| | | | Clive Palmer's crude app is designed to draw attention to his political comeback, but it has also unwittingly exposed a privacy hole in Australian politics. | | | | Ana Maria was pregnant when she was detained by a brutal regime. She was allowed to give birth before being 'disappeared'; possibly drugged and thrown into the sea to die. For 40 years, her son had no idea. | | | | Opposition Leader Bill Shorten signals he will not meet with Rupert Murdoch, breaking a long tradition of Australian political leaders who have felt compelled to pay court to the media proprietor. | | | | The most popular music on triple j is getting slower, more negative, and the alternative rock which dominated the 90s is all but gone, an analysis of 25 years of data reveals. | | | | The extent of the revelations unearthed by the banking royal commission has been nothing short of breathtaking, but permanent change in our banking sector will be more difficult to achieve, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Argentinian police investigating the deaths of Australian-born university professor Lily Pereg and her sister say they found spots of blood on a bag and a cut security camera cable at the accused's home. | | | | At face value stories of loneliness posted on Twitter don't make for uplifting reading. But it's what usually happens next that is inspiring thousands around the world. | | | | In its outlook for the year ahead, Deloitte Access Economics forecasts a "still growing, but slowing" scenario for the global and national economies. But it says "if something were to go wrong, it would likely start with a deeper downturn in China". | | | | World conditions will weigh heavily on our economy this year, according to a panel of experts, so what does that meant for wages, interest rates and house prices? | | | | After 12 months of hearings and investigation, South Australia's Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission will deliver its findings. Here's a look at how we got here. | | | | A civil aviation report finds that the pilot of a plane that swerved erratically and flew dangerously low before crashing at Kathmandu airport last year, killing 51 people, was smoking in the cockpit during the flight. | | | | Native bees and other wild insects tend to get overlooked — but these amazing Australian animals could be instrumental in helping us feed a growing world population. | | | | Thousands will have restricted access to their welfare payments from today as part of the progressive rollout of the cashless debit card scheme in the federal electorate of Hinkler. | | | | After 17-years of conflict, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tells The New York Times the "framework deal, which still has to be fleshed out before it becomes an agreement", will see the Taliban guarantee that Afghan territory is not used as a "platform for international terrorist groups or individuals". | | | | The Prime Minister is expected to use a speech in Brisbane to announce that a re-elected Coalition government will create 1.25 million jobs over the next five years. | | | | It's ironic that the fast-paced, power-packed sprint of the Big Bash League has turned into a marathon season that seems to be dragging on, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | I spend up to $60 on lunches each week, so I set myself a challenge to make and bring my own lunch to work. Here's how it went down. | | | | They sailed their new luxury yacht from Florida and stopped in Colombia before they were arrested by Fijian border police, who seized a large quantity of cocaine, 65 tablets of illicit drugs and handguns. | | | | Queensland fishers are fuming after being forced to return faulty "fire-hazard" tracking devices they are required by law to have. | | | | A python has been rescued from a shower in a Noosa home just three days after a visitor was bitten on the bottom by a python which had coiled up inside a toilet. | |  |
By Dr Tanya Latty for Catalyst | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By business editor Ian Verrender | |  |
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