| | | | After devastating bushfires that destroyed 20 homes in northern NSW pass, the residents of Tingha and Tabulam assess damage to their property and stock — with many still in disbelief. | | | | With six Chinese companies delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange last year — for everything from failing to lodge accounts to concerns about whether funds were spent as promised — investors are being warned to exercise caution. | | | | Massive plumes of polluted floodwater spanning the entire coast of north-east Queensland encroaches on the outer reaches of the Great Barrier Reef, sparking a fresh threat to the beleaguered natural wonder. | | | | Debbie Kilroy turned her time behind bars into a passion for advocating for female prisoners. Now her campaign to free Aboriginal women in prison for unpaid fines has sparked a national conversation about how family violence is putting women behind bars. | | | | Big international changes in policy and legislation are hitting the heavily polluting sector — but can Australia's coal industry survive them? | | | | Pauline Hanson's chief of staff James Ashby is banned from entering Parliament House following an altercation with Senator Brian Burston. | | | | They're among the most common birth defects, with one affecting one in every 115 boys born in Australia — and rates are on the rise. A new paper sheds light on why this may be, says Mark Green and Andrew Pask. | | | | Facing the prospect of losing another vote in the House of Representatives, the Federal Government opts for parliamentary tactics to run down the clock. | | | | Despite insisting she does not regret fleeing to Syria, 19-year-old Shamima Begum says the deaths of two of her children in recent months has prompted her to flee Islamic State. | | | | Football Federation Australia should be basking in the glow of the upcoming W-League grand final but instead it is under fire because of its abysmal performance in the Alen Stajcic sacking, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Yaakov Litzman confirms he has been questioned amid suggestions he attempted to obtain false medical papers to help former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer avoid extradition to Australia. | | | | A researcher in artificial skin technology says she can't remember walking 200 metres with her own scalp in her hand after a lab accident, but says it has given her a unique insight into her work. | | | | Some posts and memes on social media want foreign aid cut until Australians get back on their feet after natural disasters. But is this too simplistic? | | | | Women and children fleeing family violence are being sent to filthy and unsafe motels run by so-called "slum landlords" because of a severe emergency accommodation shortage. | | | | Is it easier to rebuild a house that has been damaged by flooding than by fire? We've asked the experts how flooding can affect different parts of the home. | | | | Steroid use is on the rise as young men fuelled by social media chase their idea of a perfect body. Now researchers want to know exactly how susceptible gay and bisexual men are. | | | | A woman shouts "evil dog" and "burn in hell" during a directions hearing at the man accused of murdering three Perth women, before details emerge of hardcore pornography prosecutors want to present as evidence against him. | | | | Kenneth Hayne's royal commission had the opportunity to genuinely professionalise the financial planning sector, but squibbed it — and it might end up costing you big time, writes Andrew Robertson. | | | | Just weeks ahead of the Trump-Kim summit, Japan says North Korea is continuing to evade sanctions by buying mysterious cargo on the open ocean. | | | | Only hours before he was sacked, former Matilda's coach Alen Stajcic allegedly described the team environment as "dysfunctional" and "cancerous", according to the Football Federation Australia board. | | | | Sprent Dabwido, puts himself at the mercy of the Australian Government as he seeks life-saving medical treatment which he insists his own Government has gone out of its way to deny him. | | | | Only three years ago, Australians were promised an "ideas boom". With a federal election on the horizon, Australia's start-up scene is wondering where that goodwill went. | | | | Two women allege they were repeatedly sexually abused by a male teacher at Stella Maris Primary School in Tasmania during after-hours prayer sessions. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By business reporter Andrew Robertson | |  |
By Mark Green and Andrew Pask | |  |
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