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Shorten holds out hope for public service pensioners
Noel Towell 9:30 PM Government, opposition both claiming to stand for fairness on pensions and super.
Public servants, diggers warned on electioneering
Noel Towell 9:30 PM Mind your Facebook likes and shares, public servants warned.
Check your tickets! $40 million Lotto unclaimed
Aisha Dow 7:07 PM The hunt is on for a mystery $40 million Tattslotto winner in a tiny Victorian dairy town.
Is this why NSW childcare is the most expensive in the country?
Kelsey Munro, Education reporter 6:40 PM The Auditor-General says the government has hoarded hundreds of millions in funding budgeted for the early childhood sector, while high fees keep many families from sending their kids to childcare or preschool.
Child abuse leaves physical scars in adulthood: psychiatrist
Kate Aubusson 5:46 PM The effects of child abuse linger in the bodies of victims long after they've grown up, an Australian psychiatrist says.
Thirty-eight years of public service, then booted off the pension
Noel Towell 2:27 PM But it's all about fairness, government insists.
Sydney Uni medical school cheating controversy
Eryk Bagshaw 2:26 PM Doctors at some of Sydney's top hospitals have cheated in their medical exams, Fairfax Media can reveal.
A 'second chance' for kids failing maths
Kelsey Munro 9:55 AM There is a way to minimise the impact of a student's background, an expert says.
Australian man dies in Laos after suspected drink spiking
A Melbourne man has died after his drink was reportedly spiked in Laos.
Dangerous operation to recover Melbourne woman's body from Everest under way
Aisha Dow The body of Melbourne woman who died on Mount Everest has been moved 300 metres down the mountain, in the first stage of an arduous operation to repatriate the Monash University lecturer to Australia.
Alarm sounds on pill-popping professionals
Anna Patty The 24/7 economy is pushing so-called 'smart drugs' into the office
Jury behaviour study raises possibility of reform
Rachel Browne Assumptions about sex abuse cases have been challenged by an international study.
It's OK to be a cry baby at bedtime, doctors say
Bridie Smith Parents, cut yourselves some slack. Doctors say letting your child cry itself to sleep is no reason for you to lose any yourself.
Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine
Henry Belot Australian veterans welcome British report on controversial drug mefloquine.
Rain is always the snow 'killer'
Peter Hannam Expect more precipitation on the mountaintops - but will it be the right stuff?
'Caring doctors should tell them'
Kate Aubusson The type 2 diabetes pandemic demands a radical change in treatment, experts say.
Consulate driver wins unfair dismissal case
Anna Patty Indian Consulate driver Hitender Kumar would not clear out some office files or even hang a picture of Mahatma Gandhi without written instructions from his boss. When his employer sacked him, he retaliated.
El Nino officially comes to end
Peter Hannam After a year of driving global temperatures to unprecedented warmth, the giant El Nino weather event in the Pacific is officially over, raising hopes that drought-hit regions may be in for some relief in Australia and elsewhere.
'It was almost as if she overheard'
Kate Aubusson Anxiety was constant for 22-year-old Steph Ewing's family during her final days.
Melbourne climber's remains 'recovered from Mount Everest'
The body of a Melbourne woman who died climbing Mount Everest has reportedly been brought down from the mountain to be transferred to Kathmandu within days.
Does talcum powder cause cancer?
Roni Caryn Rabin Thousands of women claim talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer, but research into a potential link has produced mixed results.
Human Rights Commission asked Cash to relent on domestic violence leave
Noel Towell HRC wanted domestic violence leave for its staff. Minister for Women says no.
Battling public service pensioners smashed by $277m
Noel Towell Poorest pensioners hit with most of the cuts.
'I'm lucky in that I'm supported'
Eryk Bagshaw Ashley and Sarah will each have done 30 weeks of unpaid work when they finish their degrees.
All the king's horses and all the king's men ...
Francesca Wallace It's the charity that literally puts children back together again.Â
Living on $14 a day
Rachel Browne An "utterly shameful" number of people are living in poverty, an annual Economic and Social Impact report has found.
Belle Gibson will be pursued by consumer watchdog
Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson will be pursued by the Consumer Watchdog over her claims that she beat terminal cancer through healthy food and natural therapies.
'They are just the most wonderful gift'
Rachel Browne Shane Woods and Scott Koopman have good reason to consider themselves one of the luckiest couples in Sydney.
Warning of new errors in Qld health payroll
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has vowed to look into suggestions there has been another payroll debacle in the state's health system.
Halton to lead public service parking revolution
Noel Towell Finance boss could join her workforce and shell out cash for parking.