| | | | Experts fear the north Queensland centre will lose not only tourists but broader economic momentum, as the clean-up slows activity in the weeks and months ahead. | | | | China is buying up broadcast space on foreign airwaves, pages inside newspapers and expanding its own state-owned media networks to increase its influence abroad and better spread the central government's policies. | | | | A major liquor wholesaler accused of selling fake spirits — including tequila it claims to be made in Mexico — goes into administration, as an Australian Taxation Office audit results in the company facing a large tax bill. | | | | Ken Henry says he and outgoing NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn are "deeply sorry", as both men announce their departures from the bank in the wake of criticism from royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne. | | | | All our lives, we've been underrepresented in public office. Now one thing has pushed us over the edge into action, write Vanessa Whittaker, Maria O'Brien and Sera Mirzabegian. | | | | While pocket money might seem straightforward it's often a tricky topic, and if you don't have a plan you could end up creating problems. And who needs more parental angst in their life? | | | | A European backpacker tells a court she was checked for needle marks and chained to a grate after being tied up in a pig shed by a man who allegedly subjected her to a two-day rape ordeal. | | | | Neomi Rao regrets implying victims were to blame for sexual assault in a column she wrote in college, but says women could take steps to avoid being attacked. | | | | A growing number of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children have contributed to Europe's record number of infections, the World Health Organisation says. | | | | Students need a safe and supportive school environment if they are to reach their full potential. This includes knowing you won't be expelled or treated unfairly because of something you have no control over, writes Sam Watson. | | | | A convicted killer already in jail for murdering his stepfather is sentenced to a further 13 years behind bars for multiple sexual offences. Warning: This story contains graphic content. | | | | When historian Rutger Bregman suggested wealthy people should pay more tax at last week's World Economic Forum, he says the response in the room was "quite aggressive" and he went home with "a bad feeling". | | | | The AFLW is a target for Twitter trolls, but it can rise above social media abuse if it promotes its many virtues rather than respond to the critics, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | WA's corruption watchdog says new vision showing a police officer repeatedly hitting a man, released as part of its investigation into excessive use of force, "speaks for itself". | | | | New research from the Australian National University finds the nation is likely to meet its Paris climate target in 2025 — five years earlier than expected. | | | | The country's cartel office rules against the tech giant, getting it to ask users for consent before it collects their data from third-party apps. | | | | A tiny reef fish is the first to pass a classic experiment used to assess self awareness, but the provocative findings have opened up a much larger debate about the way we see the animal kingdom. | | | | An ancient ancestor of today's turtles has the unfortunate honour of having one of the oldest-known malignant tumours ever diagnosed. | | | | There's an emoji for cheese, a badminton racquet, toilet paper, every flag in the world, and at least 10 different cars. But if you want to talk about your period using an emoji? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | | | | The one thing that has stuck with the Ogilvie family since Black Saturday — 10 years ago on February 7, 2009 — is that they would never consider staying to defend their home now. | | | | Gucci issues an apology after a social media backlash over a turtleneck jumper that, when pulled up, appears to make it look as though the wearer is dressing in blackface. | | | | A murder-accused panicked and buried his wife after she hit her head on a bedpost and died during an argument over escorts, the Supreme Court in Brisbane hears. | |  |
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