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'My wife's tears run dry': Parents in desperate plea for information
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'My wife's tears run dry': Parents in desperate plea for information

More than two weeks after Qi Yu went missing, her parents have begged for information.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne

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Graduates on $730 a week to pay back loans after deal

Graduates on $730 a week to pay back loans after deal

The move is an act of intergenerational theft and young people are getting 'royally screwed over', Greens leader says.

  • by Michael Koziol
World's 10 most dangerous countries for women exposed

World's 10 most dangerous countries for women exposed

India tops the list, with high levels of violence against women but the inclusion of one western country has turned heads.

  • by Belinda Goldsmith
'It's out of respect': SBS's Zelic hits back at bizarre criticism

'It's out of respect': SBS's Zelic hits back at bizarre criticism

The World Cup host teared up while addressing viewer criticism she’s faced for correctly pronouncing players' names.

  • by Robert Moran
Image of 13th century cocky  challenges mass trade theory

Image of 13th century cocky  challenges mass trade theory

Australasian cockatoo appeared in a medieval Sicilian text - smashing, by 250 years, oldest known European depiction.

  • by Carolyn Webb
Solar rooftops at record level as state increases support

Solar rooftops at record level as state increases support

Australia is on track to have a third of its power generated from renewable energy by the year 2020.

  • by Cole Latimer
Former Swans star jailed for repeatedly assaulting woman
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Former Swans star jailed for repeatedly assaulting woman

Shannon Grant has been jailed for offences including stomping on woman's bare foot after she got out of a bath.

  • by Rick Goodman
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Extraordinary battle where Aussies and Americans fought side by side

The US is planning parades, march-pasts, flyovers, dinners, dignitaries and speeches by the ton to mark the occasion.

Peter FitzSimons
    Peter FitzSimons

    Science a strange omission from Ramsay Centre's study of the West

    Why isn't the centre proposing a good dose of the history and philosophy of science?

    Warwick Anderson

      CBA amputates toxic arm before poison spreads

      Five years after whistleblower Jeff Morris burst onto the scene, the bank has put up the white flag on vertical integration.

      Adele Ferguson
        Adele Ferguson
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        World Cup 2018

        After escaping sheep herding and homelessness, Iran keeper makes the save of his life against world's best

        After escaping sheep herding and homelessness, Iran keeper makes the save of his life against world's best

        After years of sleeping outside training pitches, Beiranvand's resoluteness has been validated on the biggest of stages in football against its biggest name.

        • by James Lemon

        Politics

        Politics Live: Labor is like a boa constrictor 'cutting off the blood supply'

        Politics Live: Labor is like a boa constrictor 'cutting off the blood supply'

        Treasurer Morrison has hit out at Bill Shorten's decision to repeal company tax cuts, accusing Labor of turning its "ladder of opportunity" into "the snake of envy". 

        • by Fergus Hunter

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        ANZ admits decision to force farmer off his land was not 'fair and reasonable'

        ANZ admits decision to force farmer off his land was not 'fair and reasonable'

        Charlie Phillott was 87 when he was forced off his farm, despite him never missing a mortgage payment to ANZ.

        • by Felicity Caldwell
        China walking on a tightrope as foreign investors flee
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        China

        China walking on a tightrope as foreign investors flee

        • by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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        'It's out of respect': SBS's Lucy Zelic hits back at viewer criticism

        'It's out of respect': SBS's Lucy Zelic hits back at viewer criticism

        The World Cup host teared up on air while addressing the bizarre criticism she’s faced for correctly pronouncing players' names.

        • by Robert Moran
        Chart-topper Childish Gambino announces Australian headline tour

        Chart-topper Childish Gambino announces Australian headline tour

        Hollywood star Donald Glover, under his musical guise Childish Gambino, will be performing a string of headline shows in Australia in November.

        • by Robert Moran

        Lifestyle

        A new era for Kim Kardashian West

        A new era for Kim Kardashian West

        • by Natalie Reilly
        The man who told us we were doing feminism wrong
        Opinion
        Daily Life

        The man who told us we were doing feminism wrong

        • by Kasey Edwards
        Emotional clutter can impact your life

        Emotional clutter can impact your life

        • by Emma Hopson & Ted Hagen
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        Smarter living

        Dealing with 'money shaming' mates

        Dealing with 'money shaming' mates

        When a friend's giving you a hard time about not spending money, here's how to handle it.

        • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
        How your daily run hurts the Earth

        How your daily run hurts the Earth

        While you get healthier, your activewear obsession is slowly polluting the planet.

        • by Laura Hill

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        Sport

        Woods to join Sharks on three-year deal

        Woods to join Sharks on three-year deal

        The former NSW and Test prop is leaving the Bulldogs immediately only months after joining the club on a bumper four-year contract.

        • by Adam Pengilly
        Ben Simmons named NBA rookie of the year amid controversy over status

        Ben Simmons named NBA rookie of the year amid controversy over status

        The Philadelphia 76ers’ 21-year-old beat the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum to win what is one of the NBA’s top honours.

        • by Peter Mitchell

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