| | | | Witnesses and activists say Australian Border Force officers are targeting Saudi Arabian women whom they suspect will apply for asylum and blocking them from entering the country when they arrive at Australian airports. | | | | Dozens of Townsville residents are evacuated and two police officers left stranded when their patrol car is washed away after flood gates to the city's dam are fully opened. | | | | A corruption watchdog is asking questions about a Chinese billionaire property developer, a state Labor politician, a former head of the NSW arm of the party and $100,000 in mainly cash donations made at a 2015 Labor Party dinner, an ABC investigation can reveal. | | | | A blaze spreads up several storeys of a Spencer Street apartment complex in Melbourne's CBD, which firefighters believe is covered in combustible cladding. | | | | Many people have professed shock at the banking bad behaviour exposed by Kenneth Hayne's royal commission, but anyone who's watched the financial sector for a long time knows these scandals have been building for decades in the period of bank deregulation. | | | | How tempting to head into this year's Ashes series thinking Australia has suddenly overcome the chastening experience of its home series defeat by India, rediscovered the ability to "bat long" and regenerated its bowling attack. Not so fast, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | It's been four decades since Mad Max became a blockbuster hit. The stars — and the fans — have not forgotten. | | | | Hundreds of Victorian students will stay home today after a menacing bushfire prompts the closure of schools in the Hepburn Shire, north-west of Melbourne. | | | | If you tend to think that ignorance is bliss, then genetic testing could be your worst nightmare. On the other hand it could help you make important decisions about your work, family planning or even whether to take more holidays. | | | | For years, I was the person who kept paying a membership to a gym I never went to. But sabotaging my exercise plans came to an end when I shifted my focus, writes Madeleine Dore. | | | | Tasmania Fire Service's Bruce Byatt says if the predicted 10 to 20 millimetres of rain falls in the right places, "then it could be of great value to us" as firefighters continue to battle blazes across the state. | | | | Police investigate the death of a one-year-old child who was found unconscious at a home in Sydney's west. | | | | A cameraman for the ABC's Insiders program is "awake and talking" after fainting during a live interview with Bill Shorten, with Aussie Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander on set to give first aid assistance. | | | | Port Lincoln, on South Australia's west coast, celebrates four decades of a tuna-tossing competition that celebrates the city's fishing history and is proving popular with hammer throwers. | | | | A NSW Police officer involved in a horror car crash in Lucas Heights where a car drifted to the wrong side of the road dies in hospital this morning. | | | | Senior Australian batsman Usman Khawaja's on-field struggles came after his brother was arrested, charged and re-arrested. After a shackle-breaking century, he confirms the mental toll it has taken. | | | | A month-old leopard cub is expected to make a full recovery after quick-thinking customs staff discovered it hidden in a passenger's bag on an international flight from Thailand to India. | | | | France and Austria says they will recognise Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president if Nicolas Maduro does not announce a presidential vote, while special police are accused of killings and abuses. | | | | A peaceful paradise known for its iconic pine trees and spectacular coastline, Norfolk Island is riddled with political tension and simmering social unrest. | | | | On a sweltering Adelaide morning, hundreds of Marilyn Monroe impersonators claim a new world record before going for a dip in the ocean to raise money for cancer research. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
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