| | InSight will spend 24 months — about one Martian year — using seismic monitoring and underground temperature readings to unlock mysteries about how Mars formed and, by extension, the origins of the Earth and other rocky planets. | | | When Carol Camilleri had her breast implant surgery in 2014, she had no idea the model she was about to put in her body had been causing alarm in medical circles. | | | Suzanne and Hazel grew up less than an hour apart, but had no idea they were half-sisters — until, in their 60s, they found each other. Together, they unearthed a host of other unintended secrets. | | | US President Donald Trump would like for the Saudis to get off scot free from the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. But the newly powerful Democrats have another idea, writes Bruce Wolpe. | | | Australia's key financial regulators the RBA and ASIC are pushing for greater economics education in schools in order to empower future consumers. | | | A mysterious giant species of rhinoceros — named the Siberian unicorn due to its enormous single horn —survived in Russia until 36,000 years ago. Yet many of the species it shared a habitat with still survive today. Here's why. | | | More than 4,300 federal public servants believe they witnessed corrupt behaviour in one year, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces mounting pressure to establish an integrity commission. | | | Russia has fired on Ukranian navy ships and seized three vessels in a contentious and crucial part of the Black Sea and both sides will be considering their next steps carefully, writes chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams. | | | The United Arab Emirates maintains Matthew Hedges is guilty of espionage, but releases him from a life sentence after he spent more than six months in custody. | | | As Australia stares down the barrel of a recycling crisis, business owners like Ellen Burns are rushing to find biodegradable packaging that reduces waste and helps the garden. | | | The SpaceX boss says there is a 70 per cent chance he'll personally be able to ride on one of his rockets to the Red Planet. But how far away are we from establishing a colony on Mars? | | | Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu adds his voice to those who want to see Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger make way for new blood following the party's stunning election loss. | | | A magistrate condemns an Indian-born man's violence against his new wife over dowry concerns, saying Australia has "had a gutful" of domestic violence. | | | Indigenous traditional owners call for a memorial at the burial site for the oldest Australian ever discovered. | | | An investigation by ABC News finds defibrillators with a history of safety problems are still being used in Australia nearly 18 months after they were withdrawn from sale. | | | Cash will become a niche payment sooner than we think and cheques will be phased out, says Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe, as the Federal Government considers imposing tougher penalties on cash economy activity. | | | A 24-year-old woman who could not explain how her car drifted outside the fog line, before hitting and killing a cyclist, is jailed for nine months. A bicycle group calls for safety improvements on the popular cycling route that has been the scene of several fatal crashes. | | | The prominent Indigenous and South Sea Islander activist and wife of Eddie Mabo is remembered as "one of the greatest matriarchs of all time". | | | The ABC understands Labor has chosen former New South Wales state politician Diane Beamer to run for the marginal western Sydney seat of Lindsay, currently held by Emma Husar. | | | An inquest examining a fatal skydiving accident in far north Queensland of three people — including a mother of eight — is shown GoPro vision that captured the faces of the victims before a mid-air collision that saw them fall to their deaths. | | | By Kieran Mitchell, Adrian Lister, Alan Cooper and Chris Turney | | | By Bruce Wolpe | | | By chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams | | | By state political reporter Richard Willingham | | | | | The ABC sent this message to starnewsposting@gmail.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC.
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