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60 Minutes: Michael Usher apologises for 'serious mistakes'
Hannah Ryan 11:08 PM It's a feeling others in their mid-thirties might relate to: 60 Minutes has gazed hard into the mirror, and been disappointed with what it saw.
Callers to domestic violence hotline lose direct access to counsellors
Jenna Price 11:30 PM Callers to the national sexual assault and domestic violence hotline will no longer have guaranteed direct access to experienced trauma counsellors from July 1.
'Political' APS wants public servants silenced: union
Noel Towell 12:00 AM Orders from the Australian Public Service Commission to its workers to stop them speaking out before July's election is a politically motivated over-reach, according to their union.
Untapping refugee skills and talent through internships
Anna Patty 6:03 PM As a refugee from Syria looking for work in Australia, Nirary Dacho is neither illiterate nor innumerate. Armed with two university degrees his only barrier to finding a job was his lack of local work experience.
Flawed policies punish modern families: study
Rachel Browne 12:15 AM Federal Government policy is punishing families with caring responsibilities, according to new research.
'We think it's not right, but it's really hard': Questions raised over Confucius Classrooms
Kelsey Munro 2:40 PM The Chinese government's soft power outreach body is paying NSW public schools $10,000 to hold Chinese language and culture courses.
The real reason we freak out on planes
Caitlin Gibson 6:03 AM We are not our best selves on airplanes. But why do we keep acting like this?
H&M; workers fired for being pregnant: report
Esther Han The fast fashion giant has opened 16 shops in Australia in two years - but foreign workers are being left behind, report alleges.
New concussion guidelines for children as concern grows about sporting knocks
Eamonn Duff Children with suspected concussion will be sidelined from contact sport for at least two weeks after a landmark policy was unveiled by Australia's leading medical and sporting bodies.
Opinions split on irradiation food labelling
Stephen Jeffery While most industry groups and corporations are supportive of removing labelling, all but one of the private citizen submissions was against the idea.
Marshall splitting opinions as CSIRO leader
Tim Elliott One sunny afternoon last September, more than 250 handpicked members of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, or CSIRO, gathered in a grandstand of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sydney and much of Australia caught in a hot spell
Peter Hannam May and autumn will come close to being a record warm ones for Sydney, the state and the rest of Australia as the giant El Nino added a hot overlay to temperatures that are rising in the background here and in most parts of the world.
Labor Party head office embroiled in vote-rigging claims
Kate McClymont The fallout from the charging of former ALP party boss Jamie Clements with misuse of the electoral roll is threatening to embroil the party in a deepening scandal with details emerging of widespread abuse of confidential electoral roll information by the party's head office.
'Facing your worst fear every day'
Julie Power Peta Murchison has given people a tiny glimpse into the "weird universe you find yourself living in when you are a parent with a dying child".
Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to apologise for lies
Disgraced blogger Belle Gibson could be forced to publicly apologise for claiming to have cured her terminal cancer with healthy food and natural therapies.
The skill that 65 per cent more employers want
Eryk Bagshaw Cassandra Mayo is backing humans in the tech race.
'Mean girl' culture must go
Anna Patty Female career climbers have been urged to leave the ladder down instead of pulling it behind them after they reach the top.
Behaviour change programs work for two thirds of DV perpetrators
Cosima Marriner Two thirds of violent men who attend behaviour change programs completely stop abusing their families within two years.
Domestic violence leave would mean fewer jobs for women: Cash
Noel Towell Minister for Women's comments are "beyond bizarre" says public service union.
It's all in the genes: How your parents can make you stay at school longer
Bridie Smith The genes you inherit from your parents have a say in how long you stay at school and whether you go to university, according to the results of one of the world's largest genetic studies.
Is this why NSW childcare is the most expensive in the country?
Kelsey Munro, Education reporter 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.
Australia cut from UN climate report
Peter Hannam The Turnbull government intervened to excise references to Australia in a United Nations report on the risk of climate change to sites including the Great Barrier Reef in a move dubbed by one of the report's reviewer as "disgusting".
Do apes have culture?
Andrew Masterson Playing video games, listening to Beyonce, taking selfies – do primates have rich inner lives?
Shorten holds out hope for public service pensioners
Noel Towell Government, opposition both claiming to stand for fairness on pensions and super.
Public servants, diggers warned on electioneering
Noel Towell Mind your Facebook likes and shares, public servants warned.
Check your tickets! $40 million Lotto unclaimed
Aisha Dow The hunt is on for a mystery $40 million Tattslotto winner in a tiny Victorian dairy town.
Child abuse leaves physical scars in adulthood: psychiatrist
Kate Aubusson 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 But it's all about fairness, government insists.
Sydney Uni medical school cheating controversy
Eryk Bagshaw 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 There is a way to minimise the impact of a student's background, an expert says.
