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Business
Transgrid appoints Sydney Water CEO Kerry Schott as chair
9:57am NSW power grid owner Transgrid has appointed former Sydney Water chief executive Kerry Schott as its new chair.
Video QLD News
Truck smash on Bruce Highway
9:41am A truck collides head on with a ute on the Bruce Highway at Beerwah on Wednesday morning, blocking south bound lanes.
Sport
Jason Day welcomes challenge from Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy
9:39am World No.1 Jason Day is ready to meet the recent challenge thrown down by Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy head on.
Video National News
Dairy-free diets on the rise
9:32am 'Science needs to play catch-up': CSIRO researcher Dr Sinead Golley explains why some people are not consulting their GPs when suffering symptoms they think are dietary-related.
Banking & Finance
Former Barclays banker arrested for giving trading tips to plumber
BOB VAN VORIS 9:31am Former Barclays director Steven McClatchey accused of telling his plumber friend about future company deals in exchange for cash and a new bathroom.
Queensland
Police hunt for hijacked heifers in central Queensland
9:14am Thief swipes entire herd of cattle - a few heifers at a time.
Video World News
The question you should be asking about slavery
9:01am Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest says consumers can force companies to examine supply chains for forced labour by asking one question.
Markets Live
Markets Live: GDP data day
PATRICK COMMINS AND JENS MEYER 9:01am Investors tense ahead of local and Chinese data.
Queensland
Breakthrough in search for longer-lasting malaria vaccine
9:00am Researchers might have found key to developing long-term vaccine.
World
British politician Jess Phillips receives more than 600 rape threats in one night
8:56am A British politician has revealed she received more than 600 rape threats in one night after launching a campaign against sexist online bullying.
Queensland
Man stabs parents west of Brisbane: police
8:56am 31-year-old charged with injuring couple in their 60s..
Video Entertainment News
Trevor Noah to headline Just for Laughs
8:54am The lineup for the Just for Laughs Sydney festival include Trevor Noah, Alan Carr and Margaret Cho.
Travel
World's longest nonstop flight: Could you survive an 18-hour long haul flight?
MARY ANN ANDERSON 8:44am Singapore Airlines' epic almost-19-hour flight was scrubbed in 2013. Today, two airlines share the distinction of the world's longest nonstop flight.
Video QLD News
Ian Walker 'should be ashamed'
8:43am Shadow Attorney General Ian Walker is accused of "questioning the professionalism of the police" by criticising a police investigation into backbencher Rick Williams. 7 News Queensland
Climate Change
Australia 10th in global solar capacity as industry looks ahead to sunnier times
PETER HANNAM 8:30am In the race to a renewable energy future, we're being beaten by the unlikeliest of countries.
Queensland
Brisbane traffic: Bruce Highway delays after truck and ute collide
JORGE BRANCO 8:24am Delays both ways on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane.
Cricket
Stand-in coach Justin Langer says Australian cricket team needs careful management
ANDREW TATE 8:18am Stand in Australian cricket coach Justin Langer says his first challenge in the one-day international tri-series against the West Indies and South Africa is to ensure that he lays the groundwork for...
Business
Former InterOil CEO Phil Mulacek takes legal action to defer AGM
ANGELA MACDONALD-SMITH 8:18am InterOil's former chief executive Phil Mulacek has started legal action in a bid to postpone the annual shareholder meetings until after the vote on Oil Search's $US2.2 billion-plus takeover deal.
Blues
Sonny Bill Williams signs for Auckland Blues Super Rugby side and NZ Rugby
8:06am The Auckland-based Blues have won the race for Sonny Bill Williams' signature with the 30-year-old dual international shifting north from the Chiefs after agreeing a new deal with New Zealand Rugby.
Video World News
Microsoft CEO visiting China
Satya Nadella is expected to meet government officials to discuss China's anti-trust investigation of the software titan.
Video World News
Which are the world's busiest cities?
A new study by UBS shows the cities around the world with the shortest, and the longest, working weeks.
Technology
Public USBs are not power points: Kaspersky warns of phone hacking danger
SPANDAS LUI Charging smartphones over USB is extremely convenient but security vendor Kaspersky Lab cautions that not every USB port is safe to use.
Video World News
Gorilla death: Watchdog group blames zoo
An animal protection watchdog group wants the federal government to hold the Cincinnati Zoo responsible for the death of an endangered western lowland gorilla.
Queensland
Victoria Point house fire caused by electric blanket
JORGE BRANCO Older couple escapes serious injury as fire rips through bayside home.
Migrant Crisis
Migrant crisis: Dalai Lama says Germany 'cannot become an Arab country'
MAX BEARAK Speaking to German reporters in the de facto capital of Tibet's exiled government, the Dalai Lama apparently said that "too many" refugees are seeking asylum in Europe.
World
Sausage-wielding protesters attack patrons at vegan cafe
DAN BILEFSKY Georgia, a proud nation in the Caucasus that went to war with Russia in 2008, is no stranger to conflict.
State Of Origin
State of Origin 2016: Why Adam Reynolds is the key to a NSW Blues win in game one
PHIL GOULD He may well be on debut, but halfback Adam Reynolds is the key to NSW winning the opening match in Sydney. The conditions are made to suit for the young South Sydney playmaker.
Olympics Australia
Rio 2016 Olympics: Send Nick Kyrgios to represent Australia at the Games, says Pat Cash
A bemused Pat Cash says there is be "no conversation" about whether Nick Kyrgios should be a part of Australia's Olympic team - he wants the young star on the plane to Rio.
Video Federal Politics
Tony Abbott comeback talk 'rubbish': Credlin
Peter Credlin directs Barnaby Joyce to 'get back on the wombat trail' after suggesting Tony Abbott wants to regain leadership of the Coalition.
Cricket
England cricket team must improve to compete with Australia, says Trevor Bayliss
SCYLD BERRY Trust Trevor Bayliss to tell it straight. While England's supporters celebrate Alastair Cook's 10,000 runs, and James Anderson's rise to No.
Motorsport
Daniel Ricciardo reveals his Red Bull frustration in wake of 2016 Monaco Grand Prix defeat
DANIEL JOHNSON The wounds of his Monaco Grand Prix defeat have added to Daniel Ricciardo's growing frustration that he is being denied the chance to fulfil his potential to become world champion.
Technology
Myspace, Tumblr hacked: Hackers sell 425 million users' data on darkweb
JESSICA SIER 360 million accounts from when Myspace was cool have been compromised.
Business
Myspace, Tumblr hacked: Hackers sell 425 million users' data on darkweb
JESSICA SIER 360 million accounts from when Myspace was cool have been compromised.
Tennis
French Open 2016: Novak Djokovic forced to wait as seeds fail to thrive in Paris rain
SIMON BRIGGS The organisers of the French Open came under attack yesterday after another rain-interrupted schedule resulted in the exit of two leading women's seeds.
Video World News
Stephen Hawking can't explain Trump's appeal
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking says he can't understand Donald Trump's popularity.
Video National News
Plibersek: Australia 'would withstand' Trump presidency
Defending Bill Shorten calling prospective president Donald Trump as "barking mad", Tanya Plibersek says Australia's alliance with the US is about more than its leaders' relationship.
Video World News
Police find alligators eating human body
Police in South Florida were called to a gruesome scene: a pair of alligators eating a human body.
Video Tennis
Sam Stosur through to quarter finals
Sam Stosur rolls back the years to advance to the quarter finals at the French Open for the first time in four years.
Federal Election 2016
Redlands voters back same-sex marriage: survey
AMY REMEIKIS Survey results are at odds with local representatives.
World
Escape from the Ivy League: Missing Columbia student Nayla Kidd found living new life in Brooklyn
YANAN WANG While her family and friends posted frantic online pleas for help and the New York Police Department scoured the city, 19-year-old Nayla Kidd was moving into her new apartment in Brooklyn's...
NSW
Reward offered in 'body in boot murder' of Graham Bourke in Hornsby
MEGAN LEVY Residents in leafy Sherbrook Road in Hornsby had been complaining for several weeks about a vile smell that appeared to be coming from a car that had been abandoned on the street in Sydney's...
Business
Women's avoidance of drinking milk hitting 'concerning' levels, research shows
ESTHER HAN, CONSUMER AFFAIRS EDITOR One in six Australians is avoiding a recommended food group without any medical reason, new research shows.
Video World News
Donald Trump's angry news conference
Under pressure to account for charity funds for veterans, Donald Trump fires back at the "unbelievably dishonest press".
Markets
need2know: Investors await GDP data
JESSICA SIER Sour US consumer confidence weighed on Wall Street overnight, however all eyes will be on local GDP figures released late morning. SPI futures are down 24pts.
Video World News
Donald Trump: Veteran's $6m has been 'paid out'
Nearly $6 million he raised for veterans groups has been "paid out" says US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
World
Abandoned Japanese boy Yamato Tanooka still not found
PETER HOLLEY A desperate search for a 7-year-old Japanese boy who was intentionally abandoned in remote woods continued Tuesday as rescuers admitted that they have found no signs of the missing child.
Video World News
Syrian airstrikes reportedly kill dozens
Airstrikes in the Syrian city of Idlib have reportedly killed dozens of people including children, with Turkey accusing Russia and Syria of responsibility.
US Election
Donald Trump gives a preview of the petulant president, lashing out at the media
PAUL MCGEOUGH Trump scheduled a press conference and proceeded to use the assembled hacks as a punching bag, mewling and puking at the news media's temerity to ask questions.
World
Children among dozens killed by Russian air strikes on two Syrian hospitals
ANNE BARNARD Footage shows one rescuer cradling a dead child, covered with gray dust, retrieved from rubble after hours of digging.
World
Gorilla killing at zoo sparks negligence claim as parents receive death threats
GINNY MCCABE AND KATIE METTLER An animal rights activist group said on Tuesday it had filed a federal negligence complaint with the US Department of Agriculture against the zoo, seeking the maximum penalty of $10,000.
Tennis
French Open 2016: Samantha Stosur charges into quarter-finals
JOE BARTON Samantha Stosur's French Open love affair has continued, with Australia's last remaining hope brushing aside world No.6 Simona Halep.
US Election
Donald Trump praised by North Korean state media as 'wise politician'
ADAM TAYLOR "There are many positive aspects to Trump's 'inflammatory policies," an editorial in North Korean state media said.
Federal Election 2016
Tanya Plibersek defends Labor leader calling Donald Trump's views 'barking mad' on ABC's 7.30
LATIKA BOURKE Australia's relationship with the United States would "withstand" a Trump Presidency, Labor's foreign spokeswoman says, despite Opposition Leader Bill Shorten calling the Republican nominee's views...
Queensland
Sensis Social Media report reveals Queensland's habits
AMY MITCHELL-WHITTINGTON Queenslanders jump on social media while at work than any other state.
ACT News
Facebook dominates Australians' use of social media: report
ALEXANDRA BACK When it comes to Australians' social media habits, there is one clear winner.
Victoria
Death of toddler Audrey Ebbage should be a lesson to hospital, coroner finds
RANIA SPOONER The death of toddler Audrey Ebbage after her heart condition was misdiagnosed should become a training example, a coroner has found.
Political Opinion
Angry Donald Trump hits out at 'sleaze' media
LATIKA BOURKE Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Latest News
The Basin: the suburb where developers fear to tread
JAYNE D'ARCY This is one of the last suburbs in Melbourne that you can't do much with - if you're a developer, anyway. Once you're in, you're sold.
Victoria
Just a pipedream? West may get 27-kilometre park along old sewer pipeline
CLAY LUCAS New York has its High Line – a park built along an abandoned elevated railway line. Melbourne's west could soon have its own 27-kilometre park beside an abandoned sewage canal.
