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Rudd's UN rival stakes claim for top job
Eryk Bagshaw 10:27 PM Irina Bokova has outlined her achievements as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as part of a pitch for the top UN role.
'Nailing granny to the floor': call to unlock $1 trillion in housing wealth
Jessica Irvine 12:15 AM Too many older Australians live lives of relative poverty because policies discourage them from downsizing and unlocking the $1 trillion in wealth stored in their homes.
MH 370 tragedy: Perth family sues Malaysia Airlines
7:00 PM The family of Perth man Paul Weeks, who was on the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, is suing the company for damages.
Australia's $1 million teacher
Eryk Bagshaw 5:42 PM It is the Australian primary school science lab where a nobel prize winning scientist runs workshops with nine-year-olds and 3D printers produce children's designs on a holographic printer.
'New wave of quitting' likely as we smoke less
Peter Martin 11:45 PM Plain packaging and higher cigarette prices appear to have done more than cut the number of people smoking. They appear to have also cut the amount that remaining smokers smoke.
ABC Four Corners crew detained in Malaysia
Steve Lillebuen and Sophie Gallagher 4:35 PM An ABC news crew has been detained in Malaysia while reporting on "a local political issue", the broadcaster has confirmed.
Killers in the mirror
Paul Biegler The terrorist group's promise of power, violence and a sense of belonging is a psychologically seductive package for young men and women looking for a cause.
Australian FBI fugitive found selling goldfish in Brazil
Eamonn Duff An Australian man who has been on the run from the FBI for seven years has been found in Brazil by Fairfax Media - selling goldfish.
How you could be on Interpol 'most wanted' list
Eamonn Duff The global police organisation is public about some suspects, but about 60 per cent of suspects are known only to law enforcement.
How to get better at sex: Luke McGregor stripped bare in sex ed doco
Jill Stark Luke McGregor is an unlikely sex educator.
When do you tell children how babies are made?
John Elder Does sex education have a place in the kindergarten?
The embarrassing Human Headline that made no 'sence' to Derryn Hinch
Jill Stark ""I couldn't believe it. just had it delivered and said hey guys, theres' three things wrong with it, its needs an apostrophe, sense is spelt wrongly and the yellow in the logo is not the right yellow. It goes back on Tuesday."
Book your children in before it is too late, warn dentists
Julie Power Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley is very likely to scrap the $2.7 billion child dental health program in the next budget, warn dentists.
No evidence Ritalin makes a difference long term for ADHD kids
Cosima Marriner ADHD kids continue to struggle academically and mentally as they get older, regardless of whether they're on medication.
Two new cases of legionnaires' disease linked to CBD outbreak
Kate Aubusson Health authorities have detected two new cases of legionnaires' disease caused by a suspected infected water cooling tower in the Sydney CBD.
Find private sponsorship for Trove, government tells national library
Alexandra Back The federal government has told the National Library of Australia to consider private funding of its award-winning Trove website, after it was revealed budget cuts meant the site would stagnate.
The silent disease affecting thousands
Julia Medew Liz Judson was so busy when it started, she didn't think to question it.
Training company accused of luring homeless students
Timna Jacks, Henrietta Cook An embattled private training company has been accused of setting up a charity to lure vulnerable students into courses with free food and laptops.
GlaxoSmithKline to face class action over anti-depressant
Bianca Hall A Sydney law firm has launched a class action on behalf of people prescribed a common anti-depressant drug as adolescents.
Executed Australian Myuran Sukumaran's final paintings arrive back in Australia
The final paintings by Bali Nine ringleader Myuran Sukumaran have arrived back in Australia, almost a year after his execution in Indonesia.
Arthritis sufferers denied payouts
Adele Ferguson, Ruth Williams Sufferers of crippling arthritis are being denied insurance payouts due to the use of "antiquated" medical definitions that experts in the field say are hopelessly out of date.
The deal threatening Australia's food labelling laws
Esther Han Should a huge trade deal be ratified the Australian government could be sued by foreign companies if it introduced or strengthened food labelling laws, says Choice.
Australian Defence Force reject gluten intolerant soldiers due to malnutrition fears
Henry Belot The Australian Defence Force has routinely rejected applicants with severe gluten intolerance and coeliac disease because they would be malnourished and a risk in combat, training or sedentary deployments.
Shane Warne Foundation unable to show how cash donations were used
Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston The Shane Warne Foundation is unable to explain what happened to large sums of cash it received from donors who attended its star-studded fundraising events over the last four years.
Legionnaires' disease CBD outbreak: health authorities probe earlier cases for possible link
Kate Aubusson Health authorities are investigating whether earlier cases of Legionnaires' disease are linked to an outbreak of the infection in Sydney's CBD.
The 14 health experts who have taken Coke's cash
Marcus Strom Coca-Cola in Australia has revealed the names of the health professionals to whom it has given money as part of its support for scientific research and health and wellbeing partnerships.
My friend who killed her daughter
When Annabel Stafford found out her childhood friend Sarah* had killed her 2-year-old daughter Amy, she needed to find out what had really happened.
Grim prospects: the shake-up of Australia's climate science
Peter Hannam The fate of the 'sentinel of the southern hemisphere' is a pointer to how Australia's climate research will fare in a funding world that has lately turned more hostile.
Push for private insurance to cover GPs
Harriet Alexander Critics warn of "two-tier system" if private health insurers are allowed into GP practices.
Lawyers say CommInsure is tip of the iceberg
Henry Belot Unethical insurance practices are not limited to the Commonwealth Bank and any inquiry or royal commission must focus on the entire industry, according to compensation lawyers.
