Multi-million-dollar fox hunt 'likely based on hoax'

Dead fox (ABC News)7.30

A $50 million program to eradicate foxes in Tasmania was quite likely based on faked evidence.

Australia's first female Chief Justice of the High Court

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Malcolm Turnbull has named Susan Kiefel as the next Chief Justice of the High Court.

SA Police shoot man they say threatened 3yo

Scene of shooting (ABC News)ABC News

A man has been shot by police after allegedly threatening and abducting a three-year-old girl.

Does Australia still need the $100 note?

Australian notes (ABC News) RN Breakfast

There are 334 million $100 notes in circulation, so why is it that most of us rarely see one?

Record die-off of coral confirmed by scientists

Great Barrier Reef (Supplied - Andreas Dietzel, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) ABC Environment

The mass coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef has resulted in the largest die-off of corals ever recorded.

What is Dictionary.com's word of the year?

British flag (Reuters) ABC News

The Brexit vote, Syria's refugee crisis and the US election inspired Dictionary.com's 2016 word of the year.

Time to fight back against the nanny state

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Gone are the days when you could fire your shotgun at whim and be fat if you wanted to be, writes Ben Pobjie.

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WA's plant library records 50 new wildflowers each year

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Western Australia's Herbarium is the state's permanent plant library and is constantly adding new species to its records.

Quiz: The sporting week in 10 questions

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Action plan to protect the world's pollinators

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A team of scientists has identified the main threats facing pollinator species worldwide, and how they can be addressed.

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Santa Claus is outsourcing his reindeer this holiday season to help deliver pizza in snowy northern Japan.

Top End pineapple harvest begins

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The harvest is underway a little earlier than usual at the Northern Territory's largest pineapple farm.

Does Australia innovate anymore?

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Oz music thriving in an era of digital disruption

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Australian artists are making themselves heard around the globe during a time of fierce competition online.

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Why adult children stay at home

Dependent generations at home overlooks why adult family members choose to live together.By Edgar Liu and Hazel Easthope, UNSW

Verrender: Scrapping TPP won't make a lick of difference

Rather than do the best deal possible, trading partners engage with each other because of a preferential agreement.By business editor Ian Verrender

How to balance the school funding buckets without breaking the bank

Within six years we could level the playing field with very few schools experiencing any loss in real terms.By Peter Goss and Kate Griffiths, Grattan Institute

Winners and losers from first years of free trade agreements

Australian wool exports remain the backbone of agricultural trade to China.Brett Worthington

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