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Child protection worker sues state government over 'unsustainable' workload
A senior child protection worker's court challenge over stress and overwork shines a light on the culture within the state’s troubled child protection system.
- by Miki Perkins & Noel Towell
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Commonwealth Bank admits planning arms breached law
But its big rivals have denied similar breaches as they hit back at claims from the royal commission.
- by Sarah Danckert
Shorten raises the stakes with $928 a year tax pledge
Labor will offer millions of workers a tax cut of up to $928 a year in a bid to ramp up pressure on the Turnbull government.
- by David Crowe
Largest wave ever recorded beneath Australia
A solitary buoy in the remote Southern Ocean has recorded the largest wave ever measured in the southern hemisphere.
- by Peter Hannam
Analysis
Election
Malaysia is making history and the world is watching
It was the win few believed could actually happen. And it has upended Malaysia's staid political system, forever.
- by James Massola
'Why is this taking so long?' Euthanasia scientist dies
Professor, 104, flew to Switzerland to end his own life, struggled to release lethal injection dose because of arthritic hands.
- by Latika Bourke & Jenny Noyes
ABC budget anger: 'There is no more fat to cut'
News director says the ABC "can't treat all audiences as equal" but still wants to attract more younger Australians.
- by Michael Koziol & Broede Carmody
Featured
Hawaii volcano could next spew 10-tonne boulders from its summit, say scientists
- by Abigail Hauslohner & Angela Fritz
Opinion & Perspectives
Call that a tax cut? Shorten hits back at Coalition budget
By this time next year, Bill Shorten will either be prime minister or another failed opposition leader.
Mark Kenny
Rape culture is real: spare me your toxic masculinity tears
Growing up as the youngest of three brothers, I never gave much thought to the influence of a patriarchal society.
Brandon Jack
It's worth considering why all our dual citizens are white
I’m far from the first to observe it is those of Anglo-Celtic or Anglo-Saxon stock who are caught in this mess.
Waleed Aly
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Health
'Hidden curriculum' keeping best and brightest from becoming surgeons
- by Kate Aubusson
AFL
Fremantle refers second complaint to AFL integrity unit
Fremantle confirm there has been a second, separate incident reported to AFL integrity unit in the wake of the episode involving Ross Lyon and a former staffer.
- by Jake Niall
Top draft pick Jonathan Patton axed by the Giants
Powerful Greater Western Sydney forward and former No.1 draft pick Jonathan Patton has been axed in the wake of the club's poor defeat to Geelong.
- by Scott Spits & Daniel Cherny
Politics
Bill Shorten raises the stakes in tax war with pledge to offer workers a $928 cut
Labor will offer millions of workers a tax cut of up to $928 a year in a bid to ramp up pressure on the Turnbull government
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Bill Shorten
You call that a tax cut? Bill Shorten hits back at Coalition budget
- by Mark Kenny
Breaking
Trade
Liberal MP Sarah Henderson breaks ranks to support bill ending live sheep exports
- by David Crowe
'Cutting into muscle': ABC faces dilemma in absorbing latest funding freeze
- by Michael Koziol & Broede Carmody
World
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Election
Mahathir to be sworn in as PM as Malaysia achieves first-ever power transition
- by James Massola
Update
Israel
Iran fires rockets at Israeli military in 'first direct attack ever'
- by Stephen Farrell & Loveday Morris
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Business
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Innovation
Stop dreaming, Australia: Google is staying in Sydney
Talk of Google exiting Sydney is off the mark, but the mere possibility tells us a lot about the rest of the country, and the world economy.
- by John McDuling
Small business
Entertainment
Chris Brown sued by woman who says she was raped at his house
R&B star Chris Brown is facing claims that a woman was repeatedly raped by a friend of his during a drug- and alcohol-fueled party at his LA home last year.
- by Maya Salam
Real-life Law & Order: LA police investigate missing Iron Man costume
An elite squad of detectives will investigate. This is their story.
- by Broede Carmody
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Every food lover needs to know about this remote Australian island
The Food and Crayfish Festival took over this remote Aussie spot for a very special lunch.
- by Sofia Levin
Nokia 1 review: a $150 smartphone that works
Nokia's low-priced smartphone is the first in Australia to run Google's Android Oreo Go Edition, meaning the latest software and security updates.
- by Tim Biggs
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Sport
Cricket Australia review likened to banking royal commission
Australian cricket's players' union has issued a damning statement questioning the independence of Cricket Australia's reviews into the game.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
NBA
How Simmons and the 76ers can become contenders
Philadelphia's report card is in. This is not a championship roster, and it is not particularly close.
- by David Murphy
