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'ISIS cheerleader' among five Melbourne men stopped from sailing to Indonesia
Tammy Mills, Nino Bucci and David Wroe 10:42 PM Would-be tinnie soldiers arrested in Cairns before fulfilling a bizarre plan to get to Syria.
'Command and control': Immigration staff slam militaristic culture
Noel Towell 12:00 AM More than 2000 Immigration and Border Force public servants to campaign against the Coalition.
The little girl who has trouble smiling
Jorge Branco 8:35 PM Four-year-old Holly Burns has rare genetic disease affecting one in 40 million.
Sydney Uni college students 'slut shame' residents
Aparna Balakumar, Eryk Bagshaw 7:15 PM Female students say they are being humiliated and defamed in a journal.
Five towers positive for legionella in Sydney CBD
Kate Aubusson 7:02 PM Health authorities announce two more people have contracted legionnaires' disease linked to the recent outbreak in the city.
How car hire ruined a holiday
Esther Han 2:18 PM Hertz is repaying customers it wrongly charged - but what about those outside the refund period?
Electoral Commission cancels vote
Noel Towell 2:12 PM Controversial workplace deal put on ice after being advised not to do anything "politically contentious" during caretaker period.
100 years on, four more 'unknown' Diggers get a name
Bridie Smith 12:48 PM Relatives' DNA helps identify the remains of Australian soldiers who fought and died on the Western Front in July 1916.
Ad campaign for $22b reform scrapped
Rachel Browne 11:03 AM The government is relying on a social media push and community meetings to reach thousands of potential participants.
'Hilarious' colonial show urged to include Indigenous history
Eryk Bagshaw 10:43 AM A show which tours NSW schools - and uses blackface in a performance about Africa - has come under fire.
Five men in a tinnie allegedly plot to join IS
7:29 AM Five men arrested over a bizarre plan to join the Islamic State.
'Once it's over, it won't go back'
Peter Hannam A major climate change marker is about to be passed.
'I rarely take sick days'
Anna Patty The people who work more hours than a CEO and "soldier on" when ill.
'It's not my fault they think I'm a doctor'
Kate Aubusson A deregistered cosmetic physician with a history of "unsafe and unethical" practices has been caught performing cosmetic procedures at a Sydney clinic.
Water chief out amid concerns over $2 billion project
Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie A troubled $2 billion project designed to save huge amounts of water in northern Victoria by upgrading a 100-year-old irrigation system has hit another hurdle with the sudden departure of Goulburn-Murray Water boss John Calleja.
Number of overweight, expectant mums rising dramatically
Rania Spooner The numbers of expectant Australian mothers who are overweight or obese is soaring, placing women and babies at risk.
Griffith Uni team kills 'sexy' parasites to stop disease
Amy Mitchell-Whittington Scientists push malaria parasites from asexual stage to sexual, then kill them.
Kids split on computerised NAPLAN
Kelsey Munro Zoe says computer. Mokshada says paper. Either way, the girls from Girraween have made it through their first Naplan test.
The chart that reveals the highest paid university graduates in Sydney
Eryk Bagshaw But two of Sydney's most prestigious universities have the state's most dissatisfied students.
Immigration boss declares war on poor writing
Henry Belot Michael Pezzullo says writing standards are poor and senior staff need to ensure clarity and competency.
Border Force probes foreign embassies over alleged duty free rorts
Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie Foreign diplomats based in Canberra are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the black market trade of alcohol and tobacco.
Public service boss 'threatened with' knife through the heart
Noel Towell APS dispute reaches new level of bitterness as workers accused of threatening boss with knife through the heart
Caretaker period: Time to let your freak flag fly
Henry Belot One bureaucrat is using caretaker period to don 'ties your grandpa wore when he was feeling frisky'.
Typo disguised 100 public service job losses
Noel Towell DHS to lose 918 jobs, 100 more than reported in the budget.
Minister defends former Green's appointment
Latika Bourke Cabinet Minister Steve Ciobo brushes aside criticism of ex-Green's appointment to one of Australian bureaucracy's highest positions.
Centrelink: we messed up on youth payment
Noel Towell Centrelink's top boss concedes internal mistakes led to the massive Youth Allowance debacle.
Construction union claims 'unjust' treatment from AFP
Nick Toscano Union officials have launched an extraordinary attack on the Australian Federal Police, accusing the force of adopting an "unbalanced and aggressive" approach to union activities and executing the Turnbull government's union-busting ambitions.
Why your flowers never arrived
Esther Han A florist business that has made the most of Google search doesn't actually make bouquets.
Thousands of public servants randomly drug tested
Henry Belot Public servants report a spike in testing during recent weeks.
'We have lost our way in maths'
Eryk Bagshaw The Baird government has a plan to address rapidly declining standards in our schools.
