| | | | Most of the itinerary for the Prime Minister's lightning visit to the Indian Ocean territory was taken up with a visit to the high-security detention centre, but locals say "it would have been very appropriate for him to have a little closer look at the island". | | | | With the federal election looming, Tony Abbott pulls the panic lever, giving Warringah opponent Zali Steggall and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten easy wins, writes Michelle Grattan. | | | | Just a fortnight from the election, fresh data shows NSW has 1 million registered guns, igniting a battle between the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and the Greens to secure votes. | | | | The gender data gap makes the world unfriendly for women, and our new technology is making the same old mistakes. | | | | A man in the Northern Territory has such a beef with the telco that he will not let them on his land, angering surrounding residents who have been affected by phone blackouts. | | | | When a child asks you what the c-word means it's time to rewrite the rules of parenting, Emma Jane says. | | | | The players filed a discrimination lawsuit on International Women's Day seeking damages, including back pay, for "institutionalised gender discrimination". | | | | The director of one of Adelaide's biggest vegan festivals claims she and a group of friends were kicked out of the Garden of Unearthly Delights for holding a "silent vigil" in defence of animals. | | | | Labor feels confident enough of a resentful mood about inequality in the electorate that it is prepared to put it into defined policy and take it to voters, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | So what's going on in Tassie? Giant turnips, cabbages and now pumpkins are starting to dominate the landscape, with one farmer likening it to an extreme sport. | | | | The British Prime Minister issues a last-ditch plea for her much-maligned deal with the European Union ahead of a crucial round of votes next week, saying "no-one knows what will happen" if her Brexit deal is not passed by the House of Commons. | | | | Heavily armed police in New South Wales arrest two men in connection with a "targeted attack" outside a Melbourne boxing event last weekend which left one man dead and two others with gunshot wounds. | | | | After telling a judge she would "accept whatever you bring upon me", the former US Army intelligence analyst is sent to jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. | | | | Fireworks are on the cards as Liberal Party preselectors choose a candidate to replace Julie Bishop in the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin, against a backdrop of internal party tensions and shifting power bases, writes Jacob Kagi. | | | | Could Leaving Neverland, the controversial four-hour film telling the story of two men's alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Jackson, destroy the legacy of one of the biggest icons in the history of music? | | | | The US President travels to the Alabama town battered by a tornado, which killed 23 people, signing two girls' Bibles while at a makeshift relief centre. | | | | The company behind a drone delivery trial in Canberra has worked to make them quieter, but there are plenty of other things to worry about besides noise. | | | | A grand jury in Chicago indicts the Empire actor on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men in Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. | | | | A co-op that sells homegrown and locally sourced meat and veg at affordable prices is changing the eating habits of one of Tasmania's most disadvantaged suburbs. | | | | The newborn son of a UK-born teenager who left her London home to join Islamic State in Syria has died in a refugee camp, a Syrian Democratic Forces official says. | | | | There is a part of Australia where the rivers are high but the crops are dying, where farmers can see plenty of water but have no access to it. And that could mean a change in political fortunes. | | | | House hunting is an extreme sport so it's good to be prepared. And because the list of things you need to consider is as long as the wait for a Gen Y to afford to buy, we've listed the top five things people miss. | | | | Inside a lab at the University of Sydney sits a piece of technology scientists hope will help Australia win the quantum computing race. | |  |
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