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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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TOP STORIES

  1. Qantas swings back to profit

    Qantas returns to a $557 million profit after last year's mammoth $2.84 billion loss and announces a $505 million shareholder payment.

  2. Jacqui Lambie to apologise personally for Facebook comments insulting veterans

    Senator Jacqui Lambie says she will personally apologise to two Vietnam veterans from the New South Wales central coast after referring to them on social media as "the sort of men who kiss the PM's arse".

  3. Vic Liberal Party accuses former state director of stealing $1.5m

    The Victorian Liberal Party is furious that around $1.5 million has disappeared from the party's coffers over several years and is accusing the party's former state director Damien Mantach of taking the money.

  4. Seven alleged would-be jihadists stopped at airport: Abbott

    Tony Abbott says seven young Australians have been stopped from travelling to the Middle East to join terrorist groups.

  5. Search continues for Gatton teen Jayde Kendall missing since Friday

    The last person known to have seen missing Queensland teen Jayde Kendall alive tells police he spent several hours with her the day she disappeared.

  6. Kyrgios' apology for crude remarks not good enough: Wawrinka

    Stan Wawrinka says Nick Kyrgios did not apologise to the people involved following his crude on-court remarks in Montreal.

  7. Just a fraction of $39b shipbuilding budget to come to SA: Defence Teaming Australia

    Only $8 billion of the Federal Government's recent $39 billion promise for shipbuilding will actually come to South Australia, a leading defence industry body says.

  8. Nazi 'treasure train' reportedly found in Poland

    A Nazi train rumoured to have gone missing near the end of World War II while carrying away gems and guns ahead of advancing Soviet forces has reportedly been found.

  9. UNESCO condemns IS militant's killing of Palmyra's chief archaeologist

    UNESCO has condemned the killing of the historic city Palmyra's chief archaeologist Khaled Asaad by Islamic State militants.

  10. Thai police hunt 'foreign' man, two others for Bangkok blast

    Thai police say that a suspect captured by CCTV cameras minutes before a bomb exploded at Bangkok's Erawan shrine is a foreigner and that two other men seen in the grainy footage are accomplices.

  11. Clarke expects Test to finish inside three days

    Retiring captain Michael Clarke says the fifth Ashes Test, his international swansong, will be over inside three days due to a green pitch at The Oval.

  12. Queen to break royal record as UK's longest-reigning monarch

    Queen Elizabeth will next month become Britain's longest-ruling monarch after 63 years on the throne and there is little chance of her stepping aside in favour of son Charles.

  13. Jared Fogle, 'The Subway Guy', to plead guilty to child sex charges

    Jared Fogle, who starred in a series of advertisements for the Subway fast food chain, agrees to plead guilty to engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography.

FEATURES

  1. Clive James: 'I'm dying. I just look remarkably cheerful'

  2. "She makes me feel like I've got a purpose"

  3. Angry families return to Tianjin's toxic wasteland

  4. Fact check: How high is Australia's loss of species?

  5. 'We're still making mistakes' admits departing weather guru

  6. Who is royal commissioner Dyson Heydon?

  7. Australia's most brazen, infamous jailbreaks

  8. Quiz: Can you tell who someone is talking to, just from their metadata?

  9. The quest to run a two-hour marathon

ANALYSIS & OPINION

  1. Carmichael mine antics

    It's extraordinary to watch Attorney-General George Brandis attack "vigilante litigants" for taking action against the Carmichael Mine. They didn't write the law, they just asked that it be enforced.
    By Michael Bradley

  2. This is why we need a Royal Commission

    The need for the Royal Commission into trade unions became blurred over the past week, but Justice Richard Tracey's ruling on the Kathy Jackson case has given it renewed credibility.
    By Chris Earl

  3. Terrorist picnic?

    The Coalition might deride Labor's push for more aid in the Middle East, but a visiting terrorism expert says humanitarian efforts are a crucial part of the fight against Islamic State.
    By Karen Middleton

  4. Defence bipartisanship

    Our major parties shouldn't paper over their differences on defence policy in the name of bipartisanship. For the sake of our security, we need them to argue vigorously about who has the better plan.
    By Andrew Carr

WORLD

  1. Reboot the suit

    The Smithsonian's first online crowdfunding project raises over $970,000 to restore Neil Armstrong's spacesuit.

  2. Tianjin residents call for action

    Pressure mounts on Chinese authorities to move thousands of people whose homes were destroyed in Tianjin.

  3. Eurozone approve Greece bailout

    Eurozone finance ministers formally approve the first tranche of bailout funds for Greece.

ASIA PACIFIC

  1. Tackling domestic violence

    A free hotline offering counselling to victims of domestic and sexual violence is launched in PNG.

  2. Bangkok bomber: What do we know?

    As the search for the Bangkok bomber continues, here is a list of what we know about the investigation so far.

  3. El Nino hits Pacific

    Drought and frosts in PNG and Solomon Islands' highlands is bringing Tasmania-like weather, a regional official says.

BUSINESS

  1. Qantas can largely thank Saudi King Salman for its return to profit

  2. Nothing sweet about TPP for Australian sugar growers

  1. Qantas back in black

    Qantas swings back to a $557 million profit after last year's mammoth $2.84 billion loss and plans to hand most of that profit back to shareholders.

  2. Wesfarmers profit falls

    Wesfarmers full-year profit falls due to the previous year's sell-off of the company's insurance and gas divisions.

  3. AMP, ASX profits up

    Two companies focused on financial markets have posted a rise in profits, with AMP recording a strong jump and ASX a modest increase.

  4. iiNet takeover cleared

    Internet provider TPG's takeover of rival iiNet passes its final major hurdle, with the competition regulator indicating it will not oppose the $1.56 billion deal.

SPORT

  1. Test will finish inside three days: Clarke

    Retiring captain Michael Clarke says the fifth Ashes Test, his international swansong, will be over inside three days due to a green pitch at The Oval.

  2. Kyrgios' apology not good enough says Wawrinka

    Stan Wawrinka says Nick Kyrgios did not apologise to the people involved following his crude on-court remarks in Montreal.

  1. NRL could alter shoulder charge law again

  2. PFA chief meets Roar players over unpaid wages

  3. Sydney's Shaw to retire at end of AFL season

  4. Valencia makes strong start to Champions League play-off

HEALTH

  1. Is near enough, enough?

    Striving for perfection in training, as in life, sets many of us up for failure. So is it time we started aiming for 'good enough'?

  2. What your grip strength says about you

    Watch out for that limp handshake - Canadian research led by an Australian cardiologist, Darryl Leong, has found that measuring your grip strength is a predictor of your chances of dying in the next four years.

  3. Ice epidemic claims overstated

    The drug ice has dominated news headlines in recent months, prompting commentators and politicians to declare that methamphetamine use has reached 'epidemic' proportions. However, that perspective is based on sensational reporting rather than data, says a leading drug researcher.

Cancer survivors guide

RURAL

Sugar gliders offer pest control solution for southern NSW farmers

  1. Gill net fishing ban

    Tasmanian environment and fishing groups are launching a campaign to ban recreational gill nets.

  2. Dairy rejection

    A Victorian council will not let a free-standing dairy barn and milk bottling plant be built in Gippsland.

  3. Fitzgibbon on coal

    A federal MP from the NSW Hunter Valley does not believe the coal industry is in terminal decline.

JUST IN

  1. Woman paraded naked, assaulted by WA police officers, CCC report reveals
  2. Tasmanian man denies child exploitation, bestiality charges
  3. Commission to continue if Heydon suitably replaced: Shorten
  4. How big is the MCG? 630 Olympic swimming pools to be exact
  5. A 'matter of time' until mystery girl found dumped at Wynarka is identified
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  1. The Up North Combine

  2. Diamonds win Netball World Cup

  3. Aurora Australis puts on a show

  4. Jason Day wins PGA championship

FACT CHECK

  1. Fact check: Species loss

    Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says Australia has "one of the highest loss of species anywhere in the world".
    ABC Fact Check investigates.

  2. Fact Check: $550 saving?

    Have electricity prices dropped $550 since the carbon tax was abolished? ABC Fact Check investigates.

  3. Fact check: China FTA

    Unions say the Abbott Government's free trade agreement with China threatens Australian jobs. ABC Fact Check investigates.

DID YOU MISS?

  1. Nuclear dawn at Hiroshima: Interactive images show impact of first atom bomb

    Use these interactive images to understand the impact the atom bomb had on Hiroshima and its people.

  2. Interactive timelapse: Pluto comes into focus

    Here's Pluto as never seen before, thanks to NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

  3. Three days in a domestic violence refuge

    Meet three women piecing their lives back together after fleeing abusive relationships.

  4. Every Archibald winner

    See how Australia's most famous art prize has evolved over the past century.

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