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Victorian hospitals spend least on patient care: report
Jane Lee 12:49 AM Victorian hospitals including Frankston and Casey hospitals spend the least on patient care out of all of Australia's major public hospitals, a report says.
Tabcorp accused of 61 new breaches over money laundering
Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago 12:01 AM Gaming giant Tabcorp has been accused of a further 61 reporting breaches as part of a landmark Federal Court action taken by anti-money laundering watchdog Austrac.
The 'unsexy' branch of medicine being robbed of funding
Anna Patty 11:37 PM Thirty-eight per cent of practitioners are likely or highly likely to leave their jobs.
'Not very good at politics': CSIRO chief
Peter Hannam 9:29 PM CSIRO's embattled chief Larry Marshall stumbled through another Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
Public service bosses misled workers ahead of key vote
Noel Towell 12:00 AM Defence Dept bosses' "pants on fire", union says.
Asylum seekers issued with repellent after Zika virus confirmed on Nauru
8:21 PM Pregnant asylum seekers detained on Nauru could be exposed to the Zika virus, with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection confirming there had been cases of the mosquito-borne disease on the island nation.
The most expensive hospital in Sydney
Harriet Alexander 1:00 AM The cost of treatment varies wildly across Sydney, with some public hospitals spending nearly twice as much as others to deliver the same procedure
Border Force officers to fight on for the right to strike
Noel Towell 12:00 AM Airports could have been left vulnerable to terrorists, drug traffickers, child sex offenders.
Scare campaign over climate policy kicks off
Peter Hannam 5:33 PM Bill Shorten is sending a clear signal he's willing to make climate a centrepiece of the 2016 election campaign.
Port Arthur, 20 years on: An end and a beginning
Adam Morton 4:12 PM This is not a story about what's been lost. It's a story about what's been found. Twenty years ago on Thursday, Nesan Kistan's father was killed. He also nearly lost his mother.
'We don't want gun laws regressing'
James Robertson 3:54 PM Michelle Fernando is not the only gun control advocate who want the Port Arthur anniversary to remind us why John Howard changes the rules.
You can lead a punter to water but you can't make them drink
Marc Moncrief 3:41 PM Victorians have been subjected to a campaign of clandestine "nudges" to encourage us to consume healthier alternatives to the alcohol and sugar we seem to crave.
Pell 'wrong' to blame others for abuse cover-up: inquiry
Rachel Browne 3:33 PM Staff would have been "cheering from the rooftops" if Pell had acted against priest, royal commission hears.
What women really spend the money on
Esther Han 3:15 PM They control 75 per cent of retail spending. But where does it go?
Bad week for car makers: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, VW in the headlights
Marc Moncrief 1:58 PM For 25 years, Japanese car maker Mitsubishi failed to properly test the fuel efficiency of its cars, the company has admitted.
Turnbull grilled on negative gearing 'common sense' claim
Kate Aubusson 4:57 AM Malcolm Turnbull was short on modelling but big on "common sense" to justify his negative gearing policy, telling 7.30 host Leigh Sales that figures showing the top earners had the most to gain was "beside the point".
Anti-Australia Norfolk residents petition UN
Paola Totaro 4:25 AM Norfolk Island's 2210 residents - many of them descendants of mutineers from HMS Bounty - have presented a petition to the United Nations accusing Australia of trying to "re-colonise" their tiny South Pacific island.
Should parents let their children have a sip of alcohol?
Perri Klass Why you should think twice before giving your child their first taste of alcohol.
'It looks like a con': New CSIRO climate centre splits staff
Peter Hannam Cuts at the CSIRO have been scaled back but questions remain about the future of its climate science programs.
Emissions trade and deeper carbon cuts
Peter Hannam A Shorten Labor government would slash carbon emissions by significantly more than the Turnbull Coalition by 2030 and rein in land clearing.
Clean-up worker still bears Chernobyl scars
Liam Mannix Thirty years ago, on a Saturday, the Chernobyl reactor's breached carcass spewed radioactive particles into the air, where they silently floated over the nearby town of Pripyat, and then on via the atmospheric currents to scatter gently across Belarus, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Austria and untold other places.
Confusion over future of CSIRO Melbourne lab as climate heads south
Adam Morton and Peter Hannam The future of a major climate change laboratory in suburban Melbourne is in doubt after the national science agency announced it would cut hundreds of jobs and sets up a smaller global warming research centre in Tasmania.
ACT braces for capital punishment as public service cuts loom
Noel Towell The Turnbull government is planning deeper public service cuts to fund a key budget tax measure.
Interactive map shows how Australia relies on shipping routes
Michaela Whitbourn Pirates, power plays and boatloads of carbon emissions: a new interactive map of global shipping routes offers a fascinating glimpse of Australia's reliance on shipping for imports and exports and the political ties forged through trade.
Australia's cultural institutions too weak to cut with morale low, union report
Henry Belot Australia's cultural institutions will not survive another funding cut without reputational damage as staff raise concerns about slipping standards and low morale, a new report has found.
The truth behind the new CSIRO climate centre
Peter Hannam Ring-fencing a portion of climate scientists won't stop the brain drain from the CSIRO.
It's a parent's worst nightmare, but most lost kids do come home again
Clare Kermond Every hour in Australia two young people go missing. Police say the best thing parents can do is let authorities know, quickly.
'I had to do something'
Anne Davies John Howard has been lauded internationally for his stand on gun control following the Port Arthur massacre. But the former PM has one regret.
Banned from casino, he visited 200 TABs
Esther Han After gambling addict Joshua had racked up a $73,000 credit card debt, he got into his self-managed super fund.
Citizen fears Bosnian jail bashings after losing last-gasp extradition appeal
Adam Cooper Australian citizen faces being sent back to jail in his homeland, despite a federal judge's concern he could face a repeat of the prison assaults he suffered before he fled overseas.
