| | | | A series of intriguing connections between boardroom players behind the scenes of Nant's collapse raises new questions about who got paid while others lost millions. | | | | The first woman to serve as Australia's foreign minister says she and then defence minister Marise Payne regularly drew stares as a rare female duo at the international security summits they attended together. | | | | One room is clean, the other has a chicken bone on the floor, broken glass on the patio, stained linen and other people's clothes in the cupboard. This is what happened when we showed up undercover at the Ibis Styles hotel in Alice Springs. | | | | Ernest Quintana's family is left devastated as a robot is rolled into his intensive care unit to deliver a video call from a doctor telling the 78-year-old he will likely die within days. | | | | Astronomers have come up with one of the most accurate measurements of the galaxy's mass yet — and as it turns out, it's "on the beefier side", clocking in at about 1.5 trillion times the weight of the Earth's Sun. | | | | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian pledges billions more cash for hospitals, while Bill Shorten jokes the "festival" atmosphere at Labor's campaign launch might mean the Government tries to shut it down. | | | | Brazilian forward Anderson Lopes will want to check his surroundings a little better next time he celebrates a goal, after plummeting 3 metres onto a concrete floor when he misjudged a leap over an advertising hoarding. | | | | This couple used to know all their neighbours, but not anymore — and while the rapid rise of apartments around their Sydney home is on hold, development means their life will never be the same. | | | | Cricket legend Kumar Sangakarra says fans need to start turning up to the games, as 86 per cent of 13,000-plus people surveyed list Tests as their preferred format. | | | | Lukina Lukin has fought her way to the top of Australia's lucrative southern bluefin tuna industry in a classic rags-to-riches tale of survival and success. | | | | Maryland's highest court denies a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was chronicled in the podcast Serial, finding the verdict would not have been different if an alibi uncovered in the true crime investigation was presented to the jury. | | | | SCG ground staff will replace 3,000 square metres of turf ahead of Friday's NRL opener after the Super Rugby clash between the NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds was marred by a shocking surface. | | | | It makes up 20 per cent of all waste in Australia, and can be used to make high-quality and efficient concrete. So why is coal ash being dumped in toxic waste dams, and not being recycled? | | | | When Lolita was 14, she wrote in her diary: "Please, can someone give me a uterus?". Little did she know her plea would be answered 18 years later, thanks to a group of Swedish scientists pioneering uterus transplant surgery, and a donation from her own sister. | | | | While many farmers are struggling with drought, others have found a pathway to recovery by partnering with nature instead of trying to control it. | | | | It's been 12 months since Tasmania's Government convened an emergency housing summit, but despite some improvements, more than 3,200 people remain on the waiting list for public housing and advocates say the crisis remains acute. | | | | There are an estimated three times as many feral cats in Victoria's Otways region than the national average, according to new research from the University of Melbourne. | | | | Using cash raised from a community cropping program, locals in Nyabing, WA, rallied and bought a run-down establishment to start afresh and the beer is flowing once more. | | | | 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. | | | | After surging since Boxing Day, Wall Street has just suffered five straight days of falls. So is the party over and why is the ASX rising as the economy heads south? | | | | The mother of an intellectually disabled woman says years of life in a group home has left her daughter worse off and her alleged neglect and injuries highlight the need for a royal commission. | |  |
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