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Australia close to another refugee deal
LESS than a month after reaching a deal with the US to resettle asylum seekers, Australia is expected to come to a similar agreement with Malaysia.
Sinking feeling Trump too busy for our PM
Blame game PM plays down attacks on Fraser
Police investigation Uncertain future for Packer employees
Life saving Cancer patients miss treatment
Career advice Don’t feel pressured to go to uni
Mortgage deals Sports stars receive home loan handout
Suspicious mind Lambie fires up over veterans’ charity
Political differences Bishop: Trump wrong about NATO
Failed mark Packer’s Crown Resorts slammed
FROM AROUND THE SITE
Teens flock to Bali, Fiji for schoolies
TEENAGERS are forking out thousands of dollars on extravagant overseas holidays, chasing sunshine and cheap booze.
Rejected payment linked to bank attack
UPDATE: A MAN who set fire to himself at a Commonwealth bank may have been reacting to his welfare payment being rejected, a community source has revealed.
‘Tiser journalism recognised at SA Press Club Awards
THE Advertiser dominated South Australia’s top journalism awards last night with political reporter Lauren Novak claiming multiple honours.
How Trump’s Great Wall will look
PART-concrete, part triple-fencing, manned by drones and guarded by invisible tech. Is it a metaphor, or will it be going ahead?
Husband catches cheating wife with drone
A DEJECTED husband has poured his heart out on YouTube after sharing a drone video he captured of his wife cheating on him.
Mum sues teen daughter for becoming boy
A MUM is suing her 17-year-old transgender daughter for starting her transition without permission, saying it breached her parental rights.
The tough guy who had to die
PASQUALE Timothy Barbaro was accused of many things in his 35 years but subtlety was not among them. The crime kingpin had family links to the Mafia, played hard and paid the price writes Janet Fife-Yeomans.
‘Scary Spice is still the real me. I’m still annoying!’
GLOBAL star Melanie B never forgets the events that shaped her, writes Jonathon Moran.
Woman had ‘unneeded chemo for six months’
A WOMAN wrongly diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and unnecessarily given highly invasive chemotherapy has emerged as the latest victim of NSW’s scandal-plagued health system
- Former Lib staffer arrested in Texas for alleged rape
- Mufti in damage control over Paris comments
- Red card: Our banned football fans
- Judge slams SBS staffers juvenile post
- Great moments in mullet history
- Game of Thrones podcast series
- Vote counters are doing nothing
- Gentle giant licks naughty dogs into shape
- I won’t let my girl rot in prison
- Did Lindt bosses turn off CCTV to save costs?
- Pete Evans’ sunscreen claims ‘rubbish’ say experts
- Elderly woman run over by husband as he parks
Pedestrian killed north of Brisbane
A PEDESTRIAN has been killed after he was struck by a car just north of Brisbane early this morning.
Pilot ‘critical’; passenger missing
UPDATE: POOR weather conditions have hampered the search for a man believed to be missing after a helicopter crashed north of Cairns yesterday.
Another death on Great Barrier Reef
UPDATE: POLICE and workplace health and safety officers are investigating how a 60-year-old man died while diving on the the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas.
- ’I didn’t know one neighbourhood kid from another’
- Woman’s sex with dog ‘for partner’s arousal’
- Tia murder probe hunts for footage
- Boy, 8, to testify against dad
- Booze-attack victims speak out on lockout laws
- Should we brace for the big one?
- I just couldnt take it anymore
- Fashion to be flavour of the month
- Pokemon Go app causing injuries
- Turnbull to divide nation — again
- Palaszczuk leaves $1b off the books
- Cops in hospital after car crushed
Courage rising from the ashes
THE Pinery bushfires robbed Terry Lee of an arm, a hand, an ear and an eye and sentenced him to a year in hospital. But the gritty grandfather says he’s “very lucky” and happy to be alive on the anniversary of one of the state’s worst natural disasters.
Armed robbery at Salisbury servo
POLICE are looking for a man who threatened a Salisbury service station attendant with a knife and stole cash before fleeing.
Penola: Four killed in horror smash
FOUR young men- three adults and one teenager - have died after a horror crash just outside Penola, in the state’s South East.
- Enfield house spared from fire
- ‘Tiser journalism recognised at SA Press Club Awards
- Why this mansion deserves a special mention
- RSL defends bid to sale vets’ home
- The dynamic future vision for SA Museum
- $100 million plan to energise tired SA Museum
- Last puff dawns for e-ciggies
- Water, poo problems cause havoc across Adelaide
- Air-rage man escapes conviction
- Thank you for saving my husband
- Teen’s death offers life to others
- Why truckie deliberately crashed his truck
Rejected payment linked to bank attack
UPDATE: A MAN who set fire to himself at a Commonwealth bank may have been reacting to his welfare payment being rejected, a community source has revealed.
Meet the soldier of the future
WHAT will Australia’s next-generation diggers be equipped with when they go to war? Defence scientists are employing cutting edge technology for our future soldiers. INTERACTIVE
Kickboxer charged over $2.4m stick-up
GANGLAND detectives have charged a Melbourne kick-boxing identity with the notorious 1994 Richmond road gang cash van robbery.
- Teens flock to Bali, Fiji for schoolies
- Springvale bank fire injures 27
- Melbourne shoots for Basketball World Cup
- Beggar on damage, drunkenness charges
- Homeless crackdown as council split
- Alleged BWM crash driver had underworld links
- Bartel opens up on domestic violence
- The MCG’s most memorable moments
- Slain lawyer knew mafia secrets
- The day Brisbane snatched Fitzroy
- Man threatens staff with knife at Aldi
- Suburbs next door key to owning in blue chip
Schoolies unaware of alcohol supply fines
WITH a big proportion of leavers aged 18, there are calls for greater awareness about WA's secondary supply laws and heavy fines for providing alcohol to minors.
Sex offender in strife over meth
A DANGEROUS sex offender could be charged after allegedly breaching his strict supervision order by taking meth, a Perth court has heard.
Boys in station murder to face adult court
THREE boys charged with murdering Patrick Slater at Elizabeth Quay train station will be tried in the WA Supreme Court with their five adult co-accused.
- Culleton may attend High Court hearing
- National park proposal for unused WA land
- Grandfather's asbestos mulch fears
- Carousel to charm Elizabeth Quay
- Rider dead after speeding from cops
- New lifesaver radios 'a game-changer'
- Man charged over Tuart Hill shooting
- Honey farmer sues over diseased pollen
- 'Evil 8' offender jailed for five years
- WA unemployment nation's worst
- Aboriginal youth suicide rate a crisis
- Sex offender bail move no stunt: Mischin
Tassie life in sharp focus
A TESTING Test, a jaunty Jack Russell cross and a fascinating tale of regeneration ... it’s been a challenging week behind the camera for the Mercury’s photographers.
Nude beach plan withdrawn
PROPONENTS of a clothing optional beach in the state’s North-West have withdrawn their council submission after they were advised to take it to the Parks and Wildlife Service.
Permanent boil water alert for Scamander
A PERMANENT boil water alert has been issued for East Coast town of Scamander due to the continuing concerns of microbial contamination.
- Man charged over suspicious packages
- Hutchinson concedes in Lyons
- New Supreme Court judge bolsters bench
- Hollow win in gay hate case
- International flights spur airport security review
- Skilled kids on track to creative careers
- ‘F’ for online liquor, gambling courses
- Quirky stories to attract visitors
- RSPCA greyhound fear
- Prepare for snowfall to sea level
- Tassie hopefuls rush Roo academy
- Pedestrian in RHH after being hit by car
Bikie to live with jail guard relative
ALLEGED bikie associate Nicholas Wise has been granted bail to live with his prison officer sister-in-law in South Australia after his parents posted a guarantee of more than $1 million
Everybody deserves a second chance
IT’S only been one year since Caju Griffen landed in Darwin. He had been living in Melbourne for years, passing through cycles of drug abuse and homelessness, but when his brother Rhys Nicholson reached out to him and said he had a spare room up north, Caju took the opportunity
Rape claim angst as girl faces alleged attacker
AN 11-year-old girl allegedly raped by her male cousin was left to face her attacker on the campus of a private Darwin school despite pleas from her mother to restrict his movements
- Hit me with your best slot
- CLP bets on mum for Blain in Territory election
- Petition to have officers removed from community
- Choppers hold key to tourism lift-off: Giles
- Fatal crash south of Tennant Creek
- Winter (sort of) is coming
- Croc’s snap poll decision was right
- Repeat break-ins hurt restaurant
- Warning on huge Shady characters
- Stuck waiting for the lights to change
- Crowe flies high with NT Song of the Year
- Morgues hit dead end in remote communities
Victim had a troubled life
FRIENDS have paid tribute to the Geelong cyclist who was killed on Wednesday after colliding with a truck on Ryrie St.
The scary new Schoolies trend
Sex, booze and drugs have long been a danger for Schoolies. But now the skolling games have been replaced with a new amusement — and another worry for parents.
Pilot ‘critical’; passenger missing
UPDATE: POOR weather conditions have hampered the search for a man believed to be missing after a helicopter crashed north of Cairns yesterday.
PNG dolphin discovery
A TOWNSVILLE scientist has spotted the first humpback dolphins ever seen in Papua New Guinean waters.