photos of their G-strings on social media to protest "routine victim blaming" in the country's courts, after reports jurors were encouraged to consider a teenager's choice of underwear during a rape trial. | | | | The new WeatheX app aims to get citizen scientists to report and photograph wild weather in a bid to improve the understanding and forecasting of severe weather events. | |  |
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